Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 88 - The World-Destroying Witch

Silence hung in the air. Ye Chuan looked at the little loli in front of him and asked, surprised, "Why were you sleeping in that jade pendant?"

Shouldn't it have been an old woman or something? Why did she look like a child?

This bizarre scene left Ye Chuan speechless.

Especially her clothes; they didn't look like anything from the Tianxuan Continent.

He would have believed she was from some medieval European country.

"..." The loli just stared at Ye Chuan, twirling a strand of her long twintails, ignoring his question. She raised her other hand.

"Kneel, Verdana."

She seemed to be chanting a spell, but nothing happened.

Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow.

What kind of strange ritual was this?

"Magic power… my body?" The loli noticed her small, childlike hands. 

She looked down at herself, then instinctively touched her chest.

Flat, small.

"How…" She seemed unable to comprehend, her round eyes widening.

Where was her voluptuous, curvaceous body?!

Where were her… assets?!

"What did you do to me?!" The loli immediately pointed at Ye Chuan, her calm demeanor gone, like a cat whose fur had been rubbed the wrong way. 

"Are you some kind of pervert?!"

Ye Chuan: "?"

What did he do? He just spent two hundred thousand yuan to awaken her.

He spent the money, but he didn't get his all-powerful ring grandpa.

He even got hit with a flashbang, what more could he have done?

As Ye Chuan held up his hands innocently, the loli noticed the jade pendant and gasped. 

"Eek?! My Soul Crystal! How dare they carve it like this?! Vulgar! Tacky! Idiots!"

She glared at Ye Chuan, baring her tiny fangs. "Was it you?!"

"I don't know anything," Ye Chuan said, even more curious about why a jade pendant from the Tianxuan Continent would summon a Western fantasy loli. 

He touched his chin.

He also thought of the stone tablet inscribed with "2099."

Could it be…

That there really was a previous civilization in the Tianxuan Continent? And this little loli was from that civilization?

Although there were many things he couldn't understand, Ye Chuan said, "Why don't we sit down and talk?"

"..."

Sensing that Ye Chuan had no malicious intent, the loli sat down on the edge of the bed, swinging her short legs. 

"Hmph, bring me some tea."

"No tea," Ye Chuan said, taking a bottle of juice from the refrigerator. "Juice."

The little loli frowned, looking at Ye Chuan. "Treating me like a child? Making me drink juice."

But she was clearly thirsty. After taking a sip, she seemed surprised by the taste. "Oh? Not bad."

As she drank, her little legs swung happily, and she quickly finished the bottle.

Her cheerful demeanor was indeed like a child's.

"Another one!"

"Tell me about your situation first. Why are you in the Tianxuan Continent?" Ye Chuan asked.

"Tianxuan Continent?" The loli shook the empty bottle, looking at Ye Chuan. 

"I don't know what this 'Tianxuan Continent' is. I'm from the Aether Continent."

"Your name?"

"Just call me the Great Witch."

"You don't seem to have any power right now," Ye Chuan said with a dangerous smile. 

This little thing didn't seem to understand the situation.

The loli sensed the threat in his words. "Y-you… You insolent little brat, my name is Lilith."

"Then why were you in this stone?" Ye Chuan picked up the jade pendant, which was more like carved crystal.

"That's a Soul Crystal. It can seal souls. After my body was destroyed, I slumbered within it, waiting for the opportunity to revive," Lilith said, seemingly unhappy. 

"After the Soul Crystal was carved, my soul power was greatly diminished. Carving such a beautiful gem so crudely, the craftsman must have been an idiot."

Seeing Ye Chuan's thoughtful expression, Lilith smirked.

"I am Lilith, the World-Destroying Witch, the most powerful being in the Aether Continent. You just need to help me recover my soul power, and I can grant any wish you desire."

World-Destroying Witch?

A magical world?

So the previous civilization in the Tianxuan Continent was a world of magic?

"If that's the case, can you sense this?" Ye Chuan extended his hand and released his spiritual energy.

"Magic power, what's so strange about that?" Lilith said, then seemed to notice something. 

"Chaotic magic power? You have good aptitude, little one. You have the potential to become a seventh-tier mage or higher."

Ye Chuan: "?"

He seemed to have realized something.

This power, Bai Qianshuang called it spiritual energy, and Lilith called it magic power?

So… they were essentially the same thing, just different names?

Just like the attributes of the superpowered warriors in this world.

Whether it was spiritual energy and spiritual roots or magic power and magical attributes,

They were all the same thing, just different terms and systems due to different eras.

Interesting, so it was just a difference in terminology and systems?

Ye Chuan pondered.

As he was thinking, Lilith was observing him. 

"Tell me about this 'Tianxuan Continent.' Is that the name of this world?"

"Not really, our world is called Earth," Ye Chuan chuckled.

Lilith: ?

She was confused. After all, she couldn't remember how long she had been asleep, and everything was unfamiliar to her.

And the loss of her soul power prevented her from absorbing magic power and recovering her strength.

Just then, Ye Chuan noticed a new notification on his phone—

[New Tenant Discovered: Lilith Ann

One of the seven World-Destroying Witches of the Aether Continent. Her body was destroyed during a subjugation, and her soul was sealed within a Soul Crystal.]

[Tenant Quality: S-Rank]

[Daily Income after Tenant Check-in: 5000]

[Chance to obtain magic-related items]

[Unlocks new adventure after check-in]

S-Rank quality?

Ye Chuan remembered that Bai Qianshuang was A-Rank, and Lan Xiaoke was B-Rank.

This little girl was actually S-Rank? And her starting rent was five thousand?!

Ye Chuan's gaze towards Lilith immediately changed.

"What are you looking at?!" Lilith noticed the change in his expression and scooted back on the bed, her cheeks puffing up. 

"I've lived for hundreds of years! Are you even interested in an old woman like me?!"