Zhou Zheng received the Space Ring with a cold expression and swept it with his Divine Sense, discovering that there were only twenty Open Heaven Pills inside. With a cold snort, he tossed the Space Ring to the ground and waved his sleeve, “It’s no trouble, i'll go!”
Normally, Zhou Zheng would gladly accept these twenty Open Heaven Pills, but today was different. Compared to the rewards Yang Kai had received, these twenty Open Heaven Pills were nothing.
“Manager Zhou, Manager Zhou…” Old Fang quickly picked up his Space Ring and chased after him.
After a long time, the old man sighed and walked back. From the look on his face, it was obvious he was not doing well.
When he came back to take a look, he found that Yang Kai was holding the Space Ring and examining the Open Heaven Pill inside it. Old Fang was so angry that his mouth was about to split open. Pointing at him, he said, “You, why did you offend him for no reason? You should have just given him some benefits.”
Yang Kai sneered, “If the gift you gave him before was useful, I wouldn’t have cared about it, but you and I clearly gave him a generous gift before, yet he just stood by and watched us to die. Now, why should we give him benefit for no reason?”
Old Fang stamped his foot and said, “He is, after all, the manager of the Fruit Garden. I would rather spend money to avoid disaster than offend him. If he makes things difficult for you in the future, will you be able to bear it?”
“We’ll deal with whatever comes our way!” Yang Kai sneered, “Although he’s a manager, he can’t cover the sky with one hand. Although I’m a servant, I may not be afraid of him.”
“Sigh!” Old Fang sighed, “Now that things have come to this, there’s no point in saying anything.”
Sitting down to drink a cup of wine, he saw Yang Kai still smiling slyly and couldn’t help asking, “Just how much did the Venerable reward you this time? Why are you laughing so hard?”
“See for yourself.” Yang Kai tossed the Space Ring in his hand over.
Old Fang received it and swept it with his Divine Sense, exclaiming, “So many?”
Although there wasn’t a specific number, there were at least four or five thousand Open Heaven Pills inside the Space Ring! This was an extremely terrifying number for a servant.
Although he had already expected that the Venerable would reward him handsomely, he hadn’t expected that he would be rewarded so much, thinking that a few hundred or even a thousand would be enough.
Yang Kai said, “Five thousand! I wonder if Zhou Zheng managed to deduct it?”
Old Fang shook his head and said, “No, this is a gift directly bestowed by the Venerable. He’s just a small fruit garden manager, he doesn’t have the guts to do anything to it. Otherwise, if the Venerable finds out about it later, he won’t be able to forgive him easily. No wonder he didn’t care about the twenty Open Heaven Pills this old master just gave him. So that’s how it is…”
Yang Kai smiled, “Now do you know why I pretended to be stupid? If I gave him some benefits, how much would be appropriate? With his appetite, he wouldn’t be satisfied without more than a thousand Open HEaven Pills. Since he wasn’t kind before, why would I give him a thousand Spirit Pill?”
Hearing this, Old Fang nodded and said, “That’s true, if we don’t give him enough, I’m afraid he’ll still hold a grudge, but if we do, it’ll be too disadvantageous, so we might as well just ignore him.”
“Exactly!” Yang Kai took back his Space Ring and grinned.
Old Fang was extremely envious. With just five thousand Open Heaven Pills, which servant in the entire Seven Skillful Land could compare to him? He had seen others perform the most meritorious service, and the highest reward they received was just over sixty Open Heaven Pills. These five thousand Open Heaven Pills were enough for a servant to save up for hundreds or thousands of years without eating or drinking. Adding on Yang Kai’s previous income, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he was now the richest servant in the entire Seven Skillful Land.
How long had it been since he came to this Seven Skillful Land? It had only been three months!
“Old Fang, don’t you think this reward is a bit too much?” Yang Kai suddenly frowned. Although the Fourth Grade Open Heaven material was worth 150,000 Open Heaven Pills and Yang Kai had contributed greatly to it, such a generous reward was still quite surprising.
“Isn’t it good to have more?” Old Fang was stunned, “This is the first time I’ve heard someone complain about having too much. If you think it’s too much, why don’t you give me half? I don’t mind.”
Yang Kai pretended not to hear.
Old Fang sighed again, “But with this, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get rid of this land.” As a servant, he naturally wanted to take care of as many fruit trees as possible. This way, he would be able to obtain more income and more opportunities to contribute.
None of the servants in the servants’ house despised the size of the fruit garden they were managing, all of them wishing to grow as big as possible.
“It doesn’t matter,” Yang Kai chuckled, “I don’t rely on this.”
Old Fang thought about it for a moment and felt that what Yang Kai said made sense. Yang Kai now had his own way of making money and was different from ordinary servants. The size of the fruit garden he took care of was no different from any other. It could even be said that the smaller the fruit garden he took care of, the more relaxed it was.
Having lived here for hundreds of years, this was the first time he had seen someone make a servant look so carefree, so he couldn’t help admiring him.
The next few days passed peacefully, and from time to time, people would come to Old Fang to sell the Jade Fire Silkworms. Old Fang also accepted all of them, then handed them over to Yang Kai to feed to Great General Si Chen while the Great General continuously spat out Open Heaven Pills.
Old Fang was smiling all day long. He hadn’t had a good time in the past few hundred years.
A few days later, Yang Kai, who was sunbathing under a fruit tree, suddenly opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction.
At the same time, Old Fang, who had been taking inventory of his income for the past few days, also turned his head, and in the next moment, his expression changed slightly, “Little Brother, you’re up.”
