Chen Xiao's words surprised everyone present.
If they hadn't been together for several years and knew each other well, Tong Nuonuo would have thought that Chen Xiao was taking the opportunity to drive her away.
Of course, now he knew that others might find his habit of getting lost annoying, but Chen Xiao would never do that. He was truly thinking about himself and doing it for his own good.
After thinking about it carefully, Tong Nuonuo also felt that he had encountered a bottleneck in the art of mechanical engineering recently, and it was time to return to his master and ask for advice.
Tong Nuonuo was convinced by Chen Xiao, but she was still worried. If they all left, wouldn't Chen Xiao be the only one left?
Perhaps his expression was too obvious, Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Before I met you, I was pretty good too."
Tong Nuonuo curled her lips, "Didn't you think I didn't know that Du Rong was taking care of everything around you at that time? Otherwise, go back to Gengsheng and call Du Rong over."
Chen Xiao shook his head firmly: "You really think I'm a child of a noble family who can't be independent. Don't worry about these things, I can take care of myself."
Du Rong's talent was too low, and it was not easy for him to make progress. He did not plan to take Du Rong to practice until he was stable.
The topic changed too quickly, and Shi Fengdu, who was listening on the side, couldn't leave too deliberately. Seeing that they had almost finished talking, he said to Chen Xiao, who was finally able to focus on responding, "Since Fellow Daoist Chen's two companions are leaving, why don't you stay in my island master's mansion for the next period of time?"
Although Shi Fengdu's words were polite, he also had some genuine intention to take care of his old friend and his beloved.
However, Chen Xiao didn't want to be so shameless as to take advantage of the opportunity, so he thanked Shi Fengdu and politely declined.
Shi Fengdu did not insist, and said that if he had anything to ask, he could come to him directly, and then he left. As the most important disciple of the island owner, he was very busy, and he was very considerate of Xi Yunting to take half a day out.
After Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo sent Tang Ru into the vortex portal, the two returned to Linglang Valley.
After packing up his things, Tong Nuonuo stayed for another two days and asked Zhishitang to find a training team that happened to be passing by to send him back to his master.
Originally, Tong Nuonuo wanted to go back by himself. Tong Nuonuo and his master had walked the road from Yingxian Island back to his master's sect more than once, and he had walked it himself, so he was still very confident about it.
However, Chen Xiao firmly denied his idea.
He believed that Tong Nuonuo would be able to go back by herself, but he didn't know how long it would take. Instead of wasting time on the road, it would be more efficient to spend some spirit beads to hire someone to escort her.
Under Chen Xiao's persuasion, Tong Nuonuo finally put aside her pride and set off with the training team.
Chen Xiao was the only one left in the spacious, elegant and luxurious pavilion.
The living environment here is not bad, it is very quiet and full of spiritual energy, very suitable for practitioners to stay temporarily.
Unfortunately, Chen Xiao’s cultivation does not require such conditions. On the contrary, the more prosperous and popular the place, the better.
Chen Xiao retreated from the pavilion in Linglang Valley.
Xi Yunting paid a large sum of money at the beginning. Now that it has not been used up, the remaining money in Chen Xiao's hands is enough to buy a house in the city.
Chen Xiao wanted to find a quiet place in a busy city as a temporary residence.
He inspected the environment of several urban areas separately.
In the area centered on Jianzhai, because it is too close to the workshop behind Jianzhai, one can often hear the loud clanging sounds of smelting and the bright light of fire.
At first, I thought the forges on both sides of the road were very heavy metal style, but I didn't expect that if Jianzhai was in a hurry to finish the work, these forges would start working at the same time. The huge noise was simply a sound evil, killing people and invisible.
Therefore, Jianzhai was ruled out first.
Although Zhencaotang is also an urban area where business and production coexist, the degree of nuisance to residents is much greater than that of Jianzhai.
It's just that occasionally when you come across Zhencaotang refining the elixir, you can smell all kinds of indescribable smells in the wind. No matter whether it smells good or bad, who knows if it is harmful to the body.
Odor pollution is too serious to be considered.
Secondly, there are the two urban areas of Qianxiufangjin and Wanjinge.
Compared with Jianzhai and Zhencaotang, these two places are more prosperous and, in theory, are very suitable places to live.
However, if you live here, you must be careful. You must not encounter the competition between Qianxiufang and Wanjin Pavilion. If you encounter the competition year between these two families, you must be prepared to be involved in the fight between the two families at any time.
It just so happened that this year was the year of the big competition, and Wanjin Pavilion lost, and was feeling unconvinced. When the disciples of the two families happened to meet, they either had a verbal fight or used magic to fight each other, which had accidentally affected several houses.
Chen Xiao wanted to find peace in the midst of noise, not to risk his life in the midst of noise. Of course, he would decline to stay in a place where he could be affected at any time.
Finally, the area near Zuixian Winery is the most ideal.
It's just that what Chen Xiao can think of, others can naturally think of it too. The Zuixian Winery area was originally the place with the most residents, and the residents of Qianxiufang and Wanjinge areas who could not bear it moved here one after another, causing the housing prices here to rise sharply.
