Treading the Stars
Chapter 2437

The Cost

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Xiao Shi blinked, touched his Void Ring, and took out one cubic unit of Star Energy Marrow along with several dozen cubic units of Star Energy Crystals. "Big Brother Lu, here you go."

Lu Yin looked at them and chuckled. "It's not enough."

Xiao Shi pursed his lips. "I'll borrow some from Little Chi. He has some too."

"It's still not enough," Lu Yin said.

Xiao Shi looked troubled. "Then... then I'll borrow some from friends I know?"

Lu Yin smiled. "How much can you borrow?"

Xiao Shi thought about it, worked it out very seriously, then held up five fingers. "Five cubic units of Star Energy Marrow."

Lu Yin looked away. Five cubic units of Star Energy Marrow was quite a lot to an ordinary cultivator. He still remembered the joy he'd felt when he first obtained some. It had been a fortune. But now? Any random upgrade cost tens or even hundreds of billions, and it was easy to burn through all the marrow reserves in the Technology Starfield.

Most of the universe's wealth was in the hands of a tiny number of people. Some might even possess more wealth than an entire starfield.

Lu Yin stood and patted Xiao Shi on the shoulder. "You don't need to borrow any. I'll borrow it myself." With that, he vanished.

Xiao Shi stared blankly after him. Was he really that short on money?

Over the past three years, the Star Energy Marrow that the Giant Beast Starfield had once promised to prepare for Lu Yin had long since arrived. Just as the Demon Emperor had guessed, it amounted to nearly five trillion cubic units.

It was an absurd figure. When Lu Yin saw it, even his breathing quickened. He wondered how he should use this fortune.

In truth, he hadn't

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