7: Chapter 7 The spiritual stone is here!

Time flowed quietly, and a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the crucial moment finally arrived to tally the profits from renting out the Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Rooms.

As the first ray of morning sunlight fell upon the earth, Chen Jun and Huang Youcai eagerly arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

However, City Lord Wang Bin was still immersed in his dreams at this time.

They dared not disturb him in the slightest and could only wait patiently in the main hall.

Wang Bin had always been accustomed to sleeping at night; it was simply unimaginable for him to sit in Cultivation for days and nights like other normal Cultivators, or even enter seclusion for several months.

Every day, he only ran his main Cultivation Technique, the Green Wood Art, for one cycle, and felt that was enough.

Being a free-spirited person, he felt incredibly bored every day due to the lack of any entertainment.

An hour slowly passed before Wang Bin leisurely arrived in the main hall.

He lightly waved his hand, signaling for them to get straight to the point. Seeing this, Huang Youcai immediately bowed respectfully and reported:

"City Lord, the rental situation of the Cultivation Rooms is simply better than imagined.

People come to rent them continuously every day, and now there's even a waiting list.

We have a total of four Cultivation Rooms. Aside from the first few days when few people knew about them, and a few rooms were vacant, plus Commander Chen's ten days of use, they have been fully occupied for the rest of the time.

As of today, they have been rented out ninety-nine times this month. Here are four thousand nine hundred and fifty Spirit Stones."

As he spoke, Huang Youcai took out a Storage Pouch, gently held it with Spiritual Qi, and slowly floated it in front of the City Lord.

Wang Bin took the Storage Pouch and swept his Divine Sense inside, only to see that it was indeed full of gleaming Spirit Stones.

A surge of ecstasy immediately welled up in his heart; the profit was truly too substantial, with a month's income equivalent to his two years of salary!

He couldn't help but secretly lament in his heart that his predecessor, Qingmu, was truly foolish to the extreme.

If he had done this earlier, buying a Meridian Protection Pill with twenty thousand Spirit Stones, where would Wang Bin be now?

"Good, you've done very well. As agreed, ten percent of the profit goes to you. Here are five hundred Spirit Stones; take them and divide them among yourselves."

Wang Bin, according to the agreement, took out his share from the Storage Pouch, then threw the remaining five hundred Spirit Stones along with the Storage Pouch to Huang Youcai, fulfilling his promise on the spot.

When he enjoyed the meat, his subordinates should also have some soup. After all, they were the ones who did all these things.

Moreover, everyone benefiting could avoid many unnecessary troubles.

Although he had never been a leader before, he understood this much.

However, his heart was full of doubts. White Cloud City only had a little over a hundred Cultivators in total, and the other several thousand were all Mortals. How could they be so rich?

Huang Youcai seemed to have seen Wang Bin's doubts and proactively explained in detail:

"City Lord, you may not know, but within a radius of ten thousand li, our White Cloud City offers the cheapest Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Rooms for rent.

After Cultivators who venture into the Demon Beast Mountain Range learned about this, they were very willing to rent our Cultivation Rooms.

This month, White Cloud City even gained some Cultivators temporarily residing here. White Cloud City has become much livelier because of this.

In fact, the main renters are still Cultivators from small Families within a thousand li radius.

Especially some Families, who don't even have a single first-grade Spiritual Vein.

Normally, they just absorb the thin Spiritual Qi in the air to Cultivate.

Every time they are about to Breakthrough, they save up enough Spirit Stones to rent a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivation Room with a Spiritual Vein in the market for their Breakthrough.

Alas! The Dao of Cultivation is truly difficult!"

Chen Jun stood quietly to the side, saying nothing.

The rental business of the Cultivation Rooms was managed by Huang Youcai. Aside from his fixed daily patrol duties, he spent the rest of his time Cultivating near the Cultivation Rooms.

Huang Youcai was not angry, after all, who told him his Cultivation was low?

Wang Bin praised them a few times but did not offer guidance on their Cultivation; he himself only had a superficial understanding.

