When he woke up the next morning, Xiao Yexuan stretched.
He had no idea how he had fallen asleep yesterday. In any case, he had had a blast.
He moved his body and felt weighed down.
Opening his eyes, he found two people wrapped around him.
Zhu Zhuqing on his left, Ning Rongrong on his right.
Both clung tightly to him, sleeping ever so soundly.
Xiao Yexuan shook his head gently and moved the two off him.
He stepped out of the little tent.
The morning sunlight felt comfortable on his skin. The fresh air in this valley gladdened the heart.
Meanwhile, several people were still floating in the little pool beneath the waterfall.
Ah Yin, Tang Yuehua, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu.
Xiao Yexuan had been generous, too. Yesterday, not everyone had been willing to play in the little pool.
They were the sort who found even putting on swimsuits difficult.
So Xiao Yexuan had dissolved a piece of gold of life into the water.
Playing in it allowed the powerful life energy of the gold of life to nourish their bodies.
It was better than cultivating in a Simulation Pod.
As a result, they were still unwilling to leave the pool.
Ah Yin, in particular, craved this gold of life. It would help her strength increase faster.
Sure enough, after just one short night, Ah Yin's body had grown a little bigger again.
But why had only those two mounds on her chest grown?
"Benefactor..."
Ah Yin had not been asleep. Seeing Xiao Yexuan staring at her, she opened her eyes and looked at him with a complicated gaze.
Xiao Yexuan had indeed saved her and even given her such excellent resources to increase her strength.
But Xiao Yexuan and his companions were opposed to Tang Hao, leaving her at a loss as to what to do.
"Aren't you curious where I got so much gold of life?"
The corners of Xiao Yexuan's lips curled as he spoke.
Ah Yin's eyes flashed, and she asked yearningly, "Could... could you give me some more?"
Xiao Yexuan shook his head. "I can't give you gold of life directly. There are so many other people here, and they need it too."
Ah Yin frowned slightly, looking a little disappointed, but still full of desire, and asked:
"You can't give it to me directly? Does that mean I can still get it through other means? What... what should I do?"
Xiao Yexuan smiled in satisfaction. "It's simple. Just become a tenant at my Maple Forest Evening. You can get lottery draws through top-up promotions, and if you're lucky, you can draw gold of life."
Then Xiao Yexuan carefully introduced Maple Forest Evening to Ah Yin.
Ah Yin was utterly astonished by what she heard. How could such a wonderful place exist in this world?
Paying money could even win her a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she had long since sensed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in the people around her.
So those Soul Bones had all come from Maple Forest Evening.
This made Ah Yin even more eager to join Maple Forest Evening.
But she had only just come back to life.
Where would she get any money?
"I... but I don't have any money."
Renting a room required at least one Gold Soul Coin.
Spending one Gold Soul Coin for a night's stay would only let her write one positive review and receive one lottery draw.
Gold of life was even harder to draw than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
How many years of the monkey and months of the horse would she have to wait to draw it?
"There are plenty of ways to earn money. Since you're so kind and would make a very good tenant, I'll help you out."
Xiao Yexuan nodded slightly and continued:
"My maids will be returning to Maple Forest Evening shortly. Why don't you work as my maid for now? I'll pay you a hundred Gold Soul Coins a day!"
"A hundred... a hundred Gold Soul Coins!" Ah Yin's eyes widened. That was a hundred Gold Soul Coins, not a hundred Copper Soul Coins!
Besides, Xiao Yexuan looked so proper. As his maid, she would merely be ordered to do a few small tasks.
So Ah Yin nodded excitedly and said:
"All right! I... I agree!"
Then Xiao Yexuan laid down three ground rules for Ah Yin and found her a maid outfit.
Ah Yin promptly became her little maid.
At the same time, Xiao Yexuan also advanced her half a day's wages.
She used the money to rent a room.
Xiao Yexuan gained another tenant.
He could farm points again.
