173: Successful transaction

"You bad guy, you made me choke on a mouthful of water."

An Qian patted Qin Shilei's chest, scolding him.

"Haha, An Qian, you need to cure your fear of water. Let me teach you how to swim today."

Qin Shilei held the two women and dove into the water.

When they resurfaced, Zhang Xiaoli also complained, "Let us go quickly, let us change into our swimsuits first before we come back to swim with you."

Qin Shilei grinned mischievously, "Change into what swimsuit? There are no outsiders here, you can just take them off."

"Hmph!" An Qian pouted playfully, "You big pervert, let us go quickly, or we won't swim with you."

"You two are so unromantic!" Qin Shilei carried the two women back into the house.

After the three changed into their swimsuits, they returned to the small lake, playing gleefully, and An Qian also took this opportunity to learn how to swim.

An hour later, beautiful and melodious gasps echoed through the bamboo forest.

Of course, the two women were still too shy to be completely open with him at the same time.

The next day, Qin Shilei, feeling refreshed, emerged from the small space with the two women.

After having breakfast with everyone, Qin Shilei went outside the city to meet Hou Chengzhu, the leader of the Huanglong Sect.

"Hello, City Lord Qin, I am Hou Chengzhu, the leader of the Feilong Sect."

Hou Chengzhu introduced himself with a smile.

Yesterday, they had already found out that the City Lord of Hope City was a man named Qin Shilei, so he temporarily changed the name of his sect. He also had Liu Ying hide in the shadows.

"Hello, Sect Leader Hou, I am Qin Shilei, the City Lord of Hope City." Qin Shilei nodded in response.

"City Lord Qin, are you satisfied with the terms of the trade?" Hou Chengzhu asked.

"How far is this cornfield from Hope City? When did you pick the corn there? What is the yield of the corn?"

Qin Shilei did not answer the other party's question, but instead asked about the specific situation of the corn.

"I can only tell you that the cornfield is no more than five hundred kilometers from here. We passed by the cornfield more than ten days ago, and in a few more days, the corn should be ripe. Each corn stalk can bear five or six cobs."

The cornfield was only about two hundred kilometers from here, but Hou Chengzhu, fearing that the other party would find the location themselves, exaggerated the distance.

"This corn is too far from here, and the risk of going to pick it is too high. It might have already been ruined by mutated beasts, so a price of 100,000 crystals is too expensive."

Qin Shilei said with a frown.

"With City Lord Qin's strength, picking some corn is an easy task. Hundreds of acres of mutated corn are already valuable, not to mention that they can also be transplanted and cultivated."

Hou Chengzhu said with a smile.

"How about this, you pay 50,000 crystals and tell me the location of the corn, and I will let all of you move into Hope City."

Picking corn might not be that easy, otherwise, why wouldn't the other party just send people to get the corn directly? So, for the location of the corn, Qin Shilei could only offer 50,000 crystals.

"It seems City Lord Qin doesn't trust me. How about I send someone to accompany City Lord Qin to pick the corn? I only want ten percent, and the rest will be worth 50,000 crystals."

Hou Chengzhu suggested.

"No need, I can let you move into Hope City first. If the cornfield is not as large as you say, you will need to pay an additional 50,000 crystals."

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and decided that it would be better to keep this type of corn for himself.

"You will not be disappointed."

Hou Chengzhu took out a map and drew a small circle on it, "It's ten kilometers north of Qing Shui Town."

Qin Shilei took the map and warned, "I hope you will behave yourselves after entering the city, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite."

After he left, Liu Ying immediately emerged from the shadows: "He is indeed the person we met in Xinluo City. I never thought he would become a City Lord, and even the number one person on Blue Star."

Upon hearing this, Hou Chengzhu frowned: "Tell everyone that from now on, our sect will be called the Feilong Sect, and you should put on some makeup and try not to appear in front of them."

Deng Kun spoke, "Is this Qin Shilei really as powerful as the rumors say? Or should we continue forward and find another place to settle down?"

Hou Chengzhu glared at him: "Shut up, you cowardly wimp. In this apocalypse, where can there be a pure land? It's rare to encounter a place protected by such a tall city wall. If we miss it easily, we might suffer divine punishment."

He paused and then continued, "We don't have to be against them. Let's act according to the situation. If things are not feasible, we will lie low."

Liu Ying also interjected, "Maybe this Qin will never come back after this trip."

Thinking of those terrifying bugs, all three felt that there was a high chance this might happen.

........

After Qin Shilei returned to Hope City, he told Zhang Cheng to open the city gates and let the people of the Feilong Sect enter the city.

"Send someone to keep an eye on them. Make sure they don't cause trouble in the city."

Then he summoned Commander Kong and others for a simple meeting.

Qin Shilei sat in the main seat in the middle and said, "I'm going out for a few days to retrieve the mutated corn."

"To better transplant the mutated corn, Zhang Xiaoli will go with me this time, and An Qian will stay behind to guard Hope City."

After speaking, he looked at An Qian.

"You two go, I will definitely guard Hope City well."

Although An Qian also wanted to go out with Qin Shilei.

But as a top expert of the Silver Realm, she had to stay in Hope City after Qin Shilei and Zhang Xiaoli left.

Qin Shilei looked at An Qian with a hint of apology, then continued, "After I leave, An Qian will be in charge of everything in Hope City. An Qian, when you encounter problems, you should also discuss them more with Uncle Kong and Zhang Qiang."

"Hope City, I trouble all of you to take more care."

Then he briefly mentioned a few points about the construction of Hope City.

After everyone left, Qin Shilei took out the Thunder Spirit Stone and handed it to An Qian, "You hold onto this for now. If an emergency arises, hide in the small space with everyone. Your safety is the priority."

An Qian stepped forward, hugged Qin Shilei tightly, and said affectionately, "You must come back safely, or I won't forgive you."

Qin Shilei gently patted An Qian's back: "Don't worry, we'll be back very soon."

An Qian lightly kissed Qin Shilei's lips, then released him and hugged Zhang Xiaoli, who was standing nearby, "Zhang Xiaoli, you also need to be careful."

Zhang Xiaoli returned the hug, "An Qian, you too."

After bidding farewell to An Qian, Qin Shilei and Zhang Xiaoli rode on Xiaojiang towards the cornfield.

Zhang Xiaoli and An Qian's pets had grown a lot and could barely carry them.

But at this moment, being able to be alone with her lover, Zhang Xiaoli certainly did not choose to release her pet, Xiaofei.

Half an hour later.

Qin Shilei and his group had already traveled over a hundred kilometers from Hope City.

During this time, they also encountered three flocks of flying birds, but they were all scared away by Xiaojiang's powerful aura.

The two sat on Xiaojiang's back, chatting intimately.

Just as Qin Shilei thought he could continue to reach the mutated cornfield so smoothly, a large group of bats suddenly flew towards them from the front.