Chapter 00140: Finding You a Place to Stay (Bonus Chapter 2)
# Finding You a Place to Stay (Bonus Chapter 2)
Chapter 140
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 140: Finding You a Place to Stay (Bonus Chapter 2)
The house Ding Huan bought was located in the Small Star Corner Market, so the burly man took him there to complete the transfer procedures.
The place specifically for trading houses was called the House Trading Guard.
The Trading Guard wasn’t large, with only two people working there, indicating that house transactions were usually infrequent.
When the two presented their identity tokens, Ding Huan learned that the burly man was named Kan Ni, who had been on Four Directions Star Continent for seventeen years.
Seeing Ding Huan spend five thousand purple gold coins to buy Kan Ni’s house, the woman in charge of house transactions at the market found it strange.
If the house had been Ding Huan’s and Kan Ni had forcibly taken it, that would have been normal.
But the situation was the exact opposite.
When she saw Ding Huan’s identity token, she immediately understood.
He had just arrived today, no wonder he was being taken advantage of.
She was certain that the house would soon return to Kan Ni’s hands.
However, she had seen such things many times before and naturally didn’t say a word, quickly processing the paperwork for Ding Huan.
After leaving the House Trading Guard, they happened to run into Qi Xin Yue, who had just returned from shopping.
Seeing the food in Qi Xin Yue’s hands, Ding Huan waved:
“Xin Yue, over here, let’s go.”
When Qi Xin Yue approached, Kan Ni smiled at Ding Huan:
“Friend, if you’re willing to sell the house, I can buy it back for five hundred purple gold coins.”
Even Old Six looked at Kan Ni as if he were an idiot.
The house had just been bought from this guy for five thousand purple gold coins, and now he wanted Ding Huan to sell it back for five hundred?
After the transaction, Ding Huan had planned to threaten Kan Ni.
He was going to say that he was hiding here from enemies and warn Kan Ni not to talk too much, or else he would drag Kan Ni down with him.
What Ding Huan didn’t expect was that this guy was so greedy, wanting to buy the house back for a tenth of what he had paid.
Ding Huan was certain that Kan Ni had countless ways to make him sell the house back cheaply.
Although he wasn’t afraid, he had too many things to do.
He didn’t have time to waste on such trivial matters.
“Oh, I’m not planning to sell it for now. I’ll let you know when I do.”
Ding Huan didn’t threaten him.
Since this guy wanted his house, he would first help him find a place to stay.
“Enjoy your stay. Oh, and tonight, feel free to enjoy yourself. Just don’t damage anything inside.”
Kan Ni waved goodbye to Ding Huan as he left.
Ding Huan smiled and thanked him, then secretly placed a spiritual mark on Kan Ni before returning to his new home.
As soon as Kan Ni left, Qi Xin Yue asked:
“Did you finish the house transfer?”
Ding Huan nodded:
“You and Old Six tidy up the house. Throw away anything we don’t need. I’ll be back.”
Qi Xin Yue didn’t ask where Ding Huan was going.
She simply nodded and started cleaning the house.
She knew Ding Huan preferred open spaces, so she threw unnecessary furniture and items into the yard.
…
Kan Ni watched Ding Huan’s retreating figure with a cold smile.
Someone actually dared to buy his house? What a joke.
But considering Ding Huan had just arrived, it wasn’t surprising.
Thinking about the five thousand purple gold coins he had just made, Kan Ni was in a great mood.
He touched the pouch of coins at his waist, thinking he should reclaim the house as soon as possible.
This wasn’t his property, after all.
To get the house back, the first thing he needed to do was find the Gu brothers.
The Gu brothers, who often took on shady jobs, were among the few tough guys who lived in remote areas.
In Small Star Corner, only the Gu brothers caused trouble for others or killed people.
No one dared to mess with them.
Ding Huan had left invisibly, planning to find a quiet spot to finish Kan Ni off with a wind blade and be done with it.
To his delight, Kan Ni had walked himself to the outskirts of the market, saving Ding Huan the trouble.
When they were a good distance from the market, Ding Huan revealed himself.
“You?” Kan Ni couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw Ding Huan.
“Yes, I figured you might still be eyeing my house, so I thought I’d help you find a place to stay first.”
Ding Huan smiled.
“Too late, I don’t need your help…”
Before Kan Ni could finish, he felt a cold sensation at his neck.
A wind blade had sliced through it.
“Gurgle… gurgle…”
Kan Ni clutched his neck, staring at Ding Huan in disbelief.
He was a martial artist, yet he hadn’t even sensed Ding Huan’s attack.
“Who were you planning to ask for help?”
Ding Huan continued to smile.
“Gu…” Kan Ni managed only one word before collapsing to his knees and then falling to the ground.
