After Mortai took Lei Xiu to a suite in the Divine Thunder Building, he left not long after, saying that he would come and call him tomorrow. Lei Xiu took a shower and lay on the big bed in his room, thinking back to what had happened that day.

Looking at the title deed with the bright red seal of the Imperial Real Estate Department in his hand, he sighed secretly in his heart, who would have thought that an ordinary teenager who had just come out of a remote town already had a wealth of tens of millions of gold coins and a villa in the imperial capital in less than a month?

"Hey, what I wanted to do most when I didn't have money in the past was to make a lot of money, and then let my mother live a good life, but now that I have money, how do I feel empty again?"

"No wonder Grandpa Roger looked so disdainful when he talked about money, it turns out that people's minds will really change when they have more money. ”

After sighing, Lei Xiu rubbed his cheeks vigorously and muttered, "I still don't want to do this, my strength has improved a lot during this time, and it seems that I will be able to reach the silver level in another week or so, hehe, thanks to the fact that I learned thunderstorms a year ago and comprehended the mystery of 'condensation', otherwise it would have taken much longer." ”

Thinking of this, Lei Xiu couldn't help but feel a little complacent, although there are many demon fighters in the Bauhinia Empire who can reach the silver level, but there are definitely not many, the masters of this realm can already be regarded as a strong party, and there is an unwritten rule in the empire that the city lord of each city must at least reach the silver level in order to be qualified to sit in the position of the city lord.

He is only fifteen years old this year, and he can already be on par with these city lord-level bigwigs in terms of rank, which is indeed something to be proud of.

But suddenly, Princess Xi's fatal arrow that night came to Lei Xiu's mind, making his impetuous heart sink again, "No, I can't be complacent, let's not talk about the kind of holy body that is born with an affinity with the elements mentioned by Mr. Shu, even if that Princess Xi must have reached the silver level, she is at most a year or two older than me, this world is so vast, I can't be complacent yet!"

"However, it should be okay to treat yourself a little, and tomorrow we will have a big meal after seeing the house. After a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Lei Xiu closed his eyes, and at this time the night was already thick, and it was the time to fall asleep.

The next day, Moult didn't come over until about nine o'clock, and just as Lei Xiu was thinking about whether to go out for breakfast first and then come back to continue waiting, there was a knock on the door, and Lei Xiu, who was already hungry, hurriedly opened the door, and Moortai's smiling face appeared in front of him.

"Hey, you got up so early? I said you came late yesterday, so I'll let you sleep a little longer and call you. ”

Lei Xiu nodded politely after inviting Mortai into the room, "Uncle Mortai, I'm used to getting up early, and I'm sorry to disturb you today." ”

Mortai waved his hand and smiled, "You said don't be so polite to me, have you packed up, I'll take you to that villa to have a look?"

Lei Xiu nodded excitedly, and then said a little embarrassed, "Okay, Uncle Moultey, but can I have some breakfast first? I've been hungry since last night." ”

Mortai laughed loudly when he heard this, patted Lei Xiu on the shoulder, and pulled him out of the room.

An hour later, after breakfast, Lei Xiu sat in Mortai's carriage and looked out into the street through the glass window.

He only arrived in the imperial capital last night, and the imperial capital at night is completely incomparable with the day, at this time they are galloping on a neat and wide street, the shops on both sides are lined up, all kinds of goods are dazzling, and the road for passers-by to walk is full of people, but it does not give people a noisy and chaotic feeling, but everything seems to be in order, although not everyone is dressed brightly, but everyone's face exudes a pride and confidence that seems to come from the bones.

Moulte's slightly embarrassed voice came, "The imperial capital is not easy, the prices, housing prices and consumption levels here are the highest in the country, and the gap between the rich and the poor is also the largest, but there are still countless people who do everything possible to get the identity of an imperial capital resident, as if they can be superior to others with this identity, but unfortunately in the end, most people can only ensure the most basic food and clothing." ”

Pointing to the crowd outside the window, Mortai continued, "Just like these passers-by outside, you see that they all look like they are living a rich life and worry-free food and clothing, in fact, their salaries are indeed rich, the average monthly salary of civilians announced by the imperial capital last month reached one hundred and twenty gold coins per month, but this money is only enough for them to eat, shelter, and buy two or three pieces of clothing. ”

Lei Xiu was startled, and looked at Mortai in surprise, "Wouldn't it? It costs so much money to eat and sleep? Also, what clothes are so expensive?"

