Even with a single drop of blood, I will still be invincible!

Is this thing expensive?

Su Mubai raised an eyebrow. If he remembered correctly, it would take 100 million soul coins to upgrade a mid-level soul stone into a soul crystal.

If you convert that to anything, it's roughly equivalent to a lifespan of 10,000 soul coins per year.

According to the information we had previously obtained, each Soul Coin contains one hour of time energy.

A year's lifespan should be worth 8760 Soul Coins, but some special techniques are needed to extract its energy.

Taking these costs into account, 10,000 Soul Coins is still reasonable.

However, if the cost of upgrading is roughly the same as the value of the upgraded item, then it's not very meaningful for making money.

Su Mubai looked at Qian Shengqian, waiting for an answer.

The latter nodded, “Of course, you may think that the effect of 100 high-grade life soul stones is the same as that of life soul crystals, but in fact, the latter has some irreplaceable functions, so it will have a premium.”

"What does it do?"

"I'm not entirely sure either, but rare treasures like the Soul Crystal usually only appear at annual auctions."

"Our suggested starting bid is 150 million Soul Coins. Based on past experience, the final transaction price should be around 200 million Soul Coins."

Are you really sure you want to put this up for auction?

Qian Shengqian checked it again.

Su Mubai nodded and gave a soft "hmm".

It seems that making money still relies on getting promoted for free; the upgraded items don't have much of a premium.

A profit of around 100% might be a high profit for others, but it's completely insignificant when it comes to promotion.

The greatest function of sublimation is to consume resources to continuously upgrade what you can use to a higher level, thereby increasing combat power.

"Ok."

Qian Shengqian's face was full of smiles, his eyes were squeezed into slits.

He took out the crystal ball again and began recording information about the items auctioned by Su Mubai and Fu Jiatianxia.

In addition to the [Soul Crystal] and 580 Level 1 Brilliant Gems, there are also 58 Intermediate Soul Stones.

These items, once auctioned off, became the initial capital for their business empire!

After final verification, Su Mubai signed the document. The information about these items, as before, would be recorded in his VIP card.

"Mr. Bai Ye, I'll get back to work now."

After signing a fairly good deal, Qian Shengqian's smile became even more friendly.

"Wait a minute."

Su Mubai called out to Qian Shengqian, but turned to look at the wealthy man and asked:

What kind of contract did you sign with them?

Fu Jiatianxia immediately realized that "they" referred to Feng Yexiao and his group.

He immediately said, "I will provide them with all logistical support. They must join my team or faction, and all actions must be based on my interests."

"Of course, I can't deliberately send them to their deaths."

"If you breach the contract, the system will forcibly reclaim all equipment, erase all skills, and deduct a penalty of ten times the value of the breach of contract."

"Um……"

Su Mubai nodded slightly and pondered for a moment.

The binding force of the contract is still very strong, and the cost of breach of contract is set high enough.

In other words, the richest man in the world spent money to support several loyal henchmen.

That's fine too. After all, although I like to work alone, if I want to build a business empire, a certain amount of influence is essential.

The number of members may be small, but they need to be of high quality.

The richest man in the world naturally possesses an exceptional ability to read people's expressions and moods.

Seeing Su Mubai hesitate, he immediately spoke:

"Don't worry, boss. As soon as it's light, I'll set up a mercenary group, hand over the leadership to you, and revise the contract with them so that your interests will be the primary principle from now on."

The reason why he was so decisive was that doing so would not harm him in any way.

Since I'm already deeply tied to Bai Ye, isn't Bai Ye's interest my own interest?

Even though I've signed a soul contract, I should still be more sensible.

We can't let the boss bring these things up, can we?

Su Mubai glanced at the name "Wealthy Under Heaven" and nodded.

Dealing with smart people is easy.

"Bring them to White Night Court to see me at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Bai Yeting?"

The man, who was extremely wealthy, was somewhat puzzled. "Is there such a place?"

"My home can be found on the map."

Su Mubai gave a brief explanation, ignoring the astonished gazes of the man who was incredibly wealthy, and turned to Qian Shengqian, who was waiting to the side, and said:

"Manager Qian, I'd like to cancel the auction for the three epic-level equipment items I submitted yesterday. Is that alright?"

"no problem."

"That would be troublesome."

Qian Shengqian nodded and turned to leave the private room.

Su Mubai had read the auction catalog and found that none of the equipment at the auction was below level 60.

His three pieces of equipment can only be upgraded to level 60 at most.

The value of these items is negligible compared to the [Soul Crystal].

However, in the early stages of the game, there's nowhere to buy low-level, powerful equipment, even if you have the money.

Forget about buying Dark Gold items to get them for free, there aren't even Gold items available.

Therefore, it is clearly more cost-effective to use these three pieces of equipment to arm the soon-to-be-established mercenary group.

With further upgrades to the talents and equipment of Maple Leaf and the others, this elite team should be able to put up a fight even against SSS-level talent players at this stage.

As for that A-grade skill book, it was naturally sold to get money to buy other skill books to improve it.

Soon, Qian Shengqian personally delivered the three pieces of equipment.

After Qian Shengqian left, Su Mubai put the items into his backpack and looked at the wealthy man, saying:

"My VIP card allows me to use the value of the consigned items as an auction credit."

"If you have enough money, you should buy all the Soul Stones at the auction."

"If there are any left, then you can decide for yourself to bid on those items that have been upgraded and have a higher premium."

"If you have any special items, let me know immediately."

"Don't worry, boss, I understand."

The richest man in the world nodded with a smile.

"I believe you can handle it, but there's one thing to remember."

At this point, Su Mubai paused before continuing:

"From now on, you should also make items like Soul Stones your primary goal. As long as I don't tell you to stop, just keep stockpiling them."

Lifespan is always what Su Mubai needs most.

As long as he has enough lifespan, he can continue to use Cataclysm and gain more and more Cataclysm traits!

With his immense wealth, I believe good news will arrive soon.

"okay, I get it."

Fu Jiatian nodded solemnly, agreeing to the first instruction issued by Bai Ye after the contract was signed.

"Alright, you go and get some rest. See you tomorrow."

The two walked out of the East Sea Auction House, and Su Mubai immediately summoned Frost and flew away.

It was late at night, and he dared not disturb Huaijian. He would have to wait until daytime to make contact.

This period is perfect for leveling up.

Frost fluttered in the wild, and Su Mubai leaned against the throne, resting his chin on one hand.

Three days have passed, yet I feel no sleepiness whatsoever. Could it really be because of the [Death Master] class?

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes as Su Mubai opened his attribute panel to check his powerful attributes after reaching level 20.