Change of Master

After returning from the Purple Lake, the person of the Juel family came to the door the moment Luke arrived home.

When the door was opened, Luke immediately recognized that the purple-haired cultivator, who was about 40 years old, was a scattered cultivator relying upon the Juel family for protection, whose grade of cultivation was not clear. But he often walked around the market, followed by Elena, who could not help blinking and smiling at him.

It's more likely to occur if you are afraid of something to happen!

Luke smiled wryly, thinking he was finished. He didn't know how to get through with Theo, since the money had been sent to home.

When he was depressed, the cultivator with purple hair said with a clear voice:

"I am Sam Young, a hanger-on of the Juel family. I come to visit and look forward to seeing Brother Lewiston."

The sound was loud and clear, and went into the door.

Theo opened his eyes slightly and whispered to himself, "The Juel family has always had no intersection with me and other scattered cultivators. Has that little boy caused trouble for me outside?"

"Wait a moment, my friend!"

Moments later, Theo tidied up, went out and personally led Sam into the courtyard.

Seeing Luke standing at the door calmly, a doubt flashed through Theo's eyes.

How can a mortal still stand here if he angered the Juel family? What is the purpose of The Juel family's visit?

But...

The comer is the guest!

Besides, that was a hanger-on of one of the three Cabinet Elders in the Violet Cloud Town. His cultivation reached the peak of the second grade, which were above his. Naturally, he did not dare to disregard him. In a short time, a tea set and spiritual spring fell to the stone table in the courtyard. "Please forgive me for my humble residence and poor greeting."

"Brother Lewiston, you're very kind."

Sam Young cupped his hand in the other before his chest and said:

"There are still things to do in the Juel family. I came here on the order of the lady to ask Brother Lewiston for a person."

Theo was deeply shocked, he gasped and said:

"The first daughter of the Juel family, Miss Flora asks a person from me?"

It's serious!

Flora was the best qualified woman in the Juel family. It was said that she was the eldest daughter who would take over the Juel family and become the future cabinet elder of the Violet Cloud Town.

The next moment, Luke felt two beams of cold lightning-like sight falling on him. Suddenly, he felt like he had fell into an ice cave and his blood almost solidified. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

His ears rang Theo's ice-cold teeth-gnashing words:

"Little beast! Look what you have done!"

"Brother Lewiston, you have misunderstood."

Sam explained with a smile:

"My lady saw that Luke was doing a good job and wants to recruit him into the house to take care of the spiritual tree. That's all, don't get the wrong idea, brother Lewiston"

"Oh?"

Theo showed consternation and his spiritual power slowly converged.

Luke only felt that his body was light, as if the fish that was about to die of thirst had returned to the river again. He gasped for breath and smiled wryly in his heart. This was the helplessness of mortals in the wild world. One careless move could make them be killed by the cultivator who was angered.

"I see, but... I have only one capable attendant."

"My lady is willing to use a "blood panacea" to buy Luke's deed of sale, hoping you could accept." Sam said.

Theo was tempted.

A blood panacea could replenish nearly half of the spiritual power of a second-grade cultivator in a short period of time. It cost more than 20 spiritual coins and was rarely sold in the market, and could only easily be offered by the Juel family with deep pockets, which was in charge of the auction.

But...

He wondered why the Juel family had to pay such a high price to buy a deed of sale for a mortal attendant.

Seeing the hesitation and doubts in Theo's eyes, Sam spoke again.

"If you think a blood panacea as the price offered by the Juel family is not fair enough, just say so, I will go back to the house and explain it to the lady."

"No, no, no!"

As if wakening from a dream, Theo broke out in a cold sweat, nodded like a woodpecker and agreed: "It is fair, it is fair, I just wonder how this boy can be worth a blood panacea. Ha-ha, it is your good fortune to take the fancy of the Juel family. In the future, you have to work the same as you work for me. Oh, no, you have to do your best to work for the lady, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

Luke was still a little confused, but he knew there seemed to be no choice but to nod in agreement.

The two men completed the transaction of the deed of sale. Luke no longer belonged to Theo and officially became a servant of the Juel family.

After saying goodbye to Theo, Luke honestly followed Sam out of the yard.

Along the way, all three were silent.

Sam did not understand why the lady wanted him to personally find Theo to buy the deed of sale of this young boy, and wondered what capabilities this boy had.

Elena was a maid, although she was happy that Luke came to the Juel family, she did not dare to show it in front of Sam-for the servants, the rules of the Juel family were the iron law and could not be transgressed.

As for Luke, he was quite calm.

From attendant to servant, from Lewistion's house to the Juel family, the nature of identity seemed to have changed little. However, after the snow rabbit incident in the Purple Lake, Miss Flora Juel seemed to have some other views and interests in him, which he didn't know whether was a good thing or a bad thing.

Anyway.

He would settle down since it happened!

In a short time, the three arrived in front of a magnificent residence.

Here they were.

Luke couldn't help looking at the magnificent buildings in front of him.

Unlike residences of ordinary cultivators, the steps and four red-painted stone pillars in front of the main gate of the Juel's mansion were engraved with fine arcane patterns, which condensed into arrays. Each brick and stone on the left and right walls was also engraved with small arrays, giving people a different sense of shock.