Haha laughed, Mortai said, "It's so expensive, and the clothes are no different, at most they are better-looking, but in the imperial capital, it can be sold so expensive, this is still worn by civilians, and the nobles wear those that cost thousands of gold coins at every turn, you look at those shops outside, hehe, such a small shop, you can sell millions of gold coins, even if the rent is seventy or eighty thousand gold coins a year." ”

Speaking of this, Mortai sighed, "In the imperial capital, you don't feel like you're spending all the money you bought, and sometimes you even feel that the gold coins are worthless. ”

Silently turning his head to look out the window, Lei Xiu secretly touched a stack of golden tickets in his pocket, ashamed of his thoughts last night, in vain he was still complacent at that time, feeling that he had tens of millions of gold coins and a villa in the imperial capital, even if he couldn't compare with those top rich, but it wouldn't be too far behind, who knew that he was better than the well-off.

Thinking of this, Lei Xiu's desire to make money was ignited again, yes, at least to the same level as Grandpa Roger!

After setting a goal for himself, Lei Xiu opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle Mortai, can you take me to the Divine Thunder Tower after seeing the house in a while?" I want to build some elemental equipment. ”

Mortai's eyes lit up and he said, "Oh, you're ready to craft elemental equipment?" No problem, I heard Master Hanbock say that you can create a stack of elemental equipment, which is worth a lot of money, and I can open my eyes in a moment." ”

Lei Xiu was puzzled, "Uncle Mortai, why is a stack of elemental equipment so expensive? Could it be that there are very few elemental craftsmen who can create a stack of equipment?"

Moltai shook his head and smiled, " This is not true, in fact, although it is rare for elemental craftsmen to be able to create a stack of equipment, it is not really rare to the extent that it is so rare, but the high-level of the empire and the Elemental Craftsman Association are very strict about the card control of a stack of equipment, but whenever a master-level elemental craftsman creates a stack of equipment or even higher-level equipment, it will immediately be bought at a high price or exchanged for something of equivalent value, so it is rare for this kind of high-grade goods to circulate on the market, and over time, the price of a stack of equipment has been speculated to be so high. ”

Lei Xiu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the dagger he had built in Yaori City at that time was finally bought at a high price of 20 million gold coins, it turned out to be this reason.

Mortai was well-informed, and spoke humorously, telling Lei Xiu a lot of anecdotes about the imperial capital along the way, and time passed so casually, and the carriage arrived at its destination in a short time.

After parking in front of a lush hill, Mortai asked Lei Xiu to get out of the car and pointed to a neatly paved path with bluestone in front of him, "Inside is Qingshui Creek, your villa is not far ahead, the scenery here is excellent, let's walk over, and you can also see the scenery along the road." ”

Lei Xiu happily agreed, his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction pointed by Mortai, they were now at the foot of a hill that was not tall but covered an extremely wide area, the hills were lush with trees and full of greenery, and the most valuable thing was that there was a river winding around the mountain, and more than a dozen villas of different shapes and styles were scattered next to the river under the shade of verdant trees, giving people a sense of tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the city before they were in it.

The first time he saw these scenes, Lei Xiu fell in love with this place, and when he thought that one of the dozen or so villas would be his own, he felt an indescribable excitement and joy in his heart.

"That river is Qingshui Creek, originally it was just a small stream, and the water potential was far from so big, but the owner of this land invited hundreds of elemental mages to pull an underground river up from the ground, which has the current landform and style, so this is also one of the most expensive villa areas in the entire imperial capital. ”

Listening to Mortai's introduction, Lei Xiu secretly smacked his tongue and asked the elemental mage to drag an underground river up, this kind of trick is really too big, and he was about to ask who did this, but Mortai had already said it.

