MC's career as foreign lord

Chapter 51: An Unexpected House Purchase (22)

The sun hadn't yet risen when Henry got out of bed in the dark. His wife had already made breakfast and was now pondering where to go shopping today, planning to buy some extra wool to line the children's beds and make some clothes.

Although winter was still far off, they had to prepare in advance. They might even need to visit the church to inquire about enrolling their young children for schooling.

So, as Henry ate breakfast beside the table—a yellowish bread paired with a piece of cured meat—he could hear his wife's絮叨 (xù dāo - incessant nagging). He didn't find it annoying; women just liked to talk.

"The children will wake up soon; you need to take care of them. I need to head out!" He hastily gulped down some water and hurried to put on his shoes.

His wife draped a coat over him. "Is it that newcomer, the important person?"

"Yes! Lord Zhou Ren wants some eggs and chickens. I was thinking of sending him some extra and bringing the flints we've collected at home. The lord should be able to use them as well," Henry said.

His wife nodded, watching her husband laboriously carrying the flints on his back. "You collect these, but he didn't ask for them. Why bother?"

"That's where you don't understand," Henry said. "In the eyes of important people, your attitude and actions are more important than anything else. What if he needs them?"

"Family wisdom!" He shook his head. "If the church takes children late, I'll teach the children myself!"

"Stop dreaming. You're no longer the young master of the Henry family!" His wife shook her head. "Properly supporting the family is the right thing to do."

He hurried out, greeting some early-rising neighbors.

"Hi, Wade! Going hunting again? Be careful of the monsters outside!"

"Henry! Going to deliver things to the important person again? I really envy you, being able to latch onto an important person so easily!"

In reality, Henry was unexpectedly famous in this area. They all knew that this unremarkable guide had landed an exclusive and lucrative job, not only frequenting the market every day but also often running errands outside the town.

Now they knew that the important person had turned the tide in the battle, and even his servants had helped the professionals achieve victory in the battle.

It was that person wrapped in a brown robe, who was also a mage. This newly arrived border lord must be an even more powerful archmage.

Therefore, even Henry's usual circumstances had improved significantly. He could be received by some people who usually looked down on him and could occasionally enter those magical item areas.

Ordinary people could only guess like this; it was difficult for them to imagine the lives of important people!

At least they could still survive, unlike those people in the human empire, who had long since perished in this year's great plague and famine.

Henry got up so early to buy some fresh eggs to send to Zhou Ren. After buying them, he walked towards Zhou Ren's territory with the chickens, just as the sun was rising. He always did this.

It was nothing for him to wait a while, but if he made the great man wait, that would be a sin.

Henry's actions were noticed by the soldiers, who naturally reported the matter to Locke.

"This lord is truly widely involved!" Locke said with a smile to the secretary as he looked at the message.

The secretary nodded. "Yes, sir. He now raises cattle, sheep, rabbits, and pigs. Today, he's even raising chickens. It seems he really wants to settle down in the town!"

"This is a good thing for us. As long as he's here, the southern defense line won't fall!" Locke said. "Go see if that fellow named Henry needs any help, and also help me send some things to Lord Zhou Ren, just to show my gratitude!"

"Sir, what are you doing?" The secretary was stunned. What was this all about?

"Just go when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much?" Locke said, glancing at him. "Want to know?"

"Yes, yes!" The secretary nodded vigorously.

Locke smiled slightly, as if immense power was erupting from his body. "Boom!"

"Lord Town Chief… has he advanced to advanced level?!" The secretary was shocked, then his face filled with joy. "Is it related to Lord Zhou Ren? I'll go right away!"

Locke shook his head. "Almost, but it'll be soon!"

"That's really a great happy event for the town!" the secretary said happily, turning to leave.

"Heh! Young children!" The town chief shook his head and continued to process official documents.

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"Lord Secretary, how can this be?" Henry looked at the secretary somewhat at a loss. He directed two soldiers to help him load all the things onto a cart. This was a cargo cart, and they were walking beside it.

Eden waved his hand. "You don't need to thank me. This is Lord Town Chief's order. Just follow along!"

