Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 96 - The Rejuvenation Pill

"Hmph, you jerk." Luo Xi, seeing Ye Chuan's smug look, pinched his waist.

Although with Ye Chuan's current physical strength, he couldn't feel any pain, he still pretended to wince.

After a while, the middle-aged man finished chatting with Father Luo and left. 

Judging from their conversation, they seemed like old friends who had known each other for years.

"Ye Chuan, you can take Xiao Xi home now," Father Luo said, seemingly needing to do something.

"Okay," Ye Chuan readily agreed.

Although Luo Xi was curious about what her father was going to do, she didn't ask and left with Ye Chuan.

…

They walked through the alleyways, the damp stone pavement gleaming faintly in the dim light.

Away from the bustling food street, Luo Xi, wearing slippers that revealed her delicate toes, walked briskly, then playfully linked her arm through Ye Chuan's.

In the deserted alley, her intimate gesture made Ye Chuan glance at her. 

Feeling her arm pressed against his, he smirked. "So eager?"

Luo Xi, hearing his words, made a cat-like expression, looking rather smug. "Not allowed?"

She then closed her eyes, took a few small steps closer, her chin almost touching his chest, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.

Seeing this, Ye Chuan glanced to the side. Lan Xiaoke, blinking, tactfully turned away, pretending to see nothing.

After kissing for a while, Luo Xi contentedly nuzzled her face against Ye Chuan's chest, holding down his wandering hand. 

Perhaps because there was no one around, she let him… explore for a bit.

Ye Chuan hadn't expected Luo Xi to be so clingy after they started dating.

But he didn't mind.

After walking Luo Xi back to her apartment building, Ye Chuan and Lan Xiaoke returned home.

As soon as he opened the door, Lan Xiaoke's clothes changed back into her maid outfit. 

She grabbed a broom and started humming. "Xiao Ke One is cleaning, please pay one hundred yuan."

"We'll talk after you're done," Ye Chuan said, pinching Lan Xiaoke's chubby cheek, and went to the living room.

Ignoring Lan Xiaoke, Ye Chuan was surprised to find Bai Qianshuang watching TV at this hour, with the snacks he had bought for her placed in front of her.

Bai Qianshuang was hugging a pillow, her hair still slightly damp from a recent shower.

She was wearing her pajamas, her long, slender legs stretched out lazily.

Seeing Ye Chuan return, she glanced back, her eyelashes fluttering, the tear mole under her eye adding to her charm. 

"You're back, Ye Chuan."

"You showered?" Ye Chuan asked. Didn't Bai Qianshuang usually cleanse herself with spiritual energy?

"I think I should adapt to the customs of this world. Showering is quite comfortable," Bai Qianshuang explained, taking out her phone and opening her saved videos. 

One of them explained the benefits of showering.

"Even a cultivator like you believes in science?" Ye Chuan chuckled, seeing her serious expression.

"It feels good." Bai Qianshuang took a strand of her hair and offered it to Ye Chuan.

"Shampoo, it smells nice."

"Indeed."

It was time to introduce this ancient person to the wonders of industrial fragrances.

Ye Chuan noticed Bai Qianshuang's loose-fitting pajamas, and from his angle, standing behind her, he had a clear view of her… ample cleavage. 

He wasn't sure if she was just unguarded or if she wasn't used to wearing such clothes.

Ye Chuan suddenly asked, "Qianshuang, do you need any allowance?"

Money?

Bai Qianshuang looked up and shook her head. "No need."

She didn't need money or food. (Except for snacks.)

A simple place to stay was enough.

She was very low-maintenance.

"Allowance?" Lan Xiaoke's head popped out from between the sofa cushions like a balloon. "I hear the sweet sound of money."

"You can have an allowance too if you cultivate diligently," Ye Chuan pushed Lan Xiaoke's head back down.

Ye Chuan sat with Bai Qianshuang and watched TV for a while. 

Bai Qianshuang was watching a documentary, claiming she could learn a lot of interesting things from it.

Indeed, for someone who grew up in a cultivation world, technology was as fascinating as cultivation was to ordinary people. 

Seeing Bai Qianshuang's focus, Ye Chuan just stayed for a while, then went to take a shower.

Seeing Ye Chuan enter the bathroom, Lan Xiaoke, who was still cleaning, floated closer to Bai Qianshuang. "Ye Chuan is so good to you."

After all, Lan Xiaoke had to work for her allowance, while Bai Qianshuang received money without doing anything.

Bai Qianshuang nodded slightly. She also felt that Ye Chuan was very kind to her.

She hadn't done anything for him.

"I want to repay Ye Chuan," Bai Qianshuang said. She felt that simply protecting him for his entire lifespan wasn't enough.

Lan Xiaoke, hearing this, said slyly, "Then repay him."

"How?"

"I'll tell you. Ye Chuan asked me to clean the house. If you help out too, he'll be very happy," Lan Xiaoke said.

"You have to take the initiative with housework."

Bai Qianshuang's ahoge perked up. She thought Lan Xiaoke had a point. She had already been doing that, helping with cooking and such.

Although the taste wasn't quite right yet, she was improving.

"Alright, I'll help you clean the house," Bai Qianshuang said.

(●? ?ω?? ) Lan Xiaoke nodded vigorously.

…

After showering, Ye Chuan didn't see Bai Qianshuang or Lan Xiaoke and assumed they had returned to their rooms.

He didn't think much of it and went back to his own room.

Opening the Ten Thousand Realms Landlord app, he found that both Bai Qianshuang and Lan Xiaoke, his two sunflowers, had produced items.

[Item: Rejuvenation Pill

Low-Grade pill. After consumption, stimulates vitality and repairs meridians and organs.]

[Item: Ten Mile Ghost Summoning Talisman

After use, summons all low-level ghosts within a ten-mile radius to your command for one use (Effect depends on user's strength).]

A Rejuvenation Pill?

Whoa.

Finally, Bai Qianshuang had produced a basic healing pill. Ye Chuan's eyes lit up. With this, Luo Xi's mother could fully recover.

She truly was his precious money tree.

Ye Chuan looked at the emerald green pill, then opened the Pill Refining interface and found that the Rejuvenation Pill recipe had been unlocked.

Time to refine!