Since the day of fishing on the boat, Yu Xian often took his beauties for outings, and occasionally they even had a threesome.
Then Yu Xian suddenly understood why couples in his previous life would spend so much money on vacations to have sex in hotels instead of going home. It's all about spicing things up.
In the same environment, staring at the same face, it's easy to get bored.
If you can't change your partner, you might as well try changing the environment to experience something new and refreshing.
In any case, Yu Xian felt that his motivation for cultivation soared, and his cultivation level also steadily improved.
But soon, Yu Xian encountered a severe problem – he was broke.
As is well known, having fun costs money, especially when you're doing it with a woman and adding special programs.
An allowance of 200 taels a month from the Royal Mansion was more than enough for a single man, but it wasn't enough for a man with female companions.
However, Yu Xian didn't complain about the small amount of silver the Royal Mansion provided.
The Royal Mansion provided housing and wives, included meals and lodging, no work required, and even provided an additional 200 taels per month, plus a large bonus during assignments.
Since the Chen Xiao incident, the Royal Mansion had approached him twice for assassination and sect annihilation tasks, offering generous rewards and additional spoils of war.
But Yu Xian found it troublesome and worried that he might expose his identity as a cultivator if he encountered a hidden enemy, so he refused all the tasks and insisted on freeload till the end unless absolutely necessary.
The Royal Mansion didn't force him.
After all, the weight of a Heavenly-rank Tributor was there, and the Royal Mansion could afford to spend 200 taels a month on a Martial Arts Master.
However, he shouldn't expect any extra benefits.
The Royal Mansion wasn't stupid, they would provide you with wealth and honor, but you had to work for it.
But if you don't want to work and only want to freeload, where should the silver come from?
Yu Xian was troubled.
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Duke Fu's Mansion, Tribute Court C-3.
Unlike the Heavenly-rank lofts with separate courtyards, the Earth-rank tributors lived in quadrangle courtyards, with one room assigned to each person.
But most tributors had their own businesses and houses, and they were just on the Royal Mansion's roster, helping out when needed.
However, some people would often live in the Royal Mansion.
For example, Doctor Huang, who was skilled in medical arts.
His reason for becoming a Royal Mansion Tributor was simple - there were plenty of medical books to study and various patients with complicated diseases for him to choose from.
And most importantly, even if he couldn't cure them, nobody dared to trouble him.
Because he was under Prince Wang's protection.
But at the moment, someone was giving him a hard time.
"You spent all the money?!"
Yu Xian's eyes grew cold as he glared at Doctor Huang, who was wiping sweat from his forehead.
"That was the hard-earned money that I obtained after fighting through numerous obstacles and battling enemies for three hundred rounds! And you tell me it's all gone?
Is it because I've been too easygoing, making people think I'm weak and easy to deceive?"
When it rains, it pours.
He was still considering where to get money and take his girlfriends, when Doctor Huang said that the medicinal materials for his Full Nutrient Wine have run out.
A banknote worth a thousand taels of silver, used up in less than two months.
Were they drinking some normal medicinal wine?
It was the gas station for his waist!
Uncle can tolerate it, but auntie can't!
If Doctor Huang doesn't give him a satisfactory explanation today, he might just make a high-profile move and rob the rich to help himself.
He heard that doctors were generally quite wealthy.
"I would never dare to deceive Tributor Yu!"
Doctor Huang, also known as Huang Yu, was in his fifties, with a thin frame and a short goatee.
At this moment, he waved his hands repeatedly, quickly flipping through a list from the shelf behind him, and said with a wronged expression:
"Every expense of Tributor Yu's medicine is recorded in detail, and I haven't even charged any labor fees.
It's just that, Tributor Yu, your...cough... consumption of medicine for that particular purpose is simply too large."
Moreover, the medicinal materials used were all precious items, and although a thousand taels of silver were a lot, it wasn't enough to support continuous consumption."
Yu Xian took the list and quickly read through it.
When he saw the list of precious medicinal materials worth over a dozen taels of silver per unit, as well as hundreds of years' worth of wild ginseng, his expression gradually eased.
