Chapter 1597: Using Business as a Battleground

Accompanied by Xiao Mian's call, a huge ice column slowly rose from the surface of the Divine Mirror, gradually rushing straight into the sky, like an ice peak.

Xiao Mian didn't care and kept reciting in his heart.

In the end, this ice column went straight into the sky, and there was no end in sight.

Finally, the light of the Divine Mirror converged and no longer turned into ice columns.

Xiao Mian then cut off the entire ice column and put it into the fairy stone space. He rushed back to Feitian Sect without stopping. Xiao Mian summoned Chu Xingxuan.

Chu Xingxuan was so scared when she saw Xiao Mian take out the ice column.

Even more shocking was yet to come.

This ice column contained a complete spiritual consciousness circuit. Because the ice column was too large, this spiritual consciousness circuit was much more powerful than those broken ice cubes.

Seeing this, Chu Xingxuan frowned.

"Senior Xiao! Where did you steal this thing?"

"Steal? Why would I steal? This grew in my own field!"

"Grown? You think it's cabbage!" Chu Xingxuan rolled his eyes unhappily and smiled bitterly: "But your consciousness circuit is too thick!"

"Thick? Isn't it good to be thick?"

"The thicker the consciousness circuit, the more powerful the consciousness that can pass through it. In theory, the performance of the consciousness treasure ship will be more perfect. However, for the consciousness treasure ship, the consciousness circuit is like the blood vessels in the human body. It cannot be generalized. It must be like the fingers. "If the main blood vessels are as thick as a human body, there must also be microvessels as thin as hair."

"You mean: a thinner spiritual consciousness circuit?" After Chu Xingxuan nodded, Xiao Mian simply said: "Let me put it this way! To build a spiritual consciousness treasure ship, how many spiritual consciousness circuits do you need, tell me the specific specifications and quantities!"

"..., Senior Xiao, can you customize it?"

"I told you that it grew in my own field, it's a piece of cake!"

Although she still didn't believe Xiao Mian's nonsense, Chu Xingxuan still reported the spiritual consciousness circuits she needed to Xiao Mian in detail.

After Xiao Mian took note, he returned within three days.

The first time is the second time, and Xiao Mian really made spiritual consciousness circuits of various specifications by controlling the energy intensity in the divine mirror.

At this point, Chu Xingxuan was speechless...

"Xingxuan! Please!"

"Don't worry, Senior Xiao! Give me ten years, and I will return you a divine consciousness treasure ship!"

"Okay! By the way! Where is Xuan Ji? Why didn't I see her?"

"This... what does Senior Xiao want to see Xuan Ji for?"

"I'm here to give her a set of exercises!"

"Senior Xiao, don't joke with her! You know Xuan Ji's situation, she is not suitable for continuing to practice, otherwise there may be accidents!"

The divine body is born with a strong divine consciousness, and the physical body cannot bear it.

After Chu Xuan Ji condensed her divine consciousness, she gradually felt that something happened to her physical body.

After this incident, Chu Xuan Ji has been complacent and stagnant in her cultivation.

"How could I not know what you are talking about? Since I know this, how could I use some useless exercises to stimulate Xuan Ji?"

"Senior Xiao! You mean..."

"Take me to see her!"

"Okay!"

After a moment, Chu Xingxuan brought Xiao Mian to a separate courtyard.

In the courtyard, Xiao Mian met Chu Xuanji.

But now Chu Xuanji has white hair and plain clothes.

As a cultivator, if you can't practice, what's the difference between you and death?

Xiao Mian didn't say much, and took out the "Xuantian Shen Ce" and handed it to Chu Xuanji.

"This thing is the secret of Xuantian Palace, the spiritual world's refining sect, and it can be said to be a first-class secret art!" Looking at Chu Xuanji, Xiao Mian said in a good voice: "The spiritual cultivator who gave this thing to me is the same as you, and is also a god-conferring body!"

As soon as Xiao Mian said this, Chu Xuanji's expression moved.

"Senior! Didn't you lie to me?"

"Why would I lie to you? It's just that in order to suppress the god-conferring body, you must use this "Xuantian Shen Ce" to comprehend the divine object. The most dangerous part is the great heavenly tribulation!" Looking at Chu Xuanji, Xiao Mian asked: "Do you have confidence and persist?"

During the great heavenly tribulation, the spiritual consciousness fluctuates violently, and it is very likely to fail.

