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Chapter 493 The Jade Emperor Teaches His Son
"Important business? What important business could make you, a candidate for Jade Emperor, come to me?" Zhang Xun's tone was somewhat suspicious. Zhang Wang was inevitably a little annoyed by his father's distrust, but he still quickly explained the matter.

After listening to Zhang Wang's story, Zhang Xun also stopped threading the fishhook, looked at Zhang Wang for a moment, and then said:

"Tell me what you think?"

"First, check if he is a newcomer from another brother camp. If he is not registered, then we should unify our statements. Regardless of whether he is a seed that a certain organization has been secretly cultivating, from now on, he is a wild person, a dimensional backlash caused by the Blissful System's destructive behavior, and a leader that the long-suffering ghosts of the Buddhist sect are willing to elect."

Zhang Wang's tone was steady, but his eyes held a hint of expectation.

Zhang Xun could easily see what his son was thinking, and nodded with a smile:
"Not bad, looks like you didn't slack off on your armor-donning ceremony..."

Having gained his father's approval, Zhang Wang couldn't help but smile, but immediately, he heard his father utter two words that left him speechless—

"but!"

As Zhang Xun spoke, he pointed, and a chair appeared out of thin air on the ground, gesturing for Zhang Wang to sit down. Only then did Zhang Xun continue:

"The first half is fine. We do need to coordinate with other factions and keep a consistent story. But the second half was too direct. What is the Heavenly Realm? It's hundreds of times different from the mortal realm. Such a definitive statement clearly indicates that someone is deliberately spreading rumors."

"But hasn't the Blissful Sect been using that seemingly glamorous Underworld as a case study for bidding all these years? So what if we know about this?"

Zhang Wang's tone carried a hint of displeasure, as he felt his father was too indecisive.

Seeing his son's expression, Zhang Xun smiled and said calmly:
"The Blissful Sect is notoriously shameless, but we have a sense of shame."

"What's the use of face? A gentleman can be deceived by his principles! If we didn't care about our reputation, would the Blissful Sect dare to resort to such petty tricks? Would those small factions in the West dare to play mind games with us?"

Zhang Wang was very dissatisfied with the idea of ​​"having face". In his opinion, the Heavenly Court, the Star Lords, and the Ancestors should unite to trample the Western faction, along with the Blissful faction, the Shaman faction, and all their lackeys into the mud!

"I just praised you a couple of times, and here you go again." Zhang Xun shook his head slightly, but there was no hint of blame; he simply smiled and said:
"Bad money drives out good money, which is an inevitable law of the development of things. However, this is only what short-sighted people think. When there are too many bad coins, people will no longer believe in them. New currencies will emerge, and all bad coins will be swept into the dustbin of history at that moment. Of course, new currencies will also have bad coins, but there will eventually be new currencies as well. It is a cycle, an inescapable cycle."

"Since we know this, why don't we take advantage of the fact that the new coin hasn't appeared yet and make a killing? The other companies are already raking in profits!" Zhang Wang was still puzzled, while Zhang Xun revealed a meaningful expression:
"When everyone else is using bad money, we're using good money. They laugh at us for being foolish, exchanging our good money for bad money. And when we re-mint our bad money into good money, they keep exchanging it for us. Are we the ones who are losing out?"

"Otherwise what?" Zhang Wang frowned, not understanding what was so interesting about his father's question.

Zhang Xun simply shook his head and said:
"So, when bad money is completely rejected, whose new money do you think people will accept?"

"???" Zhang Wang's face suddenly showed a look of realization. Seeing this, Zhang Xun did not stop, but intended to explain directly:
"The Blissful Alliance profited from the resources of the Underworld, but after that, have you ever heard of anyone trading with the Blissful Alliance across different planes? You think reputation is a burden because you only consider the present. When enough time has passed and enough bad money has driven out good money, it will become your foundation. We don't even need to pursue the right to mint coins, because when everyone refuses to accept bad money, the old coins you offer will still be accepted. We don't need any new coins, because everyone will feel that what you offer must be good money."

"!!!"

This principle seems simple, but most people will not choose to do it because it takes too long, so long that they may not even live to see it.

If we don't act, this shortsightedness will be etched into civilization, and even if we become gods or immortal beings, that shortsightedness will still exist. As for why the Heavenly Court has such foresight, it's because they are confident enough to see the day when good money drives out bad.

Only this kind of self-confidence can support such a long-term plan and prevent it from failing due to temptation.

"understood?"

Seeing his son's sudden realization, Zhang Xun smiled and asked.

"understood."

Zhang Wang nodded, suddenly feeling that his armor-donning ceremony had progressed another step. Seeing him nod, Zhang Xun's expression turned serious and he said:

"So what should we do next?"

"..."

Zhang Wang frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Just keep quiet. Whether you trained them or not, let them argue and compete as they please. Everyone can just pretend they don't know anything about it."

"Not completely stupid yet." Zhang Xun nodded, but added:
"Too much silence won't do either. Remember to send some people to investigate. Remember, it must be a covert investigation, the more covert the better. Use the same level of protocol as contacting ascended civilizations. Don't worry about flirting with the blind. There aren't many idiots among those who can ascend to the Heavenly Realm. Even if the others are really all blockheads, it's still not a loss. At least we can make contact with a genius, right?"

……

While the Zhang father and son were chatting, another three days had passed in the underworld. Although it was only three days, because everyone in the underworld, from officials to ghosts, from outlaws to law-abiding citizens, shared the same goal, the entire underworld easily achieved a single voice.

Countless ghosts, under the unified leadership, are rapidly reconstructing the order of the underworld, and the underworld code promulgated by Feng Xue has not even been opposed by anyone.

It's not that Feng Xue and Xiao Lingdang are legal geniuses, but rather that in the hearts of all the ghosts in the underworld, including vengeful spirits, even the worst law is better than the arbitrary enforcement of the law by the Ten Kings of Hell (Note ①).

Furthermore, the reassuring candles that Feng Xue spreads in the underworld are expanding exponentially. In the underworld, which has been in turmoil for thousands of years, that touch of reassurance is enough to gather a huge army in a very short time.

Feng Xue's tentacles spread throughout the underworld, and it was only a matter of time before she incorporated all the ghosts and monsters lingering in the entire underworld into her "network."

"Ah!"

"Do they have cold viruses in the underworld?" Sarah quipped, and Feng Xue rubbed her nose and shook her head.

"No, just now, I felt someone talking about me, and it was a very strong person, so strong that even the slightest thought could stimulate my spiritual senses."

(End of this chapter)