On the list, the medicinal materials and prices were very clear; as long as they went to an outside pharmacy to compare, Doctor Huang would not commit such a low-level mistake.
Of course, the main reason was that the medicine brewed by Doctor Huang was indeed effective; otherwise, even if the list contained century-old spirit medicines, he would have forced them to pay it back tenfold or a hundredfold.
"It seems I've wronged you after all."
Thinking about the trouble of money, Yu Xian couldn't help but touch the spirit stones in his waist pouch.
The preciousness of spirit stones in the Mortal World is self-evident.
In particular, for those warriors who were stuck at the Peak Acquired Realm, perhaps just one more spirit stone could help them guide the Qi into their bodies, promote their innate abilities, and even exchange them for a large sum of money.
However, while spirit stones could be exchanged for silver, silver could not be exchanged back to spirit stones.
Since Yu Xian had obtained the two spirit stones from Chen Xiao, he hadn't had the heart to use them. One reason was that his cultivation journey didn't require spirit stones very much, and the other reason was to keep them as a backup option.
In case of any sudden emergencies, if he ran out of mana and couldn't use spirit pills, he would be able to recover quickly with the spirit stones.
However, the Full Nutrient Wine was equally important; it was related to his cultivation and doubled happiness, so it couldn't be cut off either.
It's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal. Recently, his expenses had increased, which made it even more difficult to accommodate himself.
Would it be better to take out a spirit stone for the time being?
Yu Xian was very conflicted.
It seemed as if Doctor Huang had noticed Yu Xian's dilemma and suddenly asked aloud, "Tributor Yu, are you short on silver?"
Yu Xian looked at Doctor Huang expressionlessly.
Damn it, the old man dared to mock me!
Can't you tell if I'm short on silver or not?
Being swept by Yu Xian's gaze, Doctor Huang couldn't help but shiver. He quickly explained with a forced smile.
"Tributor Yu, please don't misunderstand. It's just that I suddenly remembered that not long ago, several medicinal materials merchants came to me and said they wanted to get to know and befriend a Tributor.
But I was worried about disturbing you, so I turned them down.
As far as I know, they have always been very generous to their friends."
Yu Xian's eyes lit up, and he pretended to be reproachful.
"Old Huang, that's where you're wrong. I'm very approachable and love making friends.
By the way, how do they befriend people? Please tell me more, Old Huang."
Hearing Yu Xian call him 'Old Huang' so politely, Doctor Huang almost tore off his goatee in embarrassment; this face-changing was truly too natural.
At first, Doctor Huang worried that Yu Xian was a pedantic person.
After all, Yu Xian had been too serious these past few months, only enjoying himself within the Royal Mansion with several women.
Places like brothels, casinos, prostitutes' dens, theaters, flower boats, restaurants, and racetracks...
He never even went to those places!
Thus, others didn't even have a chance to meet him by chance.
Due to his research on medical skills, Doctor Huang had dealt with all sorts of forces outside the Royal Mansion and needed medicinal materials and various experimental materials.
Among those, he really couldn't refuse a few major medicinal material merchants and had to promise to help make introductions.
However, he hadn't taken the risk of disturbing Yu Xian but waited specifically for today's opportunity.
Upon hearing this, Doctor Huang thought for a while, then spoke in a more euphemistic manner: "To make friends, you just have to dine and chat together, while also giving Tributor Yu some small gifts."
Yu Xian was not satisfied with the answer and visibly frowned.
"Small gift? Am I a small presence?"
Crude! Absolutely crude!
Doctor Huang cursed inwardly, but forced a bitter smile on his face and decided to be more blunt.
"Not small at all, when we first meet, if they don't give a gift worth a few thousand taels, I won't let them off."
Hearing that there were more than a thousand taels of silver to collect, Yu Xian felt content.
He nodded gracefully: "It seems they're sincere about becoming friends with me. I'll give Old Huang the benefit of the doubt and meet them."
Of course, gifts were just for meeting people; if they asked him for help after receiving the gifts, that would be a separate price.