As the largest city on the Southern Continent, Liangyi City had the powerful Liangyi Sect overseeing it and maintained impeccable order. Countless cultivators wanted to settle there, driving the cost of living within the city sky-high.
With only Qi Condensation cultivation, Yang Ziqing naturally could not afford to live inside the city. His home was a small courtyard in a village outside the city, where his family of five crowded together.
Even such a small courtyard was a heavy burden for him.
Whether inside or outside the city, all homes within the range of a spiritual vein required annual payments. The fees outside the city were merely lower, decreasing the closer one got to the edge of the spiritual vein. The only free areas were places without spiritual veins, where mortals lived. Unless cultivators truly had nowhere else to turn, they were unwilling to go there.
As for areas beyond the sect's jurisdiction, without the Liangyi Sect's protection, their safety could not be guaranteed.
"Senior, this is my room. Please come in!"
Yang Ziqing led Chen Lin into the courtyard and hurriedly opened the door of a detached room on the east side.
Then he explained, "My father and I are the only cultivators in our family. My mother and younger brother and sister have no spiritual roots. My father is only at Qi Condensation Layer 4. Ten years ago, he was injured by a monster beast while gathering spiritual herbs, and he has difficulty moving around. I won't have them disturb you, Senior."
Chen Lin nodded and entered the room.
He had investigated the circumstances of all the Qi Condensation cultivators he had hired. He already knew about this village and Yang Ziqing's family, so none of this surprised him.
Although the man enjoyed fawning and flattery, he had