The Dragon Locking True Person and Yaoshi Yuan lifted the treasure chest, and True Spirit Jade clattered all over the ground, finally smashing into two enormous pieces of jade.
Just as Spirit Jade could be combined with similar pieces into Hundred Jade, True Spirit Jade could also be combined into Thousand True. In terms of conversion, one Thousand True equaled one thousand True Spirit Jade, or one hundred million Spirit Jade.
The two Thousand True on the ground probably represented several years of GDP for all the mortal secret realms in the Central Plains. Yan Qing still remembered how nervous he had been two months ago, when Thieves' Den was deducting nine thousand Spirit Jade. Two months later, he was dealing with one hundred million Spirit Jade every hour.
In a xuanhuan novel, this would definitely count as the numbers collapsing. In a game... it was actually pretty outrageous too. But because of the Messenger's unique Spirit Essence system, no matter how much currency a secret realm overissued, it would never cause inflation in the Messenger world. If a guild war broke out, it might even cause deflation and drive up the price of gold.
The Spirit Essence limit of a sixth-revolution Foundation Establishment cultivator could easily break through one thousand. If they went all out without holding anything back, spending three or four thousand Spirit Essence in a battle would be as easy as eating and drinking.
If a sixth-revolution Foundation Establishment party tackled an eight-player dungeon and failed to clear it, earning no rewards, the team would have to pay tens or even hundreds of thousands of True Spirit Jade out of pocket—not counting the cost of repairing their items. It was pure consumption without circulation. In the truest sense, every cannon shot cost ten thousand taels of