The Dinner Invitation
The Samos Family naturally wouldn't take advantage of him for nothing, but Old John could also guess that the crystal, now reduced to powder, must have used up something—and that whatever it had consumed had most likely entered the bodies of the family members.
So the value of this unknown crystal probably couldn't easily be measured in money.
"Forget it. It's not worth anything!"
Li Bai smiled and shook his head.
Indeed, a Spirit Crystal's value couldn't be measured in money at all, because this world simply didn't produce them.
Fortunately, Tanzanite could serve as a substitute. Its spiritual energy content wasn't high, but its purity was impressive—high enough to surprise him. That meant Li Bai no longer had to worry that his supply of Spirit Crystals from another world would eventually run out.
Old John said without the slightest hesitation, "As compensation, you may take whatever you like from the Samos Family's vault."
Several hundred years were enough to lend historical value to even the most ordinary things, making them precious. The Samos Family's vault really did contain plenty of treasures. Gold, silver, and jewels were the most common; even more valuable were all kinds of artworks and antiques.
Even if all the family's businesses went bankrupt and their income dried up, the contents of the vault would be enough to keep every family member comfortable for several generations. Without such astonishing wealth, the Samos Family wouldn't have been able to spend centuries seeking doctors and remedies in an attempt to cure the hereditary disease passed down through the generations.
After all, none of the families once qualified to produce Dragon Knights had been ordinary. Every Dragon Knight had been a fabulously wealthy, deeply established aristocrat—a true tycoon.
"We'll talk about that later. For now, you