Born with immortal seed

Chapter 688 Mother Coin
"Yes, disciple will do his best."

Ma Ruoxi nodded vigorously.

Putting the first matter aside, upon hearing the second matter, one could immediately sense that Bai Zichen intended to choose another disciple.

Ma Ruoxi had no opinion on this.

She knew very well that her talent wasn't even top-notch in the Northern Region, let alone in the Central Region.

The true disciples of almost every major sect have better physical attributes than her; there are differences in innate talent, comprehension, and spiritual physique.

There are so many outstanding disciples here that cultivators from outside the Central Region simply cannot believe it.

It can be said that true disciples who can fight their way out of the major sects in the Central Region are completely outmatched when they arrive in the Northern Region.

Those young talents from the Central Region, while respectful in their interactions with Ma Ruoxi, were not without flattery.

But sometimes, the disdainful attitude that she inadvertently revealed made her realize that these chosen ones actually looked down on her.

She was both envious and jealous of her status as the personal disciple of the Sword Master of Time.

However, even if Ma Ruoxi were to dedicate herself to the sword day and night with unwavering devotion, she could never achieve even a fraction of the master's skill.

If we want our lineage to maintain its prestige, we really need a junior brother who is outstanding enough.

She felt no resentment, but rather thought the day had come a little late.

If I had taken on disciples earlier, they would be able to hold their own now that they have reached the Core Formation stage.

"Go down. If Fellow Daoist visits again in September, just lead him to Qingxia Cave... I observe that your true essence is weak. You should not only pursue the sword path and neglect your own cultivation. In the next few days, you should focus on raising your realm."

Bai Zichen offered a word of advice, or to put it more bluntly, not to waste time on swordsmanship.

If you focus on improving your cultivation, you might even have a chance to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Anyway, as Bai Zichen's personal disciple, he certainly wouldn't lack any of the necessary Nascent Soul spiritual items.

No matter how much you study swordsmanship, you can never reach the point where you can use the sword to promote the way, and it will only waste too much energy.

It's obvious that Ma Ruoxi isn't gifted enough to be on par with others in both areas.

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"With my mediocre sword-forging skills, forging a fifth-order flying sword is a pipe dream. Even if I used the best spiritual materials, I probably still couldn't forge a flying sword that could directly challenge the heavenly tribulation and immediately become a fourth-order flying sword right out of the furnace."

Bai Zichen killed the Night Emperor and obtained the last page of the Moonlight True Demon Bible through soul searching. The page contained the crafting methods for several fifth-tier treasures.

Only one of them is related to a flying sword, named Heavenly Fiend Jade Hook.

"The necessary spiritual materials can basically be found in the spoils of war, and some can even be found in multiple quantities. It seems that the Night Emperor himself has made plans to forge a Heavenly Fiend Jade Hook as his natal magic weapon in the future. However, the forging of a flying hook is much more difficult. He hasn't even mastered flying swords yet, and he's jumping straight into the unfamiliar flying hook. The difficulty is no small matter."

Flying hooks are unusual flying swords, and few people use them; swordsmiths who can forge them are even rarer.

After thinking it over, I decided to give up for now.

Only after further refining his sword-forging skills will he dare to attempt to forge a flying hook.

The main thing is those two storage bags; the magical materials inside are unique in the cultivation world and are extremely difficult to find again.

Even if you go to the Immortal Realm, it's the same.

After all, these are demonic materials brought from the Heavenly Demon Realm, and they shouldn't be blooming in other places.

"However, the weapon-refining techniques in the Moonlight True Demon Bible, though unremarkable, gave me an important inspiration... Perhaps I can obtain another fifth-tier flying sword through existing means."

Bai Zichen turned the Supreme Pure and Subtle Sword Box and drew out a jingling, treasure-dropping coin sword covered with all sorts of coins.

The second-to-last page of the Moonlight True Demon Bible records a magical artifact called the Cinnamon Wheel Blood Pearl, which reminded him of this fourth-tier flying sword.

"I thought back then that if I could forge a coin that would be accepted by all cultivators and be universally recognized, it would be enough to upgrade the Falling Treasure Coin Sword to the fifth rank. With my current power, I can already promote the coin in the Eastern and Northern Regions, and I can barely do it in the Black Sea as well."

Bai Zichen counted on his fingers, starting to plan where he could spread out his forces.

