After bringing Chu Xisheng to Heavenly Wave Residence and handing him the keys, Zong Lingwei took his leave.
Zhou Liangchen and the others hurried to carry the luggage inside, then picked up the cleaning tools Chu Xisheng had collected from the Internal Affairs Office and cleared away the accumulated dust.
Chu Yunyun asked Chu Xisheng, "How much does Heavenly Wave Residence cost? It must be expensive?"
Chu Xisheng remained expressionless. "Fifty-two thousand taels of demon silver a month."
Chu Yunyun froze for a moment.
Although she had lived in Heavenly Wave Residence before, she had never asked how much the rent was.
Her Dao Attendants had handled such trifles.
Chu Yunyun could not help smiling bitterly. "At this time before the new year, the two of us could only earn a little over a hundred taels after a month of hard work."
Those first three months in Xiushui Commandery had been the hardest, most desperate period of her life.
They had also taught Chu Yunyun how difficult life was for ordinary people and martial cultivators at the bottom.
"But expensive as this courtyard is, it does have quite a few benefits."
"Benefits?"
Chu Xisheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
He had actually spent this fortune renting the courtyard to indulge Chu Yunyun's sentimental attachment.
There were extra benefits too?
Chu Yunyun said nothing, leading Chu Xisheng into a nearby cultivation chamber.
She bent down and touched the Spirit-Gathering Formation inside, then said with a complicated expression, "Sure enough, it's just as it was before. It hasn't been touched. When I lived here, I invested heavily in modifying the four Spirit-Gathering Formations.
"I never asked about the details, but according to my Dao Attendants, four Ancient Spirit Hearts were buried beneath each formation, along with all sorts of precious heavenly treasures. Cultivating