The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 912: The Latecomer Team Member

"Director, otherwise how would I ever say you’re wise and mighty? Those words hit the nail right on the head." Li Qing said with a big laugh, "They really did say that. They said that Elixir Sect wanted to seize the opportunity of the return to Wu Yu Mountain to announce their power to the world and show off their muscles."

"Shut your damn beak already. Why does seeing your call irritate me so much now!" Dian Chunqiu cursed with a humorless laugh, "Keep the people for now, we’ll bury them later. I’ll send someone to take over, don’t worry about it anymore, the office will handle it."

"Director, you can’t just use me and throw me away like that, can you? Weren’t you praising me just a while ago? Besides, I deserve some credit for this affair, right? You surely didn’t know about the Elixir Sect and Wu Yu Mountain beforehand, did you?" Li Qing said with a smile.

"Fine, when I have some free time, I’ll make sure to issue you a nice commendation certificate!" Dian Chunqiu cursed, "Send me your location and hang up!"

With that, he hung up the phone very efficiently before Li Qing could reply.

Looking at the phone screen, Li Qing chuckled lightly. He had just made a meritorious effort, and yet he was being scolded; his position was indeed worrying.

A commendation certificate, my ass. He could hear the thick threat behind those words.

Slipping his phone into his pocket, Li Qing activated his Godspeed Talisman, kicking up a dust cloud as he instantly returned to the side of those two middle-aged men at Wu Yu Mountain.

These two men, aggressive but with an explosive will to survive, had their faces seared to a blackish-red by the flames, their hair slightly singed and emitting plumes of smoke.

Upon seeing Li Qing return, the square-faced middle-aged man suddenly cried out in desperation, "Brother, let us go. As long as you spare our lives, we can report back to our Sect that you don’t actually have the Solidifying Spirit Elixir recipe, and that those elixirs were just an accidental find, okay?"

"Bullshit, they were an accidental find in the first place." Li Qing cursed, finding a stick to prod at the unburnt Joss Paper to help it burn more completely.

"But you just said it was about technology and hard work..." the middle-aged man called out, his voice clearly lacking confidence.

Li Qing glared fiercely, "Why are you so obstinate? The technology and hard work of an ’accidental find’, got it? That’s what the person told me, and I have no way of verifying it anywhere else, so naturally, I could only think that way!"

"Brother, let’s just assume that’s the case, we will report to the Sect as you’ve said," the square-faced middle-aged man asked anxiously.

Li Qing’s recent actions truly terrified him.

Looking at the clump of burning Joss Paper before him, he could almost see the grandly opened doors of the Underworld welcoming them.

When one foot was already hooked over the threshold, nothing else mattered anymore.

Now, all he wanted was to avoid stepping through that door, to avoid actually dying! 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Even if you all go back, you’d still say whatever you want, but in the end, I feel more at ease thinking it would be better to just do away with you," Li Qing said, shrugging his shoulders, "Be smart, and stop feigning toughness, okay?"

No sooner had he finished speaking when he suddenly noticed a black dot falling from the sky.

As the object drew closer, Li Qing could finally see clearly that it was a banana leaf.

Of course, this couldn’t be an actual banana leaf, but a Magic Artifact shaped like one.

Lightly standing on it was a middle-aged man with short, flower-white stubble, dressed like an elderly model, as well as two young men and women, shivering. The young man had features characteristic of Western Regions, with deep-set eyes, slightly blue tinged.

And the girl...

She had traits even more distinct of the Western Regions than the man, with a cute and playful look, her chestnut-brown hair wild and loose, styled into two carefree braids, and wearing a beige long dress.

In this cold season, only a Cultivator would dare to dress like that.

The broad banana leaf slowly stopped steadily in front of Li Qing.

"Daoist Li, I am Daoist Banana Leaf."

The middle-aged man with white in his beard wore a faint smile and gave Li Qing a proper Daoist bow.

"I have seen the immortal." Li Qing politely returned the greeting and curiously eyed Daoist Banana Leaf.

With the Daoist name of Banana Leaf and a Magic Artifact that’s also a banana leaf, could this gentleman be a banana plant come to life?

When Li Qing was young, he often heard rumors that female ghosts lived inside banana flowers, and those childhood tales made him unable to resist taking an extra glance at banana flowers on late nights even now.

Daoist Banana Leaf glanced at the scene on the ground and couldn’t help but laugh, "Fellow Daoist, your work is extremely organized, from burial to the dispatch, it’s done without fault."

"I just wanted to let them rest easy, so they won’t trouble me in the future." Li Qing laughed, "Recently, I’ve been running east and west dealing with matters involving evil spirits, and it’s making me a bit queasy now."

Daoist Banana Leaf chuckled, "Please allow me to take them off your hands, I will bring them to the bureau."

"As you wish, immortal." Li Qing nodded in agreement.

"You little brat, I told you, couldn’t kill us, and what now? You’re just causing trouble for yourself!" The middle-aged man, previously in a western suit, suddenly shouted with his eyebrows raised, full of smugness in his tone.

Daoist Banana Leaf’s brow furrowed slightly, then he suddenly slapped out a hand, "Noisy!"

Two crisp slaps resounded.

The cheeks of the two middle-aged men, charred to a blackish-red, visibly swelled up, and their mouths seemed to be sealed shut.

They looked as if they were forcefully pursing their lips so much that their lips were no longer visible.

After leisurely carrying out this task, Daoist Banana Leaf turned to Li Qing with a smile, "You wouldn’t mind, would you, fellow Daoist?"

"What’s there for me to mind? I was just about to do the same." Li Qing laughed, "These two almost bored me to death just now."

"That is good then." Daoist Banana Leaf nodded with a light smile but didn’t rush to do anything; instead, he introduced the two young people behind him to Li Qing, "Fellow Daoist, these are the assistants arranged for you by the bureau, both at the peak of the Qi Cultivation Stage, just one step away from Foundation Establishment."

"You two, go ahead and introduce yourselves."

The male and female had been curiously watching Li Qing all this while and upon hearing this, the man spoke first, "Team leader, I am Deng Jian, a disciple of a declining sect, and might as well be considered a Loose Cultivator."

After he finished speaking, the young girl then spoke up timidly, "I’m the same."

"Even your name is the same?" Li Qing asked with a raised eyebrow.

Why does this girl seem like she’s afraid of him?

He didn’t think he looked particularly fierce or terrifying.

"No, not that." The girl lowered her eyes, a bit nervously correcting herself, "My name is Gan Yingying."

"You don’t look like you’re from the Central Plains." Li Qing nodded and said offhand.