It was truly the residence of the Cabinet Elder in the Violet Cloud Town. The guardian spell arrays overlapped outside the residence, making the whole house like a war fortress. The richness of the details was not something that those small scattered cultivators could compare with.

Sam stepped up and explained to the cultivator watching the door:

"This little fellow was the one the lady asked me to bring in."

The doorman nodded and let them in.

The interior of the Juel family was even more magnificent and luxurious than the outside.

If there was a spiritual well or a spiritual fruit tree in the house of an ordinary cultivator, it could spread its branches and leaves. Around the courtyard of the Juel family's front hall were four fragrant spiritual fruit trees, which were older than those of Danny's master and flourished with luxuriant branches and leaves, invigorating people's spirits.

Under the rockery and stone bridge, the spiritual spring was gurgling, and the thin spiritual spiritual energy shrouded into fog, which made Luke dumbfounded.

My God!

What a big spiritual well!

With such a large spiritual well, the Juel family still specially purchased spiritual fruits and spiritual spring in the market? What a joke!

He turned his head and saw Elena secretly winking at him and shaking her head. He could only hold down the question and keep it in his heart. When he had the chance, he would ask again.

Along the way, Luke felt like a poor boy who had entered a grand garden as a modern man, having only amazement and awe, until...

"Here we are."

Sam stopped walking.

Luke's vision was wide open. This was a large back garden. More than a dozen maids in their early teens stood or squatted in different parts of the garden, fiddling with spiritual herbs and tea of different heights. They were extremely focused and did not notice anyone breaking in.

"I have brought him here. Elena, tell him about the rules of the family first. After I report back to the lady, we will see what kind of work she will arrange for him."

"Yes, Lord Young."

After Elena gave a salute, Sam turned away and left.

When Sam walked away, Elena rubbed her stiff face and smiled with relief.

"Brother Luke, I didn't expect you to enter the Juel family and work under the lady. Hee hee."

Who would have thought?

Luke didn't say anything but sneered in his heart, and put on a face of an ignorant and inquisitive teenager:

"Sister Elena, don't keep me in suspense. What's going on here? Why did the lady suddenly buy me to the Juel family?"

Elena smiled complacently:

"Isn't it because you won't accept the money?"

What kind of reason was that?

Elena continued to explain: "Well, I won't tease you anymore. In fact, after you left with your friend, my lady's senior brother made a comment, which aroused my lady's interest at that time. Do you know what did he say about you?"

"Sister!"

"Heh heh..."

Elena laughed delicately for a moment. "The senior brother of my lady said that you were smarter than ordinary children and knew the truth that trees high beyond the forest always had to be blown down first by the gale."

"At that time, the lady and other people did not understand and asked the senior brother, and then the senior brother said, in the wild world, ordinary people were like nonentities, a child taking 50 spiritual coins in front of so many people, would absolutely hardly live through half a day... Little brother Luke, did you really think so?"

Luke was shocked in the heart, but opened his mouth and replied:

"... how could it be possible? I simply thought it was just a stupid bunny, easily caught by a slingshot, how could it be worth so much money?"

"Yes."

Elena had an expression that she was correct in her guess and said:

"I couldn't help but interject at that time and said that you certainly didn't think so much. But the senior brother of my lady smiled and said a word to my lady."

"What?"

"He asked my lady to help buy your deed of sale, arrange a job for you in the house, then took out a pot of spiritual tree for you to take care of, and promised when you would let the spiritual tree bear fruits, he would recommend you to join the outer sect of the Mystery Sect."

Elena pointed to a nearby sick-looking tree in the pot and said:

"But I guess he must be teasing you... look at the spiritual tree, how can it bear fruits?"

"Did he really say that?"

Luke was shocked in his heart. He didn't expect any cultivator in this world to have such mind and vision to see the clue and make a decision based on the the incident of the snow rabbit alone.

Elena knew that Luke was tempted by the conditions for joining the Mystery Sect, she explained: "Don't be too hopeful. I heard my lady said that once the spiritual fruit tree was damaged, it needed a large number of spiritual spring to irrigate and absorb spiritual energy, not to mention that the fruit-growing cycle would be interrupted until the spiritual fruit tree was fully recovered. With the salary of you as a servant, let alone cure, it is a question whether you can make it live."

This was true.

Luke had done some research on fruits and fruit trees.

Once the trunk was damaged, the fruit tree would first feed the absorbed nutrients back to the damaged position for cure and could not effectively nurture fruits.

The spiritual fruit tree was even more troublesome. In addition to the continuous watering and feeding of spiritual spring, it also needed more spiritual energy of spiritual spring to cure the damaged trunk. Even for scattered cultivators, it would be difficult to support one with their wealth! Not to mention a low-paid servant, it was simply out of the question.

Luke muttered to himself after he heard the words:

Even Elena knew this simple truth and concluded that he could not complete this arduous task. How could the lady not know it?

Then why did she still take the injured spiritual fruit tree back to the house and buy his deed of sale from Theo at the price of a blood panacea?

Luke vaguely guessed something, but he was not sure. Now he could only wait for Flora Juel to return before making any plans.