Although Yaoyue and Lianxing were quite famous in the Jianghu world, Li Mochou was not one to back down from trouble.
The main reason was that Yaoyue's arrogant attitude made Li Mochou very unhappy.
"We want these two rooms!" Yaoyue pointed to the two remaining rooms in the east wing.
"Cheng Hui, 100 taels of silver a month!" Li Mochou demanded an exorbitant price, more than twenty times the original price.
Yaoyue looked at Lianxing: "Give me the money!"
"No, sister, this is too expensive. 100 taels of silver can buy you a year's stay at the best restaurant."
After saying that, Lianxing looked at Li Mochou and said, "You're the Crimson Serpent Fairy, right? The price is clearly written on the sign outside. Isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to ask for such an exorbitant amount?"
"Stay if you want, leave if you don't." This little courtyard Central City treasures; she still feels a hundred taels isn't enough.
"Is this how you run a business?"
"Can't even the two palace masters of the prestigious Flower Transferring Palace come up with one hundred taels?"
"Is this a question of whether or not we can produce it?" Lianxing asked angrily.
"Give me the money!" Yaoyue's voice grew colder, releasing the Aura of Late Innate, her gaze fixed on Li Mochou as if she were looking at a dead person.
Li Mochou was not to be outdone. So what if Yaoyue? So what if Flower Transferring Palace? If I, Li Mochou, uttered a single word of fear, I wouldn't be called the Crimson Serpent Fairy.
Lianxing was somewhat angry at Li Mochou's outrageous demands, but she didn't want the two of them to actually fight.
Reluctantly, he took out a silver note and handed it to Li Mochou.
Li Mochou took the silver note, flicked it with her finger, and Yanran, saying, "Let me tell you about the rules for living here."
"First, you are responsible for your own food. You can use the well water as you please, but you cannot touch anything else. You are not allowed to enter the kitchen without permission, nor can you disturb other guests, especially this vegetable patch."
Li Mochou pointed to the Yingying vegetable patch beside her and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Absolutely do not touch it."
Given Yaoyue's usual temper, she probably would have slapped him long ago, but Yaoyue was clearly furious, she ultimately didn't do so.
He snorted coldly, turned around, and went into the room.
Even Lianxing couldn't understand this; when did her older sister become so easy to talk to?
Seeing that Yaoyue and Lianxing had entered the room, Li Mochou breathed a sigh of relief.
Lianxing was alright, but she still felt pressured when facing Yaoyue.
Li Mochou walked to Ling Yi's side, handed him a hundred taels of silver, and said, "They are Yaoyue and Lianxing from the Flower Transferring Palace. Why would they stay here instead of at a proper restaurant or inn? There must be a conspiracy."
Ling Yi picked up the silver note and looked at it. It was the first time he had ever seen silver notes in this world. It was stamped with a row of seals. There were four seals from money shops and two seals from official sources.
"This anti-counterfeiting measure is quite impressive!" Ling Yi murmured.
Then he gave the silver note back to Li Mochou, saying, "Take this first. Take some time to buy some fruit seeds or something, and later clear out that patch of land in the corner and plant some fruit trees."
"Hey, aren't you worried? What if they discover the secret of that vegetable patch? If they spread it around, it'll be a real problem."
Li Mochou was speechless. Was now the time to study fruit trees?
"Wouldn't it be better if the courtyard were a bit more lively? It's rare to find so many Jianghu masters gathering in this remote corner of my house," Ling Yi said nonchalantly.
What Li Mochou and others considered precious was nothing to Ling Yi.
As for trouble? It's just adding a little fun to his life; otherwise, it would be so Bored.
Yeah, it's just Bored.
If he's Bored, he could go out and cause trouble, but he finds going out and causing trouble too troublesome.
In short, for Ling Yi right now, it's best to just let things take their course.
"It's rare to have so many vegetables, let's have vegetable hot pot tonight, it'll save us trouble!" Ling Yi said, putting his hands behind his head, closing his eyes with a smile, and soon snoring again.
The white fox on its body changed its posture, curling its fluffy tail up and covering its head. Soon, the same purring sound rang out.
"Hey, what's hot pot?"
"Whoosh!"
"Snoring, snoring!"
Li Mochou glanced at the silver notes in her hand, then looked up at the warm sun in the sky. A sudden wave of drowsiness washed over her, and she yawned before simply lying down on the recliner next to her.
A moment later, he too drifted off to sleep.
In the east wing, Lianxing tidied up her own room and then went to Yaoyue's room.
At this moment, Yaoyue stood by the window, staring blankly at the scene before her.
A century- Old Liu stands beneath which two people and a beast sleep. In the courtyard is a square well, and in front of the window is a small, lush vegetable garden.
For some reason, this scene was surprisingly harmonious.
This somewhat dispelled Yaoyue's initial dissatisfaction.
"Sister, why do we have to stay here?" Lianxing was still upset about the hundred taels of silver she had spent.
"Didn't you notice anything different about this courtyard?" Yaoyue asked.
"What's the difference? There isn't!"
"Your Mingyu Gong is still at the seventh level. You might be able to Perception it once you reach the eighth level."
Yaoyue pointed to the Earthly Dao outside the window and said, "These seemingly ordinary vegetables exude an extremely rich Heaven and Earth Genki."
