Chapter 1586: Chapter 49: Hunyuan! Hunyuan! The Origin of the Panel!
Inside the residence.
Shen Wenyan and the others accompanied Jiang Ning to take their seats.
"Brother Jiang, please take a look, this is a summary of the Cross Immortal Gate." Shen Wenyan handed over a book.
The pages were thick, and there was the scent of ink, clearly written not long ago.
Jiang Ning took it and then flipped through it.
The entries were clear, categorized.
Spirit materials and ores: Hundred-tempered fine iron ×× pounds, thousand-forged fine iron ×× pounds, Cold Star Iron ×× pounds.
Pills: ...
Gold and silver assets: ...
...
As he scanned quickly through each item, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Even though he had taken the wealth from the secret treasury and the pills from the pill room, the wealth accumulated by the Cross Immortal Gate was still extremely abundant.
Then, he quickly turned to the last page.
Total value summed up to sixty-three thousand taels of gold.
Seeing this number, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
Scattered as it appeared, seemingly worthless, but when added up, considering the centuries-old sect foundation of the Cross Immortal Gate, it was an incredibly exaggerated amount of wealth.
Totaling sixty thousand taels of gold.
If calculated in silver, one tael of gold equaled a thousand taels of silver.
That would be sixty-three billion taels of silver.
Calculating that five taels of silver could support a family of five for a month.
Sixty-three billion taels of silver is wealth enough to support a billion people for a year.
In a flash, this calculation became clear in his mind.
He truly understood that in this world, the lives of top-tier and bottom-tier people seemed to exist in two different worlds.
Their values were completely non-systematic and not equivalent.
Because even with so much money, such wealth couldn’t buy enough grain to supply those billion people.
In a high martial world where great power falls to individuals, wealth was truly just numbers.
True treasures, once they reach a certain value, cannot be bought with gold and silver.
Gold and silver themselves lack inherent value.
They are merely used as equivalents for transactions.
Hence, true treasures often need to be exchanged for treasures of the same level.
Even if gold could be refined into a special mystical material for cultivation, it held no value for those who reached the Martial Arts Peak.
Because their needs far exceeded the existing amount of gold in the world.
He looked at the book in his hand, his eyes flickering.
Then closed it.
"Is Brother Jiang satisfied?" Shen Wenyan lifted the teacup, taking a sip, a smile in his eyes.
"Far beyond expectations!" Jiang Ning put down the book.
"Brother Jiang, how about a seventy-thirty split?" Shen Wenyan proposed.
Jiang Ning shook his head: "Impossible!"
"I mean, you take seventy percent!" Shen Wenyan added, thinking Jiang Ning misunderstood.
Jiang Ning shook his head again: "I understand!"
He continued: "Since we previously agreed on an equal fifty-fifty split, I cannot take advantage! Moreover, for the past few days, Mr. Shen, the members of the Inspection Office, and the army need rewards to stabilize them, which is a considerable expense."
"Besides, my portion still needs Mr. Shen to convert it into equivalent cultivation resources for me."
Shen Wenyan looked at Jiang Ning’s earnest expression and then said.
"Even so, it’s still too much! We’ve taken advantage of Brother Jiang. Without Brother Jiang’s intervention, not only would we gain nothing from eliminating the Cross Immortal Gate, but even retreating safely would be difficult."
Jiang Ning shook his head: "Taking action against the Cross Immortal Gate was my intention too. I’ve already received the most benefits, one should not be greedy."
"Alright then!!" Seeing Jiang Ning’s unwavering demeanor, Shen Wenyan nodded.
His eyes showed some emotion.
"Brother Jiang is truly righteous!!" He stood up, cupped his hands, and bowed to Jiang Ning in thanks.
He spoke again: "This bow is on behalf of my colleagues. Brother Jiang’s magnanimity will surely be remembered by everyone."
Hearing this, Jiang Ning smiled.
He took a sip of tea, saying nothing more.
He didn’t care whether those people remembered his kindness.
He only sought a clear conscience.
Additionally, sweeping through the whole Guangning Prefecture later would still require these people’s efforts.
If he took all the benefits for himself, how could they be diligent?
Moreover, that might invite some strange intentions.
If he took all the benefits, handling such situations would be difficult.
But now it was different.
Having given out all due benefits, should there be disloyalty, he wouldn’t hesitate to use drastic measures.
"What are Brother Jiang’s plans next?" Shen Wenyan asked, "I’ve heard Chaosheng Pavilion has already been subdued by Brother Jiang, and the famed Black Flood Dragon King is now under your command?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "That’s right! The Black Flood Dragon King, Chen Canghai, now follows my orders."
With Jiang Ning confirming the news, Shen Wenyan’s expression turned complicated.
After a moment of silence.
He cupped his hands at Jiang Ning: "Brother Jiang, what a strategy, I admire you!!"
Jiang Ning smiled: "It’s not much of a strategy, just threatening the Black Flood Dragon King with the survival of Chaosheng Pavilion! Fortunately, Chen Canghai has a deep attachment to Chaosheng Pavilion and is willing to serve me for ten years in exchange for the inheritance of Chaosheng Pavilion."
"Being able to force Chen Canghai, the Black Flood Dragon King, into such a difficult choice, is already an incredible tactic!" Shen Wenyan looked at Jiang Ning, marveling.
"Chen Canghai, the Black Flood Dragon King, was a Unity Realm figure thirty years ago!"
"Old and weakened, Qi-Blood declining, Essence, Qi, and Spirit unbalanced, realm dropped!" Jiang Ning revealed Chen Canghai’s condition.
Hearing this, Shen Wenyan nodded, his restless emotions also calmed down.
That’s how it should be!!
He thought to himself, as the ripples in the teacup in his hand settled.
"With the Black Flood Dragon King and the Drunken Yama Jing Wuming, now Guangning Prefecture can truly be at ease!" Shen Wenyan added.
