No matter how powerful something borrowed was, it never truly belonged to him.
But establishing his own fortune nodes to generate fortune power was different.
He could build them across the hundred-plus island groups of the Gouwu Sea, and in the Northwestern Circuit, or even the Western Regions.
Even the world spanning a hundred thousand li inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda was suitable for establishing fortune nodes!
More than five hundred million living beings dwelled there.
Four main cities, hundreds of military towns, a Body Cultivator Army of two hundred thousand at the Body Tempering Realm or above, and two Immortal Realm body cultivators, Lie Feng and Bu Jingyun.
The beings within the pagoda revered Qing Chen as the Lord of Brahma and had worshipped him for a full three hundred years.
Beneath his sleeve, his fingers clenched hard. "Just one bone plate? There doesn't seem to be much to see."
Helian Shan had been watching his expression all along.
Although he had not seen the wild joy he had expected, Qing Chen's momentary pause was enough to prove that this gift had hit the mark.
"The bone plate contains a method for establishing fortune nodes, but it requires a secret technique to open. Otherwise, the plate will shatter in an instant. As long as you are willing to waive the five-hundred-million-spirit-stone tax, Governor-General."
A cold gleam flashed in Qing Chen's eyes.
"Are you bargaining with this commander-in-chief?"
"I wouldn't dare."
Despite his words, Helian Shan looked noticeably more assured than before. "It is simply that Dayuan truly cannot bear both the five hundred million in Spirit Tax and the two billion in military supplies you mentioned."
"Please show leniency and waive the five hundred million in Spirit Tax, Governor-General. We also ask that you offer us a better