Chapter 26: Refreshing the Shop

With the mansion, land, and workshops, it should be enough for the villagers of Majia Town to live and settle down.

A great disaster is about to arrive, and Yan Xiao does not want the fellow villagers of Majia Town to be cruelly killed by Phantom Demons.

"Little brother, I have decided to be friends with you."

Chang Yongsheng patted Yan Xiao on the shoulder, very moved; in the selfish world of cultivation, he had seen too much deceit, and there were truly few people as warm-hearted as Yan Xiao.

It is not that Yan Xiao does not love money.

It is just that he knows how to be grateful.

"City Lord, you are too kind; it is my honor to be friends with you."

Yan Xiao laughed, but secretly thought: Could you not be so heavy-handed? My shoulder really hurts...

"Good... let's go, we won't stop until we're drunk today," said Chang Yongsheng.

Consequently, the handsome Yan Xiao fell to the ground after one cup, causing Chang Yongsheng to laugh heartily.

In the distance, Qian Youdao watched Yan Xiao and the City Lord acting like brothers, becoming even more determined to recruit Yan Xiao into Luoxia Mountain.

The night passed without incident.

The next day, Yan Xiao woke up early, and the first thing he did was check if the gold ingots in the System Space were still there; he was truly afraid that the gold would disappear after a night's sleep.

"Owner, drinking is bad for your health; you must not drink anymore."

The system reminded him, and judging by its tone, it sounded as if it were drunk.

Yan Xiao clicked his tongue in wonder, "System, did you drink too?"

"No, the host drinking will affect... affect the connection between the system and the host," the system explained.

"There is such a lame loophole?"

Yan Xiao was speechless; he had never heard of a system that couldn't handle drinking before.

This system is very strange.

"Brother... are you awake?"

Qingxue knocked on the door and asked softly.

"Mm, I'm awake."

Yan Xiao rubbed his head and went to open the door for Qingxue.

"Master... your tolerance for alcohol is really poor."

Wang Dazhu said while rubbing his nose; he had originally intended to butter him up, but his master was just too pathetic, falling after a single cup.

He couldn't even flatter him; being a person is truly difficult.

"Wang Dazhu... I will give you three hundred taels of silver; go to Majia Town and bring the remaining villagers over. I have already cleared it with the City Lord."

Yan Xiao threw three gold ingots directly to Wang Dazhu, telling him to handle the matter.

Yan Xiao washed up and prepared to go find Chang Yongsheng to say goodbye; he couldn't keep living in the City Lord's Mansion, eating and drinking for free—it was too embarrassing.

Upon learning from the guards that Chang Yongsheng and his party had gone outside the city early in the morning to set up arrays, Yan Xiao had no choice but to leave in high spirits.

On the main street, Yan Xiao led Qingxue through many twists and turns, either walking into dead ends or ending up in front of sewage ditches.

"Brother, where are we going?"

Qingxue was being led by Yan Xiao, her head spinning.

"Taking you to see our new home, but the map the City Lord gave me seems wrong; why does it feel like we're walking in the wrong direction?"

Yan Xiao looked at the map in his hand as if it were a heavenly book, feeling a headache coming on.

"Owner, I feel like you are walking the wrong way; the map is North at the top, South at the bottom, West on the left, and East on the right," the Cat Demon said.

"I know North is at the top, South is at the bottom, West is on the left, and East is on the right, but the problem is I don't know which side is East and which side is West anymore?"

Yan Xiao scratched his head and said awkwardly.

To actually get lost—how damn embarrassing.

"System, help me check; it would be best if you could provide navigation."

Yan Xiao estimated that he wouldn't be able to find his 'new home' on his own.

"Owner, system navigation requires a payment of 200 Fear Value; do you wish to activate it?"

"So expensive?"

Yan Xiao was speechless; in his past life, this would have just wasted a bit of data.

"Activate... activate it," Yan Xiao felt a liver-wrenching pain.

"Very well, Owner; navigation function has been activated for you, destination set to 【Yuhua Garden】."

After walking for another half a day, Yan Xiao finally saw his mansion.

