Game Cultivation World: I'm really playing games

After scolding Wu Qiantou, Wu Wan turned to Xue Tianhan and explained, "Sir, don't listen to what this little bastard says. I'm already old and about to be buried. What's the point of keeping so much money? I've already spent most of it."

"Then how much do you have?" Xue Tianhan didn't want to waste time and asked directly.

"Five hundred thousand taels!" Wu Wan stretched out a palm and said tentatively.

"Five hundred thousand? Are you sure?" Seeing Wu Qiantou said it so sincerely, Xue Tianhan would rather believe his words than this old man. After all, the old fox is much more cunning than the young fox.

"Six hundred thousand, really, you have to believe me." Seeing that Xue Tianhan didn't believe it, he added another finger and said.

"Hmm? Do you think I believe it?"

"Seven hundred thousand." Wu Wan continued to add a finger.

"Oh?" Xue Tianhan uttered only one word with a doubtful tone.

"That's really all I have. It's gone, really gone." Wu Wan said with a sad face. If he was asked to raise the price again, he would rather go to jail.

"It seems you're not being honest. In that case, I don't want to waste my time here with you anymore." After haggling for a long time like buying vegetables at the market, Xue Tianhan became a little impatient. Of course, the main reason was that it was getting late, and Xiao Qi should have woken up by then.

After speaking to Wu Wan, Xue Tianhan said to Madam Qingshe, "Sister Qing, I'll leave them to you and Xiao Sanzi. I'll go back and give breakfast to Xiao Qi and the others."

"Don't worry, sir. I promise to take away all their valuables and throw them into the government office."

"Well, I'm leaving!"

"What do you want to do? According to the agreement between us and your master, we have to pay the ransom and let us go."

"That was the agreement between you and my young master. Now that he has handed you over to me, naturally I have the final say." Lady Green Snake said with a charming smile.

"Hey, little brother, don't go. We will give you the money as you said." After hearing what Madam Green Snake said, Wu Wan hurriedly shouted to Xue Tianhan who was walking away.

"Don't shout anymore. The young master has already gone far away. You'd better hand over all the money obediently, otherwise you will suffer later."

"Don't even think about it! Unless you promise to let us go, we'd rather die than give you a penny!"

"Really? Third Uncle, it's up to you." Since Xue Tianhan was not around, Madam Green Snake resumed addressing Mang Lao San as she had done before.

"You are so lazy that you still steal. Forget it, just leave it to me. I promise to let them enjoy themselves and then beg me to accept the money." The third python said with a grin.

"No, what are you doing? No, devil, you are a devil..."

When Xue Tianhan returned to the inn, Xiaoqi and the others were already up. He hurriedly took out some breakfast he had bought and greeted everyone.

"Tianhan, you have completed the task of catching the thief, so can we go buy a house now?" Xiaoqi took a sip of soy milk and asked Xue Tianhan.

"Almost. Just wait for Sister Qing and Xiao Sanzi to come back. Oh, and I also extorted over a million taels of gold from those thieves. That should be enough to buy a house later."

"You're great. Do you have any houses you like?" Xiao Qi asked again.

“I haven’t had time to see it yet.”

"That's perfect. I saw a luxury house yesterday. Let's go buy it later!"

"Wait, do you understand the rules? As far as I know, in the west side of the city, the closer the house is to the West City Elementary School, the better."

"Needless to say, I definitely know it, and Sister Mei and I have both been to see it. It's just a pity that we went too late, and a better mansion next door has already been bought." Xiao Qi said a little disappointedly.

"No way, how could they act so quickly?" Xue Tianhan said a little surprised. He was eligible to buy a house so quickly because he had a hidden task. He couldn't understand how someone could be faster than him.

"What do you think? Because we're waiting for you to come into the city, our progress has been much slower than some people. So you have to listen to me. Don't rush to look at houses later. Let's go directly to the City Lord's Mansion and buy the house first."

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say." Xue Tianhan wiped the oil stains from the corner of Xiaoqi's mouth with a towel.

Xiao Qi blushed and said shyly, "I'm full."

"Then you digest it first. I'll go see if they've returned."

"Go, Pikachu!"

"What?" Xue Tianhan was confused and didn't understand what Xiaoqi meant.

"It's nothing, just go about your business." Xiao Qi didn't want to explain clearly. She couldn't tell Xue Tianhan that she was still watching cartoons at such an age. This was a line from a cartoon.

As for Lady Green Snake and the Third Python, their strength was there, so it was easy for them to pry open the mouths of the thieves. In less than a quarter of an hour, they got what they wanted. Then, after a while, they took the three thieves to the government office, and then they returned to the inn. So Xue Tianhan encountered them before he even reached the inn door.

"Sir, this is two million taels of gold, and some treasures." The first thing Xiao Sanzi did when he saw Xue Tianhan was to give him all the money he had looted.

