He Lingchuan tested the waters. “Juju doesn’t usually eat that much, does it?”

“Of course not. Otherwise, even the Ke Family’s profound crystal mine would be eaten into poverty.” Fang Canran continued, “Even a family as wealthy as the Ke Family wouldn’t feed Juju solely with boundless gold. They would have to mix in other ingredients and coax it into eating until it was only half full. So if you follow the list I gave earlier, it will only cost about 1.2 million taels.”

“Only?” He Lingchuan smiled bitterly. If he scraped together everything he owned, he could barely cover a fraction of that.

Fine. The plan to feed Juju until it fell asleep had officially been shot down.

No money meant no money. Even if he sold himself, he could not raise 1.2 million taels. A man had to bow to reality. He would have to think of a Plan B.

“Now you know why the Lord Emperor assigned this duty to the Ke Family, yes? Juju is not something just anyone can afford to worship.”

He Lingchuan nodded repeatedly. “Then can I stand in Star-Plucking Tower and throw ore into the lava pool?”

“You can.” Why is this young man so interested in J...