Zhou Sining really couldn't come up with that much money himself. With the system, he lacked no resources, and his daily expenses were modest. He'd long since stopped thinking much about money.
But Han Ji could afford it.
As soon as the matter was reported to Chairman Han Ji, the old man gave Zhou Sining a thorough scolding. Even so, he willingly paid the fine for him.
Zhou Sining didn't leave the old chairman out of pocket, though. He immediately exchanged Life Points at the System Shop for a Soul Seed called Soul-Burning, intending to give it to Han Ji the next time they met.
Soul-Burning was a natural Fire Element Soul Seed with a 4.5-fold boost and a Soul-Burning Domain. After absorbing it, a small portion of one's flames could evolve into Soul Scorch flames that struck directly at the soul.
Zhou Sining had checked: the Soul-Burning Soul Seed would fetch at least 600 million yuan on the market.
And its Soul Scorching property was rare enough that finding a buyer wouldn't be a problem.
That was more than enough to cover the hundred-million-dollar fine Han Ji had paid for him.
Yet the Soul Seed cost only 7,600 Life Points in the system. Add the 1,000-point Admission Ticket and a 0.1% transaction fee, and the total came to just 8,607.6 Life Points.
For Zhou Sining, that was pocket change.
So, strictly speaking, he really wasn't short of money.
If he'd been able to buy and sell goods from the System Shop, he wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths.
The money soon reached the local government, and the diplomatic crisis was resolved.
Word that Kaso, the leader of the Red Ornament Guild, had been captured spread fast. It caused quite a stir across the countries around the Caribbean