Cao Wenjin had to pay a great price to gather the one million one hundred and eighteen thousand Spirit Stones; Zhouyang was not entirely sure how much.
But judging from his less than pleasant expression upon returning, the cost must have been substantial.
An auction house is not a charity; although they allow cultivators to temporarily use other treasures as collateral, converting them to Spirit Stones for payment, there are many stipulations for these treasures.
First, they do not accept collateral below Tier Three; secondly, the lower the grade of the collateral, the harsher the devaluation. Tier Three treasures, unless they are special items like Foundation Establishment Pills, are valued at sixty percent of market price, Tier Four at seventy percent, Tier Five at eighty percent.
Zhouyang estimated that Cao Wenjin must have devalued and mortgaged at least one Tier Five Spiritual Artifact and several Tier Five Spiritual Objects to gather such a large sum.
