You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?

Yunwu Mountain Range, District D, at the foot of Peak 007.

There is an old courtyard with an outer wall and an inner courtyard. The mottled walls are full of traces of time.

The whole courtyard is very clean inside and outside, and it is obvious that someone is cleaning it regularly.

There are many kinds of flowers planted outside the courtyard, and hundreds of black bees are working hard to collect nectar.

This is naturally the courtyard that Old Man Zhou built when he was young, and it has been more than half a century.

At this moment, in the courtyard, at the rosewood table, Old Man Zhou is drinking tea with a slightly wealthy man wearing a golden robe.

After Qi Ping came in from the courtyard, he found that this person was the steward Zhu who was in charge of the rent collection work in Yunwu Mountain Range.

Steward Zhu is from the Zhu family, one of the three major families in Qingshi County. Part of the area in District D of Yunwu Mountain Range is under the charge of Steward Zhu.

He has been in charge of collecting rent here for decades. Because his status in the clan is not high and he is friendly, he gets along well with the casual cultivators like Old Man Zhou.

Every time he comes to Old Man Zhou, he always chats for a while.

"Manager Zhu! Old Man Zhou!"

Qi Ping came in and gave Manager Zhu a fist.

Qi Ping, who is still a small figure, naturally dare not neglect the people of the three major families. At least he has to give them the basic face on the surface, otherwise he will make the other party unhappy. A little willfulness of the power in his hands can bring Qi Ping a lot of trouble.

This is the survival philosophy that the lower-level cultivators have to follow.

Fortunately, this Manager Zhu is kind and not as arrogant as many people from other big families. He has a natural sense of superiority towards casual cultivators.

"I was just about to call you, Manager Zhu is here to collect the rent," said Old Man Zhou happily.

"You really grow taller every year!" Manager Zhu looked at Qi Ping, who had grown a lot taller, and was also a little emotional.

Time flies!

Young people grow up fast!

"Well, I've already prepared the rent."

Qi Ping handed over the 110 spirit stones he had prepared in advance, 100 of which were rent, and 10 were tea fees, which was a common practice in the industry.

Even if Manager Zhu got along well with Old Man Zhou, this thing could not be waived.

But facing the spirit stones given by Qi Ping, Manager Zhu did not accept them. Instead, he sighed heavily and handed a jade token wrapped in his spiritual power to Qi Ping.

Qi Ping couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. What was going on?

At the same time, he had a vague feeling of badness in his heart.

Qi Ping took the jade token and used his spiritual sense to explore it to check the information, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

The jade token clearly recorded a message:

[The overall rent of Yunwu Mountain Range has increased by 30%]

There is also the seal of the Qingyuan Sect in the jade token, which is basically impossible to forge.

"What's wrong? Let me see!" Old Man Zhou looked at Qi Ping's face and was also a little strange.

After he and Qi Ping looked at the jade card, his smile froze.

"Manager Zhu, why is the rent suddenly going up?" Old Zhou asked in confusion.

He has been here for decades and the rent has not changed. Why is it suddenly increased by 30% now? What has changed?

"Well, you may not believe it. When I received this order not long ago, the expression on my face was the same as yours."

"I have also told the people above that many people may not be able to pay the 30% increase in rent, which will cause a lot of trouble, but the attitude of the people above is also very tough. If you can't pay, you can use your belongings as collateral, pay the last period of rent, and then pay half of the rent for relocation fees and you can move out. If you can't pay. Sigh."

Manager Zhu didn't say anything else, and Qi Ping naturally knew the result.

Manager Zhu himself was also helpless. The rent was not his, and he had to go through so much trouble. The tea fee was not much.

"Manager Zhu, do you know what happened in Qingyuan Sect? It's fine that they've allowed the robbery to run rampant in the past few years, but now the rent has suddenly increased."

Faced with Old Man Zhou's question, Manager Zhu still shook his head helplessly and said:

"Don't talk about me. I don't think our family head may know, because the robbery and the increase in rent have had a very bad impact on our family's income. The family head has always wanted to solve it, but the Qingyuan Sect is suppressing it."

"We are also friends. My only advice is to think about your retreat in the next period of time and try to protect yourself!"

Hearing this, Qi Ping and Old Man Zhou both fell silent.

Old Man Zhou didn't care about his life or death, but this incident had a very bad impact on Qi Ping and the beekeeping industry, which made him a little uncomfortable. Beekeeping and Qi Ping were the few things he still cared about...

After a moment of silence, Qi Ping still made a "gritting teeth" + "struggling" look, gathered 143 spirit stones and handed them to Manager Zhu, and asked the manager to issue a certificate.

After all, taking out so many spirit stones casually would always arouse suspicion.

After doing all this, Qi Ping did not chat with Old Man Zhou and the person in charge, but said goodbye and returned to the forest.

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After returning to the forest, Qi Ping frowned tightly.

What happened to Qingyuan Sect?

From a sect that managed regional public security, spirit medicine and spirit beast industry, and commercial development in an orderly manner, it suddenly became what it is now.

It’s fine that the robbers destroyed the industry and the business environment, but now even the rent has to go up.

The key is that this doesn’t seem to benefit anyone? A short-term rent increase of 30% is nothing compared to the direct and indirect losses caused.

“Perhaps knowing who is the ultimate beneficiary of all things will reveal the reason, but unfortunately my strength and status are too low to reach that level…”

“Manager Zhu may know something, otherwise he wouldn’t remind us to think about the retreat.”

“Also, is it possible that this matter is related to the mysterious Beast Taming Sect or Insect Taming Sect?”

“Next time we meet, you can also ask Sister Nan where she got the Monster Insect Cultivation Manual, which can help you make a judgment.”

The matter is too complicated and the information is extremely incomplete. Qi Ping still can’t figure out the complicated cause and effect after thinking for a long time.

In the end, he can only summarize it in four words: chaos is about to start…

As he is at the bottom, the only thing he can do is to improve his own strength and try to prepare means to deal with chaos.

"Let's improve our strength..."

"As long as the golden marrow bees transform into a powerful bloodline, after the bee colony is formed, they will at least have the strength to resist the late stage of Qi Refining, and it is not impossible to be even stronger."

"After the golden marrow bees transform, I can also start to improve my cultivation realm with all my strength."

"If the second animal partner of the contract is also strong enough, it will be even more perfect!"

Thinking of this, Qi Ping's inner anxiety and sense of powerlessness in the face of chaos suddenly decreased a lot.

After closing his eyes and regulating his breath for a while, Qi Ping also heard from the golden marrow bees that Manager Zhu had left.

So, Qi Ping immediately took the five bloodline alienation liquids to the nest of the golden marrow bees.

The bloodline alienation liquid can be taken!

The extent to which the golden marrow bees can transform will also be seen in this move...