Rich People Are All Like That

The livestream chat completely lost it:

[I Am Ying Zheng: The Queen Mother of the West was a terrible cook! I'm dead! Actually dead!]

[Yaoyao's Little Red Riding Hood: Queen Mother of the West: I refine the Agelessness Elixir, and you're complaining about my cooking?]

[Snow Blows at the East Gate: Heavenly Master Chen: My devotion to the Dao comes first. The real reason: her cooking was awful.]

[New User 001: That twist. I surrender.]

[New User 002: If the Queen Mother of the West knew that was why, she'd probably jump right off Mount Kunlun.]

[New User 003: Heavenly Master Chen, you're the most brutally honest straight guy I've ever seen.]

Yang Wanqing laughed until tears came out. "Hao, if the Queen Mother of the West heard that, would she get so angry she'd come back to life?"

Chen Hao thought it over and answered seriously, "She had a pretty good temper. Probably not."

"Then how do you know her cooking was bad?"

"I tried it once."

"And then?"

Chen Hao fell silent for a moment before saying slowly, "And then I never ate anything she made ever again."

Everyone couldn't help snickering. They hadn't expected this side of the normally composed Chen Hao.

They followed the path wreathed in spiritual mist back to the idyllic meadow at the bottom of the valley. Chen Siyao drew a deep breath of air scented with flowers and rich in spiritual energy, feeling as though she were floating among the clouds.

The sunlight was gentle, the stream burbled, spirit herbs swayed, and white mist drifted lightly.

There was no city clamor here, no online chaos. Even time seemed to have slowed countless times over.

Yang Wanqing was still livestreaming with her phone raised. As the camera swept across their surroundings, the viewers were rendered speechless by the beauty.

[Mountain Wanderer Ah Qi: I'd happily live here until the end of time!]

[Milk Tea No Sugar: I suggest making this a national 5A tourist attraction immediately!]

[Night Owl Zhou: I'd spend ten years cultivating in seclusion here and forget the outside world!]

[Archaeology Rookie: Is this seriously not footage filmed in the immortal realm?]

[Yilin: Does this place actually exist? It's not special effects, right?]

[Snow Blows at the East Gate: If those are special effects, how much would they cost?]

[Capital City University_Professor Li: Geologically speaking, a place like this should be impossible... yet the footage looks so real...]

Chen Siyao folded her arms and looked at Chen Hao with longing in her eyes, her voice soft and sweet:

"Hao, it's so comfortable here... The air is fresh, the scenery is beautiful, there's plenty of spiritual energy, and even the fruit tastes so good I could cry. If only we could live here forever."

After saying that, she gave a sheepish little laugh:

"But that's just wishful thinking. We still have to go back to streaming, work, and our everyday lives. We can't really stay here."

Cai Jingwen agreed softly. "Yes. As lovely as it is, this isn't somewhere ordinary people can settle down for good."

Li Li held the Wolf Cub, which squinted contentedly and nuzzled her arm. "We're already lucky to have come here even once."

Yang Wanqing nodded furiously. "Exactly! If I lived here, I could give up my phone! Give up takeout! Give up everything!"

Chen Hao stood where he was, listening to his younger sister's wistful remarks, and moved his fingertips slightly.

He lowered his gaze a fraction and sank his consciousness into the Qiankun Bag within him.

Countless rare treasures left over from the primordial era lay piled inside—divine weapons, pills, cultivation methods, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures...

And in the farthest corner sat a small, exquisitely crafted wooden pavilion.

Back in the Primordial Era, the leader of a major sect had wanted to curry favor with him. Somehow, the old man had heard that he liked peace and quiet.

He had specially commissioned this pavilion from Ten-Thousand-Year Sandalwood. It stayed warm in winter and cool in summer, came with its own Spirit-Gathering Formation, and was fully furnished. Even the bedding had been woven from Spirit Silkworm Silk. He had called it "a small token of my regard, which I hope Mr. Chen will graciously accept."

The man had presented it with both hands, his face full of reverence. "I offer this pavilion to Your Eminence. May Your Eminence rest in comfort."

Chen Hao had glanced at it, said, "How thoughtful," and put it away in his Qiankun Bag. He had never taken it out again.

Chen Hao looked up and surveyed the surroundings, making sure the women were all admiring the scenery and no one was watching him.

