Chapter 272 Haunted

Nearby onlookers were overwhelmed by the smell, their faces turning yellow as they started to flee.

Ye Xuan immediately took Su Mengli’s hand and said, “Mengli, let’s go. Just a clown jumping around.”

Su Mengli nodded, and the two of them prepared to leave, hand in hand.

Just then, Zhang Yu caught up, panting, and said, “Big Brother Ye, thank you for saving me last time. Can I treat you to a meal?”

Zhang Yu was a grateful little guy. The debt of saving his life was not easy to repay.

Ye Xuan smiled and said, “Sure, thanks for earlier.”

Zhang Yu replied, “It’s nothing. Even if I didn’t intervene, Big Brother Ye, you could have handled him.”

Ye Xuan chuckled, “That’s hard to say.”

Ye Xuan’s abilities were unquestionable when dealing with mutated beasts, but when it came to dealing with clowns like Fang Junfeng, Ye Xuan couldn’t just kill him, right? The Luxian Sword was definitely not suitable for use.

As for electromagnetic manipulation, although the reaction was fast, it was difficult to make it effective before the target touched oneself.

So, if Ye Xuan really took action, although he could deal with Fang Junfeng, he might end up like Qin Heng, holding back the urge to go to the bathroom…

Half an hour later, Zhang Yu and the other two arrived at a nearby restaurant, ordered some food. The Awakening Academy in the capital was a gathering place for the most talented individuals in China. Everyone competed, improved their strength, and the treatment for everyone was top-notch, so Zhang Yu was not short of money.

After a happy meal, Zhang Yu returned to the academy, while Ye Xuan and Su Mengli contacted a real estate agent directly to select a house in the capital.

As a newlywed couple, they were enjoying the forbidden fruit for the first time and didn’t want to be apart for a single day.

Therefore, they were not interested in the dormitory arranged by the Awakening Academy in the capital. They wanted to find a house quickly, decorate it, and move in comfortably, doing what they loved every day without worrying about being disturbed by others.

In the afternoon, the two arrived at a real estate agency and started looking at houses under the agent’s guidance.

The capital, being the capital, saw a significant drop in housing prices due to the Eastern Sea mutated beasts, with prices slashed in half, but the capital was quite the opposite.

The capital’s location was much safer compared to the metropolis, and it had the strongest awakeners in China, with young talents now gathering there.

The capital was like a command center. Whenever there was a problem, they would immediately arrange manpower to support it.

And at any time, the number of awakeners in the capital was the highest, and their strength was the strongest.

In this situation, the housing prices in the capital naturally rose instead of falling, and the prices were no longer settled in cash but directly in spirit stones. Those selling houses demanded a high price!

Ye Xuan had no shortage of spirit stones, but most of them were lent to the Awakening Academy in the metropolis. With a few years left until the repayment period, the spirit stones in hand were indeed not enough for a house in the capital.

The two of them looked at several luxurious villas in the capital, each priced at around ten spirit stones per square meter. The exchange rate between cash and spirit stones was five spirit stones for fifty thousand yuan.

However, in most cases, this price was not enough to exchange for spirit stones. The actual price was higher, so according to this rate, exchanging for cash would be around seven to eight hundred thousand per square meter, which was quite exaggerated.

Moreover, Ye Xuan chose a villa with a large area, at least several hundred square meters, making it quite difficult to come up with thousands of spirit stones at once.

Of course, if Ye Xuan needed spirit stones, it wouldn’t be difficult. He could borrow spirit stones from Long Hanjie, Zhou Yun, and others, or have Lin Xu repay some spirit stones in advance, and the problem would be easily solved.

But there was no rush for this matter. Let’s see if there are other ways first.

At this moment, Su Mengli suggested, “How about we buy an apartment? Apartment prices are much cheaper.”

Apartments in the capital, whether in terms of average price or area, were much smaller, making spirit stones more than enough.

Ye Xuan immediately replied, “No, apartments have poor sound insulation. I’m afraid of disturbing others. We can figure out a way for the spirit stones.”

Upon hearing this, Su Mengli thought it made sense. When she couldn’t control herself, her voice was indeed exaggerated. If neighbors came to question them, it would be embarrassing, and she didn’t want others to hear those sounds.

Just then, the agent looked at Ye Xuan and Su Mengli and said, “You two must be awakeners, right?”

Young people who came to look at houses were either rich second-generation or awakeners. Ye Xuan and Su Mengli’s aura clearly didn’t belong to the rich second-generation, so they could only be awakeners.

“Yes, what’s the matter?” Ye Xuan asked.

The agent, after hearing this, flipped through the tablet in his hand and said, “Take a look at this villa.”

Ye Xuan looked over and saw a villa covering six hundred square meters, decorated in a traditional Chinese style, and very luxurious.

Although the location wasn’t great, it was already difficult to find a villa with an excellent geographical location in the capital, so it was acceptable.

What was most special about this villa was that while most villas were priced at ten spirit stones per square meter, this one was priced at only one spirit stone per square meter. The entire villa only required six hundred spirit stones.

Although Ye Xuan couldn’t immediately come up with six thousand spirit stones, six hundred spirit stones were no problem at all.

He looked at the agent and asked, “Why is this villa so cheap? Is there a problem with it?”

The agent explained, “To be honest, the reason why this villa is priced so low is that it’s haunted. The previous owner wanted to sell the villa because of the haunting. However, anyone who buys the house must see it first before deciding to buy or not. Every time someone views the house, strange things happen. Although no one has died, it’s quite terrifying. The price has been dropping, and now it’s been discounted heavily, but it still hasn’t sold.”

Ye Xuan was surprised, “Haunted? Have you contacted the relevant department to have the awakeners deal with it?”

The agent said, “We have contacted them. Every time an awakener goes to the villa, nothing happens, everything is calm. But when there are no awakeners present, strange things always occur. The key is, although many strange things have happened, no one has died, at most scaring people half to death. With so many human threats nowadays, with people dying in the mouths of mutated beasts every day, the Awakener Department can’t afford to spend too much energy on a haunted villa that never causes casualties, so it’s been left unresolved.”

Ye Xuan nodded and said, “Alright, I understand. Let’s go, let’s go take a look at that villa together and see what the situation is.”

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