About half an hour later, Wang Shufen came back carrying some groceries.
"Mom, let me help you," Ye Ling said.
"No need, no need."
Wang Shufen said with a smile, "There are still guests at home. You go and keep them company first."
"Okay then."
Ye Ling nodded.
After brewing a pot of green tea, Ye Ling poured a cup for both Li Dazhu and Shen Yuexin.
"Shen, what brought you here today? Logically speaking, you shouldn't be visiting a small place like my home," Ye Ling remarked.
Shen Yuexin glanced at Ye Ling and said, "If you don't welcome me, I can leave right now."
"How could that be?"
Before Ye Ling could speak, Li Dazhu said, "Miss Shen, don't listen to Ye Ling's nonsense. This guy never says anything nice. Having someone as important as you visit us is truly..."
At this point, Li Dazhu suddenly stopped.
Ye Ling and Shen Yuexin both looked at Li Dazhu in surprise.
Li Dazhu poked Ye Ling gently in the side and asked in a low voice, "Lingzi, how does that saying go?"
"Which saying?" Ye Ling asked, confused.
"Damn it, the one that means we're very welcoming," Li Dazhu urged impatiently.
"Blessed by your presence?"
"Right! Blessed by your presence indeed!" Li Dazhu slapped his thigh in realization.
Shen Yuexin couldn't help but laugh out loud at Li Dazhu's antics.
"So beautiful..." Li Dazhu said, staring.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuexin's smile immediately faded.
Ye Ling rolled his eyes and said, "Quit beating around the bush. What's going on? How did the contracts for the land you bought end up in the village committee's hands?"
As soon as this was mentioned, anger appeared on Li Dazhu's face.
"Lingzi, you know what kind of bastard Li Kun is. Nearly all the village's money has been siphoned off by him. In the village, Li Kun is the law. He's got a bunch of thugs around him, and he's incredibly arrogant. Whatever he says goes, and the villagers dare not speak out."
"When I signed the contract initially, I had him as a witness. Who would have thought he'd be so brazen as to just snatch the contract away from me? He must have gotten wind of some development news from higher up, that's why he did this."
Shen Yuexin frowned and said, "You may not know this, but national law stipulates that village land can't be bought and sold. It's true that industrial land will be compensated for, but in cases like yours, if the village committee steps in, they can reclaim your land."
"What? There's such a thing?"
Li Dazhu's face turned ugly at once.
Ye Ling frowned and said, "Let's not talk about national laws for now. The fact that they've already sold the land and now, seeing that it's slated for development, want to take it back, that's kind of ridiculous, isn't it?" Sёarch* The Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
"If it were you, how would you handle it?"
Shen Yuexin sipped her tea lightly and looked at Ye Ling.
"Fight every single one of them!" Ye Ling said.
Hearing this, Shen Yuexin couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Nowadays, it's a society governed by law. Just being able to fight is useless. If this matter gets exposed by the media, you won't have any legal standing."
Ye Ling didn't respond.
Being able to fight is useless?
That's because we haven't reached the point where it's useful!
Let's not even talk about returning to the Immortal Emperor level. Even if I were to just break through to the Innate stage and enter the Cultivation era, reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, the weapons on Earth wouldn't pose a threat to me anymore.
At that time, so-called laws wouldn't be able to restrain Ye Ling at all. If Ye Ling wanted, not a single nation would dare say anything even if he annihilated one.
"So what should we do?"
Li Dazhu said in a deep voice, "I care about the money, but I'm not going to forcefully seize it. However, I just can't swallow this insult!"
"Isn't there someone here who can fight?"
Shen Yuexin glanced at Ye Ling and then said, "I can help with this matter, but the details will have to be handled by you yourselves."
Ye Ling immediately understood Shen Yuexin's meaning and chuckled, "Then thank you very much, beautiful Shen!"
Li Dazhu asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Don't worry, what's yours will be yours, if they don't go back, you just need to sit at home and wait to receive the money."
Ye Ling turned to Shen Yuexin again and said, "But speaking of which, is Huamei Group really going to develop here? Why choose this particular place?"
"Choosing this place naturally has its reasons," Shen Yuexin said indifferently.
Ye Ling pondered for a moment and finally slowly uttered two words — "Ancient tomb."
The moment these two words were spoken, Shen Yuexin's stunningly beautiful face immediately changed, her eyes, like stars, fixed on Ye Ling in extreme shock.
Li Dazhu might not understand what Ye Ling was talking about, but Shen Yuexin did!
Seeing the change in Shen Yuexin's expression, Ye Ling also knew in his heart that he had guessed correctly.
Because ever since he arrived here, Ye Ling had felt a huge aura of Spiritual Energy surrounding Lanshan Village.
In this Spiritual Energy, there was also a strong presence of death energy.
Clearly, beneath the ground of Lanshan Village, there was a vast ancient tomb, and within it, there were shockingly valuable spiritual items.
These spiritual items were likely all sorts of jades, buried here as funerary objects along with the emperors of old.
What Ye Ling couldn't figure out was how Huamei Group knew about the existence of an ancient tomb here.
Could it be... behind Huamei Group are True Cultivators?
Or is there some sort of superpower similar to True Cultivators?
If not, Lanshan Village has existed here for more than two hundred years, so how could Huamei Group know about an ancient tomb here?
"Who exactly are you?"
Shen Yuexin stared intently at Ye Ling, asking in a serious tone.
"What do you think?"
Ye Ling smiled mysteriously, "Beauty, I'm not just someone who catches robbers. Want to get to know me? See you in bed!"
Shen Yuexin wasn't angered by Ye Ling's words, seemingly not even hearing them as her mind was filled with myriad thoughts, speculating about Ye Ling's identity.
"Could it be... this guy is like the Clan Elder?" Shen Yuexin murmured to herself.
"What are you two talking about? I don't understand a thing,"
Li Dazhu scratched his head, looking at the two in confusion.
Shen Yuexin suddenly smiled brightly, "Nothing, I just suddenly feel very fortunate to have made a friend like Ye Ling!"
"You should regret not becoming my woman right now," Ye Ling said playfully.
"Maybe there will come a day."
Shen Yuexin spoke softly, took a light sip of her tea, and commented, "Good tea."
"Good people naturally deserve good tea. If Shen is willing, you can invite me to your home sometime to taste the tea the CEO drinks."
"Don't worry, I will invite you to my home,"
"Haha..."
Li Dazhu was completely baffled, decided not to listen anymore, and directly ran into the kitchen.
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