An almost imperceptible trace of pale golden spiritual power glimmered in his palm as he silently transported the pavilion straight onto a flat stretch of grass a hundred meters away, behind the Mortal World Fruit Trees.

The entire process was lightning-fast and utterly silent. Not even the breeze stirred.

Only after finishing did he look up at his disappointed sister and speak in a light, casual tone:

"If you want to stay here, it's not out of the question."

Chen Siyao whipped her head around. "Huh? Brother, what did you say?"

Yang Wanqing, Cai Jingwen, and Li Li all turned to look at him too.

Chen Hao slipped both hands into his pockets, a faint, carefree smile on his youthful face:

"We're not in any rush to head back anyway. We could stay a night or two before leaving."

Chen Siyao's eyes went wide. "S-stay the night? But Hao... there's nothing here! We're out in the middle of nowhere. No beds, no blankets, no food or water, not even anywhere to shelter from the wind and rain..."

Yang Wanqing nodded repeatedly too. "Exactly, Brother Hao. We can't just sleep on the grass, can we? It's soft, sure, but it'll get cold at night!"

Looking at their expressions, which all said, "You're kidding, right?" Chen Hao suddenly gave a mysterious smile, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.

"Follow me."

He turned and walked toward the nearby Mortal World Fruit Trees.

Chen Siyao and the other women exchanged puzzled looks, but obediently followed him anyway.

The livestream viewers' curiosity was piqued too.

[Yaoyao Defense Squad: What surprise does the Heavenly Master have up his sleeve this time?]

[Genius Old Wang: A night in the wilderness? Are they going camping?]

[Popcorn Without the Kernels: I'll bet a pack of spicy strips that Heavenly Master Chen has a backup plan!]

[All-Night Cultivators: My blind guess—a tent!]

Once they passed a few Mortal World Fruit Trees laden with vermilion fruit, the sight before them froze everyone in their tracks.

Chen Siyao's breath caught.

Yang Wanqing's phone nearly clattered to the ground.

Cai Jingwen covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

Li Li simply stood dumbfounded. Even the Wolf Cub in her arms raised its head to look ahead curiously.

There, on the flat meadow before them, stood a wooden pavilion of breathtaking beauty.

The entire pavilion was built from pale golden and warm white timber, its natural grain flowing smoothly. There wasn't a single iron nail; everything was joined using traditional mortise-and-tenon construction.

Its eaves curved upward above carved beams and painted pillars. Small jade bells hung beneath the eaves, chiming with clear, lovely notes when the wind blew.

The pavilion had two stories, with clear glass windows and a soft white plush rug laid at the entrance. Several fragrant spirit flowers grew beside it.

There had plainly been nothing here when they arrived earlier!

Just an empty stretch of grass!

How had there suddenly...

Appeared an entire building out of thin air?!

Chen Siyao was the first to recover. She whipped her head toward Chen Hao, her voice trembling:

"Hao! W-what is this?! When did this house appear?! It definitely wasn't here when we came in!"

Yang Wanqing frantically aimed her camera at the pavilion, filming it from every possible angle.

At that very second, the livestream chat erupted!

[Reward Me: Am I blind? This spot was empty a moment ago!]

[Magician Liu: Making a person appear is nothing! Heavenly Master Chen just conjured an immortal pavilion!]

[Number One Troll Online: It's Photoshopped, right? Definitely edited!]

[Capital City Professor Li: This architectural style... definitely isn't modern craftsmanship! The joints, the timber, the decorative motifs—it's all traditional!]

[Hard Work Pays Off: I'll pay a billion! Just for this building's address!]

Under everyone's astonished gazes, Chen Hao casually tossed out an all-purpose excuse without batting an eye:

"Oh, this? It's a guest villa the Queen Mother of the West left here back in the day."

"..."

Dead silence held for three seconds.

The corner of Chen Siyao's mouth twitched. "Brother, didn't the Queen Mother of the West only have that palace we just visited? How does she have a guest villa too?"

Chen Hao nodded calmly. "Rich people are all like that."

The livestream chat:

[Hahahahaha: Rich people are all like that? Queen Mother of the West: Excuse you?]

[The Ultimate Humblebragger: Full marks for the Heavenly Master's flex!]

[Silicon Tetrachloride: Queen Mother of the West: How come I didn't know I had a guest villa?]