First Street.
There are five rooms in an inconspicuous Class C house.
Four of the rooms have already been rented out, and there are several practitioners crowded in each room to practice together. Sharing a room can save spirit stones, and this phenomenon is very common.
However, there is a house with sealed doors and windows that no one is interested in. There is a reason why it has not been rented out. This is because a practitioner once died suddenly while meditating in this house, bleeding from all seven orifices. It was a very tragic death.
It is said that after the death of this practitioner, the negative energy accumulated for a long time and made the house haunted.
The rental office once sent a practitioner who was good at transcending the dead and exorcising evil spirits to perform rituals in this house.
However, the problem of negative energy in this room still cannot be solved.
In desperation, the rental agency had to seal the doors and windows of this room and pasted talismans inside the doors and windows to avoid affecting the rental business of the other four rooms.
Fortunately, there were many poor and independent cultivators in Pingyang County who were willing to rent the other four rooms in order to save money and spirit stones. As a result, the rental business of the other four rooms was not greatly affected.
Over time, this house with sealed doors and windows was gradually forgotten, and no one remembered or mentioned it anymore.
at this time.
In a house with sealed doors and windows.
The dust on the table moved silently, just like an invisible hand holding a pen and drawing, drawing the hair stroke by stroke, and then the eyebrows, nose, eyes, mouth...gradually forming a pattern of an old man, lifelike, with profound eyes.
The dust on the cabinet moved without wind and condensed into an old woman holding a cane. The old woman seemed to be unwell and coughed slightly.
The dust particles on the ground floated up and turned into the shape of a compass. A human face appeared on the compass, but it was a little blurry and the features could not be seen clearly.
The old man's figure made of dust on the table opened and closed his mouth. "The newly appointed inspector came to the First Street of Pingyang County and visited the garrison commander. It seems that the talk went well. The garrison commander gave him House No. 1, but he rented it out and marked the price of a single room as 15 spirit stones per day. You should have heard about this news. What is his intention?"
The old woman with dust on the cabinet said with a chuckle, "As a dignified inspector, even if he is short of spirit stones, he doesn't lack this much. His purpose is definitely not to collect some rent.
There are two reasons why he did this.
First, he wanted to ask for benefits and hinted that various families in Pingyang County should give him gifts.
The second point is, on the contrary, he is fishing to attract some people with ulterior motives to approach him, so that he can find them out, report to the higher-ups, and catch them all in one fell swoop. "
The old man figure made of dust on the table asked, "Which of these two points do you prefer?"
The old woman, who was covered in dust on the cabinet, pondered for a moment. "It's hard to say. This inspector has just taken office for a short time. We know very little about him, so it's hard to guess his purpose."
The hazy face on the compass spoke, "Since you can't guess, let's try it out and throw a stone to ask for directions."
The old woman with dust on the cabinet said, "How can we test it, how can we throw a stone to ask for directions?"
The hazy face on the compass sneered, "He's looking for tenants, so send some tenants over. We'll be living under the same roof and slowly figure out his purpose. Of course, to avoid alerting him, don't send tenants that are too fierce. Just send some normal tenants."
The old man figure made of dust on the table said, "I agree."
The old woman, whose face was covered with dust, said, "I agree."
The face on the compass said, "Since everyone agrees, let's choose a tenant."
After saying that.
The face on the compass blew away a cloud of dust, which turned into the Chinese character "Zhou".
The old man pattern formed by dust on the cabinet also blew a breath, and the dust formed the Chinese character "Zheng".
The old woman waved her cane, clearing the dust and revealing the word "Zhao".
The three characters collided with each other silently, and the characters "Zhou" and "Zhao" collapsed, leaving only the character "Zhao".
The old man made of dust on the table smiled and said, "Sister, you are very skilled. We are willing to admit that you are better than me. I will leave the selection of tenants to you."
The old woman said coldly, "You two are cheating and not using any strength."
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The hazy face on the compass said calmly, "The result is out, there is no point in saying more."
"Okay, I admit it."
The old woman tapped her cane in annoyance.
The three looked at each other, and in an instant, all the dust dissipated and fluttered away, and there was no trace of the three people left.
The house with sealed doors and windows regained its tranquility.
Ashes to dust.
Dust returns to dust.
... ...
First Street.
A young woman in a yellow dress and a young girl in an emerald green dress walked side by side. The young woman had a pretty face, light makeup, and her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, making her a standard beauty; the young girl had an oval face and no makeup, and her appearance was also very lovable.
The young girl Zhao Yuhe asked curiously, "Sister, you said that the family sent us to rent House No. 1, Jiazi, and we have to pay 30 spirit stones a day for rent, which is 900 spirit stones a month. This is equivalent to giving spirit stones to the inspector. Is it to please the inspector?"
A trace of sadness flashed across the young woman Zhao Yuqing's eyebrows. She glanced at her innocent sister and said, "I think so."
