Under the sunlight, former First Floor Master Gai Jun's expression darkened. Then he forced a sentence out through clenched teeth. "How much are we short?"
"There are still five million High-grade Spirit Crystals in the tower's communal funds. Adding my own private three million High-grade Spirit Crystals, we're still short Two Million Spirit Crystals!" Huang Tan wore a bitter smile.
When they heard that Huang Tan had already included his private assets, the corners of Gai Jun, Ou Tuo, Yan Wudi, and Ning Shiyi's mouths still twitched.
Within Myriad Stars Tower, the capital from ordinary operations and all other income belonged to the communal assets. These communal assets were jointly owned by the five families. Each year, a small portion was distributed to the tower's upper echelons according to rank, while the rest remained in the communal funds.
However, those holding positions, such as the five Young Floor Masters and even the candidates for the next-next generation Floor Masters, would receive vast cultivation resources annually once their positions were confirmed.
Within Myriad Stars Tower, the communal assets were subject to extremely strict accounting. They belonged jointly to the five families and could not be touched privately.
The three million High-grade Spirit Crystals extorted when they had asked about Ye Zhen's whereabouts, as well as the Thirteen Million High-grade Spirit Crystals used earlier to ransom the candidate for the next-next generation Floor Master, had all come from the communal assets.
Yet no one had expected that a single Young Floor Master of the Gai Family would cost them Twenty Million High-grade Spirit Crystals, several times their original estimate.
That was what had led to their current shortage of Spirit Crystals.
And this was after Huang Tan had already counted in his private assets!
"This old man has Two Million Four Hundred