||˙˙) Zhang Lingyu! Want a wife or not?
That evening, after arriving at the sect's new grounds—the villa halfway up the mountain—Zhang Chulan didn't, like Sister Bao'er, Fu Rong, Lu Linglong, Zhi Jinhua, and those other troublesome girls, immediately rush off to check out their new rooms. Instead, he went to inspect the mountain with Daoist Wang Ye. The grounds covered two or three hundred mu, perhaps even more.
Their new home was huge, taking up almost half the mountain. Since trouble might come knocking before long, familiarizing themselves with the terrain first was a must.
In truth, the place was simply a mountain on the outskirts. They drove slowly out from the ring road at the edge of bustling Z City's suburbs and soon turned onto a winding mountain road. The area along the way was mostly undeveloped, with no villages or streets to speak of. It was as if an invisible barrier had shut out the noise of the big city.
There was no longer the usual stream of traffic on the road. Scattered fields, small houses, and warehouses belonging to various companies lined the sides. There were very few vehicles or pedestrians, and once they reached the foot of the mountain, there was practically no one around.
Continuing up the winding mountain road, they reached the sect's territory halfway up the mountain.
Xu San had people build high walls along the edges of the sect's land, enclosing roughly half the mountain. They'd also put a steel gate across the road leading into the mountain, cutting off the grounds from the outside. The already deserted mountainside had become even quieter.
But quiet was good. The fewer people around, the harder it would be for outsiders to sneak in or spy on them. The seclusion even gave the place