Chapter 98: Buying a Building for His Daughter

  In the eyes of the Trial Department girl who was extremely cold to Xiao Chen before, but now looked at him with a mixture of fear and respect, Xiao Chen and the three girls completed the formalities and took a small trial, then walked out of the Trial Department.

  Because of the conflict event that occurred in the Trial Department, and it was so bloody, all three women had a worried look on their faces, and they didn't have the mood to continue strolling.

  As they walked out, a slender boy with big eyes and an extremely clever expression suddenly appeared from the opposite side and blocked their way. The boy first glanced at Garrow's face, revealing a hint of surprise, then smiled and said: "You guys are freshmen, right?"

  Xiao Chen looked at the youth who suddenly appeared and slightly furrowed his brow, saying coldly: "What is it?"

  "Hehe, no need to be nervous, I don't have any ill intentions," the young man said with a smile: "My name is Ruben, and I'm also a student in the intermediate magic department. I saw that you all looked unfamiliar, and since today is the new student registration day, I guessed that you were new students, so I stopped you."

  "Get to the point, what's going on?" Xiao Chen's eyes swept across the young man's face.

  The young man's spirit was suddenly chilled, and Xiao Chen's gaze seemed to have substance, which made the young man understand that the new-born youth in front of him was not simple and could not be easily fooled.

  "Actually, you are all newcomers and may not be familiar with the situation in the intermediate magic department. Newcomers to the intermediate magic department can only be assigned to very simple dormitories, which are shared by several people. I think since you are all so young and have advanced to intermediate mages, you naturally understand that at our level, we usually spend more time on self-cultivation. Living in those simple dormitories with several people squeezed together, how can one cultivate well? So, I want to introduce you to a house, located within the intermediate magic department, near the Ice Blue Lake, a single villa with elegant surroundings, quiet and peaceful, and inside the villa is set up with a cultivation array that can greatly enhance the speed of cultivating magical powers. It's absolutely an ideal place for cultivation..."

  The young man spoke fluently and continuously, introducing without a pause.

  Xiao Chen and others listened.

  Galo Snow was slightly moved at first. She came from a noble background and used to live in the palace with attendants coming and going, not to mention the environment. However, after arriving at the academy, she had no choice but to share a room with others. Now that she heard about a separate small building, she couldn't help but feel excited.

  Xue Wei Xue Hui herself was with Zi Huang for a long time and didn't care much.

  "Go take a look." Xiao Chen said after a moment of silence.

  Although he has a suite at the Castro Merchant Alliance for many years, the Intermediate Magic Department is far from the hotel, and it will be inconvenient to come and go if he stays here in the future. It's better to have a house on this side.

  "Alright!" Ruben exclaimed excitedly, "Follow me, everyone."

  He took Xiao Chen and others onto a horse-drawn carriage.

  Not long after, a blue lake appeared in front of me, and on the surface of the lake, there were white birds flying that I didn't know the name of.

  "Wow, so beautiful!" The twin sisters exclaimed excitedly.

  Garo's eyes lit up: "I didn't expect the Intermediate Magic Department to have such a great place."

  "This lake is called Ice Blue Lake. It's said that it existed before the Academy was built, and you could say it's a treasure land of our Intermediate Magic Department." Ruben introduced enthusiastically.

  On this elliptical lake surface, there is a large piece of land protruding into the lake, forming a peninsula-like terrain.

  And on that terrain, there were indeed many small buildings, numerous in number.

  "You see? Those are the little buildings." Ruben pointed at that peninsula-like terrain.

  Everyone looked back and was slightly excited, it really did look pretty good, in the academy, to have such a good environment.

  The carriage stopped after turning into the peninsula, and Ruben shouted "Halt!"

  "Everyone, let's take a look." Ruben got off the carriage and beckoned.

  Underfoot was a gravel path, and Xiao Chen and the others followed Luben as he walked through this complex of buildings. These small buildings were all ancient stone structures, with a somewhat rustic style, each one three stories tall, but not very large in terms of area. However, the environment was quite nice, with dense trees planted along the edges, and it was close to the lake.

  Ruben then led them towards a small building and said, "I'll take you inside to have a look."

  He opened the door of the small building, and several people walked in. The first floor of the building was a hall with carpets on the ground, some old but not worn-out walls, and some famous paintings hanging on them. There was also a fireplace on one side, but no fire was lit.

  "Let's go and take a look at the second floor." Ruben led them upstairs to the second floor.

  The second floor has three rooms, a study room, a large bedroom and a small bedroom.

  After finishing, several people went to the third floor again. The third floor is a practice room, and there is also a balcony. From the balcony, you can see the entire Ice Blue Lake at a glance. The lake breeze blows in, very cool and pleasant.

  Several people looked up and down the building, the more they looked, the more satisfied they were. Even Xiao Chen thought this place was not bad, and it was even better than the luxurious suite of the Castro Hotel.

