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

They had the means to buy 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, something starting at a hundred million.

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

Still, 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. As long as it was enough for him and Xuan Yu, that was fine.

The three thousand worlds were all different, and he and Xuan Yu came from a greater world known as Heavenly Mirror.

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

Cai Jinbai possessed extraordinary talent. Throughout all of history, he was the only one who had cultivated wealth qi, and he had even reached its pinnacle and ultimate state. Wealth flowed in and out like the cycle of yin and yang, forming its own theory of cultivation. In the end, all paths converged, and he attained the Great Dao.

However, cultivating Wealth Aura also required merit. In pursuit of "the fulfillment of merit," Xuan Yu had brought him to this lesser world to seek 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 dearest friends and family, inseparable at all times.

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

Soon, they arrived at Crescent Villa.

Kong Da got out of the car and said, "Everything in the villa is already prepared. It's fully furnished, so you can move in with just your luggage."

"The surroundings are quite nice." Cai Jinbai looked around, then turned and said, "Xuan, let's go inside and take 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 the country earlier, Mr. Cai had personally brought four attendants with him on this trip to China. One had already followed Mr. Cai inside, while the other three, like Assistant Yuan, remained outside for the moment.

Kong Da wanted to make connections with them, so he smiled and introduced himself first.

"May I ask what relation you are to Mr. Cai?"

The first to answer was an energetic old man with black hair streaked with silver only at his temples. He was also dressed in a suit, with a Windsor knot tied at his neck.

He stood straight and smiled politely. "I am the butler for Mr. Cai and Mr. Xuan, Ding Xingwang."

"So you are Butler Ding. Pleased to meet you."

"You're too polite."

"I'm the gentlemen's personal driver. My name is Yun Hengtong. Hello. You can just call me Hengtong—it's like the foreign name Henry." Like Assistant Yuan, he was young, full of energy, and sturdily built.

"Hello, hello." Kong Da shook his hand, but he could not help muttering inwardly. Forgive his ignorance, but was Yun even a surname?

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

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

Kong Da greeted her and could not help sighing. As expected of wealthy people—likely even a great family. They had brought along a butler, housekeeper, and driver.

"And that Mr. Xuan who went inside—what is his relationship with Mr. Cai?" Kong Da asked tentatively.

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

Moreover, Kong Da still vividly remembered the look Mr. Xuan had given him earlier. It had left him shaken, and he felt that the man's background was especially unfathomable.

A bodyguard? He did not seem like one. Mr. Cai was clearly extremely 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. Though they are not blood brothers, they are closer than brothers."

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

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

He tapped on the fish tank's glass, drawing the sluggish fat fish over with the sound. Yet just as they were about to reach his fingertips, they suddenly scattered in panic. Some hid among the seaweed, while others hid behind the rocks, trembling so hard that they did not dare expose 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 pushed up his glasses with one finger. "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 his aura vanished without a trace.

Cai Jinbai said, "Xuan, our relationship is naturally the closest there could be."

"However, in this lesser world, there is 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, but next time, have your puppets say more. How could one sentence possibly be enough to show the nature of our relationship?"

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

Chapter 2

The name "Cai Jinbai" was one he had chosen for himself.

He had been an orphan since childhood and had always liked money. He took "Cai," meaning wealth, as his surname, while the characters Jinbai Entertainment came from the phrase "yellow and white."

—Yellow referred to gold, white referred to silver, and gold and silver together were collectively known as "yellow and white."

He was an ordinary worldly man who liked gold, silver, and other yellow-and-white things, so he took two characters from it as his name. "Cai Huangbai" sounded awful, so no, he did not like it. "Cai Jinyin" was too unsubtle and made him seem excessively money-grubbing. That would not do either. Thus, he took one character from each and named himself "Cai Jinbai."

His creed in life was—money might not be able to do everything, but without money, one could do nothing at all. What was the struggle of life for? It was for money!

It was by holding to this belief that he had firmly embarked on the Great Dao of entering the Dao through "wealth" and cultivating Wealth Aura.

He and Xuan Yu had come to this lesser world from the greater world of Heavenly Mirror. Because their cultivation had transcended ordinary limits, it was not easy for them to fully integrate into this world.

Fortunately, the rules restricting them overseas were weaker. He refined a batch of puppets to act as his ancestors and elders. Starting from nothing overseas, they rose from poverty to wealth, continuously accumulating capital and amassing vast riches until they became part of the tiny group at the top of the pyramid. By the time the Cai Family developed to his generation, it was already in its third generation.

Three years ago, an opportunity appeared: winning the landmark development in S City's new district, buying buildings and land, then purchasing a house as the foundation for integrating into this world. Only then did Cai Jinbai and Xuan Yu bring their puppets to China.

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 musing over the name Cai Jinbai. Cai was a rare surname, and someone named Cai was so rich—wasn't he practically a God of Wealth?

"Tsk, tsk. Not only is he rich, he's handsome too. What a winner in life. I wonder how long he'll stay in China after coming here. He even brought a butler and housekeeper... Ah!"

Kong Da suddenly slapped his thigh, having noticed something rather interesting.

—When he had only known Assistant Yuan before, he had not thought much of it. But the names of those accompanying Mr. Cai...

"Cai Ding Xingwang, Cai Yun Hengtong... If you add Cai before Assistant Yuan's name, doesn't it become Cai Yuan Guangjin?" Kong Da muttered thoughtfully. "Did they deliberately find people with names like these, or did they change their names afterward?"

"A wealthy person's quirk, or perhaps the meanings are simply auspicious?"

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

Auntie Cai was simply called Auntie Cai, because Cai Jinbai could not think of a pleasant-sounding name for her. He could hardly call her Big and Thick.

The luggage was delivered one piece after another, and the four puppets lowered their heads and began putting everything away.

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

"What are you planning to do next? How will you gather merit?" Xuan Yu asked.

Cai Jinbai was scrolling through a tablet with focused eyes. At the question, he answered, "You also know that I can observe a person's fortune in wealth. Through their 'wealth fortune,' I can discern their past, present, and future, and see through their character."

"Those blessed with Proper Wealth have golden light above their heads. Those who gain windfall wealth have white light above their heads. Those greedy for ill-gotten wealth have black light above their heads."

"A person's wealth fortune is often intimately tied to their destiny, like lips and teeth. When wealth fortune is low, life falls into a trough, poor and destitute. Conversely, when wealth fortune rises, life proceeds smoothly and everything goes freely. This applies not only to individuals, but to nations as well."

"What I need to do is guide those who possess Proper Wealth but have low wealth fortune and are at the bottom of their lives—people of excellent character and inherently kind nature—onto the path to success. By saving them and changing their fates, I can accumulate merit through the influence they create."

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

Cai Jinbai raised the tablet for him to see. "Online information is chaotic, but when a person 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 qi."

In Cai Jinbai's eyes, these words faintly radiated gold, white, or black colors.

Following his intuition, he entered The Actors' fan community page and looked through the few comments there.

[Another day of missing you, gege. When will you come back? Waiting obediently.jpg.]

[Beep~ Checking in. The sun is shining today. When will you start filming again, gege?]

[I'll wait for you forever.]

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