Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 52: Old Friends
After Fang Jingxuan finished saying this, Lao He looked at him with a look that said, "You kid really can't help it."

During the battle between the Chu and He families, Old He knew that Fang Jingxuan made a lot of money.

Once people have money, they rarely can resist spending it. Fang Jingxuan is only in his twenties and suddenly has a lot of spirit stones, so it is normal for him to want to spend a lot of money.

Moreover, Fang Jingxuan did not spend his money on pleasure. Old He had never seen Fang Jingxuan go to any of the brothels in the market town.

"Of course, you have saved up a lot of money, right? It's better to think about buying a house than to throw your spirit stones to those beauties in the brothels.

If you ask me, after you have some property, save up for a few years, and I will arrange a marriage for you. Once the matter is settled, I can also continue the family line for your Fang family."

Sure enough, when people get older, they like to act as matchmakers, and Lao He is no exception.

After hearing this, Fang Jingxuan shook his head repeatedly, saying that he was still young and should focus on his cultivation, and there was no rush to get married.

Old He smiled and tried to persuade Fang Jingxuan for a few words, but when he saw that Fang Jingxuan was determined, he shook his head regretfully, feeling sorry that he had not been able to get the matchmaker out.

After chatting for a while, Lao He got back to the topic.

"The property prices in this market have stabilized recently after the initial sharp drop. As some people leave, others come in. As long as Hongyefang survives, the houses here will always be valuable.

Let's say there are thirteen properties for sale on our street. I suggest you look around here first, and if that doesn't work out, try other streets. After all, we're all neighbors, and once you're used to living here, you'll be able to take care of them in the future."

Fang Jingxuan also agreed with what Lao He said. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. With Lao He around, Fang Jingxuan basically doesn't have to worry about other trivial matters.

"Then please Mr. He, give me some advice."

"Okay, I have nothing to do anyway, let's go now."

Fang Jingxuan and Lao He sat cross-legged on Tuoyuan's back, and the two of them and the turtle walked along the street into the room.

"It's only two steps away, just walk over there, why are you doing this?"

Fang Jingxuan smiled but said nothing. Whenever he went out now, no matter how close the place was, Fang Jingxuan would definitely choose to let Tu Yuan take him there. It was not because he was lazy and didn't want to walk, but for safety reasons.

Fang Jingxuan made himself develop this good habit, but Lao He was still a little uncomfortable.

After a short while, the two arrived in front of a courtyard. Lao He got off Tuo Yuan's back and began to explain to Fang Jingxuan:

"This property originally belonged to a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining. After the market was unsealed, he and his family moved to the territory of Danding Sect. He entrusted this property to a broker to sell it, asking for 1,800 low-grade spirit stones."

Fang Jingxuan did not comment on what Lao He said. He let Tu Yuan go in and took him around the yard.

"The place is a bit small. I want to dig a pond, set up some pavilions, and build some rockery. There's not enough space here."

"Wow, you have quite high requirements. Okay, let's go to the next place."

After looking at several places, Fang Jingxuan was not very satisfied with any of them. Speaking of Muye Street, the location is pretty good, so the unit price is also expensive.

However, unlike the big courtyard that Fang Jingxuan had imagined, the courtyards here were generally smaller. Only a few large courtyards could meet Fang Jingxuan's requirements, but the price made him give up.

"Mr. He, I think the streets of Konoha are not suitable for my needs. I can only look at the more remote streets."

Seeing that Fang Jingxuan was not satisfied, Lao He sighed and advised:
"When buying a house, you still have to consider the location. This place is close to the city center, so it will be easy to sell it in the future. If you buy a house in a remote place, what will you do if it gets a bad deal in the future?"

"I probably won't sell it. I'll just pick one I like first. Who knows what will happen in the future?"

Seeing that Fang Jingxuan was stubborn, Lao He had no choice but to find him a real estate agent, a professional real estate agent, to accompany Fang Jingxuan to look at houses in those remote streets.

This time, the Ya people first took Fang Jingxuan to the most secluded street in Hongyefang, Lotus Leaf Street. "Fellow Daoist Fang, although Lotus Leaf Street is also covered by the market formation, it is quite far from the center of the market. As a result, the spiritual energy here is much thinner than in other streets.

If you live here, I suggest you prepare a spirit gathering array of your own.

Plus, it's not a major thoroughfare, and the terrain is relatively low. In previous years, when it rained heavily, there was a risk of flooding, so there were fewer people here."

Flooded by heavy rain?
This sounds very un-cultivating. After all, the market town is protected by a large formation. How can a mere rain become a problem that troubles cultivators?

But that's the fact. After all, it rained heavily for the second half of the month. If the market formation was fully activated to block the rain, wouldn't it consume spirit stones?
You know, when the market formation is running at full power, it will consume a high-grade spirit stone in a few hours!
Who will pay for this spirit stone?

The protective formation of Hongyefang only takes care of basic protection issues, and will only be fully operational when encountering an enemy attack.

It’s just a heavy rain, so don’t worry about it. Anyway, it didn’t flood the central area, so the masters’ mansions are fine. As for those flooded areas, they can only hope for the best.

We are all practitioners, no one will die anyway, just bear with it and it will be over.

Fang Jingxuan listened quietly to the broker's introduction. He didn't care about the possibility of flooding.

It just so happens that both of my two spirit beasts are water-type spirit beasts and they love water the most.

"Here we are! This is the perfect house I recommended to you. It covers five acres and is absolutely spacious. You can even build a whole lake, let alone a pond. No one will care about it."

After walking for a long time, Fang Jingxuan finally stopped in front of a large, slightly dilapidated courtyard.

Following the broker inside, Fang Jingxuan fell in love with this place at first sight. Although it was overgrown with weeds and looked dilapidated and uninviting, it was large and, most importantly, cheap.

"How many spirit stones is this property asking price?"

"The asking price is 1,700 low-grade spirit stones. The original owner is willing to pay in installments. Adding our agent's fees and the cost of going to the market to handle the paperwork, you only need to pay 561 low-grade spirit stones upfront."

Five hundred and six!
Fang Jingxuan's heart skipped a beat. He only had 360 in his hand, still 200 short.

But Fang Jingxuan did not look panicked. He really liked this yard. It covered an area of ​​five acres and the price of 1,700 was not expensive.

In Konoha Street, a yard of less than two acres costs this price.

"I see there are two houses next to it. Are they occupied?"

When he first arrived, Fang Jingxuan saw two courtyards next to him, about a hundred meters away from here.

"Oh, they're all occupied. I heard one of them is a spiritual pharmacist."

Oh, a spiritual pharmacist? Why do you live in a place like this?
Before Fang Jingxuan could think about it, someone pushed open the door of a nearby courtyard. She yawned, glanced over here, and said in surprise:

"It's you? Fellow Daoist Fang."

Fang Jingxuan had a strange look on his face, because the person coming out from the opposite side was the rather muscular Wang Xinyu.

Compared to last time, she looked a little unkempt and lazy, as if she had just woken up.

When she saw Fang Jingxuan, a familiar face with whom she had dined, her face turned red, and she immediately closed the door and went back to the room.

But a moment later, Wang Xinyu came out again, this time dressed up and looking much more energetic.

She came to Fang Jingxuan, looked at the broker, then looked at Tuoyuan, and finally asked Fang Jingxuan:
"You want to buy a house?"

(End of this chapter)