Other cultivators rely on spirit stones. Three-year-old Nuomi cultivates by collecting rent.
On the Demon Lord's first day as a tenant, his aura scared away a group of pursuers.
On his eighth day, the little landlady cornered him at the door. "You're behind on rent. Are you chopping wood or hauling water today?"
An amnesiac sword immortal wanted to draw his sword, but first he had to pay for the roof tiles he'd knocked away with his sword energy. The Holy Maiden of the Pill Sect wanted to stay for free, so she had to fertilize the spirit fields every day. The Sea Tribe's crown prince brought an entire spirit spring with him as payment, but still had to queue up and register for the water bill.
The spirit beasts in the backyard all tried to dodge their rent. Nuomi waved her little hand: the greedy ones guard the storeroom, the fire-breathers work in the kitchen, and the strong ones plow the fields. No refusals allowed. Room and board included, rent paid through labor!
The powerful figures competed for the fortune of the Nine Provinces by day and fought over the kitchen stove by night. Outsiders thought it was just a rundown courtyard, but after kicking in the door, they discovered it was home to a Demon Lord, a sword immortal, a Holy Maiden, a Demon King, and a bunch of fiercely protective old tenants.
Later, the Immortal Alliance sent an eviction notice. Nuomi opened her little abacus and said, "You can demolish it, but first settle 37,600 years of unpaid rent."
Lu Tianheng was about to sneer when a line appeared in the property register listing who owed the rent. It was the entire immortal realm!
