298 Chapter 298 A Million Beast Crystals (2/2)

If this new ruler didn't trust him, then for why should he stay?

Zong Shou didn't notice what Ren Bo was thinking about, smiling, ”Oh right! If you don't have anything to do, why not calculate a budget.”

”Budget?” Ren Bo's brows raised slightly. He didn't understand.

”Yes, a budget!” Zong Shou nodded. He thought about it and realized that the era didn't have a name for such a thing. So, Zong Shou explained, ”It is to estimate our income and expenditure for the next year, calculating all the income and output. What comes in and what goes out…”

As for what this budget exactly was he wasn't too sure, he could only answer roughly. Ren Bo understood right away. Then he was stunned by what Zong Shou said next.

”...Calculate it in accordance to 10 times the expenditure of usual years! The price of beast crystals haven't seen the bottom and is depreciating greatly. It is better to use them all to buy more resources and build more houses!”

Ren Bo was startled, taking a long while to come back to his senses. 10 times, which was at least 3 million and above grade 4 beast crystals.

Did Zong Shou treat this cloud ocean as his back garden? What gave him the confidence to hunt so many beast crystals this time beneath the cloud ocean?

Not only did Ren Bo not understand, but the group of people following was also all at a loss.

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Ren Bo was overfilled with worry. When he left, his brows were tightly furrowed in a fit of anger.

Watching on as the back view of this 2 era official leave further and further, Zong Shou bitterly tugged at the corner of his lips.

What he said was the truth, but he forgot that with his current age and prestige, it was far from enough to make his subordinates believe him.

Instead, his officials would think he became arrogant and was an unrealistic person.

Sighing slightly, Zong Shou looked to the side, only seeing Chuxue, Ruoshui, and the others look over with a weird expression in their eyes. He raged, ”Even all of you don't believe me?”

Chuxue was just sucking at her lower lip before she stopped. A moment later, she decided to tell the truth, ”Young master! 10 times, that's 3 million grade 4 beast crystals! I heard the father say that our xiantian experts of Gantian Mountain only amount to a bit more than ten thousand.”

Xuan Yunlan's brows also rose up, ”Maybe ruler doesn't know about the situation beneath the cloud ocean. The beasts and evil monsters greatly increased. However, the dangers also increase by the years. Even for our Qingyin School, each time we hunt we will only get 600 thousand grade 4 beast crystals. Even those 10 shrines wouldn't have many. Ruler, it is better if you don't hold too high hopes this time…”

Zong Shou was speechless. If he told these people actually he had not only scoured the abyss below in the God-Emperor game but also went down alone and killed beasts below, what would they say?

He knew about the geography as well as the distribution of beasts around like the back of his fingertips. This was why he was so confident. These few people in front of him probably wouldn't believe him.

He shook his head. Zong Shou couldn't be bothered to explain it as he walked towards the direction of his ship.

When the time came, the facts would speak for themselves. This time, he asked Ren Bo to gather 400 merchant ships that could carry a hundred thousand stones, and they weren't just for show.

His five tooth ship was the most magnificent in this Rainbow City port. It was 200 feet tall and had a total of 20 floors. It could carry 5 thousand soldiers and store a hundred thousand stone resources.

However, the decoration within was extremely simple, similar to the Gantian Mountian Hanyan Palace, carrying on Zong Weiran's humble and thrifty life whilst also not losing face and magnanimity.

Zong Shou frowned tightly. This was a little too simple. In this life, although he could disregard everything else because of the sword, he could take the daily torture of the underwater whirlpool, he could bury himself in the sand for months, but if he had the conditions he paid a lot of attention to living quality.

When one was living, one should know when to enjoy.

As for whether such enjoyments will affect determination, Zong Shou had his understanding. If his heart couldn't hold on, then the chase for the pinnacle of the sword path was just words and he should just give up on it.

To be able to go through the corruption of riches, of wine, money and still not let your determination get affected. To force oneself to maintain on that tough and monk-like life, in the future one's heart would be extremely stable.

When he headed for was the most central area of this five tooth giant ship, it was extremely wide. Beside it was a total of 40 rooms all for his maidservants and guards to use, like a small portable palace.

After Zong Shou entered his sleeping palace and sat, he waved everyone away. He took out a book and started flipping it.

Stars shone within his soul ocean. He memorized whilst also calculating and simulating it.

This was one of the secret manuals that Wei Xu left him before he left, which was coincidentally beneficial for his world shocking spiritual art.