Chen Xiao had a lot of money, so he could afford it. But it was hard to find an ideal house in such a short time.
Chen Xiao has already found a local middleman and looked at several places but none of them worked.
After making an appointment with the middleman for the next house viewing, Chen Xiao reluctantly left the shop. He couldn't help but regret that he had left the pavilion in Linglang Valley too early. He should have waited until he had found a place to stay before checking out.
This is a street near Zuixian Winery. Behind it is a market, so it is very busy with people coming and going.
As Chen Xiao dodged the boys who were fighting and chasing each other, he heard someone calling his name from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Li and Zhou.
After greeting each other with a bit of surprise, Chen Xiao and Li Yuzhou asked in unison why the other party was here.
Li and Zhou laughed and said, "We just delivered a batch of medicines and made a lot of money. I just happened to meet you, so why don't I treat you to lunch!"
Li and Zhou invited Chen Xiao warmly, so he went to a restaurant with him.
The scale and grade of this restaurant is certainly not as good as Zuixian Winery, but the food tastes good and the price is very affordable.
Seeing that he was eating with relish, Li and Zhou were very happy and toasted him repeatedly.
For those people in the foundation-building stage, ordinary alcohol is just like drinking water and they don't take it seriously at all.
After three rounds of drinks, Li and Zhou asked, "You didn't reply to my question just now. Where are your companions? Why aren't they with you?"
Chen Xiao shook his head and told Li and Zhou that his companions had gone their separate ways and he was the only one left.
Li and Zhou nodded and said, "This is inevitable. You will get used to it after experiencing many separations and deaths. You may not be used to it now, but you will get used to it sooner or later."
Chen Xiao smiled bitterly. This guy was also extremely bad at chatting.
Li Yuzhou thought for a moment and said, "You haven't found a place to live yet, right? Why don't you stay at my place first? The room Liu Lang lived in before is empty, and you don't need to clean anything else. You just need to buy new bedding."
Chen Xiao said hesitantly: "Isn't this too disturbing?"
Li and Zhou said, "You helped me before, let me help you this time. There's nothing to bother you, just stay calm!"
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "In that case, I will stay at your house for a few days and move out when I find a suitable house."
Li and Zhou said, "Why do you have to look for a house at Zuixian Winery? The housing here is very tight this year. It's not suitable to rent or live in. Especially when buying a property, if you buy it now, the price will drop next year. It will only go up after the next Qianxiufang and Wanjin Pavilion competition."
As residents of Yingxian Island, Li and Zhou know this rule all too well.
He suggested to Chen Xiao: "If you want to buy a property in Yingxian Island, the house in Zhencaotang is more suitable at this time."
The other party had just treated him to a meal, and Chen Xiao was too embarrassed to tell him that he was complaining that the environment near Li and Zhou's home was too bad and there was a risk of biochemical pollution.
He could only say vaguely: "I think living here is very convenient for both eating and living. And I don't plan to buy it, I just want to rent it for a while."
Zuixian Winery is located in the center of several urban areas, and it is very fast to go anywhere. Although Zuixian Winery is the most famous, not all cultivators can afford it. There are restaurants and taverns with various flavors and characteristics near Zuixian Winery. For Chen Xiao, who doesn't cook and is a foodie, nothing is more important than this.
Of the five most prosperous areas on Yingxian Island, the area near Zuixian Winery has the most food. The other half of the area is also very lively because of the market.
Li Yuzhou easily accepted Chen Xiao's reason. He said, "In that case, I'll keep an eye out for you. I have a few clients in the market, let them help find out."
This was a pleasant surprise, and Chen Xiao hurriedly thanked him.
After dinner, the two of them went to Qianxiufang together to buy new ready-made bedding, and then returned directly to Li Yuzhou's home on the edge of Zhencaotang.
Li Yuzhou led Chen Xiao to the room where Liu Lang had lived before, and then went back into the workshop because he had another order to rush.
Chen Xiao carried the bucket and cleaned the room himself, then arranged the bedding.
The courtyard of Li and Zhou's house is very large, and the area of each room is also quite large.
The west room where Chen Xiao temporarily lived was about 40 square meters. He adjusted the position of the furniture and redivided the functional areas. Originally there was only a place for sleeping and entertaining guests, but now there is an additional corner for writing.
Only when he really lived under the same roof with Li Yuzhou did Chen Xiao realize that he was an even more fanatical workaholic than Tong Nuonuo.
There was no day or night when he was working. He did not leave the house for eating, drinking, defecating or urinating during the period of refining medicine. There was a fat lady in her forties who would bring him water and food during this period, and then clean up the dirty toilet.
Li and Zhou are crazy about developing all kinds of new and bizarre medicines. They make a lot of money, but spend it even faster.
Therefore, not only could he not afford the fasting pills, he couldn't even afford to support a medicine boy. He couldn't be distracted during the entire process and had to do it himself. He often went in clean and tidy and came out disheveled.
This made Chen Xiao secretly feel fortunate that he had never used the potions made by Li and Zhou on himself, as they had harmed all kinds of enemies and snakes and insects.
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