Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 136 - Almost Got Obliterated

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Night. Bai Qianshuang, after showering, sat on the edge of her bed.

Her long, slender legs stretched out lazily from under her nightgown. 

She stretched her arms, then snuggled into her pillow, her eyes closed.

She didn't need to shower.

But she did.

She didn't need to eat.

But she did.

Bai Qianshuang suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She had been indulging herself lately.

"I like this life… but… I must have my revenge…" Her eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes, sitting up straight.

She couldn't stop.

She had to become stronger, stronger than anyone.

"Everyone… I will make the Qingyun Sect pay for their crimes," Bai Qianshuang said, pushing away her distracting thoughts, and started cultivating, absorbing the spiritual energy in the room.

But she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The Qingyun Sect, as one of the three great sects, was incredibly powerful, especially their Flying Sword Peak, which was filled with talented disciples.

Neither her master nor the grand elders and ancestors were a match for them.

If it weren't for the sect activating the teleportation array at the critical moment, she would have been killed.

Just how strong did she have to be to take her revenge? And she had no idea how to return to her world.

Thinking of this, Bai Qianshuang's eyes dimmed with despair.

A sense of helplessness washed over her.

Giving up on revenge was impossible; it was both her motivation and her burden.

Did she really have a chance of reaching the pinnacle of cultivation and avenging her sect?

Just then, a head popped out of the wall beside her.

"Qianshuang! Want to play games?!"

Bai Qianshuang suppressed her aura, turned to the white-haired, busty girl, and sighed.

"I need to cultivate. Xiaoke, since you've joined my Jade Void Sect, you should also cultivate diligently."

"What's the point of endless cultivation? New games are meant to be played!" Lan Xiaoke floated into the room and hovered in front of Bai Qianshuang.

"We have such long lifespans, what's a little bit of time?"

Lan Xiaoke's reasoning was simple. 

She had died young, at eighteen, and most of her life had been spent studying, so she felt she deserved to enjoy herself.

Especially now that she was being taken care of by Ye Chuan, she was even willing to be his pet.

She had a computer, money, and didn't have to work much.

Life was great!

Seeing Bai Qianshuang sitting motionless by the bed, Lan Xiaoke floated around her. "Come on~"

"Constant dripping wears away a stone. Even a single drop of water can eventually form a river," Bai Qianshuang said, looking away from Lan Xiaoke's… ample chest, which was practically in her face.

"Using a finite lifespan to do infinite things… if you only cultivate, you'll become like a piece of wood," Lan Xiaoke said, wagging her finger.

Bai Qianshuang was silent for a few seconds, then took out her phone.

"Xiaoke, I want to livestream, can you help me? There are many things I don't understand."

Bai Qianshuang wanted to earn money for Ye Chuan.

She hadn't fully adapted to this world and could only try to repay his kindness.

She had heard that livestreaming could earn money, and Ye Chuan had said that she could just meditate during the livestream.

"I'm an expert at this, livestreaming, I mean. I've been watching a lot of livestreams recently," Lan Xiaoke said, taking Bai Qianshuang's phone. 

Although she wasn't familiar with the process, she could easily look it up.

After fiddling with the phone for a while and setting up an account for Bai Qianshuang, Lan Xiaoke suddenly realized a problem.

"Qianshuang, you don't have an ID card for this world, do you?"

"No, I don't," Bai Qianshuang said.

"But you need to register with your real name," Lan Xiaoke said, looking troubled. 

How could Bai Qianshuang, who was basically undocumented, get an ID card?

Lan Xiaoke didn't have one either; hers had been cancelled long ago.

But it didn't matter for a ghost.

"I need an identity?" Bai Qianshuang's eyes dimmed.

She didn't belong to this world, after all.

"Hey, don't be discouraged, Ye Chuan will find a way," Lan Xiaoke said, seeing Bai Qianshuang's drooping ahoge, and tried to comfort her.

Bai Qianshuang nodded slightly.

But she still seemed a bit down.

"Qianshuang, we haven't taken a photo together yet, have we? I'll teach you how to use beauty filters," Lan Xiaoke said, trying to change the subject.

Beauty filters?

"You know, smoothing, whitening!"

Lan Xiaoke touched her chin.

Did…

Bai Qianshuang even need those?

"Click, click, click." Lan Xiaoke took Bai Qianshuang's phone and snapped a few photos of them together.

"Xiaoke, you're not in the photo," Bai Qianshuang said, looking at the pictures.

But if you looked closely, you could see a faint, blurry figure.

Translucent, like mist.

"Hee hee, I'm dead, after all," Lan Xiaoke said, although she seemed cheerful, the fleeting sadness in her eyes was real.

Bai Qianshuang suddenly felt that she and Lan Xiaoke weren't so different.

Neither of them truly belonged to this world.

Only Ye Chuan had accepted them.

"Oh right, wait a sec!" Lan Xiaoke said and phased through the wall, disappearing.

A few seconds later, the door opened, and Lan Xiaoke reappeared.

"..." Bai Qianshuang looked at her, puzzled.

"Look, I changed my outfit," Lan Xiaoke said, showing off her JK (Japanese schoolgirl) uniform, then excitedly floated over to Bai Qianshuang and took another picture.

Click.

The image was captured.

Bai Qianshuang noticed that Lan Xiaoke's clothes were in the photo.

"These clothes… they're real," Bai Qianshuang said, looking at the photo. Although there was no one wearing them, the collar was puffed up, and the skirt was slightly lifted.

It looked strangely… suggestive.

"Hee hee," Lan Xiaoke seemed pleased with herself.

"Xiaoke, there's no need for that," Bai Qianshuang said. "I can make you visible."

"Visible?"

Bai Qianshuang nodded and released her spiritual energy. "Evil spirit, reveal your true form!"

A golden mark appeared on Lan Xiaoke, and she shuddered, her translucent body becoming solid. She looked like she had been electrocuted.

"Eek! I'm dying! I'm dying!!"

Bai Qianshuang froze, realizing she had used too much spiritual energy.

"Sorry! That technique is usually for fighting ghosts… I used a bit too much power."

Bai Qianshuang hadn't had any friendly ghosts before and almost obliterated Lan Xiaoke.

"Gasp… gasp… gasp…" Lan Xiaoke said, her heart pounding.

She almost died. Again.

That was scary.

She had to be more careful; Bai Qianshuang could accidentally kill her one day.