As soon as the two of them stepped out of the hall, the bird lying on the beam flapped its wings and flew up, hovering above the two of them.
It is already noon, the sun is scorching, and late autumn has entered. This is the harvest season.
Half an hour later, the two left Songhai City, and a golden wheat field appeared in the distance.
In addition to the Chai family, there are many other families who make a living by growing fairy rice.
"Master Chai, have you ever thought about whether there was a problem with the Chai family's fairy rice, or someone did it intentionally?"
On the way, Liu Wuxie asked Chai Qian.
There is no problem with other families' fairy rice, but only the Chai family's fairy rice has problems. This is illogical.
There are rumors from the outside world that the Chai family's spiritual field is contaminated with unclean things, which will cause the fairy rice to turn black.
"We've been investigating for years and have no leads."
Chai Gan shook his head. They had already thought about this problem and investigated many people, but they had no clue.
"Does your Chai family have any potential enemies?"
Liu Wuxie continued to ask.
"Our Chai family has been developing for so many years. There are a few potential enemies, but there has never been a head-on conflict."
Chai Qian didn't hide anything from Liu Wuxie. He just wanted to persuade Wuxie to leave, so he told everything he knew, hoping that Liu Wuxie could delay them for a year.
"Tell me!"
Anyway, we are still a long way from Lingtian, so we just treat it as a casual chat.
"Our Chai family has been based in Songhai City for a hundred years. We mainly rely on the fairy rice business. In addition to our Chai family selling fairy rice, there are several other families in Songhai City who also make a living by selling fairy rice. It is inevitable that there will be differences between them. compete."
Chai Gan slowly said that there were hundreds of millions of monks in Songhai City, and the sales of immortal rice could be said to be in short supply.
The Chai family is mainly responsible for the area south of the city. In this area alone, there are several families selling fairy rice.
It is an eternal truth that people who work in the same industry are enemies. Liu Wuxie has already smelled something unusual.
"Master Chai continues."
Liu Wuxie motioned for him to continue.
"Ten years ago, several families selling fairy rice approached us and hoped that we would raise the price to earn more fairy stones, but I refused. The price of fairy rice, which was not low to begin with, continued to rise. Many small families cannot afford it.”
Chai Gan will tell everything that happened that year.
Liu Wuxie nodded, the Chai family deserved respect for having such a character.
"and after?"
Liu Wuxie didn't believe it was that simple.
"Later, these three families joined forces and closed the granary and did not sell it to the outside world. Those monks and small families had no choice but to go to our Chai family to purchase. In just two days, our Chai family's immortal rice was sold out. Just with our Chai family's immortal rice Rice is simply not enough to satisfy the area in the south of the city. In those days, many monks gathered in front of the Chai family gate, wanting to continue buying."
"In desperation, I had no choice but to announce to the public that the Chai family's granary was empty. If I wanted to continue buying, I could only wait until next year. Less than half an hour after I broke the news, the three companies opened their granaries and continued to sell fairy rice at a very high price. It’s 30% higher than before.”
Speaking of this, Chai Gan showed a look of anger. The three of them obviously deliberately waited for the Chai family to sell out before raising the price.
The Immortal Realm is very large, and ordinary monks account for the majority, especially the children, who need a lot of immortal rice every day to satisfy their hunger.
Only by reaching the realm of the Immortal King can one achieve the goal of swallowing Qi and breaking up the valley.
"Hoarding stuff!"
Liu Wuxie said four words, this kind of thing happens not only in the fairy world, but also in the mortal world.
In addition to immortal rice, elixirs will also be monopolized. Many monks will even risk half their life in order to buy a single elixir.
"That's right, they were just monks who were hoarding goods and couldn't buy fairy rice. They still had children at home who were waiting to be fed. Even if the price was 30% higher than the market price, they still reluctantly bought it. That year, these three families made a lot of money. "
Chai Gan clenched his fists. The actions of those three companies not only violated market rules, but also made countless people who were already living in poverty even worse.
"Did something go wrong with your Chai family's spiritual field in the second year?"
Liu Wuxie pondered for a moment and said slowly.
Chai Gan didn't want to admit it, so he nodded.
Since that year, ordinary monks in the south of the city can no longer buy cheap immortal rice.
Those three families, on the other hand, have developed rapidly in the past ten years, and the area of the spiritual fields has also expanded several times. They have acquired all the small spiritual fields around them, and there is a vague trend of being promoted to a second-rate family.
"So you suspect that the Chai family's spiritual field was caused by those three families, causing the Chai family to harvest no grains of immortal rice, so that they can keep selling the immortal rice at high prices."
Liu Wuxie saw a lot of information from Chai Gan's expression.
"We do have suspicions, but we have no substantial evidence."
Chai Gan said truthfully.
Each spiritual field is guarded by experts, and there is a defensive shield over the spiritual field. If someone comes in, they will definitely be found out immediately. Who can unknowingly let such a large spiritual field as the Chai family harvest nothing.
Even Liu Wuxie's eyes showed a hint of disbelief.
While the two were talking, a large spiritual field appeared in front of them. Two elders from the Chai family were patrolling the spiritual field. Occasionally they would squat down to check on the immortal rice that was about to mature.
