Then Wan Ning said: "But even so, I don't think this is a long-term solution. It's best to have a normal job as a cover."
Wan Ru asked: "Sister, why do you say that?"
Wan Ru is the most calm and steady brother among the four sisters except Wan Ning. The lively, outspoken and talkative Wan Qiu is the complete opposite. I have to wonder if Ye Feng deliberately recruited these two completely opposite people to work as Wan Ning's assistant.
Wan Ning said: "For example, there is an old saying in our business world that 'Antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times'.
"This is a folk saying, which means that in troubled times, prices soar, and gold is hard currency. Gold is hard, easy to keep, easy to carry, and can maintain its value; but in peaceful and prosperous times, when the economy develops and society starts, the collection of collectibles will definitely increase. appreciation, so the Shengshi Collection has room to maintain and appreciate in value.
"The two have one thing in common, that is, the quantity is scarce. After all, as the saying goes, "Things that are rare are valuable." The annual output of gold is very small, let alone antiques, which only have stocks but no output.
“So you can see how valuable gold and antiques are to us mere mortals.
"But the things mentioned above are only limited to our mortal world, and it is completely different in the world of immortality. Many of those monks have lived longer than the antiques we know, and any of their things can reach us mortals. The world is full of 'antiques', so the phrase "antiquities" is obsolete. In this farming society, gold is most directly linked to food, because food is closely related to survival. But for people who have already gone away from grain, they can rely on spiritual energy to grow. For monks who continue to live, gold is no longer so important.
"That's why I said, 'Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.' It's an old saying that has been passed down, which is no longer useful today.
"In today's dynasty of cultivating immortals where all mortals yearn to cultivate immortality, spiritual stones, the common currency among monks, are the real hard currency. Although spiritual stones have nothing to do with poor people like us, they are for those who want to enter the academy sect. The land gentry is powerful, and spiritual stones are countless times more important than gold. Therefore, a low-grade spiritual stone can be exchanged for quite terrifying wealth in the mortal world.
"So when I talk about it here, you should also understand why the master who can make spiritual stones can make so much money out of thin air."
At this moment, the late show said: "So, sister, isn't this a good thing? Why do you say it's not a long-term solution and want me to make a living as a cover?"
Wan Ning did not answer, but looked at Ye Feng with a look of help. After all, Wan Ning was not a monk. She just relied on her business acumen to instinctively find an escape plan, but she still couldn't tell why. of.
So Ye Feng smiled and said: "This has something to do with spirit stones. In fact, spirit stones are somewhat similar to gold. Spirit stones are naturally formed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Under normal circumstances, they cannot be produced and can only be obtained by mining spiritual veins. In addition, monks practice The demand for spiritual stones is not small, and as the level of cultivation increases, the demand for personal spiritual stones will become greater and greater. The above has led to the fact that even the Great Xia Dynasty liberalized private spiritual stones in the form of proportional taxation. Vein mining rights, spiritual stones are still in short supply
"The fundamental gap in lifespan and strength between cultivators and mortals has also led to the fact that the mortal currency system, which was originally based on gold and should be very stable, is fragile in the face of spiritual stones. There is a saying that you should have heard, Mortals are like ants in front of immortals. In the same way, gold is like trash in front of spiritual stones.
"The discovery of new spiritual veins will cause fluctuations in the spiritual stone currency system. However, this fluctuation is not due to the increase in spiritual stones being put on the market, but due to the spread of the news that "new spiritual veins have been discovered." After all, No matter how many spiritual veins there are, the supply exceeds the demand. In other words, as long as the news does not spread, it will not have any impact on the spiritual stone currency system of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
"So what happens if there is a person who can create spiritual stones without spiritual veins?"
Wan Ning said: "Then, sir, you will become a being similar to spiritual veins. The total amount of spiritual veins mined is fixed, so even if the news spreads, there will be an impact but its limit, but sir, your infinite output of spiritual veins, once If outsiders know about it, it will cause huge turmoil even in the Lingshi currency system. Moreover.”
Wan Ning wanted to speak but stopped.
Ye Feng continued: "Moreover, even if the spirit stone currency system fluctuates like butterflies, it will produce violent turmoil like landslides and tsunamis in the world of mortals. In the history of immortality in the prehistoric fairyland, every time there is a new The large-scale spiritual vein book discovered that there is at most one more immortal cultivating family in the world of cultivating immortals, but because of the violent fluctuations in the gold system, many people will die. Such things have happened too many times in history. So if my Once the ability is made public, it will be a catastrophe, whether it is the world of immortals or the mortal world. In that case, even the rich among mortals may not be spared.
Wan Qiu said: "Then the master has such dangerous abilities, you?"
Ye Feng said: "Is it dangerous? There is nothing in this world that is completely beneficial and harmless. Drinking water can choke people to death, but without water, people will die. Power can kill people, but it can also save people. Anything can There are both good and bad aspects, and this is the principle of 'the opposite is the movement of the Tao'. The key is to remember that you need to be able to drink water, and the power cannot be abused wantonly.
"Besides, as you said before, I am just equivalent to a new spiritual vein. It is equivalent, not 'just'. Now among the natives of the Ancient Immortal Realm, except for the four of you, no one knows this secret. Those of you who know the secret can only think that I am "equivalent to" a spiritual vein at best. Would those who don't know think that I am a new and true spiritual vein?
"Furthermore, I make and use spiritual stones in a very secretive and restrained manner. To put it simply, except for the fact that my spiritual veins have escaped and should be paid to Yimo Yatou's family, there is no harm, not to mention that even if it is done according to the regulations , only spiritual veins need to pay taxes, and I’m not a spiritual vein, am I?
"What Wan Ning said just now about finding a decent job is actually more of a cover for the spiritual stones I made. After all, if there is no source of income, how can I support the four of you, how can I support a whole family of people?"
When the four girls heard this, they all nodded with shame. No one thought that the master actually had the ability to leverage the entire currency system of the immortal world. Although the four girls were surprised, this was normal. After all, Wan Ning and the others were just mortals who had not yet entered the world of immortal cultivation and did not know Ye Feng's strength. But even the seven strongest men couldn't clearly see Ye Feng's strength, let alone others?
