Chapter 162 – Buying a House

At three minutes past the hour, Xu Qi’an mounted his beloved little mare, which would never get stuck in traffic, and breezed to the Sitian Supervisor, where he found Chu Caiwei, who had been listening to Song Qing’s teachings, amidst the warm reception of the white-clothed warlocks.

“Miss Caiwei, I want to buy a mansion in the inner city, and I know that the Sitian Supervisor observes feng shui, so I want to ask for your help.” Xu Qi’an pointed out the purpose of his visit.

Chu Caiwei moved her gaze from the bottles and jars on the table and lifted her face, eighteen year old girl, this face looks all pink.

Both pretty and pink, bright flashing big eyes, the whites of the eyes as clear as a baby, looks extremely pure.

It is well known that the eyes of young children are clear, bright and pure for the reason that the whites of their eyes are clear.

Unlike adults, the whites of your eyes become cloudy and can become bloodshot as you get older.

Chu Caiwei’s eyes were just as clear as a baby’s, big and bright and beautiful.

“I’m going to learn alchemy, not going.” Chu Caiwei puffed out her cheeks and averted her face to the side.

She’s on her period? The mood is not very good …. Xu Qi’an guessed in her heart and heard Song Qing say, “I’ll call a senior brother to accompany you.”

What do I want with my brother? No! This kind of thing can only make sense if the senior sister accompanies, who loves shopping with a big old man. Xu Qi’an shook his head and politely refused Song Qing’s good intentions, saying:

“Why is Miss Caiwei like this today …. hair dung to paint the wall?”

Chu Caiwei replied with a small, serious face, “I’ve been stuck in the seventh grade feng shui master for more than a year now, and I’ve long been able to promote alchemy, but alchemy is too difficult, and it’s tiring and uninteresting ….”

Well, understand, polytechnics are a woman’s nightmare.

Chu Caiwei continued, “Moreover, to be promoted to Sixth Grade Alchemist, one needs to independently complete a brand new alchemy and carry it forward, receiving positive feedback from the people, so that one can be successfully promoted.”

This passage, Xu Qi’an didn’t understand, “Getting feedback from the people?”

“Do you know who made the gunpowder?”

“How am I supposed to know that?”

“Gunpowder was concocted three hundred years ago by a Feng Shui master of the Sithian Supervisory Authority, who was promoted to alchemist after promoting gunpowder and gaining recognition from the people. Of course, it’s not that one has to refine amazing items. Senior Brother Song Qing was promoted to Alchemist after he refined glaze.” Chu Caiwei said, “The point is the people’s feedback.”

It turns out that the one who sabotaged my big plan to make money is Song Qing you bastard ah …. Xu Qi’an hated it in his heart and wondered, “Why do we need to get feedback from the people?”

Chu Caiwei instantly looked at Song Qing, who pondered slightly and said, “This is considered a hidden secret of the Sitian Supervisor, there’s no harm in talking to you about it, but remember not to pass it on.”

After seeing Xu Qi’an nod his head, Song Qing said, “What do you think makes the Sitian Supervisor different from other cultivation systems?”

“Serving the country and the people, selflessness, and special nobility.” Xu Qi’an said seriously.

Such a reply caused an involuntary smile to spread at the corners of Song Qing’s mouth and the several white-robed warlocks at the side.

Mr. Xu is worthy of being the closest friend of the Secretary of Heaven …. Song Qing nodded with satisfaction, his tone warming up, ”Yes, you are a person with a very unique and precise vision, and this is something I admire.

“Among the major systems, the nine qualities are the foundation, in fact, the nine specializations represent the core of that system. The Refined Essence Realm of the martial artists, the Enlightened Realm of the Confucians, and the Shamata Realm of the Buddhists.”

The Refined Essence Realm of Wufu, the core is the body, and the body is the foundation of a martial artist ….. Confucianism’s Enlightenment Realm, uh, does this mean, don’t read if you don’t have a brain? The Buddhist shaman realm, the little shaman has to keep the precepts, the precepts are the foundation of the monk’s enlightenment of Buddhism …. What about the Warlock’s Ninth Grade Healer Realm? Doctors don’t seem to have much to do with warlocks, do they?

Xu Qi’an mused, and Song Qing, seeing that he was still unenlightened, mentioned, “A ninth grade healer, the essence is not a healer, but a human being. The Warlock system goes by humanism, so the achievement of a Sixth Grade Alchemist needs to be recognized by the people, which is why the Divine Constabulary needs to be dependent on the imperial court.”

Warlocks walk the walk of humanity? It should not be the one that I think of as humane ….. No wonder this group of white obviously very proud, but do things “for the people”; no wonder the successive generations of supervisors are the guardian of the capital, the original must be dependent on the court ….. This reminds me of Confucianism, which also needs to rely on the court. Confucianism has no second-ranking masters so far, and listening to Erlang’s meaning, it is likely that they have been cut off from their career paths. This is like a seventh grade feng shui master who can’t get the people’s approval, so he has not been able to be promoted?

If there is a Tao, then there must be other Tao’s. Beyond the superficial difference in systems, is there a hidden distinction behind the “Tao”?

