Ning Zheng thought about it and decided not to bother with the internal strife in Pingchang City.

——Let him be strong, let him be strong, I have my own blacksmith to recognize as father.

Whether the Zhang Family is sincerely forming an alliance or has other calculations, he feels confident enough to see how they fool people.

At worst, just ignore them.

The Zhang Family can hardly protect themselves in the city, do they really dare to come to the manor to fight me?

The internal strife in Pingchang City, the main strategy is to sit back and watch the fire, he decides to resume his happy everyday life at the foot of the mountain.

Fishing.

Today, he can joyfully go back to fishing again.

Ning Zheng said, "Let's stop this matter here for now. It's them seeking an alliance with our manor, not us seeking them."

Jiucai Rong seemed a bit worried, "After the Red Moon, if the whole Pingchang City resolves its internal issues and has the energy to attack us, how should we handle it?"

"No worries, they wouldn't dare to attack," Ning Zheng replied calmly.

Jiucai Rong was even more troubled, "Manager, actually, we could fight!"

"We would love to battle for the manor!"

"Even if it's a life-or-death situation, to be enemies of the world, enemies of the thirty thousand ancestors, we would stand by the Lord of the Manor!"

"..."

Ning Zheng was speechless.

He felt himself cracking up.

These eager blacksmiths really dare to dream.

You all can't even defeat an ancestor of the Four Viscera Realm, seriously.

A bunch of lunatics.

Ning Zheng tossed out the Zhang Family's communication token to the Medical Fairy for safekeeping, "Take this!"

"For me?" Medical Fairy's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Ning Zheng smiled.

After all, she has recognized her master, now she is the owner of this magical artifact and needs her to activate the communication.

Ning Zheng wasn't greedy for this token, he already had one himself.

Even strictly speaking.

Medical Fairy is now truly the manor's genuine representative, the heir of the Demon Cultivator with the Blood Separation Flower, qualified for external negotiations.

Ning Zheng, a "Soul Separation Flower" imposter, can't uphold the manor's reputation.

Thinking of this, Ning Zheng didn't care much for the development of the blacksmith shop's technology and went to the Spirit Field district.

Ready to check on the cultivation progress of the Blood Separation Flower.

This is his priority, without the Blood Separation Flower, he wouldn't have his disguise!

...

In the farm district.

The neatly divided farmland came into view.

Wine Rice, Shadow Rice Wine, various Mixed Spirit Roots, Goosegrass...

All were thriving and full of vitality, the quality of the plants was quite good.

At this moment.

In the fields, the Mudworker squatted beside a row of plants, carefully dug out a Goosegrass full of mud-covered roots.

He raised his head.

Along with the root bulb, he put the whole clump of mud into his mouth.

Slurp!

He made a sound like sucking on ice pops, licking the mud off the roots clean, muttering to himself:

"Today's nutrient soil flavor might have some issues."

The Shrimp Catcher beside him nodded, took notes:

"This fertilizer might need to soak in a mud jar full of Magic Coins to moisten for a while, adding more Spiritual Qi could be better."

"Hmm."

The Mudworker nodded, reburied the Goosegrass, stood up and said:

"Once the fertilizer is done these days, we'll start crossbreeding plants, developing new breeds, trying to graft Spiritual Roots."

Ning Zheng quietly watched this scene from afar.

It turns out Money Child has such uses, eating soil, researching plant growth conditions.

It's quite an innovation.

"Manager, why are you here?" Suddenly noticing something, the Mudworker happily ran over.

Ning Zheng nodded, seriously said, "Just taking a look."

The Mudworker is a breeding fanatic, a mad researcher.

And not very keen on participating in activities, sometimes just squatting to research all day.

In Ning Zheng's eyes, this is quite reassuring.

If the manor had more people like this doing practical work, it would be very reassuring indeed!

Of course.

Before, he also evaluated Medical Fairy like this, saying she was practical, a serious research talent.

Now seeing through her true nature, he takes back this statement.

She indeed does practical work, crazy research, but look at what kind of crazy stuff she develops?

Plastic surgery, breast enhancement, River Demon sleeping bags.

Appoint her as a physician, she goes to lead a research team to create this stuff?

