89: Rent a villa

"Ah, the villa area?"

Meng Li swallowed, wondering if he had misheard.

After all, a single detached villa cost one hundred credit per month.

The difficulty of acquiring credit was notoriously high.

Students in their Academy would at most earn a dozen credit from one mission.

Not to mention they also needed credit to exchange for exclusive equipment or Materials.

Even less credit was used for housing.

Even Meng Li himself, a third-year student, had only managed to upgrade from a four-person dorm to a two-person dorm.

And he still felt a pang of heartache over the credit he spent.

After all, within Divine Xia Academy, credit was far more useful than money.

Because credit could be exchanged for money, but money could not be exchanged for credit.

This showed just how precious credit was.

So Meng Li was very puzzled by Song Ming's idea of living in a villa.

Moreover, as a newly enrolled freshman, where would he get so much credit to live in a villa?

Song Ming did not explain much, walking straight towards the villa area.

Meng Li could only follow behind, thinking that if Song Ming's credit wasn't enough later, he might have to cover the remaining credit.

He had no complaints about this.

After all, it was because of Song Ming that they received so many benefits.

A little credit was really nothing.

And he could also gain the good graces of his junior, it was a guaranteed profit!

The villa area was the largest compared to other areas, with a more tranquil environment, and various flowerbeds, fountains, and bushes could be seen every few steps.

Compared to the dorm area, the environment was simply much better.

It was also very suitable for solo cultivation, as one would not be disturbed.

Meng Li and Song Ming arrived at the property management office of the villa area, found the person in charge, and prepared to rent a villa.

The person in charge here was a young man with a somewhat effeminate appearance, and also a student here.

As the person in charge, he was only working part-time, but could still earn some credit each month.

And he even had a small villa to live in.

It was considered an enviable good job by others.

Meng Li obviously knew the young man here and greeted him with a smile: "Mi Xuan, long time no see!"

Mi Xuan also smiled and nodded, while looking at Meng Li with surprise, "You're doing well, it seems you earned a lot of credit from this mission, you're even planning to rent a villa!"

Meng Li awkwardly shook his head, "Cough cough, it's not me, it's this junior!"

Mi Xuan heard this and looked at Song Ming curiously.

Meng Li said: "Let me introduce, this is this year's Top National Scorer, Song Ming!"

"Top National Scorer?" Mi Xuan covered his mouth and gasped, obviously startled by Meng Li's words, "So you are Song Ming, now I've seen the Immortal Master!"

After all, Song Ming won the Top National Scorer with a score of over thirty thousand points.

Directly breaking the highest record ever before.

Even Wang Heng from the Capital's Wang family and An Ran, the daughter of the Alliance Leader of the Mage Alliance, only had less than ten thousand points.

The gap with the first place was like heaven and earth.

This also indirectly showed the terrifying strength of Song Ming, the Top National Scorer.

Song Ming felt a little uncomfortable under Mi Xuan's fervent gaze, and lightly coughed, saying: "I'm here to rent a villa, Senior Mi, do you have any recommendations?"

Mi Xuan snapped back to reality, his fervent expression immediately receding a bit.

He said, somewhat puzzled: "Junior, a detached villa costs one hundred credit per month, that's not a small sum!"

"I don't think you need to waste credit in this kind of place, a single room dorm is already enough!"

Song Ming smiled, "Senior, don't worry, I can afford this much credit!"

Mi Xuan heard this and no longer tried to persuade him.

He pulled up the distribution of all one hundred and eight villas in the villa area on a screen.

"The red ones indicate they are already rented, and the green ones are unrented, junior, which one do you want to choose?" he continued.

Song Ming then chose a villa that was in the deepest part and relatively far from other surrounding villas.

As he said before, he liked a quiet environment and disliked being disturbed.

The location of this villa was just right, and no one would disturb him.

Mi Xuan nodded and said, "In that case, I'll take you to see the villa first. If there are no problems, then we'll finalize it!"

"Okay!"

After Song Ming finished speaking, he followed Mi Xuan to the chosen villa.

As he expected, the environment here was even more tranquil, very suitable for living alone.

Moreover, the villa was very large, divided into three upper floors and two basement floors.

There was also a dedicated training ground.

The total area combined was over a thousand square meters.

Song Ming was very satisfied.

"This one will do, I'll rent it for three months first!"

Meng Li heard this and immediately coughed a few times, leaning towards Song Ming and whispering: "Junior, isn't three months a bit much? You can rent it for one month first, and it won't be too late to renew after you've completed missions and earned credit!"

Mi Xuan did not speak, he also felt that Song Ming spending so much credit here was somewhat unworthy.

Furthermore, even as the Top National Scorer, his credit balance probably wouldn't be much.

Such extravagance was truly unwise.

Song Ming just smiled faintly, then took out his black card and said, "Senior Mi, how do I pay?"

"Oh!" Mi Xuan sighed inwardly, no longer trying to persuade him, after all, it wasn't his points. He then took out a machine, "Junior, you can pay by swiping your card!"

Song Ming nodded, then placed the black card on the machine's sensor area.

With a 'ding' sound.

Three hundred credit were deducted.

Mi Xuan froze in place after seeing the balance displayed on the black card on the screen.

How... how much?

Thirteen thousand credit!

This... this, this, a freshman, where did he get so much credit?

Did the machine have a bug?

This was Mi Xuan's first reaction.

Then he sadly discovered that the machine had no bug, and Song Ming really had thirteen thousand credit.

He also witnessed for the first time the awesomeness of the Top National Scorer.

Mi Xuan had been at Divine Xia Academy for four years, and his account credit had never exceeded a thousand.

But this person had over ten thousand credit right at the beginning of the semester.

This was something he wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Meng Li, seeing Mi Xuan frozen in place, motionless for a long time, thought that Song Ming's credit was insufficient.

He quickly pulled out his student card, stepped forward and said, "What's wrong, is the credit not enough? Use mine!"

But when he walked next to Mi Xuan and saw the numbers on the screen.

His face immediately flushed crimson.

Then he silently withdrew his student card.

A credit balance of twelve thousand seven hundred.

Looking at his own credit balance, one thousand and fifty-eight credit.

This was the credit he had saved for two years, and it wasn't even a fraction of Song Ming's.

Meng Li remembered what he had said before, and his toes curled in embarrassment, wishing he could just dig out a villa!

Song Ming, however, felt nothing, his expression remaining calm.

As if having over ten thousand credit was a very ordinary thing for him.

"Since the transaction is complete, would the two seniors like to come in and sit down?" he said politely.

Mi Xuan and Meng Li both snapped back to reality upon hearing this, exchanging glances.

Then they both shook their heads vigorously.

"No, no need, we still have things to do, so we won't disturb junior!"

After saying that, the two of them scurried away like flies.