Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 67 - I Want Just One More Sip

Night,

A bit late.

Ye Chuan

Was being tortured—

"Waaaaahhhhhhhh~" The wails echoed through the house like a banshee, making the temperature drop several degrees.

Ye Chuan sat on the sofa, looking at Lan XiaoKe floating around, her face streaked with blood, a rather disturbing sight. 

He said with a deadpan expression, "Are you done yet? Why are you crying?"

"That newbie called me a noob, and then he added me as a friend just to keep insulting me," Lan XiaoKe sobbed.

Ye Chuan rolled his eyes. "Then insult him back!"

"Waaaaahhhhh." Lan XiaoKe cried even harder. "He said I talk like an old lady!"

Seeing Lan XiaoKe like this, Ye Chuan offered a suggestion. 

"Next time someone insults you online, just meet them offline and scare them. You're a ghost, act like one! What's with all the crying?"

Lan XiaoKe's crying subsided. That seemed like a good idea.

She would definitely scare the crap out of him when they met.

It seemed this busty ghost was also an idiot.

"So, did you talk to QianShuang today?" Ye Chuan asked. 

After all, Lan XiaoKe had promised to get along with Bai QianShuang, but there hadn't been any progress these past few days.

Lan XiaoKe's expression turned guilty. "We… didn't see each other today."

"Useless ghost."

"So mean…"

But Ye Chuan knew it would take time. Seeing Lan XiaoKe hovering around him, he asked, "What?"

"I saw a cool gun skin… Ye Chuan, can you buy it for me~?" Lan XiaoKe asked timidly.

"Already asking for top-ups after just two days of playing?"

"It's fun! Those boys even call me 'mommy' and follow me around."

"..." Ye Chuan immediately refused. "No way. Wait until you get along with Bai QianShuang, then I'll consider it."

Lan XiaoKe dejectedly buried her face in her backpack and was about to disappear into the wall.

"However…" Ye Chuan started, and Lan XiaoKe's butt, which had already halfway disappeared into the wall, popped back out.

"However?"

"How about this, you clean the house every day, and I'll give you a hundred yuan allowance," Ye Chuan said.

She was his enslaved ghost, after all; she had to work.

She was idle anyway, so work!

"Really?!" Lan XiaoKe's head popped out, her face lighting up. Cleaning? That was easy! She would even lick the toilet clean if he asked!

What a life for a ghost.

Seeing Lan XiaoKe's excitement, Ye Chuan waved his hand, and she immediately returned to her room.

Ye Chuan sat in the living room for a while, then took out his phone and checked on his two tenants.

Bai QianShuang, as always, was meditating peacefully on her bed. 

The spiritual energy in this world was incredibly thin, but she still persisted in cultivating every day, absorbing every bit she could.

Glancing at the log, the chibi Bai QianShuang mostly meditated, only occasionally moving to eat snacks.

Her chubby cheeks puffed slightly with each breath, looking indescribably cute.

Ye Chuan thought that it would be great if he could help Bai QianShuang.

For now, spirit stones and crystals were the most reliable option, but he didn't obtain them every time he went on an adventure.

And—

It would be strange to keep saying that he found the spirit stones as a child.

Once or twice was fine, but what about after many times?

As Ye Chuan was pondering, his phone vibrated.

[Recommended for you: Portable Spirit Gathering Array for Home Use, limited-time offer, 99,999 yuan]

[Spirit Gathering Array: Can generate spiritual energy, suitable for tenant use and can increase cultivation speed for everyone.]

Ye Chuan: "..."

It reeked of targeted advertising.

It was as if he had just said he needed toilet paper, and Taobao immediately started recommending him all sorts of paper products.

But wasn't ninety-nine thousand a bit too expensive?

"But it can increase my cultivation speed, so it's not too bad." Ye Chuan had received forty thousand from Wang Yanran today, so he was feeling a bit flush.

Spend!

Spend it all!

The money wasn't gone, just transformed into something that would benefit him!

After purchasing the array, Ye Chuan found it in the renovation interface. 

He set it up, and a faint blue light flashed, enveloping the entire house.

The light slowly faded, and Ye Chuan immediately felt the air fill with spiritual energy.

He took a deep breath.

Refreshing and invigorating.

Not bad.

Ye Chuan nodded in satisfaction and returned to his room.

Meanwhile, in Bai QianShuang's room—

Bai QianShuang, who was meditating, suddenly sensed something and opened her eyes.

She was surprised and puzzled. "Why is the spiritual energy suddenly so dense?"

Although it was still far less than the TianXuan Continent, it was like a single drop of water turning into a small stream!

Bai QianShuang's heart leaped with joy, and she immediately started absorbing the spiritual energy at full speed. 

Her injuries had healed, and her previously depleted spiritual energy was now like a fully charged battery, greedily devouring the surrounding energy.

Her aura grew stronger and stronger. Suddenly, the surrounding spiritual energy vanished without a trace.

"?!" Bai QianShuang froze, opening her eyes.

The spiritual energy… was gone?

She checked her cultivation and found that she had almost fully recovered, but the abrupt disappearance of the spiritual energy left her feeling unsatisfied, like reaching for a climax but falling short.

"..."

Meanwhile, Ye Chuan also noticed the change in the house.

"Damn, how long did that take? Bai QianShuang absorbed all the spiritual energy from the array?" Ye Chuan checked the array's status; it was completely drained.

She was too thirsty for spiritual energy.

[Spirit Gathering Array has been depleted. Spend 1000 to replenish?]

[Subscribe for unlimited spiritual energy supply, only 50,000 per month.]

Ye Chuan: "..."

Seriously?

Fifty thousand it was. Ye Chuan calculated that he didn't know how many times he would have to replenish the array per day, so it was better to just let Bai QianShuang absorb as much as she wanted.

He had already bought it, so what was a little more money?

A nuclear-level Golden Core cultivator needed strength, and weapons needed maintenance.

Spend!

…

Bai QianShuang sat on the bed, her ahoge drooping slightly, seemingly disappointed.

If there had been more spiritual energy, she could have continued cultivating and broken through to the next realm.

And after this experience, Bai QianShuang suddenly found that she couldn't stand the meager amount of spiritual energy from before. It was nothing compared to this abundance.

"I want just one more sip…"