The Second Volume of Misty Ravine Chapter 23: Phoenix Crying Valley

  The plantation of Fengweicao is located in a mountain valley more than ten miles outside Yicheng, which is a secluded valley. When Wang Guanlan and his party arrived at the entrance of the valley, someone was already waiting there.

  "Yicheng Fengming Valley Manager Wang Wenyuan meets the 14th Young Master, has seen Commander Luo!!" The newcomer was around forty years old, and was indeed the manager of this mountain valley plantation.

  "Fengming Valley, what a great name!" Wang Guanlan nodded slightly and followed Wang Wenyuan into the valley.

  At this time, the valley seems to have just experienced a rain shower. The scene is beautiful, with birds on the branches, their green feathers still wet, chirping non-stop. On the ground, red petals are scattered everywhere. In the distance, there are over a hundred large and small peaks, all looking like they've been freshly washed, with varying shades of dark blue surrounding them, setting off the valley's scenery. Adding to this are the new waterfalls that have formed after the rain, their sounds deafening, the green grass lush and vibrant, wildflowers blooming profusely, the morning sun shining brightly, a thousand beautiful scenes unfolding before one's eyes, too many to take in.

  It took about half an hour to walk and look around, and soon they arrived at the end of the valley. A waterfall cascaded down from the top of the cliff, forming a deep pool in the valley. The deep pool was shrouded in mist, with a faint mist rising, turning sunlight into seven colors, like a dream, dazzling and breathtaking.

  "Great, this is a great place, a rare good place!" Although Wang Guanlan now has a bandaged head, the love of beauty is universal, and seeing this indescribable beautiful scenery, his mood also suddenly improved. "Good, very good, I've decided, I want to build a big mansion here, right here, Wang Wenyuan!"

  "Here comes the subordinate!!"

  "I see that there are still several mu of cultivated land around here. You bring people to dig them up and flatten the entire hundred mu of land around me!"

  "What?! King Wenyan was slightly stunned, raised his head, and had a puzzled expression. "Young master, didn't you say that the production of Fengwei grass wouldn't be reduced today?!"

  "Huh? Who said that?" Wang Guanlan's eyebrows rose as she asked.

  "Huh!" Wang Wenyuan was taken aback, and smiled wryly, "Nowadays, it's all about spreading the word, besides, a few days ago, Qingling and Xiuyan also came to the valley to take a look, I heard them say that this year's phoenix tail grass is planted more and better!"

  "Them?!" Wang Guanlan's displeasure deepened, "They say, they say and you believe it, who are they?! What right do they have to say that?! Ridiculous! Get me a shovel, dig up 100 mu, no, 200 mu of empty land for me!"

  "Is!!" Heard the anger in Wang Guanlan's tone, Wang Wenyuan suddenly shrunk his neck and secretly thought, "This husband and wife quarrel and conflict, it's best not to get involved, let's just do what we need to do!!"

  "Sir, isn't this a bit...? You did promise after all..."

  "Joke, what's the point of agreeing? This woman is really too much. Don't even mention getting married, we haven't even set a wedding date yet, and she dares to come to my territory and point fingers at me. If I indulge her like this, in the future won't she be shitting on my neck?! Wang Guanlan's words were laced with fire as he said, "I'd love to see what kind of expression he'll have when I destroy these 200 mu of planted fields!!"

  Luo Han nodded, but didn't say anything else. His thoughts were similar to Wang Wenyuan's - after all, it was just a marital quarrel between husband and wife; they would make up in the end. What would be troublesome was if he got himself involved in their affairs.

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  "What? Wang Guanlan had someone clear out a 200 mu plantation to build a villa, what a joke!!"

  Wang Guanlan's actions in Fengming Valley were not intended to deceive anyone, nor could they be concealed from anyone. In less than half a day, the news had already reached Qingling and others who had returned to Yicheng two days earlier.

  "This Wang Guanlan is really too much, he clearly agreed not to reduce the planting of Fengwei grass this year, but then suddenly destroyed 200 mu of the plantation. What does he want to do?! Hearing this news, Xiu Yan immediately blew up. To say that Xiu Yan was originally a good-tempered person, looked good, had a good temper, and her piano skills and dance moves were unparalleled in the world. She was also proficient in painting, poetry, and literature, which is why she was qualified to be called a master. However, it was unexpected that as soon as she arrived in the three states of Xinan, she was played by Wang Guanlan, even Qingling lost out, so her mood has been bad, and her impression of Wang Guanlan has also become more and more unfavorable. Recently, after being persuaded by Qingling, her anger had subsided a bit, but then Wang Guanlan came back to Yicheng and did this, isn't this slapping her in the face? It's not just a slap in the face, it's a naked slap in the face! She didn't know how she felt, but suddenly she was furious and immediately wanted to go find Wang Guanlan to argue with him."

  "Xiu Yan sister, don't worry, I think there's more to this than meets the eye!" Qingling remained calm and asked, "Master uncle, what do you think is Wang Guanlan's purpose in doing this?"

