Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 32 The Disciple Graduates, Lu Yuan's Gift

Chapter 32 The Disciple Graduates, Lu Yuan's Gift
"Uncle Lu, take a look at this ledger. Master Su has already checked it. Apart from the illegally occupied land, Black Mountain Stronghold has a total of 200,000 taels of property. The chief constable ordered that 30% be allocated to the county, 20% to the county's brothers, and this is the remaining 50%, 100,000 taels. Take a look?"

In the yard, there were more than a dozen large boxes piled up. These boxes were very heavy and required several strong men to move them.

These boxes contain silver ingots.

Silver ingots of similar size were neatly arranged.

These boxes contained a total of 100,000 taels of silver.

This is a considerable sum.

The taxes that Wangyou County paid to the imperial court in a year were only a few hundred thousand taels.

The dividends given to Lu Yuan for this annihilation of Black Mountain Village were almost equivalent to a year's worth of tax revenue for Wangyou County.

However, Old Man Lu didn't care about the money.

On the one hand, it was just Old Man Lu's nature; he didn't have much need for money, as long as he had enough.

Lu Yuan largely inherited this aspect of his personality.

Even with immense wealth, their lives didn't change much.

On the other hand, their family is not short of money. Over the years, Lu Yuan has gone out to suppress bandits every now and then. According to the rules of their county, the spoils of suppressing bandits belong to the bandit suppressers. So, the Lu family has plenty of money.

In the basement below the courtyard, there were hundreds of boxes of silver piled up.

Old Man Lu didn't care about those dozen or so boxes of silver.

"No need, you can carry these things inside."

"Same as always, move it to the basement."

Old Lu pointed to the entrance to the basement.

The constables could only smile wryly.

“Uncle Lu, are you really not going to give us a pointer? If we go back like this, Master Su will scold us for not knowing the rules.”

The head constable was in a bit of a predicament.

"Shut up! If Xiao Su has any complaints, just have him come over and talk to me."

"A dozen or so boxes of silver, and you expect an old man like me to handle them? I'm eighty years old, how could I possibly have the energy to do that?"

"Hurry up and move over there."

"What are you still looking at? Do you expect an eighty-year-old disabled man like me to carry such a heavy box?"

Old Lu angrily tapped his cane.

The group exchanged glances and had no choice but to obey Old Man Lu's orders, moving the boxes into the basement.

"Master, do you need my help?"

Seeing the group moving things, I, Ai Yi Gen Chai, went over and asked if they needed help.

"No need, let them move it themselves. It's not like it's the first time for them."

Old Lu casually picked up his wine gourd and took a few sips.

"Master, there is something I don't understand."

"explain."

"With so much silver at home, why don't you and your senior brother move to a better courtyard, Master?"

"They live such a simple life."

I don't understand why I love a piece of firewood, I really, really don't understand.

He didn't know how much money the Lu family had.

But judging from Old Man Lu's indifferent expression towards the 100,000 taels of silver, it's clear that the Lu family is extremely wealthy.

Moreover, this is information revealed by these constables.

This wasn't the first time they'd moved silver like this.

Despite being very wealthy, they live such a simple life.

He doesn't understand at all.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, according to the purchasing power of this world, is equivalent to two or three hundred million in the real world.

If he had two or three hundred million in real life, he couldn't even imagine how extravagant he would be.

He has to drink a whole cup of soy milk in the morning, and pour out the whole pot. When he gets a scrub, he has to hire ten female scrubbers to scrub him back and forth. When he goes to karaoke, he has to order dozens of girls to sing "Conquer" around him, otherwise it wouldn't be worthy of his status.

However, in the game, his master and his powerful senior brother lived such simple lives.

The courtyard where they lived was quite large, but its location was rather ordinary, with few residents around and a somewhat remote area.

The courtyard and the house are quite old; some parts of the walls are dilapidated.

According to the master himself, he has lived in this courtyard for thirty years, and it is exactly the same as it was thirty years ago.

The furniture is nothing special, just ordinary wood. The only major expense in this house is food and drink.

His master loved to drink, and the wine he drank was one of the best in the county. His senior brother, Lu Yuan, had a huge appetite. Lu Yuan's meals were enough for dozens of people, and they were all meat, with no vegetables at all.

However, upon reflection, he realized that it made sense.

After all, Lu Yuan's physique is what it is, and he also has that innate superhuman strength, so it's normal for him to eat a lot.

Apart from that, their family didn't have any other major expenses.

……

"Xiao Jin, how much you eat and how much you wear in this life is predetermined."

"Money is useless no matter how much you have. You can't spend it all, so enough is fine." "Besides, my yard isn't bad either."

"It's big enough and quiet enough. When I'm bored, I can even do some blacksmithing without worrying about disturbing others."

"I've lived here for decades, and I've developed an attachment to it."

"I don't want to move anymore."

Old Lu disliked that kind of extravagant and decadent lifestyle of wearing gold and silver.

If you don't like it, you don't like it.

There aren't that many reasons.

"I see."

I love a piece of firewood and look at my master with admiration.

That's a high level of awareness.

Every word he spoke was full of philosophy.

He truly lives up to his reputation as a reclusive master in the game.

It’s high, really high.

"Xiao Jin."

"Master."

"In a few more days, you will be ready to graduate."

"Your forging skills have surpassed most veteran blacksmiths."

"Master, I have nothing more to teach you."

"What the future holds depends on you."

"After you graduate, focus on blacksmithing and ignore the grudges and feuds in the martial arts world. Their business is none of your concern. Just take the money and do the job. Those so-called irreconcilable differences between good and evil are just nonsense made up by the martial arts world. Don't get involved."

“You have a great talent for forging, and I don’t want you to bury your talent because of those trivial matters.”

"Understand?"

Old Lu suddenly said seriously.

"Huh? I've graduated?"

"Master, I can't do it. My skills aren't good enough."

Graduated from the ranks? That's incredibly fast!

Logically speaking, shouldn't one apprentice under a master for several years?

He's only been an apprentice for a few months.

Graduation already?

too fast.

"No, your skills are up to par."

"You've already reached the beginner level."