Chapter 97: Quota Ming Lao? A very unfamiliar word. As soon as these words came out...

Ming Lao?

A very unfamiliar word.

When these words were spoken, most people in He Village showed a hint of confusion on their faces. They had never heard of such a name before.

That's right. Their He Village was originally located in a remote place, with only one caravan going there. If it weren't for the drought, the villagers would have stayed there their entire lives.

Master Ming, just the name sounds unusual.

It’s a pity that the people from He Village present were all country bumpkins and couldn’t understand.

The only one, Fourth Uncle He, frowned. He didn't know who Elder Ming was either, but regarding the word "Ming", it was easy for him to think of the first ten mountains related to Ming among the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Is this Elder Ming related to those mountains?

"..." Just by looking at the puzzled expressions of the people in He Village, Village Chief Hong Ling knew that this group of people really didn't know. She couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart. The people in He Village were good in every way, except that no one knew where they came from. Maybe they didn't know a lot of common sense about strange villages.

"What about the soul-returning incense?" Village Chief Hongling asked considerately.

Qian Bacun knew this. His eyes lit up and he asked, "Resurrection Incense, is it the legendary Resurrection Incense that can prolong life?"

"It is true that there are strange foods that can prolong life, but the soul-returning incense can do more than just prolong life, it has a more important function!" Village Chief Hongling retorted helplessly in a low voice.

Qian Bacun didn't care. He asked excitedly, "Is this old man Ming related to the Soul-Restoring Incense?" Qian Bacun knew all too well about the Soul-Restoring Incense. The Stone Master once told him that the Soul-Restoring Incense was a kind of incense produced by a very special strange beast, which was said to be a rhinoceros. It could prolong life and help one pass through the dead and reborn. Whenever the Soul-Restoring Incense came out, large numbers of powerful strange warriors would go to the King's Court of All Beasts.

"Of course it's impossible." Hong Ling shook her head and explained: "The Resurrection Incense is the strange food of the King of Beasts. It is said that only the priests of the King of Beasts can make it. Ming Lao is the elder of Ghost Mountain, the ninth mountain of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. How can they be related?"

"If you insist on saying it's related, it's not impossible."

"Ming Lao is extremely gifted. He was born with a strange companion plant - the Bright Heart Fruit Tree. It is said to have the ability to know all wisdom. It blooms for fifty years, bears fruit for fifty years, and matures for fifty years. In addition, there is a fifty-year rest period. It takes two hundred years for each batch of flowering and fruiting. Even so, it only bears three fruits."

"The King of Beasts values ​​the Bright Heart Fruit Tree very much and agreed to exchange the Resurrection Incense for the Calming Heart Fruit."

"That is to say, Elder Ming holds the share of the Soul-Returning Incense." Hong Ling began to explain that Elder Ming had a special identity. He was a real big shot, but he had been living in seclusion since he retired from his position as an elder.

"In addition to this, Elder Ming also has more than a dozen strange plants in his hands, of various grades and colors. The only feature is that they are extremely precious. Outsiders call them Mingze Mountain or Ze Mountain."

"Ming Lao has an open-minded personality and he values ​​the younger generation very much. He grew up in the Forbidden Stone Mountains when he was young, and was later found by Guishan and recognized as his ancestor. When he returned to his hometown after he was old, he also paid special attention to the Forbidden Stone Mountains. Every time he held a banquet, he would invite us from Huoshan Village to attend."

"The banquet of Elder Ming is Elder Ming's support for the younger generation. Many special and strange foods can be eaten at the banquet."

"In addition to being able to exchange strange food with other people attending the banquet, if the people participating in the banquet are lucky enough, they will be valued by Master Ming and may be given extremely special strange food." This is also the reason why Master Ming's banquet is extremely famous.

Of course, he is famous among all the major forces.

Huoshan Village is able to get one or two places each time because of its special origin and some connection with Guishan.

Hong Ling glanced at He Cun and estimated in her mind that although He Cun came later, he was still a member of the Forbidden Stone Ridge after all. Even if she was brought over, Old Ming should not be angry.

It is very difficult to get a seat at Ming Lao's banquet. In addition to sending invitation letters to major forces, even for individual people and strange scholars, the banquet has extremely strict requirements on talent. Only geniuses can be invited. It is said that there are other hidden requirements, but no one knows clearly.

All I know is that anyone who gets Master Ming's favor will gain great benefits.

Village chief Hongling was not in a position to explain it in detail, but with just a few short sentences, everyone present could imagine what a grand scene it was just by thinking about it.

Village Chief Hong Ling pondered for a moment and said, "I can give a quota to your He Village, and you can also bring two people to participate in the banquet in exchange for the share of Fenghuan Alfalfa's strange food. Don't worry, we will give you the strange beads and even the strange food."

"But we want one-half of each batch of alfalfa." Village chief Hong Ling took into account the population of his own village and the bottom line of the people in He Village and estimated a bottom line share. It couldn't be lower than this.

"..." Village Chief Qian was moved. He looked at the ghost scholar without hesitation and signaled him with his eyes to agree.

