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Kong Da suppressed the twists and turns in his mind and led them out of the airport with a broad smile. He then called for another car to take them to Crescent Villa.

They were capable of buying an entire office building and the surrounding land, so Kong Da had assumed they would purchase an even more luxurious, upscale residence where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold—at the very least, one starting at a hundred million.

Who would have thought that the villa they bought was only worth around ten million? Though it was still in a villa district for the wealthy, Kong Da felt that their standard of living could be raised further. For someone who bought buildings and land so casually, this house really was not that large.

But the thoughts of top-tier tycoons were impossible to guess. Perhaps they simply liked this sort of place.

Cai Jinbai truly felt there was no need for a residence to be too large. It only needed to be enough for him and Xuan Yu.

The three thousand worlds each differed from the next. He and Xuan Yu came from a great world called Heavenly Mirror.

Among the three thousand Great Daos, there were naturally those who entered the Dao through "wealth." His Dao was to cultivate Wealth Aura and become a god.

Cai Jinbai was extraordinarily gifted. Throughout all of history, he was the only person to cultivate Wealth Aura, and he had somehow cultivated it to its peak. At its utmost extreme, wealth flowed in and out like the cycle of yin and yang. He had his own set of cultivation theories, yet in the end, all paths led to the same destination, allowing him to attain the Great Dao.

But cultivating Wealth Aura also required merit. To pursue the state of "perfect merit," Xuan Yu had brought him to this small world in search of an opportunity for a breakthrough.

Xuan Yu's true form was a black dragon who cultivated the power of space.

They had grown up together, cultivated together, adventured and traveled together. They regarded each other as both closest friends and family, inseparable at all times.

Therefore, if Cai Jinbai stayed here, Xuan Yu would not leave either.

Before long, they arrived at Crescent Villa.

Kong Da got out of the car and said, "Everything in the villa is already prepared. The furniture is complete, so you can move in with just your luggage."

"The environment is not bad." Cai Jinbai looked around, then turned and said, "Xuan, let's go inside and have a look."

Xuan Yu gave a soft hum and followed behind Cai Jinbai.

After the two left, Kong Da looked around. Aside from Assistant Yuan Guangjin, who had arrived in Huaguo earlier, Mr. Cai had personally brought four attendants with him this time. One had already followed Mr. Cai inside, while the other three remained outside for the moment, just like Assistant Yuan.

Kong Da wanted to make connections, so he first introduced himself with a smile.

"May I ask what your relationships are to Mr. Cai?"

The first to answer was a spirited elderly man with black hair streaked with silver only at the temples. He was also dressed in a suit, with a Windsor knot at his neck.

He stood tall and smiled courteously. "I am the butler of Mr. Cai and Mr. Xuan, Ding Xingwang."

"So you are Butler Ding. A pleasure to meet you."

"You're too kind."

"I am the gentlemen's exclusive driver. My name is Yun Hengtong. Hello—you can just call me Hengtong. It's like the foreign name Henry." He was as young as Assistant Yuan, full of energy, with a sturdy build.

"Hello, hello." Kong Da shook his hand, but could not help wondering to himself: Forgive my ignorance, but was Yun even a surname?

The last person was a middle-aged woman with a kind and approachable face.

She said, "Just call me Auntie Cai. I'm the two gentlemen's housekeeper."

Kong Da greeted her and could not help sighing inwardly. As expected of wealthy people—probably from some great family too. They even brought their butler, housekeeper, and driver along with them.

"Then what is the relationship between Mr. Xuan, who went inside, and Mr. Cai?" Kong Da asked probingingly.

He was truly curious about Mr. Xuan. The man did not share Mr. Cai's surname, so he was clearly not a brother or other family member.

Moreover, Kong Da still vividly remembered the look Mr. Xuan had given him at the beginning. It left him with lingering fear and made him feel that the man's background was anything but ordinary.

A bodyguard, perhaps? But he did not seem like one. Mr. Cai was clearly very close to him, and his bearing was not something a bodyguard would possess. Yet Kong Da could not guess what else he might be.

Butler Ding smiled. "The two gentlemen grew up together. They are not blood brothers, but they are closer than blood brothers."

Inside the villa, Xuan Yu glanced outside and spoke casually with his arms folded. "We are even closer than blood brothers. We formed a life-bound contract under the witness of heaven and earth. We can rely on each other through life and death and share our life force. Isn't that right, Jinbai?"

Cai Jinbai was bending over to look at the ornamental fish in the aquarium. Hearing this, he said, "Mm-hm, yes, that's right."

He tapped on the aquarium glass, drawing the slow-moving plump fish over with the sound. Yet just as they were about to reach his fingertips, they suddenly scattered in panic. They hid among the seaweed or behind the rocks, trembling so hard that they did not dare reveal even a single scale.

Cai Jinbai straightened up and turned to look at Xuan Yu, who had leaked a trace of his aura to frighten the fish. He adjusted his glasses with one finger and said, "Be careful not to scare the fish to death. It wouldn't be a good omen if they floated belly-up on our first day moving in, so Xuan, restrain yourself a little."

Xuan Yu snorted coldly, but completely withdrew his aura.

