Xu Muan hesitated for a moment before he asked “In your last life, did you not take a wife?”

Xiao Jingting was a little puzzled “How do you know that?”

“You behaved like a novice.” Xu Muan said.

Xiao Jingting “….” So the reason he said he changed too much was not because the original body owner couldn’t cook or brew the wine. But his poor technology was the reason why Xu Muan recognized he was not the original body owner.

“I like men, I don’t like women. In my world when men and men get together, there will be criticism, so I’ve been single.” Xiao Jingting explained.

Xu Muan couldn’t help looking at Xiao Jingting strangely “Your world is like this?”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “Yes!”

“How about gers?” Xu Muan asked

Xiao Jingting shook his head and said “There are no gers in our world.”

Xu Muan was full of amazement. Xiao Jingting looked at Xu Muan and suddenly felt relieved. It was actually a very difficult thing to keep a secret alone. Xiao Jingting felt much more relaxed after finally speaking it out.

“Why did you suddenly take an aphrodisiac.” Xiao Jingting asked.

“There is a spiritual plant called blazing inferno grass, which has the effect of aphrodisiacs. I accidentally ate one by mistake and found out that it could boost my spiritual power. Therefore, I have been taking it to improve my strength. There had been no problem before but this time I took a mutated one and something happened.” Xu Muan said.

Xiao Jingting frowned and said “Does this kind of blazing inferno grass have any side effects?”

“It will damage the meridians.”

Xiao Jingting’s face darkened as he said “With such great side effects, you still dared to take it?”

With a smile, Xu Muan said “The meridians can be slowly healed. After they are healed they will also widen a little. Your spiritual wine can also repair the meridians.”

Xiao Jingting rolled his eyes as he said “No matter what, you should not take this kind of spiritual herb again in future.”

Xu Muan nodded and said “I know! I have advanced to the fourth level of qi practice already and Blazing Inferno Grass doesn’t have much use to me anymore.”

Xiao Jingting “……..”

Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu returned home with two children.

Xiao Jinfeng looked at Xiao Jingting and said sadly “Last night, the field was invaded by demonic beasts, and many of the spirit plants in the fields were eaten.”

Xiao Jingting “……” Secretly sighed softly in his heart. Something really did happen after all! Although he had tried his best to adjust the maturity of spiritual plants to daytime, and Xiao Jinfeng had also stepped in to solve some of the demonic beasts near the fields, he still couldn’t stop these demonic beasts.

“Forget the money we lost. Is the damage large?” Xiao Jingting asked.

“About half of it was lost, but a few second level beasts fell into the trap.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Jingting touched his chin and said to himself, “It seems we need to increase the strength of the traps.” The original traps were not enough. “Great Aunt giving me those few mu of field was really well intentioned.”

Mu Shuyu nodded and said “Yes, that vicious woman obviously wanted to kill you with a borrowed knife.” Because Xiao Jinfeng’s reputation was destroyed by Lu Xian’s calculation, Mu Shuyu also hated her.

Xiao Jingting shook his head, sighed and said “All right I will go to the field and see how much loss I can recover.”

“I’ll go too.” Xu Muan said.

Mu Shuyu looked at Xu Muan and said in some surprise “Muan, you have advanced to the fourth level of Qi Practice!”

Xu Maan nodded and said “Yes!”

Mu Shuyu was filled with confusion “How did you get promoted? Could it be that? ” Just do it?

Xiao Jingting looked at Mu Shuyu’s confused look and told him about Blazing Inferno Grass.

“Muan, you took too much risk.” Xiao Jinfeng frowned.

Xu Muan nodded and said “I know, I won’t do it in the future.”

The havoc caused by demonic beasts caused Xiao Jingting to lose a lot of money so many people in the village expressed their ‘deep sympathy for Xiao Jingting’s loss’.

Xiao Jingting cleaned up the fields, this time two mu of high-grade fields were seriously damaged. He had in total five mu of high-grade fields and he purposely staggered the maturing time of the spiritual plants between the fields, so these three mu of fields were still fine.

“Master Xiao, those demonic beasts are too hateful.”

“Yes! Master Xiao, if you sold these spiritual plants that are damaged, you would have no problem selling them for five or six hundred taels.”

“Master Xiao, retain your grief, losing some spiritual plants is alright as long as people are fine.”

“Master Xiao, yours fields are fertile, but the location isn’t good enough!”

 

……

 

Xiao Jingting who faced the villagers who were chattering, became speechless.

Qiu Li stood in the distance, looking at the fields that had been ravaged by the demonic beasts and couldn’t help but gloat a little “So what if you’re good at farming, it will be all for naught when the demonic beasts comes again.”

“That is right, when these demonic beasts come all money spent on seeds and labor will be lost.” 

Several villagers gloated behind Xiao Jingting’s back. Qiu Li looked at the fallen spiritual plants and secretly hated demonic beasts’ mercy for leaving Xiao Jingting a few mu of untouched land.

The villagers were jealous of Xiao Jingting’s good land and of the silver he earned.

Xiao Jingting calmly cleaned up the messy fields while Xu Muan looked at Jingting’s face said “Don’t be sad.”

Xiao Jingting shook his head and said “I’m not sad. Life is not smooth sailing! If you suffer some losses, you should regard it as gaining experience and a lesson.”

Xu Muan was a little surprised, “You’re so open-minded!”

Xiao Jingting smiled, no matter what, his current situation was much better than when he first arrived.

Qiu Bai looked at the scene of Xu Muan and Xiao Jingting whispering together, their heads almost touching and his heart was in turmoil.

 

……

 

Li Zhe looked at the field, shook his head, and said “Although this field is good, the location is too bad. Earlier, a family had bought these few mu of first grade fields but when demonic beasts came down the mountain they were bitten to death.”

Qiu Li looked at Li Zhe with amazement and said “Old Li, there is still this matter!”

Li Zhe nodded his head and said “After the demonic beasts killed people, this field hasn’t been bought for a long time and many people thought it was ominous.”

Qiu Li looked at Xiao Jingting and said anxiously “Then Young Master Xiao is not unlucky.”

“Young Master Xiao might not necessarily be. Master Xiao is already a fourth level Spirit Plant Master now and so is Xu Muan. Young Master Xiao’s elder brother is also a fourth level Qi practitioner. Their strength is much better than those from back then.”

“Old Man Li, Xu Muan is also a fourth level Qi practitioner?” Qiu Bai couldn’t help asking.

Although Xiao Jingting didn’t say it explicitly, the villagers were able to guess Xiao Jingting’s rank from his ability to farm, but for Xu Muan to also be a fourth level Qi practitioner….. 

Li Zhe nodded and said “Although his Qi is a bit unstable, he should be a rank four Qi Practitioner, after all he is from a big family.” Li Zhe couldn’t help sighing.

Qiu Bai was tempted to say “Old Li you might be wrong.” However he was mindful of Li Zhe’s position in the village, so Qiu Bai did not ask.

Qiu Bai looked in the direction of Xu Muan and his heart was filled with jealousy, Qiu Bai secretly thought: Xu Muan being able to advance must have something to do with Xiao Jingting. If he followed Xiao Jingting, his strength certainly would grow rapidly. Unfortunately, Xiao Jingting didn’t know what’s going on and ignored him.

 

Edited by: Tetsu

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