Liu Shuang immediately stepped forward, her eyes roaming over the other’s curvaceous figure.

Su Qing gave a slight nod, then swept her gaze toward Jiang Chen and the others. She first glanced at the quite attractive Han xin before locking onto Chen Bo. “Senior Brother Tian’s cousin, are you looking for me because Senior Brother Tian has some need?” she asked.

Two crisp and clear calls of “Senior Brother Tian” in a row left Jiang Chen and the others speechless. At first listen, one might think Su Qing and Chen Tian were a couple.

Chen Bo stood up from his chair with a smile. “There are indeed two matters.”

“What two matters?” Su Qing asked, curiosity in her eyes.

Chen Bo promptly replied, “This first matter is that my cousin Tian does indeed need a batch of spirit plants. We can discuss the details later. This time, it’s mainly about the second matter.”

Upon hearing that Chen Tian needed help, Su Qing’s eyes immediately lit up, and she eagerly pressed, “Alright, then what is the second matter?”

Chen Bo’s smile faded as he said solemnly, “Before discussing the second matter, I’d like to ask Fellow Daoist Su first: did you send people to sell goods at Fire Peak, even snatching business?”

Su Qing found this utterly baffling. “I have no idea what you’re talking about!”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen and Han xin exchanged glances, both letting out a sigh of relief.

It seemed this matter likely had nothing to do with Su Qing. Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that this woman was lying.

Chen Bo gave a slight nod, then pointed at Jiang Chen and introduced him. “This is my Junior Brother Jiang Chen, also a member of my cousin’s team. He and two other friends have been setting up a stall at Fire Peak recently. The earnings were decent, but someone targeted them. And this person…”

“Is it someone from the Harvest Alliance?” Su Qing wasn’t foolish and guessed immediately.

Chen Bo glanced at Wang Xuan, whose face was ashen, and continued, “This Fellow Daoist clearly admitted he was instructed by someone named Xu Liang from the Harvest Alliance to maliciously snatch business at Fire Peak.”

Su Qing’s expression darkened. “Xu Liang is indeed a member of the Harvest Alliance; he even acts as a middleman connecting with other spirit farmers.”

“So it really is someone from the Harvest Alliance,” Han xin interjected coldly, her tone dripping with sarcasm.

Su Qing fixed her gaze on Jiang Chen and asked, “What are your daily earnings at Fire Peak?”

Jiang Chen answered honestly, “Thirty Mid-grade Spirit Stones a day!”

In truth, they barely scraped together ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones a day at most, but he intentionally exaggerated.

This way, not only could he draw extra attention from the other party, but more importantly, it would make Chen Bo and Han xin beside him pay even closer attention to protecting such a lucrative venture.

“Thirty a day?” Wang Xuan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He had worked himself to death, taken the blame, and would even face suppression from Han xin in the future—all for a mere one Mid-grade Spirit Stone.

Didn’t that mean if Xu Liang snatched the business at Fire Peak, he’d earn at least twenty or thirty Mid-grade Spirit Stones a day? That would be hundreds in a month.

Even Chen Bo was quite surprised. He thought ten a day was good, twenty at most. He never expected setting up a stall at Fire Peak could be so profitable.

Even Han xin, the more profitable formation master, widened her almond-shaped eyes in shock.

Only Su Qing showed little reaction after hearing this. “Thirty Mid-grade Spirit Stones a day? It seems setting up a stall at Fire Peak is indeed profitable. But… I don’t care for it.”

As the highest Manager of the Harvest Alliance’s trading point in Red Leaf Valley, her monthly dividends alone amounted to over a thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones. Year-end dividends were even larger. She truly looked down on such a paltry thirty.

Saying this was mainly to inform Jiang Chen and the others that as a highly profitable cultivator, she would never instruct Xu Liang to do such a thing.

Clearly, the other party was using the Harvest Alliance name to intimidate them, hoping Jiang Chen and the others would back down knowing the difficulty.

Chen Bo stepped forward, his expression quite serious. “Of course we believe this is Xu Liang’s personal action and has nothing to do with you, Fellow Daoist Su. But after all, he relies on the Harvest Alliance for his boldness. He even instructed this person named Wang Xuan to severely injure one of our friends!”

Wang Xuan felt wronged.

If he remembered correctly, he had only burst Mo Yu’s defense bubbles. How had it suddenly turned into the other party being severely injured?

He opened his mouth to explain but suddenly felt Han xin’s fierce gaze upon him and wisely shut his mouth.

Anyway, it was like yellow mud falling into his pants—even if it wasn’t shit, it looked like shit now.

Su Qing gave a slight nod. “Rest assured, I will personally give you an explanation. I absolutely will not allow anyone to damage our Harvest Alliance’s reputation.”

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but scoff inwardly. Does your Harvest Alliance even have any reputation to speak of?

Seeing she had already given her assurance, Chen Bo took a step back and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t let Tian know about this matter.”

Su Qing immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Liu Shuang, one of the trading point managers. “Shuang’er, go call Xu Liang here.”

Liu Shuang understood perfectly and immediately turned to run outside.

As one of the managers, she had Xu Liang’s Communication Talisman. So why did she need to go outside to personally summon him?

Jiang Chen and the others weren’t fools about this either but could only watch helplessly without any other recourse.

After all, Su Qing had clearly stated she would handle it personally. They couldn’t push too hard; otherwise, she might turn hostile. Then there would be no discussion at all.

Seeing this, Han xin simply turned and left as well.

Not to supervise Liu Shuang but because she felt her help was no longer needed here.

Not long after, Liu Shuang brought the person back.

“Sister Su!” The moment Xu Liang entered, he fell to his knees with a thud, looking utterly terrified.

Su Qing narrowed her eyes, looking down at him with an unfriendly tone. “It seems you already know what you did wrong?”

Xu Liang immediately wailed, “I was wrong! I shouldn’t have coveted others’ business, and I definitely shouldn’t have damaged the Harvest Alliance’s reputation!”

Su Qing said to Chen Bo, Jiang Chen, and Wang Xuan, “You three step outside first. I need to properly teach this guy a lesson.”

Hearing this, Chen Bo and Jiang Chen led Wang Xuan out.

Once they had left, Su Qing stepped on Xu Liang’s face with her foot, grinding it hard with her sole. Her expression turned fierce as she said in a rather cold voice:

“I usually don’t say anything about you taking cuts from other spirit farmers’ earnings as a middleman. But now you actually dare to ruin my image in Senior Brother Tian’s mind! Do you want to die?!”

In other words, she didn’t think the person under her foot had done anything wrong per se; she was merely worried about her own image being damaged in Chen Tian’s eyes.

At this moment, Xu Liang didn’t even have the mind to sneak a peek under her skirt. His voice trembled as he said, “Sister Su, I was wrong! I’ll never dare again!”