However, Xiao Yexuan did not squander his points on lottery draws.
Instead, he was waiting to open a second branch.
All Xiao Yexuan needed now was to bring a Titled Douluo or a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast under his command.
He planned to find Dugu Bo after settling Tang Yuehua's and Ah Yin's matters.
He could check in at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well along the way, too.
After bringing Gudu Bo under his command, opening a branch in Heaven Dou City would be quite nice.
"Huh? Why is there another little maid?"
Ning Rongrong crawled out of the tent. Seeing Ah Yin already dressed in a maid outfit, a huge question mark appeared over her head.
"It's Ah Yin. She just came back to life and has no money, so I let her become a maid to earn some," Xiao Yexuan replied mildly.
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up, and she said admiringly, "Brother Yexuan, you're so kind!"
Then everyone woke up one after another.
After becoming a maid, Ah Yin also began her first day's work.
She cooked with Ram and Rem, then served the food to everyone.
Unexpectedly, she was quite suited to this work.
Tang Yuehua felt very awkward.
Her own sister-in-law was actually working here as a maid?
If she was short of money, couldn't she just take some from her?
But after thinking it over, she still did not do so.
Her relationship with Tang Hao absolutely could not be exposed.
Compared with Ah Yin, she wanted even more to bring back pills and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones from Maple Forest Evening.
Ah Yin was, at most, just a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, just a blade of grass. How powerful could she be?
Besides, judging by Ah Yin's behavior yesterday, she seemed to have developed a rift with Tang Hao after listening to Xiao Wu.
She felt that Tang Hao had engineered her sacrifice back then.
Unlike her-she was Tang Hao's younger sister.
Her Brother Hao would never do anything wrong. Others had forced him into all of it!
She also firmly believed that her brother was a good father.
She had met Tang San, too. Tang San had grown up well and was very filial. If Tang Hao had not treated him well as a child, how could he have turned out like that?
Soon, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, and they headed to Holy Soul Village nearby.
Holy Soul Village was small. Whenever anything happened to any household, everyone would soon hear about it.
So many people suddenly arrived in Holy Soul Village, each as beautiful as a flower and possessed of an extraordinary bearing.
They were either nobles or Soul Masters.
Old Jack was absolutely delighted and welcomed them warmly.
"What? You're here to find Tang Hao, that useless blacksmith?!"
Just hearing Tang Hao's name made Old Jack angry.
"Grandpa Jack, please tell everyone about what Tang Hao has done over the years. When Little San was six, Tang Hao left behind a letter and disappeared."
A wicked smile appeared on Xiao Wu's lips.
Thinking of Tang Hao, Old Jack's face nearly turned red with anger. He roared furiously:
"I've never seen anyone so useless! That old bastard Tang Hao spent all day drinking himself silly for fun and wouldn't even do his work properly. He was lazy to the bone and even needed a child to look after him!"
"If Little San hadn't been clever from an early age, with Tang Hao's temperament, Little San would have starved to death long ago! Think about it, is that how a father behaves? Making his own little child, who couldn't even reach the stove, cook for him?"
"What's even more hateful! The all-important Martial Soul Awakening ceremony required parents to accompany their children. Little San had lost his mother when he was little, yet his father wouldn't even accompany him to the most important awakening ceremony!"
"A beast! A fucking beast! Little San finally awakened Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power, yet Tang Hao still didn't intend to let him study and become a Soul Master. And his reason was simply that he was worried no one would cook for him after Little San left?"
"Cough, cough, cough! In the end... Tang San came back after becoming a Soul Master, but Tang Hao... he had left. Little San had been so eager to receive praise from his family back then... yet Tang Hao went and disappeared?"
"Sigh... Little San is a pitiful child. He lost his mother at a young age, and now his father had disappeared too. He was only a little over six then! How could Tang Hao bear to treat his own son like that!"
The more Old Jack spoke, the more agitated he became. He struggled to catch his breath and coughed several times before finally finishing.