Born with immortal seed

Chapter 690 The Moving Eye of Water
"Could it be the Money Sect, which once minted coins for the Taiping Sect?"

Bai Zichen stared intently. At first glance, the man appeared wealthy and vulgar, but upon closer inspection, he exuded an air of nobility and was no ordinary person.

"Indeed, the patriarchs of all generations have minted more than a thousand kinds of coins... The descendants are unfilial and have disgraced the patriarchs' reputation. They only ask to contribute their meager strength to the Sword Lord."

Wu Shentong replied carefully, choosing each word with deliberation.

They knew that the future of the sect was fully contained in this conversation.

"I have already cast the master coin. You can come and see how to stamp the coins and control the casting cost."

Bai Zichen tossed out a Time Coin, intending to test the man's worth.

"What heavy mother coins!"

Wu Shentong grasped the Guangyin Tongbao coin and almost stumbled; that was his first impression of the mother coin.

When the gaze shifts to the two unfamiliar characters on the mother coin, they appear strange and mysterious, as if countless black and white lights are flying out from the strokes.

After just two glances, I felt the air freeze, the surroundings fell silent, and an indescribable sense of unease piled up in my chest.

I quickly looked away; I almost went blind.

"What a powerful and genuine intention! The coins cast from this mother coin will surely form coin patterns and naturally possess anti-counterfeiting features... With just a few adjustments, it can be mass-produced."

Wu Shentong carefully examined the object twice before returning it, his tone gentle yet full of confidence.

The article then breaks down and explains several key points of coin minting, including precautions, daily production volume, etc.

Everything was well-organized; even a layman could tell that the person had real expertise.

"If I put you in charge, how long will it take to produce a million?"

Bai Zichen pointed to the pile of utensils sent by various sects and asked a question.

"One month to debug and reassemble the equipment, one month to improve the raw materials for minting coins, one month to produce coins... At most three months, we will definitely be able to complete the Sword Lord's requirements."

Wu Shentong stood up straight, his whole body seemingly radiating golden light.

"Then I'll give you a hundred days. If you can do it, I'll reward you handsomely... I'm not a petty person; I keep my word."

The young man in the green robe on the jade throne rose, his robe trailing on the ground, and walked to Wu Shentong, looking down at him like a deity.

"Minor revisions will result in utter ruin!"

Wu Shentong's legs trembled, and he pressed his head to the ground.

As it turns out, this kind of thing should be done by professionals.

Several cultivators from the Money Sect led hundreds of people to set up a coin-minting furnace on a peak of Rotten Axe Mountain.

There were existing tools that could be modified, and it took less than twenty days to complete.

After consulting with Bai Zichen, three specifications for the Time Coin were decided, which were equivalent to one spirit stone, ten spirit stones, and one hundred spirit stones respectively.

Except for changing the main material of the basic Tongbao coins from refined iron to red copper, everything else was done according to the opinions of Wu Shentong and others.

Refined iron requires cultivators to quench it a hundred times in a furnace before it can be produced, but it has the lowest cost. Ordinary iron ore can be used as raw material, it just takes some time.

Bai Zichen also owns several large mineral veins in the Black Sea, one of which is a copper mine with reserves of no less than 10,000 tons.

The cost is slightly higher, but it avoids the drawbacks of refined iron being brittle and easily broken, resulting in a better coin texture.

When the Time Coins, made from ten spirit stones, were used, the main material was refined purple copper.

The highest level uses the Nine Aperture Gold.

When selecting materials, Wu Shentong considered both suitability for coinage and cost, while also requiring that the minerals be common in the cultivation world.

The Tai Su treasure of the Daode Sect disappeared because a certain spiritual material became extinct, causing production costs to skyrocket.

Having learned from past mistakes, we will naturally pay more attention to the selection of materials.

Despite being just an obscure Core Formation level sect in the cultivation world, the Money Sect is actually quite profound in coin minting.

After adjusting the proportions of the coin materials, the best results were achieved in just a few days, and the Guangyin Tongbao coins that satisfied Bai Zichen were produced.

All three finished products have the characters "朔望" (shuò wàng, meaning new moon and full moon) printed on the front using gold tadpole script.

