Assuming a piece of souljade went for ten thousand in Void Embrace, a well-to-do family could buy one after working hard for a few months. It wasn't exactly bank-breaking money. In Skysource, a single merit was worth a hundred credits. While that was barely enough to live comfortably for a day, it could at least keep one fed and clothed.0

An Jing was only making a rough guess. Without any local benchmarks, he had to rely on fragmented memories from his past life to piece together a likely inaccurate assessment.0

"In Skysource, a single liang of void spirit stone goes for 1500 merits. If we value one merit at roughly 100 yuan, that puts an empty stone at 150,000 yuan. And that's just an empty one. It wouldn't be surprising if a filled spirit stone was worth twice as much. The price...0