Chapter 204: Move-in Day
Huang Yimun was pretty far down the priority list. He had E- spirit roots even after the upgrade and was only at the fifth minor realm of Qi Gathering. Up until very recently, he would never have even believed that him becoming a member of the council was remotely possible.
He still couldn’t fathom the fact that he’d been appointed guard captain. When Senior Sister chose him, he’d thought he’d be replaced as soon as the sect leader returned. Instead, he’d confirmed her decision.
Huang Yimun was grateful to have the trust of people he respected so much, but if he had his choice, he wouldn’t have ever had to accept the position because that would have meant that Ye Zan would still be alive.
His friend would have liked picking out a house just from the sheer weirdness of going from being an orphan on the city streets to being given such a nice place to live as a sect member.
The whole experience was surreal.
Maybe Ye Zan would have ended up picking a two-bedroom house so that the two of them could room together. Or if he would have chosen an even bigger house to cram even more of the guards in. Or maybe he would have taken over one of the smaller apartment buildings for the whole squad.
Huang Yimun had no energy or desire to arrange something like that. With the death of his friend so recent, he desired only solitude.
Most people so far had picked places near the front of the neighborhood closest to the main sect buildings. In contrast, he walked all the way to the back and found a small place meant for a lone cultivator.
There wasn’t much to the place—a single room included space for preparing food, dining, cultivating, and sleeping. The only other room in the building was a small restroom that had a bathtub. There was also an attached courtyard with room for a small garden.
It met his needs.
Actually, it exceeded them. Running water. Some sort of qi-using device that took away waste so one didn’t have to bother with a chamber pot. A device for storing food. All in all, the house was much nicer than anything he would have ever dreamed of back in Sixth Flawless Flowing City.
He registered his choice with the sect leader’s assistant and returned to the Administration Hall later in the day. The assignments were posted on a board outside. It did not surprise him that he’d gotten his first choice.