Chapter 221: 220 White Chi City, I'm Back!

Cultivation—this is the main quest that follows Wang Wu.

He doesn't have any particular aspirations; he's just an ordinary day‑to‑day person, whose daily goal is simply to live better and indulge in food, drink, and fun.

Yes, that is Wang Wu the monster's pursuit. However, after cultivating a technique from another Earth, he gained another goal: to become powerful.

Pursuing strength.

At first it was to protect himself, to protect his beloved monster. But now, with the crisis resolved, Wang Wu continues cultivating, and the purpose of cultivation has become purely—

to become strong, to pursue strength.

This is Wang Wu's greatest current pursuit, yet he's not a cultivation fanatic, so he always balances work and rest.

Because Wang Wu isn't short of money—yes, even without a job, Wang Wu isn't lacking funds. And since he has money, his daily "work" is simply eating, drinking, and having fun.

It's that simple: eating, drinking, having fun, keeping company with the household monsters, strolling around, eating here and there, occasionally attending gatherings, and then joining various big and small contests in the city.

Indeed, the thing Wang Wu does most often now is entering competitions, not committing domestic violence at home or bullying neighbors.

The second most frequent activity is cultivation, which also isn't among the aforementioned things.

But now, cultivation must take first priority.

Since First Day Wu will stay here for a while, and it looks like it could be a fairly long period. After all, he said he will keep teaching Wang Wu until he becomes a qualified First Rank master.

Even though First Day Wu has no sect or clan, as the second strongest in Yunguang City his teaching skill is renowned throughout the city.

Although he rarely trains warriors and his main business isn't this, his ability in this area is indisputable, even surpassing Wang Wu's two mentors: Yin Shenli and Qin Xiang.

Yes, even though they should logically be professional instructors, in practice they may not be as good as First Day Wu in teaching.

But that makes sense; after all, they're all big shots of the Demon Gate. Though they are also sect heads, Demon Gate big shots certainly lack patience in teaching.

"So Wu Lang, does that mean you won't be able to accompany us from now on?"

"Not at all, I still have time. What's the matter?"

After arriving in Wind Nation, Wang Wu also found time to return to Tianyuan Realm. Of course, he didn't rely on First Day Wu, nor take the local spaceship; he hailed a ride‑hailing car to go back and accompany his family.

Bedroom… ah no, in the dining hall, Wang Wu looked at the well‑fed monsters and said, "From now on you all have to work harder. I'm not talking about cultivation; your usual cultivation is already diligent enough and well done."

"I mean the citizenship application—if you can join Yunguang City, your safety will be better guaranteed."

"But Yunguang City's household registration is said to be hard to obtain," Shu Niang took out her phone, glanced at the screen, and a worried expression appeared, "I'm afraid I won't succeed."

"It's not that exaggerated…" Wang Wu patted her head, "Yunguang City's registration is still easy to get; after all, population on the wasteland is a very important resource. Although Yunguang City's registration is indeed a bit harder than other cities, it's not that difficult."

Yes, besides accompanying his family and monsters, Wang Wu also wants to make them, like himself, become citizens of Yunguang City.

Even though this matter hasn't even taken a first step yet, Wang Wu still feels he should prepare for it.

Obtain Yunguang City registration, become a Yunguang City citizen, then have his family move there to live.

Housing prices in Yunguang City aren't expensive; with his current savings he can easily buy a very large house.

As the largest city on the solar system's wasteland, there are many pricey things here, but houses are the exception. Even in the best districts, houses cost only a thousand Yunguang Coins per square meter.

Indeed, the most expensive areas are just a thousand per square meter, and the larger the area you buy, the lower the price per unit.

This wasn't something First Day Wu told him; it came from his own master Yin Shenli. When Wang Wu expressed a desire to obtain registration and buy a house in Yunguang City, Yin Shenli took a long time to select.

As for her own home, Yin Shenli hasn't bought a house; she currently rents her place. Though she isn't short of money, she has no particular demands about where she lives.

As long as the soundproofing is good, privacy is sufficient, and it's hidden enough, that's fine.

After the house‑buying idea was raised, Yin Shenli became interested; during Wang Wu's stay back in Tianyuan Realm, she kept browsing the various houses for sale in Yunguang City.

From large to small, various locations, various layouts.

The area provided by compressed space isn't counted toward the purchase area. A house's normal area is one hundred square meters; whether you expand it to five hundred or a thousand inside, the selling price is still calculated based on one hundred square meters.

Based on the current average price of 250 Yunguang Coins per square meter in Yunguang City, a hundred‑square‑meter house costs about 25,000 Coins.

Yes, that's how cheap it is.

The median income in Yunguang City is about 5,000 Yunguang Coins per month, so for survival, even if you do nothing all month and have no job, you won't starve.

Because every citizen, and even non‑citizens, receive a monthly food ration sufficient for survival, which must be collected at an official distribution point.

These rations aren't high‑quality, but they're perfectly adequate; they may not taste great, but they're nutritionally rich.

If you're a warrior, you also receive an extra ration.

Indeed, warriors are coveted by all major cities on the wasteland. Although a warrior's combat power still pales before the old fleets and weapons, the old‑era Human Empire has perished, and the new power wielded by New Humans represents the future.

This future power naturally draws attention from all major cities.

Relying on technology to transcend, and using pure personal might, can likewise reach the same realm.

In the past, the fall of the Human Empire proved that relying on technology alone may not work, though it's not really about technology; the old humans were just too delusional.

But today, the new civilization of New Humans certainly won't abandon the old‑era technologies. They will continue to develop those things, yet they also won't forsake the brand‑new power they possess.

That's what is colloquially called a dual‑approach.

Regarding buying a house, Wang Wu originally intended to leave the whole matter to his master Yin Shenli, since she's a local and presumably knows this area better.

