Chapter 286 Changing the Currency of the Cultivation World [Thanks to the leader of the alliance, 'Qingningzi', for the reward~]
The sound of the chess piece falling on the chessboard was not loud, a bit like a drop of water falling into a bucket.
But the next moment, a faint roar was heard on the chessboard.
It sounded like the ground cracking and a landslide.
The earth was torn apart and there was a terrifying sound like it was collapsing.
Lines in Lu Fan's eyes were dancing, and he was concentrating on making his move. This kind of move was a bit similar to when Sima Qingshan was absorbed in painting.
North Luo City.
On the lakeside, flower boats are floating.
Young Master Tianxu and his four old ladies in the Jindan realm were riding on a flower boat, which was filled with fruits.
He pinched a candied date into his mouth, raised his head, and squinted at the Baiyujing Pavilion surrounded by the vortex.
His eyebrows couldn't help but raise.
The empress was on the same boat with Ni Yu. She was holding a sugar-coated Qi Gathering Pill made by Ni Yu, glancing at the sky, and the smile in her eyes became more and more intense.
Du Longyang and Ye Shoudao also sensed something. After all, at their level, their spiritual awareness was still very sharp.
Except for them, of course.
…
Outside Beiluo City.
Because of the expansion of the earth, the distance between different places has become much farther.
The original secret realm of Wolong Ridge.
That was the first secret place constructed by Lu Fan.
As a basic secret place, this place was originally under the control of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, with the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, after Daxuan and Xiliang took control of the imperial capital, Xiliang took over the jurisdiction of the Wolongling secret realm.
Today, there are many practitioners from Xiliang in the secret realm of Wolong Ridge.
However, Wolongling is the earliest secret realm to appear, and its functions overlap with Longmen to some extent.
Compared with the pressure brought by the monsters in the Wolongling secret realm, the pressure from the terracotta soldiers in the Dragon Gate is greater.
Therefore, practitioners are more inclined to use Longmen to practice and train practicing armies.
However, today.
The commander of the Xiang family army stationed in Wolong Ridge suddenly opened his eyes.
This is a commander at the peak of Qi Dan.
When the earth began to rumble, the commander felt his heart tremble.
The next moment.
The shock disappeared.
He rushed out of the tent quickly, and some soldiers from Xiliang rushed over in panic.
"Commander! A deep pit appeared ahead."
"It collapsed suddenly, without any warning."
The soldier shouted.
The commander frowned, he had never encountered such a situation before.
Therefore, under the leadership of this soldier, he ran forward quickly.
Finally, we arrived at the so-called "deep pit".
This is a large circular pit with a diameter of about three meters.
Gravel kept rolling down around the big pit, and a bottomless figure could be seen.
It seemed as if there was a bottomless abyss beneath this pit.
The commander frowned.
He found a fist-sized stone and threw it into the pit himself.
However, when the stone fell into it, there was no echo for a long time.
This made the commander look even more solemn. Looking at the deep pit, he felt a little scared, as if the deep pit might lead to an unpredictable purgatory-like world.
…
Beiluo, an island in the middle of the lake.
The island in the middle of the lake floating in the air looks even more mysterious, as if shrouded in fairy air.
Lu Fan rolled up his sleeves and continued to make moves.
He set up a strange chess game on the board, and there was a mysterious connection between each chess piece.
The secret world constructed in the preaching platform began to materialize.
Lu Fan made his move, and the sound of clacking continued.
Finally, when a chess piece fell.
The situation on the chessboard suddenly changed, becoming somewhat strange.
"This game is called "Nine Hells"."
Lu Fan smiled.
…
Boom! On Wolong Ridge.
The commander of Xiang's army felt somewhat unsteady on his feet.
However, the underground palace of Wolong Ridge, which was sunken deep in the earth, suddenly raised a huge cloud of dust.
It was as if it was swallowed by a huge mouth.
Thick smoke and dust billowed.
After that...
A door engraved with the head of a green-faced and fanged evil spirit rose from the original location of the underground palace.
The underground palace has been abolished! "Quick! Go and spread the news to the Imperial Capital!"
The commander of the Xiang family army was horrified and quickly yelled at the attendant beside him.
And he ran towards the evil ghost portal at a high speed.
However, above the door hung a stone plaque full of ancient atmosphere, with the three words "First Prison" written on it.
