All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 209 - 69: Home Buying Plan

Chapter 209: Chapter 69: Home Buying Plan

"Isn’t this not quite right?"

In response, Huo Qing scratched his head and said awkwardly, "You know, with this arrangement, the house would basically be in my name... Aren’t you worried?"

"Ha." An Jing shook his head. "I won’t say anything superfluous, Huo Qing, aren’t we friends? Haven’t our collaborations been pleasant for so long?"

"You don’t dare to trust yourself, but I dare to trust you!"

In An Jing’s eyes, Huo Qing was someone who wished to repay a kindness, even capable of tolerating Big Spear, and almost had a pleasing personality.

Even though recently he had managed the recycling hut and became increasingly independent, his fundamental character made it very hard, almost impossible, to betray a friend.

For such a person, An Jing was somewhat frustrated by his lack of competitiveness, but he also completely trusted that Huo Qing’s actions could not possibly be harmful to him.

In An Jing’s view, even if Huo Qing was forced or schemed against and lost the house, he wouldn’t fundamentally lose anything—it was just a bit of Good Deeds after all.

An Jing was open-minded, based on his capabilities. Whether it was silver or Good Deeds, for him, a Traveler Between Two Realms, they were resources he could have whenever he wished.

But for Huo Qing, it wasn’t the same. He had only managed to save a few hundred Good Deeds after many years, let alone a house, so naturally, he felt immense pressure.

He certainly wouldn’t betray An Jing. On the contrary, the more An Jing trusted him, the stronger he was resolved in his heart to never let An Jing suffer a loss.

However, Huo Qing’s personality did have flaws: the more he carried the trust of a friend, the greater his pressure became, the less daring he was to act, and it even made his usually clever mind sluggish.

An Jing also noticed this, but personality flaws are hard to change and could even be seen as a form of ’fate.’

He had changed Huo Qing’s fate to some extent, indeed altering part of Huo Qing’s lack of confidence, but expecting him to immediately become competent enough to handle things independently was impossible.

"That’s settled then."

Thus, An Jing straightforwardly declared the partnership established on one side: "Don’t worry too much about it. We can think of it as going into business together."

"I’ll buy a set of property or a storefront—maybe we can do some small business later. You want to study formations and need materials; you could buy them from me at a cheap price, couldn’t you? After all, the recycling hut business ultimately belongs to Boss Iron Hand. We need our own livelihood too."

"What a pity."

Faced with An Jing’s trust, Huo Qing showed a mix of anxiety and joy, and even a bit of regret: "The house I originally lived in, because of the death of my apparent identity, was taken by the Day Tiger Gang to settle a debt... If it were still there, I could have given it to you, and we wouldn’t need to go through all this trouble."

"That’s too close to the city center anyway—it’s not very convenient." However, An Jing shook his head, "What I actually want is a house that is close to the border of the Wilderness, but not too close... Seclusion and lack of visitors are no problem; the main thing is it needs to be safe and convenient for transporting and storing materials."

"I do know of a good place."

Being a local, as soon as An Jing mentioned his requirements, Huo Qing quickly thought of a suitable location: "If you really just want a secluded and safe property for personal use and storage, I recommend you buy in Chonggang Town."

Chonggang Town, just as its name suggests, is a mining town built on the edge of the Floating Dust Plains, nestled among several hills.

It produces a type of Earth System mineral that could be sustainably excavated — Sinking Crystal.

Sinking Crystal is opposite to Floating Jade, and it can control the weight of flying shuttles and stabilize ships and flying swords; some weight-needing flying swords also incorporate it. Its production does not depend on a vein but on Crystal Seeds and Crystal Caves.

In natural Sinking Crystal caves over a thousand years old, Crystal Seeds are nurtured, which can then be moved to suitable Earth Vein locations to grow into small Crystal Caves. At that point, Sinking Crystal can be continuously extracted from the caves using special methods.

In other words, it is a type of ’mining field.’ Chonggang Town originally did not have a Sinking Crystal vein but was suitable for the growth of Sinking Crystal, hence, three Crystal Seeds were placed there. Over time, Chonggang Town now has seven Crystal Caves, producing a stable supply of high-quality Sinking Crystal.

Such a mining town is naturally safe and stable. However, its too-stable production also leaves the town somewhat lifeless.

Add to that the occasional attacks by demon beasts (this is the real critical point), although the comprehensive defenses make it not very dangerous, it is quite bothersome.

Therefore, aside from the local mining company employees and essential living facilities, there is hardly any influx of outsiders.

In a nutshell, if you want to do business and make money, this place is completely hopeless: people with money go to Xuanye City. Who would stay in this countryside place where wild boars might uproot your field at any moment?

"But it’s just right for me!"

Following Huo Qing’s description, An Jing instantly understood that this place was the ’base’ he needed!

Chonggang Town could rather be described as a large-scale mining site than a town, and since the output is fixed, there are no unexpected fortunes, nor are there job opportunities.

For robbers coming to loot, they first have to face Chonggang Town’s defensive Formations and various constructions, a definite loss-making venture.

Moreover, since the place is safe but inconvenient for living, not many people would come to buy houses, making the house prices quite cheap.

Only some big companies set up transit warehouses here to transport Sinking Crystal and various derivative minerals from surrounding veins.

And what An Jing needs is this kind of place, less populated, cheap, and secure!

This would also be a warehouse where he could store various items from the Embracing the Void realm, and in the future, if there were people like Ruohui and Granny Huai who needed to leave Embracing the Void to hide, he could also bring them here for safety and make up a reason without even needing to expose his ability to travel between two realms.

"Once you’ve decided for sure, I can go look for real estate or an agent."

Seeing that An Jing was indeed very interested, Huo Qing was also very willing to make the trip: "But buying a house takes time; for now, you can stay with me."

"Mm, thank you."

Without needing much discussion, An Jing and Huo Qing talked about other topics, like Huo Qing’s recent learning progress and some issues in Martial Arts.

As Eldest Senior of Hanging Fate Manor with extensive coaching experience, An Jing efficiently pointed out some areas Huo Qing had overlooked in his cultivation and even set up a comprehensive training plan for him, which Huo Qing greatly appreciated.

"By the way," in response, Huo Qing also said what he had long wanted to say: "An Xuan, this method of Body Cultivation... is truly too precious."

"I didn’t realize it initially and thought it was just an ordinary Body Refinement method, but over these days, I’ve realized its effectiveness and precision are even considered high-class among the secret transmissions in the city!"