One is dark reddish copper, one is frosted deep purple, and one is ethereal bright gold; all are exquisitely crafted and clearly extraordinary.

If shaken vigorously, the two golden tadpole scriptures will stretch and contract back and forth, generating wisps of illusory time-related power.

Of course, if you really want to experience the power above, it will burst like a bubble, but it only comes from the imprint of the mother coin.

But based on this alone, it has already set it apart from the vast majority of coins.

Bai Zichen was overjoyed and bestowed upon the Golden Coin Sect a third-tier spiritual mountain, along with two nearby mineral veins as their ancestral property.

They also promised that in the future, when disciples of the Money Sect break through to higher realms and need to use fourth-tier spiritual land, they can all come to Rotten Axe Mountain.

Another month passed, and the production of Time Coins stabilized. They were first implemented as sect stipends on Rotten Axe Mountain and Dragon Island.

Ma Ruoxi was also sent to her hometown, Heishan, to bring back Time Coins equivalent to a million spirit stones.

A month later, the number of coins minted stabilized at one million. The news was announced to the cultivation world that all future transactions with the Qingfeng Sect must be settled in Guangyin Tongbao.

The Fish Dragon Sect, along with several other affiliated sects, immediately expressed their intention to follow suit.

It immediately sparked a craze in the cultivation world, but as expected, it had the greatest impact mainly in the Eastern Region, the Northern Region, and the Outer Sea.

With the reputation of the Sword Lord of Time, it quickly developed rapidly, spreading more than five million Time Coins in just a few months.

As a trendsetter in the cultivation world, the Central Region has shown a lukewarm attitude towards the Time Coin.

At least on the surface, no sect has voluntarily accepted Time Coins.

Apart from the fact that the Taiping Sect gave them face and agreed to let the Qingfeng Sect pay with Guangyin Tongbao in a talisman transaction, the Taiping Sect did so.

This can be seen as expressing support from another perspective.

Another month later, Wu Shentong mastered the coin-making technique for Guilun Blood Coins provided by Bai Zichen, more than doubling the cost and efficiency of coin minting.

It is said that on that very night, he received feedback from the minting of coins and successfully advanced to the late stage of Core Formation.

The amount of Time Coins spent each month at Rotten Axe Mountain is increasing, and they circulate freely without hindrance; to date, there has not been a single case of counterfeit currency.

Using Time Coins to purchase spiritual items from Rotten Axe Mountain, all transactions were completed smoothly, with both money and goods exchanged.

In a short time, its market share in the Eastern Region rose steadily, showing a strong trend of replacing spirit stones.

The mother coin of the Time-Traveling Treasure on Rotten Axe Mountain, with its two golden tadpole-shaped inscriptions becoming increasingly obscure and difficult to understand, and wisps of gray mist emanating from all directions.

The heavy mother coin pressed down, sinking the stove several feet into the ground, with its three legs completely submerged.

Surrounded by the aura of fire and wealth, layer upon layer of peaks unfold in succession. As time passes, the original five-colored coin fades, accumulating a thick layer of copper.

However, Bai Zichen was no longer on Rotten Axe Mountain and could not see the changes in his mother coin.

……

The shuttle-shaped flying boat, with a three-story building, has a thunder god statue standing above it, like a guardian deity.

A young man in a green robe stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes bright as stars, exuding an ethereal and otherworldly air.

Beside him stood a dignified old man, with wrinkled skin and white hair, and the hairpin in his hair was made of white bone.

Three imposing cultivators were also sitting on the deck of the flying boat. Two of them wore the Daoist robes of Cunsi Peak, and one wore the Dharma robes of Huangting Peak.

"Fortunately, the Red-Bearded Lord led the way. Who would have thought that the information obtained from searching the soul of the transformed demon would be false?"

A hint of weariness appeared in the eyes of the Great True Lord of September as he piloted the Thunder Flying Boat, battling through storms and waves for over a month.

To determine the location and operate the restrictions, one can imagine the mental strain involved.

If we go back a hundred years, he could sail the oceans with ease, but not now.