It is filled with gloom, as if it will affect people's spirits and make people feel extremely frightened.
Boom! The earthquake still didn't stop.
The commander looked around blankly.
However, they discovered that surrounding the circular pit, a series of stone portals rose from the ground in a spiral shape.
Just like a snail shell, the last door is only one mile away from the deep pit.
After a long time, the commander calmed down and looked at the nine doors.
I found that there were stone plaques full of ancient atmosphere on each door.
They are divided according to the prisons.
In order, it is divided into "Nine Hells".
The first prison is exactly ten miles away from the circular pit.
Afterwards, an area was opened up every mile.
The Ninth Hell is exactly one mile away from the deep pit.
Every door was open, and the inside was extremely dark. Even if the sunlight shone in, it could not illuminate anything.
Deep, strange...
It was like the gate of hell had opened.
"What on earth is this?"
The commander mustered up his courage, the spiritual energy in his Qi Dan flowed, and the strength of the Qi Dan at its peak was displayed, keeping him alert at all times.
He ran quickly towards the Ninth Hell.
However, before he approached the Ninth Hell, his expression suddenly changed.
Faintly.
He seemed to hear the sound of chess pieces falling.
Undetectable.
But, he did hear it.
After that...
In the deep pit ahead that he had explored and which was clearly bottomless, he heard a whistling sound.
Boom! It was like the earth exploded.
A thick black stone pillar suddenly rushed out from the deep pit!
The moment this stone pillar appeared.
A huge wave of air and pressure rushed out from the stone pillar, with strong winds blowing, as if forming an unparalleled domain field.
The commander was somewhat dazed.
He remembered that when the secret realm of Wolong Ridge was first opened up, there was a terrifying spiritual pressure erupting outside the Immortal Palace, and only by obtaining the "Heaven and Earth Qi Order" could one break through this spiritual pressure.
And the current situation is so similar to the original one!
The closer you get to the dark cylinder, the more terrifying the spiritual pressure becomes.
Even though this commander was only a Qi Dan, he also felt something unusual. This time, the terrible feeling of oppression was not just spiritual pressure.
besides……
A strange power that he could not explain.
Phew!
The commander suffered an unexpected disaster.
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
Because he was close to the "Ninth Hell", this door was closest to the stone tablet.
As a result, he endured the most terrible pressure of being ejected.
A mouthful of blood spurted out.
This commander, who was at the peak of the Qi Dan realm, was catapulted ten miles away and rolled on the ground for several meters before he was able to stabilize himself.
His eyes were full of fear and he was gasping for breath.
The defenders of Xiang's army rushed over and helped him up.
"Quickly...quickly send a message to the king...another...immortal secret realm has been opened up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the commander tilted his head.
The defenders hugged their commander, their hearts trembling, snot and tears gushing out, and they burst into tears.
Another defender couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him.
"Why are you crying? The commander just fainted!"
"Notify the king immediately!"
…
Although the world has changed drastically, making Wolong Ridge far away from Beiluo City.
However, the moment the "Nine Hells Secret Realm" appeared.
Especially when the Dao Monument came into the world, the strange Dao fluctuations that burst out made Du Longyang and others who were far away in Beiluo City feel startled.
"Do you feel it?"
Du Longyang sat upright on the flower boat and turned his head to look in the direction of Wolong Ridge.
Ye Shoudao looked at him and nodded slightly: "It's a bit like the strange fluctuations I felt when I first comprehended the sword intent."
The empress was somewhat surprised. She held Ni Yu's head and rubbed it vigorously: "Brother Lu really didn't lie to me..."
"This is... the meaning of sequence?!"
Ni Yu was a little confused by the rubbing, "Big sister...can you be a little gentler? Even the young master is not as rude as you!"
Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao and others heard the empress's murmur and looked over: "What is the sequence of Daoyi?"
The empress raised her red lips and leaned lazily on the flower boat: "This is the path we will take in the future... It is our breakthrough point for breaking through the infant transformation!"
The empress's words were like thunder, exploding in the ears of Du Longyang and others.
Their road has reached a bottleneck, and now, the empress actually said that she has found a breakthrough.
"Sequence Daoyi? I have never heard of it before..."
“Even if he is a bitter disciple, he wants to break through himself, but it seems that he is not taking the path of sequence Taoism, but the power of absorbing the origin of Tianyuan.”