Although it really makes money.

But it's making money off the blacksmiths, Jiucai Rong actually praises it highly, says that by emptying the blacksmiths' pockets they work harder.

This enriches the game system, adds playability to the manor.

"These plants are thriving quite well." Ning Zheng smiled, "Take me to see the Blood Separation Flower."

"Yes."

The Mudworker led him deeper.

During the ancestor worship, the three Blood Separation Flowers given by the ancestor, two were given to Medical Fairy.

One is currently for her use.

One died and appeared on Sword Fairy.

Soon, Ning Zheng saw the last Blood Separation Flower they were cultivating, full of life under the nourishment of the Spiritual Qi from Magic Coins.

In the Spirit Field area, cautiously holding the flower pot of the Blood Separation Flower, the Mudworker gently said:

"Sir, the Blood Separation Flower is the foundation of our manor!"

"The only Middle Grade Spiritual Root, I will take care of it well, once those devices arrive, I will lead a group of Spirit Farmers to build a Spiritual Qi Room for breeding."

"Our Spirit Farmer area will become the keystone of the entire manor!"

In the heirlooms given by the ancestors, there are also techniques on how to cultivate the Blood Separation Flower.

It is precious experience summarized by generations of Demon Cultivators.

The inherited Spiritual Root is the foundation for a family to thrive!

As long as we follow the heirlooms to do it, the Blood Separation Flower might have a higher survival rate than researched ordinary Lower Grade Spiritual Roots.

Ning Zheng was very satisfied, "Anything else can be ignored, our manor must prioritize the cultivation of the Blood Separation Flower, what's the cost?"

The Mudworker quickly said, "According to the heirlooms, the cost for cultivating a single plant is 800 Magic Coins."

"But if a lot of money is spent on building Spiritual Qi Rooms, large-scale breeding can bring the price down to 300 Magic Coins per plant."

"Very good." Ning Zheng nodded with satisfaction, his manor indeed has many talents.

After chatting for a while, Ning Zheng finally left the manor.

...

On the other side.

In the medical hall.

The Medical Fairy was overjoyed, holding the Communication Token in her hand and counting her fingers:

"Oh my heavens! Hahaha, one Communication Token costs 1000 Magic Coins, what does it mean to be a European Emperor? Please call me the European Emperor Fairy!"

Nearby.

Daojiu also looked surprised, staring at the Medical Fairy's Communication Token:

"Quick, lend it to me to take a look. I've long wanted to research the Communication Token held by the old manager, and now there's finally one to study."

"How is it? Can you research it?" Jiucai Rong leaned over.

"How can it be that fast? You capitalists need to have a limit; research takes time. I can only say maybe we can improve our Painting Card a bit." Daojiu was full of excitement.

"Then hurry up. If there's progress, I'll apply for funding for you." Jiucai Rong began drawing a big pie as a capitalist.

To be fair, this pie was truly useful.

Daojiu said, "Then I'll lead the team to take a look, but I can't guarantee any results."

This is not just because of his love for forging, but also because he has to earn money in the game to support his wife and children.

Researching more Magical Artifacts to earn more Magic Coins to sell to some tycoons.

The passing blacksmith outside couldn't help but glance repeatedly.

What kind of luck does the Medical Fairy have?

Now she has two Embers, one Loli Medical Fairy as the deputy researcher in the medical hall, one Ember Sword Fairy going out, even helped her get a Token?

"Oh my."

"Idle adventure, it's taking off."

"Exactly, idle adventure to collect various materials is the foundation of our takeoff! Even if we are not as exaggerated as the Sword Fairy, look at Su Yuniang down the mountain; she brought back so many River Demons from the underwater labyrinth instance, earning a fortune."

"Save up, brother, complete the primitive accumulation, and once the first outdoor adventure pet is acquired, earning speed will be much faster!"

"Yeah, even the worst-qualified Dizzy gathers more up the mountain than we do."

"I'm afraid even saving money won't get me a pet card; I'm super unlucky, just one-tenth of it."

"Defying the heavens, could this game be the more twisted you are, the luckier?"

What a struggle!

Should they also let themselves go and become twisted?

Suddenly remembered Jiucai Rong's twisted act of licking the shoe insoles.