  "He might want to destroy this engagement!!" Zhu Zhihua thought for a moment, as if he had guessed Wang Guanlan's thoughts, and sneered, "It seems that in these days, the trouble brought by the engagement has made him shrink back, so he wants to use this method to destroy your engagement!"

  "That's right! In that case, we have a good reason to call off the engagement!" Xiu Yan was taken aback at first, but then became excited.

  "No, this engagement cannot be dissolved!" Qingling shook her head and said.

  "Why, Qingling sister, are you really going to marry that little scoundrel?!"

  "You think it's too simple, this engagement is no longer just a matter between him and me, because the Ning Wang Fu and Jing Ling Hu have already recognized it, it's not that either of us can destroy it just because we want to. I think he also understands this, doing so is just to vent the depression in his heart!!"

  "Depressed?!" Thinking of Wang Guanlan's experiences over the past few days, Xiu Yan suddenly burst out laughing. "It makes sense, this guy should be very depressed, but even so, he can't do things like this, it's too excessive! Feng Ming Valley only has 800 mu of Feng Wei Cao, and he destroyed 200 mu in one go. If he continues like this, finding an excuse today and another tomorrow, I'm afraid that soon there won't be many mu of Feng Wei Cao left!"

  "Xiu Yan's words are not wrong, we can't let him get away with this!" Zhu Zhihua tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, pondering for a moment. "For now, he has only given orders, we must stop him before he completely destroys the plantation!"

  "Alright, let's go now!" Qingling seemed to have made up her mind as well, nodding her head. "Master Uncle, are you coming with us too?!"

  "Hmm!" Zhu Zhihua said, "I also want to see what kind of person this Wang Guanlan is, to stir up such a storm!"

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  In Fengming Valley, dozens of farmers were clearing the plantation around the deep pool under Wang Wenyuan's command. However, they were just ordinary people and their efficiency was not high. It took them more than half a time to clear a small piece of land. As for Wang Guanlan, he stood still by the deep pool under the flying waterfall, seemingly lost in thought.

  "This place is indeed the water eye set in the formation, and it's perfect. The water element energy here is abundant and just right for a water eye. If I carve a few more ancient symbols on top of this rock wall, it should be even more perfect!"

  These days, he has been thinking about how to combine the array with the ancient symbol under the gray cloth to further enhance the power of the array. His attainments in array are limited, and the ancient symbol was only obtained a few days ago, so the research time is not long, so he can only grasp some superficial knowledge. Among these superficial knowledge, the means that can be truly grasped and will not destroy the entire five-element array are even fewer. Therefore, he rushed to this valley in the first place, felt the trend of the heaven and earth yuanqi here, recognized the sea in the middle, simulated the array diagram, and deduced the various changes of the array method.

  "The Fourteenth Young Master and Qingling Maiden have arrived!" Just as Wang Guanlan was deep in thought, Luo Han's untimely interruption startled him awake. With a displeased expression, he glared at Luo Han before turning his head to see two figures already standing less than ten zhang away from him.

  One of them was Qingling, and the other was an old man in white clothes whom he had never seen before. Although he had never seen him, he could guess who the old man was.

  "Prince Wang Guanlan, I've seen Master Zhu!!" After turning his head around, the displeasure on Wang Guanlan's face vanished without a trace, replaced by a warm and surprised smile. "I didn't know Master had arrived, I apologize for not welcoming you from afar, please forgive me!!" He then bowed deeply to Zhu Zhihua.

  At this point, Zhu Zhihua was a bit embarrassed. He and Qingling came here to demand justice, but Wang Guanlan's unexpectedly enthusiastic attitude had dissipated some of their momentum.

  Qingling took a light breath, her phoenix eyes staring tightly at Wang Guanlan, "If I remember correctly, the 14th young master promised me that today would not reduce the planting of Fengwei grass!"

  "Right! I did promise you, didn't I?!" Wang Guanlan's face was full of innocence, "What, who told you that I'm going to reduce the planting of phoenix tail grass?!"

  "The fourteenth young master, what's going on here?!" His face stern, he pointed at the farmers who were working busily and asked, with a tone of interrogating.

  Wang Guanlan glanced at him and smiled, "What else can be done? This 200-acre place in the square garden has a big use, so it must be flattened first!!"

  "Alright, as far as I know, this hundred-acre plantation is the most suitable place for pampas grass to grow. Fourteenth Master just settled it with one sentence, isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

  "Too much, what's too much about it? I'm just leveling my land, do I still need to report to you guys?!"

  "You leveled your land, it's true that you don't need to report to us, but on the one hand you promised us that you wouldn't reduce the production of pampas grass, and on the other hand you're openly clearing the plantation here, what kind of logic is this?!"

  "So that's what you were talking about?!" Wang Guanlan revealed a look of sudden realization, "I thought it was something else, you don't think I really want to flatten this place permanently, do you?!"

  "Could it be...!" Qingling's heart sank, vaguely realizing that she had overlooked something.

  "Of course not, flattening this place is just what my formation needs. After the opening ceremony ends, I will naturally restore it to its original state!" As he said this, a strange smile appeared on his face, "Look at you, the phoenix tail grass hasn't even been planted yet! How can you say that I want to reduce the yield of phoenix tail grass?!"