northernbook Chapter 210 - 161 Dragon Blood Obtained
Chapter 210 - 161 Dragon Blood Obtained
Chapter 210: Chapter 161 Dragon Blood ObtainedMost of what lay upon the table was US dollars—the green bills bound into dozens of bundles. Ji Xinghuo had counted them once; all were of the highest denomination, worth one hundred thousand each, totaling more than two hundred million dollars. According to the current exchange rate, this amounted to over fifty million Ya Yuan.
Since the 1980s, the value of the US dollar had been lower than that of the Ya Yuan.
To this day, the exchange rate between the two fluctuated between 1:4. Over the long term, the value of the US dollar had been continuously declining.
"Over two hundred million US dollars aren’t easy to offload domestically," Ji Xinghuo observed the pile of money, "we’ll have to try in Olympia."
He packed up the cash and stashed it in his Dimension Stomach.
Besides the US dollar cash, the most valuable items in Gonsaz’s collection were True Dragon Coins, of which there were five—all Golden Dragon Coins.
One Golden Dragon Coin was worth approximately 4.5 million Ya Yuan, totaling 22.5 million!
"This is..."
Ji Xinghuo picked up a crystal and examined it closely before his eyes.
The crystal was a hexagonal column, about ten centimeters in length and around three centimeters in diameter. It felt weighty in hand, semi-transparent, allowing one to see the faint flow of energy inside. It reflected a pale rainbow light, extremely peculiar.
"Ether Crystal!"
Ji Xinghuo’s eyes lit up, recognizing what it was.
Ether crystals were incredibly valuable resources, naturally occurring in the Star Realm, and were also artificially manufactured. They were one of the hard currencies between the Star Realm nations and Galaxy Civilization.
On Earth, the use of ether crystals was quite limited, mostly consumed in maintaining the Spirit Stone World.
In the Star Realm, however, ether crystals had many uses!
Almost all Ether Technology was built upon ether crystals. Various buildings, facilities, and constructions all required the energy of ether crystals to operate. This could simply be understood as the role of oil on Earth before humanity mastered controlled nuclear fusion.
The more powerful and developed the nations and civilizations are, the more they relied on ether crystals.
Ether crystals are also graded according to energy density.
The knowledge of Ether Technology on Earth is still at a primary level and has not entered the practical application stage, so ether crystals have not become common circulation.
You cannot buy ether crystals on the market.
However, their value is far higher than that of True Dragon Coins, at least over ten million Ya Yuan.
Gonsaz’s collection included three ether crystals, all of the lowest grade, yet their total value still exceeded thirty million Ya Yuan. There were also some other miscellaneous items, jewelry, luxury watches, antiques, etc., worth tens of millions of Ya Yuan.
That brought the total to over one hundred million!
Even though Ji Xinghuo was no longer short of money, suddenly acquiring over one hundred million Ya Yuan worth of wealth was a delightful surprise.
"Indeed, a man does not become wealthy without an unexpected windfall, just as a horse does not get fat without grazing at night," he remarked.
Having been the mob boss in Immortal City for over a decade, Gonsaz had surely amassed wealth far exceeding one hundred million; most likely spent on buying mechanical prosthetics, indulging in food and drink, as well as acquiring numerous assets in Immortal City. The contents of the safe were just a small portion.
Ji Xinghuo guessed there were at least several hundred million more in Gonsaz’s bank accounts, but there hadn’t been time to transfer them under the pressing circumstances.
"Such a pity..."
Once everything was packed away, Ji Xinghuo started to think how he might spend the money to convert it into power.
Alien Species were out of the question for now.
His weapons and equipment were sufficient.
Ji Xinghuo’s gaze fell on Qing Hong beside him, who could advance to a Superior Spiritual Object and integrate Alien Species like an intelligent race, but it required special objects to expand its capacity.
So far, Qing Hong had only consumed one Life Spirit Seed.
Having ascended to an Advanced Mutant, he still had one opportunity left to integrate an Alien Species. If he successfully acquired Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, he would then need more expansion objects.
He accessed the online platform and
Ji Xinghuo shook his head internally; it was impossible. Even if he made more contributions, there was no reason to apply for a second dose of the dragon blood. "Either find another source of dragon blood or upgrade the Alien Coexistence to the next level and let Qing Hong share this Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood; let’s try our luck."
In the cultivation room at the base, Ji Xinghuo shut the door, took out a syringe, drew the dragon blood into the tube, found a vein in his arm, and plunged it in.
The fusion method for Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood was injection.
Ji Xinghuo pushed the syringe gently, slowly injecting all the dragon blood into his bloodstream. Soon, he began to feel the changes in his body.