Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 5 - Bai QianShuang-Related Cultivation Items

After clearing up the misunderstanding about his grandpa's death and seeing Bai QianShuang nod in understanding, Ye Chuan realized he might need to teach her some basic life skills for this society. 

However, figuring out where to start gave him a headache.

Should he start with the 5,000 years of Chinese history?

No, he should start with the creation myth of Pangu.

Nezha Conquers the Sea?

Monkey King's Havoc in Heaven?

Before he could finish the story of Nüwa creating humans, Bai QianShuang was already drowsy. 

Her head bobbed like a fishing float, and her eyes were barely open, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly. As if she finally couldn't hold on any longer, her head tilted and rested on Ye Chuan's shoulder.

Feeling the weight on his shoulder, Ye Chuan stayed still for a few seconds, hearing her steady breathing.

Seeing the exhaustion on Bai QianShuang, Ye Chuan guessed that she might have been chased and hadn't rested for quite some time.

He tilted his head slightly and glanced. 

A faint, indescribable fragrance emanated from Bai QianShuang's hair, and from his angle, he could see the expanse of snowy skin at her neckline.

Hmm, his nose felt warm and a bit tingly.

A nosebleed was coming.

"It seems cultivators get sleepy in class too. Everyone's the same in that regard." 

Ye Chuan carefully helped Bai QianShuang onto the bed and covered her with the blanket. Her hair was very long, and he was worried about it getting tangled.

He couldn't let his precious money tree catch a cold.

After tucking her in more securely, he took her white robe and left the room.

Not long after Ye Chuan left, Bai QianShuang opened her beautiful eyes. She looked in the direction he had gone, then lowered her head slightly, noticing the warm blanket covering her. 

She seemed to ponder something for a moment before slowly closing her eyes.

...

Ye Chuan was now in the living room. There were only a few rosewood cabinets and an old CRT television. A few red plastic stools were faded almost white, bearing the marks of time. A painting of a chubby baby in a bellyband hung on the wall.

Ye Chuan didn't have the money to renovate. These were all left to him by his grandfather. As long as they were usable, he wasn't too picky.

Taking out a box of needles and thread from a cabinet, Ye Chuan sat on a red plastic stool and began to mend the tattered white robe.

"Huh? What material is this?" Ye Chuan found that his needle and thread couldn't penetrate the fabric.

Despite feeling soft to the touch, the robe had an indescribable resilience, like a super-strong plastic bag that wouldn't tear no matter how hard he tried.

After struggling for a while, his fingers aching, Ye Chuan gave up.

No wonder, it was a cultivator's item after all, even a piece of clothing was different.

Wouldn't it make a great bath towel, one that would never wear out?

If Bai QianShuang knew what Ye Chuan was thinking at this moment, she would probably be furious.

But the system said he had a certain probability of obtaining Bai QianShuang-related items. 

Since Bai QianShuang was a cultivator, he should be able to get cultivation-related items, right?

If that were the case, wouldn't his minor illness be a trivial matter?

Soaring through the heavens, ten thousand swords returning to one.

Just as Ye Chuan was happily daydreaming, his phone vibrated. He picked it up and took a look—

[Obtained a Bai QianShuang-related item, do you want to claim it?]

"Whoa? Speak of the devil! Claim it!"

After Ye Chuan pressed the claim button, a soft, silk-like material appeared in his hand. 

It was like a band, embroidered with gold patterns at the edges, similar in color to the robe, and still warm.

"Huh? Isn't it a pill or some cultivation technique the norm?"

Ye Chuan looked at the material in his hand, a little perplexed. "A clothing accessory?"

Was this a belt?

Ye Chuan tugged at it, then sniffed it. The scent was somewhat familiar, like Bai QianShuang's, a faint fragrance.

But this belt was useless to him. 

He couldn't really use it as a bath towel, could he? It would be better to return it to Bai QianShuang.

Ye Chuan put away the silk band and took the robe to wash.

...

Night, deep night.

"Cough, cough, cough." Ye Chuan woke up in the middle of the night, gasping for breath, and sat up coughing violently.

He couldn't remember how many times he had been woken up like this. 

Ever since his heart problems were diagnosed, Ye Chuan had barely had a good night's sleep.

Turning on the light, Ye Chuan found a mirror and saw that his lips were purple and his complexion was terrible.

Realizing that lying flat risked suffocation, Ye Chuan chose to sit up and wait for dawn, occasionally closing his eyes.

He was used to it anyway.

As dawn broke, he went out and bought breakfast.

After knocking on the door, Ye Chuan pushed open Bai QianShuang's room and found her still fast asleep, curled up in her preferred sleeping position. 

Ye Chuan put down the breakfast, along with the washed robe and the silk band, neatly arranged on the table.

After doing all this, Ye Chuan took out his phone and checked it.

[(Agricultural Bank of China) Your account ending in 4399 received a UnionPay transfer of 2000.00 at 0:00 on June 23rd. Balance: 4003.10.]

Today's earnings had arrived. However, he didn't get any other Bai QianShuang-related items today. 

Ye Chuan only hoped it wouldn't be another piece of clothing. Some immortal pills or cultivation techniques would be the most practical.

Ye Chuan's gaze towards Bai QianShuang became more fervent, and he quickly tucked her in.

Perhaps sensing someone in the room, Bai QianShuang opened her eyes sleepily and noticed Ye Chuan standing by the bed. 

"Mmm?"

"Good morning, I got you breakfast. Eat some if you're hungry," Ye Chuan smiled seeing Bai QianShuang awake.

"I have to go to school later."

"Going to the academy?" Bai QianShuang sat up, her bangs falling slightly apart, some sticking to her lips. 

She tilted her chin slightly, her eyes languid, looking both innocent and alluring.

"Yeah, tomorrow's the weekend, I'll teach you a lot of things then," Ye Chuan said. 

If Bai QianShuang was going to live in this society, there were many things she needed to learn. 

After thinking it over last night, he decided it was better to start with practical matters like how to use a phone and a washing machine, rather than history.

After giving these simple instructions, Ye Chuan left the room, leaving the still somewhat drowsy Bai QianShuang behind.

Bai QianShuang sat on the bed for a while, her gaze falling on the breakfast, then noticing the folded clothes. 

Perhaps because she wasn't used to wearing the lacy slip dress, she reached out to change back.

But her snow-white fingers froze in mid-air.

Because she saw the white silk band on her robe, she subconsciously placed her other hand on her chest.

"?!"

"You… you pervert!"

(SHMOLL: Oh shucks, this is getting interesting! I think Bai girl would attend the academy as well as his gf or smth like that. Hmmm…)

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