Besides, if you want to comprehend the divine object, you will become a heavenly master!

Holding the "Xuantian Divine Strategy" tightly in her hand, Chu Xuanji raised her head, looked up at the clouds in the sky, and put down her worries.

"Senior! Xuanji dare not say that she can definitely reach that step, but from today on, Xuanji will keep working towards that goal!"

"Okay!"

Xiao Mian is looking forward to the cooperation of the Conferred God Body with the Divine Consciousness Treasure Ship!

After that, Xiao Mian quietly left Feitian Sect...

It has been nearly three months since the black-haired boy invaded Jizhou Territory.

At first, everyone in Tiandu City was always paying attention to the battle situation in Jizhou Territory.

Tiandu Lingshi broadcasts on time three times a day, and from time to time, it will insert temporary news, and the battle situation in Jizhou Territory has made the headlines of Lingshi.

But gradually, the battle situation in Jizhou Territory has remained unchanged...

In the end, not only the cultivators in Tiandu City are indifferent to the black-haired boy, but even Lingshi no longer reports the battle situation in Jizhou Territory.

It's just symbolic, mentioned every day.

The news is no longer new, so there is no need to report it!

At the same time, the gossip about the Zhang family and the Li family is making a fuss again.

For example, the second young master of the Lin family abandoned the third young lady of the Mo family;

For example, the third young master of the Jian family and the fourth young lady of the Lin family agreed to elope;

For example, the fourth young master of the Mo family and the fifth young lady of the Lin family turned against each other...

The spiritual vision was broadcasted in full swing, and the audience watched it with relish.

Whether there is a spiritual war or not seems to have nothing to do with Tiandu City.

Gradually, some arguments emerged - prices are soaring!

In just three months, prices in Tiandu City have almost doubled.

From food, clothing, housing, transportation, to eating, drinking and having fun, all walks of life have been widely affected.

Everything happens for a reason, and that's Xiao Mian.

That day, Xiao Mian had a sudden idea and purchased a large amount of supplies from Huangdao Palace and other large stores. Overnight, Xiao Mian dispersed a large amount of fairy crystals.

These fairy crystals are genuine.

However, the origin of these fairy crystals is not from Tiandu City Mint Department.

The Mint Department is a specialized agency in Tiandu City that is responsible for casting fairy crystals, and then issuing, recycling, exchanging, and even destroying fairy crystals.

Xiao Mian, these fairy crystals came from the Ruyi Mirror!

After learning about the mystery of Ruyi Mirror, Xiao Mian always wanted to do something big.

This time when he entered Tiandu, Xiao Mian came prepared.

Besides, the Immortal Crystal is just a gimmick created by Tiandu City.

The real value of the Immortal Crystal is just a piece of stone. Just because Tiandu City's will has been kidnapped, one Immortal Crystal can be exchanged for 10,000 mid-grade spiritual stones.

Starting with the fairy crystals, Tiandu City accumulated a huge wealth of spiritual stones.

The imitation process of fairy crystals is not difficult. The difficulty lies in the fact that each fairy crystal has a specific number, and this number is connected to the Zhoutian Constellation Formation.

Within the scope of Tiandu City, fairy crystal transactions will pass through the Zhoutian Star Formation.

Once there is no number or error in the number of the immortal crystal, the Zhoutian Xingxiu Formation will call the police. It is a trivial matter for the transaction to be invalidated, but it is a big matter for them to be imprisoned.

With the black cloth in hand, the Zhoutian Constellation Formation is just a decoration.

The fairy crystals produced from the Ruyi Mirror, coupled with the numbers engraved on the black cloth, the fairy crystals Xiao Mianhua sent out were almost the original authentic ones.

The problem is, what’s fake is fake!

After Xiao Mian swept the entire Tiandu business world overnight, the news spread like wildfire.

The first person to become suspicious was Huangdao Palace.

After Jiao Ling woke up, the more she thought about it, the more something was wrong, so she reported the matter to Jiao Mei.

Shocked, Jiao Mei quickly contacted other large stores.

After contacting the major shops, they discovered that something was unusual - Xiao Mian stated clearly that he only dealt with one shop, but he was cooperating with almost all shops at the same time.

Fortunately, the fairy crystals available in various shops are genuine.

Only Jiao Mei, because of the previous incident with Jiao Yulong, was extra cautious.

