Chapter 365 - Sky Snow Manor (2/2)
Perhaps the person from the Sacred Lotus Treasury have helped them out merely because he was smitten by the beautiful Nanlan Qianxue?
The three maids exchanged glances, not knowing what to say.
As slaves, they had been sold to the property agent lady, who then tested them for their competence before assigning them to this residence.
Unlike Housekeeper Changyu, they had never been given a choice when it came to whether they wanted to take on this job, so the background of the master did not matter as much.
All they hoped for was to have a decent master who did not ill treat them in any way.
They had been slightly worried when they heard that the master was a young man. As female servants, serving a young man would usually mean that they would be subject to physical abuse of a decadent nature.
But now that they had seen just how beautiful their Lady Nanlan was, such worries were already thrown to the back of their heads.
Even if Sir Lu had any such needs, surely he would choose Lady Nanlan over any of them!
Seeing the naive look on the three teenage girls' face, Housekeeper Changyu let out yet another helpless sigh.
This was going to be a lonely job...
Housekeeper Changyu used to be one of the leaders when he was still in a mercenary group, so he was familiar with taking care of a group. This made him adept at looking at the big picture and delegating work for the three teenage girls.
It took them the rest of the day, but the four of them eventually managed to tidy up the residence as per Lu Tianzi's preferences.
Just as they thought they were done and could finally rest a little over the next few days, an important guest visited the manor the first thing next morning.
”Ningxi, come with me! Linrou, hurry and go inform Sir Lu! Fengfei, go prepare some tea!” Changyu ordered while tidying his clothes in a hurry.
Only after Housekeeper Changyu was sure that he looked presentable did he step into the front hall to greet the guest.
”Welcome!” Housekeeper Changyu greeted with a smile. ”We have already informed Sir Lu of your arrival, and he should be here shortly.”
”Mm,” Licong's response was cold. He was here for Lu Tianzi, and did not see any reason to interact with mere servants.
Seeing that Licong did not intend to speak much, Housekeeper Changyu could only stand by the side awkwardly.
Thankfully, it did not take long before Lu Tianzi arrived.
”Sir Licong,” Lu Tianzi clasped his fists in greeting as he entered the front hall.
”Young Brother Tianzi,” Licong stood up from his seat and nodded.
”Please take a seat,” Lu Tianzi gestured before sitting down. ”I heard from Old Juan that you are the one who arranged for the manor. Thank you for the help!”
”Don't mention it, this much is nothing,” Licong waved it off nonchalantly. ”Pardon me but I don't have much time left before my next appointment, so I will get straight to the point. I am here to hand you what I promised.”
”Oh?” Lu Tianzi's eyes lit up in surprise. ”You mean...”
”Here, take a look,” Licong tossed over a spatial ring.
Lu Tianzi easily caught the spatial ring and eagerly probed its contents with his perception. When he did, Lu Tianzi could not help but feel his heart thump in excitement.
Within it were around ten different jade slips, as well as a large amount of various items.
As an inscription master, Lu Tianzi could tell with a glance that these items were all sorts of common and uncommon inscription materials. With just the materials in the spatial ring alone, Lu Tianzi would be able to complete most inscriptions!
Licong smirked in satisfaction when he saw the look of surprise on Lu Tianzi's face. ”As you have probably guessed by now, the jade slips contain information on the art of inscription as I have promised. Since you will probably be practising quite a bit in order to improve, I am willing to provide the materials required for your practice purposes. But in return, the usage must be recorded.”
”So that's why there are so many materials in here...” Lu Tianzi smiled politely. ”Thank you for the help so far, Sir Licong. But if the usage of the materials need to be recorded, then I'm afraid that I will not be deserving of these materials. Perhaps you can have them back.”
”Oh?” Licong raised an eyebrow in surprise.
After hearing about Lu Tianzi's relatively low budget for his residence, Licong had thought that Lu Tianzi would be lacking in funds, and was thus trying to use this as a way to earn the latter's gratitude.
As for the recording of usage, it was so that Lu Tianzi would not misuse the materials by giving them away or even selling them. Of course, it would also help Licong track the inscriptions that Lu Tianzi was capable of drawing.
It was supposed to be a win-win situation for both of them, but who knew that Lu Tianzi would outright reject him?
It seemed that Lu Tianzi's situation might be a bit different from what he had imagined!
That's right, Lu Tianzi had Old Juan as a fixed client, so he would have a regular source of income. Getting enough beast cores to obtain the inscription materials was just a matter of time!
”All right then, as a show of my friendship, I will not ask any questions about the usage of the materials,” Licong said after a short moment of hesitation. ”Go ahead and use whatever you need. If you need anything else, just let me know. Though I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide them, I will try to the best of my ability. Of course, I hope that Young Brother Lu will not abuse my trust in any way...”
”Don't worry, Sir Licong. I assure you that these materials will go to good use,” Lu Tianzi did not stand on ceremony.
If it were anyone else, Lu Tianzi would have rejected the materials altogether since he did not want to owe others a favour for no reason.
As Licong had guessed, Lu Tianzi had Old Juan's support, and it was only a matter of time before he could obtain the resources he needed.
But since Licong had already done him a favour for passing him the information pertaining to the art of inscription, adding this to the list would not change much.
”Well then, I guess I am done here,” Licong stood up from his seat. ”Before I leave, let's exchange communication marks. It is a hassle to always have to go through Brother Juan.”
”Sure,” Lu Tianzi saw no harm in doing so.
He could foresee that he would be liaising with Licong a lot more in the future as well, so having a way to contact each other would make things much simpler.
”That's right, have you thought of a name for your residence?” Licong asked casually while they were recording each other's communication marks.
”Yeah,” Lu Tianzi nodded with a smile. ”From today onwards, this place shall be named the Sky Snow Manor.”