Chapter 1750: Chunyu's Call
Chapter 1750: Chunyu's Call
Ling Zhenfei said, "That's really a bother for you, Xu San."
Xu San laughed and said, "You came to the east city to my place, and still thought of looking for me, that's giving face to me, Xu San. Don't worry, I'll have news for you first thing in the morning."
The two hung up the phone, and at this moment, Chunyu called.
Chunyu rarely called Ling Zhenfei directly, so receiving Chunyu's call at this moment surprised Ling Zhenfei.
"What's up with Chunyu?"
Chunyu mysteriously said, "Brother, here's the thing, I've been learning from Sister Lu lately, but a person came to the courtyard this morning, and they seemed hostile."
Ling Zhenfei was startled and said, "What happened?"
Chunyu said, "I can sense the spiritual energy fluctuation from that person, very powerful, and although they left later, I seemed to hear them say they'll be back."
Ling Zhenfei said, "Alright, I'll head back and take a look."
After hanging up the phone, Ling Zhenfei drove straight to Qinghe Village.
If Chunyu said those people seemed hostile, then they really might be. Chunyu's strength isn't low now, and she's about to reach the Fate Knowing Realm.
Since she felt those people might be threatening, they probably are.
Ling Zhenfei quickly drove to Qinghe Village, parked, and headed to the house where Lu Huanong and Lu Tao lived.
As soon as he walked in, he saw Lu Tao still drinking tea under the tree, as if nothing had happened.
Seeing Ling Zhenfei come in, Lu Tao laughed heartily, "Good lad, did you come knowing there's something good to eat tonight?"
Ling Zhenfei went over, sat in front of Lu Tao. "What good food are we having today?"
Lu Tao smiled and said, "It's Bai Mei, that boy hunted a wild rabbit and a pheasant from the mountain today. Looks like we'll be enjoying some game meat."
Ling Zhenfei said, "What, even Bai Mei is starting to cozy up to you?"
Lu Tao laughed heartily and said, "People get closer with kids when they get old."
Ling Zhenfei glanced inside, and saw Lu Yunshang actually busy in the kitchen.
Once untouched by the scent of cooking, Lu Yunshang was now starting to cook, truly unexpected.
Ling Zhenfei said, "You rest, senior, how about letting me showcase my culinary skills today?"
Finishing this, Ling Zhenfei rolled up his sleeves wanting to help in the kitchen, but Lu Tao stopped him.
"What are you doing, cooking is a woman's task, let Yunshang handle it herself, let's just chat."
Ling Zhenfei reluctantly sat down again, sipped some tea, and said, "This tea isn't quite right, let me have you try mine, old gentleman."
Lu Tao curiously asked, "What kind of tea did you bring?"
Ling Zhenfei took out his tea from his Heaven-Dropping Essence Marrow.
These tea leaves were brought back by Wang Yanan from Ya'an at that time, truly treasures now.
Ling Zhenfei washed and cleaned the teapot after discarding the leaves, then brewed a fresh pot.
The tea leaves were from Mengding Mountain, the water was spring water from Xianling Mountain.
Having finished brewing, Ling Zhenfei poured a cup for Lu Tao. Lu Tao gently picked up the cup, sniffed it first, then took a small sip.
Lu Tao nodded, then took Ling Zhenfei's small tin of tea leaves, looked at it, and casually pocketed it.
Ling Zhenfei realized, Lu Tao was intent on taking his tea leaves.
"Old gentleman, that's not fair, I kindly brew tea for you, you can't just take my tea leaves."
Lu Tao feigned irresponsibility and said, "What's wrong with taking some of your tea, you can just buy more. I can't even go out these days."
Ling Zhenfei felt helpless, "Old gentleman, this is authentic Mengding Tea, even hard to buy outside."
Lu Tao seemed determined to take Ling Zhenfei's tea leaves and said, "Hard to buy, that's your problem, what's wrong with me drinking your tea when I'm offering you mountain chicken later?"
Ling Zhenfei felt truly helpless, when the old gentleman insists on being unreasonable, others really have no solutions.
Ling Zhenfei had no choice, it seemed he couldn't save his tea leaves.
Tea drinking is like this, some treat leaves like treasures, but some find them less enjoyable than plain water.
Some start drinking tea without much excitement, later finding it increasingly pleasurable.
Some find tea tasteless during certain jobs, but changing jobs makes tea feel wonderful.
This relation to tea is closely tied to one's mental state.
Like Ling Zhenfei, who started off as a small worker, dwelling on self-sustenance and promotions.
But as his status grew, he increasingly enjoyed tea.
Since the old gentleman enjoyed his Mengding Mountain tea, Ling Zhenfei of course shared.
Ling Zhenfei didn't act as heartbroken over the tea leaves as he appeared.
Though Mengding Mountain's tea is precious, Ling Zhenfei didn't think much of it.
Tea leaves are just tea leaves.
Ling Zhenfei pretended they were valuable mostly to bond with the old gentleman.
After finishing a pot, he switched to another.
Then Ling Zhenfei asked, "Old gentleman, I heard someone came to visit today?"
Ling Zhenfei casually asked this, but Lu Tao knew what he meant.
Lu Tao said, "Yes, two people came, quite straightforward, looking for my Wu Wang Dao Talisman."
Ling Zhenfei said, "Who were they?"
Lu Tao said, "They claimed to be from the Tianling Spirit Palace."
The Wu Wang Dao Talisman is a blank charm given by Tianling Spirit Palace every time people enter the Foreign Land Space.
This empty charm marks places you walk through in the Foreign Land Space, revealing your path on the talisman.
The biggest advantage is for those going in a second time, enabling choice of entry point during space transfer.
It's immensely useful, as you might randomly appear in a beast's lair or a Foreign Land Demon Hunter team.
Hence, the entered Wu Wang Dao Talisman becomes extremely valuable.
Seeing Tianling Spirit Palace folks wanting it back, it seemed fair, as they were the original providers.
"Did you give the charm to the Tianling Spirit Palace people?"
Lu Tao said, "They offered a good price, but I didn't give it."
Ling Zhenfei hesitated, "Why, do you plan to visit the Foreign Land Space again, senior?"
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