Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 43 - Qi Refining Realm?

Construction?

Seeing the new feature in the Ten Thousand Realms Landlord app, Ye Chuan hesitated. He felt like all the money he earned was being funneled back into this thing.

Something felt off.

"But it's worth the money."

Thinking about it, the money had increased his strength, cured his terminal illness, and brought him more income.

Good health was indeed priceless.

And the money wasn't gone, just transformed into something that benefited him.

Ye Chuan shook his head, stopping himself from overthinking, and opened the Construction feature to see what it offered. 

He found it to be quite comprehensive, offering not only one-click style construction for lazy people but also room expansion, material customization, and other detailed modifications.

And most importantly, it didn't require any workers and could be completed in just an hour.

In construction mode, he could also see the status of each room, including the chibi Bai QianShuang meditating in her room.

"It's so cheap?"

Ye Chuan looked at the prices. Having managed household expenses since he was young, he knew the market prices of these things. 

The prices in the app were practically just the cost of materials. It was like buying the materials and doing the renovations himself, saving a significant amount on labor costs.

Such a good deal, there was no reason not to use it, right?

Ye Chuan, who had initially just wanted to browse, couldn't resist and started selecting items.

He needed a new TV, and the old wooden furniture had to go—Ye Chuan put them all into his spatial backpack. He also replaced the old, yellowed tiles with wood-grain tiles.

Cabinets, sofas, everything was added. Ye Chuan played around with the app like a construction game, dragging and dropping furniture, arranging them neatly, and adjusting the details.

After everything was more or less done, Ye Chuan clicked "Save" and paid the renovation fee of over seventy thousand yuan.

Spending tens of thousands of yuan at once was something he wouldn't have dared to imagine before, but now, not only could he imagine it,

He could do it!

It was for improving his living conditions, so spend!

Buy!

Buy everything!

Anything older than him was getting replaced!

[Construction in progress. Estimated time: 59 minutes 59 seconds] A message popped up after he confirmed the plan.

[Spend 1000 to purchase a Construction Acceleration Card.]

Ye Chuan ignored the acceleration card. He needed to save where he could. It was just an hour; it wasn't worth a thousand yuan.

After everything was ready, he waited in his room.

…

An hour later, in another room not far away, a long-haired girl was meditating cross-legged on her bed, her black hair spread out like silk.

A faint golden glow surrounded her, constantly condensing and being absorbed by her.

After absorbing the last trace of spiritual energy, Bai QianShuang felt the power within her.

After several days of recuperation, she had recovered about ten percent of her strength.

Not much, but it was good news.

Her beautiful, jewel-like eyes moved, glancing at the empty snack bag nearby. All the contents had been consumed.

"The spiritual energy in this world is thin. I'm just converting this food into my own strength," Bai QianShuang muttered to herself, unaware that there was still some seasoning powder from the potato chips on the corner of her lips.

She looked out the window; it was already dark.

"It seems I've been cultivating for a day." Bai QianShuang got up, intending to find Ye Chuan.

Not for food, of course, but as her benefactor, who had taken such good care of her, it was only proper to maintain regular communication.

And even if it was to obtain food and quickly recover her strength, it was still justified.

Bai QianShuang opened the door and froze.

The yellowed, stained walls with cobwebs in the corners were gone, replaced by walls painted in a soft cream color. 

The cracked pink tiles had been replaced with light wood-grain tiles.

The mismatched rosewood and dark wood furniture had been replaced with a unified theme of white and light wood.

A brand new TV and a robot vacuum cleaner were neatly placed. Outside the window, the beige curtains fluttered in the evening breeze, the wind chimes tinkling pleasantly.

The peeling wallpaper had been replaced with warm, wood-themed decorations. The inky blue sky and the city lights outside the window had a calming effect.

Bai QianShuang was speechless. She looked back at her own room, which was in stark contrast to the rest of the house, then back at the living room.

She didn't say anything, just silently stepped back and closed the door.

She must have opened the door incorrectly.

A few seconds later, Bai QianShuang opened the door again. Seeing that she hadn't been mistaken, her face stiffened, and she took a few steps back.

Had she… been transported to another unfamiliar place again?

She had finally settled down.

Ye Chuan was kind, and the food was delicious.

And now… it was all gone?!

Bai QianShuang's face paled, her aura becoming unstable.

"I made a Heavenly Dao oath, but now I'm in a different place. Will Ye Chuan misunderstand and think I left without saying goodbye?" Just as Bai QianShuang was wondering what to do, the door next to hers clicked open.

Ye Chuan walked out, yawning.

"It's exactly like the design." Ye Chuan looked at the living room's decorations, surprised by how good it looked. 

He reached out to touch the furniture, then noticed Bai QianShuang's stunned expression.

He asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Seeing Bai QianShuang standing there dumbfounded, Ye Chuan walked over, concerned.

Something couldn't be wrong with his precious money tree.

"The decorations…" Bai QianShuang hesitated. Could everything she had seen before have been an illusion?

"Oh, I renovated the place. Looks good, right?" Ye Chuan smiled and sat down on the sofa, testing it out.

Finally, it wasn't that hard wooden sofa anymore. He used to get backaches from occasionally sleeping on it. But sofas were always expensive. Ignoring those cheap, black-market sofas, a decent one cost at least three or four thousand, even tens of thousands.

Thinking about the old decorations, this warm, wood-themed style was much more pleasing to the eye.

It wasn't that the Chinese style was bad, but good-looking Chinese furniture was expensive, very expensive—a half-hearted attempt was worse than this simple, comfortable wood theme.

"Renovated? But how…" Hearing that Ye Chuan had renovated the place, Bai QianShuang was surprised. 

Immortals had all sorts of abilities; such feats weren't strange. But how could a mortal do this?

A mortal rivaling immortals?

As Bai QianShuang was pondering, her gaze lingered on Ye Chuan, and she froze, exclaiming in surprise,

"Qi Refining realm?"