Chapter 358: My Lord Has Also Agreed

The quantity was set, and Xia Qing began to discuss the price. "My walnuts were picked on the 22nd. Third Brother bought green-husk walnuts on the 23rd at 400 points. These three days had good sunshine, so a lot of moisture has evaporated from the walnuts. I'll set the current price at 420 points per jin. What do you think?"

"Agreed." Yang Jin answered at once. "Four months of spring water plus 60 jin of Green Light Mountain walnuts, that's a total of 198,000 points. Can we do the transaction now?"

After confirming the points transfer was successful, Xia Qing stood up. "I'll go get the mountain walnuts and spinach seeds. Captain Yang, have a cup of tea and wait a moment."

Yang Jin didn't tactlessly offer to help Xia Qing carry the mountain walnuts. He obediently stayed in the small room and quietly drank chrysanthemum tea brewed with pollution-free spring water.

Clears the heart, dispels inner fire.

When Xia Qing left, she was alone. When she came back, she wasn't just carrying a small half-bag of mountain walnuts—there was also a string of animals following behind her.

At the very front was her utterly arrogant strength-evolved companion. This sheep had been raised very well by Xia Qing; it was even fatter than last time, and the look it gave him was even more asking for a beating.

Behind the evolved sheep was the head wolf, missing a small chunk from its left ear and with bandages wrapped around all four legs. Watching the way it walked, those leg bandages seemed to be wrapped on just for show.

Behind the head wolf followed a yellow, round-eared, long-bodied little animal, cringing timidly.

Seeing that seemingly harmless but actually terrifyingly powerful little animal, Yang Jin immediately shrank back into the room, afraid of provoking it.

The head wolf, with its powerful subordinate and the dimwit sheep boss, followed behind Xia Qing and stood fifteen meters from the small house, staring at Yang Jin, whose face was bruised, at the doorway.

This distance was farther than when Yang Jin had come last time and the head wolf had observed him. Moreover, it had brought along the sheep boss and the weasel.

The meaning was very clear: it was unhappy, but because it was injured and felt solo combat would be a bit difficult, it had found two helpers.

Why was it unhappy?

After cooperating to gather herbs during the third Calamity Rain, he hadn't had any dealings with this wolf. There were only two sources that could make this wolf unhappy: Xia Qing and her sheep.

Yang Jin looked at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing appeared calm on the surface, but cold sweat streamed beneath; she pretended nothing had happened.

This matter couldn't be explained. Could she say that when she went home to get the exchange supplies, because she felt sorry for the cost, she complained a little to the honored guest in the sheep pen?

The head wolf might not understand exactly what she said, but it understood the heartache and grievance in her tone. Then, this SSSVIP honored guest let out a low whine and stood up, bringing along the weasel that had been hiding in the front courtyard ruins at some unknown time, and came over with the sheep boss to back her up.

If the sick wolf didn't have to stay home to protect the corn on the roof, the ones coming to back Xia Qing up would have been two wolves, one sheep, and one weasel.

Though the lineup wasn't large, its combat power was off the charts. No matter how you looked at it, this formation seemed like it wanted to teach Yang Jin a lesson and vent anger on her behalf.

Xia Qing was touched, but didn't dare make a move.

Both the wolf pack and the Green Dragon Squad were her important trading partners. If they started fighting over a few of her mutterings, the losses would be enormous.

Xia Qing quietly cleared her throat and explained why the situation was what it was. "Captain Yang, I brought my lord over because I want to discuss the matter of your cooperation in gathering herbs last time, in front of you and my lord."

Seeing Xia Qing's dead-serious expression, Yang Jin could only get serious too. He nodded. "Alright."

Xia Qing asked, "During the third Calamity Rain, my lord brought back a clump of herbs mixed with mud and two sealed bags. I sent them all to Territory Seven. Third Brother said the herbs in the sealed bags were all gathered by you, right?"

Yang Jin explained, "They were gathered by my squad, with the assistance of... the Wolf Queen and the evolved weasel, and brought back by my lord."

Xia Qing nodded. "Of the two kinds of herbs in the sealed bags, one kind can be used by Brother Luo, and one kind can be used by the sick wolf. Since you and my lord obtained them together, let's call it a win-win cooperation. There's no question of who should pay whom. What do you think?"

Yang Jin's eyes held a smile. "Agreed."

Xia Qing turned back and asked the head wolf very sincerely and very gently, "My lord, is that alright?"

My lord, please don't hit him. I've already taken his points. If we hit him, we'll have to pay compensation. I promise I'll never again mutter in front of you, my lord, because I feel sorry for the supplies...

The head wolf showed no reaction. The weasel still hid behind the head wolf. Only the evolved sheep let out a bleat.

Xia Qing turned back and told Yang Jin with a perfectly straight face, "My lord has also agreed."

Yang Jin...

"Please inspect these. This is forty jin of mountain walnuts and six hundred spinach seeds."

Yang Jin took the bag. "Before the spinach seeds are harvested, give Beard Feng a heads-up. He'll arrange to have the spinach seedlings transported away as soon as possible."

"Alright." Xia Qing nodded. She had long ago reached an agreement with Yang Jin: after the spinach in the terraced fields was harvested, the high-yi-element spinach seedlings would be sold to the Green Dragon Squad at 600 points per jin, and the high-yi-element spinach seedlings from the greenhouse south of the reservoir would be sent to Territory Seven.

Producing high-grade nutrient solution from spinach seedlings required precision instruments and complex techniques. Territory Three didn't have the production capacity, so Xia Qing traded the spinach seedlings out in exchange for points or premium nutrient solution.

"One more thing." Yang Jin set the mountain walnuts aside, took out his phone, and found a picture of a python. "The hardness-evolved python the wolf pack sent over to you—did you take a photo? I want to confirm whether it's one of these I ran into when I was gathering herbs. All of these are hardness-evolved."

The location where Yang Jin gathered herbs for Luo Pei was in the lake on the south side of Mountain 62. South of that lake was Mountain 60, the site of the great battle between wolves, bears, and pythons.

In the picture Yang Jin showed, four giant pythons with mottled patterns thrust a large section of their bodies out of the water, opening their bloody maws to reveal rows of sharp, saw-like teeth. Most exaggerated of all, the big snakes had quite a few smaller snakes coiled around their bodies; from the colors and heads, one could tell they were all venomous.

Powerful hardness-evolved giant pythons teamed up with highly venomous small snakes—taking strengths to complement weaknesses, a strong alliance. Very hard to deal with.

But facing this giant python was an evolver gripping a sharp dagger, charging forward without the slightest fear.

Xia Qing's eyes suddenly widened. "This is... Yan Long from Territory Seven?!"

Yang Jin nodded. "I invited her to team up."

No wonder when she went to fish in the reservoir at Territory Three on the night of the thunderstorm, the people from Territory Seven all looked completely relaxed and not worried at all. Yan Long fishing while fighting four pythons was like using a forty-meter cleaver to julienne ginger—a massive overkill!

After admiring Yan Long's battling back, Xia Qing carefully looked at those pythons. These pythons looked similar, but there were still subtle differences in the patterns on their bodies.

Xia Qing quickly found the common points. "The third one from the left died at the foot of Mountain 60. The first one from the left was sent to my territory by the wolf pack on the second morning after the wolf-bear-snake melee. The Calamity Snake that bit the head wolf was also brought back by me and handed over to Captain Wang the medic. When you and Sister Yan were fighting the snakes, you didn't spot any Calamity Snakes?"