Chapter 143 - 139: Help You Find a Place to Stay (Additional Update 2)

The house Ding Huan bought was part of the Little Star Corner Market, so the stalwart man took Ding Huan to the Little Star Corner Market to handle the transfer procedures. The place specifically for trading houses was called the Trading Guard. The Trading Guard wasn't big, with only two people working there; thus, it was evident that the volume of house transactions here was usually very small. When they took out their Identity Plates, Ding Huan only then learned that the stalwart man's name was Han Ni, and he had been in the Four-direction Star Land for seventeen years. Seeing Ding Huan spend five thousand purple gold coins to buy Han Ni's house, the woman in charge of house trading at the market found it a bit odd. If it had been Ding Huan's house that Han Ni forcefully bought, that would have been normal, but it was actually the other way around. When she saw Ding Huan's Identity Plate, she immediately understood. He had just arrived today, no wonder he was being fleeced. She was sure that the house would return to Han Ni's hands in a few days. But such things she had seen often, so naturally, she wouldn't gossip about it and efficiently helped Ding Huan with the procedures. After coming out of the market's Trading Guard, they happened to meet Qi Xinyue, who had returned from shopping. Seeing the food in Qi Xinyue's hands, Ding Huan waved: "Xinyue, over here, let's go." When Qi Xinyue approached, Han Ni smiled at Ding Huan: "My friend, if you're willing to sell the house, I'm willing to buy it back for five hundred purple gold coins." Even Lao Liu looked at Han Ni as if he were looking at an idiot. The house that had just been bought from this guy for five thousand purple gold coins, and now this guy wants Ding Huan to sell it back for five hundred? Originally after the transaction was complete, Ding Huan planned to threaten Han Ni a bit. He was going to say that he was hiding here to escape his enemies, telling Han Ni not to talk too much or it could bring trouble to Han Ni too. What Ding Huan didn't expect was that this guy was so cunning, actually thinking of buying it back for a tenth of the purple gold coins he had paid. Ding Huan was certain that the opponent had myriad methods that would eventually make him reluctantly return the house. Even though he wasn't afraid, how many things did he have to do? Where would he have time to waste on such a trivial matter? "Oh, I have no plans to sell for now, I'll gift it to you when I think of selling." Ding Huan didn't threaten the man, since this guy wanted his house, he might as well help him find a place to stay. "Enjoy your stay, and oh, enjoy yourself tonight and don't damage anything in there." When Han Ni was leaving, he even greeted Ding Huan. Ding Huan also smiled and thanked him a few times, then casually placed a Mark of Divine Will on Han Ni before he returned to his own residence. Once Han Ni had left, Qi Xinyue asked: "Is the house paperwork all done?" Ding Huan nodded: "You and Lao Liu clean up the house, throw away anything that's not needed, and wait for my return." Qi Xinyue didn't ask what Ding Huan was going to do, just nodded and went to clean up the house. She knew Ding Huan liked space, so any unneeded furniture or object, she threw out in the courtyard. ... Han Ni watched Ding Huan's retreating figure, a cold smile on his lips. To think that someone dared to buy his house, he scoffed, truly a huge joke. But considering Ding Huan had just arrived here, it wasn't so surprising. Thinking about the easy five thousand purple gold coins he had earned, Han Ni felt great. He touched the purple gold coins hanging at his waist, thinking about getting the house back sooner rather than later. It wasn't his property after all. To reclaim the house, the first thing was to find the Gu brothers. The Gu brothers, due to the secretive tasks they usually undertook, were some of the few fierce people living in remote areas. In Little Star Corner, only the Gu brothers went about troubling or killing others; no one dared to provoke these four brothers. Ding Huan was invisible when he went out, originally intending to casually hit the man with a Wind Blade and call it quits. To Ding Huan's delight, Han Ni, not wanting to live, headed toward the outer area of the market. Well, in that case, he couldn't blame him for being rude. When they were a certain distance from the market, Ding Huan appeared. "Is it you?" Han Ni saw Ding Huan and was in disbelief. "Yeah, I know you might still be coveting my house, so I thought I'd help you find a place to stay." Ding Huan said with a smile. "Too bad, it's too late. I don't need you to find a place..." Han Ni hadn't finished speaking when he felt a chill on his neck, a Wind Blade slicing through it. "Kgh... kgh..." Han Ni covered his neck with his hands, his face in disbelief as he looked at Ding Huan. He was a Martial Artist after all, but how Ding Huan had struck, he hadn't sensed it at all. "Who were you planning to ask for help?" Ding Huan still had a smile. "Gu..." Han Ni could only utter one word before he could no longer hold on, kneeling down, then collapsing. Ding Huan took back his purple gold coins, and casually dug a hole nearby. With one kick, he pushed Han Ni into the hole, then covered it up and made some simple disguises. Even in death, Han Ni was useful; he absolutely couldn't just burn him with a Fireball. When he invisibly returned to his place, Ding Huan sensed someone outside setting something up. It was likely surveillance