  It's not about the luxury level, but that kind of cultivation environment, that kind of atmosphere, which can't be piled up with countless luxurious decorations.

  "How is it? In this crowded college, having such a small building is simply enjoyable. Even studying is enjoyable. When tired, on the balcony, with a gentle breeze, drinking tea, or at leisure, inviting three or five good friends to discuss studies together..."

  Ruben depicts a beautiful scene, as if it's a crime not to live here.

  Galo and Snow both showed a very moved expression.

  "It's even better than where Teacher Zihuang lives." After Xuewei and Xueting finished reading, they also changed their minds and even wanted to move here.

  "Actually not bad, how much is it?" Galois had already decided to get one. After seeing this place, she would rather die than let her and the other girls squeeze into a dormitory again.

  Ruben chuckled and held up two fingers: "This number for a year?"

  "Two thousand, well, it's not expensive." Galoshuo nodded.

  "No, it's twenty thousand gold coins." Ruben said with an unchanged expression.

  "What! Why don't you go rob someone!" Galois's face turned white with rage, 20,000 gold coins, this kind of small house, outside could buy several, here can only rent for a year?

  Xue Wei Xue Hua also secretly spat out her tongue, 20,000 gold coins, so expensive.

  Ruben didn't care about Galois's anger and said, "Everyone, the Intermediate Magic Department has so many people, the environment here is so good, things are scarce and expensive, of course, the price is a bit higher. But you have to think, such a comfortable environment, such a good place for cultivation, and besides, the people living here are either rich or noble, that's a symbol of status..."

  His tongue is as sharp as a lotus flower, and he can talk the dead into life and the living into death.

  "Alright, no more nonsense, let's get down to business." Xiao Chen suddenly interrupted him from the side.

  "Two buildings!!" Ruben's eyes were gone with laughter, flattery poured in.

  "Awesome, this young master is truly awesome!"

  "But in his heart, he was shouting: 'I knew it, I knew it! This is the kind of sucker I've been looking for, with a beautiful woman by his side. Which man would dare say no in front of her? Haha, I just sold two more, let me calculate my commission..."

  "Master!" Xue Wei and Xue Hua cried out in surprise: "Master, you're crazy! This is 20,000 gold coins a year!" They were well aware that when they followed Xiao Chen to the academy as maids, his annual living expenses were only 500 gold coins.

  "You can use a magic crystal card here," Xiao Chen said, taking out a black card.

  "Okay, of course, as long as it's a regular merchant alliance issued magic crystal card, it can be used."

  "Alright, you pay the bill. Two bottles first, two years each." Xiao Chen didn't care and threw over that crystal card.

  Castro's merchant alliance pays him one million gold coins every month, money that he can't even spend.

  After Ruben swiped the gold coins from the Magic Crystal Card, he left two sets of keys and walked away with a smile.

  "Master, where did you get so many gold coins?" Xue Wei and Xue Hua were shocked by Xiao Chen's easy payment of 800,000 gold coins, a astronomical figure to them.

  Ling'er couldn't even take out a single breath, let alone the money. Although she was a princess with a noble status, she was still young and didn't have her own business, so it was impossible for her to have that much money.

  "You guys don't have to worry about it, anyway I have a way out. If you're short of money, just come find me." Xiao Chen said indifferently, as money had always been an external thing to him.

  He handed a bunch of keys to Galoshuo: "You three can live in one, anyway the rooms are enough."

  Galo Snow knew that Xiao Chen was an S-level VIP of the Castro Chamber of Commerce and would definitely not be short of money, but still felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Alright, take it." Xiao Chen stuffed the key into her hand.

  "Young master, why don't we live with you? The mistress said to take care of you, but after arriving at school, you were taken away by Teacher Zihuang soon after." Xuewei and Xuetu's faces turned slightly red as they spoke, originally they were supposed to be Xiao Chen's maids, but after arriving at the academy, they had not been taking care of him.

  "No need, I might be going out for a while soon anyway, and you're just next door in the small building, so it's convenient to take care of me even if you want to." Xiao Chen said calmly.

  Seeing Xiao Chen didn't respond, a hint of loss flashed in Xue Wei and Xue Ting's eyes.

  "Ah, master, you really don't treat people with kindness." Denox sighed in his mind, seemingly infinitely regretful.

  "Nonsense!" Xiao Chen retorted coldly.

  "Next, I want you to refine a large amount of medicine. First, prepare enough for the Castro Merchant Guild for half a year. Then, I'll be going out for some training for a while." Xiao Chen transmitted his voice.

  Half a year, that's six hundred bottles of perfect medicine. Denox was also a sigh, thinking that he, the proud Black Duke, had fallen to the point of being a laborer, it was really depressing. However, thinking about it, when Xiao Chen left the academy, he could also follow him out to take a look at the outside world. Denox was also excited.