"In the first phase of mortal transformation, we won't seek to make everyone like dragons. We'll only aim to raise average life expectancy above a hundred years. That extended lifespan will already rival the hundred and twenty years enjoyed by Qi Refining cultivators, bringing enormous benefits to development and accumulation."
"From a cost perspective, using this Blood-Cleansing Organ will also far surpass modification through artificial spiritual roots. The latter uses the Five Elements Organ-Shaping method from the Creation-Promotion Secret Art. Although its effects are remarkable, every modification consumes a Puppet Master's time and magic power. Moreover, the spirit materials required would be enough to support a Qi Refining cultivator's advancement through several stages. In effect, we're exchanging spiritual essence and cultivation provisions for mortal longevity."
"Next comes modification through Fill with Mercury as Blood. But even using that as our benchmark, modifying tens or hundreds of thousands of people would pose no problem, while millions or tens of millions would become a heavy burden. With a hundred million people, or billions upon billions, even Guangyun would have to declare bankruptcy on the spot!"
Li Chen explained as he demonstrated.
After thinking it over, everyone felt that this was indeed the case.
Leaving Five Elements Organ-Shaping aside, even Fill with Mercury as Blood, commonly used to improve low-level cultivators, counted as an enhancement modification method whose effects were as immediate as a pole casting a shadow.
Yet a single portion of spirit blood started at over ten thousand talisman coins, and a full-body modification cost at least a hundred thousand.
At a hundred thousand talisman coins per person, a hundred million people would cost ten trillion!
Such an enormous sum would be enough to build more than ten Six-Star Battle Puppets!
What Li Chen considered more carefully at that moment was