In the forest, Zhao Liming stood with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly. Not long after, he saw a monk in the late stage of Qi training fall into the forest again.
Seeing this, he finally asked, "What's going on? Why is it half an hour late this time?"
Seeing his displeasure, the visitor smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, please don't get angry. The Xuanmu Yam Garden is also an important property of the Chiyang Palace. It is heavily guarded, not to mention those patrolling the array, so it will naturally take some effort to come in."
After saying that, the visitor sighed, "Pindao cannot compare with fellow Daoist Zhao. There are elders in the foundation building stage in Daoyou Zhao's family. Even if he is discovered by the senior officials of Xuanmu Mountain, it will not be a big deal. At most, he will lose his job."
After hearing what the visitor said, Zhao Liming had a look of pride on his face, "The few foundation builders of Chiyang Palace took the lead in dividing the support materials provided by the General Alliance to the branch halls. Now I am just using my position to obtain some small things.
Just profit.
What's more, what I withheld was insignificant compared to what the medicine garden produced. It was just over a thousand kilograms of spiritual rice, so it was no big deal.
Even if he is discovered, so what, he will just lose his position."
His talent is not very outstanding, so the resources within the clan will naturally not be tilted towards him.
Fortunately, the only foundation-building monk in the Zhao family is his uncle, so he found a job in Xuanmu Yam Garden for him to get some cultivation resources.
On the other side, Zhao Yuan, who was dormant under the bushes, was stunned.
The Xuanmu Yam Garden is full of spiritual energy because of its second-level spiritual veins. Even ordinary spiritual planters like them can plant some spiritual grasses and spiritual herbs on the ridges of the spiritual fields and around their residences without affecting the harvest of the spiritual fields.
Rice is used to subsidize cultivation, so the steward of the medicine garden will naturally have more benefits.
For example, 30% of their output in the fields and around the house must be handed over, 20% of which is given to the managers at all levels, and the first floor is reserved for the mountain master Xuanmushan, the core disciple of Chiyang Palace who is in charge of the medicine garden.
It's a kind of protection fee in disguise.
But he never expected that Zhao Liming would be so courageous, directly taking action on the output of the spiritual fields, using his position to cut off part of the output of some spiritual fields, scrap them, and then secretly sell them himself.
As for those Ling Zhifu who lost a merit reward because their extra spiritual rice was artificially erased, they can only consider themselves unlucky.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel happy. If the mountain master of Xuanmu Mountain hadn't personally inspected the spiritual field where he was last year, he would have lost the spiritual rice he planted last year. Then he would have lost a contribution.
However, at this time, he was extremely nervous. If Zhao Liming discovered his existence, he might not be able to stay in this Xuanmu Yam Garden any longer.
When he thought of this, he could only calm down quietly, lie down on the ground and listen to the conversation between the two.
On the other side, after the transaction was completed, the two of them were preparing to leave.
However, the monk who came to trade hesitated for a moment and cast a magic barrier, and then quietly said, "Senior Brother Zhao, you also know that I am very good at tracking shadows and breath gathering. I just noticed this area.
There seem to be traces of the monk’s visit.”
Hearing this, Zhao Liming frowned slightly, "Yes, although I am not afraid of this being discovered, it is still a trouble after all. You can leave first. I will search the surroundings later to see if anyone is there."
After a while, Zhao Yuan saw the two separated, leaving only Zhao Liming standing on the spot with his hands behind his back. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Zhao Liming's cold voice, "Why, if you don't come out by yourself, you are still waiting for me to take care of you personally."
You found it?"
"Has he been discovered?" Zhao Yuan was shocked. The place where he was hiding was at least ten feet away from the two people. In addition, he had not shown any signs of aura, so he should not have been discovered.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan suppressed the fear in his heart and continued to hibernate under the bushes.
This should probably be Zhao Liming deceiving him. After all, although he is already in the late stage of Qi training, he is only at the seventh level of Qi training, and the gap between him and himself is not so big that he cannot resist it at all.
On the other side, under the small open space where the exchange is located, Zhao Liming stood with his hands behind his hands, his face solemn, "I give you another chance, if I let the manager find you out, you will not get any good results!"
Although the expression on his face was serious, Zhao Liming was still a little surprised and uncertain in his heart, "Could it be that no monks have really been here before, and is it the traces and aura left behind by the monks who came here before?
But I still have to investigate it carefully in a while, it just takes a little time."
Another moment passed, and there was still silence all around, without any breath coming out. He snorted coldly and walked directly out of the forest.
At this time, under the bushes, although Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, he remained motionless and did not dare to leak any breath.
"Zhao Liming is really a treacherous guy. He really wanted to trick me out. Fortunately, I didn't leak a single breath.
But since this old thief is so treacherous, he will not leave so easily. He will definitely return again later, and maybe even..."
While he was thinking in his mind, he continued to hibernate in the bushes. Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Liming returned again.
Glancing at the surrounding trees, Zhao Liming didn't show any signs of anger, "Although I don't know if there is anyone there, it's always good to be careful and check twice more.
Even if there is someone who has just passed my bluff, he will definitely not come out this time. After I go back this time, he will probably relax and show his traces."
After checking the surroundings again, Zhao Liming's figure quickly disappeared into the woods, and the surroundings fell into silence again.
Under the bushes, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, "He obviously did it to prevent emergencies and to save mana, he didn't search every inch.
However, if we look at it according to normal thinking, he will definitely not come back again, and I can leave with peace of mind.
But this guy Zhao Liming can’t always make assumptions. He will probably return a second time, and it won’t be too late to wait until he returns a second time before going out. Even if he doesn’t return a second time, it’s definitely right to be cautious.”
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan still didn't make any move and was still dormant in place. Another hour later, suddenly a figure appeared around again, "Sure enough, this guy is really cunning. He was mostly hidden around before.
"
On the other side, Zhao Liming roughly inspected the surroundings, but found that there was still no trace of aura left in the surroundings. "Maybe I am too sensitive, but the guy made a mistake in his inspection.
But according to my uncle’s teachings, it’s always good to be careful. If there is really someone at this time, after my three inspections, I should be completely relieved.”
A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Liming's figure disappeared completely. Zhao Yuan continued to lie dormant for another hour and saw that he still hadn't returned. Then he was completely relieved and said, "Okay, you can go out. I don't want to be targeted by him for this matter."
At this time, there was already a faint light in the sky. If we hid for a while longer, a spirit planter might come out to take care of the spirit field. We couldn't delay it any longer.
Just when Zhao Yuan left the dense forest and returned to the spiritual field, Zhao Liming stood on the top of a tree at the edge of the original forest, looking at Zhao Yuan who was walking away, with a sneer on his face.
"This little thing is really cunning! But now that you know about me, don't think about staying here anymore."