Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 534: Chapter 285: Currency Concerns (3)

Gold and silver are valuable because of their inherent stability, malleability, beauty, scarcity, and the fact that they cannot be man-made, which is why they have always been the dominant form of currency.

Even if the silver ran out, he could easily introduce a substitute once Jade Peak Immortal City was fully established.

It wouldn’t be difficult to launch a new currency based on Spirit Stones, have it circulate among the nations, and exchange their existing silver for it at a fixed rate.

Besides, he didn’t think the silver would ever be completely depleted, just that the amount in circulation would decrease.

No one uses silver in the Cultivation Immortality Realm, so bringing some over later wouldn’t be a problem.

As for exchanging Points for silver? He would have to be a fool to make that trade.

Once Luo Dingran understood, Cheng Zongyang didn’t wait any longer.

He immediately used all the silver for expansion.

Soon, a massive area of thirty thousand square kilometers was added.

Cheng Zongyang then asked, "What’s the status of the requested Array? And the temple we’re searching for?"

Luo Dingran replied, "We’ve acquired both the Array and the Tier Three Array-Breaking Talismans, but we still haven’t been able to find the temple. That will take more time."

Cheng Zongyang nodded. He knew this couldn’t be rushed. It would be easier to find if it were underwater.

If it was buried deep underground like the first temple, it would be much harder to locate.

He could only hope to find it underwater now. If it was buried underground, he would have to settle for second best and use the six Soul Crystals he had managed to find to make inquiries.

Although that would only give him six minutes, it was still enough time to ask about his most pressing concerns.

Next, Cheng Zongyang took the Array and the Array-Breaking Talisman and headed to the location of the second ruin with Luo Dingran.

This time, Cheng Zongyang once again didn’t let Luo Dingran accompany him, diving alone to the riverbed to set up the Array.

After deploying it, he used the Array to expel the water from within, enveloping the Array that guarded the ruin on the riverbed. He left a gap of about thirty meters between the two.

This caused the river to become turbulent and overflow its banks as the Array narrowed the channel.

Cheng Zongyang paid this no mind. Inside the Array he had created, a dry zone had formed. Most of the soft mud and silt on the riverbed had even been scraped away, making the ground firm enough to walk on.

Approaching the ancient Array, Cheng Zongyang appraised it again. It was a Tier Three Water Array.

Without hesitation, he took out an Array-Breaking Talisman and slapped it onto the barrier. He then retreated rapidly, releasing his Protective Gang Qi and exiting his own Array to avoid any unforeseen problems.

A loud RUMBLE echoed from within as a wave of energy surged outward. The shockwave generated by the breach slammed into his own Array’s barrier, causing it to ripple intensely.

Dust swirled within, completely obscuring the view. Cheng Zongyang could only wait for it to settle before going inside.

Due to the lack of air circulation inside, he had to wait for over a quarter of an hour.

When he could finally see the environment inside and found that it was exactly the same as before, completely unchanged, Cheng Zongyang let out a small sigh of relief.

’No change is the best possible outcome.’

With that, he stepped inside.

Once his eyes adjusted to the dim light, he was able to make out his general surroundings.

Cheng Zongyang went to the temple entrance and first observed the short clay statue there, which was posed in a bow with its hands clasped.

However, when he looked at it from the front, he discovered that beneath its clay robes was the figure of a fish-headed person.

Looking in from the outside earlier, he had assumed it was a human-shaped statue of a gatekeeper. He never expected it to be a clay sculpture of a Demon.

But then, he noticed that this clay monster also had a third eye!

He didn’t touch the statue, instead continuing further inside.

However, just as Cheng Zongyang walked further in, a fleeting streak of light flashed across the Soul Crystal that formed the fish monster’s third eye. The rest of its body showed no other change.