Renting a Cave Residence, the Simulation Begins!

Divine Firmament Sect, East Courtyard.

Good Fortune Merchant House.

Afternoon.

"Why is it so expensive?"

"I don't remember the prices being this outrageous before."

Yu Ke studied the cave residence price list posted on the wall. A stay ran from midnight until noon the next day.

That was practically a full day, yet it cost a staggering three thousand Spirit Stones.

Renting one for a single two-hour period cost three hundred Spirit Stones.

Renting it for a day did save a little.

And he had chosen a mid-tier cave residence, not one of the most prestigious upper-tier residences with the richest spiritual energy.

Even so, the price made him click his tongue.

Fifteen days would cost forty-five thousand Spirit Stones.

The Spirit Stones Yu Ke had on him were only just enough to cover the rent—and that was without repaying his debts.

After that, he would have no money left for the spiritual pills and treasures he needed for Foundation Establishment.

Across from Yu Ke stood a young female cultivator responsible for receiving customers, wearing a polite smile.

She was slender and tall, her pale, delicate hands folded at her waist. She had fair skin, neat features, and an unhurried manner.

A clean white line was embroidered along the cuffs of her clothes.

It marked her as a Servant Disciple of the Divine Firmament Sect.

Businesses in the Outer Sect generally employed Divine Firmament Sect Servant Disciples to receive customers.

It was also a sect rule: enterprises within the sect could hire only its own people.

Servant Disciples came from poor backgrounds. Their families had little savings, let alone powerful elders to protect them; not a single great cultivator had appeared in their families for generations.

After joining the sect, they tended spirit fields or managed Medicine Gardens.

Others took