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Young Master Tianxu narrowed his eyes.
He glanced at the empress and said, "Did you make this up?"
"Women's mouths are deceitful."
The empress's red lips froze slightly, and she glanced at Master Tianxu, "Old man Tianxu, if you have the guts, say it again?!"
“Yoho.”
Young Master Tianxu raised the palm-sized sword he had retrieved from Beiluo Lake and pointed it at the empress from afar.
However, Tianxu suddenly remembered that the empress seemed to have mentioned in her mutterings that this sequence of Taoism was told to her by Lu Fan.
So Tianxu smiled.
"Oh, I don't argue with women."
The words fell.
The empress sneered.
The four old ladies behind Tianxu also looked at him sideways.
"I seem to understand a little bit... Is the so-called Dao intention the same as my sword intention?"
Ye Shoudao said.
The Empress shook her head: "Brother Lu said that your sword intent...cannot even be called sequence Tao intent."
Ye Shoudao was stunned.
Du Longyang got up from the flower boat and planned to go and take a look, but the auction was about to begin.
This made Du Longyang feel a little itchy inside.
However, after weighing the pros and cons, Du Longyang still sat cross-legged in the flower boat, quietly waiting for the auction to begin.
The auction will be held at Beiluo Lake.
The guests took a boat ride.
On Beiluo Lake, flower boats swayed, creating ripples on the surface of the lake.
suddenly.
Deep in the Beiluo Lake, amidst the misty waves.
There was a loud crashing sound.
A handsome young man, sitting in a wheelchair, slowly walked out from the depths of the lake.
With the appearance of the boy.
Everyone on the flower boat stood up.
"Young Master Lu!"
"Meet Master Lu."
Every flower boat, including Tan Tai Xuan and Ba Wang, stood up and bowed to Lu Fan.
The empress, Du Longyang and others were startled when they saw this scene, and they also stood up and bowed.
Lu Fan was wearing a white shirt, and his drooping hair was tied with a velvet rope behind his back.
His hand was placed on the Phoenix Feather Gauntlet, with a gentle smile on his face.
suddenly.
Behind Lu Fan, Ning Zhao's white skirt fluttered, and she appeared with a bamboo basket slung over her arm.
Lu Fan glanced at the whole place and smiled: "This is the first auction since Baiyujing was founded... I don't know if there will be such an auction in the future."
"The purpose of Baiyujing has always been to develop cultivation, to enable people to embark on the path of cultivation, and to make the cultivation world prosperous."
“This auction is also held with this purpose.”
Lu Fan’s words echoed.
On the flower boat, everyone held their breath and listened attentively.
Even Du Longyang, the Empress and others showed great respect to Lu Fan.
Young Master Tianxu is used to arguing, and wants to argue...
However, thinking of Lu Fan's petty look before, he swallowed the words that were almost on his lips.
Forget it, for Brother Lu’s sake, today I will just have a... quiet day.
"The items in this auction include elixirs, cultivation methods, spiritual tools, and of course... opportunities."
"Moreover, this auction will adopt the 'Spirit Stone' auction method."
Lu Fan said.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for one 'low-grade spirit stone'."
"Everyone, please exchange the silver in your hands into spirit stones first."
"Otherwise, you will be disqualified from the auction. From now on... auctions in the cultivation world will only accept 'Spiritual Stones'."
Lu Fan said.
He tapped his fingers on the gauntlet, smiling.
The words fell.
The people on each flower boat looked at each other and talked non-stop.
On a flower boat, Tan Tai Xuan narrowed his eyes.
Mo Beike did not come today, and he was accompanied by Mo Ju.
Mo Ju waved his feather fan lightly, his eyes solemn, "Your Majesty... Young Master Lu's move is of far-reaching significance."
Tan Tai Xuan was not stupid either, so he naturally had his own analysis: "Is Lu Ping'an planning to unify the currency of the cultivation world?"
"If the currency of the cultivation world in the future is no longer real gold and silver, then... it will have a huge impact on all forces. Now, all forces have few spirit stones, so everyone is standing on the same starting line."
Mo Ju nodded, fanning his feather fan hastily: "The change in currency has a huge impact."
"If this spirit stone only serves the same purpose as real gold and silver as currency, then it would be fine..."
