Settling Down

Chapter 5 Settling Down

The Joyce family lined up to enter the city.

Most cities on the Zijing Continent have tens of millions of people, while Blue Maple City has over a hundred million. God-level powerhouses of various races roam the streets of Blue Maple City, and occasionally you can see Zijing Army soldiers maintaining order.

Fighting is not allowed within the city walls, a rule established by the main god. As the army of the Zijing main god, the Zijing Army naturally has to carry out the main god's orders.

The streets are lined with shops, including all kinds of hotels, restaurants, and clothing stores.

Although Jag already knew about Blue Maple City from the original story, this was his first time visiting it in person, so he was very curious about everything around him, looking left and right with great interest.

The Joyce family sent a total of fifteen people this time, ten of whom will stay in Blue Maple City, and Jag is one of the ten.

"Let's go to the Bauhinia Castle first," Amy said, walking at the front of the group.

The houses in Blue Maple City are all for sale in Bauhinia Castle; their first priority is to solve their housing problem.

Before long, they saw the three castles of Blue Maple City.

The left side features a black sand castle made entirely of black sand.

The right side is entirely constructed of purple minerals, with a Bauhinia Castle carved with Bauhinia flowers at the top.

Directly in front is a demon castle, hundreds of meters high, with a giant red one-eyed human face sculpture and walls that are dark purple.

Led by Amy, the group headed straight for Bauhinia Castle.

The sales windows at Bauhinia Castle have three levels; the higher you go, the more expensive the items are. The houses for sale are located on the third level.

In a corner on the third floor, there is a counter for selling houses.

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Amy led Jag and the others to the counter, and when she saw the price tags on the houses, she couldn't help but gasp.

When Corey visited Blue Maple City last time, there were three vacant houses, the cheapest of which cost 500 million inkstones.

Now, only one vacant house remains, priced at one billion inkstones.

When Jag saw the price, he was secretly astonished.

In the original novel, the cheapest house in Emperor Wing City costs eight million inkstones, while the most expensive costs over three hundred million inkstones. Under normal circumstances, most houses cost one or two hundred million inkstones.

The housing prices in Blue Maple City are several times higher than those in Imperial Wing City. Moreover, as a transportation hub, Blue Maple City has many large chambers of commerce with offices here, so there is no worry about selling the houses.

"I want this house!" Amy said through gritted teeth, placing a spatial ring containing a billion inkstones on the counter.

Although she was heartbroken, she was even more worried that the remaining house would also be bought by someone else.

"The Joyce family is still a bit poor," Jaeger remarked.

Generally speaking, a high-ranking god with the strength of a five-star demon would have no problem accumulating hundreds of billions of inkstones in wealth.

However, Amy has only been at the breakthrough stage for a few decades and has not accumulated any resources. Moreover, she has always stayed with the Joyce family and cannot do missions or earn Inkstones through other channels like other five-star demons.

The Joyce family itself is a small family. Like the tribes outside the city, the family members only earn inkstones by nurturing artifacts and divine crystals, and their income is pitifully small.

The majority of the Joyce family's wealth still comes from Amy killing those two high-ranking gods decades ago and obtaining their spatial rings.

Ordinary high-ranking gods typically possess hundreds of millions of inkstones in wealth.

According to Jaeger's estimate, the Joyce family's current total wealth is only a few billion inkstones.

"Okay." Upon hearing Amy's words, the staff member behind the counter put away the spatial ring, checked that the inkstone inside was correct, and then quickly and efficiently completed the formalities before handing Amy a black badge.

"Guest, please swear your blood on the badge. If you perish and the house is left without an owner, we will know through the badge, and then Bauhinia Castle will reclaim the house."

Amy took the badge and handed it to Jaeger.

"Young man, please pledge your allegiance to me with your blood."

"Me?" Jag was taken aback, and the other tribesmen around him couldn't help but show envious expressions.

"Of course, you'll be living in Blue Maple City from now on. It's better for you to become my master than for me to do so, since the city is much safer than the outside," Amy said with a smile.

"Okay." Jag didn't hesitate and dripped a drop of blood onto the badge.

"Okay, the procedures are complete. Congratulations on becoming a formal resident of Blue Maple City." The staff member behind the counter took the badge and said with a smile.

"Guests, please follow me, I'll take you to the house." A young woman approached Jag and the others.

Led by the woman, Jag and the others arrived at the house.

It was a detached courtyard with a fairly spacious area, enough to accommodate ten people.

"Everyone, this place is now in your hands. Elder Corey will bring the clan's items over from time to time, and you can take them to Black Sand Castle to sell," Amy instructed the ten clansmen who were about to stay.

"Yes, Chieftain!"

"There's one more thing. While you're in Blue Maple City, try to find out how to craft items like the Death God Puppet, Metal Lifeform, and God-Slaying Arrow, and then send the information back to your clan," Amy instructed.

Jag knew that Amy had always wanted to increase the family's income so that she could buy Soul Gold Beads and other medicines to aid cultivation, allowing the clansmen to cultivate better.

The Joyce family currently relies mainly on artifacts and divine crystals to earn inkstones, which is too low an income. If they could refine a treasure like the Death God Puppet, they would be able to earn wealth much faster.

The Bauhinia Castle contains many high-priced items, such as God-Slaying Arrows, Metal Lifeforms, and many auxiliary medicines and poisons, but the Joyce family does not know how to refine them.

The Joyce family's roots are too shallow; in Hell, they belong to the lowest rung of the family hierarchy.

Looking across the four supreme planes, the most top-tier families are naturally the families of the main gods. Backed by the main gods, they possess countless divine powers and have no worries about cultivation resources. After all, the value of a single drop of divine power is calculated in trillions of inkstones, so why would they need to work hard to earn wealth?

Below the main god's family are families and forces established by some top-level gods.

These powerful families, relying on their strong members, can occupy key transportation routes and establish cities.

For example, the Bagshaw family of Starry Sea established Miluo Island, which was as prosperous as Blue Maple City, and amassed a huge amount of wealth every day.

Some powerful families, backed by high-quality resources, can also amass great wealth.

For example, the eighteen families surrounding the Amethyst Mountains can continuously obtain Inkstone thanks to the constant production of Amethyst.

Behind each of these eighteen families is more than one powerful leader.

Below these ruling families are the family forces established by the Seven-Star Demons and the Six-Star Demons.

Some of them established chambers of commerce to amass wealth.

Many foods and clothing items in the city are very expensive because their raw materials come from various parts of Hell, or even other planes.

The chamber of commerce earns the price difference by transporting these raw materials to various places.

Some families also establish businesses within the city, such as hotels. Hotels within the city have no shortage of customers and can continuously earn inkstones.

Even lower-ranking families can sell high-value items like Death God Puppets.

Next are families like the Joyce family, which can only generate income by having their members nurture divine artifacts and crystals.

(End of this chapter)