Chapter 59: Incense Vow Power as Currency, Human Clan's Misfortune After the Immortal Qin

Fang Longye first split off two more subsidiary tokens and handed them to Qingshe and Caidie.

He then activated the transmission conch previously offered by the old turtle, focused his voice into a single line, stated his requirements, and cast it inside.

Immediately, the conch emitted a water-blue luster, and the faint sound of tides began to ring out softly.

Before long, the True Immortal realm old turtle arrived before the Treasure Pavilion, panting, accompanied by a Yuan Immortal realm demon cultivator wearing crimson Dharma robes.

Seeing through everything, Fang Longye muttered to himself, a True Immortal, and he could be left panting after just these few steps?

Come on, put a little more effort into the acting!

The pavilion door opened, and Hu Qiuyue, dressed in red, greeted them with her skirt trailing.

The two followed her, walking across the waves until they reached the outside of the palace, and only after receiving Caidie's report did they enter the hall.

One could see clouds and mist filling the hall, reflecting colorful halos all around.

Upon the Cloud Couch, he sat high with his head held up, his brows imposing, eyes blue and pupils golden, sitting quietly; behind him, halos swirled into colors, setting off faint ripples.

Even though he was merely staying here temporarily, he fully displayed the imposing aura of a host!

What a display of a master's demeanor! Truly worthy of being a figure of the imperial lineage of the Heavenly Court~

Qingshe attended by his side, boiling tea and pouring water at the desk on his left; her skirt fluttered, and her jade ornaments jingled, ringing out into a beautiful and pleasant melody.

Not daring to look closely, the old turtle immediately led his companion to bow down~

"This old subject pays respects to Your Highness~ Following Your Highness's instructions, this old subject has specially brought the manager from Yuyang Yaofang."

Fang Longye began to size up the manager before him.

One could see that his Dharma robes were embroidered with gold coin patterns; his appearance was ordinary, and only the glimmer of shrewdness in his eyes was particularly striking—even though he tried his best to restrain it, one could still see his cunning.

Fang Longye did not waste words and went straight to the point: "I imagine you should have guessed my purpose."

He paused: "Look, how many Dharma coins can these Dharma Treasures be exchanged for?"

The two looked over upon hearing this and saw the young noble before them take out a water-blue conch, with layers of light swirling about~

A Spirit Treasure!

Truly worthy of a second-generation descendant inheriting the legacy of his elders~ Just as they were sighing in admiration, Dharma Treasure after Dharma Treasure emerged one after another, flying and circling within the hall~ For a moment, there was heavy treasure light and ten thousand rays of auspicious clouds~

Fang Longye reached out to gather them, and these Dharma Treasures were collected into the Mustard Space he had casually opened, as if birds returning to a forest.

He turned the Mustard Space into a bright pearl and tossed it to the Yuan Immortal realm manager.

That manager carefully held the pearl and extended his primordial spirit to examine it closely.

He saw that fifty-four Dharma Treasures were impressively listed within the pearl.

He was pleasantly surprised to discover that there were actually three sets of standard Dharma Treasures, including blades, ropes, armor, robes, boots—everything was included, and there was even a top-grade palace-type Dharma Treasure.

He suppressed his strange expression, calmed his mind, and asked respectfully: "May I ask if Your Highness wishes to exchange for Incense Dharma Money or Qiyun Yinxian?"

"Oh? Can it actually be exchanged for Qiyun Yinxian?"

"If it were ordinary Dharma Treasures, naturally not, but for standard sets of Dharma Treasures like those of Your Highness, they naturally fall into the category of exchangeable items." After a moment of surprise, the red-robed manager regained his composure and spoke eloquently.

After all, it was the once-in-a-millennium Treasure Appraisal Assembly, where all kinds of figures gathered and treasures emerged one after another.

While such standard Dharma Treasures were rare, when compared to others, they did not amount to much.

The person before him was a Dragon Prince, and that was not to mention that the Dragon Clan already possessed its own standard sets of Dharma Treasures.

Just looking at his clear aura, unstained by evil, his elders must be of the status of registered Dragon Kings; wouldn't it be easy for him to embezzle a few sets of Heavenly Court Dharma Treasures? "Since that is the case, naturally I will exchange for Qiyun Yinxian."

"The treasures require accurate appraisal and valuation; please wait a moment, Your Highness, the Yaofang's master appraiser will arrive shortly."

"Qingshe, Qiuyue, take them to the side hall to wait~"

……

Not long after, Fang Longye held a silver coin that shimmered with a moist luster and five-colored halos, observing it.

"So this is a Qiyun Yinxian worth ten thousand Incense Copper Coins? Indeed, it is mysterious and unparalleled."

He had learned the information about the cultivation currency of the Earth Immortal Realm from Hu Qiuyue early on.

The method for refining this type of currency was passed down from the Heavenly Court and was currently the universally recognized currency of the cultivation world.

Incense Copper Coins, Qiyun Yinxian, and Merit Gold Coins constituted the entire currency system of the Earth Immortal Realm. Incense Copper Coins were coins refined from pure Incense Vow Power using special Dharma methods; because they were copper-red in color, they were named Incense Copper Coins.

