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Cheng Dongliang picked up the phone and dialed Director Chen's number.

After a few rings, the call connected, and Director Chen's voice came through.

"Old Cheng, what brings you to call me?" Director Chen chuckled.

Cheng Dongliang went straight to the point, "Director Chen, Huang Guangbi has secretly given the botanical garden to Da Lin Temple…"

Before he could finish, Director Chen had already said, "Oh, that matter, I've heard about it from old Huang."

Huang Guangbi, as the top official of Lu Province, held a high and weighty position, but that was merely on the surface.

"Da Lin Temple is planning to move its headquarters to the botanical garden; that's a good thing."

"But the botanical garden belongs to Li Xiaoyao."

"Hehe, no worries, if he comes to you, just tell him to find me, nothing important, I'm hanging up now." After hanging up, Director Chen shook his head with a smile.

"Li Xiaoyao? Hehe, let's see if he can make it back alive." Previously, the cooperation with Li Xiaoyao was because of the backing of the Li Family from Xuan Country.

But when Da Lin Temple took the initiative to knock on their door, Director Chen had to make a decision between Da Lin Temple and the Li Family.

Making this decision was not difficult, after all, among the Eight Great Sects of Xuan Country, Da Lin Temple ranked second, with no one daring to claim first.

An ancient sect with a heritage of sixteen hundred years, its depth was far beyond what the other seven sects could compare with.

Cheng Dongliang looked at the disconnected phone, his brows deeply furrowed.

This matter seemed not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Reflecting on how he had come to know Li Xiaoyao, Cheng Dongliang felt a surge of emotion.

When they first met, Li Xiaoyao was just an ordinary cultivator, yet Cheng Dongliang, with his discerning eye, saw the potential in this young man and befriended him.

Later on, it was proven that Cheng Dongliang's judgment was indeed unique; the potential Li Xiaoyao continuously demonstrated gave him hope.

He had thought that in this lifetime, reaching the position of Grand Marshal in the military district was as far as he could go, but who would have thought that in his sixties or seventies, he would meet Li Xiaoyao, describing it as an unexpected joy was an understatement.

However, Li Xiaoyao's ever-growing strength was both good and bad.

His talent was too great, and his character too fiery and direct, resorting to fists to settle minor grievances.

Li Xiaoyao was more accustomed to solving problems with his fists, and if he were an ordinary person, he would have died countless times already. Yet, he had the audacity to back his arrogance, which was why Cheng Dongliang valued him.

But what troubled Cheng Dongliang was that Li Xiaoyao was like a magnet for trouble, attracting serious issues every now and then.

Before Da Lin Temple, the opponents Li Xiaoyao encountered, although powerful, were something either Li Xiaoyao or Cheng Dongliang could handle.

But now, Da Lin Temple had taken the initiative to provoke Li Xiaoyao, and once he returned to find the botanical garden under new ownership, he would definitely not let the matter rest.

Li Xiaoyao was not one to be trifled with and not fight back.

This, Cheng Dongliang knew better than anyone.

…

In recent days, Ling City's botanical garden had been closed to the public, preventing visitors from entering, and the distribution of free Spirit Fruit had ceased.

On the first day, the citizens didn't react much, thinking that the botanical garden just needed a few days for maintenance.

However, on the second day, when the botanical garden announced that entry would be forbidden to everyone henceforth, the news spread and the citizens were in an uproar.

A large crowd arrived at the entrance of the botanical garden demanding answers, but no one responded at all.

This situation persisted for three days, and gradually some citizens couldn't hold on and left the scene, and the farce ended in this manner.

The shamelessness of the officials was not something the citizens were seeing for the first time. But this time, they were still very angry.

After all, from the beginning, it was made clear that the botanical garden was open to the public for free. If you wanted to implement a fee and ticket system, then why not say it from the start? Why suddenly close it halfway through?

Isn't this just leading people on?

Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yuanyuan spent a tender night in Muze City, and although Lin Yuanyuan had planned to return to Ling City with Li Xiaoyao the next day, she now, as the head of the Lin Family, had to attend to both big and small matters.

Although the market for Spirit Fruit was booming, it also attracted the attention of some big shots.

Lin Yuanyuan might disregard Shui Country, but she couldn't ignore some influential figures within Xuan Country.

Li Xiaoyao drove her to the airport personally, and as they said their goodbyes, Lin Yuanyuan clung to him, unwilling to let go.

"Alright, you better go now, or you'll miss your flight," said Li Xiaoyao, patting her head.

This crazy woman, ever since the two of them made their feelings clear yesterday, she became somewhat unrestrained in expressing her love.

"Hmph, then I'll just take the next flight," Lin Yuanyuan pouted and said, "I've thought it through, I'll buy a private jet in Yun Country sometime soon, so I won't always be constrained by time."

Li Xiaoyao slapped her butt with a laugh and said, "Now you're a rich lady, huh? Buying planes as you wish."

"Of course, this lady's worth can now rank in the top three of Ling City," Lin Yuanyuan twisted her body, igniting a burning desire in Li Xiaoyao's heart.

"Okay, enough, go on in. You're quite a figure now, it wouldn't be good to get snapped by someone and affect your image."

"I'm not a celebrity, I'm not scared of any impact," Lin Yuanyuan seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, that Jiuyin hanging around Tiantian seems to be quite popular these days."

"Jiuyin? What about him?" Li Xiaoyao hadn't seen Jiuyin for a while, and their communication had also dwindled.

Jiuyin was his first servant, and his strength in the Cultivation World could be ranked quite highly; moreover, as a Demon Beast, his comprehensive strength reached the Golden Core Realm.

"Tiantian and the others are involved in charity, always appearing in public, inevitably making it into newspapers and websites. Since they are so beautiful, you don't know, but right now, Tiantian and the others have been dubbed as the nation's goddesses. And that Jiuyin, with a good figure and handsome looks, especially with his constant cold face, has even higher popularity online than Tiantian and the others," Lin Yuanyuan explained.

Li Xiaoyao laughed wryly to himself, Zhu Jiuyin, possessing Ancient Times Bloodline and having transformed into a human, had actually gone viral on the internet because of a handsome face?

He wondered what Jiuyin felt about this, but considering Jiuyin's shallow understanding of the secular world, he probably didn't even know what the terms celebrity and internet fame meant.

After Lin Yuanyuan left, Li Xiaoyao also left.

Returning to Ling City once more, Li Xiaoyao felt as if he was in the state where one sees mountains not as mountains.

He flew all the way home, and just as he entered the door, his phone in his pocket rang.

He took it out and glanced at it, the corners of Li Xiaoyao's mouth curling into a slight smile.

"Xiaoyao, you're back?" It was Tang Tiantian.

"Yeah, just got home. Where are you guys now?"

"Me and Xiaoyue are in Tiannan City, we'll head back tonight," Tang Tiantian added, "I'll go back alone."

"What time will you arrive? I'll come pick you up."

After the call, Li Xiaoyao leaned back on the couch, spaced out for a while, then suddenly remembered that he seemed to have made a breakthrough.

But that wasn't the main point. The main point was that after the breakthrough, something seemed a bit off with his Dantian.