Chapter 21: Ch 21- Growing Stronger
After cultivating for only a few days, Mo Yuan began to feel a little troubled.
It wasn’t because his cultivation progress was slow. On the contrary, it was progressing very quickly.
The real problem was that the movements required by the Primordial Qi Body Tempering Method were simply too intense.
Although the cultivation method only contained nine movements, every movement performed by a cultivator could shake the surrounding air. The rooms in his house were simply too small. If he wasn’t careful, he could easily break the furniture or even damage the walls.
"It’s time to move."
"This place is on the edge of the base. If a Beast ever breaks through the city’s defenses, this area will be attacked first. It’s too dangerous to continue living here."
"I’m not worried about myself, but Mo Ran hasn’t even started cultivating yet. She has no way to protect herself. In the future, I’ll be entering the wilderness frequently, and I won’t always be around to watch over her."
"I have to move us to the small villa district in the centre of the base."
Mo Yuan quickly made up his mind.
He wasn’t worried about his own safety. With his current strength, escaping from danger wasn’t difficult.
However, Mo Ran was different.
Biologically, she was his younger sister.
Yet deep inside, he still couldn’t completely see her as his own sister.
He had inherited the previous owner’s memories, emotions, and experiences, but there was still an invisible barrier in his heart that he couldn’t explain.
After all, he had taken over someone else’s body. Even if he couldn’t truly treat Mo Ran like a real younger sister yet, the least he could do was fulfill the responsibility left behind by the previous owner and keep her safe.
The small villa district in the centre of the base was one of the safest places in Dong Hai Base. Unless the entire base was breached, that area would almost never be affected by attacks.
Of course, safety came with a high price.
Even the smallest villa cost around fifteen million yuan, this price wasn’t something ordinary families could never afford.
Fortunately, Mo Yuan still had nearly 1.9 million yuan left.
Combined with his identity as an Origin Vessel Realm cultivator, he could easily qualify for a bank loan.
The banks within the base were willing to lend money to Origin Vessel Realm cultivators because cultivators possessed strong earning ability and rarely defaulted.
That would be enough for him to purchase a villa.
...
At lunchtime.
Mo Yuan looked at Mo Ran and said,
"I’m planning to move us to the small villa district in the centre of the base. I looked around, and Evergreen Community seems pretty good."
Mo Ran’s eyes widened.
She immediately walked over and placed her hand on Mo Yuan’s forehead.
"Brother... you don’t have a fever, do you?"
"A small villa in Evergreen Community costs at least thirteen or fifteen million yuan."
"How could we possibly afford something like that?"
"Where did you even learn about housing prices, you little girl?"
Mo Yuan laughed and lightly flicked her forehead.
"You don’t need to worry about money."
"Just get ready to move."
"Ah..."
Mo Ran suddenly froze.
She stared at Mo Yuan, and a bold guess appeared in her mind.
"Brother..."
"Could it be..."
"You’ve already reached the Origin Vessel Realm?"
She covered her small mouth with both hands, her face filled with disbelief.
She clearly remembered that her brother had only started cultivating about half a year ago. Breaking through to the Origin Vessel Realm in such a short time was simply unbelievable.
It was enough to shock anyone.
Mo Yuan didn’t answer.
Instead, he smiled and raised a finger to his lips.
"Shh."
That single gesture was enough.
Mo Ran’s eyes instantly lit up.
She nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick, trying hard to suppress her excitement. She understood that this kind of news absolutely couldn’t be spread around.
At the same time, her heart was overflowing with pride. Having such a genius brother made her happier than anyone else.
...
Over the next few days, Mo Yuan completed all the procedures for purchasing the villa.
Compared to his previous life, buying property in this era was much simpler. There were no complicated endless paperwork. As long as both parties signed the contract and completed the payment, the house officially changed owners.
The villas had already been renovated.
However, the so-called renovation looked very simple in Mo Yuan’s eyes. Instead of modern architecture, the houses were designed more like ancient courtyards, with stone walls, wooden beams, and spacious open yards.
Perhaps the large bases possessed the technology and resources to build luxurious modern villas but Dong Hai Base clearly lacked both the manpower and resources.
Modern buildings required too much technology and cost far more than traditional construction.
Still, Mo Yuan was quite satisfied.
Although it was called a small villa, it was actually very spacious.
It had a courtyard covering sixty square meters.
Inside were six rooms.
The entire villa covered nearly five hundred square meters.
This was considered a small villa only because Dong Hai Base had abundant land. When the base had first been established, it was intentionally built much larger than necessary.
Even today, the population was only a few hundred thousand people.
With so much empty land available, houses naturally became much larger than those in his previous world.
After finishing the purchase, Mo Yuan began moving.
Fortunately, they didn’t own many belongings.
Working together, the siblings finished moving everything within half a day.
From that day onward, they officially settled into their new home in Evergreen Community.
Of course, the villa didn’t truly belong to Mo Yuan yet.
Most of the purchase price had come from the bank loan. If he died before repaying it, or failed to make the payments, the bank would immediately reclaim the villa.
Because of that, Mo Yuan was determined to clear the debt as quickly as possible.
The remaining loan totaled 13.1 million yuan.
That wasn’t a small number.
Even for an Origin Vessel Realm cultivator, earning over ten million yuan usually required many years of hard work.
For an average cultivator, it could easily take ten years or even several decades before the loan was fully repaid.
But Mo Yuan wasn’t worried.
His hunting speed was far beyond that of ordinary cultivators.
Repaying this debt wouldn’t take nearly as long.
...
During the following half month, Mo Yuan entered the wilderness every single day.
Each trip had only one purpose.
Hunt Beasts.
Instead of targeting powerful beasts, he specifically searched for smaller, weaker Beasts.
After killing one, he immediately returned to the base to sell the materials before heading out again the next day.
Each beast earned him roughly three hundred thousand yuan.
In just over half a month, he had already earned nearly 4.5 million yuan.
Such a hunting pace was something ordinary cultivators didn’t even dare imagine. It wasn’t because they lacked strength. It was because the wilderness was simply too dangerous.
No one could guarantee they would return alive every time they entered.
A single encounter with a stronger Beast could cost them their lives. Most cultivators preferred hunting cautiously as they don’t have shadow talent to hide in the shadows whenever they were in life threatening situation.
They preferred steady income over risking everything for faster profits.
But Mo Yuan was built different.
Even as an Early Stage Origin Vessel Realm cultivator, he was already faster than many Late Stage Origin Vessel Realm cultivators.
Combined with the concealment provided by his Shadow Talent, he had confidence that even if he encountered danger, he could escape safely.
That confidence allowed him to hunt far more aggressively than anyone else.
...
After nearly half a month of nonstop hunting, Mo Yuan finally decided to slow down.
For the time being, he stopped entering the wilderness. Instead, he devoted all of his time to cultivation.
The money he had earned was enough to support him for a while, and increasing his strength was now more important than making more money.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
With an abundant supply of Beast Blood, the assistance of the Primordial Qi Body Tempering Method, and the terrifying cultivation speed brought by his Peak Grade Cultivation Talent, Mo Yuan’s strength improved once again.
His physical strength had now reached 1,960 jin.
At the same time, his skin had become extremely tough after continuous tempering. Ordinary refined iron weapons could no longer cut through it with ease.
Even if they struck him directly, they would only leave shallow marks instead of causing serious injuries. If this were his previous life, his physical body was already strong enough to resist ordinary bullets.