CHAPTER 394: CHAPTER 39: QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS

When Yue Jinghua returned to Mazaro Breeding Farm, she found it deserted, as Old Kuru and his wife had already left.

Granny Madan had left a letter along with a cattle herder Azad’s employment contract, and she had also left ten jars of milk wine and a pot of cooked beef soup in the kitchen for Yue Jinghua.

Seeing the still warm beef soup and the milk wine with its drifting fragrance, Yue Jinghua felt a slight sourness in her eyes.

Over the past half month, every moment spent with the elderly couple flashed through her mind, lingering for a long time.

A few days later, Hongling and Qian Luo arrived at the Mazaro Breeding Farm. To Yue Jinghua’s surprise, Hong Yao also came with Feng Chuo, and Hong Yao proposed to open a shop in Five Saints Town.

The development of Fengdan County had temporarily come to an end, the Tattoo Masters from Yunhu Commerce had initially completed the construction of the Dragon Bone Great Wall, Viscount Mo’er was already dead, and now under Batesin’s management, Fengdan and Bailu counties were like one family, mutually exclusive, with many caravans and even commercial guilds starting to move into Fengdan County.

During this period, Hong Yao happened to meet a mercenary who had once bought Elixir Pills from a small pharmacy in Shang Kingdom.

The mercenary complained that since the pharmacy in Poluo City had closed, the mercenaries had not been able to buy cost-effective Elixir Pills.

Hong Yao then thought that if they could establish a pharmacy in Five Saints Town, relying on the purchasing power of local mercenaries, it would surely bring considerable profits.

Upon hearing this, Yue Jinghua also felt that this idea was feasible, and decided to discuss the shop lease with Guo Ziyu and his wife once everything at Mazaro Mountain was settled.

After telling a few people about the discovery of Star Falling Mine, Yue Jinghua had Qian Luo draw a temporary Transmission Array on the mountain top. Before this, Qian Luo had already drawn a matching Transmission Array in Fengdan County, effectively building a secret transportation passage between Fengdan County and Mazaro Mountain.

Despite having the more convenient Jiuxiao Heavenly Peng Array Plate, Yue Jinghua planned not to use this Holy Treasure lightly unless it was a critical moment.

An innocent man is a criminal if he carries a gem; a Holy Treasure, visible across the entire Dragon East Continent, is exceedingly rare. If word got out, with her current not-so-strong strength, she could very likely face a catastrophic disaster.

After the Transmission Array was linked, Hongling rushed back to Fengdan County non-stop and personally selected a group of trustworthy miners, secretly transporting them to the mountain top.

She also dispatched a troop of recently recruited County Guard Army led by Nan Muyu to patrol the nearby area. To prevent the mountain top’s affairs from leaking, Qian Luo specifically laid an Illusion Array next to the mountain top, making anyone who approached the area only see an ordinary-looking Heavenly Pit scenery.

After the mining affairs at the mountain top were properly arranged, cattle herder Azad returned. Yue Jinghua confirmed his honest nature and reliability, and temporarily handed over the management of the farm to him.

The group including Qian Luo disguised by Hong Yao, descended the mountain together.

Yue Jinghua went up the mountain as a Two-star Mercenary, but when she came down, she had transformed into the owner of the Mazaro Mountain Farm, nearly making Helen drop her jaw in shock.

"10 mercenary points, plus a profitable breeding farm. What kind of enchantment did you pour on Old Kuru and his wife to make them entrust their life’s work to you," Harren said with a puzzled face, smilingly savoring the milk wine and Snowflake Beef that Yue Jinghua brought down from the mountain.

It must be said, Yue Jinghua was very adept at handling people; after spending some time with her, Helen also discovered that she

"Lucky, lucky," Yue Jinghua chuckled, her eyes squinting into slits as she eyed the freshly minted Mercenary Points. After over a month of hard work by the trio, they had finally gained more than 100 points, reducing the Second Generation Soldier’s negative 800 points to just over negative 600.

As long as they persevered for half a year and turned their points positive, they could officially accept official mercenary tasks, even team tasks, from the Mercenary Branch. What slightly irked Yue Jinghua was that during this time, they still hadn’t found any clues about the damage to the Ancient Dark Beast Egg.

This made her somewhat discouraged; perhaps she would need Qin Dongting to take them back to where the Dark Beast Egg was damaged earlier to look for some clues nearby.

While Yue Jinghua and Helen were chatting, Qin Dongting came over with a coffin-like expression, having been a bartender here for a month but still as cold as ever.

"Your letter," Qin Dongting handed Yue Jinghua a letter that was sent by Guo Ziyu. It essentially said she had made beer following Yue Jinghua’s method and invited her to come taste it.

Looking at the date, it was already from more than ten days ago, but because Yue Jinghua had not returned from the High Mountain Breeding Farm, it was only handed to her today.

Beer?

Yue Jinghua still had mouthful of kumis and was momentarily startled upon hearing the news about beer.

If it weren’t for Qin Dongting’s reminder, she would have almost forgotten about it.

Earlier, she taught Guo Ziyu to use wheat and mixed it for fermentation to try brewing beer.

Originally, she thought Guo Ziyu would need quite some time to brew fitting beer, but unexpectedly, in just one month, she had made some progress.

Thinking of beer, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but reminisce the refreshing pleasure of gulping down a cold beer in the blazing summer, and then having a proper beef hotpot with paper-thin slices of snowflake beef on the Blue Snow Stove. It was indeed quite a delightful daydream.

Granny Madan’s wine was brewed to drive away the cold and dampness of the high mountain farm; it was spicy and pungent, and Yue Jinghua choked on it inadvertently.

She immediately coughed nonstop, and her face quickly flushed a rouge color. Although she was dressed as a man, the half of her face that showed was androgynously handsome; now flushed red, it made her even more uniquely attractive.

Qin Dongting stood opposite her, seeing her appearance, his heartbeat unexpectedly quickened. Before he could react, Yue Jinghua had already jumped up, patted his shoulder and said, "The drink is on you," and then vanished in a flash.

Qin Dongting felt a slight tickle at his nose, sniffing a faint but distinct fragrance.

"Yo, little cool guy, your face is red," Helen noticed the changes in Qin Dongting’s expression. She leaned over and blew a breath by his ear: "You can’t really be gay, can you?"

Qin Dongting shrugged his shoulders, pushed her away, gave her a cold glance and walked out without saying a word.

Helen’s mouth curled into a smile, her eyes twinkling with an unfathomable light.