Mid-May arrived, and the weather was gradually turning hot.
After tending the Spirit Fields, Qin Ming called Li Lan over.
During this time, Li Lan had witnessed Manager Lu's astonishing skill in spirit planting and had been thoroughly won over by him.
He had originally thought Manager Lu was merely a merchant skilled at business, but he had never expected his spirit-planting attainments to far surpass his own.
Back then, when Manager Lu had given him the cultivation method for Spirit Rest Rice, he had been somewhat puzzled as to why the other man possessed such detailed experience and techniques for growing it.
After some time had passed,
the questions in his heart had all been solved as easily as splitting bamboo.
Li Lan had originally thought that, with his status as a Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter, he would be able to live quite comfortably in Mirror Snow Pavilion.
But when he saw the Tier 3 spirit plants flourishing across those ten mu of land, he instantly understood that Manager Lu was the true hidden master!
Thus, Li Lan became even more humble. He no longer dared to put on airs, and diligently worked under Qin Ming, planting and nurturing spirit plants.
Fortunately, hard work did not disappoint the determined. He finally succeeded in growing Spirit Rest Rice.
This also allowed him to glimpse a sliver of hope for advancing to a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster. If Manager Lu were willing to give him a pointer or two in daily life, it would benefit him immensely.
He had even considered taking Manager Lu as his master, but the other man might not think much of him. Afraid that it would backfire and get him driven away, he had never dared to speak of it.
"Li Lan, I need