But for some reason, this seemed to annoy Yin Shenli, so Wang Wu accompanied her in the selection. Of course, it wasn't just Wang Wu; the other girls at home also joined.

Even though they haven't obtained citizenship yet, the house can be bought in advance, because Yin Shenli will cover half the cost. She originally planned to pay in full with a single sweep, but under Wang Wu's pressure, she had to let him also contribute half.

As for Zi Yuan, Yao Qing, Zhao Xingyue, and Wang Lan, although they wanted to contribute, Wang Wu brushed them off, saying it wasn't necessary.

Yin Shenli had no objection to those contributions, but since Wang Wu insisted, she let him have his way.

It was just a small amount of money; in fact, Yin Shenli didn't care about it.

Although she often argues with street vendors over a few coins or even a few dimes while shopping, that's her.

But that doesn't matter.

Come to think of it, even now Wang Wu still only has three monster companions. However, the number of humans around him keeps growing: Zhao Xingyue, Wang Lan, Yao Qing—that's three, and now adding Yin Shenli makes four.

As for those three now, one can only say they haven't even taken a first step yet; discussing such matters would be premature.

After all, those three are monsters who've never had any romantic experience; although Shu Niang hasn't either, her case is different—Shu Niang is a long‑time wife, and Wang Wu knew nothing about it at the time.

But Wang Wu has never regretted anything; in other words, he has never felt any "regret" at all, not even a hint of it.

But as for those three, uh, I can only say there's no way; Wang Wu does have a rather big psychological shadow regarding that kind of monster. Even though it didn't happen to him, his good friend Bai Tan's current life makes him extremely terrified.

As for this kind of monster, it's better to observe first. After all, he hasn't done anything toward them up to now, hasn't taken any substantive step, not even any outrageous action.

It's nothing but massaging the little feet, massaging the little mouth, massaging…

Uh, let's talk about this later.

After Wang Wu returned to Heavenly Python City, he stayed here for another two weeks; the first day, Wu was also here. Because he now needs to cultivate, during these two weeks back he didn't interact with neighbors at all, and didn't even take part in any competitions.

After that, he went back to Xie Yu's side, after all he had left from there originally, so this time he just went back to take a look.

You should know he hasn't even finished touring White Horn City yet.

The map level over in Wind Country is just too high, so if he wants to boost his strength now, it's better to return here first, and meanwhile let Day One Wu deal with some of the Yao Mo Gui Gui on the planets in this stellar system.

As a top‑tier strongman who has reached 0.9 times the speed of light, this level of power, even the former planet's divine general probably wouldn't be a match for Day One Wu, the big boss, right?

But that's not certain, and it's hard to say. Still, such matters are unimportant.

When he was in Wind Country it was devil training, and after returning to Heavenly Python City it was still devil training. However, after arriving at White Horn City, Wang Wu found a bit of leisure time each day.

Yin Shenli stayed in Wind Country; she didn't come back with Wang Wu because during this period she had almost daily duel appointments, which was absolutely exhilarating, making Day One Wu grind his teeth.

But there's nothing he can do; those duels were invited by the Demon Tribe, and since they're the locals' choice, he can't say anything.

However, under Day One Wu's pressure, Yin Shenli's actions were certainly not as reckless as before. Still, she's clever and chose a place where fighting wouldn't have any impact.

That is the area plagued by demonic calamities, or genuine catastrophes.

Beyond Wind Country's borders, in the boundless starry sky, there are countless already‑fallen civilization ruins. Some of those ruins naturally have high exploratory value, but some…

have become complete forbidden zones, not just life‑restricted zones, but also cosmic forbidden zones.

And if a big fight breaks out in that place, it won't affect normal cosmic regions at all; it might even serve a sort of "purification" function.

When Wang Wu hadn't left Wind Country yet, Yin Shenli's days were indescribably enjoyable: first she went out to fight a life‑or‑death blood battle against the opposing Demon Tribe, then, dragging a shattered, barely intact body, she could return to see the skeletal form and enjoy Wang Wu's tender care.

After healing the injuries, she let Wang Wu attend to her again, then, full of vigor, continued to set out.

Then return to recover.

In just over a month, Yin Shenli's strength also made a leap forward.

After all, her genius talent isn't limited to non‑combat cultivation; the rate at which she levels up through combat cultivation is astonishingly fast.

This place lacks no strong individuals, let alone those stronger than Yin Shenli.

It's just that Wang Wu can't quite understand why his master always only pits him against female Demon‑Tribe experts. Yet he wisely doesn't ask, because asking would surely lead to another beating.

He doesn't want to be beaten by the now super‑strong Yin Shenli; once this woman becomes super‑strong, her strikes are neither light nor gentle, and she doesn't understand what it means to be delicate.

Uh, this term, uh, this term applied to Wang Wu isn't really a problem.

After all, he truly has a flower‑like face and moon‑like beauty, a peerless appearance that could topple a nation. Though using such a term for a masculine, handsome guy like Wang Wu might be a bit awkward, his looks are indeed at that level.

The Demon Tribe all have appearances of this caliber; if you don't use such a description, there's no other way.

Now that Wang Wu has returned to the Heavenly Origin Realm, Yin Shenli, having lost a daily outlet for fighting, has become extremely irritable; she occasionally calls to scold Wang Wu, making him now a bit hesitant to answer his master's calls.

"Wang Wu, you, you're back?"

Chu Realm, White Horn City.

Xie Yu was lying on the bed at home, looking at the token of love that Bai Tan gave her, her eyes filled with deep sorrow.

But the next second, the bedroom door was kicked open by Wang Wu.

The visitor was no one else but Wang Wu.

After all, since Bai Tan, only he would dare to brazenly storm into her room.

(End of Chapter)