Chapter 742
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Chapter 742: Wasteful Extravagance!
“I haven’t been back for so many years…” After entering the mansion, Fang Yu scanned the scenery ahead, took a deep breath, and sighed.
In front of him was a huge rock covered with moss.
On the rock, there was originally a large character ‘Yu’ engraved by him personally.
But due to the passage of time, this character had been obscured by moss.
This rock was transported by Fang Yu from the northwestern desert.
As for why he transported it, Fang Yu couldn’t remember the reason clearly, probably just because he liked the look of it.
Walking past the rock and going forward, there was a stone arch bridge.
Beneath the bridge was a clear river that flowed directly to a spring deep inside the mansion.
The source of the river came from the spring, allowing it to circulate infinitely.
After crossing the stone arch bridge, a large grassland appeared ahead.
This grassland originally raised a large herd of cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock.
But now, it was just a lush green grassland without any animals being raised.
There was a small path in the middle of the grassland, and Fang Yu walked through it.
At this point, the view ahead was quite spacious, not like being inside a residence, but more like being in a beautiful suburban landscape.
There were mountains, waters, grass, and forests.
Fang Yu walked at a leisurely pace, taking nearly fifteen minutes to pass through the mountains and waters before arriving at the actual buildings.
In this place, a large number of buildings had been constructed.
A porcelain house for displaying ceramics, a jewelry building for displaying jewels… In short, each building contained a large number of treasures.
These items were all collected by Fang Yu over time, accumulating bit by bit.
Besides these treasure-storing houses, there were five scripture pavilions, five martial arts platforms, and ten residential buildings.
Among the remaining twenty buildings, Fang Yu remembered that some buildings stored rare magical treasures and some precious elixirs. The rest remained empty as he hadn’t found a use for them yet.
The style of these buildings was mostly two to three stories, with each floor being seven to eight meters high.
Having not returned for so many years, Fang Yu found it difficult to remember what items were placed in each building.
Therefore, he went directly to a five-story bamboo building.
This was the building where he had lived most frequently in the past, considered the main building of this mansion.
This building was made of green bamboo, coated with anti-decay liquid, and had stood firm for so many years without showing signs of deterioration.
“Ring ring ring…”
As soon as Fang Yu stepped onto the bamboo floor of the first level, the wind chimes hanging by the door immediately rang.
Fang Yu walked straight into the hall on the first floor.
“Ring ring ring…”
The sound of the wind chimes was gentle and lingering, continuing without interruption.
“After not seeing each other for so long, aren’t you going to come out and meet me? Little Wind Chime.” Fang Yu leaned back in a bamboo-woven chair, crossed his legs, and said.
“Ring ring ring…”
The sound of the wind chimes outside suddenly accelerated.
“Come out,” Fang Yu said.
“Whoosh!”
A string of wind chimes outside emitted a faint glow.
The light streaked through the air, flew into the room, and transformed into an extremely cute little girl of seven or eight years old.
The little girl wore a blue floral dress with a circle of small wind chimes around her neck.
She stood in place, hands on her hips, her large eyes staring at Fang Yu in front of her, her black pupils shining brightly.
“I thought you had forgotten about this place, yet you still know to come back?” Little Wind Chime said with a pout.
“This is my home, how could I forget?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, “But what about you, how have you grown bigger?”
“I can grow if I want to! I can take different forms every day! As long as I wish!” Little Wind Chime was clearly full of anger, speaking with intense fire.
“As a spirit of an artifact, you’re the most human-like, even learning the willfulness and capriciousness of little girls so perfectly… truly worthy of being a semi-immortal level treasure,” Fang Yu said.
“Of course, I am… what? You said I’m willful and capricious!?” Little Wind Chime understood and became even angrier, turning to leave.
“Fine, I apologize,” Fang Yu surrendered.
Little Wind Chime turned back, pouted, and said, “Do you know what you did wrong?”
“I don’t know, but I still apologize,” Fang Yu said.
“Then I… will forgive you for now.” Little Wind Chime’s face showed a hint of a smile, but it quickly disappeared.
“You’ve maintained this place well,” Fang Yu walked forward and reached out to rub Little Wind Chime’s head.
“Hmph! Of course, I am the Moon Fairy Wind Chime! Nothing can stump me!” Little Wind Chime raised her head proudly.
Two thousand years ago, if any cultivator knew that the Moon Fairy Wind Chime was being used like this, they would have been shocked beyond belief.