"Such abundant primordial Genki is extremely rare even among rare and precious materials that are over a thousand years old."
"Sis, you're not kidding, are you? If these really are rare and precious materials containing Genki, how could these people plant them here so carelessly?"
Yaoyue didn't explain; she didn't know why either.
Li Mochou was only at the Early Innate Realm. Although her strength was already considerable among Jianghu masters, it was not enough to impress her.
The handsome young man looked like an ordinary person, but how could an ordinary person tame a Demonic Beast as a pet?
This Demonic Beast is very strong; at least Yaoyue isn't confident she can defeat it.
This little courtyard is strange in every way.
At this moment, the courtyard gate was opened, and Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan, dressed in different clothes, drove a row of carriages into the courtyard. The carriages were full of bricks, tiles, and other daily necessities that the two had purchased.
One of the vehicles, in particular, was loaded entirely with gold bars.
Behind Yue Buqun was a little girl.
The little girl was wearing a green floral dress, had long, glossy black hair that reached her waist, and white ankle boots.
She walked with a light and Spiritual Animation, her beautiful big eyes curiously surveying the small courtyard.
" Shan'er, remember this: do more and talk less, understand?" Yue Buqun reminded her.
Zuo Lengchan's expression was rather sour. This Old Yue was really cunning; he had actually sent his own daughter over.
Seeing Ling Yi sleeping on the recliner, Old Yue dared not let the mule and horse caravan into the yard, so he transformed into a bricklayer.
To minimize the noise, the two even used their Qinggong, showing the utmost humility.
Ling Yi had naturally heard their commotion long ago and Perception their movements. Ling Yi was truly at a loss for words, both amused and exasperated.
Ling Yi Ling Yi sat up from the recliner, which startled the white fox in his arms. He casually placed the white fox on his shoulder before standing up with a yawn.
"I apologize for disturbing your rest, senior." Yue Buqun put down the blue brick in his hand and quickly bowed to Ling Yi.
Ling Yi glanced at Tian Se and said, "Hurry up and fix the ground, then you can leave."
Upon hearing Ling Yi's words, Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan felt a jolt in their hearts.
"Senior, we..."
"What, you're not going to be reluctant to leave, are you?" Ling Yi naturally knew what they were thinking.
They were reluctant to leave; who could bear to part with such an opportunity? They were counting on reaching the Grand Master Realm under Ling Yi's tutelage. If they left, where would they find such a good chance again?
Ling Yi naturally understood their ulterior motives, but there were mostly women in the courtyard now, so what was the point of leaving these two old men behind?
"Senior..." Zuo Lengchan wanted to say something, naturally unwilling to leave him like this.
But Ling Yi ignored him and turned to Li Mochou, who had just woken up from the recliner and looked tired, saying, "I'm hungry. Go pick some vegetables, I'll make the broth."
"Oh!" Li Mochou didn't know what was at the bottom of the pot, nor did she care. All she knew was that she could eat delicious vegetables that could improve her cultivation again.
Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun looked at each other, suddenly feeling like they were fools.
All their previous schemes and fantasies were nothing but a mirage. Ling Yi's single sentence poured cold water on them, forcing them to face reality.
Come to think of it, does Ling Yi really lack servants to do odd jobs? Obviously not.
They had only bothered Ling Yi last night, so Ling Yi down and gave them a beating as punishment—just for planting vegetables and laying bricks.
But they didn't say they could stay as servants forever. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. They're already incredibly Luck to have gotten a chance to break through to the Innate Realm.
Zuo Lengchan sighed helplessly and began to tidy up the floor in frustration.
But his gaze kept drifting towards the vegetable patch beside him; he felt greed in his heart, but he could only suppress it fiercely.
Otherwise, it would truly be courting death. One can only constantly remind oneself that one should be content, for at least one has broken through to the Innate Realm. Otherwise, with one's talent, who knows how long it would take to break through to the Innate.
Yue Buqun was also unwilling to give up. Although he knew that no matter how many ideas he had, it would be useless, he still wanted to try.
After thinking for a moment, Yue Buqun said to Ling Yi, who had come out to fetch water, "Senior, my daughter would like to rent a room. Is that alright?"
Ling Yi glanced at the young girl beside Yue Buqun. Was this Yue Lingshan? She was much prettier than he had imagined.
Thinking about Yue Lingshan's future, to be honest, it's pretty tragic. She'll be betrayed by her own father and her own husband.
The biological father cut himself to gain immense power, and then became corrupted by evil. The husband also cut himself to seek revenge, and then became corrupted by evil as well!
Yue Lingshan was a young widow, and in the end, she was killed by her own husband. Her fate was truly tragic.
If it could change Yue Lingshan's fate, that would be quite good.
" Li Mochou, someone's renting out the room, come collect the money!" Ling Yi called out to Li Mochou, who was washing vegetables.
Yue Buqun was overjoyed. As long as Yue Lingshan could stay, it didn't matter whether he left or not.
He thought to himself, "Just as I expected, this senior has no power to resist the female warrior."
It wasn't just Yue Buqun who thought this way; Li Mochou, Zuo Lengchan, and the newly arrived Yaoyue and Lianxing also thought so.
"As expected, all men are the same," Yaoyue said coldly.
Ling Yi was speechless. "Just say what you want to say, why are you shouting like that? This Map generalization, is that even polite?"