“Any eyebrows raised about the brand new alchemy?” Xu Qi’an asked.

Song Qing glanced at his sister and said helplessly, “Originally, her brain is not smart, and she doesn’t love to study. Hey, I’m afraid it’s difficult.”

Several other white-clothed warlocks shook their heads, expressing their disdain for Chu Caiwei’s promotion.

“Senior Sister Caiwei like this …. It can only depend on chance.”

“Hey, Mr. Supervisor Zheng doesn’t care either, probably because he thinks that the senior sister, a female child, doesn’t need too high a realm.”

“There’s nothing we can do.”

The white warlocks lamented, sighing.

Chu Caiwei pouted her lips, like a poor student with garbage grades, facing the sigh of hatred from her elders.

This world didn’t have chicken essence yet, and it was unknown if making chicken essence would count as completing an alchemy. Xu Qi’an mused, “For this, I do have a way.”

Swish! On the spot, in the alchemy room, all the white-robed people looked over, one by one, their eyes glowing with golden light.

“Really, there really is a way?” Song Qing’s eyes widened with both the ecstasy of the new alchemy he would be learning and the old fatherly relief of finally solving a matter of the heart.

“Mr. Xu, is Mr. Xu serious about this?” The white coats leaned over excitedly, and the white coats who were busy doing alchemy experiments also put down their work at hand and stared at Xu Qi’an with incomparable anticipation.

“I still have to allow me to think about it again, and give you all an answer in a few days.” Xu Qi’an said, looking toward Chu Caiwei: “Miss Caiwei, do you have any leisure today?”

“Yes yes yes ….” The white-clad warlocks in the room said in unison.

Song Qing pushed Chu Caiwei to stand up and said in a serious tone, “Mr. Xu is a valued member of our Sitian Supervision, isn’t he hundreds of times more important than alchemy. Today, you will accompany him to stroll around the inner city.”

Chu Caiwei was thus pushed into the wolf’s den by her senior brothers.

Xu Qi’an brought Chu Caiwei to the dental firm, and an old broker warmly greeted her, “Master and Madam, are you purchasing a property or leasing a house?”

It is the old man ah, the previous life are the front and back of the workplace uniform lady to entertain …. Xu Qi’an spat in her heart and smiled on the surface, “Property purchase.”

The smile on the old broker’s face grew more and more enthusiastic, and the commission for leasing a house was not the same as that for buying a property.

“What size?”

“Three in, I think.”

The smile on the old broker’s face was not something that could be described as passionate, but rather as a near cry of joy at meeting his long lost father.

There was a reason for him to be so excited, in the inner city depending on the lot, ordinary small courtyards not to mention three-entry mansions sold for 5,000-10,000 taels of silver.

Mansions with three entries and above are not for ordinary people to buy. Dental firms haven’t sold a mansion of this caliber this year, opening directly to eat for a year.

“Do you have your eye on a mansion?” The old broker’s asked humbly.

“For mansions between five thousand and seven thousand taels, make a list and come over.” Xu Qi’an sat down with a large horse, holding a teacup and taking a sip of what was probably the best quality green tea in the dental firm.

The flavor is average, nowhere near as good as Wei Yuan Tea Room’s.

Soon, several lists were made, and Xu Qi’an took them and scanned them for a few moments, carefully recalling them for a few moments before directly eliminating three of them, leaving only one.

“Why just this one of the mansion?” Chu Caiwei juggled a handful of candied fruit from her buckskin belt pouch.

“Because the mansion up there is close to the Department of Education.” Xu Qi’an raised an eyebrow and smiled.

The paper listed the location and area of the mansion, further details needed to be consulted separately, Xu Qi’an scanned through it and found one in a good location and a large area, but the price was far lower than the other mansions, and the number of the dental line was: 乙二拾三.

“Old man, why is this mansion so much cheaper?” Xu Qi’an asked without moving.

The selling price of the B II II III was 5,500 taels of silver, and the mansions of its class were sold for more than seven thousand taels.

“Cheap naturally has cheap reasons ….” The old broker looked left and right for a moment and lowered his voice:

“That mansion is evil and can’t be inhabited, the guest should choose another.”

Xu Qi’an and Chu Caiwei looked at each other and said Evil? Then I, the night watchman, really need to go and see how evil it is.

But Xu Qi’an was not reckless and asked cautiously, “What’s going on? Old man, speak well.”

Although the capital is the territory of the night watchman, but it is true that there are many hidden masters who do not know the details, or there are really some very evil places, Xu Qi’an heard a lot of strange legends about the capital when he was a child.

PS: I suddenly found a very embarrassing thing, at first the name of the academy is called “White Deer Academy”, slowly, became the cloud deer academy. The most embarrassing thing, I myself to this day did not realize, or a reader private chat me, I just found out.

Instantly mortified, I then patted myself on the back and said, I will change.

Then, I went to find out, and discovered that the White Deer Academy and Cloud Deer Academy appearances are 50/50, spanning more than a hundred chapters …. Scalp is numb, this really can’t be changed, I can code a chapter with this time.

Let’s all just tacitly pretend it didn’t happen!