"Hmm?"
"I wonder, how does your Secret Building charge for its services?"
Jiang Qiao asked.
"It's like this."
"We divide secrets into tiers according to the strength of their owners. For example, if you want to learn the secret of a Ninth Tier Expert, you'll be charged according to the Ninth Rank."
"At the same time."
"Different secrets are further divided into grades: A, B, C, and D."
"Grade A consists of core secrets."
"Other than the person involved, very few outsiders know about them. Those who do are usually bound by deep mutual interests and can only advance or retreat together. We can only investigate from the sidelines and confirm the truth after verifying it over a long period of time."
"Grade B consists of confidential secrets."
"Only the person involved and a small circle of related individuals know about them."
"Grade C consists of secret matters."
"Grade D consists of ordinary matters."
"Depending on the tier and grade."
"The fees differ as well."
"Secrets below the Fourth Order aren't worth much, so we don't sell them."
"Starting from the Fifth Tier."
"Fifth Tier secrets cost ten thousand nether coins each."
"Sixth Tier secrets cost one hundred thousand nether coins each."
"Seventh Tier secrets cost one million nether coins each."
"Secrets at the Divinity Staircase level cost one billion nether coins each. Each additional step on the staircase adds another one billion. If it's a secret about the fifth step of the Divinity Staircase, that's one billion plus four billion, for a total of five billion."
"That's the price for Grade D, the ordinary grade."
"For Grade C, the price increases by fifty percent from the original amount. For Grade B, it increases by another fifty percent on top of Grade C. For Grade A, it increases by another