The Chixin Sect!

They're the perennial unlucky ones.

Chen Yi was going to go stake out that Sect Master Yu again.

Before setting off, Chen Yi first returned to Baiyun County Town to handle some minor matters.

"Creak..."

The old courtyard gate was gently pushed open by Chen Yi.

Chen Yun, who was hanging laundry to dry in the yard, turned her head to look.

"Fourth Brother, I didn't see you this morning. Where did you go off to?"

"I bought the big mansion of the Zhang Estate."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yun's brain clearly took a moment to process it.

"The Zhang Estate? The Landlord Zhang in our county who owns the most farmland?"

"That's the one."

In the third simulation, after Shen Qingshan was taken away by the Shen Family, this Landlord Zhang had bullied Third Sister's family.

In that simulation, Chen Yi had slaughtered the entire Zhang Estate clean.

Chen Yi was clear about grudges and favors.

In reality, he had no grievances with Landlord Zhang, not even any interaction, so naturally, there was no need for such fiery rage.

But as a landlord, he definitely hadn't done few bad deeds.

Therefore, Chen Yi used Landlord Zhang's own money to buy the Zhang Estate.

The specific operation was to take the silver notes from Landlord Zhang's hands at a speed ordinary people couldn't even see, then use that money to buy the Zhang family mansion.

The Zhang family was large and prosperous, so moving house rashly was a big hassle.

So Old Zhang initially refused.

But Chen Yi offered too much.

"Heavens! That fool is actually willing to spend so much money to buy my Zhang family's decades-old ancestral home? This sum is comparable to this old man's lifetime savings!"

Landlord Zhang said this.

Well, of course.

It was originally his lifetime savings.

At this moment, Landlord Zhang had no house, no savings, only a large family of mouths crying out to be fed.

Let him have a headache over that.

What?

You say he discovered something fishy about the transaction and wants to cause trouble for Chen Yi?

With a mortal body, picking a fight with a Martial King?

Then he'd be way too brave.

Chen Yun finally processed it all.

"Fourth Brother, where did you get so much money? Although our Chen family comes from humble origins, we absolutely must not engage in thievery and trickery. With our parents gone, your sister absolutely cannot let you go down the wrong path..."

Chen Yun started lecturing again.

But Chen Yi didn't find it annoying this time; he was happy to listen.

Because in the simulation that just ended.

He had personally witnessed the scene of Chen Yun's passing.

Right now, he cherished the time when Chen Yun was still young.

"Third Sister, don't worry. This is my Master's money. The old man entrusted me to buy a house. When he returns from his travels, he should have a place to stay, right?"

Chen Yun was half-convinced, half-doubtful.

"It's that mysterious Master of yours again. You two haven't been master and disciple for long, but you seem quite close."

"That's fate... By the way, I want you and Brother-in-law to move in too. You know the Zhang family mansion, it can house a hundred people. It'd be too lonely with just me living there."

Chen Yun politely declined Chen Yi's kind offer.

Chen Yi was, after all, Chen Yun's family from her maiden home.

Taking her husband to live at her maiden home would be no different from him marrying into her family for Shen Qingshan.

In this era, a man marrying into his wife's family was not a good reputation.

Chen Yun would rather 'marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog' than let her husband be humiliated, even though she knew Chen Yi absolutely didn't mean it that way, he just wanted the family to live together.

Chen Yi formally moved out of Shen Qingshan's home and moved into the newly renovated "Chen Mansion".

This was also good, more freedom.

Otherwise, no matter where he went on missions later, Third Sister would always worry.

Chen Yi brought Da Chun out from the Yuelai Inn and had him move into the Chen Mansion as well.

He appointed Da Chun as the first chief steward.

All thirty-eight servants in the mansion were under Da Chun's management.

When Chen Yi led Da Chun into the Chen Mansion, the servants were already lined up neatly on both sides in the main courtyard, standing respectfully.

