With that, Fang Yang pulled out the tails of 3 mid stage gold-eating rats and handed them to the clerk and as the clerk saw the 3 mid stage rat tails her expression changed.
Fang Yang was only in the 2nd level of Qi refinement, but he could kill creatures that rivalled a mid-stage cultivator.
Who is this guy?
A genius that can kill across levels. Looking at his robe she could see that Fang Yang was still in the outer sect but that didn't stop her from appreciating such an impressive feat like killing across levels.
"If we count the three mid-stage rat tails, the total adds up to 18 spirit stones. Knowing the amount checked out, Fang Yang nodded and took the spirit stones from her.
"Next, I still have some pieces of spirit gold."
As Fang Yang spoke, he brought out 8 pieces of low-quality spirit gold, finally allowing the clerk lady to breathe a sigh of relief.
Although It was on the slightly higher end, it was the first time that Fang Yang had shown something to actually fit his cultivation level.
If he once again brought out something ridiculous, then she really wouldn't know how to deal with this mysterious man in front of her.
With a quick inspection to make sure the spirit gold was really up to standard, Fang Yang added another 8 spirit stones into his wallet.
After receiving his payment, Fang Yang walked over to the house renting department.
At the mining outpost, you couldn't just stay there for free. You actually had to pay the price of spirit stones to stay in the houses here. This is because the location of the spirit gold mine had no spirit veins, this meant that cultivation here would be several times weaker than cultivating in the sect.
The Foundation Establishment elders naturally couldn't accept it. For a qi cultivator, the difference between cultivating with a spirit vein and without one was the difference between running and walking, but for Foundation Establishment elders, it was much worse.
For them, it would be like going from running to now moving at a snail's pace
The Foundation Establishment elders had to find a way around it, as the elders could be stationed at spirit gold mines for years at a time. One year with such a slow cultivation pace might not do much with a Foundation Establishment's long lifespan but over the years, such a thing would add up and before long they wouldn't even know how they stayed stuck at a cultivation level for a long time.
The Foundation Establishment elders complained to the sect allowing for a 2nd Rank formation master to come and create a high level spirit gathering formation which would allow for the small mining outpost to have a high concentration of spirit qi that was almost comparable to the spirit veins back at the sect
But nothing ever came for free. Such a powerful formation would naturally have a high price and burn through a ridiculous amount of spirit stones just to stay active.
Even the wealth of a foundation establishment elder wouldn't be able to support such an output for long.
To get around this, the elders had come up with a clever plan, and that was to charge the disciples a certain amount of spirit stones to stay in the mining outpost.
Although the elders could get away with doing these shameless actions, the sect wouldn't allow them to completely cheat the disciples out of their spirit stones.
Paying spirit stones for a residence in the mining outpost naturally came with some benefits.
The disciples could actually use part of the formation they set up to help with their cultivation, but this all depended on the number of spirit stones spent on renting out a residence. So naturally, if you spent more, you would receive greater benefits from the formation.
Walking up to the desk, Fang Yang saw a bored middle-aged man sitting at the desk.
But Fang Yang didn't dare underestimate him as he could feel the powerful aura of a 9th-level qi refinement cultivator radiating from him.
After suppressing his shock and clearing his throat, Fang Yang finally spoke up.
"I would like to rent a room please."
Hearing this, the man looked Fang Yang up and down before a brief look of surprise appeared on his face when he saw Fang Yang's cultivation. But he quickly suppressed it.
Working in this place, he had managed to see many strange things over the years, and this could just be another one. From his experience, he learned it was always better to ignore these things and act as if you never saw them in the first place.
With this in mind, he treated Fang Yang like any other customer and asked.
"So what level of residence would you like to rent out sir?"
"What levels of residence are there?" asked Fang Yang.
"Well, at our mining outpost, disciples are able to rent out up to three levels of residence.
A first level residence would cost 1 spirit stone per day and is comparable to the effects of cultivating along the outskirts of a spirit vein..
A second level residence will cost up to 5 spirit stones a day and will be comparable to the effect of cultivating in the inner levels of a spirit vein. As for a third level residence, those would cost 10 spirit stones a day. Whilst the price is quite high, the effects can not be questioned. Cultivating in a third level residence would start to rival the effects of cultivating in the core areas of a spirit vein so the effect could not be underestimated"
With the options laid out in front of Fang Yang, it was obvious which residence he was going to pick.
Of course, he was going to pick the cheapest one.
He may have just earned a lot of money recently, but he was still a man in a pile of debt.