Feng Yi led Jiang Liu straight to a private room on the third floor. As soon as Jiang Liu entered the room, he was stunned and looked at Feng Yi, hoping he could explain.
Inside the private room sat a stunningly beautiful woman exuding an icy aura, with an expression that said, "Keep away, strangers."
Feng Yi chuckled and pointed to the beautiful woman sitting there, saying, "Come, come, let me introduce you. This is my sister! Feng Yue."
"Feng Yue, let me introduce you. This is a brother I know. By the way, brother, what's your name?"
Feng Yi scratched his head awkwardly.
Jiang Liu looked at Feng Yi with amusement. "You don't even know my name? You didn't even ask on the way here. You don't even know my name, and you still surprise me? Is this how you sell your sister?"
Feng Yue, on the other hand, remained seated there, completely unconcerned, without moving an inch.
Jiang Liu clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Greetings, Miss Feng. I am Jiang Liu!"
Feng Yue returned the greeting calmly without saying a word, clearly expressing her dissatisfaction with her brother.
Jiang Liu didn't mind and sat down, thinking he was just hungry and would have a meal. He wasn't familiar with them anyway, so why should he care what they did? As long as they didn't bother him.
Immediately, Feng Yi began to instruct the waiter to serve the dishes, which were made from the Exotic Beast Meat, and the wine was the famous Drunken Immortal Brew from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
Jiang Liu took a sip of the Drunken Immortal Brew, looking at the glass. This was the restaurant's signature wine? That's about it. While it might help low-level martial artists condense their vital energy, it was utterly useless to Jiang Liu.
During the meal, Feng Yi kept trying to bring up Jiang Liu and Feng Yue together.
As a result, the two of them remained indifferent, looking at Feng Yi with calm expressions, which made Feng Yi extremely embarrassed. However, this was just Feng Yi's personality; he didn't mind at all and continued to do things his own way.
An awkward banquet finally came to an end, and Feng Yue took her leave first.
"Brother Jiang, we hit it off immediately. Why don't you come over and have a seat at my place?"
"No, let's stay here! Get to the point. If you don't speak now, I'm leaving!"
"No, no, Brother Jiang, it's not a bad thing. I just wanted to ask if you are married?"
Jiang Liu looked at this clown with amusement. You've already made it so obvious that you're selling your sister, do you need to say more? To prevent him from continuing to pester him, he quickly made an excuse. "Brother Feng, I'm sorry, I'm already engaged."
"What? Brother Jiang, are you confused? You're so young, how can you already be engaged?" Feng Yi said anxiously.
"I'm sorry, the engagement was arranged by my elders, and I have no way to resist it," Jiang Liu said, feigning innocence.
"Oh! Is that so? Well, that makes sense, after all, it's an arranged marriage. Brother Jiang, shall we go somewhere else to continue our drinks?" Feng Yi tried even harder to win Jiang Liu over.
"Not today, after all, I just got back to the city today and haven't found a place to stay yet," Jiang Liu declined.
"Can't find a place to stay? That's easy! Do you want to stay by yourself or at an inn? I know the area well," Feng Yi said solicitously.
"No need, let's call it a day, Brother Feng. Let's get together another time!" Jiang Liu declined.
"Alright! Let's get together another day!" Feng Yi said helplessly.
Jiang Liu took his leave and then found a middleman's shop near the South City. He showed them several courtyards before finally finding one that was suitable.
Jiang Liu looked at the newly purchased courtyard house. It had three rooms and a small yard, and there weren't many troublesome people around. This was perfect for him. He then cleaned up the rooms and the yard.
After checking what was missing, I decided to go shopping and buy it all at once. After an hour of back and forth, I finally managed to buy all the necessary daily necessities.
Jiang Liu looked around the house he had personally tidied up, feeling a surge of pride. This was his temporary home. Humans are social creatures, after all; after living in the mountains for so long, he needed to experience city life for a while longer.
Seeing that it was already dark, I prepared to wash up and then meditate.
As night fell, Jiang Liu sat on his bed meditating when suddenly he heard a noise from next door. Someone was leaping across the rooftop.
Jiang Liu ignored him and let him pass. Not long after, another person darted past. Jiang Liu was annoyed; he had just wanted to cultivate in peace for a while, but he had been disturbed one after another. If this weren't in the city, he would have already dealt with those two.
What's wrong with Wind City? Is the public security really that bad? And this is supposed to be a prefecture-level city? Jiang Liu was just about to calm down and cultivate when someone else rushed in. This time, Jiang Liu couldn't stand it anymore.
He immediately dispersed his consciousness, and with an Annihilation by Thought, someone fell from the roof. The body rolled into the yard.
Jiang Liu got up, changed into a set of night clothes, walked out of the room, picked up the corpse, used his Wind Walk, and flew over the courtyard wall. He randomly found a stinking ditch, threw the body there, figuring the cause of death wouldn't be determined anyway.
He then went back to meditate and cultivate. This happened three times that night, and Jiang Liu disposed of the corpses three times. Now, surely no one will dare approach him again!
Sure enough, the next day the neighbors were talking about how several people had died there the night before. Now, those thieves wouldn't dare to come here so easily. The neighbors were thanking God, saying that Heaven had finally opened its eyes and taken action to get rid of those thieves.
Jiang Liu smiled, turned around and went out to the teahouse to hear the latest news.
Jiang Liu sat on the second floor of "Leisurely Abode," ordered a bowl of tea and a few plates of snacks, and leisurely listened to the crowd talking loudly. Since he started cultivating, he had rarely had such a leisurely day.
"Did you all know? There's another betting match tonight."
"Oh? Really? Who's going to fight tonight?"
"It was the Great Protector He Lie of the White Lotus Sect who made the move."
"Huh? I heard that this Great Protector is already at the peak of the eighth rank. I wonder if it's true."
"It is said that the Great Protector suspected that the Chen, Li, and Wang Families had secretly killed his brother, which is why he angrily initiated this duel."
"What? You said He Shui is dead? Where did he die? He Shui was an eighth-rank expert! He couldn't have died so easily!"
"I heard he died in the Ten Thousand Mountains. But I don't know the specifics. Anyway, the White Lotus Sect's Grand Protector believes that the Chen, Li, and Wang families joined forces to kill him."
"Who cares how he died? Who will the Chen, Li, and Wang families send this time? Do any of them still have an eighth-rank expert who can contend with He Lie?"
"I heard that the head of the Wang Family is personally taking the field this time?"
"What? The head of the Wang Family is personally going? The Wang Family only has two eighth-rank officials left. If anything happens to them, the Wang Family will be in trouble!"
"Yes! Ever since the Wang Family Old Ancestor passed away, the Wang Family has been declining day by day. Now they are being pressured by the White Lotus Sect and being held hostage by the other two families."
"Whether the Wang Family lives or dies is none of my business. What I want to know right now is how the odds are arranged at the gambling den?"
"I heard that betting on the Wang Family pays 70/10 and betting on He Lie pays 20/10. These are just preliminary odds. Whether they will change in the end depends on the specific bets."
"This is outrageous! They really have no faith in the Wang Family?"
"Who says otherwise! By the way, only three casinos are accepting bets tonight."
"What? Weren't there five families before? How come two are missing? These vampires."
I didn't expect there to be a gambling match tonight. I wonder if it will be good? As for the Wang Family's life or death, what does it have to do with me? Jiang Liu thought to himself.