Moving House

Ye Wendao looked at Liu Li. "Old wife, you should make the call!"

Seeing everyone looking at her, Liu Li immediately made the decision. "We're living in the villa!"

"Oh yeah! Long live mom!"

Ye Bingxue cheered at once. Hua Qiang also smiled. If they could live in a villa, why would they squeeze into one of those boxlike apartment buildings with everyone else?

Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

Besides, the villa district had a much higher safety rating, and the environment was good too. They would definitely live far more comfortably there.

They unanimously decided to move over first thing the next morning.

Hua Qiang and Ye Bingxue both had Storage Bags, so moving house could not have been easier for them.

They could simply stuff everything they wanted and could use into their Storage Bags, then set off light as a feather.

Returning to his room, Hua Qiang summoned the Void Panel:

Name: Hua Qiang

Age: 18

Talent: Slaughter (Hidden, Activated)

Realm: Peak Martial Artist

Blood Qi: 624.6

Cultivation Method: Brute Ox Strength (Perfect)

Combat Skills: Decisive Strike (Perfect), Frenzied Saber Slash (Perfect), Prediction (Perfect), Shadow Dodge (Beginner)

Weapon: Dark Gold Great Saber

Slaughter Points: 3980

Seeing his personal data on the panel, Hua Qiang's face revealed a trace of delight.

He had only come to this time and space a few days ago, yet he had transformed from a worthless, despised, self-conscious fat loser into a Peak Martial Artist—a minor expert capable of standing against a High-Tier Martial Master.

His entire family's life had also undergone earth-shaking changes because of him.

Starting tomorrow, they would enter the wealthy district and live the life of the rich.

With 3,980 Slaughter Points, it was time to take another step forward.

Hua Qiang directly added 300 Blood Qi to his Blood Qi value.

A warm current wrapped around his entire body, making him feel incomparably refreshed. Then immense power flooded through him. At this moment, he was several times stronger than before.

His Slaughter Points instantly dropped to 980.

Hua Qiang felt a little heartsick. Slaughter Points really did not last long!

On the attribute panel, his Blood Qi changed from 624.6 to 924.6, while his realm updated from Peak Martial Artist to Intermediate Martial Master.

How many days had it been?

Only four or five days or so, and he had gone from an ordinary person to a Martial Master?

Life with cheats was just too good!

Looking at the combat skills section again, his newly comprehended Shadow Dodge was only at the Beginner level. How could that do?

Now that he had extra Slaughter Points, he might as well raise it to Perfect too!

A Perfect Shadow Dodge would surely have far greater range and speed than one at the Beginner level.

No sooner thought than done. Hua Qiang clicked away, raising Shadow Dodge from Beginner to Perfect, while his Slaughter Points fell to 840.

He rubbed his teeth, and his heart twitched with pain. It hurt!

It really hurt!

Just like that, another 140 points were gone.

In the past, it only took 70 points to raise a Yellow Grade combat skill to Perfect. A Mysterious Grade one actually cost twice as much!

Then if it were Earth Grade or Heaven Grade martial arts...

Forget it. He would have to prepare for a massive bloodletting in the future!

Hua Qiang was here, aching with regret and tangled in indecision over the Slaughter Points spent raising his martial arts realm.

If other martial artists learned that all he had to do was move his fingers and casually tap a few times for a combat skill to go from Beginner to Perfect, they would probably climb through his window in the dead of night, rush into his room, and strip him bare...

Then tear him into pieces with their teeth.

Wasn't that damn infuriating?

For their combat skills to go from Beginner to Minor Accomplishment, they did not know how much time they would have to spend.

A few months, half a year, even one or two years might not be enough to improve them.

Damn it, with just the blink of an eye, you went straight to the Perfect level, and you were still here agonizing and feeling heartsick.

Are you even human?

Hua Qiang swung his fists a few times and exchanged several moves with the air, then went to bed feeling thoroughly satisfied.

As for sitting in meditation to cultivate? That did not exist!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He had been playing chess with Duke Zhou when the sound of someone kicking the partition wall interrupted him.

"Brother! You lazy pig, get up already! Pack up, we're moving!"

Fine, no more sleep. If he did not get up and open the door, his soft spot at the waist would be in trouble.

"Little sister, why so early? It's not even light out yet!"

Hua Qiang kept his eyes closed, yawning as he muttered.

"Dad and Mom are almost done packing. You should gather up whatever you want to bring too."

Ye Bingxue spoke from next door while packing with a clatter and bang.

Hua Qiang helplessly shook his head. The villa was fully furnished and fully renovated; it was basically ready to move into with just a bag.

Whether they packed or brought anything hardly mattered.

Unless it was something valuable or held sentimental meaning. As for everything else...

He thought of the junk and scrap metal in his home, then imagined it piled inside a lavishly decorated villa. That scene... ah, it was an assault on the eyes.

Getting up, he stuffed all his clothes, bedding, quilts, and everything else into his Storage Bag in one go.

Looking at the completely empty room, Hua Qiang finally felt relieved.

He did not want the two elders to say he was not frugal and was wasting money later.

Crash!

Ye Bingxue pushed open the door and entered. Seeing the empty room, she revealed a satisfied smile.

It seemed her old brother had not gotten carried away. He had not started looking down on these old, worn-out belongings just because he had a little money now.

He had not embraced the new and grown tired of the old. He was still the Hua Qiang from before.

That made her very happy!

Afterward, the two of them got to work, placing everything Ye Wendao and Liu Li had packed into the Storage Ring.

Looking at the house, bare within its four walls and nearly devoid of belongings, all four of them fell silent.

This house where they had lived for nearly twenty years—their home—carried far too much.

It held their happiness, sorrow, joy, pain, laughter, tears...

"Let's go!"

Ye Wendao took Liu Li's hand and slowly walked out the door.

One white car and one black car pierced through the morning mist, heading toward Xuanwu Villa in the central northern district of the base.

Two hours later, the two cars arrived before a heavily guarded villa district.

After registering at the gate, the two cars entered the residential area amid the respectful send-off of the security staff. The surroundings were beautiful, flowers bloomed in wild splendor, shaded paths wound between waterside pavilions and terraces, and every house had its own small garden.

Hua Qiang's family of four stopped before Villa No. 26, the residence assigned to him.

The house and courtyard covered nearly a thousand square meters. Once they opened the courtyard gate, they saw a lawn spanning several hundred square meters, surrounded by all kinds of flowers blooming in competition and vying for beauty.

The cars drove along the asphalt path beside the courtyard wall to the villa entrance. It was a five-story building, four floors above ground and one below—huge and luxurious.

After the four of them finished looking around and assigned their rooms, they sat once more on the luxurious leather sofas in the living room. Ye Wendao, Liu Li, and Ye Bingxue still felt dazed, as though they were inside a dream.

Such a beautiful, enormous house had actually become their home!