Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 76: Chapter 71: Zhong Yi’s Mansion

The entire mansion was situated on Rainwater Lake, which was especially full during the rainy season when water was plentiful.

The water level of Rainwater Lake would be high, its emerald waves rippling like a true great lake.

But once the dry season arrived, the water level of Rainwater Lake would drop, and rugged, bizarre rocks would protrude from the lakebed.

The lake’s water level would drop to only five or six meters, and some aquatic plants would emerge from the water, climbing up the rugged, bizarre rocks.

The mansion’s architecture was divided into three sections. The front section featured an ornate, garden-style design.

However, this was not a garden for leisurely strolls. Instead, it was an extremely solemn and magnificent royal garden, filling the eye with a sense of opulence and splendor.

The scenery of Rainwater Lake, regardless of the season, perfectly complemented the garden landscape within the estate.

Within the garden stood a complex of palatial buildings, as magnificent and solemn as a royal palace itself.

The entire palace complex was comprised of a main hall, two secondary halls, and eleven smaller halls.

The smaller halls were arranged artfully between the main and secondary halls, with even a single one covering more than two thousand square meters.

Before the main and secondary halls, these smaller halls served as mere basic adornments.

Behind the palaces was a Plum Garden stretching for about three kilometers, planted entirely with the extremely hardy Star-pointing Plum trees.

In a way, the Star-pointing Plum was somewhat similar to the Sunlight Thorn that Zhong Yi had acquired in the Horned Demon Secret Realm.

The Sunlight Thorn fed on sunlight, while the Star-pointing Plum survived by absorbing Energy from starlight.

However, unlike the Sunlight Thorn, which was a Guardian Beast with extremely high potential, the Star-pointing Plum couldn’t even be considered a Guardian Beast at all.

Its flowers and branches couldn’t be used as materials; it was merely an ornamental plant.

But despite having no practical use, the Star-pointing Plum was breathtakingly beautiful at night.

During the day, the flowers of the Star-pointing Plum would display different colors depending on the varying amount of starlight they had absorbed the previous night.

The countless blossoms covering the trees would show a gradient of colors from white to orange-pink.

Compared to other plum blossoms, the Star-pointing Plum was nothing special during the day.

But once night fell, the blossoms covering the trees would emit a glow as brilliant as the stars themselves.

This Plum Garden was like a billion stars scattered across the earth!

And behind this Plum Garden was a cluster of cozy, pastoral-style buildings.

The style was very similar to the countryside villas with vast lawns from Zhong Yi’s past life.

The emerald grass and creamy white buildings looked incredibly cozy at first glance.

But as he continued to look, an embarrassed expression crept onto Zhong Yi’s face.

’As a Guardian Beast Master, my Talent is Extreme Reversal.’

’The personalities of my Lifebound Guardian Beasts, Resurrection Celestial Lord and Hong Ji, are nothing but stark contrasts. Why is it that even the mansion I’m picking has two sections, separated by the Plum Garden, that are in such stark contrast to each other?’

’Am I the legendary King of Contrast!?’

Although this Heaven’s Chosen Mansion wasn’t the largest compared to the others, its layout was perfect for Zhong Yi to build and run his own faction.

He could use the gardens and the palatial complex at the front of the estate as a public-facing venue, while the area behind the Plum Garden, which took up a third of the estate, could serve as his private living quarters.

Even though this section only accounted for a third of the mansion’s total area, it still measured nearly fifty thousand square meters—more than enough for Zhong Yi’s needs.

Having made his decision, Zhong Yi pointed directly at the mansion on Lake Heart Island and said,

”I’ll take this one.”

Seeing Zhong Yi’s choice, Xu Anjun smiled and said,

”Master Zhong Yi, your choice is just as Lord Wei Re predicted. This mansion was built by Lord Star Emperor, but he never lived in it after it was completed.”

”You have excellent taste. I was wondering, do you have some time? If so, I could take you to see the mansion in person.”

Zhong Yi shook his head.

He still had something very important to do today. After securing the opportunity involving Zhao Kai in the Upper City District, Zhong Yi planned to head to the Lower City District as soon as possible to claim the last opportunity he, as the game’s creator, had left in Starlight City.

Compared to the one in the Upper City District, the opportunity in the Lower City District was far more crucial for his future Secret Realm explorations.

If everything went according to plan, he would recruit the third member of his six-person team, following Zhong Ling.

”Brother Xu, I have something else to take care of shortly. Why don’t you help me take Uncle Huai over there?”

”Uncle Huai, once you’re there, you can see what we need.”

”Once everything is ready, we can move in.”

Zhong Chenghuai replied, full of enthusiasm.

”Young Master, I’m very good at this kind of thing. You can leave it to me, don’t worry.”

”If anything comes up that’s difficult to handle, I’ll call you right away.”

Hearing Zhong Yi’s request, Xu Anjun readily agreed.

He had come here today under instructions from Wen Tao to begin with.

His task was to help Zhong Yi select a mansion and assist with all related follow-up matters.

’Xu Anjun could tell that Zhong Yi was very close to Zhong Chenghuai, a closeness different from the way Wen Tao treated him. The relationship between him and Wen Tao was one of superior and subordinate, but Zhong Yi treated Zhong Chenghuai more like an elder, a family member.’

’Zhong Chenghuai, who needed help and was still unfamiliar with many things, was undoubtedly the best person to befriend. Even though Zhong Yi’s public identity was an S-Level Combat-type Celestial Destiny Seeker, his potential was actually rated as an SSS-Level Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker.’