But even though they were separated by a body, Bai Zichen could feel the surging, relentless thunder within the body of the Great True Monarch of the Ninth Month.

Before his death, his combat strength will not be affected in any way.

The closer one gets to the target, the more one can burn with passion and unleash the full potential of the millennium-old thunder magic.

"It should be soon. A few days ago, Ao Quan and the others' marks started to fade, which means they must be getting closer to their destination and are worried about being discovered by the True Dragon Saint Son."

Bai Zichen waited patiently for a long time and finally received news from the Red-Bearded Man. He was allowed to go to the Ten Thousand Zhang Water Eye because he could not win over Ao Quan and had to see Ying Guang in person before he would join the group.

In fact, the location of the ten thousand feet obtained through soul searching is real.

However, this place drifts with the tides every now and then, and is not fixed in one place.

The Red-Bearded Man has a dragon scale in his hand that allows him to contact Ying Guang. It is from the location information sent from the scale that they were able to find the water eye.

The flying boat followed from afar, using inconspicuous little markers to navigate the correct path.

"This demon is powerful and cunning; I'm afraid it will require a lot of effort from Sword Master."

The Great True Monarch of September glanced almost imperceptibly behind him. The Moral Sect had sent three True Monarchs, all of whom were only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

If it were a life-or-death struggle, he was 70% confident that he could kill someone within ten rounds, at the cost of minor injuries.

Against the True Dragon Saint Son, these three would have limited effectiveness.

Cunsi Peak is equivalent to the host of the Black Sea. Huangting Peak has a habit of recording the most dangerous places in the cultivation world. If Tianfa Peak had not suffered such heavy losses, there should have been a True Monarch from Tianfa Peak accompanying them.

Although these three all carried demon-slaying treasures, their cultivation levels were far inferior.

It can only serve as a support role; it can't be the main force.

"It's just a matter of duty."

Bai Zichen originally wanted to consult Shan Zhibu to see his fortune on this trip and to find out how capable that True Dragon Saint really was.

But Shan Zhi returned to the Evil Life Sect, saying that his senior brother had summoned him with important business.

Last time on the battlefield, it saw Dao Sheng's sword and immediately fled without daring to fight back. Judging from this, its strongest might not exceed that of the Dragon Lord.

They were using the identity of a demon from the upper realm, fearing they might be hiding some incredible trump card.

After drifting at sea for several more months, the breeze blowing in the air had taken on a different color, accompanied by a mournful wail.

It was the terrifying winds of the end times that swept across the flying boat, which were entirely absorbed by the phantom image of the thunder god, creating ripples.

The three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Moral Sect were terrified, fearing that the Thunder God statue would be unable to withstand the attack and would blow upon them.

Fortunately, the Thunder God statue flickered but never went out.

Wild beasts are often seen rising from the sea, their bodies barely visible, yet they resemble large islands with no end in sight.

There was a wild beast resembling a sea serpent, stretching its neck straight into the clouds, its length unknown.

There was also a giant Kun with outstretched wings, its shadow covering the sky and the sun; when it flew by, the black shadow overhead took a full quarter of an hour to disappear.

"At the edge of the darkness, there is such a wild beast! Its bloodline is pure, almost indistinguishable from that of ancient times!"

Huang Tingfeng Zhenjun exclaimed in delight, quickly picked up his brush and began to paint these rare scenes.

Judging from their rank, these wild beasts are all at the peak of the fourth rank.

However, the demonic power was more than ten times that of other demonic beasts of the same level, and even Bai Zichen felt a sense of pressure.

"Is this the real wild beast...? At the end of the Black Sea, there may be another world that is completely different from the current cultivation world."

Bai Zichen's gaze swept over the wild beasts, showing no fear or hesitation.

The strength of wild beasts increases over time, but their Great Dao is determined by their bloodline and cannot progress.

Therefore, after the strongest bloodlines disappeared, there were no more fifth-tier beasts among the wild beasts, and no matter how much demon essence they accumulated, they could not break through the fourth-tier bottleneck.

In Bai Zichen's eyes, it was nothing more than a large, thick-skinned creature, more tiring and troublesome to deal with, and far from being comparable to a fifth-order demon lord.

(End of this chapter)