Ding Huan took back his purple gold coins, dug a hole nearby, and kicked Kan Ni’s body into it.
He then covered the hole and disguised it.
Even in death, Kan Ni would be useful.
Burning him with a fireball would be a waste.
When Ding Huan returned invisibly to his house, his spiritual sense detected someone installing something outside.
It was likely surveillance equipment, but Ding Huan didn’t care.
He didn’t plan to leave often anyway.
Qi Xin Yue was still tidying up the yard.
The yard had a reception room and four bedrooms.
Ding Huan instructed Old Six to move all the unnecessary items into one room.
Then the three of them each took a room.
Ding Huan chose the largest room since he needed space for making talismans.
If he hadn’t just killed Kan Ni, he would have gone to the market to buy materials for talisman-making.
Now, he would wait for the heat to die down.
He had made a bunch of talismans on the Starry Sky ship but hadn’t had a chance to test them.
This house had a decent-sized yard, perfect for testing his talismans.
…
While Ding Huan stayed home testing his talismans, the person in charge of the House Trading Guard was surprised.
Given Kan Ni’s nature, he would never let his house stay in someone else’s hands for more than a day.
But three days had passed, and Kan Ni hadn’t come to buy back his house.
Something was off.
Not only was the House Trading Guard puzzled, but Tou Jie from the Four Directions Star Continent’s interstellar square was also furious.
How long had she been in the interstellar square?
She had always been the one taking advantage of outsiders.
When had an outsider ever taken advantage of her?
She had thought Ding Huan’s Blue Star ship was out of energy and hadn’t paid much attention.
In fact, she had even celebrated buying the Blue Star ship by treating her brothers to a feast.
It wasn’t until the third day that she brought some energy crystals to the Blue Star ship.
This was a product of the Nine Yuan Star Continent, a treasure capable of traversing wormholes.
In this corner of the universe, the Four Directions Star Continent was indeed the most well-connected.
But that was only in this corner.
The truly advanced civilizations weren’t in this galaxy.
To reach those advanced civilizations, one had to cross galaxies.
In the legends of the Four Directions Star Continent, there were indeed supreme experts who could do this.
But legends were just legends.
To truly cross galaxies, one needed a powerful spaceship.
Such powerful spaceships had come before and would come again.
But whether in the past or the future, Tou Jie wasn’t qualified to board one.
Not just Tou Jie, even the head of the Zhan family, the most powerful family on the Four Directions Star Continent, had been refused and couldn’t leave via such a ship.
Now, Tou Jie had obtained such a ship.
What a stroke of luck!
But when she boarded the Blue Star ship, she realized something was wrong.
The Blue Star ship wasn’t just out of energy—its most crucial part, the engine room, was damaged.
After repeated attempts, Tou Jie confirmed that the engine room was indeed broken.
Feeling cheated, Tou Jie raged in the interstellar square.
In no time, everyone in the square knew what had happened.
A tough guy had come to the Four Directions Star Continent, someone who dared to cheat Tou Jie out of her purple gold coins by selling her a ship with a broken engine room.
Though this guy was tough, when people saw Tou Jie storming toward the Four Directions Star Continent with fury, they knew he was done for.
…
By the third day, no one had come looking for Ding Huan, which puzzled him.
Logically, Kan Ni had been missing for three days.
Someone should have investigated by now.
Kan Ni definitely wasn’t alone here.
He must have had a group behind him.
Just as Ding Huan was wondering, there was a knock on the courtyard gate.
Ding Huan’s spiritual sense scanned outside, revealing a young man he didn’t recognize.
“Who are you looking for?” Ding Huan opened the gate.
The young man didn’t enter the yard but quickly said:
“Tou Jie from the interstellar square is looking for you everywhere. She’ll find this place soon. Also, Kan Ni won’t let you off either. This house was taken from my family by force.”
Without waiting for Ding Huan’s response, the young man quickly left and disappeared.
A messenger?
Ding Huan was confused.
He had just arrived here and had already made two enemies—one dead, one alive.
He hadn’t made any friends, except for Peng Zhan, who had shown him the way.
Ding Huan was certain Peng Zhan wouldn’t send someone to warn him.
If Tou Jie found him, he wouldn’t be able to live here peacefully.
Thinking this, Ding Huan quickly disguised himself.
He added some fake facial hair, did some simple makeup, put on a mask and sunglasses, and added a wig.
He hadn’t prepared well enough.
If only he had bought a few disguise masks back on Earth.
Disguised, Ding Huan left the courtyard invisibly.
The surveillance was useless against him.
Before he reached the market, he saw Tou Jie hurrying toward it.
She was accompanied by four fierce-looking subordinates, clearly heading to the market to look for Ding Huan.
Ding Huan quickened his pace and approached Tou Jie:
“Tou Jie, I know where Ding Huan is staying.”
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