This was the Moon Fairy Wind Chime, a semi-immortal level treasure!
How many people had given their lives to compete for it? How many people had dreamed of obtaining it?
Yet in Fang Yu’s hands, it had become a servant managing a residence!?
What a waste! What a terrible waste!
“But there are no cattle, sheep, or horses on the grassland, which disappoints me,” Fang Yu changed the subject.
Little Wind Chime looked up with a grieved expression and said, “You set the rule before that I couldn’t leave the mansion… that batch of cattle, sheep, and horses died long ago, and I couldn’t go outside to buy young ones… what could I do?”
“Oh, so that’s how it is. I forgot, I’m sorry,” Fang Yu said.
Little Wind Chime folded her arms across her chest and snorted coldly.
“I might be staying here for a while in the near future,” Fang Yu said.
“Really!?” Little Wind Chime looked up excitedly.
But then she realized she should be reserved and immediately lowered her head.
However, she couldn’t manage her expression well, and a smile still appeared on her face.
Seeing Little Wind Chime’s conflicted appearance, Fang Yu smiled and said, “I promised an old friend’s request to stay here and help his descendants solve some troubles.”
“Oh,” Little Wind Chime replied.
“By the way, before I left last time, didn’t I develop a plot of land in the back mountain area to plant medicinal herbs? After so many years, how’s the harvest?” Fang Yu asked.
“That place… uh… the harvest is good,” Little Wind Chime’s expression changed slightly as she answered.
“Let’s go, take me to see it,” Fang Yu said.
“Do you really want to go see it? There’s nothing much to see,” Little Wind Chime looked up and said, “Why don’t I take you to see the orchard in front? Those exotic fruits are about ready to be harvested…”
“We can see those later, I need to check the condition of the medicinal field first. Because recently, I obtained a kind of miraculous fruit that can serve as a source of life…” Fang Yu said.
“…” Little Wind Chime stood still, saying nothing.
“Let’s go,” Fang Yu tapped Little Wind Chime’s head.
“…Oh, alright.” Little Wind Chime grabbed Fang Yu’s hand and focused her thoughts.
“Whoosh!”
A second later, Fang Yu and Little Wind Chime appeared in front of a medicinal field covering three to four hundred square meters.
In front of the field was where the river flowed, so the soil was very moist. Planting any vegetation in these areas would yield good results.
But Fang Yu stood in front of the medicinal field, dumbfounded.
There was nothing in front of him, just soil, without a single medicinal herb growing.
Looking carefully, one could see many sprouts emerging from the soil.
How was this possible?!
Even if these herbs had growth cycles of hundreds of years, or some needed several hundred years, the time should have been sufficient by now. They shouldn’t just be sprouting now!
“What’s going on here?” Fang Yu lowered his head and looked suspiciously at Little Wind Chime.
Little Wind Chime also lowered her head, poking her fingers together.
“What exactly happened?” Fang Yu reached out and pinched the flesh of Little Wind Chime’s cheek.
“Ouch, that hurts…” Little Wind Chime said pitifully.
“I need an explanation,” Fang Yu said.
“…I ate them,” Little Wind Chime confessed under pressure.
“You ate them!?” Fang Yu was so shocked he stepped back, “All these rare medicinal herbs, you actually ate them all?”
“Mm.” Little Wind Chime lowered her head and said softly, “I don’t remember exactly when it was… anyway, at that time, the medicinal field had fully grown, and the herbal fragrance was very strong. I happened to pass by here, smelled the herbal aroma, and felt my stomach growling…”
“Stomach growling? So you’ve really turned into a human!?” Fang Yu laughed in extreme anger.
“It’s just a way to describe being very hungry, I’m just making a comparison,” Little Wind Chime said grievously.
Fang Yu looked at Little Wind Chime, then at the newly sprouting medicinal field, and sighed.
“Fortunately, you knew to bury the seeds back in the ground, otherwise I would have twisted your head off,” Fang Yu said.
Little Wind Chime lowered her head, playing with her fingers, appearing ready to accept any scolding.
“Well, transplanting the Star Fruit back here will be a good test of how much the life force enhances the medicinal herbs,” Fang Yu thought.
“You…” Fang Yu was about to speak when the phone in his pocket vibrated.
“Hello?” Fang Yu answered the call.
“Since you’ve returned to North City, let’s meet,” a familiar female voice sounded from the phone.
“…It’s you?” Fang Yu’s eyes flickered as he spoke.
