Unbelievable

"Honey!"

As soon as Lu Wanyuan walked in, he excitedly called out to Baili Qiuyue, who was busy doing something inside.

"Hubby, you're back! Why are you so happy today?"

Baili Qiuyue stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Lu Wanyuan, asking in confusion.

"Hehe, it's good news, of course I'm happy!"

"Oh? What could be good enough to make you this happy?"

"We have a nest! We have a home of our own!"

"A home? Isn't this one?"

Baili Qiuyue naturally assumed that their little nest was right where they were.

After all, being able to live here was already good enough. They had made up their minds only after much deliberation before renting this place. They had paid a hefty price to stay here for their personal safety, and she had been deeply moved by it all. She hadn't chosen the wrong man!

Now, hearing him say this, she certainly didn't think he was capable of arranging another home for them.

Seeing how calmly she reacted, Lu Wanyuan immediately understood what she meant. He put an arm around her, his expression turning serious, and said earnestly, "You definitely misunderstood me."

"I'll explain it carefully again. Make sure you listen closely. I got lucky and bought a residence in Yangmei Market. That will be our real home from now on. Look, here's the deed!"

As he spoke, Lu Wanyuan immediately took a thin, yellowed animal-hide deed from his Storage Bag and handed it to her!

Baili Qiuyue took the thin piece of animal hide and looked closely. It really was a deed to a house.

It listed the house's location—Spring Wind Road No. 9527—and its approximate area. Most importantly, it bore two official seals with legal authority: one from the Yangmei Market Management Office and the other from the Qingyun Sect.

The other details didn't matter. What mattered were those two seals!

They showed that the market and the Qingyun Sect recognized the property. They used these deeds to manage their holdings. After all, this was their territory, and there were bound to be rules. With so many properties and other real estate resources, they must have used deeds they recognized to keep everything in order.

"This is real?"

Baili Qiuyue held the deed and looked at Lu Wanyuan, asking as if she couldn't believe it.

If it were just her, she wouldn't have minded. Wherever her husband was, that was home!

But now the baby in her belly was almost two months along. Of course she wanted the baby to have a home of their own after birth. It was every woman's dream—not to be living in a rented house like they were now.

She knew how much pressure her husband was under, though, so she didn't dare put any more on him. Yet whenever she worked at Osmanthus Pavilion, her coworkers would casually mention that they owned houses in the market. The sense of superiority that came so naturally to them had always left her feeling painfully self-conscious.

She had never dreamed that she would now have a place of her own to live—a place with a courtyard, covering nearly thirty mu in all.

There probably weren't many people in the market who owned a place like this.

She had never dared to dream of such a thing. Yet the deed was right there in her hands, and the owner was Lu Wanyuan.

"Of course it's real. Why would I show it to you if it weren't? What would I have to share then?"

Lu Wanyuan pinched her chubby cheek with his right hand, looking smug.

Then he opened his arms and hugged her tightly.

Baili Qiuyue was overjoyed. She couldn't believe her husband had actually pulled it off.

"We finally have a place to live! Let's go now!"

"Huh? Go now? Have you even looked at the time? It's so late. How are we supposed to go now?"

"Look at the deed in your hands. Now that the house is ours, do you think it'll run away?"

"Let's get a good night's rest. Tomorrow morning, we'll pack our things and go together. We'll live there from now on, and you can see for yourself!"

Lu Wanyuan comforted Baili Qiuyue, who was practically bursting with excitement.

Early the next morning, the two of them eagerly headed for Spring Wind Road No. 9527.

Baili Qiuyue hadn't felt sleepy at all the whole night. She kept asking one question after another, so excited she could hardly contain herself. It wasn't until just before dawn that she finally dozed off for a little while.

Lu Wanyuan had to keep changing the subject to deal with her questions. He really couldn't tell her that gaining Entries had changed his entire fortune!

Even if he told her, she probably wouldn't believe him. The whole business with the Entries was simply too bizarre; there was no way to explain it clearly. If he couldn't explain it, there was no need to tell her. That saved him the trouble!

At Baili Qiuyue's urging, the two of them hurried toward their destination as fast as they could.

Before long, they reached a wall built of piled stone. Above the mansion's gate hung a huge plaque bearing two characters: "Chu Mansion."

[Name]: A mansion [Entry]: Minor Five Elements Art (purchase successful, ready to claim)

Lu Wanyuan immediately saw an Entry appear above the mansion. He hadn't expected it to show up again here. Without a second thought, he claimed it.

He just couldn't figure out why the Entry had appeared here.

Before he could make sense of it, a voice came from beside him.

"Hubby, is this where you used to work? How did I never know you worked in a place like this? And now this mansion has even become our property!"

Baili Qiuyue looked at the tall wall and the somewhat old but still imposing mansion gate before her, speaking with excitement.

"Mm, all right, no need to marvel. Come on, let's go in and have a look. I can tell you can hardly wait!"

Lu Wanyuan immediately waved the token in his hand at a Forbidden Seal by the mansion entrance. The mansion's seal opened just like that, and under his lead, the two of them walked in without a hitch.

"Ah, there's a Ginkgo Spirit Tree this huge, and a garden!"

"Wow, there's a corridor, a Rain Pavilion, and even a pond and rockery..."

Looking at everything before her, Baili Qiuyue was so excited she could hardly believe how wonderful the place was. It completely surpassed anything she had imagined.

She had assumed the place would be nothing but a shabby ruin. She had even thought she would work hard to fix it up and make their little home her own.

But seeing everything now, she could hardly believe it was real.

This wasn't an ordinary residence at all. It was a luxurious mansion, the kind of grand, private estate with grounds all to itself.

"Hubby, are you sure you bought this place with those three thousand Spirit Stones?"

Baili Qiuyue looked at Lu Wanyuan with concern as she asked.

"Of course. You've already seen the deed. How could it be fake?"

"I just can't believe the original owner would sell you this house so cheaply. Was something dangerous going on? Or did they take a fancy to you? You can't sacrifice your looks for it!"

"Why are you thinking such wild things? I'm just a penniless rogue cultivator. What could anyone possibly want from me?"

Lu Wanyuan said helplessly. But seeing the worried look on Baili Qiuyue's face, he patiently reassured her. "Don't worry. The original owner made it big and went off to seek opportunities in a much wider world."

"This place was no longer big enough for them. They won't be coming back, so they planned to sell it. By a stroke of luck, they took pity on me and sold the house directly to me, so I got an incredible bargain."

"Then we should be grateful to them. Otherwise, with so few Spirit Stones, we'd never have found a place this spacious. Not only is it huge, but there's also a wall and Formation Crafting around the perimeter. It's completely safe!"