Chapter 302 - Triple, Baby!! (1/2)
Shout-out to Escape for joining my patron and helping me to become a full-time writer and... an artist trainee. Thank You!!
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A/N: In the manhua, there are supposed to be three major families— The snow wind, divine, and sacred family. Then there are seven noble families and then there are twenty aristocrats. So, in my version, to keep some consistency, I have made the lower twenty aristocrats into Low-Level Aristocrats, the seven noble families into mid-level aristocrats and finally, the three major families are high-level aristocrats. But, they are also called high nobles.
Every five years, the Saint Judgement Hall— aka the only institute that provides modern-day services such as patents and accounting— will review the financials of each of the families and decide the rankings of the families once again. The families that have a turn-over less than a million demon spirit coins but more than 500,000 will be categorized as a low-level aristocrat. Families with more than a million and less than 5 million demon spirit coins in turnover will be categorized as mid-level aristocrats.
The families with income higher than 5 million are categorized as high-level aristocrats aka high nobles.
The currency of this world is Demon Spirit Coins and the annual expense of a common family with no ties to the martial concepts of this world range from 2000-3000 demon spirit coins.
In the original TDG, the power system was categorized into two ranks— Demon Fighters and Demon Spiritualists. Now, there are no such categories. There are only various types of spirits. I came to this decision because I did not like the mc of TDG and his cheats but I also don't hate him enough to make Nik cuck the mc's father.
This is the end of the note and basic world-building concepts you should be aware of. Most of the other things will be clear once the plot is continued.
Enjoy.
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Ray toyed with a fist-sized crystal. The crystal's surface was hazy and streams of blue revolved within the crystal. This was supposed to be a spirit crystal, a high-level one at that worth 2500 Demon Spirit Coins. It was brought to Ray's and Nik's attention that the value of the currency in this world was quite extreme. The families could buy helpful drugs, items and even slaves with enough demon spirit coins. And to paint a proper picture of how poor the commoners of the city were, the crystal in Ray's hand could probably feed a family of three for an entire year.
”Say, Hong, is there another easy target as you in your family? Preferably a female for my partner here.”
The Snow Wind Family was one of the top three families with sky-high income and the highest prestige out of the three high noble families. Based on Ray's modus operandi, Ye Hong was forced to adapt to the changes that followed Ray's appearance so he wasn't the least bit conflicted when he threw his own lovable cousin out.
”Yes, there is my cousin, Ye Ziyun. She is richer than me and her father is the City Lord. What's more, she has an Ice Phoenix as her spirit and she even has a rare talent of being the only person with an Innate Full Spirit Power.”
”Innate— what?”
Nik couldn't care less about a girl whom he hadn't met. But the strange term attracted his attention.
Ye Hong caressed Ray's head while the succubus mewled and continued, ”The legend states that the person with such talents can achieve the full potential of their spiritual energy.”
”I see... so, can you tell us if you have any contacts in the Holy Orchid Institute?”
”How about the principal?” Ye Hong inquired as he recalled the debauched principal who was interested in refreshing the memories of his daughter with young-looking girls while stumbling upon Ye Hong, who was recalling his mother in the arms of a buxom household wife... in essence, the principal was with that poor farmer's daughter and Ye Hong with his wife...
Needless to say, the farmer remains uninformed of his house's activities.
”Ho~ Aren't you my lucky star?”
Ray smiled hotly and blew into Ye Hong's ears before jumping up from his laps, eliciting a sad expression from Ye Hong, ”So, let's get our spirits awakened! I really wanna see if I get something... sexy.”