To be honest, even Ye Zhen himself had not expected a single Talent Bloodline Augmentation Pill to fetch the sky-high price of 2.1 million High-grade Spirit Crystals.
At the exchange rate of at least 110 Mid-grade Spirit Crystals for one High-grade Spirit Crystal, 2.1 million High-grade Spirit Crystals amounted to 231 million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals.
That sum was an enormous asset to anyone or any faction. Many people could not accumulate such an amount in one lifetime—or even several lifetimes.
Of course, Ye Zhen was an exception. But someone like Ye Zhen, who could kill a ninth-level Palace Opening Realm King with only sixth-level Pulse Forging Realm cultivation, was an exception as well.
Ye Zhen's fortune had practically begun with plundering the assets of Palace Opening Realm Kings.
Even so, excluding the rare refining materials and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inherited from the Earth Core Fire Marshal, the total Spirit Crystals in Ye Zhen's Crimson Moon Soul Ring amounted to around 3.2 million High-grade Spirit Crystals.
How had he obtained such a massive fortune?
Previously, Ye Zhen had separately slain the Thunderous Dragon King and the Golden Rainbow Dragon King, two Nine Regions Dragon Kings of the Dragon Alliance. Both had possessed extremely substantial fortunes.
Excluding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Jade Talismans, and pills, each of them had contributed roughly fifty million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals to Ye Zhen.
From the two of them, Ye Zhen had gained just over one million High-grade Spirit Crystals. In addition, there were the White Dragon Envoys of the Dragon Alliance, the Palace Opening Realm Kings of Yin Yang Island whom Ye Zhen had slain, and his previous accumulations. Before coming to Shuilian Island, even counting the portion consumed in cultivation, Ye Zhen's fortune had been roughly 1.3 million High-grade Spirit Crystals.
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