Forget about the Central Region, and the Southern Region isn't involved either. Our brother sect, the Five Elements Sect, is too weak to participate in something of this level.

The total number of cultivators in the Western Regions is less than that of a single country in the Central Region, and to be precise, it doesn't even reach the entire Great Zhou, so its significance is also minimal.

It is already quite an achievement to be able to expand to three locations.

This is a monumental undertaking that even the Daode Sect couldn't persevere through; the difficulty of it is unimaginable.

The transformation of the mother coin into a sword-forging material is merely an additional benefit.

In essence, it is still a product created by top sects in order to complete the harvest within the region.

Of course, it has also promoted business exchanges within the region to some extent.

If the issued currency is used stably in a region, it means that the governance is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and that the lower-level cultivators have a great deal of trust in you.

If you can use your own currency to get any resources, then it becomes a business with no capital.

Of course, this is only the surface-level benefit.

Bai Zichen was not too concerned about the astonishing profits behind the unification of currency; he was more focused on the changes in the mother coin.

It's a bit like making a whole plate of dumplings just to eat this dish of vinegar.

"The most urgent task is to refine the mother coin first, and then consider the promotion... The mother coin must be durable and resistant to damage, and it must be suitable for engraving patterns. Most importantly, its grade cannot be low. Otherwise, even if it is promoted to the entire cultivation world and a wealth of aura is gathered, it will be difficult to serve as the core of a fifth-order flying sword."

There are several major challenges in promoting this type of currency.

First, we must control the refining cost; otherwise, the cost of a single coin will exceed that of a spirit stone, so how can we profit from the price difference?

Secondly, it cannot be imitated, ensuring that there will be no counterfeit products in the cultivation world, thus preventing market disruption.

At the very least, the cost of counterfeiting must be several times higher than that of normal casting, so that there is no profit to be made from counterfeits, thus eliminating this phenomenon.

Thirdly, how to get cultivators across the land to accept this while resisting counterattacks from other forces, and abolish the boycott of currency.

Bai Zichen was initially clueless, but the method of refining Guilun Blood Pearl gave him a sudden inspiration.

This fifth-tier magical treasure requires 10,088 Blood Coins to be made. Only when the required number is complete can it become a top-grade fifth-tier Heavenly Treasure. Not one more or less will not suffice.

With such a large quantity, the Moon Demon Clan continuously improved the method of forging Blood Coins, thereby minimizing costs.

Otherwise, the cost of a single Guilun Blood Pearl would be dozens of times that of other fifth-tier spiritual treasures. Even if it were incredibly powerful, no demon would be foolish enough to choose it.

By slightly modifying these methods after the master coin is cast and applying them to coin minting, the basic requirements can be met.

Through continuous improvement and refinement, the ideal state can be achieved.

As for anti-counterfeiting measures, after much thought, is there any power in the cultivation world that is more difficult to imitate than the True Meaning of Time?

Furthermore, the addition of a time stamp further highlights who minted the coins, increasing their credibility in the eyes of cultivators.

How to capture the essence of time on the master coin and then reflect it onto ordinary coins through stamping and casting is what Bai Zichen needs to consider next.

Furthermore, given the reputation of the Sword Lord of Time, anyone who dares to imitate it will be investigated along with their entire clan and lineage, and dealt with according to strict laws.

At the same time, the Qingfeng Sect, the Yulong Sect, and all their close vassal sects use their own issued currencies, and the free exchange of currencies and spirit stones is allowed.

Multiple measures were taken to ensure that the cultivation world accepted this currency as quickly as possible.

"In that case, we can't use the top-grade spirit stones, and the sect's spirit stone reserves will definitely not be enough... We need to accelerate the development of those spirit stone mines in the Black Sea, and prepare enough ammunition for a difficult battle."

Bai Zichen estimated that the Qingfeng Sect's spirit stone reserves were normally enough to last for a hundred years.

But once the minting of coins begins and free exchange is allowed, it will be just a drop in the ocean; at least ten times more would be needed to make a difference.

Those people dared to secretly plot against even the Moral Sect. When they saw their own coins, how could they not take action to attack them and watch them spread to the entire cultivation world?

They wouldn't dare to openly obstruct him, but they would definitely try to stop him from a distance, under various guises and with a seemingly legitimate pretext.

(End of this chapter)