Every hundred years, the West Mountain Spirit Plant Garden would turn in the spirit plants. Usually, they would directly supply the sect's pill room. Apart from the large amount of red essence ginseng, there were also dozens of other precious materials.
It was because of the planting in the spirit fields that these medicinal herbs that would have taken hundreds or even thousands of years to mature could be grown in just a hundred years.
Today was the day of the centennial tribute. The West Mountain Spirit Plant Garden's formation gate opened, and all the spirit farmers were present. Under the lead of five platoon leaders, they were waiting in the main hall of the guardian's residence for inspection. The one sitting in the guardian's position was still the girl, Hua Yuxin.
A hundred years of experience had already allowed her to walk out of the haze of the consort selection ceremony. Although she was now the guardian's substitute, she was doing a decent job.
As for Yi Tian, he hadn't shown his face since he went into seclusion forty years ago. He had been cultivating in seclusion without coming out.
During this time, Hua Yuxin had fully implemented the established policy. She had quietly digested a large amount of excess spirit plants in the sect's internal market.
The spirit stones and merit points that she had obtained in the past forty years added up to an astronomical figure. The merit points that the dozens of spirit farmers under her received were three times more than the total amount that they had received ever since they entered the sect.
As a result, everyone was well aware of the situation, and their hands became much more diligent. As for the five platoon leaders, they received even more. Just with the resources that they received this time, they could cultivate to the peak of the late Yuanying stage. It was even possible for them to advance to the Deity Transformation stage by chance.
Everyone received a share, so naturally, they became united. Hua Yuxin admired Yi Tian's policy very much. Now that the entire West Mountain Spirit Botanical Garden was united, it was almost impossible for outsiders to get any information from them.
Not long after, two streaks of light flew over the sky. They circled around the West Mountain Spirit Plant Garden and landed at the main gate. Then, the cultivators outside reported the situation. Not long after, Hua Yuxin hurriedly led a group of spirit farmers out of the guardian's residence and welcomed the two into the residence.
This time, Xiang Dongchen happened to be one of the two people who came to carry out the collection mission. He squinted his eyes and looked at Hua Yuxin with a helpless expression on his face.
Presumably, the Shangqing Daoism incident was still vivid in his mind, especially the battle between Yi Tian and Xiang Donghui, which left him with lingering fear. After that incident, Xiang Donghui also deliberately told him not to provoke Yi Tian, so this time he could only show off his power. They didn't dare to do anything to Hua Yuxin. At most, they would find an opportunity to make things difficult for her.
In addition, Yi Tian's old acquaintance, Hu Weichuan, had also come. Coincidentally, he was the envoy sent by the Pill Chamber.
After the two of them entered the Guardian Office and sat down, Hua Yuxin handed over the account book of the hundred years of harvest to Hu Weichuan for him to look over. Suddenly, Xiang Dongchen's strange voice sounded, "Why isn't the official Guardian coming out to meet us? This doesn't seem to be the way to treat guests."
Although his words were a bit tricky, they were reasonable. According to the rules, every time someone came to the peak, the Guardian of the Spirit Plant Garden had to personally come out to welcome them.
Now that Yi Tian's Dao companion came out, although it was understandable, it was also reasonable if they really pursued the matter. Hua Yuxin's expression was calm, and she said unhurriedly, "My husband is cultivating in seclusion. Before he left, he told me to greet the two Senior Brothers of the Pill Chamber."
"Wait, you're not a Soul Formation cultivator yet. Logically, you should call them Martial Uncle," Xiang Dongchen said unforgivingly.
The atmosphere became abnormally awkward. The spirit farmers under him didn't dare to breathe loudly, and the light in their eyes intentionally ignored Xiang Dongchen in front of them.
Hua Yuxin's face turned red from his words, but she held her breath and ignored him. The atmosphere suddenly froze. It was Hu Weichuan who broke the silence, "Junior Martial Sister Hua is Junior Martial Brother Yi's Dao companion. Logically, we can call each other Senior Martial Brother. Junior Martial Brother Xiang, don't bother with these complicated formalities. We still have proper business to attend to."
With one sentence, Hua Yuxin resolved the situation. Everyone's expressions also relaxed. Then, Hua Yuxin waved her hand. The five Supervisors each took out several Spirit Plant bags and handed them to Hu Weichuan for him to inspect.
After Hu Weichuan took the bags, his Divine Sense quickly probed inside. In a short while, he finished counting the number inside. Then, he took out a jade slip and recorded the number and quality of the treasures inside in detail.
Hua Yuxin found it strange. Logically, these things should be done by the two people in front of her, but it was obvious that Xiang Dongchen didn't plan to do it.
Until Hu Weichuan wrote the words "one catty and six taels of Red Essence Ginseng" on the jade slip, Xiang Dongchen couldn't sit still. He walked up and privately communicated with Hu Weichuan through voice transmission.
The two chatted for a while. Xiang Dongchen's face showed a look of disbelief. Then, he took the Spirit Plant bag with the Red Essence Ginseng and checked it again with his Divine Sense.
After ten breaths, he showed a look of disbelief and surprise. Then, he looked at the spirit farmers present for a while before saying, "I didn't expect the Red Essence Ginseng production to have a breakthrough in the past hundred years. When I go back, I will report to the head and increase the amount for the next hundred years by 30%."
Clearly, he was looking for an opportunity to take revenge on Yi Tian. If he couldn't do it directly, he would make a fuss about the production. On the other hand, the head envoy, Hu Weichuan, frowned slightly. It seemed that he was quite disdainful of Xiang Dongchen's actions, but he didn't want to get too involved in this matter. Then, he gave Hua Yuxin a "do as you see fit" look.
Hua Yuxin said, "That's not right. You have to know that the harvest of treasures is dependent on the cultivation of the spirit farmers. If you blindly increase the production, the quality will definitely decrease. "
"Didn't you cultivate more than seven hundred mu of new farmland? Logically, the amount of treasures turned in should be increased." Xiang Dongchen was unconvinced.
Hua Yuxin gave Zhou Bu 'er a look. The latter understood and went up to explain, "The production of new farmland will be unstable. According to the sect's rules, the production of new farmland is usually calculated at 20% for the first time. Then, it will increase until after a thousand years, it can only be calculated at 80% of the original farmland."
"There's such a calculation?" Xiang Dongchen looked at Hu Weichuan with a confused expression. The latter only nodded symbolically. Then, he increased the speed at which he counted, wanting to quickly finish this matter.
Hua Yuxin only noticed that Hu Weichuan put away the marked storage bag and wrote "Hollow Grass" on the jade scroll. Then, she raised her head and smiled at everyone, conveying the message.
After the two left, everyone in the spirit plant garden dispersed. Hua Yuxin hurriedly took the document and returned to the cave residence. Outside the cave residence where Yi Tian was in seclusion, she sent the jade scrolls in.
Then a voice came from the jinzhi. "After Hu Weichuan received the gift, he didn't have Xiang Dongchen make things difficult for you again, right?"
"Yes." Hua Yuxin smiled and replied, "Then he hurriedly finished counting and took Xiang Dongchen back."
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