Haha!

Seeing Huang Youcai still nodding incessantly, Wang Bin finally couldn't hold back.

"Youcai! Where are my maids? It's been a month already! Look, the City Lord's Mansion is unkempt, the flowers are wilting, and many places are dusty.

You wouldn't want this City Lord to personally cast a Breeze Art to clean, would you?"

"Uh!"

Huang Youcai was stumped by the City Lord's words, thinking to himself, why is the City Lord so impatient?

But he immediately explained, "City Lord, you wrong me! I released the news the very day I returned, and even sent my wife to her maiden home with people to help you with this!

We need to find maids with good looks and Family backgrounds!

They are all Mortals. Even if some have a bit of martial arts skill, they are still a thousand li away. It would take at least one or two months for them to travel back and forth by horse and carriage, and that's only if the journey is smooth."

Wang Bin's face flushed with embarrassment after hearing the explanation; he had been too impatient.

"Alright! Just arrange it quickly. Are there no female Cultivators who volunteered to be maids at the City Lord's Mansion?"

Huang Youcai chuckled awkwardly twice and said:

"My Lord, if it were in the heartland of the Merchant Alliance, it would be fine. A female Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator, if her Aptitude isn't good, could even become a concubine for a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

But this is the edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range. Those who come here to adventure are Cultivators devoted to the Dao, so..."

Wang Bin understood Huang Youcai's meaning: it meant that female Cultivators with good Aptitude had already left, and those who came here were ruthless individuals who looked down on him!

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He was a dignified great Cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Stage, even if only in the early Foundation Establishment Stage.

He hadn't expected that in the Cultivation World, it would be so difficult to find a female Cultivator of the same Realm.

Wang Bin sighed and waved his hand listlessly, saying:

"Never mind, you two should prioritize the Cultivation Room matters. As for the rest, just do as you please. Go do your work."

Huang Youcai and Chen Jun walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, continuing until they were beyond the range of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator's Divine Sense, arriving at the patrol team's station.

Only then did Huang Youcai cautiously take out the Storage Pouch and pour all the Spirit Stones onto the table.

Looking at the gleaming Spirit Stones, his eyes flickered with a greedy light.

"Commander Chen, the City Lord bestowed five hundred Spirit Stones for us to distribute ourselves.

My idea is that we each take forty percent, two hundred Spirit Stones each, and the remaining one hundred Spirit Stones will be distributed among the subordinates.

Renting out the City Lord's Mansion's Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Rooms might cause issues, so it's best if everyone gets a share, then the City Lord will feel at ease.

Moreover, a month's income is the same as my year's salary, and I can now hope for Foundation Establishment."

Chen Jun hesitated for a moment, then agreed. He was now at Qi Refining Perfection, lacking only one Foundation Establishment Pill.

He had only saved a little over ten thousand Spirit Stones, still tens of thousands short of buying a Foundation Establishment Pill. He was still hesitating whether to venture into the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Huang Youcai saw Chen Jun hesitate and thought he was dissatisfied with the distribution, so he quickly explained:

"Commander, I know my Cultivation is low, and taking as much as you is a bit greedy.

But I have to patrol every day and also deal with the Cultivation Room matters, which delays my Cultivation time every day.

You won't have to worry about these things in the future; I will also help you take care of the patrol team's affairs.

As long as no major incidents occur, I will absolutely not disturb you.

You can focus solely on Foundation Establishment. Just take care of your junior brother once you successfully achieve Foundation Establishment."

"Good fellow, I agree. When I successfully achieve Foundation Establishment, I won't forget you."

Chen Jun was very satisfied with Huang Youcai's performance. He could get two hundred Spirit Stones every month without doing anything, which was his annual salary!

And it didn't delay his Cultivation at all, which was excellent.

Moreover, he wasn't good at dealing with people. Everyone was delighted. After the Spirit Stones were distributed, the entire patrol team was very happy.

Who wouldn't be happy to get Spirit Stones for free? And there would be more to distribute every month in the future.