Chapter 146: Interests Above All, When the Cunning Rabbit Dies, the Hounds Are Cooked!
[Based on the current conditions for Soul Masters, each month they can receive a subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall.]
[This amount of money can be said to be quite substantial!]
[Take Tang San, for example. From the age of six, receiving subsidies until he became a Soul Grandmaster at twelve, he had already saved over two hundred Gold Soul Coins!]
[One Gold Soul Coin is enough for an ordinary family of three to live comfortably and quite well for several months.]
[But what about ten thousand years later?]
[Although the major empires also provide subsidies, the amount remains the same as it is now.]
[Soul Masters still receive one Gold Soul Coin per month.]
[However, the purchasing power of that one Gold Soul Coin is completely different from now!]
[After ten thousand years of inflation, one Gold Soul Coin is only enough for a Soul Master to meet basic food and clothing needs for a month!]
[That's not even considering buying any cultivation resources.]
And the Soul Master Lin Yuan mentioned in his diary was Jiang Nannan.
Placed in the current era, with an innate rank of nine, she would be treated as a core disciple by major sects, with abundant resources, never needing to worry about money.
But ten thousand years later, because her mother was seriously ill and required an expensive medicinal pill,
She, a genius with innate rank nine soul power, had nowhere to turn for help.
In the end, she was reduced to the point of needing to sell her virginity to the Xuanwu Sect.
This kind of situation, in the era of Douluo I, meaning now, was basically impossible to happen!
Unless it was by force.
Of course, such matters could only be said to be consensual, but from this incident, one could see that ten thousand years later, Soul Masters without backgrounds truly lived in hardship.
Even those with high talent were like this, let alone those with average talent?
...
As for the situation Lin Yuan previously mentioned, where the Tang Sect declined from prosperity and other forces either stood by or even added insult to injury,
Whether it was Bibi Dong or Bo Saixi far away on Sea God Island, both understood it clearly.
They were both women standing at the peak of power and saw through such political games completely.
In the end, it came down to four words: interests above all!
Or as the old saying goes, when the cunning rabbit dies, the hounds are cooked.
Tang Sect had grown too powerful. After the Spirit Empire was destroyed, it lost its greatest value.
Instead, because it possessed terrifying hidden weapon technology and maintained close ties with the royal families of the two empires, it became a thorn in the eyes of other major forces.
In the end, it was still because it had grown too strong and aroused envy.
The reason those forces allied with the Tang Sect to deal with the Spirit Empire was simply because the Spirit Empire was too strong and was their common enemy.
And once that common enemy was defeated, the original allies naturally split apart and even became new enemies.
No matter how close their relationship once was, after ten thousand years, generations had changed.
Human hearts will change.
Who would still remember past ties?
Who would tolerate a colossal force standing above them?
...
In the chat group, the girls were shocked as well.
Especially Ning Rongrong.
Although she had previously been told that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have a miserable future, seeing that the Tang Sect and the four single-attribute clans had also declined, she strangely felt a sense of balance.
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: Hiss, the world ten thousand years later sounds so despairing. In comparison, my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has lasted longer.]
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: I didn't expect that the four single-attribute clans would actually lose their martial soul inheritance and disappear completely in ten thousand years.]
At this moment, Zhu Zhuyun, who had been looking for a chance to counter Qian Renxue, seized on the "subsidy" part in the diary.
[Queen of the Night: Qian Renxue, didn't you just say that without Spirit Hall, the two empires wouldn't provide subsidies to Soul Masters at all?]
[Queen of the Night: But Lin Yuan's diary clearly states it.]
[Queen of the Night: Ten thousand years later, even without Spirit Hall, the major empires still provide subsidies!]
[Queen of the Night: This proves that even without your Spirit Hall pressuring them, the empires would still give money to Soul Masters!]
[Queen of the Night: Your previous statement doesn't seem to hold up, does it?]
Zhu Zhuyun felt she had gained the upper hand this time, with a hint of pride.
However, Qian Renxue only smiled upon seeing the message.
[I Don't Like Men: Heh, did you only read half of it and fail to understand Lin Yuan's meaning?]
[I Don't Like Men: Lin Yuan did say subsidies were given, but he also said the purchasing power of those subsidies is completely different from now!]
[I Don't Like Men: Right now, one Gold Soul Coin can support a family of three comfortably for months.]
[I Don't Like Men: Ten thousand years later, one Gold Soul Coin is only enough for one person's basic living for a month.]
[I Don't Like Men: That so-called subsidy they give is basically just tossing scraps to beggars.]
...
As Lin Yuan continued writing, Lin Yan led them into the banquet hall.
Sun Buyu greeted them with a smile: "Dean Liu, students, the banquet is ready. All dishes are the finest in Heaven Dou City and greatly beneficial for cultivation."
"Please, take your seats."
Lin Yuan led the team into the banquet hall.
At this point, he felt that the diary content he was writing was about enough, so he directly put it away.
When the diary suddenly stopped, Liu Erlong's beautiful eyes widened, and it felt like ten thousand alpacas were stampeding through her mind.
This little brat!
He had written extensively in the diary about the Strength Clan, even talking about events ten thousand years later.
But when it came to her, it just stopped?!
Liu Erlong was furious, her chest rising and falling violently, her already tight clothes nearly bursting.
She had personally led the team today and organized this so-called exchange competition. What was it all for?
Wasn't it just to increase her presence in front of Lin Yuan so he would mention her more and she could get rewards?
And what happened instead?
This guy seemed to do it on purpose, deliberately whetting her appetite.
Liu Erlong wailed inwardly, staring at Lin Yuan's back, grinding her teeth in frustration, yet completely helpless.
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan looked at Liu Erlong's constipated expression, wanting to get angry but not daring to.
They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to do it out loud, so they frantically spammed the chat group.
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: Hehe! This is hilarious, Aunt Erlong. It looks like your exchange competition was for nothing~.]
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: Look at Brother Lin Yuan; he just put away the diary and ignored you, going straight to eat.]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Aunt Erlong, don't lose heart. Maybe tomorrow… oh no, next month, when Lin Yuan is in a good mood, he might mention you once?]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: That's right, that's right, Aunt Erlong, keep it up!]
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