Chapter 142

142. Chapter 140: Find You a Place to Live (Extra Update 2)

Ding Huan's house belonged to the Xiao Xingjiao Market, so the burly man took Ding Huan to Xiao Xingjiao Market to handle the transfer procedures.

The place specifically for housing transactions was called the Housing Transaction Office.

The Housing Transaction Office was small, with only two people working there, showing that housing transactions here were extremely rare.

When both men produced their identity plaques, Ding Huan learned the burly man's name was Kan Ni, and he had been on the Four Directions Star Continent for seventeen years.

When the woman in charge of housing sales at the market saw Ding Huan spend five thousand purple gold coins to buy Kan Ni's house, she looked puzzled.

If the house had originally been Ding Huan's and Kan Ni had forcibly bought it from him, that would make sense—but the situation was exactly the opposite.

When she saw Ding Huan's identity plaque, she immediately understood.

Just arrived today? No wonder he got ripped off.

She was certain the house would return to Kan Ni's hands within a few days.

But she had seen this kind of thing too many times to say a word—she efficiently handled Ding Huan's paperwork.

After leaving the market's Housing Transaction Office, they happened to meet Qi Qi Xinyue returning from shopping.

Seeing the food Qi Qi Xinyue carried, Ding Huan waved:

"Xinyue, over here. Let's go."

When Qi Qi Xinyue drew near, Kan Ni smiled warmly at Ding Huan:

"Friend, if you decide to sell the house, I'll buy it back for five hundred purple gold coins."

Even Lao Liu looked at Kan Ni like he was an idiot.

They had just bought the house from this guy for five thousand purple gold coins—and now he wanted Ding Huan to sell it back for five hundred?

Originally, after the transaction ended, Ding Huan planned to threaten Kan Ni.

He intended to say he was hiding here from enemies, warning Kan Ni not to speak up—or he'd drag Kan Ni down with him.

What Ding Huan hadn't expected was that this guy was so heartless—he wanted to buy back the house for one-tenth of what Ding Huan had paid.

Ding Huan was certain the man had a thousand ways to force him into returning the house cheaply.

Though he wasn't afraid, how many things did he have to do? He had no time to waste on such trivial matters.

"Oh, no plans to sell for now. When I decide to sell, I'll give it to you."

Ding Huan didn't threaten him—since this guy wanted his house, he'd help him find a place to live first.

"Hope you enjoy your stay. Oh, and tonight, have fun—but don't damage anything inside."

As Kan Ni left, he waved goodbye to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan smiled warmly, thanked him a few words, then casually left a mental mark on Kan Ni before returning to his new residence.

As soon as Kan Ni was gone, Qi Qi Xinyue asked:

"Did you finish the house paperwork?"

Ding Huan nodded:

"You and Lao Liu clean up the house—throw out anything unnecessary. I'll be back."

Qi Qi Xinyue didn't ask what Ding Huan was going to do—she just hummed and went to tidy the house.

She knew Ding Huan preferred open space, so she tossed all unnecessary furniture and items into the courtyard.

……

Kan Ni watched Ding Huan's back, sneering.

Someone actually dared to buy Kan Ni's house? Hah, what a ridiculous joke.

But since Ding Huan had just arrived, it wasn't surprising.

Thinking of how he'd just made five thousand purple gold coins for free, Kan Ni's mood lifted—he patted the purple gold coins hanging at his waist, thinking he should retrieve the house as soon as possible.

That house wasn't his property.

To get the house back, the first thing he needed to do was find the Gu brothers.

The Gu brothers, because they handled so many secret jobs, were among the few who lived in remote areas—and they were ruthless.

In Xiao Xingjiao, only the Gu brothers went looking for trouble—or rather, went to kill others. No one dared provoke them.

Ding Huan had emerged from concealment—he'd originally planned to just send a wind blade at the guy somewhere random and be done with it.

To Ding Huan's delight, Kan Ni, unwilling to live, had voluntarily headed toward the market's outskirts.

Then he had no right to complain.

When they were a distance from the market, Ding Huan stepped out.

"You?" Kan Ni stared, disbelief on his face.

"Yes. I knew you might still be thinking about my house, so I came to find you a place to live."

Ding Huan smiled warmly.

"Too late, I don't need you to find me a place..."

Before Kan Ni finished speaking, he felt a chill at his neck—a wind blade slashed through his throat.

"G-g-g..."

Kan Ni clutched his neck, staring at Ding Huan in disbelief.

He was a martial cultivator—but he hadn't sensed a single movement from Ding Huan.

"Who were you planning to get to help you?"

Ding Huan still smiled.

"Gu..." Kan Ni managed only one syllable before collapsing to his knees, then falling face-down.

Ding Huan retrieved his purple gold coins, then raised his hand and dug a hole beside him.

He kicked Kan Ni into the hole and buried him, adding simple camouflage.

