I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 1836: Chapter 921: Five Elements Coin 2

After the Imperial Court disappeared, some Holy Lands also issued similar currency within their own territories. However, since Spirit Stones can be directly used by cultivators, they inherently have value, whereas the issued currency needs to be backed by the authority of the Holy Lands.

Even during the time when the Human Emperor of the Eastern Emperor Court ruled the world, there were those unafraid of privately minting coins, let alone in the Holy Lands.

Everything becomes vulnerable to determined individuals, even if the currency is engraved with anti-counterfeit restrictions unique to the Holy Land. Under the temptation of huge profits, there will be individuals within the Holy Land who sell these restrictions, or they are deciphered by array masters and artifact refiners. Consequently, counterfeit currency spreads widely.

To maintain their currency, the Holy Lands have to exchange even counterfeit currency.

No matter how many individuals are killed, the rogue cultivators have always lived with their heads on the line, and soon, a new batch continues to mint counterfeit coins.

Many would disappear immediately after making a fortune and leave the Holy Land’s territory.

After repeated instances, the Holy Lands realized that without the suppressive power to control the entire East Continent, like the Eastern Emperor Court, maintaining such a currency is not worth the cost, and they quickly abandoned this effort.

As the Saintess of the Yi Yuan Dao Palace, Xiao Yuli had heard of these secrets from Great Elder Wuming.

So, she found it inconceivable when she saw that the mere Five Elements Sect dared to issue new currency.

This Five Elements Sect was indeed a rural sect; surely it was an impulsive decision by the upper echelon, and probably in a short time, individuals unafraid of death would begin to mint counterfeit coins.

Thinking along these lines, Xiao Yuli picked up a Wuxing coin. As a disciple of Yi Yuan Dao Palace, her artifact refining skills were also top-notch. She quickly discovered the extraordinary nature of the Wuxing coin.

It was made using several different mineral alloy compositions, and surprisingly, it even contained fragmented Spirit Stones.

She attempted to absorb the Wuxing coin like a Spirit Stone, and quickly, a wisp of spiritual energy emerged and was refined into her body.

As the spiritual energy within the Wuxing coin was absorbed, the spiritual light on its surface vanished, and it cracked with fine lines.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuli’s face showed an expression of shock.

Because she discovered that the problem that generations of Holy Lands couldn’t solve seemed to have been resolved by the Five Elements Sect.

The spiritual energy contained in this Wuxing coin was exactly equivalent to one percent of a low-grade Spirit Stone.

Is this a coincidence, or does every Wuxing coin contain such precise spiritual energy quantity?

With doubt in her heart, Xiao Yuli picked up ten Wuxing coins and absorbed them all again, discovering that each coin indeed contained the exact same amount of spiritual energy, not differing in the slightest.

How was such precision achieved?

Xiao Yuli was full of doubts. She knew that the Wuxing coins contained fragmented Spirit Stones, and when these fragmented Spirit Stones are mined from a Spirit Stone Mine, since the outer shells are broken, the spiritual energy inside quickly dissipates. Although this process can be stopped using restrictions, it at least requires a Foundation Establishment Practitioner to achieve this.

To evenly distribute these fragmented Spirit Stones with such precision into the cast Wuxing coins, it at least requires a Rank-3 Artifact Refiner.

A small Wuxing coin, according to Xiao Yuli’s understanding, has a refinement difficulty equivalent to a Rank-3 magic artifact.

With such skills and time, directly refining a Rank-3 magic artifact, even just for the starting fee, would be worth hundreds of millions of Wuxing coins.

Why waste such craftsmanship!

In her confusion, Xiao Yuli tossed a handful of Wuxing coins, which had lost their spiritual energy and cracked, out the carriage window.

“If you collect a hundred defunct Wuxing coins, you can exchange them for one new Wuxing coin at the Five Elements Sect’s Spirit Stone Shop.”

Niu Manfeng, who was driving the ox cart ahead, couldn’t help but remind her upon seeing her wastage.

“Is that so? This is my first time in Northern Abyss City, so I didn’t know.”

After listening, Xiao Yuli gently nodded and asked why the Five Elements Sect wanted to collect discarded Wuxing coins.

“These Wuxing coins are made from a special alloy developed by Immortal Venerate Chen. Once recollected by the Five Elements Sect, they can be remelted and recast into new coins, just by reintegrating the fragmented Spirit Stones.”

After hearing Niu Manfeng’s explanation, Xiao Yuli found it even stranger: “Is casting Wuxing coins so simple?”

“I don’t know about that, but I heard from my teacher that in the south of Eastern Wilderness’s Huozhen Immortal City, there’s a factory dedicated to minting Wuxing coins. Only the artifact refiners of the Five Elements Sect with clean backgrounds are allowed inside. There are many ultra-large equipment magic devices refined by Immortal Venerate Chen specifically for minting Wuxing coins.”

Under Chen Mobai’s policy, students from various academies in Eastern Wilderness conduct an annual Array Master competition, leading to frequent exchanges. This is how Niu Manfeng got to know about Huozhen Immortal City’s situation.

At Huozhen Academy, because Tan Rong, Sheng Zhaoxi’s disciple, is in charge, they excel in artifact refiner training.

After developing the Wuxing coin, Chen Mobai assessed various academies, and considering the number of artifact refiners there, decided to set up the minting factory there.

Of course, since minting is a significant affair, he still sent his trusted subordinate, Yu Lian, to supervise the factory.

Minting technology in the Tianhe Realm requires the level of a Rank-3 Artifact Refiner, but at the Immortal Gate, it’s just a matter of a production line and equipment machinery.