Vermilion gates, two mighty and imposing stone lions in front, bluestone floors; pushing open the gates, the courtyard was filled with various bonsai, famous flowers, and exotic plants—it was a proper villa.

"Wahahaha..."

"I love it!"

This was originally Shi Yaoqian's private residence, which was quite luxurious, covering a vast area that almost rivaled the City Lord's Mansion.

By comparison, the other two houses looked much smaller, only slightly larger than ordinary civilian houses.

"If Laojiugui saw such an imposing house, he probably wouldn't drink himself to death, but be scared to death."

Yan Xiao looked at this extremely luxurious mansion and sighed.

"So you cannot drink," Qingxue replied.

Hm?

What does that mean? Is she afraid he will follow in Laojiugui's footsteps?

Thinking of Laojiugui, he remembered he still owed Ma Cuihua three taels of silver; he would find out where Chunfeng Pavilion was another day.

Don't get the wrong idea; he is just going to pay back the money and definitely won't cause any trouble.

Walking into the room, Yan Xiao discovered that the entire house had been emptied out; there wasn't even a chair.

"Yuhua Sect is truly stingy," Yan Xiao complained.

Without furniture, that wouldn't do, so Yan Xiao had no choice but to hire people to purchase daily necessities, tables, chairs, and benches.

It cost nearly two thousand taels of Silver!

By the time everything was arranged, the sun had already set.

After eating dinner, Qingxue and the Cat Demon found a relatively elegant room and went to rest.

Yan Xiao, however, sat on the roof with no desire to sleep.

"System, how much Fear Value do I have left?"

Yan Xiao leaned against the roof tiles and asked lazily.

"5600 points of Fear Value," the System replied.

"Only that much!" Yan Xiao said with dissatisfaction.

"Owner, you are truly too lazy; your strength hasn't improved at all," the System said, sounding as if it wished he would improve.

Yan Xiao was stunned; he truly hadn't cultivated properly, and he hadn't even looked at the system panel carefully, so it was no wonder the System was dissatisfied.

He opened the system page to check his attribute panel.

Name: Yan Xiao.

Gender: Male.

Cultivation: Qi Refining 3rd Layer.

Spirit Root: Pseudo Spirit Root.

Attributes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

Cultivation Techniques: Red Flame Triple Slash 【Entry Level】, Quenching Fire Technique 【Entry Level】, Three Elements Spirit Gathering Art 【Novice】, Five Elements Divine Art 【Novice】.

Magic Sword Grade: Middle Grade. 【Upgrade requires: 10000 points of Fear Value】

Magic Sword Skill: 【Movement of the Demon King】 Cooldown time 5 years 3 months

12 days 4 hours 38 seconds.

Magic Sword Skill: 【Fear Buff】 Fear Value boosts skill damage, can be applied.

Current Fear Value: 5600.

System Rating: Rookie!

System Version: HM007. (No updates currently)

......... Is it really this pathetic?

Looking at his own attribute panel, Yan Xiao was speechless for a long time.

He had thought that having a system made him invincible, and he had gotten a bit carried away.

"Owner, Qingxue devoured the Trap Demon Array, and her cultivation has already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment; Wang Dazhu has achieved minor success in the Three Elements Spirit Gathering Art and broke through to Qi Refining 1st Layer yesterday; he is about to surpass you."

The System said in a grave and earnest tone.

That big fool Wang Dazhu is already in the Qi Refining Realm?

With minor success in the Three Elements Spirit Gathering Art, he is indeed catching up to him.

Yan Xiao felt an unprecedented sense of urgency; he absolutely could not let Wang Dazhu surpass him!

"System, can cultivating the Five Elements Divine Art really make up for the defects of a Pseudo Spirit Root? Why have I been cultivating for so long without any obvious results?"

Yan Xiao remembered the System seemed to have said something like that when it swindled him into buying the Five Elements Divine Art.

"Hmm, it should be faster than the Owner cultivating with a Pseudo Spirit Root, right?"

Hearing the System's uncertain tone, Yan Xiao felt a sense of having been deceived.

However, the greatest benefit the Five Elements Divine Art brought was the Five Elements Shield Technique, which was one of the essential divine skills for home and travel.