Treasure Dropping Coin

Ao Guang poked his head out from behind Bai Jin and inspected the Big Red Robe Mother Tree. Then he said dejectedly, "What good is precious? There's something even more precious here! But it still can't help us get out!

I'm not criticizing you, but when you came across an unfamiliar place, didn't you know to investigate it first? You just charged right in. Are you stupid?! Now look, none of us can get out.

And don't blame me! I only asked you to save me. I didn't ask you to come in."

Bai Jin continued looking around and said absentmindedly, "There was no need to investigate. I know this space. This is the Innate Undying Space that nurtures Innate Spiritual Treasures. There must be an Innate Spiritual Treasure inside."

Ao Guang looked at Bai Jin in surprise and said, "You actually know about the Innate Undying Space."

Bai Jin chuckled. "Didn't you just call me Senior? Naturally, a senior knows a little more."

Ao Guang gave an awkward laugh. He had only called Bai Jin Senior because he wanted him to save him, not because he truly believed Bai Jin could be his senior.

Bai Jin reassured him, "Even if you cannot subdue the Innate Spiritual Treasure within the Innate Undying Space, there is no danger here. Just cultivate peacefully. One day, we will be able to leave."

Ao Guang cried miserably, "No! Who knows how long we'll have to wait for the owner of this Innate Spiritual Treasure to arrive? Hundreds of years? Thousands? Maybe even tens of thousands of years."

"Then tell me where the Innate Spiritual Treasure is."

Ao Guang froze, then immediately shook his head. "I don't know!"

Bai Jin looked at him, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Ao Guang complained bitterly, "I really don't know! I accidentally ran in here while they were chasing me down. I don't know anything at all about this Innate Undying Space."

Bai Jin turned his head, looking around as he asked, "You're a true dragon. Why were they hunting you?"

Ao Guang's expression darkened, and he remained silent.

Bai Jin glanced at him. "You can't say?"

Ao Guang let out a long breath and said gloomily, "It isn't something I can't say. The Demon Race is forcing us to make a choice."

"What choice?"

"The Demon Race is forcing my Dragon Clan to either join the Demon Race Heavenly Court in attacking the Wu Clan, or face the Demon Race's subjugation."

Bai Jin frowned. "The Dragon Clan has the Azure Dragon Saint Venerable. How do they dare?"

Ao Guang said despondently, "The Azure Dragon Saint Venerable guards the easternmost reaches of heaven and protects the primordial world. He cannot move freely."

Bai Jin looked around once more before finally returning his gaze to the Big Red Robe Mother Tree. He stared at it for a long while, then stretched out his hand, and an immortal sword appeared before him.

Ao Guang looked at the immortal sword and cried out in delight, "An Innate Spiritual Treasure!" His eyes gleamed, and he was practically drooling.

An Innate Spiritual Treasure was exceedingly precious in any faction. Even as the Crown Prince of the East Sea Dragon Palace, he did not possess a single Innate Spiritual Treasure for protection. He would receive one when he ascended as Dragon King, but becoming the Dragon King was not so easy. That old bastard was far too good at staying alive.

Bai Jin flicked the Qingming Sword with a finger. Ding! The Qingming Sword shot forth toward the Big Red Robe Mother Tree, leaving a streak of clear light through the air.

Clang! A resounding boom echoed through the space. A barrier of light enveloped the Big Red Robe Mother Tree, and within it, a rain of copper coins came fluttering down. The Qingming Sword was embedded against the barrier, unable to advance even an inch.

Ao Guang cried out in wild delight, "An Innate Spiritual Treasure!" He hurriedly flew forward, hugged the barrier, and gazed obsessively at the falling coins within.

Joy also appeared in Bai Jin's eyes. This was it. The Treasure Dropping Coin had indeed fully matured. This had been his primary objective in coming to Mount Wuyi. Ever since the first day after his transmigration, Bai Jin had resolved to claim this Innate Spiritual Treasure, which could knock down others' magical treasures, for himself.

Bai Jin flew before the barrier and beckoned. The Qingming Sword circled once in the air, rapidly shrank, and turned into a streak of light that shot into his sleeve.

Hugging the barrier, Ao Guang muttered excitedly, "Treasure, my precious treasure, come to your master."

Bai Jin rapped Ao Guang on the forehead.

"Ow!" Ao Guang cried out in pain. He hurriedly covered his head and turned to look at Bai Jin resentfully.

Bai Jin stared at him. "Mine!"

Ao Guang pursed his lips and was about to argue when he saw the cold glint flashing at Bai Jin's sleeve. The burning excitement in his heart instantly turned ice-cold. Pitifully, he retreated step by step, tears brimming in his eyes as he looked at the treasure that should have been his.

That sight instead made Bai Jin feel a little embarrassed, as though he were bullying someone.

Bai Jin stood to one side with his arms crossed. "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. Name it, break the innate defense, and I can give you a chance to subdue it."

"Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, forks, seals, zithers, cauldrons, banners, pearls, paper, brushes, paintings, tridents, sickles, lances, clubs, whips, rods, hammers, claws, crutches, meteor hammers, edged weapons, bladed weapons, weapons with cords, weapons with chains, weapons with barbed hooks, weapons with eyebrow-piercing spikes." A whole catalog of weapons spilled from Ao Guang's mouth in an instant. Then he looked expectantly at the barrier.

Bai Jin looked at Ao Guang in surprise. This kid had come well prepared!

Ao Guang scratched his head and said unwillingly, "How could they all be wrong?" He instinctively looked at Bai Jin.

Bai Jin said with a smile, "Treasure Dropping Coin."

The innate defense shattered with a crash. The countless falling coins vanished as well, leaving only a coin with a pair of wings floating above the Big Red Robe Mother Tree.

Ao Guang immediately cried out excitedly, "I remember now! I remember! Treasure Dropping Coin, that's right, it's the Treasure Dropping Coin! That's what I meant to say."

Bai Jin looked at Ao Guang speechlessly. "You're from the Dragon Clan, not some shameless snake. Have some dignity, will you?"

"I've changed my name to Shameless Snake now." Ao Guang shouted joyfully and immediately rushed toward the Treasure Dropping Coin.

Bai Jin reached out and grabbed Ao Guang by the back of the neck. No matter how Ao Guang flailed his arms and kicked his legs, his body could not move from the spot.

Bai Jin flung him backward. Ao Guang let out a startled cry as he flew back, then slammed into the stone wall with a boom, his eyes rolling white.

Bai Jin flew forward and arrived before the Treasure Dropping Coin. He reached out and grasped it. A winged coin immediately appeared in his mind, accompanied by a question: What was money?

Bai Jin answered inwardly, "Trade. Money is the medium for trade between living beings. There is no money now, but in the future, money will spread throughout the world."

Buzz! The Treasure Dropping Coin in Bai Jin's hand shone brilliantly and merged into his body. Its various functions also surfaced in his mind.

After being dazed for a moment, Bai Jin came back to himself with an extremely ugly expression. More than half the joy of obtaining an Innate Spiritual Treasure had vanished. It was tasteless to keep, yet a pity to discard.

Money was trade, and the Treasure Dropping Coin was trade as well. When the Treasure Dropping Coin knocked down another person's magical treasure, it was actually a transaction. He paid fortune and merit to buy the other party's magical treasure. No wonder that after Xiao Sheng used the Treasure Dropping Coin to knock down Zhao Gongming's Sea-Calming Pearl during the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, he soon died as well. His fortune had been exhausted.

After the Treasure Dropping Coin fell into Randeng's hands, Randeng never used it even once. He must have known the price of using it too and dared not use it.