Kan Ni is dead, but still useful—definitely cannot just burn him with a fireball.

When Ding Huan returned invisibly to his residence, his spiritual sense detected someone installing something outside.

It was most likely a surveillance device; Ding Huan didn't care at all, as he had no intention of leaving often.

Qi Qi Xinyue was still tidying the courtyard.

This courtyard had a reception room and four bedrooms.

Ding Huan directly ordered Lao Liu to move all unnecessary items into one room.

Then the three of them each took one room.

Ding Huan chose the largest room because he needed to forge talismans.

If he hadn't just killed Kan Ni, Ding Huan would have already gone to the marketplace to buy various talisman-making materials.

Now he had to wait until the heat died down.

Previously, on the Starry Sky, he had forged a pile of talismans but had no place to test them.

This house came with a courtyard, and the courtyard was sizable enough to let him test these talismans.

…

While Ding Huan stayed indoors testing talismans, the head of the Marketplace Housing Transaction Office was somewhat surprised.

According to Kan Ni's nature, he would never leave his house in someone else's hands for more than a day.

Now three days had passed, and Kan Ni still hadn't come to buy back his own house.

This was rather odd.

Besides the Housing Transaction Office staff being surprised, the Star Intersection's Tiao Jie was now almost a raging lion.

How long had she been mixing in the Star Intersection?

Only she had ever taken advantage of outsiders—when had an outsider ever taken advantage of her?

Previously, she had assumed Ding Huan's Star Blue was out of energy and hadn't cared at all.

In fact, because she had acquired the Star Blue, she had even treated her brothers to a big feast.

Only on the third day did she arrive at the Star Blue with some energy crystals.

These were products from Nine Yuan Star Land—a treasure capable of traversing wormholes.

In this universe, Four-Direction Star Land was indeed the most accessible star land.

But only in this corner—true high-civilization star lands were not in this star system at all.

To reach high-civilization star lands, one must cross star systems.

In the legends of Four-Direction Star Land, there were indeed supreme experts who could do it.

But legends were just legends—truly crossing star systems still required powerful starships.

Such powerful starships had come before, and would come again.

Yet whether before or after, Tiao Jie was never qualified to ride one.

Not even Tiao Jie—nor even Zhan Changjing, head of the First Family of Four-Direction Star Land, Zhan Clan, had been granted passage on such a ship.

Now, Tiao Jie had somehow obtained such a starship—what an incredible stroke of fortune?

Full of joy, Tiao Jie boarded the Star Blue—then realized something was wrong.

The Star Blue wasn't out of energy—it was the power core, the most critical part, that had broken down.

After repeated attempts, Tiao Jie knew for certain: the power core was damaged.

The deceived Tiao Jie screamed furiously across the Star Intersection.

In a short time, everyone in the Star Intersection knew what had happened.

A ruthless man had come to Four-Direction Star Land—a man bold enough to swindle Tiao Jie's Purple Gold Coins, selling her a starship with a broken power core.

Though this newcomer was ruthless, everyone knew as soon as they saw Tiao Jie charging toward Four-Direction Star Land with furious rage—that this ruthless man was finished.

…

On the third day, no one had come knocking yet; Ding Huan was puzzled.

Logically, after Kan Ni had been missing for three days, someone should have investigated him by now.

Kan Ni could not possibly have been alone here—he must have had a group behind him.

Just as Ding Huan was still puzzling over this, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.

Ding Huan swept his spiritual sense outward and found a young man he had never met before.

"Who are you looking for?" Ding Huan opened the door.

The young man did not enter the courtyard, only said urgently:

"Tiao Jie of the Star Intersection is searching everywhere for you—she'll find you here soon. And Kan Ni won't let you go either—this house was stolen from my family by him."

After saying this, the young man didn't wait for Ding Huan's reply—he quickly left and vanished in an instant.

A messenger?

Ding Huan was puzzled—he had only just arrived, yet already offended two people: one dead, one alive.

He hadn't made any friends—best case, he only knew Peng Zhan, who had shown him the way.

Ding Huan was certain Peng Zhan would never send someone here to warn him.

If Tiao Jie found him, he could never live quietly here again.

Thinking of this, Ding Huan immediately did a simple disguise.

He just stuck on some facial hair, applied light makeup, put on a mask and sunglasses, and added a long wig.

His preparations were still insufficient—if only he'd bought a few disguise masks back on Earth.

Even disguised, Ding Huan still chose to leave the small courtyard invisibly.

The surveillance meant nothing to him.

He hadn't reached the marketplace yet when he saw Tousister hurrying toward it.

The woman was accompanied by four ruthless underlings; clearly she had learned Ding Huan was at Xiao Xingjiao Marketplace and was heading there to find him.

Ding Huan quickened his pace and walked up to Tousister:

"Tousister, I know where Ding Huan lives."