"This cave mansion is also good, compact and exquisite..."
"This cave mansion is great, located high up, very majestic..."
"This cave mansion is also good, located low, very low-key..."
Anyway, everything was good according to him; big meant "spacious," small meant "exquisite," high meant "majestic," and low meant "low-key." There was always something positive to say...
Mo Hua silently took note, thinking that he should learn this way of talking.
Once learned, he could also praise others with such blatant flattery.
At first, the worker retained some pretense, but then he realized that his clients were three children – deceiving them felt pointless.
Furthermore, it wasn’t certain if they would rent or not, so gradually he started to relax and speak some blunt truths...
"This cave mansion is good, but it’s just for show; it looks nice but is uncomfortable to live in..."
"This one, forget it, it’s shoddy workmanship..."
"It’s a pity about this cave mansion; the rockery and waters are fake, but the formations are complete. The only issue is that someone died here..."
"How did they die?" Mo Hua’s curiosity was piqued.
"Not clear on that..." the worker shook his head and explained, "Some say it was death from deviating during cultivation practice, their veins broken; some say it was an enemy seeking revenge, hacking them to death; others say they offended the Lu Family and were killed, then thrown into a mining pit..."
"Did the Lu Family really do that kind of thing?"
"That is..." The worker hesitated before abruptly realizing his blunder, then awkwardly chuckled, "Just rumors, nothing more than rumors..."
Moving on to the next cave mansion, he said:
"This cave mansion is also nice, elegant and luxurious in layout, the garden is equipped with the Flower Wood Formation; when activated by spirit stones, the garden blooms with clusters of flowers, fragrant and pleasing to the eye, a feast of beauty. But this one is better off not rented..."
"Why?"
The worker spoke in a hushed tone, "This belongs to a Court Leader from the Taoist Court, used for keeping a mistress..."
Mo Hua was shocked, "You know about this?"
The worker curled his lip, "These kinds of rumors, outsiders may not know, but we insiders hear them all the time until our ears grow calluses."
Bai Zisheng also asked, "And then what happened?"
The worker appeared to revel in the misfortune, "The affair got exposed, didn’t it? The Court Leader’s wife caught the mistress in the act, tore up the mistress’s face, and even applied poison to the wounds, ensuring that she would be disfigured for life."
"The Court Leader tried to intervene but failed, and he too ended up with his body all torn up..."
Mo Hua was stunned and after a while, couldn’t help but exclaim,
"The life of a cultivator in South Yue City is quite colorful..."
The worker hummed lightly, "To those who are well-fed and warm, thoughts turn to lust; these cultivators of such status are not worried about food and drink, people give them spirit stones, so naturally they seek ways to find enjoyment. There’s plenty of such messy affairs around..."