Taking Xiao Mian's immortal crystals, Jiao Mei went to the Mint Department.

As a result, the dignified Nascent Soul monk Jiao Mei was detained in the Mint Department on the spot!

After an investigation by the Mint Department, the fairy crystals carried by Jiao Mei were genuine.

But according to the numbers of these fairy crystals, these fairy crystals should be new coins that have just been minted from the Mint Department and have not had time to be issued!

The first reaction of the Mint Department was that the Immortal Crystal had been stolen!

But when I went to the Mint Secretary's Spiritual Treasury to check, I found that the new coins were in good condition, and there were not many of them!

This time, things got even more serious!

Jiao Mei also confessed that not only Huangdao Palace, but also almost all large shops in Tiandu City had received a large number of these counterfeit coins that were almost real!

Finally, after a thorough investigation by the Mint Department, the amount of counterfeit coins was extremely large.

A little carelessness may shake the economy of Tiandu City.

The matter was reported at various levels and finally entered the arbitration court.

The matter was so serious that the Arbitration Court did not dare to make an arbitrary decision and reported it to the Nine Holy Lands.

It should be noted that the major shops involved this time are either properties owned by the Tiandu Family or external properties of the Nine Holy Lands, which is by no means unusual.

Just like Huangdao Palace, it is an external property of Sword Spirit Valley.

Unexpectedly, both the Sword Spirit Master and the Life and Death Master were in the Jizhou realm. Only the leader of the Jiugong Formation Sect, the Emperor of Formation, as the boss behind the Formation Spirit Hall, had to come forward.

In the Arbitration Court, the Emperor of Arbitration is at the top of the list.

Under the Emperor of the Formation is Lin Zongxue.

Under Lin Zongxue are three vice-presidents of the Arbitration Court.

"Senior! How do you think this matter should be handled?"

"I have spent my whole life studying formations, but I know nothing about the ways of merchants!" With his eyes closed to rest, the Emperor of the formations asked, "What does your Arbitration Court mean?"

"According to the laws of heaven: destroy counterfeit coins!"

Lin Zongxue was neither arrogant nor humble; the emperor suddenly opened his eyes.

"Girl of the Lin family! It is said that your Sword Spirit Valley will bear the brunt of this attack. If all the counterfeit coins are destroyed, there will probably be no more Huangdao Palace in Tiandu City, right?"

The words of Emperor Zhen are not alarmist.

Xiao Mian's total amount of supplies from Huangdao Palace's transactions is almost equivalent to the entire Huangdao Palace. Once all the counterfeit coins are confiscated and destroyed, Huangdao Palace will be gone.

Faced with the emperor's rhetorical question, Lin Zongxue said nothing.

The three vice presidents, Mo Lichou, He Xing'an and Jian Shang, glanced at each other.

"Senior! This matter is so big that I'm afraid it can't be summed up by the laws of heaven! After discussion, the three juniors have sincerely requested to act outside the law!"

"Oh? Why are you acting outside the law?"

"Those counterfeit coins have been tested by the Mint Department and are almost the same as real coins. Even the people from the Mint Department can't see any flaws." Taking a deep breath, Jian Shang relied on his origins from the Jiugong Zhen Sect and said nicely: "The only way we can think of, and the way to recover the losses as much as possible, is to use the fake to look like the real thing!"

"I understand! But how to calculate the loss of Tiandu City?"

"this……"

If those counterfeit coins are mistaken for real ones, the losses of many large shops will be eliminated, but correspondingly, Tiandu City will be paying for Xiao Mian.

In other words, these losses were directly passed on to Tiandu City.

"According to my opinion, since the counterfeit coins bought by those large shops can be mistaken for the real ones, there is no need to force them to be recalled; since the real coins in the Mint have been minted, it would be a pity if they are not issued. Why not do both?"

"Senior is wise!"

The three vice presidents sang in unison.

Only Lin Zongxue frowned and snorted coldly.

Zhen Tianzi's opinion seems to be a win-win situation, but it is actually more dangerous.

The interests of Tiandu City and major shops have not been damaged, but this loss is objective, but it has been transferred to countless ordinary cultivators.

If things go wrong, there will be serious inflation in Tiandu City...

Although Lin Zongxue disagrees with such a hasty handling of the problem, he is also in a dilemma both publicly and privately.