A Scattered Immortal level Divine Immortal could not refine even a few of them in a year.

Qiyun Yinxian, as the name implied, were coins refined from Qiyun using special Dharma methods so that they could be circulated and gifted; because they were silver-white in color, they were called Qiyun Yinxian. After refining them, one could enhance one's own Qiyun.

Merit Gold Coins were similarly coins refined from merit using special Dharma methods so that they could be circulated and gifted; because they were bright gold in color, they were called Merit Gold Coins. After refining them, one could enhance one's own merit.

Although the Heavenly Court stipulated that ten thousand Incense Copper Coins equaled one Qiyun Yinxian, and one thousand Qiyun Yinxian equaled one Merit Gold Coin.

But in reality, because Qiyun and merit were hard to come by, the two were merely constants used to calculate the value of traded goods; if one truly wanted to exchange them, it would not be at this rate.

For example, the Qiyun Yinxian in his hand—if he took it out, even if he exchanged it for twenty thousand Incense Copper Coins, there would be people willing to trade.

Only when the quality of the traded goods increased would Qiyun Yinxian or even Merit Gold Coins be used to fix their value.

For instance, for a Spirit Treasure, if not bartered, it would certainly require Qiyun Yinxian for the transaction. If one used Incense Copper Coins, it would surely be a sky-high price, and one might not even be able to buy it.

Because of this, most ordinary transactions were priced in Incense Copper Coins. These cultivators disliked the sound of "Incense Copper Coins," so they simply called them Incense Dharma Money.

The three sets of Dharma Treasures had been exchanged for over ten thousand Qiyun Yinxian; compared to the value of the spirit materials, he had naturally made a profit.

"Jingle~" Fang Longye tossed a bag of Dharma Money to Hu Qiuyue.

Seeing her ears twitching non-stop, Fang Longye said irritably: "One hundred thousand Incense Copper Coins, plus the five Qiyun Yinxian I am rewarding you with. If you mess up the task I entrusted to you, I will peel your skin off and make it into a fox-fur coat!"

Hu Qiuyue grabbed the bag, her eyes squinting into slits, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Young Master, I guarantee the mission will be accomplished!"

After saying this, she bowed gracefully and then hurried away.

Seeing this, Fang Longye shook his head, gave Qingshe and Caidie the same amount of money each, and sent them off to see the sights of the Yaofang.

He himself returned to the dim hall next to the book pavilion to continue investigating the various information stored within.

……

Inside the book pavilion, Fang Longye sat upright at the desk, looking at a Jade Slip in his hand.

After a long while, Fang Longye raised his head and exhaled a breath.

"Finally confirmed the current time. Just didn't expect—no wonder—"

He pushed open the bright window, looked at the rippling blue waves outside, felt the gentle Qingfeng breeze, and fell into a trance.

"Didn't expect that after the First Emperor attacked the Heavens, the Human Race would be so miserable—the National Fortune of every dynasty was directly slashed by ten thousand times."

"No wonder—given Qingli's age, she actually knows nothing about the Conferring of the Gods, and she scoffs at the Immortal Qin, refusing to believe in it—"

"Because, as of now, nearly ten million years have passed since the Conferring of the Gods!"

"The Ji Zhou existed in this Primordial World for a full eight million and eighty thousand years. Even the Ying Qin had 210,000 years of National Fortune—"

"Just the aftermath of that great war to attack the Heavens took over ten thousand years."

"No wonder Qingli knows nothing about this." Because by the time she was born, it had already been nearly one hundred thousand years since the Immortal Qin retreated from Beiju Luzhou.

Those figures who experienced the Immortal Qin invading Beiju Luzhou had long since perished in that Calamity.

Fang Longye recalled the scene of the attack on the Heavens he had seen in the memory of that True Immortal Realm flood dragon, and he sighed involuntarily: "The First Emperor attacking the Heavens was certainly fierce. It's just a pity he doomed the later Human Race!"

Thinking of the Great Han, which had only been founded for a few years, it had already lost three generations of monarchs. The Great Han, which originally should have had four million years of National Fortune, was directly slashed by ten thousand times, leaving only a fraction.

"I wonder if the now-ailing Han Jingdi knows about the great achievements of the previous Ying Qin dynasty? Does he know that he could have originally lived for hundreds of thousands of years?"

"What were the humans thinking back then? Is it really that easy for the Human Dao to attack the Heavens? This is great, one defeat and they've fallen into this ghostly state."

Fang Longye sighed repeatedly.

"Eh, why am I sighing? I am not a member of the Human Race now."

If the Human Race were to completely perish, whether as a member of the Demon Clan or the Dragon Clan, I should be happy!

What's more, I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? Thinking of great human figures like Fuxi, his thoughts ran wild—stop thinking about it, as long as my strength increases, all secrets will no longer be secrets.

Parting the clouds to see the sun, treating it as a trivial matter.

Fang Longye put aside his thoughts and stirred the clouds and mist swirling around him, rendering layers upon layers of colorful halos, with circles of bright light filling the surroundings.