That was right.
In truth, Da Qian was still sparsely populated despite its vast lands.
Its territory was simply far too large.
The main reason was the existence of demonic beasts.
Demonic beasts naturally wiped out a certain portion of the population.
Land itself was not valuable.
Safe land—land that could steadily produce food and support a population—was what held value.
So property prices existed here as well.
And they far exceeded those in Eastern Continent and Great Xia, where Wenren Sheng lived.
Because the capital was the safest place.
To put it this way, 99 percent of the capital's residents did not own homes.
From the moment they were born, their ancestors had already been renting.
Wages, rewards, windfalls—all of it eventually turned into rent.
Want to buy a house?
Unless your family produced a Cultivator, and one at the Foundation Establishment Stage or above.
Otherwise, even if you bought one, you would not be able to keep it.
Just as poor people could not protect beautiful wives and daughters.
A Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator could keep twenty square meters.
A Golden Core Cultivator could keep one hundred square meters.
A Nascent Soul Cultivator could own a villa.
A Deity Transformation Cultivator could own an entire building.
Those at the Return to Void stage and above had considerably more freedom.
That was because a Great Ascension Stage Old Ancestor was stationed in the capital.
No one could hope to break this rule.
In theory, every house belonged to the Old Ancestor.
The Old Ancestor simply could not be bothered to manage them, so those below possessed usage rights.
The bones of a house, the skin of a house.
If the Old Ancestor ever left one day, all those houses would instantly become trash, worthless junk that no one would