As he spoke, he also placed a bag of money on the cart. This was the reward given by the town chief. Although Zhou Ren didn't say he wanted it, it couldn't be withheld; this was also the rule.

There were really many rules that people in this world needed to abide by, possibly because there were gods watching from above. At least the people of the good or neutral alignment were behaving quite correctly.

"Mossa, can you liches eat things?" Zhou Ren asked, holding a bowl of Mysterious Stew. He had made a little too much yesterday to test the effects of various stews, and he hadn't finished drinking it yet.

In fact, with bone meal, there would never be a shortage of Mysterious Stew ingredients. Mushrooms could be directly cultivated using bone meal, and flowers and plants could also be cultivated through various grasslands.

For farm players, bone meal was the eternal god.

"Master, we liches don't eat things." Mossa was slightly embarrassed. The last time he ate something should have been thousands of years ago, during the First Crown War. That was so long ago.

Zhou Ren brought out a bowl of Mysterious Stew. "I also find it very strange, but you have to eat this stew to get the benefits. I'm already full, so why don't you try it?"

"Me try it?" Mossa was also in self-doubt, but the abundant vitality in the bowl made him somewhat fearful. He was a lich, so wouldn't the power of the life system…

However, after taking the first bite, he started to enjoy it.

"Master, is this the power of life recovery?" Mossa trembled as he lifted his cloak, revealing his skeletal face. The body, visible to the naked eye, began to change rapidly.

The body, which originally had no flesh, gradually became filled, and the originally emaciated appearance gradually recovered. The pointed ears gradually emerged instead of drooping on his head. Zhou Ren was stunned. "Mossa, you're starting to look like an elf!"

"Mossa thanks Master!" He bowed deeply, but saw that Zhou Ren had already left. "Eat a bowl every meal from now on. Then you can show your true face!"

Zhou Ren was very happy. The tool person had been greatly upgraded! But Mossa silently put on his hood and continued forward without saying a word.

When Zhou Ren came to the door again, he saw that the little skeleton was still standing still, without its previous vitality. The silver light on its body was flashing.

"Mossa, what's wrong with him?" Zhou Ren asked. The Lich had been standing by his side ever since he left the house. If he didn't speak, Zhou Ren wouldn't even notice Mossa's presence.

Mossa explained, "Master, Jim is cultivating. The concentration of magical elements here is very high. He should be about to evolve!"

Zhou Ren was curious. "You said before that he is a Silver Light Skeleton. What will he evolve into? A Gold Light Skeleton?"

"No, Jim will evolve into a Skeleton Leader. His bones will become further solidified and gradually become pure white and translucent. He will also gain the ability to control the undead," Mossa said.

Zhou Ren suddenly thought, "What about the skeletons from before? Were they all controlled by you?"

"Not entirely. Jim has a talent for commanding. I only need to give them a little energy, and the skeletons will act under Jim's command!"

"Oh!" Zhou Ren nodded. Evolution was definitely a good thing, so there was no need to disturb him. He walked towards the door, thinking Henry should have arrived by now.

But Zhou Ren looked left and right, and still didn't see anyone. When he looked again, he found the Clerk walking slowly towards him!

"Ha! No need to look for him today. The Clerk is coming to my door!" Zhou Ren said, then he saw Henry's figure behind the Clerk.

Henry also saw Zhou Ren and jogged over. "Master, I'm sorry Henry is late!"

Zhou Ren smiled and shook his head. "It's not late. We just arrived too!"

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He laboriously took a large bag of eggs from the car. "These are the eggs you wanted, and these are the chickens!"

The sound of chickens flapping could still be heard in the car. Zhou Ren nodded and had Mossa take the things.

The Lich calmly took them with his hands. His arms were now filled with flesh, although they looked a little skinny. However, they weren't deathly pale, but a light grayish-green. This was the arm of a living being with flesh and blood!

He no longer used magic, but felt the sensation of touch. This real feeling was something he hadn't experienced in many years.

"Should these things also be placed in the enclosure?" Mossa asked, and he was stunned as soon as he spoke.

His voice was no longer hoarse and grating, the kind of abrasive and unpleasant voice, but had become soft and natural, light and relaxed. Although it was still an old voice, it no longer had the air of twilight and death.