Just as Zhen Tianzi said, if this matter is handled according to the law, Huangdao Palace can be closed directly, and Jianling Valley will naturally not allow this to happen.

While Lin Zongxue was silent, Zhen Tianzi stood up.

"Lin girl! Today, I have not been to your arbitration court, and we have not discussed anything - are you sure about this?"

"......, yes!"

"It's all for Tiandu City, everyone, thank you for your hard work!" As he disappeared, Zhen Tianzi left a message: "Those Tiandu City cultivators were born and raised in Tiandu. They can live and work in peace and contentment because of the protection of Tiandu City. Now that Tiandu City has problems, it is not a sin to let them take some responsibility, right?"

Lin Zongxue and others heard the words and sent Zhen Tianzi off.

It was from this day that large shops such as Huangdao Palace took action.

Continue to track down the bastard that day;

Get rid of the counterfeit coins and immortal crystals in your hands as soon as possible;

From now on, no more immortal crystal transactions will be accepted.

According to the coin minting department, Xiao Mian's counterfeit coins cannot be identified at all!

According to the decision of the arbitration court, although this impact will have a certain impact on the economy of Tiandu City, the impact will not be too great.

Unfortunately, the arbitration court overlooked one point: If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!

Take Huangdao Palace as an example. Almost all the available liquidity in their hands has been cashed out into counterfeit money. They must use these counterfeit money as soon as possible.

As time goes by, a large number of counterfeit money will enter the market, which will inevitably reduce the exchange rate between immortal crystals and spirit stones. The sooner you sell them, the smaller the loss!

Unfortunately, these large shops are all veterans in the market.

Everyone knows this truth, and everyone wants to sell the counterfeit money in their hands as soon as possible.

As a result, the economy of the entire Tiandu City began to be out of control...

The first to be sensitive was the immortal crystal black market.

At first, one immortal crystal could be exchanged for 11,000 medium-grade spirit stones.

This exchange rate plummeted in less than three days.

Three months later, one immortal crystal could only be exchanged for 1,000 medium-grade spirit stones.

Even so, no one was willing to exchange spirit stones for immortal crystals...

Spirit stones are hard currency with a fixed value.

A medium-grade spirit stone can not only be used to open a furnace to refine pills, but also provide spiritual energy to the formation, and can also replenish the true essence of the cultivator.

What can an immortal crystal do?

Nothing can be done!

The troubled times have come, and spirit stones are king!

When Xiao Mian returned to Tiandu City from Feitian Sect, what he saw was material desire.

After a little thought, Xiao Mian understood the practice of Tiandu City.

Although Xiao Mian was the initiator of everything, Xiao Mian was still quite ashamed of Tiandu City's practice of completely transferring losses to ordinary cultivators - Humph! If you want to play like this, I will play with you!

From this day on, Xiao Mian spread a large number of counterfeit immortal crystals in Tiandu City.

Even in Tiandu City, there are poor people.

Xiao Mian distributed countless immortal crystals to these poor people.

After getting the immortal crystals, these people either consumed or exchanged them as soon as possible.

Everyone knows: the price of immortal crystals now changes every day, and it is becoming less and less valuable.

In just three days, Xiao Mian acted as a money-spending boy in Tiandu City.

The economic shock that was about to subside was booming again...

After doing all this, Xiao Mian left Tiandu City.

Xiao Mian knew very well what his actions had brought to Tiandu City.

The nine holy places or the Tiandu family might be spared, but those ordinary Tiandu monks would be up and down in this financial storm.

But, so what?

On the surface, it was Tiandu City that was squeezing Nanyue Province.

In fact, didn't these Tiandu monks add fuel to the fire?

Just as Zhen Tianzi said, these Tiandu monks relied on the protection of Tiandu City, which was superior to others. Where did these protections come from?

To put it bluntly, Tiandu City forcibly concentrated the cultivation resources that should have belonged to Nanyue Province and other regions to Tiandu City. The bulk of these resources were certainly occupied by the nine holy places and the Tiandu family, but the Tiandu monks also enjoyed the legacy of such cultivation resources. Now, it's time to settle accounts!

Once ordinary cultivators are in dire straits, they will naturally come to Tiandu City to settle accounts!

By then, Tiandu City will have a fire in its backyard and will have no intention of attacking Nanyue Province...

This is Xiao Mian's fundamental purpose!