equipment, but Ding Huan didn't care about that at all, and he didn't plan to come out often. Qi Xinyue was still cleaning up the yard. This yard had a reception room and four other rooms. Ding Huan simply commanded Lao Liu to move all the unnecessary items into one room. Then, each of the three of them took a room. Ding Huan needed to make talismans, so he chose the largest room. If it hadn't been for just having killed Han Ni, Ding Huan would have already gone to the market to buy various materials for making talismans. Now, he had to wait until the coast was clear. Before, he had made a batch of talismans on the Starry Sky, but he had no place to test them. This house with its yard, which was quite spacious, was just the right place for him to try out these talismans. ... While Ding Huan was experimenting with talismans in his house, the head of the Little Star Corner Market's housing trading guard was somewhat surprised. According to the temperament of Han Ni, he would never let his house remain in someone else's hands for more than a day, and now three days had passed, and Han Ni had not appeared to buy back his house. Something seemed not quite right. Apart from the housing trading guard being surprised, the manager at Four-direction Star Land interstellar square was almost like a raging lion. How long had she been mixing in the interstellar square? She had always taken advantage of outsiders, but when had an outsider ever taken advantage of her? Previously, she thought that Ding Huan's Blue Star had run out of energy and didn't care at all. She had even invited her siblings to a grand feast because she acquired the Blue Star. It wasn't until the third day that she brought some energy crystals to the Blue Star. This was a product of Jiuyuan Star Land, a treasure capable of crossing wormholes. In this part of the universe, Four-direction Star Land indeed had the best connectivity. But that was just in this corner, the real Advanced Civilization Star Lands were not in this star system. To travel to Advanced Civilization Star Lands, one needed to cross star systems. In the legends of Four-direction Star Land, indeed, supremely powerful beings could accomplish this. However, legends are just legends, and to really cross star systems, strong spaceships are necessary. Such powerful spaceships had come here before and would come again. But whether it was before or in the future, she, manager, was not qualified to board one. Not to mention the manager, even the Zhan Family Patriarch, Zhan Changjing of Four-direction Star Land's first family, was denied the qualification to leave this place through a spaceship. Now, she, the manager, had actually obtained such a spaceship, what a tremendous opportunity? Filled with joy, the manager boarded the Blue Star, only to realize something was amiss. The Blue Star hadn't run out of energy, it seemed like the most crucial component, the power compartment, was faulty. After multiple attempts, the manager realized that there indeed was a problem with the power compartment. The deceived manager roared in rage at the interstellar square. In a short time, everyone at the interstellar square knew what had happened. A formidable figure had come to Four-direction Star Land, this figure even dared to deceive the manager's purple gold coins, selling her a spaceship with a faulty power compartment. Despite this newcomer being formidable, when everyone saw the manager charging furiously towards Four-direction Star Land with blazing wrath, they all understood that this formidable individual was doomed. ... Three days passed and still no one had shown up at his door, Ding Huan was puzzled. Logically, with Han Ni missing for three days, someone should have started investigating his whereabouts. Han Ni certainly could not be working alone; he must have a group behind him. Just as Ding Huan was pondering, someone knocked on the yard door. Ding Huan cast out his Divine Will and found out it was a young man he didn't recognize. "Who are you looking for?" Ding Huan opened the door. Without entering the yard, the young man urgently said: "Manager at interstellar square has been looking everywhere for you, she will find this place soon. Han Ni won't let you go either, this house used to be forced from my family by him." After saying those words, the young man did not wait for Ding Huan's response, quickly departing and vanishing out of sight. Was this someone coming to deliver a message? Ding Huan was a bit perplexed as he had just arrived here and had offended two people, one dead and one alive. He had not made any friends, at most he knew Peng Zhan who had directed him. Ding Huan was certain Peng Zhan would not have sent someone here to warn him. Should the manager find him, he would not be able to live peacefully here. With that thought, Ding Huan quickly disguised himself. Mainly by affixing some fake beard and doing simple makeup, then adding masks and sunglasses, topped with a wig. The preparation was still insufficient, if only he had bought a few Disguise Masks on Earth. Ding Huan still chose to leave the yard invisibly after disguising himself. Surveillance was virtually non-existent for him. He hadn't reached the market when he saw the manager hurrying towards it. This woman, with four fierce-looking followers, obviously had heard that Ding Huan was around Little Star Corner Market, probably coming to look for him inside the market. Ding Huan quickened his steps to confront the manager: "Manager, I know where that Ding Huan is staying. (Please support with a monthly ticket!)