Dai Mubai was clearly used to this form of address. His expression darkened. "What's the matter that you're in such a panic?"
The guard looked troubled and stammered, "Your Highness... the national treasury... the national treasury is empty!"
"What?"
Dai Mubai's expression changed drastically.
"You previously ordered the purchase of all kinds of rare herbs and spiritual items at any cost to provide resources for...for the cultivation of all the lords. After several months, the entire national treasury's reserves have...have been depleted."
"Today, the finance minister was practically kneeling and crying outside the palace gates, saying that if things continue like this, they won't even be able to pay the soldiers' salaries!"
Dai Mubai's face instantly turned bright red.
He was so focused on improving his strength as quickly as possible that he overlooked the terrifying drain on his resources.
The cultivation method provided by Tang San involves using spiritual herbs to assist in absorbing the life force of soul beasts for cultivation. The effect is incredibly fast, but the speed at which it burns through money is equally incredible!
Flanders listened intently, his eyelids twitching.
My goodness, he's emptied the treasury of an entire empire through cultivation?
This is outrageous!
For a moment, the atmosphere in the secret room became somewhat awkward.
The joy of increased power was somewhat overshadowed by this sudden real-world problem.
Without money, where will the resources for further cultivation come from?
We can't exactly make them go and collect herbs themselves, can we?
Just as Dai Mubai was filled with shame and didn't know what to do, a calm voice broke the silence.
"I'll take care of the money."
Everyone looked at Tang San.
A playful smile appeared on Tang San's lips.
"Since torturing soul beasts can increase the production rate of soul bones, let's expand this business."
His gaze swept over Flander, and he said slowly:
"Dean Flander, you and Mu Bai will make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest. This time, we won't target the more aggressive ones; we'll focus on capturing some weaker soul beasts."
"for example?"
Flanders asked instinctively.
"For example, the Pink Lady, the King of the Earth, or some plant-type, support-type, and defense-type soul beasts."
A shrewd glint flashed in Tang San's eyes.
"These soul beasts are not strong in attack and their ability to escape is also average, so they are more efficient to capture. They don't need to be too old, around a thousand years old is fine, and the more the better."
Flander and Dai Mubai were both dumbfounded.
Why capture these low-level spirit beasts? To absorb their spirit rings? Wouldn't that be a waste of spirit ring slots?
Yu Xiaogang seemed to have thought of something, and a light shone in his eyes.
Tang San didn't keep them in suspense and directly revealed the answer: "We don't need spirit rings, but spirit bones are hard currency."
“We’ll capture these soul beasts and ‘process’ them in the same way. If two ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts can produce soul bones, surely dozens or hundreds of thousand-year-old soul beasts can produce a few?”
"When the time comes, we'll take these mass-produced soul bones and go talk to Liuli Tian."
"I think Sect Master Ning would be very happy to use Gold Soul Coins to buy these treasures that can be auctioned at the auction, right?"
After he finished speaking, the entire secret room fell into a deathly silence.
Flander's breath caught in his throat, his eyes widened, and finally burst forth with an incomparably dazzling light, ten times brighter than when he saw the soul bone!
We've struck it rich!
No, this isn't just getting rich, it's finding a gold mine that can be mined indefinitely!
They used low-cost thousand-year-old soul beasts to mass-produce incredibly precious soul bones, which were then sold to the wealthiest sects on the entire continent!
This...this is an absolutely ingenious business model! No, it's faster than robbing people!
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
Flander rubbed his hands together excitedly, his eyes filled with fanatical worship as he looked at Tang San.
"You mistress! What's wrong with your brain?"
"I, Flander, consider myself shrewd all my life, but in your presence, I'm nothing more than a baby who hasn't been weaned!"
Dai Mubai was also shocked.
Killing, cultivating, making money... it seems that any problem in his hands can be solved in the most direct, effective, and ruthless way.
"There is no time to lose."
Dai Mubai realized what was happening, and the shame on his face vanished, replaced by high spirits. "Dean Flander, I'll take a guard with me!"
"Bring the soul beast back as soon as possible to solve this urgent problem!"
"Okay! Let's go!"
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