Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Thirty-One: Han Yi's Home

"How about that? Did it impress you?" Pan Sheng nudged Han Yi with his elbow and said smugly, "This is just Yuqing Ward in the outer city. Another day, I'll take you to Heyue Ward in the inner city to broaden your horizons. It's much more prosperous there!"

"I didn't expect there to be so many people at this hour..." Han Yi came back to his senses, touched his nose and said, "I thought there would be a curfew like in the camp."

As they were talking, Han Yi followed Li Feng down the main street to its end, turned a corner, and entered a small alley.

After walking a few steps into the alley, Li Feng stopped in front of a small house, seemingly rummaging through his pocket for something.

Han Yi raised his head slightly, taking the opportunity to look around at the houses in Qiuzhu Alley of Yuqingfang. They weren't grand mansions, nor did they have any plaques or gates.

With its blue tiles, white walls, and two small red-painted doors, it looks quite ordinary.

The ground wasn't paved with bricks or stones, but only with a thin layer of gravel.

The houses were very close together, separated by only a narrow passageway, where you could see several children playing in the mud from time to time.

“This is Qiuzhu Alley,” Li Feng said, taking a key out of his pocket and inserting it into the door lock.

creak, creak

The door looks like it hasn't been used for a long time; it's a bit rusty and hard to open.

Upon opening the door, a small courtyard came into view. On the left side of the courtyard was a small vegetable garden, but it seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.

Several wooden racks were placed on the open ground to the right, and traces of water stains left from drying could be faintly seen on the wood.

Beside the courtyard wall, there stands a fruit tree, which, upon closer inspection, appears to be a persimmon tree.

In the backyard of the house, there were several wooden dummy training posts, stone hammers and other training equipment, which clearly indicated that the previous owner of the house was also a martial artist.

“You haven’t registered as an inner disciple yet, so you don’t have a place to stay for the time being,” Li Feng said to Han Yi with an apologetic smile. “You can stay in this courtyard for now.”

“This house is much better than the one assigned by the sect!” Pan Sheng said with an envious expression. “My house is more than half the size smaller than yours.”

Pan Sheng continued, "Don't underestimate this little house. If it were for sale, it probably wouldn't even fetch a hundred taels of silver, and you might not even be able to snatch it!"

One hundred taels of silver!

So expensive? In this world, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 10 large coins, which is approximately 1000 copper coins.

According to Han Yi's understanding, in this world, a pound of good pork costs only twenty or thirty coins, and ten taels of silver is enough for a family of four to live a comfortable life for a year!

In other words, this small house would require a family of four to save for ten years without eating or drinking!

"Are there property speculators in other worlds too...?" A thought flashed through Han Yi's mind.

"The houses in An'yan City are expensive for a reason..." Pan Sheng explained with a smile, as if he could read Han Yi's mind.

Originally, Anyan City was located on the border of the Great Xuan Dynasty, and with the Black Rock Mountain Range next to it, it was a place rich in local products, a place where merchants traveled and traded in all directions.

In addition to the surrounding villages, towns, and fortresses, there are at least 600,000 to 700,000 people. Since the outer and inner city of Anyan City already had limited housing, prices were naturally high.

In addition, in recent years, there has been chaos and turmoil, bandits have risen up everywhere, and there have even been rumors from time to time that certain villages have been slaughtered by demons!

Not only do the people of Anyan City live in peace and contentment, and shopping is convenient, but most importantly, the city is well-defended and extremely safe. As a result, the price of houses in this city has skyrocketed.

"Convenient living, convenient transportation, safe environment! No wonder the house is so expensive..." Han Yi thought to himself, "However, in such a prime location, how could the Li family leave this house vacant for so long..."

"Alright, here's the key!" Li Feng tossed the key to Han Yi with a flick of his wrist.

He smiled and said to Han Yi, "Come on, let's go inside. This house has been uninhabited for a long time. Let's help you tidy it up."

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After tidying up, Han Yi ate a few bites of food with Li Feng, then declined Pan Sheng's "kind offer" to go to Zuixianlou, citing that he was tired after a long day of running around, and returned to Qiuzhu Alley.

Han Yi stood in the courtyard, gazing at his first real 'home' since arriving in this world, a place where he had truly put down roots.

The main house, side houses, front yard, and back yard—small but complete.

Han Yi nodded in satisfaction, "There will be bread, there will be milk, there will be everything!"

On the bed in the main room, Han Yi was tidying up his odds and ends by the light of the lamp.

He was wearing a set of animal hide armor that he had just exchanged; the leather armor that Li Feng had given him before was already tattered and worn out.

Upon being promoted to an inner disciple, he gritted his teeth and exchanged all his contribution points for this leather armor. It was said that this leather armor was made from the finest lizard skin from the Southern Barbarians, and it was exceptionally tough.

A short dagger, a fine steel broadsword, two iron gauntlets, several cans of kerosene, and a bottle of 'Bone Strengthening Pills' awarded by the sect. Oh, and there's also a diary, this jade pendant, and this 'Blood Plum Handkerchief'.

“Just now, Li Feng asked him to see Elder Li tomorrow,” Han Yi’s eyes flashed with a glint of shrewdness, “After seeing Elder Li tomorrow, Pan Sheng plans to take him on a tour of Anyan City, which might answer some of his questions…”

"Let's take a look at the panel now," he muttered to himself.

Name: Han Yi (16/86)

[Realm]: Early stage of Bone Refinement (21/100)

[Techniques]: Yang Yuan Gong (Incomplete, Proficiency 3/20, can be improved); Jade Bone Gong (Mortal Rank, Characteristic: Strengthening Bones, Minor Success 1/20, can be improved)

[Martial Arts]: Mountain-Shattering Fist (Common Rank, Characteristics: Rock Shattering, Earth-Splitting, Mastery); Basic Swordsmanship (Common Rank, Characteristics: Sword Dance, Minor Mastery 4/20, Can be Improved); Flying Swallow Kick (Yellow Rank, Characteristics: Gale, Proficient (1/20), Can be Improved)

[Elemental Power]: 19 [Magic Weapon]: Blood Plum Blossom (Purified, ???)

His strength has also improved, and now his stats are '19~31' when he is unarmed.

After a battle with the Black Wind Stronghold bandits, and with so many days of recuperation and persistent training on the road, his 'Flying Swallow Kick' has finally made a breakthrough and gained a new characteristic: Gale!

As the name suggests, Gale is as fast as the wind. Han Yi felt that after having this new characteristic, his attack speed and agility when using the Flying Swallow Kick were much faster than before.

Moreover, his 'basic swordsmanship' has improved, which shows that he can grow even without adding skill points!

However, it's a bit slow; after more than half a month, the 'Yang Yuan Gong' has only improved a little...

Perhaps it's time to improve our strength...

Han Yi looked at the three 'Bone Strengthening Pills' and 19 Yuan Power Points in the porcelain bottle!