Zhao Xing said: "The 'thirty-three spiritual crystals theory' prevails in the Ancient Kingdom."
"What does it mean?"
"It means that the cultivators at the bottom can earn about thirty-three spirit crystals a year, while the tax of the ancient kingdom, the prices of various necessary cultivation materials, are deliberately manipulated to make these cultivators' annual expenses thirty-six spirit crystals."
"This way, every year there is a deficit in expenses, cultivators at the bottom cannot die, nor can they live too well, and it's basically impossible to accumulate much wealth, which in turn makes it easy for the ancient kingdom to control those dynasties."
"Of course, Origin Realm doesn't count as bottom tier, nor does Ascension Realm, but even so, the powerful figures of these dynastic families have to bear the burden of cultivation resources for their clansmen to help them develop, so the speed of wealth accumulation is destined to be slow."
