Advance Payment

"Speaking of which, after thousands upon thousands of years of accumulation by the East Sea's countless factions, setting aside rare Mystic Pills, Spirit Artifacts, and exotic treasures, low-grade Spirit Stones alone could add up to several dozen trillion."

At that moment, Lin Chen seemed to think of something. He stroked his chin and fell into thought.

Though he understood neither economics nor finance, he at least understood one thing: Spirit Stones would not vanish into thin air.

If there were fewer here, then there had to be more somewhere else.

And whose hands those extra Spirit Stones were in was something worth considering... After all, they could not possibly all be deposited intact into the Immortal Alliance Treasury.

"No matter what, they absolutely cannot be allowed into the Immortal Alliance Treasury. Otherwise, if the Spirit Stone Crisis truly erupts and the entire East Sea descends into chaos, even if Heavenly River Old Monster and the others are unwilling, what if existences like Celestial Venerable Canghai make up their minds and implement Work Relief? It might instead turn cleverness into clumsiness..."

After all, several dozen trillion Spirit Stones would amount to tens of thousands of Spirit Crystals even when converted to the Spirit Transformation level. If some Heavenly Lord-level figure were willing to merge with heaven and earth, then with such a quantity of Spirit Stones, they could even recreate a High Order Spirit Vein.

If Celestial Venerable Canghai truly resolved to implement Work Relief, he could not only eliminate this crisis, but also use the opportunity to sweep through all the powers of the East Sea, gathering the strength of billions of living beings and countless cultivators into one place. When that happened, people with ambitions like theirs would be in trouble.

Thus, he still needed to give this Spirit