As everyone knew, the first-place winner of the Thousand-Sail Crossing Competition would receive more than just a Water Spirit Origin Crystal.
They would also receive 50,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, a century-long fishing right in the Spirit-Gathering Abyss, and a Breaking Waves Boat personally gifted by the City Lord.
Now that all these items were in Xu Changqing's hands, and considering that he and Chu Qiu had won first place together, he had to give the other man a share of the rewards.
Xu Changqing's original plan was to split the 50,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones equally.
But Chu Qiu only wanted 5,000.
As for the Breaking Waves Boat, its strengths and weaknesses were both obvious.
Its advantage was its astonishing speed over water.
Its disadvantage was that it could not fly through the air.
Though it could glide over land, it was slower than terrestrial spirit beasts.
Since Chu Qiu already had Crane Seven, he naturally had no interest in the thing.
As for the century-long fishing right in the Spirit-Gathering Abyss, he was only willing to take ten percent of the total proceeds.
Yet what troubled Xu Changqing was not the division of profits, but how to operate it.
Because the Spirit-Gathering Abyss was close to the Undersea Dragon Vein, its resources were extraordinarily abundant.
Leaving aside monthly and yearly earnings, the income generated each day alone was at least 1,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
If they discovered rare heavenly treasures and earthly materials, that amount could at least double, perhaps even multiply several times over.
The greatest problem was how to maximize the profits.
Do it himself?
He could, but it would waste too much time!
Hire others?
Then the labor costs would be extremely high!
After all, the Spirit-Gathering Abyss lay deep within the Azuretide Sea Region. Ordinary Dan