"if……"
Mo Ju didn't say anything else.
Because, in the distance, Ning Zhao had already appeared on their flower boat carrying a bamboo basket.
Tan Tai Xuan had a deep memory of Ning Zhao. Back then, under the city of Beiluo, this maidservant defeated his Beijun army with just a sword.
"King Beixuan, do you want to exchange for spirit stones?"
Ning Zhao asked.
"Change, five first."
Tan Tai Xuan laughed.
After he finished speaking, Ning Zhao took out five spirit stones from the bamboo basket. Tan Tai Xuan, Mo Ju and others did not move.
Quietly looking at the crystal clear spirit stones stacked on the flower boat.
Many people on the surrounding flower boats cursed inwardly, wondering why this old fox, Tan Tai Xuan, didn't even change them all in one breath.
First exchange for five spiritual consciousnesses, which means that Tan Tai Xuan brought at least 500,000 taels of silver notes, which can be exchanged at a money shop.
However, he only exchanged five coins at first, and no one else could guess the exact amount.
The auction stipulated that the items had to be purchased with spirit stones, so they naturally could not refuse.
In fact, after these people exchanged the spirit stones, they sensed the abundant spiritual energy in the spirit stones that could be absorbed for cultivation...
These people suddenly lost their composure.
This spiritual stone... is such a treasure!
Lu Fan looked at everyone on the flower boat and saw that they had exchanged their spirit stones. He smiled and said, "There are spirit stone mines in the world. If you are interested, you can go and look for them."
Lu Fan actually randomly pointed out several spirit stone veins in various places on the Wuhuang Continent.
Mo Ju sensed the spiritual energy that could be absorbed by the spirit stone, and his expression became more and more complicated.
"Your Majesty...after you return, you must immediately organize people to start looking for spirit stone veins."
"Whoever obtains the mineral vein will take control of the future world."
Tan Tai Xuan naturally understood the seriousness of the matter.
In fact, it's not just Tan Tai Xuan. Overlord, Tang Xiansheng, and many other people from aristocratic families are not stupid. They are very smart. Lu Fan launched this spirit stone obviously because he wanted to improve the monetary system of the cultivation world.
To be honest, real gold and silver are indeed valuable, but for practitioners, they have no real meaning.
Even if it can be exchanged for resources, it is cumbersome and difficult.
But the spirit stones are different...
This thing can be used directly for cultivation. This thing is a resource! If you occupy an entire vein of spiritual stone, you may be able to build an army of practitioners at the peak of Qi Dan or even Ti Zang realm. That would be almost... invincible! The Empress, Du Longyang and others raised their eyebrows.
Spirit stones... Of course they all have them. The cultivation world of Tianyuan has long promoted the currency system of spirit stones. Or, it can be said that this is an inevitable trend when the cultivation has developed to a certain level.
The Empress and the others did not exchange the spirit stones because... they had quite a lot of them.
Moreover, the spirit stones in their hands are not just low-grade, but also medium and even high-grade.
The grade of spirit stones is naturally differentiated according to the spiritual energy content and purity.
Lu Fan leaned back in his wheelchair, glanced at the people who were extremely surprised by the spirit stone, and smiled.
He raised his hand.
Boom boom...
The lake parted.
The little Yinglong held a wooden plate covered with cloth in its dragon claws and floated up from the lake with a cute look on its face. It flapped its wings and hovered in the air.
When Lu Fan looked at Xiao Yinglong.
Little Yinglong even smiled appropriately.
Although he didn't know what his father asked him to do with these wooden plates, he just did it.
If you don't do as instructed... you will be tied up with a spirit ring, which is equivalent to being beaten.
He, little Yinglong, is still very smart.
Lu Fan was very satisfied with little Yinglong and smiled at him.
Little Yinglong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pouted his lips, ready to spit out a splash of water.
However, as soon as this action was taken.
The smile on Lu Fan's face disappeared.
Little Yinglong panicked and swallowed the water back with a gulp, burping elegantly and gracefully.
Lu Fan supported his chin with one hand, calmly scanning the people on the flower boat, and lightly flicked the fingers of his other hand.
The cloth on the wooden plate held by Xiao Yinglong was instantly burned by the white flames, revealing the contents inside.
PS: Thanks to [Qingningzi] for the reward, the author thanks you~ (End of this chapter)