"How much?" Xue Tianhan thought he had heard wrong. After all, according to Wu Wan, it would be good if the three of them could get one million.

"Two million taels of gold, and some valuable treasures." Xiao Sanzi reported again.

"Oh my god, is this thief that rich? If I catch a few more thieves, wouldn't I be counting money in my dreams?" Xue Tianhan couldn't help but think. However, he overlooked one thing: the thief's strength. Wu Wan, the ancestor of the thieves, was even at the Jindan stage. He had stolen for most of his life to accumulate such a large amount of savings. How could other young thieves compare to him?

Since Madam Green Snake and Xiao Sanzi have returned, Xue Tianhan called Xiao Qi and the others to go to the City Lord's Mansion to buy a house.

"The City Lord's Mansion is monopolizing the real estate industry so blatantly, but the local government doesn't care?" Dundao has always been confused. Since there are government offices in this city, how did the City Lord's Mansion get the ownership of the land?

"I've asked around, and this city is a bit like the South Island of our country. Many years ago, this place was ruled by the City Lord's Mansion. Later, it joined our country. In order to manage this area, the country established a government office while retaining the City Lord's Mansion. However, the land here still belongs to the City Lord's Mansion, and the government office has no right to interfere with what they want to do." Xiao Qi explained.

"Alas, the monopoly industry means huge profits, but it's killing us players. Those houses are too expensive." Blunt Knife has not been idle these past two days. He often wanders around the city alone and has a general understanding of the housing prices here.

"By the way, where is the City Lord's Mansion?" They were talking as they walked. Xue Tianhan realized something was wrong as they walked. They were almost out of the west area of ​​the city, but still hadn't reached their destination, so he couldn't help but ask.

"The City Lord's Mansion is in the central area of ​​the city, close to the West Mountain, so it's not far from the west of the city. We'll be there in about an hour." Blunt Knife rode on Xiao Hui and led the way. He was the only one who had been to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Well, it looks like we won't arrive until around noon. But this city is so big, why don't we see any convenient transportation?"

"What are you thinking? You think this is modern society? Ordinary people here are lucky enough to have the money to ride a carriage once. As for the Cultivation Academy, the City Lord's Mansion, and the government office, many of them have mounts, and riding around the city doesn't waste much time.

There are also teleportation arrays between urban areas, but these require a lot of energy to activate, so the cost is not low, and they are generally not open to the public."

Xiaoqi and Xue Tianhan rode Xiaobai together. She snuggled in Xue Tianhan's arms and explained.

……

In the east of the city, on the way to the center of the city, Feng Yi and the others were walking and chatting.

"I'm just confused. How come that bastard hasn't shown up in so many days?" Feng Er couldn't understand why this happened. It shouldn't have happened.

"Never mind. The most important thing now is to buy a house and then attend the enrollment meeting of the First College in the East City. Let Huang Er and Huang San continue to guard the city gate." Although Feng Yi also wanted to find Xue Tianhan as soon as possible, she had no choice even if she couldn't see Xue Tianhan entering the city. Moreover, the enrollment meeting was about to begin, and she also needed to complete tasks to improve her strength.

"By the way, what did Xingyu say?" Feng Er asked again.

"He doesn't know where that guy is now, and his little dog. Ever since that incident, the little dog seemed to have disappeared from the game and disappeared without a trace." Feng Yi repeated Xingyu's words. She also wanted to find out what was going on.

According to her guess, the little yellow dog following Xue Tianhan is definitely an important clue needed by the research institute, and may even be the key to cracking how real people enter the game.

"How could this be? Xingyu's hacking skills are so advanced but he can't provide any useful clues?" Feng San asked in confusion.

"According to Xingyu, that guy is just a bug. Only by catching him and sending him to the research institute for study can we find out what's going on." Feng Yi explained.

"It was such a pity that he ran away last time." Feng Er said with deep regret.

"It's because he has skills, but he won't be able to act so arrogantly soon. Once we all enter the academy, we can also learn some skills. If we meet him again, he will have no way to escape."

"Yes, the best thing for us now is to seize the time to practice our skills. It's a pity that a certain You was so greedy that he bought a school district house, causing us to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in vain." Feng San said indignantly.

"It's not a big deal. This game requires a lot of money, but it's also easy to make money. We made hundreds of thousands of dollars when we got lost in the deep forest." Feng Yi said with deep understanding.

"That's different. What goes into your pocket is money, but what you spend is meat." Feng San pouted.

"You little money-grubber, hurry up and get on with your journey. At this rate, it will probably be past noon by the time we get to the City Lord's Mansion."

"It's past noon, so what?"

"You're like a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. We set out early in the morning before daybreak. If you're hungry, you can eat while playing games. But I have to either hurry on my way or spend time looking for food. Do you think it matters?"