Yang Kai lazily flipped over and turned his back to him.
Old Fang was speechless and stood up to greet him. A moment later, a figure landed in front of him. It was Zhou Zheng. Old Fang quickly bowed.
Zhou Zheng nodded and swept his eyes over Yang Kai. Seeing that Yang Kai didn’t put him in his eyes at all, Zhou Zheng’s face suddenly became cold and he snorted heavily.
A few days ago, he had wanted to obtain some benefits from Yang Kai, but he had failed. After returning, he had been filled with anger. He had also checked the Open Heaven Pills in the Space Ring, there were a total of five thousand of them. At that time, as long as he could get a twenty percent share, it would be a thousand, but Yang Kai had no intention of showing him any.
If it weren’t for Du Rufeng’s warning, Yang Kai would have long since been taught a lesson. These past few days, he thought that Yang Kai had thought things through and decided to make up for his mistakes, but who knew that even now, Yang Kai still hadn’t come looking for him.
When he came over to take a look, he found that this fellow was actually sleeping and basking in the sun. He was so angry that he nearly exploded.
“As a servant, instead of taking care of the fruit trees, you’re slacking off here. Yang Kai, what are you doing?” Zhou Zheng shouted.
Yang Kai turned around and squinted at him before getting up and patting his hand, “So it’s Manager Zhou. Is there something wrong with Manager Zhou?”
“You…” Zhou Zheng was furious, “Let me ask you, have you taken care of the fruit trees in your garden?”
“It's taken care of properly. If Manager Zhou is worried, you can go and check. If there is anything wrong, I will immediately correct it!”
“Are you that confident?” Zhou Zheng sneered. If he really wanted to pick a bone from an egg, no matter how well Yang Kai took care of it, it would be useless.
Old Fang, who was standing to the side, noticed that something was wrong. Yang Kai was simply courting death, so he couldn’t help jumping in fright and quickly stepped forward with a smile, “Manager Zhou, please calm your anger. This little brat’s dozens of fruit trees were indeed well taken care of, and I personally went to take a look. Manager Zhou has come from far away, please sit down and drink some wine!”
Saying so, he went to pull Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng looked over coldly, “Scram, who do you think you are?”
Old Fang’s hand froze in mid-air, his face filled with embarrassment. He knew that Zhou Zheng had really been angered this time, otherwise he wouldn’t have said such words. In the past, he had been greedy for money, but his attitude towards the servants had been quite good. Of course, the premise was that he had shown enough respect, but today he had actually spoken such malicious words.
Turning his head to look at Yang Kai again, Zhou Zheng suppressed the anger in his heart. Although he was unhappy with Yang Kai’s attitude today, he couldn’t delay it any longer. This matter should have been settled a few days ago, but at that time, he was angry that Yang Kai didn’t know what was good for him and didn’t mention it. After dragging it out for a few days, he was also worried that if he delayed any longer, something unexpected would happen.
“Yang Kai, come with me,” Zhou Zheng coldly snorted. Although he had Du Rufeng’s advice that he couldn’t do anything to Yang Kai, it didn’t mean he couldn’t give him a small punishment. As a manager, wanting to teach Yang Kai a lesson was simply too easy.
“What advice does Manager Zhou have?” Yang Kai asked.
Zhou Zheng said, “Enough nonsense, I just called you over!” Saying so, he soared into the sky and flew off in a certain direction.
Yang Kai frowned, not knowing what Zhou Zheng was trying to do. Could it be that he was angry and wanted to beat him up? He shouldn't have the guts to kill him. Although the servants in the servants’ house had low statuses, each of them was a precious resource of the Fire Spiritual Land. Otherwise, the Protector Venerable wouldn’t have personally gone out to summon people, so it was impossible for Zhou Zheng to kill him. In the entire Fire Spiritual Land, only the Protector Venerable had the right to kill the servants.
Old Fang was obviously very worried as he looked at Yang Kai and said, “A little impatience will spoil great plans! Don’t act so rashly in the future, if there’s anything you want to say, just say it. If Manager Zhou wants to do something to you, just bear with it and don’t fight back, otherwise your future days will be difficult.”
Yang Kai didn’t express any opinion, but after glancing in the direction Zhou Zheng had left, he had no choice but to follow, thinking to himself, If Zhou Zheng really attacks me, what should I do?
En, he would grab Great General Si Chen and throw him over to see if he dared to fight back!
Feeling relieved, Yang Kai patted the Great General Si Chen on his head. He would have to rely on him later!
The Great General didn’t understand, crying out twice.
After following Zhou Zheng for a while, after the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Yang Kai saw him descend into a fruit garden. Yang Kai also landed and looked around curiously.
Even if Zhou Zheng wanted to teach him a lesson, there was no need for him to choose this place, right? If they were to fight and cause any problems to the surrounding fruit trees, Zhou Zheng would not be able to bear the consequences.
If he didn’t want to teach him a lesson, why did he bring him here?
Just as Yang Kai was puzzled, Zhou Zheng suddenly shouted, “Where are the workers in this fruit garden!”
Three breaths after he finished speaking, a loud rumbling sound rang out, like thunder rolling across the earth, causing even the ground to tremble as if some kind of ferocious beast was rushing towards them. Immediately after, a burly figure rushed towards Zhou Zheng and bowed, “Yes, yes, so it’s Manager Zhou. This Xiang apologizes for not coming out to greet you, hahaha, Manager Zhou, please sit.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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