A few days later, in the study of the Prime Minister's mansion, Chu Chen received the news sent back by Zhu Wushi.
"Hiss! Chen Guo's dignified Prime Minister Mu Junyuan, who can be considered a man of his position, was actually ordered by the Chen Guo Empress to be carried out of the imperial city. All the accompanying ministers received the same treatment. This is truly..."
"Although they are subjects, at this level of official position, one still needs face and dignity. Treating ministers like this, this is truly brilliant!"
Chu Chen gasped, and with a happy heart, opened the system to check the price and effects of the Longevity Pills.
[Low-grade Longevity Pill: Usable by those below the Body Refining realm. Can improve physical condition, delay aging, and extend lifespan by three years. Price: ten points per pill.]
[Mid-grade Longevity Pill: Usable by those below the Core Formation realm. Can extend lifespan by five years. Price: one hundred points per pill.]
[High-grade Longevity Pill: Usable by those below the Mahayana realm. Can extend lifespan by ten years. Price: one thousand points per pill.]
"Even the low-grade Longevity Pill, which only extends life by three years, was priced by Zhu Wushi at thirty-five thousand taels per pill. This means that with just over a hundred pills, a total of a few thousand points, the entire Chen Kingdom can be drained dry!"
"And the mid-grade Longevity Pill is priced at one hundred and five thousand taels per pill! This price is ruthless! I like it!"
Chu Chen happily began to calculate.
"Thirty-five thousand taels, with five thousand taels being the excess, it should be the fund Zhu Wushi prepared for his own activities. So, the amount that can reach me is thirty thousand taels. This much silver will be difficult to handle. I need to find a way to get a large storage ring to transport it back conveniently. Otherwise, if he goes through official channels, Zhu Wushi might be discovered directly."
A horse-drawn carriage can pull two thousand jin on a normal hard dirt road. If it's on a gravel road or a marble road, it can pull more.
Calculated at two thousand jin, thirty-five thousand taels of silver would weigh thirty-five thousand jin, requiring eighteen horse-drawn carriages to transport. Such a quantity of carriages would be too conspicuous.
"I remember that the system's exchange mall seems to have magic treasures that can be bought with points. I wonder if there are any storage-type magic treasures."
Chu Chen thought this and clicked on the Life Simulator system, opening the exchange mall.
Magic Treasures, Equipment, Items, Pills, Cultivation Techniques, Special.
The Life Simulator system's exchange mall has these six major categories.
Chu Chen first clicked on Magic Treasures to view them, as storage rings, although related to equipment, are not used for combat or enhancing strength, but they would definitely be in the category of magic treasures.
Soon, Chu Chen found magic treasures related to storage.
[Low-grade Storage Bag: Height one meter, area one square meter. Requires one hundred points.]
[Mid-grade Storage Bag: Height ten meters, area one hundred square meters. Requires one thousand points.]
[High-grade Storage Bag: Height one hundred meters, area one thousand square meters. Requires ten thousand points.]
[Low-grade Storage Ring: Height one meter, area one square meter. Requires five hundred points.]
[Mid-grade Storage Ring: Height ten meters, area one hundred square meters. Requires five thousand points.]
[High-grade Storage Ring: Height one hundred meters, area one thousand square meters. Requires fifty thousand points.]
[Body Refining level Qiankun Ring (Growth Type): Initially has a height of three meters and an area of one hundred square meters. Can be upgraded by investing points. Each upgrade doubles the cost and doubles the capacity. Points required to upgrade to Foundation Establishment level Qiankun Ring: two hundred points.]
"..."
"This, the storage bag and storage ring have the same capacity, why is the price five times different?"
Chu Chen was a little confused and quickly asked the system.
[Ding! Esteemed Host, regarding your question, storage rings, compared to storage bags, have the advantages of being more durable, not hindering combat, and not easily lost or dropped.]
"Uh~ it seems so."
Chu Chen imagined a person with a storage bag hanging from their waist and another wearing a storage ring on their hand. During a battle, the storage bag would flutter constantly, and then someone would cut the rope, causing the storage bag to leave their side and become uncontrollable.
As for the storage ring, unless one can strike the hand and destroy its defense, the storage ring can be destroyed. Being able to do so would mean crushing the opponent, and whether the opponent is bad or not would be the same.
"Storage rings are good, but they're not suitable for transporting goods, after all, they're five times more expensive."
Chu Chen calculated and directly chose to purchase two high-grade storage bags.
[Ding! Two high-grade storage bags require two thousand points. Do you wish to exchange?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining two high-grade storage bags. Two thousand points have been deducted. Remaining points: ten thousand.]
"Points are scarce when used. Three thousand points, and now only one thousand remain. They are truly not enough."
Looking at the remaining points, Chu Chen sighed, but without hesitation, he continued to exchange.
[Ding! Ten mid-grade Longevity Pills require one thousand points; one hundred low-grade Longevity Pills require one thousand points. Total required points: two thousand. Do you wish to exchange?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining ten mid-grade Longevity Pills and one hundred low-grade Longevity Pills. Two thousand points have been deducted. Remaining points: eight thousand.]
Taking the items out of the system's backpack and putting them into the storage bags, Chu Chen faintly called out, "Where is the Dark Department?"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Immediately, someone entered from outside the door and knelt on one knee.
"Take one or two people and deliver this to Zhu Wushi, who is the Imperial Advisor in Chen Guo. He will know what to do."
"Yes!"
Watching the study door being closed by the Dark Department, Chu Chen smiled faintly, "What I'm sending out is not Longevity Pills, but death warrants! With these pills, Chen Guo is finished. Even if that Chen Guo Empress has some means to suppress the chaos, with such a large expenditure of silver, it will be impossible to have the financial resources to organize an army to attack Yunyue Kingdom."
"However, the crisis in Chen Guo has been resolved in advance. But Yunyue Kingdom is located in the middle of the Qingzhou Continent and is a strategically important country. The surrounding five countries, Zhao, Yan, Chu, Qi, and Qin, how will they deal with it?"
"Especially Qin and Chu. One is militarily strong with a vast territory, possessing many armored soldiers, and the cultivation level in the country is generally several points stronger than in other countries, and they are very aggressive. As for Chu, I can't quite understand it. In the Life Simulator, it simulated that Chu can see through my achievement of a peaceful era!"
"Although it is several years later, it is inevitable that it will be disrupted in advance. At that time, Yunyue Kingdom will not be as peaceful as it is now, and it will surely be invaded by the surrounding countries!"
"I need to find a way to cause trouble for them."
Chu Chen fell into deep thought.
Chen Kingdom alone is ten times stronger than Yunyue Kingdom, and the strength of the other five kingdoms is unknown. If the five kingdoms join forces to attack, it will truly be beyond salvation and impossible to resist.