Chapter 101: Over and over again, until it's done._3

"Otherwise?"

The scholar helplessly shook his head and said, "What else did you think the purpose of founding a sect was, to find a Golden Core Great Power in the early stages to help you cross the bridge for just 100 Spirit Stones?"

"Are those Golden Core Great Powers worth only 100 Spirit Stones?"

"If you even dared to ask for 150 Spirit Stones, you wouldn't even see the list, as it would have been taken by someone else."

"Those families nearly deplete their entire fortune raising a Golden Core, if you don't reciprocate, all the people in your family will starve to death."

"For something as harmless and effortless as crossing the bridge, getting 100 Spirit Stones is already quite good."

"Just this—"

"You feel it's already quite challenging, right?"

"But even if you accomplish all that I've mentioned, the Golden Core formed would just be a First-grade Golden Core."

"Golden Cores are graded from First to Fifth Grade."

"First Grade is the weakest, Fifth Grade the strongest."