After hearing Xu Yi's words, the crowd's hearts, which had been weighed down and stripped of every glimmer of hope, finally felt a little better.
"Brother of the Dao, your noble virtue is beyond the likes of us common folk."
"May your immortal blessings endure forever, and may your life be as long as the heavens."
"A remarkable man like you does remarkable things and enjoys remarkable fortunes."
"..."
Compliments flowed from the crowd like running water.
Xu Yi waved a hand. "We're all on the same side here. No need for formalities. Everyone, hand over your Starry Sky Rings."
The forced smiles on everyone's faces froze in an instant.
So he wasn't killing them and taking their treasures—he just wasn't killing them. He was still taking their treasures.
Things had come to this. No matter how complicated they felt, the crowd could only obediently take out their Starry Sky Rings, not daring to try any tricks.
Xu Yi emptied everyone's Starry Sky Rings and piled the various resources together. His eyebrows nearly shot off his face. "You're not all playing a joke on me, are you?" The resources piled before him were far too meager: just over a thousand Star Stones, a dozen or so strange cores, and a single blue Star Spirit Essence. There were only a little over two thousand Incense Beads, plus a few everyday supplies.
Thanks to Huang Mei's explanations, Xu Yi had already figured out the exchange rates between these goods. A thousand Star Stones could be exchanged for one blue Star Spirit Essence, and ten Star Stones for one strange core.
In other words, all the resources here amounted to no more than two blue Star Spirit Essences. Even though Xu Yi had fared miserably on Qin Guang Star, after lighting up two