If there was anything that worried Qian Bacun, it was nothing more than the talent issue of the younger generation in the village. This time, their He village had two super talents at once. He was worried. When he arrived at the Forbidden Stone Mountains, even if the He village could settle down and the output of strange food was good, Qian Bacun was still worried.

Their He Village has average financial resources, which can support the villagers, but cannot support highly talented tricksters.

Qian Bacun discussed with the village elders whether they should save up some ghost beads and exchange them for some good stuff so that these two super talented children could reach them.

Now the suggestion from Village Chief Hongling is simply delivered to your doorstep.

Ye Lu was also stunned. This was the first time he had come to this world and heard about the situation of the great forces. The number of strange plants was only a dozen, and they were all rare. What about the ordinary strange plants? Just thinking about their background was enough to shock people.

Huoshan Village really came up with something good!

Ye Lu also looked at the ghost scholar, and the ghost scholar also looked at him at this time.

The two people looked at each other in the air, both of them knew what was going on.

"Okay, I agree." The ghost scholar readily agreed and said, "Half the share, deal."

Village chief Hongling was worried, but when he heard the ghost scholar's words, he smiled with satisfaction.

The ghost scholar also liked the village chief Hongling a lot. He took the initiative to introduce the situation of Fenghuan Alfalfa, saying: "Fenghuan Alfalfa, Huangli level, matures once a year, each plant splits into 1,818 roots, and each branch currently produces eight seeds. Its function is to speed up the growth of blood and meat."

"We have another strange plant in Chongshan. Its function is to strengthen the strength of flesh and blood, and it also has the attribute of increasing the size. If there is a chance, we can also trade it with Huoshan Village." By the way, the ghost scholar also introduced the Goucha strange plant, which is also a strange plant of flesh and blood. I believe Huoshan Village will also be interested in it.

Village chief Hongling was stunned. She subconsciously asked: "Goucha fruit?"

"Huh?" Ghost Scholar was also a little surprised. He never expected that Village Chief Hongling knew everything and told it out even though he hadn't said anything. He asked, "How did Village Chief Hongling know that?"

The people of He Village were also surprised. The three boys of Chongshan didn't eat much Gou Cha fruit, so they gave all the remaining Gou Cha fruit to them. What about them? The people of He Village were born to be suitable for this kind of strange food. It was just a period of time, and the strength of the boys who ate it doubled. Therefore, as long as they had eaten Gou Cha fruit, they would keep their mouths shut and never tell outsiders.

How did Village Chief Hongling know?

"It's true!" Village chief Hongling sighed. She never expected that the strange food that was popular among the physical practitioners in the Ten Thousand Mountains actually came from the forbidden stone mountains here, or their neighbors.

Hong Ling saw that Hecun was surprised. He had no idea that the strange food in his village had caused such a commotion outside. The two boys in particular were also surprised. She had a headache, but she still helped explain: "For some reason, our village has always been closely connected with the Shiwandashan, and some news would come from time to time."

"The Goucha fruit was originally only circulated among the guild masters in the Ten Thousand Mountains. It has a very high magical effect and is also very suitable for guild masters who cultivate their flesh and blood and their bodies."

"He became famous because of a cunning man named Li Hu."

"He participated in the Guishi Conference held in the wilderness not far from Qiang City. Because of his high level and Guishi power, he continued until the last competition. It was also this competition that made him stand out. Everyone thought he would fail."

Village chief Hongling shook her head. In fact, she was also not optimistic at the beginning. She never expected that she would be shocked when she saw it at that time.

"Why?" Qian Bacun listened attentively and asked subconsciously. After all, if he really had a good level of strange power and could hold on to the end, his strength should be quite good. How could so many people think he failed? From what Village Chief Hongling said, it was not just her but the majority of people.

Village Chief Hongling said helplessly: "Because he met a trickster with similar innate skills as him, the trickster Li Hu. From the name he called himself, we can tell that he is a beast-like body cultivator who can change beast form and transform into a tiger. The trickster who is hostile to him is from the King's Court of Ten Thousand Beasts."

"He is still a member of the Wangzhang tribe, with innate skills? And he is a white jade rhinoceros."

"Rhinoceroses are originally larger than tigers. Although the white jade rhinoceros is not the longest, it is still one-third larger than the tiger transformed by Li Hu. For this type of beast cultivators, victory or defeat is often determined by body size." Village chief Hongling also explained the reason very considerately.

Qian Gouzi was also stunned. Village Chief Hongling said a lot of things that he had never heard before. Now he felt like he had opened the door to a new world. He couldn't help but ask, "Who won in the end?"

"Li Hu." Village chief Hongling said slowly.

"At the last moment, Li Hu also showed his beast form. Although his size was slightly different from that of the white jade rhinoceros, it was not much. After all, the tiger is a fierce beast, and he was able to suppress the white jade rhinoceros and win."

“Everyone was shocked.”

"It is precisely because of this that after the competition, many physical cultivators were looking for Li Hu. As for the reason why his beast form became bigger, he himself said it was because of the Gou Cha Fruit sold by the Qing Fei Caravan. As for his body size, it was because he was very compatible with the Gou Cha Fruit and bought more than one piece of strange food."

