Chapter 715 Offending Someone
"It will change. As long as there is action, there will be results."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yanding immediately slapped his thigh.
Chen Yanding said excitedly, "Good! Chen Yang, even though you're not from the southwest, you have this kind of heart. I naturally can't fall behind."
"I'll donate twenty million to this poverty alleviation project!"
Chen Yanding knew that Chen Yang's poverty alleviation project was definitely not as simple as a village or a town. This twenty million was like a drop in the ocean, but it was all the funds he could muster.
Chen Yang looked at Chen Yanding in surprise. During their conversation, Chen Yang had learned how much money Chen Yanding invested in the tea mountain every year.
Even though he was a Grandmaster realm martial artist, his annual earnings were limited.
To preserve the tea mountain, Chen Yanding definitely wouldn't have much capital left.
"No need. Our Yangyangyang Company will contribute a part, and the rest will be borne by the villagers themselves."
Chen Yang pondered in his mind. After all, this was Chen Yanding's kind intention. It wouldn't be good to refuse it so heartlessly.
"The main thing is that your part of the money, Senior, wouldn't have much use if it were in the company."
"I'm thinking about something. Most villagers can't contribute much, and there will likely be a huge shortfall. If there can be a special fund, it would definitely be a good thing for the villagers."
Chen Yanding had also experienced the business world, so he naturally understood Chen Yang's thoughts. "A special fund? Twenty million might not be enough..."
"Yes, it's just an idea for now. I'll notify you, Senior, when there's news."
When the two arrived at the tea mountain, Chen Yang looked at the ubiquitous weeds and withered tea trees and asked in surprise, "Is there no one in charge here now?"
"Yes, when the tea mountain stopped generating income, people naturally didn't want to stay. There's only an old master living here."
The old master Chen Yanding mentioned was surnamed Weng, and he was even older than Chen Yanding.
Master Weng was already working at the tea mountain when Chen Yanding's father took over. He had no children and considered this place his home.
He rarely left, except to buy daily necessities.
Master Weng paid no attention to Chen Yang, whom Chen Yanding brought with him. Over the years, Chen Yanding had brought back many people.
However, without exception, none of them could solve the problems that had arisen.
These people couldn't even identify the problem with the tea trees.
Chen Yang didn't linger at Master Weng's residence and went straight up the mountain.
Looking at the withered tea trees all over the mountain, Chen Yang broke off a small section of a tea tree and was shocked by the broken end: "Are they already this withered?"
The center of the tea tree was black, even showing signs of carbonization.
"Yes, it wasn't this serious before. It's gotten worse in the last two years."
Master Weng checked the changes in the tea trees every day, which was one of his main tasks.
Chen Yang frowned. After walking around several places, he found that the tea trees here invariably showed signs of carbonization.
"I'll go and check outside."
Chen Yanding was stunned. Outside?
As he was wondering what "outside" Chen Yang meant, Chen Yang leaped up and jumped right off the tea mountain.
Chen Yang walked to a tree outside the tea mountain and looked at the withered surface. He directly crushed the branch.
The condition inside the branch was exactly the same as that of the tea tree.
However, the outside of the trees appeared less severe than the tea trees.
When Chen Yanding caught up and looked at the branch in Chen Yang's hand, he said, "We've also checked these trees before. Although the condition inside is the same, the tea trees aren't completely without issues. On the contrary, during the tea harvest season, there were still quite a few leaves. But more importantly, the taste inside had already changed drastically."
Just as Chen Yang was also wondering what was going on, a small black flying insect flew past the three of them and landed on a branch. It immediately burrowed in and disappeared.
Chen Yanding did not have Chen Yang's powerful spiritual sense and did not notice what had just happened.
When Chen Yang broke off another branch, he looked at Master Weng beside him strangely.
Master Weng also shook his head. He didn't understand what Chen Yang was doing.
However, this time, Chen Yang didn't just break the branch; he crushed it into powder in his hand.
The moment he crushed it, Chen Yang immediately felt something unusual in his hand.
The small black flying insect was like an electric drill, trying to burrow into Chen Yang's body.
Chen Yang immediately used his internal energy to block it!
After blowing away the black wood fragments around the small black flying insect, Master Weng and Chen Yanding also discovered the insect in Chen Yang's hand.
"What kind of insect is this?" Master Weng had been in this garden for so long and had never seen such a peculiar insect.
Chen Yanding was also the same, but unlike Master Weng, he was a martial artist.
Chen Yanding hadn't known about the insect's existence without using his spiritual sense before, but now that he saw it, he instinctively scanned it with his spiritual sense.
When he sensed the immense power emanating from the black insect, Chen Yanding exclaimed in surprise, "It's a Gu worm!"
Chen Yanding, being from the southwest, was very familiar with the characteristics of the region.
Especially Gu worms!
There were Gu masters in the Southwest Prefecture who were not affiliated with any village.
"Yes, a Gu worm. If I'm not mistaken, it's because of these Gu worms that the tea trees have undergone such changes."
Chen Yang's gaze swept across the tea trees covering the mountain and said in a low voice, "It's extremely difficult to see these insects with the naked eye. When they land on the branches of the tea trees, they can enter instantly. Due to their size, they leave no trace!"
Since he now knew what was destroying the tea trees, Chen Yang immediately asked, "Have you offended any Gu masters over the years?"
Chen Yanding's mind was in a mess. He knew about Gu masters, but his first encounter with one was after he entered the Southwest Prefecture.
By then, the tea trees had already changed.
Gu masters were not people one could casually meet on the street.
Chen Yanding spent most of his time cultivating in the tea plantation and had no enemies, let alone offending a Gu master.
After expressing his thoughts, Chen Yang also fell into confusion.
If he hadn't offended a Gu master, the Gu master wouldn't have released so many Gu worms for no reason.
Chen Yang looked at the Gu worm in his hand and a thought suddenly occurred to him.
Since this Gu worm flew here on its own, it would also return to its nest on its own. If they could follow these Gu worms, they might be able to find the Gu master who released them!