Chapter 40: Silver Mine, Everything Will Turn Around

Elder Arthur's words hung heavily in the air, and Simon's heart sank like a stone.

An ancient saying echoed in his mind: A man can only eat as much as his stomach allows.

One billion taels of silver—while it was a staggering sum, the De Molinos family could just barely manage to digest it with their resources and foundation. But two hundred billion taels? Even if they pushed the family to its limits, they'd collapse under the strain.

Unimaginable wealth was tempting, yes, but when prosperity surpassed one's capacity to control it, such wealth often turned into catastrophe.

As the patriarch of the De Molinos family, Simon instantly grasped the peril lurking beneath the surface of this fortune.

While cultivators generally showed little interest in worldly riches, an amount like this was enough to tempt even the fabled immortals.