"The leader of Qingfei also proved that what Li Hu said was true after the game."

"Gou Cha Guo became popular because of this. Wait, wait, it seems that the leader of Qing Fei also said that Gou Cha Guo came from a village called Hecun. I originally thought it might be the same name, but now it seems that it is really you."

"If you possess the Gou Cha Fruit, you would be qualified to attend Master Ming's banquet this time!" Village chief Hong Ling couldn't help but sigh. Even she was tempted by the effect of the Gou Cha Fruit, but Hong Ling was also rational. She knew that Li Hu's situation was extremely rare. Many tricksters would never encounter a trick food that was extremely compatible with them in their entire lives, not to mention that the food had the same attributes as them. Li Hu was one in a million.

Under normal circumstances, the Goucha fruit would probably only increase slightly in size and strength.

But the trend of Gouchaguo finally started.

Ye Lu was also very surprised. He had just been discussing it with Banlan. Since there were enough Goucha fruits, he might as well sell more. He could also boost the reputation of Hecun Chongshan at the same time. He still had Guizhi later. The latter would use the name of Hecun to ask for money. This was his original purpose.

I never expected that the colorful leader could do so well. He is so outstanding.

The reputation of Gouchaguo was immediately made famous.

This time, his original goal was achieved, but from now on it was no longer Hecun’s Gouchaguo but the Hecun with Gouchaguo.

Also, no wonder Banlan was so straightforward and friendly when she gave him the Ghost Pearl. He thought it was just Banlan's natural personality. It seems that the Banlan bloodline has also earned a lot of good things.

"It would be best if there are some talented tricksters going to Master Ming's banquet this time." Village chief Hong Ling saw that He Cun knew what was going on, so she stopped her reminder. Anyway, judging from the trickster Ah Gui and the nephew of Deputy Commander He, they didn't look like they would be fooled, so she didn't need to waste her words on them. She just had to remind them a few times about Master Ming's banquet.

"It would be best if you have some strange plants and some strange people who eat strange food." Village chief Hongling paused and continued.

Now, her meaning was completely clear.

"Okay!" Ye Lu nodded. Because Village Chief Hong Ling was looking at him when she spoke, he was probably talking to her. He touched his chin embarrassedly.

Village chief Hongling nodded with satisfaction.

There were negotiations between the leaders of Huoshan Village and He Village, and there were also talks between ordinary villages outside.

The ordinary village that Huoshan Village depends on is called Hongqi Village. Just from the name, you can tell that the craft of this village is related to lacquer.

The head of Hongqi Village was a man named Qishan. He looked at Qiao Sanguan with curiosity and asked, "Are you the head of Liucao Village?"

Qiao Sanguan paused, a little uncomfortable with the other party's frankness and familiarity, which was completely different from how he was when he was fleeing from famine. However, he quickly understood that life in these villages was relatively comfortable, so naturally there weren't so many bad intentions. Qiao Sanguan could also feel that the other party had no ill intentions, but was just curious.

Qiao Sanguan nodded and said: "Yes!"

"Then you are good!" Qishan nodded enviously and said: "He Village has several strange plants, and they have just settled down in the forbidden stone ridges. You are the first ordinary village in He Village, with the best location and the deepest feelings."

"We are so lucky." Although Hongqi Village is famous, due to its small size and the short time it has been here, it has not received as many benefits as the big villages before. Why should Qishan be envious?

Qiao Sanguan was stunned.

Qishan looked at him and thought he didn't know his situation, so he whispered, "Hey, you don't know, when we went out to trade with Village Chief Hongling, some villages also asked about the situation of He Village. Many ordinary villages also wanted to come and rely on us, but we never heard any news from He Village."

Although the people of He Village themselves don't know, they all have connections in the Jinshi Qunling Village. If there was no news, those with connections would have died long ago and would not have lived to this day. How could they have known about it long ago? Another big ghost village has come here, and it's a rich ghost village.

As long as those who have seen the good days of the several villages dependent on Huoshan Village have seen He Village, there will be few ordinary villages that are not tempted and are all asking for news.

Unexpectedly, an ordinary village suddenly appeared in He Village that was dependent on it. Now it seems that there is no plan to continue recruiting ordinary villages.

Qiao Sanguan was shocked, and was speechless when he heard Qishan's words. He knew the benefits of taking refuge in a strange village. An ordinary village could provide protection and strange food.

But he didn't expect that Hecun was even richer than he imagined.

"…………" Qiao Sanguan now really began to feel fortunate that he had tried hard to get a spot from Village Chief Qian and had walked all the way with determination.

They were also more grateful to Hecun for being willing to give them, a group of refugees, another chance.

Hecun wanted to find a village chief who would not betray them and was actually better than them, but they did not look for one and were still willing to abide by the original agreement.

"Thank you very much!" Qiao Sanguan thanked him solemnly.

Qishan was confused and didn't understand what Qiao Sanguan was thanking him for, but he felt that he could get along well with the village chief Qiao.

"Let's live a good life. In the future, when the kids awaken their talents, they will definitely live a better life!" Qishan patted Qiao Sanguan's shoulder happily.