Feel like I'm too serious, causing me to be out of sync with the game's luck.

"The Medical Fairy is a metamorphosis, Jiucai Rong is twisted."

"I can't do it, I'll choose mutation between metamorphosis and twisted!"

Then Shao Chaikun buried his head in the soil, shaking his butt frantically while gnawing on the earth.

"Me too!"

"I want to mutate too!"

One by one, the blacksmiths began to participate in the activity, starting to gnaw on the earth in the style of folk dance.

Erya watched from the side, trembling.

She felt these lunatics were the legendary Demon Cultivators, and very twisted ones at that.

...

Afternoon.

The blacksmiths resumed forging.

The farming area suddenly became lively because that farmer was escorted to them.

The farmer named Gou Zhu, a very simple name.

At first, he was trembling, fearing he might die when brought to the farming area.

After all, while passing by the blacksmith shop, he saw terrifying scenes through the open door, people jumping into the Forging Furnace, a group happily wielding large hammers...

—This could be a cannibal's barbecue bun inn.

He has fallen into a demon den.

But in front of him, this group of Spirit Farmers asked about his origins.

"I'm just a low-level Cultivator, a Spirit Farmer from the second field area outside Qingshan County."

Gou Zhu whispered: "My Spiritual Root isn't my own either. My family is poor, sold by my parents to the Zhang Family, then required to study rigorously from a young age, sleeping very little each day."

"In our batch of Three Flowers, half died. I survived, opened the Three Flowers successfully at fifteen, becoming a Spirit Farmer for the Zhang Family."

Life zone surrounded by huge walls, with many villages inside, county towns.

Even some villagers as mortals may never see a "wall" for life, at most traveling from village to county town for market visits, to study.

Gou Zhu played the broken jar and cried loudly, shouting:

"Boohoo, I barely maintained a meager livelihood, handing over all the Spirit Rice I grew, a few days ago I heard the Zhang Family was attacked by a group of Demon Cultivators, the family was furious. Fearing collateral damage, I ran."

Gou Zhu expressed he didn't understand the Demon Cultivator attack, anyway, not his level to contact.

He whimpered:

"Back then I was just a small Cultivator, ran quickly, mingling into the forefront of the city-leaving refugee tide, migrating all the way, fleeing but encountered many bizarre ghostly events, numbers decreased madly, eventually reached here."

The crowd listened, feeling eye-opening.

And next, after interrogation ended, the shocking thing for Gou Zhu happened.

He wasn't killed.

The other party was infinitely enthusiastic:

"Master, please teach me Spirit Farmer knowledge."

"Dear brother, teach me farming."

"Handsome, teach me first."

"Handsome, how to cultivate and germinate this seed?"

"Dad!!"

Gou Zhu was a bit flustered by the overwhelming enthusiasm.

Coming from a poor background and without dignity, he had never seen such a scene?

Almost lost himself among the repeated calls of "handsome", could only hurriedly answer their questions.

Standing from afar, Jiucai Rong saw this scene, feeling shocked.

Some blacksmiths are truly shameless!

Handsome, brother would be fine, but calling dad?

Where does that put our Adoptive Father?

"Forget it, they'd kill him anyway, now this farmer is meek and humble, essentially restless, don't know what will happen next."

Jiucai Rong showed no mercy towards the villainy.

Despite their flattering now, calling so enthusiastically, making someone feel disoriented, they were colder when it came to taking action!

Because in their eyes, when the NPC is useful, naturally brush favorability crazily, when useless they just kick the NPC aside.

It's not that they lack ethics.

In reality, they've been cultivated by various game companies.

Many game plots involve madly brushing favorability in early stages, some tutor, adoptive father, mentor, then with the plot's push, the dark hand turns out to be your tutor!

Then the plot demands you kill this NPC, they've long been used to it, killing task NPCs for twenty years, their hearts are as cold as a fish-cutting knife.

Soon.

Several leaders went to the manager's room, they restarted some discussions about the inn.

Summarized the life lessons from this time, sent someone to repair the inn's damaged buildings.

At this time, the Medical Fairy's Communication Token rang again.

It was the Sword Fairy sending a message:

"Everyone, how are things on your side?"

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