Zhao Yuhe asked, "When we left the clan, the clan leader called me over and said something to me?"
Zhao Yuqing said angrily, "Don't ask any more questions. When we get to House No. 1, don't ask any more questions or talk too much. Just follow me."
Zhao Yuhe puffed out her lips and said "Oh".
Arrived at House No. 1, Jiazi.
Zhao Yuqing calmed herself down and went forward to knock on the door.
Because of the existence of the barrier, ripples appeared in the air.
Inside the house, Xu Lian's white cat clone heard the noise, opened the door, and saw a young woman and a girl.
Zhao Yuqing bowed quickly, then squatted down to avoid looking down at him, "Sir, we are here to rent a house from you."
Seeing her sister do this, Zhao Yuhe followed suit and saluted as well, then squatted down and looked at the handsome white cat curiously.
Has someone rented it so soon? Xu Lian's white cat clone's eyes narrowed and he said in a hoarse voice, "Did you bring the spirit stones?"
"Yes."
Zhao Yuqing flipped her palm and a small bag appeared, which she handed over respectfully.
Obviously, she has the Qiankun bag in her hand.
She said, "We rent two rooms for thirty spirit stones a day. There are nine hundred spirit stones in it. We will rent it for a month."
Nine hundred spirit stones were used at once. It was obvious that this person must have been sent by a big family, but for what purpose? Xu Lian's white cat clone took the small bag and checked it. It was indeed nine hundred spirit stones. He put it into the Qiankun bag in his claws and waved his claws, "Come in."
"Excuse me, Mr. Patrolman."
Zhao Yuqing bowed from time to time and followed carefully inside.
Zhao Yuhe looked around and sized up the house. She said happily, "This No. 1 House is different. The spiritual concentration is higher than our family's house. Moreover, it is empty here. No one is competing with us for spiritual substances. Our practice here must be very good."
Hearing this, Xu Lian's white cat clone's eyes flashed, and he became more certain of his guess that these two people were indeed from a big family, otherwise they would not have a house on First Street.
Zhao Yuqing frowned and glanced at her sister, obviously not wanting her to talk too much.
Zhao Yuhe could only stick out her tongue and dared not say anything more.
"You two are the only tenants here at the moment. I don't know if there will be other tenants in the future. You can choose any two rooms to live in."
Xu Lian's white cat clone pointed to the main house and said, "You can wander around the rest of the house as you please, but don't enter my house. Remember this."
Zhao Yuqing leaned forward and replied, "Yes."
"One more thing, you can come and go freely in the house, but you are not allowed to bring anyone else in."
Xu Lian's white cat clone took out the jade key, covered the key with its two paws, and with a thought, separated two small keys and handed them to the young woman.
This is a function he figured out. The main key can be divided into dozens of small keys, and can also take back dozens of small keys.
Zhao Yuqing took the two small keys and quickly leaned over to say "Yes."
Xu Lian’s white cat clone said no more, went into the main house and closed the door.
Zhao Yuqing held Zhao Yuhe's hand and walked around the mansion, finally choosing the two most remote rooms.
"Why do you live so far away?"
Zhao Yuhe was suspicious.
Zhao Yuqing pulled her into the house, closed the door, and stuffed a small key into her hand. She said solemnly, "Sister has something to tell you. You must remember. First, you live in the same room with sister, and leave the room next door empty. If something happens at night, you must escape quickly and ignore sister. Second, don't walk around this house alone. Stay with sister at all times, understand."
Zhao Yuhe opened her eyes wide, "Why? Is there something fishy going on in this house?"
Zhao Yuqing opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Looking at her innocent little sister with an oval face, she finally let out a sigh, "Just think of it as a trick."
Zhao Yuhe was young and naive, but she was not stupid. "We were chosen by the clan leader to rent here. The clan members were very envious. Not only is the spiritual concentration here high, but we may also get guidance from the inspector. In addition to the 900 spiritual stones for rent every month, each of us can also receive a subsidy of 100 spiritual stones. Sister was also very happy at the time. Why did you become unhappy after the clan leader talked to you? What did the clan leader say?"
Zhao Yuqing shook her head, "Nothing."
"elder sister!"
Zhao Yuhe held her hand and shook it, acting coquettishly, "Is there anything we can't talk about?"
Zhao Yuqing got a little angry, "Don't ask!
If you should know something, I will let you know it naturally. If you shouldn't know something, don't let it know, it will do you no good.
I will take you to Lingcui Tower later, use the 200 spirit stones given by the family to buy some cultivation supplies, and enhance your strength as much as possible.
In this world, you don’t survive by being a spoiled brat, but by your strength. Being a spoiled brat will only make you a plaything. Only strength can control your own destiny. Do you understand? "
Zhao Yuhe had no choice but to let go of her hand and said "Oh".