Zhou Ren smiled when he heard this, but didn't say much. There were outsiders present, so it wasn't appropriate to say too much, but he still nodded and said, "In that case, put the chickens in first!"

He knew that this ancient Lich was probably really excited. The unchanging voice of ten thousand years had returned to normal. Didn't that mean that he was about to change from a Lich back into a normal person?

Mossa nodded and turned to leave quickly, leaving the Clerk puzzled. "Lord Mossa, is something wrong?"

Zhou Ren shook his head. "It's nothing. He has something urgent to deal with."

Mossa grabbed a string of chicks and quickly disappeared from the three people's sight. Only then did Zhou Ren look at Henry and say, "Henry, since the Clerk is here, how about you help me with something?"

"Master, please tell me!" Henry said quickly, his attitude respectful.

"I want to buy a house in town to live in, but I don't have anyone to spare right now. How about Henry take care of it for me?" Zhou Ren said, looking at the Clerk.

"Of course, there's no problem. It's my greatest honor to help you, Master!" the Clerk said. "If you have a house in mind, I'll take care of it for you right away!"

"An uninhabited manor building inside the town, about one or two hundred meters from the town center…" Zhou Ren described, but saw the Clerk, Eden, take two steps back almost imperceptibly.

"Master, there's a bit of a problem with that house. How about I find you another one?" he said. "That house has stood in Pine Leaf Town for ten years, and every owner has died by self-immolation. Otherwise…"

Zhou Ren wasn't flustered at all. He still had a legendary mage under his command. This town didn't even have a high-level professional, so how could it be high-level?

"No need, I want this house. Go take care of the procedures!" Zhou Ren said. "As for the money and the contract, do you need them?"

"Lord Zhou Ren, this is really…" the Clerk said. "That's what I was going to tell you. This is a thank you from the Town Chief. It's not much, 5000 gold coins. Please accept it."

"How much does that house cost?" Zhou Ren asked. He took the bag of money, thinking about how little it cost him to buy land outside. It couldn't be too expensive.

"Not much," the Clerk said. "If you really want to buy it, 500 gold coins will do. The City Hall bought the house, and someone goes to clean it every day, but no one lives there!"

"Then I'll buy it!" Zhou Ren said, handing the money to Henry. "I'll come see the house tomorrow. Is that okay?"

"Your will!" The two slowly retreated and walked into the wall in a moment. Then Zhou Ren also collected the feathers, flint, and eggs on the ground and turned to leave.

The feathers and flint were kept for future use, and the eggs were placed in the kitchen. Now there weren't enough pumpkins, so he couldn't make pumpkin cakes, but they were definitely suitable for making egg cakes.

When Zhou Ren walked to the small ranch he had set up at the beginning, Mossa had already changed his clothes. His gray hair was paired with a meticulous suit, and he wore a single-sided gold-rimmed glasses, like a butler, bowing to Zhou Ren.

"Master, the current Mossa is like a newborn," he said, then stood up and stood by Zhou Ren's side.

Zhou Ren nodded slightly. "This outfit is indeed much better than before!"

He didn't say much. The other party had entrusted everything to him, so there was no need to be pretentious.

Who could believe that just a day ago, he was still a Lich who had been incorruptible for ten thousand years? The power of life recovery was truly terrifying. It seemed that Zhou Ren's suggestion of drinking a bowl every meal should be continued.

Now the two of them were more like master and servant. Zhou Ren repeated what the Clerk had said, focusing on the house.

"Self-immolation?" Mossa said. "I can only determine for now that it's related to abilities like fire, and it doesn't seem like a mage's work, more like a bloodline warlock or a fire creature!"

"Creature?" Zhou Ren laughed. He thought of the lightning element Shia had summoned before. "An elemental life form?"

"Possibly, or possibly… a demon or devil. They are also real fire life forms, although it is evil fire!" Mossa said. "It's very similar to a devil's methods, a contract was signed but not completed, so they suffered a contract backlash!"

Zhou Ren smiled. "I don't know the specifics, so I'll go take a look tomorrow!"

For now, let's raise the chickens!

PS: There will be more updates later for the helmsman… I'll try to code…