While Servant Kun was making his offer to Li Mu, Young Master Li went upstairs to take a look.
“You are forcing me to sell my house,” said Li Mu. He was taken aback by the proceedings.
“Exactly. You don’t have a choice,” said Servant Kun. He pointed his finger rudely at Li Mu.
He threatened to beat up Li Mu if he refused to sell his house.
“Hmm! Only a vicious person would force someone to sell their house,” said Li Mu with a sigh. He was beginning to feel amused by this whole incident.
These two troublemakers had come at the right time, just when he was starting to feel bored sitting at home.
“So are you selling it or not?”
“No, of course I’m not. Over my dead body! Five silver coins are not enough. I want at least five thousand gold coins.”
Who was this guy kidding?
Even a single slab of stone in such an expensive house was worth more than five thousand gold coins.
“Five thousand gold coins? Are you crazy?”
“Just one single thing in my house is already worth more than five thousand gold coins.” Li Mu pointed around the house.
“Don’t we need to take into account transportation costs too?”
“Oh… So you want to buy my house so you can take it apart and sell it!” Li Mu suddenly realized.
“It’s none of your business what we do to this place. Either take the money and leave, or die here! What’s your choice?”
“I think it’s better to die,” Li Mu said nonchalantly.
He felt a strong urge to slap this Servant Kun.
“You’re asking for it! It’s even better if you’re dead. Then I don’t have to pay for this house anymore,” Servant Kun said angrily.
His eyes narrowed.
He hoped that Li Mu would die soon.
“Well what are you going to do? Kill me?”
“You are a stranger in our territory. We can kill you in ways you can’t even imagine. We’ll destroy your so badly that not even your bones will remain,” said Servant Kun bitterly.
Suddenly, a voice could be heard coming from upstairs. “Wow! It’s so beautiful!”
Young Master Li seemed very satisfied with the house.
Thump thump!
A few seconds later, the sound of footsteps came down the stairs.
The group of men walked past Li Mu and headed downstairs to the basement without even looking at him.
They were treating this house as if it already belonged to them.
Servant Kun tried his luck again. “Just take these five silver coins if you don’t want to lose everything,” he said.
“No!”
“You’re going to regret this!” Servant Kun he took out a knife from behind his back and attacked Li Mu.
Slap!
Li Mu gently slapped his attacker and Servant Kun was knocked out.
Then, he picked up the unconscious body and threw him out of the house and into the forest nearby.
“You’re forcing me to sell but you offered such a low price.”
Li Mu spotted the muddy footprints on his floors. He frowned.
He was going to have to to mop the floor again.
If he knew they were coming, he wouldn’t have opened the door in the first place.
Excited voices drifted over from the basement. “Congratulations, Young Master Li for buying such a good house.”
Li Mu wasn’t having it. He stood at the top of the stairway and yelled,”Hey! Are you done looking around? It’s time to get lost!”
“What did you say? This is Young Master Li’s house. How dare you ask Young Master Li to get lost? Who do you think you are?”
Slap!
Li Mu knocked out another one of the intruders.
“Make yourselves clear. Who owns this house?” Li Mu asked the others.
“You actually dared to slap Young Master Li’s men? You’re crazy.”
Slap!
“Sigh. Another person who doesn’t know what’s best for him.”
“You.. you are a warrior?”
“Yes! Why else do you think I can have such a big house in the mountains?” said Li Mu.
Buzz!
The remaining few people, including Young Master Li, finally came to their senses.
They had just been focused on the beautiful house and forgot all about its owner.
How could a stranger own such a beautiful thing?
Where had he come from?
“You… we don’t want to buy this house anymore.”
“Sorry but too late. Now, I’m forcing you to buy it for fifty thousand prenatal stones.”
“We… We can’t afford that!”
“If you can’t afford it, then you’ll pay with your live!”
Li Mu waved his hand.
The remaining few people were thrown out of the house and into the mountains and forests.
“Hey! Those few beasts who have been hungry for months can finally have a good meal tonight.”
After dealing with the intruders, Li Mu went about cleaning his house.
In the wilderness surrounding the house, a few wild beasts stared suspiciously at the group of men that suddenly appeared.
“Where did all this food come from?”
“Who cares? It’s still food. We haven’t had anything good to eat for so many years!”
“When will the inheritance of the Demon King appear? How long more do we have to guard here?”
Several beasts appeared. They grabbed Young Master Li and the others, then quickly disappeared back into the darkness.
The mountains became quiet again.
It was as if Young Master Li and the others were never there.
Life was still the same.
A few days later, the drizzling rain stopped and the sky cleared.
Villagers surrounded Li Mu’s house.
“Look, he has all the water he needs. He can drink water whenever he wants!”
A villager pointed to a water pipe made from a bunch of vines at the side of Li Mu’s house.
One end of the water pipe was connected to the clear spring in the mountain while the other end flowed into Li Mu’s fish pond.
“It’s such a pity that we can’t use the was in the fish pond. If the water was channeled into our houses, we can use it to farm and have a good harvest!” The villagers that surrounded Li Mu’s house looked longingly at the resources and started to tear up.
A few days later, several women knocked on Li Mu’s door.
There were four or five women there. “Young man, are you married yet?” they asked.
“No, not yet!” Li Mu shook his head.
This seemed eerily similar to the time when he was questioned by his neighbors when he went back to the village during the New Year in his previous life.
“That’s good to hear. The daughter of the Liu Family in our village is very beautiful. Do you want to take a look…”
Li Mu was confused.
They were matchmakers!
Why did they fancy him?
“Well, Madam, I don’t want to marry yet.”
“Young man, why don’t you want to find a wife? Do you look down on the girls in our village?”
“I don’t mean that. It’s just that I’m still young!”
“How are you still young? It looks like you are in your twenties?” said the matchmaker in disgust. “The children in our village are all married at the age of fourteen or fifteen.”
Getting married at fourteen years old or fifteen years old?
That was too young!
“Well, grandma. How old is the Liu Family’s daughter that you just want me to meet?”
“Twelve!”
“Isn’t twelve-years-old too young?”
“Twelve-years-old is not young. It’s old enough to have a baby. After that, you can raise the baby together. That’s it, I’ll go back and tell the Liu Family about this.” The matchmaker got up to leave.
“Madam…”
“She’s guaranteed to be a beauty!”
The matchmaker said as she left the house.
Li Mu was stopped by several other matchmakers.
“Why are you all here?”
Several matchmakers stared at Li Mu and smiled. “I’m going to introduce you to a wife!”
“Didn’t the other matchmaker just say thatto me?” Li Mu asked in astonishment.
This was very shocking.
“Young man, it’s normal to have three wives and four concubines.”
“I…”
…
In the Fox Clan’s cave…
A beautiful woman sat in the front of an audience.
There were dozens of handsome men and beautiful women.
“Baimei and the others, put aside whatever you’re doing now and go to the Land of Demon Slayers. Based on my calculations, the Demon King is likely to be resurrected within the next few decades. If you find any movement in the Land of Demon Slayers, report it to me immediately.”
“Yes, Elder!” replied Baimei as she stood up from her.
If the Elder asked her to handle this, it meant that it would not be as simple as a mere investigation.
“Do you know what I mean?”
“Yes, I understand. I will prepare in advance and investigate, as well as block any news about the Demon King’s inheritance. If other clans find out, I’ll just…”
“Alright then. It’s good that you know what to do.”
