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nJing Yun Zhao tossed the remaining rocks in her hand behind her, dusted her hands, and gave a sweeping glance towards Ji Shan Shan before coldly saying, “My stance towards this matter has been made clear, if you guys were to lose in the competition later on, it proves that your capabilities are lacking. I only hope that by the time you all lose, you guys won’t push the blame on me, because if so, it’s only natural for me to ‘bury’ you all with my power.

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nFinishing her words, Jing Yun Zhao left the area.

nBehind her, Ji Shan Shan was throwing a tantrum while the others in the group looked at each other.

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n“Does she truly mean what she said?” a few middle-aged men surrounded the group and asked with a face of curiosity after the group returned to the courtyard.

n“She said it herself, in my opinion she’s someone with a little bit of backbone, so we needn’t give in to her on purpose right?” Ji Shan Shan’s brother said with a hint of uncertainty in his voice.

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nJi Shan Shan snorted while replying, “Why should we give in!? Anyways, I’ve already offended her, even if I give in to her, she wouldn’t appreciate it at all! Haven’t you seen how smug she was throughout our whole exchange? Acting as if no one else in the world could compare to her, when in reality she’s just relying on Senior Xu’s background! Also, it’s fine if Senior Xu didn’t come… but why did he give the invitation to someone else!”

nHearing her words, the father-son duo of the Ji Family was also starting to feel angry.

nThe father-son duo was thinking about how arrogant Cui Jin must be, to urge their family’s shan-shan to go and provoke Jing Yun Zhao. Although, they wanted him to curry favour with the girl who came with Senior Xu’s invitation, if he didn’t want to do it then so be it. However, since he himself insisted on pleasing that girl, how could he use their family’s shan-shan to test out the girl’s temper? Even if he wanted to test out the temper of the girl, this wasn’t the way to do it!

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nNow what? Not only did they fail in winning any brownie points with the girl, the girl probably has a grudge towards all of them now.

n“Forget it, since she’s already expressed her stance on this matter, then we’ll do as she says and not send any gifts. As for the competition, just go all out and do your best, and if the girl is truly incapable, remember to let her lose with dignity so as to not disrespect Old Man Xu.” Someone amongst the group said.

nAs the person finished his words, the surrounding people also nodded their heads in agreement.

nAt the same time, Jing Yun Zhao was wandering around in the medicinal fields, and was carefully observing the differences between the medicinal fields in her ‘space’ and the medicinal fields outside. This was because the quality of the soil, air quality and even the weather are all factors that would affect the quality of the medicinal materials. After all, she couldn’t just rely on her ‘space’ and eventually she would have to build her own medicinal field in the future.

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nAfter spending the whole day outside, by the time Jing Yun Zhao returned to her residence, she saw plenty of people gathering near the warehouse in the courtyard.

nJing Yun Zhao also went over to take a look, but she only saw plenty of items left outside the warehouse like rice, vinegar, and wheat bran.

nSeeing her approaching, the surrounding people made a path for her to go through.

nA large majority of people here were on the young side, and a few of them were observing the quality of the items left there, and among the group observing the items, Jing Yun Zhao saw the group of people she encountered earlier in the afternoon were discussing seriously.

n“All of these are used in the process of concocting medicine, and plenty of medicinal materials need to be fried, even ginseng has to go through the same process…”

n“I heard that the water temperature used when washing ginseng varies depending on the season, such as using warm water during winter, while spring, summer and autumn requires cold water. Also, I heard that some must be roasted with honey, it’s so complicated…”

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nThe group was talking while laughing before they saw Jing Yun Zhao. After seeing her, Ji Shan Shan instantly spoke, “That person over there! Do you even know how to use these materials?”

nJing Yun Zhao’s facial expression didn’t change as she replied, “I’m not called ‘that person’, I have a name, Jing Yun Zhao.”

nHearing her name, the few youths there felt a sense of familiarity.

n“AH! You’re the poor and bitter orphan that got abused by his adoptive father right?” Someone among the group said as he pointed at Jing Yun Zhao.

nNo wonder the people felt that she looked familiar, she was someone famous after all, while the others who heard the people describe Jing Yun Zhao all had weird facial expressions.

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