Chapter 716 Tea Garden Feelings
Hearing Chen Yang's plan, Chen Yanding nodded. This was indeed the only way to find a Gu worm master at present.
However, for the tea trees before them, it was just the beginning.
"Since the reason for the tea trees becoming like this has been found, is there a way to save all these tea trees?"
As soon as Chen Yanding asked this question, Chen Yang curiously retorted, "Why not clear all these tea trees and then replant some new ones?"
"When the time comes, as long as we catch the Gu worms, your newly planted tea trees won't have any problems."
Chen Yanding naturally understood what Chen Yang said, but planting a tea garden was far more complicated than Chen Yang suggested.
"These tea trees were all transplanted from a mother tree. The unique flavor of the tea garden was due to the mother tree, but now the mother tree is gone."
"If we were to replant, there would be no need to guard this tea garden anymore."
The reason Chen Yanding kept investing money in this tea garden every year and hadn't given up yet was because the tea trees he wanted to revive were one of a kind.
As Chen Yang said, if all these tea trees were cleared, then he would have no reason to keep this tea garden.
Chen Yang immediately understood when he heard this.
But looking at the tea trees before him, Chen Yang also had a headache. These Gu worms had absorbed all the essence from the tea trees. To restore the tea trees to their original state, a special potion was needed to restore the essence. But the essence of tea trees...
"I can't give you a definite answer yet, but I will do my best."
Chen Yanding was already very happy. After all, the people who had come to see these tea trees before were nothing compared to Chen Yang. Even the words "I will do my best" couldn't be said by them.
They couldn't even figure out what caused the tea trees to change.
Chen Yang had only been here for a day and had already found the most direct reason.
Chen Yanding's uncontrollable excitement also infected Master Weng.
Master Weng knew that Chen Yanding was a legendary martial artist. After all, they had known each other for so many years. Although he was just an ordinary person, Master Weng knew many things about Chen Yanding.
He had also hosted several of Chen Yanding's martial artist friends.
But this person before him was too young and had directly pointed out the problem with the tea trees.
If Chen Yang hadn't jumped out of the tea garden just now, Master Weng would have suspected Chen Yang of being a fraud.
However, after learning that Chen Yang was a martial artist, Master Weng understood that everything Chen Yang said was true, as what he had just done was beyond the capabilities of an ordinary person.
"Gu worm master... Why would they harm the tea trees here?"
"For decades, the tea garden has never offended anyone."
Master Weng couldn't understand why, even if they had a grudge against Chen Yanding, they would harm the tea garden.
Master Weng's feelings for the tea garden were no less than Chen Yanding's.
When Chen Yanding was immersed in practicing martial arts, it was Master Weng who took care of the tea garden with all his heart.
As a native of the southwest, Master Weng had heard of the legends of Gu worm masters.
They were a very mysterious group of people. Chen Yanding might have offended them, but these people should have come to seek revenge on Chen Yanding!
Seeing Master Weng's expression, Chen Yanding said helplessly, "I will resolve all of this."
The tea garden had not offended anyone, so Master Weng's meaning was clear.
Chen Yanding was well aware of Master Weng's dissatisfaction with him, and it was all because of himself. Even now, he didn't understand who he had offended.
Chen Yang remained silent and waited until Master Weng left before inquiring about Master Weng's background.
Chen Yanding, being in his fifties, naturally understood the implied meaning in Chen Yang's words, "Are you suspecting Master Weng?"
Seeing Chen Yang's silence, Chen Yanding's expression changed, and he quickly explained to Chen Yang, "It's impossible. Master Weng is not a martial artist. He just knows some things about martial artists and has been in the tea garden all these decades."
"If there is anyone in this tea garden who has truly put their heart into it, Master Weng is definitely one of them."
"Ever since the tea garden had problems, he hasn't slept well. It's only in the last few years, after taking Chinese medicine, that his mind has relaxed a bit. Perhaps he felt that the tea garden was beyond saving and gave up."
Chen Yang listened to everything Chen Yanding said about Master Weng, but after he finished speaking, Chen Yang slowly shook his head.
"I hope I'm mistaken."
Chen Yang did not leave the tea garden and waited there.
The Gu worms that had been released, after absorbing the life energy from the tea trees, slowly flew out.
During this process, Chen Yang had already discovered many Gu worms flying back.
But he didn't chase after them immediately; instead, he waited on the periphery.
Nanzhu, who arrived at the outer area of the tea garden, saw Chen Yang and Chen Yanding and immediately went forward to greet them.
Chen Yanding was now a member of the Southwest Prefecture and naturally recognized Nanzhu, who frequently traveled to the Southwest Prefecture.
Nanzhu represented the God of War of the Southwest. Every time Chen Yanding met him, he would nod slightly as a sign of respect.
As for striking up a conversation, that had never happened.
There were few martial artists in the Southwest Prefecture, and they all knew each other, but Nanzhu was different from them; he was at the peak of the Grandmaster realm.
He was among the top tier!
Chen Yanding never expected that the person Chen Yang mentioned was Nanzhu.
At that moment, many questions flashed through Chen Yanding's mind, the most important one being, who exactly was this Chen Yang!
Nanzhu didn't know who the person before him was but found him very familiar. He remembered often seeing him when he was in the Southwest Prefecture.
Chen Yang naturally noticed Nanzhu's unusual gaze, "What, you don't recognize him?"
"Hahaha, God of War Nanzhu is always busy with matters of the Southwest, so it's normal that you don't recognize me. I am Chen Yanding, one of the Grandmasters of the Southwest Prefecture."
After Chen Yanding introduced himself with neither humility nor arrogance, Nanzhu smacked his forehead and said, "This tea garden belongs to you, right? You used to supply tea to the Southwest Prefecture, and then I heard there were some problems?"
Although Nanzhu had borrowed Grandmasters from the Southwest Prefecture, he was familiar with all of them.
Chen Yanding was not among them.
However, he knew about Chen Yanding's past business.
Before Chen Yanding could speak, Chen Yang directly said, "Yes, we have caught the Gu worms, and we are looking for you to catch the Gu worm master behind it."