Chapter 84

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Chapter 84: The Transaction Fee of the River of Time

"Let’s see what happens when I absorb money from the future timeline," Su Wen said with a chuckle.

He had actually considered this before. Since he could refine the corpses of the strange beings killed in the future timeline into wealth source, it naturally followed that he could also absorb money from the future timeline.

To put it bluntly, the future timeline was just one of the countless sub-timelines derived from the present timeline. Once he returned, the future timeline might not even exist anymore!

In that case, using the illusory money from a future sub-timeline to exchange for growth in the present main Time and Space was a good deal for anyone!

As for the sub-timeline theory mentioned by the Fighting God’s trace of consciousness, well… let’s try it and see what happens!

【As a master of the world’s wealth, you should be the richest Wealth God! In this future timeline, you see mountains of gold and silver jewels along with a plethora of valuable resources.】

【This prompts you to exclaim; no wonder your subordinate has such strong wealth-gathering abilities after twenty years of development.】

【Then, at Wealth Spirit’s request, you begin to absorb from the Wealth Spirit’s treasure vault in front of you.】

【Wealth Source +0.003.】

【Wealth Source +0.008.】

【Wealth Source +0.002.】

【……】

【Wealth Source +0.0007.】

【Wealth Source +0.3.】

【Wealth Source +0.05.】

【Oh, wise Wealth God! After a brief absorption, you realize that the wealth source refined from the treasures in the future timeline is surprisingly low.】

【Especially the rare treasures that should be worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions, which could be collected by a king level Wealth Spirit, yield almost no wealth source when absorbed by you.】

【In confusion, you stop the absorbing process and start to contemplate the "valuable items" in the future timeline.】

【As you ponder…】

Su Wen furrowed his brow slightly and then looked at Yuan Bao, asking, "Yuan Bao, do you know why the wealth source is so low?"

Yuan Bao thought for a moment and replied, "Master, the wealth source you absorb and refine in the future timeline may incur some loss after flowing through the river of time to arrive in this world."

Su Wen fell silent for a moment before saying quietly, "So the loss I experienced is just the transaction fee for the river of time?"

Yuan Bao thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "That is one way to understand it."

Su Wen: "……"

If the loss of wealth source exceeded half or even reached ninety percent, he felt that this transaction could still proceed. He could have the Path of Wealth Fate Bearer from the future timeline hand over the wealth they had accumulated over the years, and after absorbing and refining it into wealth source, he could then use his powers as the Wealth God to help them promote.

But now, the loss of wealth source was ninety-nine point nine nine nine percent, and who knows how many nines there were after that.

Such a high loss—am I really making money, or am I just working for the river of time?

While traveling through time and space, I have to pay for every move I make, and now the wealth path I found is almost completely blocked by the river of time.

Originally, the path to wealth was as vast as an ocean, but after being intercepted by the river of time, it feels as weak as a trickle.

This is a bit absurd!

“Master, you are currently just a second-level God of Wealth, and your status is too low, giving you very little influence in matters of time and space,” Yuan Bao said. “Once you reach the top position of the Wealth God, perhaps the river of time won’t be so aggressive in collecting fees.”

Su Wen: "……"

That’s right!

Once my status is elevated to the highest level, the river of time won’t need to charge such outrageous fees anymore, because it won’t be necessary!

The amount I pay to travel through time and space is already ridiculously high!

Above the Ninth Level is the King Level!

And above the King Level is the Emperor Level!

Whether Emperor Level is the peak remains to be seen!

If I travel once through time, I feel like I could sell Earth and it still wouldn’t be enough!

With such immense income from the wealth source, does the river of time really need to haggle over those trivial fees?

Moreover, as a big customer of the river of time, having spent so much wealth source, isn’t it natural for my influence to increase…?

For a big customer, having a little preferential treatment seems fair, right?

“What a dark river it is!”

Su Wen sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

He now understood the previous situation with the timeline, where the Fighting God took him to slay those Magical Spiders to earn wealth source.

At first, he thought that getting so little wealth source from hundreds of them was due to the high requirements for the Refinement power.

After all, not all strange beings are like the destined monkeys in the Arrow Realm; the Arrow Realm for the Wealth God has its own peculiarities, which seemed quite reasonable.

But now it seemed that the scant wealth source income was due to the river of time taking a large cut.

The wealth paths I explored in the future timeline may simply be paths of the river of time.

What’s more, the river of time charges so much in fees, as if that wasn’t enough, now that I have gained experience energy from refining beings from the mystical realm and was forced to level up, the river of time is additionally charging me from my wealth source?

Isn’t this a bit excessive?

And there’s a second charge now?

“Master, we will need to cooperate deeply with the river of time in the future, so please don’t express these complaints in front of them,” Yuan Bao said seriously. “They aren’t very forgiving and hold grudges.”

Su Wen looked at Yuan Bao and said, “Do I look like a fool? With such weak strength, how could I possibly complain in front of them?”

Yuan Bao chuckled and said, “I just knew, Master, you have a shrewd mind and have long had various schemes in place.”

At the same time, after Su Wen learned about the river of time’s charges, the chaos in time and space interface began to fluctuate again.

【Oh, Poor God of Wealth! Under Yuan Bao’s influence, a flow of information surged into your mind.】

【From this information, you understand that the great river of time will tax any illicit gains you have in the future timeline, meaning the wealth source income from your absorbed treasures will be reduced.】

【After realizing the cause and effect, you let out a sigh towards Wealth Spirit.】

【After absorbing most of Wealth Spirit’s treasures, you finally gathered enough wealth source to interfere with the future timeline and decided to fulfill Wealth Spirit’s wish to aid him in his cultivation!】

【As a God of Wealth who disrupts the order of time and space, with twenty points of Wealth Source Value in hand, you wield the lost powers of the Wealth God and allow Wealth Spirit to ascend.】

【With your permission, Wealth Spirit sits cross-legged, and countless beast shadows appear around him.】

【At the moment of Wealth Spirit’s ascension, the beings from other worlds summoned by him are immersed in this wave of ascension, receiving some feedback.】

【Thus, you gain insight into part of Wealth Spirit’s abilities.】

【By connecting money with beings from other worlds, Wealth Spirit can make these beings willingly stay and even serve as his followers after his ascension.】

【Cultivation is indeed a difficult path, and the paradoxical yet logical symbiotic relationship of Wealth Spirit opens your eyes.】