Thinking of this, Chen Xiao was even more eager to go home.
The remaining thirteen people from Medicine King Valley packed everything up and put it into Chu Luo's spatial chessboard.
It was already dark. The group approached Chen Xiao, and Chu Qingbai tentatively asked, "Chen Xiao, the earliest flight from Crane City to Jiang City is tomorrow at ten in the morning. Should we book that one?"
Chen Xiao shook his head, "Who said we're flying back?"
"We could drive, but it would take more time on the road," Chu Qingbai mused.
Chen Xiao shook his head again, "We're not driving either."
"Ah? Then how are we going to get there? We can't possibly take a train, can we?" Chu Qingbai asked, utterly perplexed.
High-speed rail had not yet been established between Crane City and Jiang City. If they took a regular train, it would be slower than driving themselves, and far less comfortable.
Chen Xiao smiled slightly and took out the Yitian Sword, "We'll ride this back."
Everyone was immediately confused, thinking Chen Xiao was joking with them.
Just then, Chen Xiao tossed the Yitian Sword into the air. The Yitian Sword instantly transformed into a giant flying sword, hovering in mid-air.
Rather than calling it a flying sword, it was more like a flying shuttle.
The flying sword was enormous, easily accommodating fourteen people standing on it.
"Are you ready?" Chen Xiao asked.
"Ready!" The people from Medicine King Valley responded excitedly in unison.
Even for them, flying on a sword was an incredibly novel experience.
"If you're ready, then we're off!" Chen Xiao piloted the flying sword, slowly ascending, and soon disappeared into the clouds.
In less than an hour, they had arrived in Dragon City, thousands of miles away.
Chen Xiao found a secluded spot to land, put away the flying sword, and then led the group home.
However, although the villa had many rooms, it would still be a bit cramped to accommodate the thirteen people from Medicine King Valley.
So, Chen Xiao immediately contacted Lin Jie to ask if there were any other vacant houses in Shanhai Yipin.
Upon receiving Chen Xiao's call, Lin Jie was extremely excited and rushed over personally.
Hearing that Chen Xiao needed a house, Lin Jie didn't hesitate and gifted him another large villa, which was more than enough to house the thirteen people from Medicine King Valley.
In fact, more than half of the villas in Shanhai Yipin had not been sold yet.
Although the ghosts causing trouble there had been subdued by Chen Xiao, their bad reputation had already spread. Which wealthy person would want to live in such a place!
And if they weren't wealthy, how could they afford the houses here?
Therefore, this development project had completely fallen into Lin Jie's hands. She didn't mind gifting one or two villas to Chen Xiao.
However, Chen Xiao shook his head and refused Lin Jie's kind offer.
"Sister Lin, whatever the price of this villa is, I'll buy it!"
Lin Jie gave Chen Xiao a charming glance, "Brother, are you looking down on your sister? I said I'm giving it to you, and I mean it. If you refuse again, I'll get angry with you!"
Chen Xiao gave a wry smile. It was hard to refuse a beauty's kindness, and he already had enough romantic entanglements. He didn't want to add another, especially with a woman like Lin Jie.
"Sister Lin, I want to buy more than just this villa. How many villas do you have left unsold? I'll take them all!" Chen Xiao said generously, waving his hand.
Lin Jie was completely stunned. "Brother, why do you need so many houses? Even if you want to speculate on real estate, this isn't how you do it... And honestly, Sister, these houses have no investment value at all. They're all stuck with me!"
Chen Xiao smiled and shook his head. "Just sell them to me. Don't worry about what I'll do with them. Oh, and if I want to buy the houses of other owners, can you help me communicate with them?"
Lin Jie, who had been stunned moments ago, was now completely dumbfounded.
"Brother, is something wrong with your head? Other owners can't sell their houses, and you want to buy them?"
Hearing this, Chen Xiao was relieved. He had been worried that other owners wouldn't be willing to sell.
"Sister Lin, then I'll have to trouble you. Please go and negotiate for me. I want to buy the entire Shanhai Yipin."
Seeing Chen Xiao's firm tone, Lin Jie could only say helplessly, "Alright, but you have to be prepared. Buying it all will cost at least several billion."
Chen Xiao said, "Money is not a problem. You can discuss it with Ziqing. Thank you, Sister Lin. I have something else to attend to, otherwise, shall we leave it at that for today?"
Lin Jie gave Chen Xiao a resentful glance. "Hmph, you scoundrel. You call for Sister Lin when you need something, and then you chase me away when you don't..."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao got goosebumps. "Sister Lin, that's not what I meant."
"Alright, alright, Sister is just teasing you. Look how scared you are." Lin Jie laughed heartily. "Okay, I'm leaving. I'll let you know when there's any news!"
"Goodbye, Sister Lin."
After Sister Lin left, Chu Qingbai asked in confusion, "Chen Xiao, you want to buy this place, it's not because of us, is it?"
Chen Xiao smiled and shook his head, then asked back, "Uncle Chu, don't you feel anything different about this place?"
"Different?" Chu Qingbai felt it carefully, and then his face showed a shocked expression. "How can the spiritual energy here be so abundant? This, this shouldn't be..."
"To be honest, Uncle Chu, there's actually a spiritual vein beneath this land!" Chen Xiao told Chu Qingbai.
Upon hearing this, not only Chu Qingbai but all the people from Medicine King Valley showed expressions of shock and excitement.
They immediately understood what Chen Xiao meant by "they have another use for it."
Chu Luo clapped his hands and said, "Brother Chen, you want to cultivate a medicinal field here for us to plant spiritual herbs?"
Chen Xiao nodded, "That's right. That's why I want to buy the entire complex. When it comes to spiritual herbs, the fewer people who know, the better."
What Chen Xiao intended to do was more than just cultivating a medicinal field within the complex.
He wanted to turn the entire Shanhai Yipin into a fortress, his base camp. Therefore, everyone living here had to be one of his own.
Furthermore, there was one thing Chen Xiao hadn't told them yet.
That was, beneath the ground here, there wasn't just one spiritual vein, but a dragon vein!
Even so, this had already made Chu Qingbai ecstatic. "That's great! There's a spiritual vein here. If handled properly, we can definitely cultivate spiritual herbs. Although it can't compare to the blessed land of Medicine King Valley, it's much better than other places."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao gave a faint smile. "Who said this place can't compare to the blessed land of Medicine King Valley..." As he spoke, he displayed the Azure Wood Spirit Seed before everyone.