"Greetings, Master Chen!"

Although young, Chen Yi was now a "Master" too.

"Da Chun, from now on, you'll live in that room, three bedrooms and two halls!"

"Yi Brother, it's too big. How can I, alone, live in such a large house?"

"Live in the master bedroom from the 1st to the 10th, the second bedroom from the 11th to the 20th, and the guest bedroom from the 21st to the 30th!"

"Maybe I should squeeze in with Black Wind."

"He lives in the stable, what are you doing crowding in there..."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner came out to join the fun.

"Bro, you've made it big! So where do I live?"

"You live in my heart."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was depressed.

He had wanted to seize the chance to slip away, but he didn't expect Chen Yi to see right through him, giving him no opportunity at all.

The joy of moving to a new home couldn't go uncelebrated.

But Chen Yi didn't make it too complicated.

In this large county town, he really only knew Third Sister's family, plus the proprietress of the Yuelai Inn, Mei Sanniang.

Over the past year, Mei Sanniang had taken very good care of Da Chun.

Although it was a paid job, she hadn't slacked off just because Da Chun was simple-minded. She had raised him plump, fair, and clean.

For his housewarming banquet, Chen Yi only invited Third Sister's family and some people from the Yuelai Inn.

However, there was one person who came uninvited.

After Magistrate Cao, who had collaborated with Feng Yucheng to create false and wrongful cases, was spectacularly finished off by Chen Yi's operations, the newly appointed magistrate was surnamed Chen, Chen Cang.

In the third simulation, Chen Yi had had a bit of interaction with this fellow.

On the day the Chen Mansion was celebrating the move, Chen Cang came uninvited, bearing generous gifts, several cartloads of them.

"Congratulations, congratulations! Master Chen, on the joy of your new home! I, Chen, have come uninvited. Oh! We're even from the same family! If we trace back a few generations, we might be one family!"

Tracing back, they definitely weren't one family.

Because everyone in Chen Yi's village were descendants of the reincarnated Nine Provinces Cauldron.

Chen Cang thought that someone who could spend a fortune to buy the Zhang family mansion at such a young age must have significant backing.

He believed Chen Yi was either extremely wealthy or extremely powerful.

Either way, he needed to build a good relationship.

Otherwise, as a newly arrived magistrate, managing the locality wouldn't be convenient.

Chen Yi smiled, didn't say much, and just welcomed him to join the feast.

With Chen Yi's current strength, connections like a magistrate were people trying to climb up to him. He'd just treat it as making a friend.

Chen Cang, dressed in casual clothes, entered with great familiarity.

Seeing Shen Qingshan, he greeted him warmly.

"Banner Officer Shen, look at you. Such a big event as your brother-in-law moving house, and you didn't inform this official. Doesn't that seem distant!"

Shen Qingshan said.

"After Feng Yucheng's incident, the higher-ups haven't sent a new Chief Commissioner yet. I've been acting in charge of many affairs at the county's Demon Slaying Division. I was so busy I forgot for a moment, and indeed neglected to mention this to Magistrate Chen."

"Hahaha! No matter, no matter! Fortunately, Baiyun County isn't big, and this official's news is still somewhat well-informed!"

Shen Qingshan was now forced to act as the proxy Chief Commissioner.

People in the county division had been currying favor with him lately. Everyone thought the Chief Commissioner position would surely be his later.

The higher-ups were waiting for him to break through in realm. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

After all, it wasn't quite appropriate to be the Chief Commissioner of a county's Demon Slaying Division without reaching the Soul Tempering Realm.

But Chen Yi knew, according to the deduction in the fourth simulation, Shen Qingshan would do more than just become a county Chief Commissioner.

He would go to the commandery city to become a Chief Banner Officer, and finally even serve as a general of Great Qian!

However, in the next simulation, and in reality.

Chen Yi would raise him to an even more unattainably high position—the Shen Family Founding Ancestor!