1250 Fanxue Mountain (2/2)
Mu Nujiao was startled. She looked at Mo Fan.
Mo Fan smiled back awkwardly.
Mu Nujiao gave Ai Tutu a quick stare and said, ”What the heck are you thinking? Why are you so excited about it!?”
Mu Nujiao clearly had no interest in it. She changed into her in-house slippers and tiredly went upstairs to her room.
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Li Man arrived at the Magic City the next morning. Mo Fan quickly went to visit Mu Ningxue.
Mu Ningxue was still angry about what happened the day before. She looked like she was unwilling to talk to Mo Fan.
”Xuexue, aren't you going to take a look at the Earth Pistil?” Mo Fan asked.
Mo Fan went up to Mu Ningxue. The girl was surprised when she saw the Earth Pistil in his hand.
”Is that really an Earth Pistil?” Mu Ningxue asked.
”Of course.”
Mu Ningxue really thought Mo Fan was just lying to her. After all, the Earth Pistil was not just a piece of magic equipment or some resources that one could buy with money.
Mu Ningxue assumed Mo Fan was just trying to take advantage of her yesterday, but it turned out that Mo Fan was telling the truth. He did borrow the Earth Pistil for her...
The joy at seeing the Earth Pistil soon replaced the grudge she had against Mo Fan. She went to the land auction and bought the land to the north of Feiniao City.
The area was huge, roughly half the size of Bo City. It was considered a sub-safe zone since it was had not been cleansed before. The local government was more than willing to sell the lands for development by renowned families and clans. They would slowly include those lands into the safe zone, allowing human territories to expand, giving them more lands for farming, mining, and construction.
Mu Zhuoyun showed up not long after they bought the land.
”Ningxue, why did you buy the land in the sub-safe zone? I know it's full of resources, but it's still not within the safe zone. If we set up our clan there, no Mages would be willing to join us. It's very important to have people living there too, since they are our labor for mining and production. Aren't you wasting money buying land that's uninhabitable?” Mu Zhuoyun demanded.
Mu Zhuoyun was well aware of the procedures of setting up a clan. He was once the ruler of Bo City. He was extremely worried when he heard Mu Ningxue had bought the empty land.
Her daughter was a genius Mage, yet why was she constantly being tricked when it came to managing a clan? It seemed like she was still too naive, trying to set up her own clan...
”The land will soon be included in the safe zone. I'll submit a request to the Magic Association. We just need someone with a rank of Hunter Master or above from the Hunter Union to verify that the place is safe, and ask the Magic Association to send someone over when we are cleansing it. We also need people from the government and the military to inspect the place, and it will soon be considered the territory of our Fanxue Mountain,” Mu Ningxue said seriously. The smile on her face was quite obvious.
It was a sense of belonging. They no longer had to rely on others or take orders from someone else. It felt like the chains binding them for so long had finally come apart. They no longer felt any burden on their shoulders. Even breathing felt a lot smoother!
”Fanxue Mountain?” Mo Fan was surprised when he heard the name of the clan.
Mu Ningxue had used his name as part of the new clan! The name sounded like the clan was a love crystal managed by them both as husband and wife. It was not something Mo Fan had expected.
Could it be that Mu Ningxue had finally started to open her heart after the World College Tournament?
”I...I was just trying to use your reputation. Don't think too much,” Mu Ningxue quickly explained when she saw the weird look in Mo Fan's eyes.
”Kid, don't get the wrong idea here. If it wasn't because of the huge sum of money you contributed, I would never have let Ningxue use the name! Humph!” Mu Zhuoyun glared at Mo Fan, as if he was extremely discontent that a wild boar had snatched the cabbage that he had put so much effort into!
”Old Mu, what did I say back then? It's only a matter of time until your daughter is mine, nothing can stop me!” Mo Fan said proudly.
”You little brat, I'm telling you, even though Mu Ningxue has grown up, she still listens to me. I will never let her marry you!” Mu Zhuoyun was not to be outdone.
”You still have the same stinky temper, just you wait!”
”So be it!”
Mu Ningxue snapped as the two kept arguing beside her, ”Enough, both of you!”
Li Man giggled when she saw Mo Fan and Mu Zhuoyun quarreling like two kids.
Mu Zhuoyun did not waste any further time with Mo Fan. He turned and asked Li Man, ”And you are?”
Li Man briefly introduced herself and told Mu Zhuoyun that she had the right to sign the documents on behalf of the military.
Li Man was actually a Land Surveyor for the army. Otherwise, she would not have been entrusted with the mission of investigating Dongting Lake.
Mo Fan was thinking of letting Li Man inspect their land when he said he was going to borrow her for a few days, just so she could sign the document to prove that the land was safe on behalf of the army.
As for the verification from the Hunter Union, it was even simpler. Mo Fan was a Hunter Master himself. He was ranked high enough to verify if a land was safe. He just needed to sign the document as a Hunter Master. That being said, Mo Fan was not too familiar with the procedures, but he could easily ask Lingling for help since she was a Hunter Master, too. Her rank was even higher than Mo Fan's. Two Hunter Masters should be more than enough. If not, they could still ask Old Bao to come instead. As a Senior Hunter, his verification would be even more convincing than theirs!