Chapter 76 - Calculating Ones Wealth (1/2)

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”This is…” Tao's mouth gaped in shock.

”To think you…” Bai Lufeng had eyes shining with greed and excitement.

”Hehehehehehe!” Yan Zaizen was giggling like a little schoolgirl, holding his sides and wiping off the saliva that couldn't help but form at the corner of his lips. To be honest, both Tao and Bai Lufeng mind's reeled at his appearance, finding it somewhat disgusting despite their relationship.

Three men were located in one of the skyship's many rooms, but this was the largest and held cargo of all sorts. They were located in a circle as they looked down at a brown, four-legged table that was filled with spatial rings and bags. These spatial objects were things Yan Zaizen had taken off of the previous crew of Qi Unification Cultivators, Origin Core Protectors, a Prince and young ladies who held high status in grux, as well as a True Essence Cultivator. Not to mention, this True Essence Cultivator was a grand-tier alchemist!

The sheer amount of wealth in his spatial ring that was the accumulation of his entire life possessions could be imagined. It was no wonder that the trio was struck dumb with greed.

”How much is it?” Bai Lufeng couldn't help but ask, but it elicited Tao and Yan Zaizen to look at him with ruthless expressions. This caused him to gulp, and he realized that it's unlikely for him to have any piece of this pie. As for his ring that was taken by Yan Zaizen before, it was returned, and that's probably the most he'll receive.

Tao ignored Bai Lufeng and calculated with his fingers, ”In terms of wealth and value of all objects combined, this entire thing should be worth about...3 billion drops of low-grade liquid essence.”

When this was said, both Yan Zaizen and Bai Lufeng's gaze turned so heated that the entire world probably need sunscreen. 3 BILLION DROPS! That was an astronomical amount of wealth that went to the point that it could rival the entirety of all first-tier powers within the country. All first tier powers combined!

To put it in perspective, 3 billion drops, if transformed into crystal essence, would be 30 mid-grade essence crystals. Low-Grade Essence Crystals was used for True Essence Cultivators for their qi cultivation, but mid-grade was for even higher! Of course, even if one possesses the proper essence, doesn't mean they could reach the next level. A large reason had to be due to time.

To put this heart-breaking fact into perspective as well, Yan Zaizen took four months to reach the peak in Essence Formation, Dantian Refinement, and Pathway Expansion, but that was with a mid-grade essence crystal which shaved off several years for refinement. As one continued their cultivation, their personal absorption rate and refinement speed don't change much; Therefore, their cultivation speed starts to drop as cultivating becomes more and more time-consuming. This is why many use alchemic pills or elixirs to expedite their cultivation speed, but this has a price such as an impurity in the qi network or simply difficulty in production.

It is also why many go into closed-door cultivation for decades, centuries, or even millennia. You may have the resources, but that doesn't mean you have the time. For those who struggle with their life on the line to gather resources, they are even more unlikely to reach the peak of cultivation without heaven-defying luck or skill.

It is also why talent is highly regarded as it indicated one's personal absorption speed of essence or medicinal effectiveness towards one's body. When Yan Zaizen was young, his talent was deemed the lowest of the low based on this and his poor art comprehension. Thus, he'll need more time and resources than others to reach the same level.

This doesn't even account for the traveling, combat, and laws that cultivators need to expend time on.

This is why no one took him seriously or felt he would rise. Without innate talent, progressing to the True Essence Realm with a limited lifespan was a dream of everyone except the highborn of the country.

Luckily, his old body's talent had been cast off and born anew. He now held the talent of a Herculean and as his physique developed, so will his ability to refine and process essence or any type of material. After all, the materials required to be refined by a Herculean for advancement was by no means ordinary under the heavens.