Mu Fengtang knew that the house he rented cost more than twice as much as one in Xiyin City.
But he had no choice. Even houses like this were scarce here; most were wooden huts—since all the land belonged to the mountain lord, who would bother building anything too nice?
There were brick-and-tile houses here, even sturdy compounds with walls of bluestone, but those belonged to the Tian Family, Mi Family, or Yu Family.
They had been permitted by the mountain lord to build houses here, and they also served as his enforcers, so naturally they dared to build a little better.
Mu Fengtang felt that if he openly revealed his identity, then with the name of the Dali Mu Family, he might have a chance to borrow lodging in one of those places, but... it was only a possibility.
So he rented an adobe house. For a group with only one Mid-Rank Martial Master and one Low-Rank Martial Master, that level of spending could already be considered above average.
Still, he could afford it. More importantly, he wanted to get more information from the landlord.
The landlord was from Little Qin Village, the same village as Liu Feifei, and knew Feng Jun's situation extremely well. But he had no intention of telling the other party everything so quickly—if I don't make you stay ten days or half a month, wouldn't I be losing out?
However, he did not know what kind of information this seemingly wealthy young man cared about most.
He said little about Feng Jun, but when it came to Floral Dew Water—"That's what the mountain lord supplies outside, from that Jade Courtyard."
Thanks to Feng Jun, jade in the Phone Plane was now also called jade, aside from names such as talc and Hua Stone.
That