Even if Old Ye simply condensed them automatically every day, he could gather tens of millions of spirit crystals. To him, such wealth was not worth mentioning at all.
Even so, Old Ye was startled by Ye Xiwen's speed of absorbing spirit crystals.
Just digesting all the martial knowledge Old Ye had explained cost Ye Xiwen several million spirit crystals each day. Adding in the spirit crystals consumed while practicing various martial arts, in a single year, Ye Xiwen had burned through more than ten billion spirit crystals.
That rate was nothing short of astonishing. Back when Ye Xiwen used the spirit crystals on his own person, he had always needed to economize and restrain himself, unable to spend them all.
But now it was different. With the Law Enforcement Hall supplying his expenses, he could spend without restraint.
Not to mention all manner of precious medicinal herbs and other heavenly treasures. No one knew just how much those expenses amounted to when added together.
What puzzled Old Ye somewhat was that ordinary people usually had a greater demand for medicinal herbs, pills, and the like. Yet Ye Xiwen's demand for those was not particularly high. What he truly needed in a staggering quantity was spirit crystals.
Generally speaking, spirit crystals were used to speed up cultivation. Although one could absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, that energy contained vast amounts of mixed impurities, and filtering them out was rather troublesome. Cultivating with spirit crystals could increase efficiency severalfold, but no matter what, there should not have been such an enormous demand.
Fortunately, the only thing he needed in such staggering quantities was pure spirit crystals, and the Law Enforcement Hall could still afford to supply them.
Other than that, Ye Xiwen's greatest progress had been in the Severing