Cai Jinbai said, "Xuan, our relationship is naturally incomparably close."

"However, this small world has no such thing as a life-bound contract. You can't expect Butler Ding to say something like that."

Xuan Yu said, "Then forget it."

"Forget it this time. Next time, have your puppet say more. How could just one sentence possibly show the nature of our relationship?"

Aside from Kong Da, Yuan Guangjin, Ding Xingwang, Yun Hengtong, and Auntie Cai were all puppet people refined by Cai Jinbai.

Cai Jinbai had chosen the name "Cai Jinbai" for himself.

He had been an orphan since childhood and loved money. He took "Cai," wealth, as his surname, while the characters "Jinbai" came from the phrase "huangbai."

—Gold was called yellow, and silver was called white. Gold and silver together were collectively known as "huangbai."

He was an ordinary man who simply liked gold, silver, and other yellow-and-white treasures, so he took two characters from the phrase as his name. "Cai Huangbai" sounded too awful—no, he did not like it. "Cai Jinyin" was too unsubtle and made him seem overly obsessed with money. No, that would not do either. Thus, he took one character from each and named himself "Cai Jinbai."

His life creed was—while money was not omnipotent, it was absolutely impossible to live without it. What did people strive for in life? Money, of course!

It was only by upholding such a belief that he could steadfastly embark on the Great Dao of entering the Dao through "wealth" and cultivating Wealth Aura.

He and Xuan Yu had come to this small world from the great world of Heavenly Mirror. Because their cultivation had surpassed ordinary limits, it was not easy for them to completely integrate into this world.

Fortunately, the rules overseas were weaker. He refined a batch of puppets to act as his ancestors and parents. They started from nothing abroad, rising from poverty to wealth, constantly accumulating capital and amassing vast riches. By the time the Cai Family developed to his generation, it had become the third generation of a family standing at the top of the pyramid.

Three years ago, an opportunity arose: winning the landmark development in S City's New Urban District, buying buildings and land, then buying a house as a foundation for integrating into this world. Only then did Cai Jinbai and Xuan Yu bring the puppets to Huaguo.

After briefly introducing the layout of the house, Kong Da tactfully stopped disturbing them and drove away.

In the car, Kong Da could not help muttering about the name Cai Jinbai. The surname Cai was rare. A man surnamed Cai who was also so rich—wasn't he practically the God of Wealth himself?

"Not only rich, but handsome too. What a winner in life. I wonder how long he'll live here after coming to Huaguo, and he even brought a butler and housekeeper with him... Ah!"

Kong Da suddenly slapped his thigh, having discovered something interesting.

—It was about the names of those who followed Mr. Cai. He had not noticed it when he only knew Assistant Yuan.

"Cai Ding Xingwang, Cai Yun Hengtong. Add 'Cai' in front of Assistant Yuan's name, and it becomes Cai Yuan Guangjin." Kong Da murmured thoughtfully, "Did they deliberately find people with names like these, or did they change their names afterward?"

"A rich person's eccentricity, or simply better symbolism?"

"I wonder what that 'Auntie Cai' is really called..."

Auntie Cai was simply called Auntie Cai, because Cai Jinbai could not think of a better name. He could not exactly call her Big and Thick.

The luggage was delivered one piece after another, and the four puppets bent over their work, tidying everything up.

Xuan Yu found soft cushions and clean slippers, had Cai Jinbai change into them and sit on the sofa, then poured two glasses of water before sitting down beside him.

"What do you plan to do next? How will you collect merit?" Xuan Yu asked.

Cai Jinbai was scrolling through a tablet with focused eyes. Hearing this, he replied, "You know that I can observe a person's fortune. Through their 'fortune,' I can discern their past, present, and future, and see through their character."

"Those who possess Proper Wealth have golden light above their heads. Those who gain windfall wealth have white light above their heads. Those who covet ill-gotten wealth have black light above their heads."

"A person's fortune is often closely tied to their fate, like lips and teeth. When fortune is low, life falls into a trough, leaving one poor and destitute. Conversely, when fortune rises, life proceeds smoothly and all things go well. This is true of individuals, and it is true of nations as well."

"What I need to do is help those who possess Proper Wealth but have low fortune and are at the bottom of their lives—people whose character is outstanding and whose nature is kind—walk onto the road to success. I will save them, change their fates, and accumulate merit through the influence they create."

"Do you have any candidates yet?" Xuan Yu rested one arm on the back of the sofa and propped his head up with one hand. "Jinbai, what are you looking at?"

Cai Jinbai raised the tablet for him to see. "The information online is chaotic, but whenever someone expresses an opinion, it must come from their own thoughts and intentions. Therefore, the words they post—even if it is only a short sentence or a single character—will carry a trace of their Wealth Aura."

In Cai Jinbai's eyes, these words faintly emitted either gold, white, or black light.

Following his intuition, he entered a fan-topic page for an actor and looked through the sparse comments.

[Another day of missing big brother. When will big brother come back? Waiting obediently.jpg.]

[Beep~ Checking in. The weather is lovely today. When will big brother start filming?]

[I'll wait for you forever.]