I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 1662: Chapter 828 Requirements of Submerged Abyss Island

Zhu Jun, who had just entered the study, was about to report when Bai Wu Ancestor raised his hand to stop her.

“I’m going out for a while, you wait here for me.”

After saying this, Bai Wu Ancestor put on his robe, then transformed into a golden escaping light, leaving Golden Crow Immortal City, and flew toward Above Xuanhai.

Before long, he flew over a dark reef.

On the reef sat a cultivator in a black robe, his aura unfathomable, as steady as a solitary island.

Bai Wu Ancestor recognized him as the Submerged Abyss Island cultivator who had taken away Ku Zhu.

“Fellow Daoist, you have stirred me with your aura. Is there something you need?”

Bai Wu Ancestor hovered in the air and asked, the location just within the boundary of the large formation enveloping Golden Crow Immortal City.

By leveraging the power of the formation, he could contend even with a Nascent Soul Complete cultivator.

“Greetings, Fellow Daoist, there is something I would like to ask for your assistance with.”

The Submerged Abyss Island cultivator stood and bowed, then spoke calmly.

“What is it?”

Bai Wu Ancestor’s voice was calm, but a glimmer flashed in his eyes.

“According to Ku Zhu, his Kong Sang Valley is currently in conflict with your Sun Bathing Sea and Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace. He asked me to come and keep watch, to prevent you from eliminating them. I thought it would be more convenient to directly discuss with you, and happened to see Golden Crow Immortal City, so I invited you over.”

Indeed, it’s this matter!

Upon hearing this, Bai Wu Ancestor nodded lightly.

“I was also deceived by Jin Feng to join forces against Kong Sang Valley. Now I have severed ties with Jin Feng and have long withdrawn troops from Kong Sang Valley. Fellow Daoist, rest assured, when Ku Zhu returns, I will be willing to turn hostility into friendship.”

Jin Feng Ancestor is already dead, so Bai Wu Ancestor shifted all the blame onto him.

“Fellow Daoist misunderstands, this is Ku Zhu’s intention, not mine.”

At this moment, the Submerged Abyss Island cultivator shook his head with a smile, saying words that made Bai Wu Ancestor slightly puzzled.

“What do you mean by this, Fellow Daoist?”

“Ku Zhu’s talent and root bone are exceptionally suited for receiving our Submerged Abyss Island’s legacy, but to pass the test, he needs a mind as tranquil as still water, cold as ice. Kong Sang Valley holds too much weight in his heart, so I hope Fellow Daoist can help eliminate it as a major obstacle in his mind.”

Upon hearing the words of the Submerged Abyss Island cultivator, Bai Wu Ancestor’s lips twitched slightly.

He recalled the origins of Submerged Abyss Island, once part of the Nine Abyss Demon Sect’s legacy, but later aligned with the Eastern Emperor Court and was recruited to become one of the Hall of Ten Directions.

It seems that the demonic habits have not changed!

“As the righteous path, my Sun Bathing Sea will never do such a thing.”

Bai Wu Ancestor thought for a moment and directly refused.

However, he felt a faint regret; had he known this earlier, he shouldn’t have withdrawn troops from Kong Sang Valley with Jin Feng Ancestor.

Capturing Kong Sang Valley would have kept Jin Feng Ancestor busy assimilating new territory and prevented him from going to the Eastern Wilderness to die, thus avoiding the Five Elements Sect, a formidable newcomer.

“Won’t Fellow Daoist reconsider? Our Submerged Abyss Island legacy is long-standing, with a Big Yellow Elixir passed down from the Eastern Emperor Court in the treasury. If you take it, you might break through to Nascent Soul Late Stage.”

The Submerged Abyss Island cultivator smiled and proposed a tempting condition.

Upon hearing this, Bai Wu Ancestor did indeed hesitate.

The reputation of the Big Yellow Elixir was familiar to him.

But soon, he shook his head again.

If not for the unexpected presence of the Five Elements Sect, he might have considered it, but now, he decided not to open another battlefield while strong forces encroach.

Moreover, if Ku Zhu returns, even if the truth is revealed, his personality suggests he would still confront him for life and death.

Most importantly, if this act is committed and the Jiutian Dangmo Sect finds out, they might label him with the sin of a demonic act.

After all, Zhu Jun’s previous actions have left Jiutian Dangmo Sect very dissatisfied.

If not for needing their Burning Heaven Meridians to deal with the Flame Suanni during pioneering efforts, the Commerce Association of Sun Bathing Sea would be struggling in the East Land.

Bai Wu Ancestor cultivated to this realm and controls Golden Crow Immortal City through a steady yet ruthlessly decisive mindset.

And now, after analyzing, he felt it was time to be steady.

Moreover, he wasn’t bold enough to consume the Big Yellow Elixir without scrutiny.

Taking it to the Grass Hall for appraisal would leave traces, as the alchemy recipe for Big Yellow Elixir originally belonged to Dao Morale Sect, only later claimed by Eastern Emperor Court.

Under inspection, it’s sure to be revealed that it wasn’t refined by Dao Morale Sect, and questioning the source of the elixir would leave ambiguities.

After careful consideration, Baiwu Ancestor resisted the temptation and refused once again.

“Fellow Daoist, my promise still stands. No matter what method you use to bring about the destruction of Kong Sang Valley, I will give you a Big Yellow Elixir.”

The cultivator from Submerged Abyss Island finally said this, then the reef underfoot descended toward the sea surface, and eventually, the seawater engulfed him, disappearing together from Baiwu Ancestor’s sight.