The elders who were patrolling were very nervous, and every movement was cautious.
Chai Gan took out a token and put it on the defensive cover. A door opened in front of him, making a gesture of invitation.
Liu Wuxie took the lead and walked in through the door. The temperature inside the spiritual field was higher than outside. After entering, a strong aroma of fairy rice hit his face.
Chai Gan followed closely behind, and the two of them walked on the ridge of the field, heading towards the depths of the spiritual field. The door behind them closed by itself, cutting off contact with the outside world.
The two elders who were busy put down their work and walked towards the clan leader.
"Clan leader, is he Master Bian?"
The two elders' eyes fell on Liu Wuxie's face, and they actually called Liu Wuxie master, which made Liu Wuxie confused.
"This is Liu Wuxie, a disciple of Baguio Palace."
Chai Gan made introductions to both parties. The elder on the left was named Chai Hu, and the elder on the right was named Chai Shan. Normally, they were busy working in the spiritual field until the harvest was over.
When they heard that Liu Wuxie was a disciple of Baguio Palace, the faces of the two elders suddenly dropped, looking unhappy.
"I've met two seniors!"
Liu Wuxie hugged the two of them as a greeting.
"snort!"
The two of them snorted coldly and turned a blind eye to Liu Wuxie, deliberately snubbing him.
Liu Wuxie didn't care much about the two people's attitudes. To them, he was here to collect debts, so it was normal for them to dislike him.
Liu Wuxie continued to walk forward, suddenly squatted down, grabbed a rice ear, put it to the edge of his nose and smelled it. There was no foul smell, and the fairy rice looked normal.
"Young Master Liu, there's no need to look at it. The rest of us
In 2006, many masters of planting fairy rice were invited, but they were all at a loss. "
Chai Gan followed behind, with a look of pain on his face.
Liu Wuxie put down the rice ears, grabbed a complete rice plant, and uprooted it, bringing up bursts of spiritual soil below.
If you want to grow good fairy rice, you need to water it with spiritual liquid every day.
He grabbed a handful of spiritual soil, put it in the palm of his hand, crushed it lightly with his fingers, put it to the edge of his nose and smelled it. It was no different from the spiritual soil in the normal spiritual field, and the soil in the Chai family's spiritual field was very fertile. Extremely suitable for growing fairy rice.
"You don't know how high the sky is, you should leave here as soon as possible. Our Chai family will repay the tribute you owe to Baguio Palace in the future."
Chai Hu looked displeased and asked Liu Wuxie to leave here quickly.
For any family, the spiritual field is the important place of the family and no one else is allowed to enter it.
If Liu Wuxie was not a disciple of Baguio Palace, they would have beaten him out long ago, and even shot him to death.
Putting down the spiritual soil in his hand, Liu Wuxie raised his head and suddenly looked towards Chai Hu with sharp eyes. The latter did not dare to look Liu Wuxie in the eyes, and a trace of panic flashed on his face.
Liu Wuxie contained soul power and spiritual power. Chai Hu felt waves of restlessness coming from his soul sea, as if someone had thrown a stone into it. It felt very uncomfortable.
"Mr. Liu, can you see anything?"
Chai Gan was already suffering from a serious illness and went to the doctor. Seeing Liu Wuxie's concentration just now, he couldn't help but ask.
Liu Wuxie hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, the Lingtian defensive shield moved and two more people walked in.
The four people turned around and saw two old men walking towards them.
"The Great Elder and Master Bian have arrived. Let's go and greet them quickly."
Chai Hu and Chai Shan ran towards them quickly.
"Great Elder, is this Master Bian?"
After Chai Shan said hello to the great elder, he looked at the old man with Qingfeng Taoism.
"This is Master Bian."
The great elder quickly made recommendations to them.
Master Bian just nodded towards Chai Hu and Chai Shan, with a look of arrogance on his face. The two of them didn't look angry at all. Instead, they thought it was normal, and the master should be arrogant.
"Master Bian, this is the head of our Chai family."
The Great Elder led Master Bian across the field, appeared in front of Chai Gan, and quickly made an introduction.
"I've met Master Bian."
Chai Gan was very polite and hugged Master Bian.
"Master Chai, you're welcome. Since you invited me here, I will definitely solve the problem of your Chai family's spiritual field."
Master Bian just nodded towards Chai Gan without cupping his fist in return, his attitude was extremely arrogant.
The Great Elder's gaze fell on Liu Wuxie's face and he couldn't help but frown. Chai Hu quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words in the Great Elder's ear.
Knowing that Liu Wuxie was here to collect rent, the elder had a gloomy face and just nodded lightly towards Liu Wuxie.
"Master Bian, without further ado, take a look at these fairy rice. What's wrong with it? Why does it slowly turn black when it's about to mature?"
Chai Shan couldn't wait any longer, almost begging in a tone of voice.
Liu Wuxie crossed his arms, wanting to see if Master Bian was really capable and could solve the problem of the Chai family's spiritual field.
If he could solve it, he wouldn't be too lazy to take action. He had to collect the annual tribute from the Chai family. If he couldn't complete the task, he would be demoted to a handyman disciple, and his reward would be in vain.
