Yan Qing looked at Lingxi's excited face and couldn't help but smile. She helped Lingxi up with both hands and gently comforted her.

"From now on, we're family. Just treat this place as your home."

"Thank you, Master!"

"By the way, Lingxi, how exactly did you die?" She remembered that Lingxi didn't seem to be a person in this story of bowing to heaven and earth.

Lingxi lowered her head. "I was a second-class maid in Madam's room before I died. After Madam disappeared without a trace that day, Master Sima ordered all of us who served her closely to be executed. But publicly, he said that he had let us go."

"I was unwilling to die like this, so I was reborn as a monster out of sheer willpower." Lingxi's attitude was very calm, as if she were not talking about her own affairs.

"But—" she seemed a little confused, "Master, do you really think Madam and the others are all dead?"

A fleeting glimmer of light flashed through Yan Qing's mind. She shook her head. "I don't know either. But to die like this now would be too easy on that Master Sima."

Lingxi was also indignant. "That man deserves to be ground to dust! What a scumbag!"

Yan Qing also felt a pang of sadness, but fate is the most unpredictable thing. In her eyes, Master Sima was a scumbag who killed his wife and daughter, but in Mo Li's eyes, he was probably the man who loved her most in the world.

Sigh! When it comes to matters of the heart, you really have to be careful!

Because the instance she went to this time was quite special, apart from successfully forming a spiritual bond, she and her brother gained absolutely nothing. It was practically a wasted trip.

After Yan Che emerged from the dungeon, he swore to the heavens that he would never leave the gate again, even if it meant death. Dungeons? Nothing beats making money!

Moreover, he suffered a huge loss in this instance! Activating the magic weapon "Heavy Water Pearl" several times was a significant expense. And in the end, to save Sima Yu'er, he even scattered a handful of it – all of which were valuable spirit coins!

He was so upset he could hardly sleep! And then, after finally clearing the dungeon, he found there were absolutely no rewards! He was furious!

Yan Che buried himself in making money, while Yan Qing completely relaxed.

So far, she only has one instance invitation, which is the "Holy Fire Festival" invitation that Zhang Nana gave her, which is on July 15th next year.

That's still a long way off, so her idea is to rest for a few months first.

But plans never keep up with changes. The next day, the villa next door had a new owner.

This shocked her greatly. How long had it been? Someone had already saved enough money to buy a villa? Sure enough, the super-rich are everywhere in this world.

However, she still preferred to keep her distance from the villa next door. The reason was simply that the villa's style was too dark and unappealing to her.

As a result, Lingxi was so scared after only two days of moving in that she was afraid to go out to buy groceries.

"Master, waah—they were so scary! This morning I went out to buy groceries, and suddenly a figure rushed out of the villa across the street, saying very familiarly that he wanted to come with me. Oh my god, that person only had one arm and one leg, and was covered in blood, like he had just been killed. It was terrifying!"

Lingxi was quite frightened, and Yan Qing could only express deep sympathy for her.

“Master, do you think that’s the end of it?” Lingxi said with lingering fear. “All the servants in that villa are strangely missing limbs. And what’s really strange is that almost all of them developed their disabilities after they came to serve at the villa.”

Yan Qing's spirits lifted. Was there some gossip going on? She clearly remembered that Lingxi's skills included being a gossipmonger!

"I didn't realize, Lingxi, that you've already gotten to know everyone in the villa across the street in such a short time?" Seeing the mix of fear and smugness in her eyes, Yan Qing had reason to be suspicious.

"Master is mighty!" Lingxi volunteered, "As long as Master gives me one hundred spirit coins, I guarantee I'll find out everything for you clearly."

She also specifically stated, "These 100 spirit coins are my bribery funds."

Yan Qing was amused by her and waved her hand, giving her five hundred spirit coins. "Don't worry, there's plenty of money. Go ahead and ask around. It would be best to ask all the residents in our neighborhood!"

"Yes, Master!" Lingxi instantly became full of fighting spirit.

Yan Qing was just saying it casually; it was mainly because Lingxi liked it, and gossip was the best accompaniment to eating sunflower seeds.

For the next week, Lingxi was so busy that she was nowhere to be seen.

Two weeks later.

"Master, here!" Lingxi handed her a thick stack of account books.

Yan Qing was dumbfounded. She hadn't asked this girl to keep accounts! Wasn't that the job of the black butler?

When she opened it, she was completely dumbfounded. "This is your investigation record? Good heavens, you didn't investigate every single resident in every neighborhood on Lingshan Street, did you?"

"Of course!" Lingxi proudly raised her head. "I'm a know-it-all!"

Yan Qing clicked her tongue as she flipped through the thick stack of "ledgers" in her hand, and was indeed quite startled.

"Are there already so many people living in our Lingshan Street community?"

There seem to be more than a dozen of them. Although most of them live in relatively remote areas of Lingshan Street, where the housing prices may be slightly lower, it is still Lingshan Street!

It can't get much lower!

"That's not all, Master!" Lingxi was particularly qualified to speak on this matter. "Currently, apart from you and that mysterious neighbor across the street, most of the others live in the outer villa area. One person even received a house as a reward—that's amazing!"

"Hmm, this person must be incredibly awesome!" After all, any villa you pick out on Lingshan Street costs hundreds of millions, which is definitely unaffordable for the average person.

"Oh, by the way, do you know who that mysterious neighbor across the street is?" Yan Qing was also a little curious. What kind of person would use scraps of flesh and bones to make servants?

Lingxi leaned closer mysteriously, "Master, I know, that's not just one person, it's a whole family of tomb raiders!"

"Tomb raiders?" Could they be a tomb raiding gang?

"That's right, that's right." Lingxi had gone through a lot of trouble to get this information from her new, strange friend.

“Master, my strange friend is their servant. He said that the master almost never shows his face, and they are not even sure how many people there are. However, they have heard the terms ‘father’ and ‘son’ used to describe them, so their initial guess is that they are a family of tomb raiders.”

"Besides, I even went to their house, and it was full of antiques!" Lingxi said with a look of disgust. "The only problem was the terrible smell!"

Nonsense, what kind of thing is dug out of a grave? Of course it will stink.

Yan Qing stroked her chin. Tomb raiding really is a shortcut to wealth! Look at them, they're living in big villas!

"By the way, their master isn't home?" Otherwise, why would a servant bring a strange friend to their door?

Lingxi nodded. "I heard from Lu Erxiao that they seem to be contacting people everywhere, as if they're preparing to go to a large tomb." Lu Erxiao is the strange person who only has one arm and one leg left, and he's currently her good friend.