Baiwu Ancestor watched the last ripples on the sea surface and fell into contemplation.

Finally, a hint of an imperceptible cold light flashed in his eyes, and he returned to the Golden Crow Immortal City.

…

Bright Mirror Mountain.

Chen Mobai was busy handling the affair of taking over the territory of Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace.

He sat within the grand hall of the Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace, with various account books piled on the table, and began to check them one by one using the Guidance Book.

As one of the Three Great of East Barbarians, the territory Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace possessed, though not as vast as the Five Elements Sect, was comparable to the Eastern Desolation Plateau.

Especially those thirty thousand acres of medicine fields, apart from the twelve thousand acres on the Bright Mirror Mountain side, the remaining eighteen thousand acres were scattered throughout the East Barbarians.

Some of these medicine fields were directly managed by Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace, but more often, they cooperated with local Immortal cultivation forces, only sending disciples to harvest part of the fields when they matured.

Now that Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace was destroyed, the Five Elements Sect naturally had to send people to take over these.

Because, given the local temperament, they would certainly seize the opportunity during this chaos to devour Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace’s assets, and then blame it on rogue cultivators or the like, and the Five Elements Sect wouldn’t have much to say.

After all, in the Tianhe Realm, rogue cultivators indeed run rampant.

Especially after the Eastern Wilderness was unified by the Five Elements Sect, under Chen Mobai’s new policies, those rogue cultivators had no room for survival. The more earnest ones directly abandoned their evil ways and started working to wash themselves clean. Meanwhile, those used to living off others’ backs and living freely for years mostly fled to the East Barbarians to make a living.

Because the East Barbarians were relatively wealthy.

The greatest asset of the Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace’s three-thousand-year foundation was these thirty thousand acres of medicine fields. If the Five Elements Sect could absorb these, they wouldn’t need to purchase herbs externally for refining items like the Golden Liquid Jade Rejuvenation Pill and Five Elements Golden Core Pill, as they could furnish themselves.

Therefore, after taking over Bright Mirror Mountain, the first thing Chen Mobai did was to organize all the medicine field account books using the Guidance Book, then dispatched Luo Yixuan, Yin Qingmei, and others to lead disciples of the Five Elements Sect to successively take over according to the rank and quality of the medicine fields and herbs.

“Junior Brother, you’re looking for me!”

Just as all the medicine fields were dealt with, Zhou Shengqing arrived in the grand hall.

“Senior Brother, there is a matter that needs you to make a trip.”

As Chen Mobai spoke, he took out a contract, which was originally signed by Nascent Soul cultivators of the Three Great of East Barbarians, concerning the division of rights for the large Spirit Stone Mine at Dove Mound Mountain.

Now Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace has been destroyed, it stands to reason that this right should be inherited by the Five Elements Sect.

“Leave it to me.”

Upon hearing about this matter, Zhou Shengqing immediately rubbed his hands together eagerly.

With a Nascent Soul cultivator like him taking action, if Baiwu Ancestor doesn’t come from the Sun Bathing Sea, they definitely wouldn’t dare to refuse the Five Elements Sect inheriting the rights of Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace.

Zhou Shengqing went out, enlisted a hundred cultivators of the Five Elements Sect including Zhou Wangshen, and for safety, he also brought Mo Douguang, setting off in grandeur toward Dove Mound Mountain.

After arranging this matter, Chen Mobai was relieved as well.

It’s important to remember that the highest-grade mine in the Eastern Wilderness is a medium-sized Spirit Stone Mine, and the four discovered were almost entirely mined out.

In the absence of the discovery of new veins, Spirit Stones would only become scarcer, eventually evolving into what happens in the Immortal Gates.

The solution adopted by the Immortal Gates is to collect Spirit Stones for safekeeping, then peg Good Deed Points paper currency to Spirit Stones to replace their market circulation.

Issuing paper currency in the Tianhe Realm is certainly unrealistic. Even if the Five Elements Sect is the supreme entity in the Eastern Wilderness, if they dared to issue paper currency today, countless people would venture their lives to counterfeit it tomorrow.

Chen Mobai pondered what could replace paper currency and still possess an unforgeable, Spirit Stone-like characteristic.

The solution still lies within Spirit Stone Mines. He had inspected abandoned veins on site before and found that the easily extracted Spirit Stone raw ores were depleted; however, some harder-to-extract Fragmented Spirit Stones were still hidden deep within the veins.

These Fragmented Spirit Stones, a few or even a dozen combined, only equate to one lower-grade Spirit Stone, meaning that only rogue cultivators with no other options resort to mining them, and major sects overlook them.

However, Chen Mobai contemplated implementing currency reform in the Eastern Wilderness, using these Fragmented Spirit Stones to create smaller unit monies, thereby facilitating commodity exchange.

For instance, before, a dozen sheets of talisman paper were priced at one-half of a Spirit Stone after years of sales at Little Nan Mountain Shop but because the smallest unit was a full stone, rogue cultivators had to purchase two.

However, with currency or spirit coins available, they could purchase individually.

After all, for many low-realm rogue cultivators, earning a single Spirit Stone requires a lot of work.

By introducing currency units smaller than a lower-grade Spirit Stone, these grassroots cultivators would have more opportunities.

Who knows, maybe some would emerge as talents, enriching the backup strength of the Five Elements Sect even more.

Moreover, if it controls the issuance of currency, the Five Elements Sect could completely dominate the economy of the Eastern Wilderness.