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As for whether buying such an expensive house would attract unwanted attention, Yun Xi had nothing to worry about.

All house purchase contracts contained relevant confidentiality clauses, and the official property center could not disclose any of her personal information.

No one could afford the consequences of violating the contract.

Before long, the staff member returned, accompanied by a well-dressed middle-aged man.

After seeing Yun Xi, he first gave her a bow, then said sincerely, "Esteemed guest, we can offer you a minimum discount of ninety-five percent on the house you wish to purchase. May I ask whether that would be acceptable to you?"

"To be frank, this house originally cost as much as 5,000 Gold Coins to build, and the land it stands on is equally valuable."

"When we purchased it from the original owner last year, the acquisition price was no less than 8,000 Gold Coins. Moreover, housing prices have risen by ten percent this year compared to last year, so..."

Yun Xi understood the hidden meaning.

Given that the official purchase price for the original owner's house was ninety percent of its original price, the original price of this house last year would have been around 9,000 Gold Coins.

With this year's ten-percent increase, it could be calculated that the house's market value was indeed 10,000 Gold Coins.

They were willing to give her another ninety-five-percent discount only because the house had remained unsold for so long. Otherwise, with its excellent conditions in every respect, it would never have been her turn to buy it.

At this thought, Yun Xi nodded in agreement. She had saved 500 Gold Coins, after all, and that was no small sum.

Seeing that Yun Xi was willing to proceed, both staff members looked delighted. They hurriedly invited her to the lounge on the other side and explained the contents of the various house purchase contracts.

After confirming everything several times, Yun Xi signed her name.

Gold Coins were equivalent in value to White Crystal, so 9,500 Gold Coins were equal to ninety-five Green Crystals. However, Yun Xi would not use Green Crystals for the transaction.

Compared with Gold Coins, Green Crystals were an extremely rare currency. In a certain sense, their ability to rapidly restore spiritual energy meant that Green Crystals were themselves equivalent to special treasures.

For supplies that could be purchased with Gold Coins, no one would use crystals to buy them, much less Green Crystals, which were a tier higher than White Crystal.

If Yun Xi took out Green Crystals to pay, others would only think she was an ignorant, foolish young lady from a wealthy family, so rich that she practically oozed fat.

Yun Xi exchanged the Gold Coins in the system directly, withdrew 9,500 Gold Coins, and handed them to the staff member in charge of collecting payment.

Once the contract was formally concluded, the other party handed her the key to No. 26 Xiaolou on Feilan Street. The contract scroll served as the property deed.

At last, Yun Xi had her first home on the Godfall Continent.

Afterward, she made another trip to the tailor's shop and the general store. She bought some everyday clothes, bedding, toiletries, and the like, then tidied up the small building and settled in.

After traveling through the wilderness for more than four days, Yun Xi's constitution might have been high, but her continuously taut mind was still somewhat fatigued.

After laying out the bedding, she buried her head in it and fell asleep.

The next morning, Yun Xi woke up.

After a good night's sleep, she felt more than merely refreshed. Once she had washed up, Yun Xi clicked to log out.

She believed in saving where she could and spending where necessary. Buying delicious, pollution-free food on the Godfall Continent was no small expense, so Yun Xi still planned to return to Blue Star for her three meals.

Even if she simply cooked some noodles, adding spiritual energy would cause the flavor to undergo a miraculous transformation, and there was even a chance it would remove harmful substances from the food.

However, the Chef profession had one restriction on making spiritual-energy food: only food she had personally made before could successfully be turned into "spiritual food."

For something like a Coarse Wheat Cake, which was already a "finished product," the spiritual energy Yun Xi infused into it would simply disperse automatically.

More complicated foods, on the other hand, required an appropriate amount of special ability to be infused during the preparation process, and there was also a chance of failure.

After filling her stomach, Yun Xi opened her phone as usual to see whether there had been any news over the past few days.

The official players' group chat was still lively, and the family group was no less active.

Several friends—Yu Jinxiang, Tu Jiaojiao, and Gu Shian—sent her their usual messages confirming their safety and asking about hers. This was something they had agreed upon beforehand.

Yun Xi had not logged out earlier and had not seen the Weipao messages, so they had sent them to her again through the system's private chat interface. Yun Xi replied to each of them.

Unexpectedly, Yun Linlin had sent her a message as well.

"Xixi, I've already logged into the game. About what we agreed on before...the matter of signing the contract—I've already bought the contract scroll. Once you come back, we can sign the contract.

"By the way, this is my ID: ******345222. When you see it, add me as a friend."

There were also IDs sent by other people in the family group, and Yun Xi added them all while she was at it.

Although Yun Xi felt nothing for these family members, she still had to keep up appearances. Otherwise, being pestered by them all day would be unbearably annoying.

There was a time difference between logging in and out of the game, so Yun Xi did not wait for their replies. She put down her phone again and logged back into the Godfall Continent.

It was morning on the Godfall Continent. Yun Xi did not go out for a stroll. Instead, she continued with her previous spell-learning plan and prepared to study Appraisal Skill.

She placed Fireball Technique later in the schedule.

For now, she did not plan to go out and fight monsters in the short term. Water Arrow Technique and Water Ball Technique were temporarily sufficient.

Appraisal Skill, on the other hand, was a commonly used spell and an essential "danger-prevention" spell.

As long as she was sufficiently cautious, she would not have to worry about being scammed when buying things, stepping into traps when going out, or encountering a Human Skin Fiend while interacting with others.

Following the Sorcery Patterns in the Inheritance Crystal, Yun Xi began slowly tracing them.

With her current Spirit Attribute, memorizing elementary Sorcery Patterns was no longer as difficult as it had been at the beginning. Appraisal Skill was also much simpler than Light Control Technique.

In only one day, Yun Xi learned one-tenth of Appraisal Skill, a speed three times faster than when she had studied Light Control Technique.

There were still five days left in the second closed beta, which was enough time for her to raise her Appraisal Skill progress bar to halfway.

What Yun Xi did not know was that she had attracted the attention of the nearby neighbors from the moment she moved in.

The expense of the No. 26 Xiaolou where Yun Xi lived was something the neighbors had all heard about.

Although 10,000 Gold Coins were not much to them, the building's area was too small. Ordinary wealthy people would not buy it.

Could she be the daughter of a noble from a major city who had come here to escape trouble? Or had she somehow ended up here by accident?

Even so, the neighbors had no intention of rashly visiting her and disturbing her. They were merely unavoidably curious about Yun Xi.

Yun Xi ate, slept, and studied on schedule. It was not until the final day of the second closed beta that she stopped studying.

The second closed beta would end tomorrow, and the next time the servers opened would be the official launch.

On the final day of the closed beta, Yun Xi planned to look around at the various supplies sold in Qinglan Town.

She knew little about the civilization of Shuyu Plain, so her first stop would be the bookstore.

Qinglan Town had only three bookstores: [Youyong Bookstore], [Qinglan Town Official Bookstore], and [Student Exclusive Bookstore].