Chapter 117: Lingyun's New Home

After clearing the monsters out of this room, Lingyun and his party escorted Tetsuo and his group out of the Labyrinth Area.

With Lingyun and his party present, the monsters in the Labyrinth Area did not pose any obstruction to them, and the group returned safely to the small shop on the 22nd floor. Upon learning of this incident, Keita was also left with lingering fears. If Kirito had not been in their team, and if Lingyun and the others had not arrived in time, he could not imagine what his reaction would have been had he known his classmates had disappeared from this world. Of course, he also gave Tetsuo and the others a harsh lecture; after all, this time it was truly too dangerous. Regarding Keita's lecture, the few of them did not talk back at all; this incident had already given them a sufficient warning.

After experiencing this event, they realized for the first time exactly how much their strength was worth, and in the period that followed, they each adopted a twelve-percent serious attitude when facing Kirito's special training.

More than a month had passed since the time the Moonlit Black Cats nearly suffered a total wipeout. During this month, thanks to the booming business of Sachi's shop, Lingyun finally saved up enough money to have the financial strength to purchase a house of his own.

If one were to buy a house in a Town, the price would not be very expensive; after all, people like the members of the Moonlit Black Cats had already bought their own guild house in a Town over a month ago.

However, Lingyun did not want to buy his own house in a Town. After all, the houses in Towns not only have limited space, but their styles also do not conform to Lingyun's aesthetic. Most importantly, it is simply too noisy in the Towns, which Lingyun dislikes very much. Therefore, Lingyun ultimately chose to build his own house in the wilderness.

However, in this world, although battles and other actions between players and monsters might damage the scenery, these damaged scenes would automatically restore themselves after a period of time! Because of the existence of this setting, it became impossible for players to cut down trees or build houses in the wilderness.

To build a house in the wilderness, one can only purchase a House Construction Order and a House Blueprint from a housing NPC, then find a place in the wilderness one likes to use the House Construction Order, letting the system build the house according to the blueprint. The completed house and its surrounding area will be automatically designated as a Safe Zone, prohibiting any PK behavior. Of course, the money consumed by this method far exceeds that of buying a house in a Town.

Originally, the money Lingyun had was not insufficient to build a house in the wilderness, but thinking that Luo Yexi and the others would certainly have to live there too, the area of the house would have to be expanded significantly. Under these circumstances, Lingyun simply decided to go all the way and designed a design plan that could be called luxurious and perfect for his first piece of real estate in this world. However, another matter followed: the construction cost of the house shot up, rising until it exceeded the height of Lingyun's wallet at the time. Therefore, this matter was temporarily shelved by him.

After the small shop opened by the Moonlit Black Cats became a booming business, as the shop's largest supplier of goods, a steady stream of Col flowed into Lingyun's wallet, finally allowing him to save up enough Col to realize the design plan in his inventory.

The floor Lingyun finally selected as his future residence was the beautiful 22nd floor.

When Lingyun was choosing the location for the house at the time, he walked through the entire 22nd floor and finally found a beautiful lake. This lake was surrounded by mountains on all four sides, and the surroundings were a lush forest.

In the forest, there were quite a few cute little animals rare in this world that could not be used as targets for leveling; they were rare ornamental animals set by the system in this world. The wind blew through the forest, making the leaves rustle, and the whole place looked full of the breath of summer.

During the day, under the soft sunlight, the lake reflected the surrounding mountains, forests, and blue sky and white clouds. Fish would leap out of the water from time to time, and there were also water birds foraging. At night, under the cold moonlight, the entire lake surface seemed to be covered by a layer of white gauze, revealing a mysterious beauty, like a fairyland in a fairy tale.

By this lake, there was a wide open space. The open space was very large, and it was only after seeing this open space at the time that Lingyun had the design plan currently in his inventory.

"It really is a beautiful place. From any angle, it is a place suitable for living!" Lingyun looked at the scenery here and sighed.

Although he had experienced countless worlds and seen countless beautiful sights, the beautiful scenery here still made him unable to help but praise it. One must know that such a place is extremely rare even in this world of SAO; it can simply be compared to the Taoyuan that he and Luo Yexi spent many years arranging.

Lingyun opened the system panel and clicked twice on the item column. Following a flash of blue light, two items appeared in his hand. One was a small golden Token, and the other was a roll of parchment. These two items were exactly the House Construction Order and the House Blueprint. This golden Token was the highest-level House Construction Order that Lingyun had obtained only after quite a bit of Kung Fu.

"Please select the house construction location!"

Seeing the system window pop up before him, Lingyun pointed his finger, which was emitting blue light, directly at the open space in front of him.

"Location selection complete, currently checking if construction requirements are met..."

"Check complete, requirements met! Now performing house placement adjustment..."

Lingyun manipulated the virtual button in front of him, starting to adjust the orientation of the house. After adjusting it to a point that satisfied him, he pressed the confirm button.

"Preparation complete, construction about to begin!"

"Building..."

A golden light enveloped this open space, even covering a small part of the lake in the golden light.

"Construction complete! Congratulations to the player for owning your own residence!"

Looking at the courtyard that appeared before him, a smile appeared on Lingyun's face. If someone familiar with this type of architecture saw this building, they would surely exclaim out loud: "Isn't this a Suzhou Garden?"

That's right, the first time Lingyun saw this place, he determined what style the residence built here should be. And this design plan in his hand was one he had designed himself.

"This place is already built; what's missing now are the people to live in it." Lingyun looked at the garden in front of him, revealed a faint smile, and then opened his Communication Crystal to send out several emails.

After sending the emails, Lingyun walked slowly into the garden with his hands behind his back.