"This land belongs to the Hurricane family, and after it was established as a villa area, it was half sold and half given to those friends and nobles who had a good relationship with them, hehe, the housing prices here are rising every year, and now there are 80 million gold coins in a set, or there is no market, and it may be more than 100 million next year, Lei Xiu, to be honest, I really envy you, I estimate that Jalba must be distressed. ”

"It turned out to be built by Grandpa Kaido's family, no wonder. In his heart, Lei Xiu touched his head and said a little embarrassed, "This villa was given to me by Grandpa Hanbock, I don't have much money now, and when I have money, I will definitely return it to his old man." ”

Mortai smiled and patted Lei Xiu's shoulder and said, "Don't think so, I know the character of Lord Hanbock best, he won't take your money, just honor his old man more in the future, let's go, I haven't been here a few times, let's go in and have a look." ”

Just as the feet of the two of them stepped on the bluestone path, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came, and the two turned to look at the same time, only to see that an extremely luxurious carriage had slowed down and stopped next to the Mortai carriage, and the body was depicted with a golden kite wrapped around the crown, shining dazzlingly in the sun.

Looking at the carriage, Mortai frowned and whispered to himself, "Who is here from the Golden Kite family?"

It didn't take long for Mortai to jump out of the carriage when a blonde young man jumped out of the carriage, and then a beautiful black-haired girl slowly stepped out of the carriage with the help of the blonde young man.

Seeing these two people, Lei Xiu was shocked, and then secretly smiled bitterly, "Isn't it such a coincidence?

The people who came were naturally Feng Lingxi and Randy, but fortunately Qin Mo didn't follow, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing.

After graciously welcoming Feng Lingxi down from the carriage, Randy saw Mortai and walked over with a smile, "Uncle Moultey, why are you here too?"

Mortai smiled in return, "I'm here with a friend, and I was about to ask you, Randy, why are you here today?"

When Randy walked towards Mortai, he happened to see Lei Xiu, and after showing a hint of obvious displeasure in his eyes, he continued to smile at Mortai as if he hadn't seen the other party, "I also came with a friend, let me introduce you, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Xi of the Tianfeng Ancient Kingdom, from this year onwards, she will be responsible for all cooperation matters between the Tianfeng Ancient Kingdom and the Divine Thunder Tower, Her Royal Highness Princess Xi, this is the deputy head of our Divine Thunder Tower, he is responsible for the bulk trade, I think you will have many opportunities for cooperation in the future." ”

Feng Lingxi walked in front of Moltai generously, and only nodded politely after the other party saluted, "Deputy Chief Moltai, I have admired the name for a long time, and please take care of me for future cooperation." ”

Moore Taihao smiled heartily, "Her Royal Highness Princess Xi is polite, with Randy here, I must take care of it here, I have long heard that Her Royal Highness Princess Xi is beautiful, she is the first beauty in the ancient country of Tianfeng, and it is even more famous when I see it today." ”

After a few polite words with a smile, Feng Lingxi turned to Lei Xiu and said, "Hello Mr. Lei Xiu, we meet again." ”

Lei Xiu also deliberately didn't look at Randy at this time, and politely saluted Feng Lingxi, "Hello Your Royal Highness Princess, this is actually the first time we have officially met." ”

Moltai was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise, "You know each other, haha, this is really a coincidence." ”

Seeing that Lei Xiu didn't even look at himself, he only greeted Feng Lingxi, and couldn't help but be even more angry in his heart, he heard from Qin Mo's mouth that Lei Xiu had a good impression of Feng Lingxi, and he was already unhappy with this civilian boy, but now the other party didn't even take the initiative to say hello, his anger rose, his face turned cold, and he said with disdain, "Uncle Moultey, who is this person?" You said to bring people to Qingshuixi, is it him?"

Hearing Randy's words, Lei Xiu also had a wave of anger in his heart, he had obviously introduced himself to the other party yesterday, but at this time, Randy deliberately acted as if he didn't know him, this was already obvious hostility, thinking of this, his face couldn't help but sink.

With Mortai's shrewdness, how could he not see the hostility between Lei Xiu and Randy, but he didn't say anything, and still said with a smile, "I forgot to introduce, this is Lei Xiu, a freshman of the Imperial Capital Shenyuan Academy this year, I took him to see the villa that Lord Hanbock gave him, but I didn't expect to meet you." ”