Early the next morning.

Chen Ze and Marcuri drove directly to downtown Dallas and found the intermediary that Marcuri said yesterday.

The intermediary was an old man in his 60s, and through his introduction, the two of them contacted a large local construction team of more than 100 people.

The construction team was building a building in Dallas at this time, but the building project was nearing completion, and the person in charge of the construction team had a brief talk with Chen Ze on the phone, and planned to go directly to the ranch in a few days, and the two sides would negotiate the corresponding matters in person.

Three days later, the head of the construction team came to the ranch......

"Mr. Chen, I didn't make it clear on the phone that day, but today I have time to talk in detail in person. ”

The person in charge was Clive Roy, dressed in a formal suit, only in his forties, and looked very lean.

The two came to the living room and sat down on the sofa, Chen Ze asked and then made him a cup of coffee.

"Thank you......"

Chen Ze took the opportunity to sit across from him, and Roy took a sip of coffee before looking at Chen Ze and saying, "Mr. Chen, you said on the phone that day that you wanted to build a manor, right?"

"Yes. ”

Chen Ze nodded, put the laptop on the coffee table in front of him, and said, "Mr. Roy, you can take a look, there is a sketch of the design I drew on it." ”

Roy put down his coffee and looked at the computer screen, while Chen Ze continued: "The manor I want to build will not be too big, about 2,500 square meters. ”

"I'm going to build it into a square enclosed building, with two three-meter-wide entrances in front and back, a fountain and a garden in the middle, and the floors don't need to be too high, maybe five or six stories are enough. ”

After listening to Chen Ze's introduction, Roy couldn't help but glance at Chen Ze in surprise, he had been in Texas for so long, and he had never seen anyone build a manor in such a small ranch.

Isn't this the kind of super-large farm and ranch that can attract some foreign tourists, build a manor and then leave so many rooms empty, is it wasted?

In this regard, he can only say: Chinese people, thieves can play!

"Mr. Chen, the design is good. ”

But after thinking about it, Roy didn't show it, and after praising Chen Ze, he said: "To be honest, the building structure is very simple, and any construction team is enough to complete it, but I want to ask, do you have any other requirements besides these?"

"There is only one, and I hope to build two basements of more than 500 square meters under the manor. ”

"Basement?"

Although Roy couldn't understand Chen Ze's thoughts at all, the customer's request was everything, he smiled and nodded: "No problem, it can be done." ”

Perhaps it seems to ordinary people that it is a little incomprehensible to build a manor and basement in such a small ranch, but for Chen Ze, it is a must.

The manor and basement were to find a suitable place for wizard cultivation in the future, and in Chen Ze's memory, even the next two advances of the wizard apprentice would make a lot of movements and some magical changes.

Without the strength to compete with the world powers, Chen Zeke does not want outsiders to discover his secrets.

After Roy agreed, Chen Ze later negotiated with him about building materials and prepayment, and after both parties were satisfied, Roy got up and prepared to leave.

"Mr. Chen, I'll go back and draw up the contract, we can sign it tomorrow, and when the project in the city is completed, I will immediately bring the engineering team over. ”

"Okay. ”

Chen Ze got up and shook hands with him and said, "I'll wait for you to come over tomorrow." ”

............

The next day, after Chen Ze and Roy signed a contract to keep one copy each, they immediately transferred the advance payment to his account.

After more than half a month, Roy notified Chen Ze by phone in advance, and the next day he came to the ranch with a construction team of hundreds of people and a large number of building materials.

After handing over the perfect design drawings to the engineer, Chen Ze spent most of his time in the house continuing to practice the meditation method extraction method, except for going to see the progress every few days.

Occasionally, when I have free time, I will also have a meeting with Hao Chan, who is far away in China, to video and chat.

During this time, he also contacted several crystal dealers in Dallas, spent millions of dollars to select and purchase tens of thousands of crystal rough stones with magical powers, and began the construction of the third elemental inscription.

Time passes day by day......

By the middle of May, the two floors of the empty basement were completely completed, the square manor foundation was basically laid, and everything was going on in an orderly manner, but at this time, ......

Marcurry, the old cowboy in the ranch, gradually had a lot of doubts and a little fear in his heart.

That night, after the construction team left, Chen Ze, who had not shown up for several days, finally went downstairs to have dinner with him.

However, Marcuri, who was eating, looked obviously absent-minded, and the corner of his eye glanced at Chen Ze who was sitting opposite from time to time.

In the two months since the arrival of this new rancher named Chen Ze, Marcuri has become more and more aware of his abnormality.

So far, he had never heard of a rancher who bought a ranch and instead of raising cattle and went out of his way to build a manor.

Of course, over the years, he has been accustomed to hearing all kinds of legends of those rich Chinese tycoons, and Marcuri can barely understand it, he thinks that it is nothing more than a rich second generation of a loser who has nothing to do and runs to the United States to have fun.

However, it didn't take long for this idea to be completely overturned by himself......

Although it is not normal to build a manor, if those rich second generations can also say it, but then the signs found by Marcuri are not just abnormal, but ......

Suffice it to call it weird!

During Chen Ze's first week at the ranch, he would eat one or two meals a day, and at that time, Marcuri felt that what he had made was not to his liking, so he didn't think much about it.

But later, Chen Ze ate less and less, from one meal a day to one meal every two or three days, and even now he only goes downstairs to eat one meal a week.

The most important thing is that every time Marcuri saw Chen Ze, he didn't find the slightest trace of emaciation.

Therefore, Marcuri has also gone from feeling that something was wrong at the beginning to feeling a little scared now.

Looking at Chen Ze's current appearance, Marcuri felt that he should not starve to death, what he was really afraid of was......

This new rancher can't be something strange!

thought that Chen Ze would specifically tell him not to let anyone go upstairs every time he returned upstairs, even himself, and ......

No matter day or night, every time he passed by Chen Ze's downstairs, Marcuri would have an inexplicable palpitation.

More than once these days, Marcuri has had terrible conjectures.

At this time, while eating, some thoughts still flashed through Marcuri's mind from time to time that made his heart tremble.

After glancing at Chen Ze a few times, Marcuri stopped looking at him, but lowered his head and munched on the fried steak and salad in front of him.

After hastily finishing the dinner, stacking the plate and about to get up to leave, Marcuri just looked up, and his body couldn't help but tremble, only to see ......

I saw Chen Ze, who was sitting opposite, staring at him with a smile!

Marcuri only felt that Chen Ze's eyes were like an abyss, and that smile was also inexplicably treacherous.

"Marcuri ......"

Chen Ze met his eyes and said with a smile: "You seem to be a little scared?"

Marcuri swallowed and didn't respond.

Chen Ze put down the knife and fork in his hand, got up and walked towards the stairs, and said, "Let's clean up the tableware later, come upstairs with me, I have something to tell you." ”

After speaking, Chen Ze's body disappeared into the darkness.

"Upstairs, have something to say?"

Marcurry looked straight at the corner of the dark staircase, subconsciously picked up the pipe on the table, lit it, and took a hard breath, calming his panicked mind a little.

In an instant, countless thought struggles arose in my mind, and finally ......

Marcuri gritted his teeth and stepped forward across the table.

............

Going up the stairs, the furniture on the second floor was still the same as Marcuri remembered, but when he came to the third floor, a faint blue fluorescence on the ground instantly fell into his eyes, and the fluorescence was ......

Chen Ze, whose entire body had turned into a haze, was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and his soft voice came into Makuri's ears.

"Marcuri, do you crave power?"

"Huh?"