Spiritual Roots and Magic Coin Denominations

The Wine Rice had turned ink-black, translucent like glazed ink jade, and the plant's shadow had strangely vanished, making it appear exceptionally divine.

Ning Zheng felt the faint bloodline aura and smiled.

The probability was pitifully low, yet it worked on the first try.

As expected, his luck was truly excellent.

Overnight, the meat fields and spirit rice had appeared.

He really wanted to thank those little blacksmiths; having "money" was truly wonderful!

He silently sensed the bloodline aura. It was only at the level of a Low-grade Spiritual Root. He let out a breath of turbid air, "Still not enough. It's the lowest grade, the bloodline concentration is too thin, but it'll do."

Later, he would find a way to improve it into a second or third version.

Even though it was currently only a Low-grade Spiritual Root, for Ning Zheng, it was the most suitable Shadow-attribute spirit rice. Its absorption rate was better than that of ordinary Mid-grade Spirit Rice.

"I can start propagating a few plants now. After all, planting and multiplying Low-grade Spiritual Roots isn't difficult."

"Aren't they trying to open the Three Flowers these few days? Find some people with good aptitude and send them a few plants to be Spirit Farmers."

Ning Zheng pondered continuously.

He had set his sights on the blacksmiths in the manor. They weren't doing their jobs properly anyway.

For them.

Wouldn't being a Spirit Farmer earn more than jumping into a fiery furnace?

He had also looked at the wild flowers and weeds they were collecting.

Even if he forcibly nurtured them with spiritual energy from magic coins, crossing the threshold of spiritual items, they would likely all be Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Roots.

This was now hailed as the most glorious prosperous era of the Immortal Path!

It wasn't a Dharma-ending Immortal Path era, where even dogs wouldn't want Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Roots.

Yet, they treasured them like jewels, using them to open the Three Flowers!

But how should these things be delivered to them?

Free wasn't impossible.

However, that would break the rules. It would be better to have them purchase them.

With beautiful plans for the future, Ning Zheng gradually drifted into dreamland.

Early morning.

He pushed open the iron window, and a ray of sunlight shone into the blacksmith shop.

Diligent as little bees, the blacksmiths began their day's work.

The air inside was thick with heat, and red-hot iron ingots were being continuously hammered, making a clanging sound.

Although some people immediately discovered the updated forum and Currency System, many restless individuals directly posted complaints on the new forum:

"This is the most perfunctory planner in history!"

"They don't even bother to issue an update announcement! When others update, they can't wait to post multiple announcements to show how hard they're working to fix bugs."

"You don't understand. This is the official spoiling Jiu Cai Rong, leaving the update explanation for him to write."

"Really? As expected, this cuckold manor, Jiu Cai Rong, who has experience, is the favored child who fits their spirit!"

But this didn't stop everyone from continuing to forge iron.

"Are these things forged up to standard?"

In the blacksmith shop, "Yan Hua," who had received a task from Dao Jiujiu last night, had worked overtime to craft some mechanical parts. The purely hand-made gears and chains were now laid out on the table.

"They're fine."

Dao Jiujiu looked at them with satisfaction. "Our magic coin-powered Power Hammer is almost complete. It will be much more convenient for us to forge Magic Bronze in the future."

Using the most basic Spirit Pulse Array, they could generate impact. Based on this principle, a Power Hammer could be made.

"A craftsman must first sharpen his tools if he wishes to do his work well."

Just like Ning Zheng's idea of a cultivation Tri-Set, they were creating a blacksmithing Tri-Set.

"It's just that the number of parts is a bit small," Dao Jiujiu frowned.

"Yan Hua" scratched his head with some exasperation, sighing, "I stayed up late playing games and only slept at four in the morning. I've already worked very hard."

Dao Jiujiu understood.

So, you brat didn't pull an all-nighter. He said with a hint of disappointment, like a CPU lamenting:

"You're a young man, how could you possibly sleep at four in the morning?"

"I thought I would finish the task this morning, and we could all assemble the Power Hammer together according to the blueprints."

"Turns out you were slacking off all night, delaying everyone's progress!"

"Yan Hua": ???

What do you mean slacking off all night? I'll die if I don't sleep.

Dao Jiujiu gave him a deep look, finally sighing helplessly: "My calculation was off."

Ghouls don't need to sleep.

But if he felt like sleeping, you couldn't force him.

After all, they maintained their habits and logical behaviors from when they were alive.

Looking at it this way, it was ultimately Yan Hua's own individual attribute panel that wasn't outstanding enough.

This led to the "Yan Hua" baby having insufficient potential and a physiological defect of sleeping at night.

In the future, he'd need to find a formidable cultivator blacksmith who could stay up for several nights.

If they became "Embers," maintaining their habits from life, they could probably work in the blacksmith shop 24 hours a day.

This way, the blacksmiths could also more clearly understand this hidden setting:

The individual talents among blacksmiths would lead to huge differences in "Embers"!

There could even be exaggerated differences of over ten times in individual ability scores!

The "Individual Aptitude" setting for babies was truly interesting.

By noon, they had finally finished forging all the parts for the Power Hammer.

While assembling it, they fine-tuned the fit of the parts, dripped in No. 95 gasoline, installed the magic coins, and began to test its activation.

Duang~

Duang~

With each strike, a copper ingot was continuously flattened.

A group of blacksmiths watched, while the hairpin makers in the distance didn't even glance over, busy with their own tasks, as they weren't interested in this so-called industrial aesthetic.

Dao Jiujiu, meanwhile, stood by with a notebook, recording: "Strength is average, but the Magic Bronze is soft, and the impact force is sufficient."

"One magic coin will deplete its spiritual energy after ten strikes, requiring it to be placed for recharging. And one magic coin can only be recharged ten times before it shatters."

"So, one magic coin can only be used for a hundred strikes?"

Dao Jiujiu sighed; the cost-effectiveness was a bit low.

Mainly, without monster materials being forged in, the spiritual energy utilization rate was not high.

If there was a talent like "Impact," the Power Hammer would be much more practical.

"I'm supposed to get my quest reward now," Yan Hua, who had helped with the work, quickly said.

Dao Jiujiu didn't go back on his word. He took out magic coins and counted them. "Thirty-five parts, a total settlement of fifteen magic coins. Seven of them were not up to standard, so with a slight deduction, here are 14.5 magic coins."

Magic coins could have fractional amounts.

For example, a full magic coin was equivalent to a one-yuan coin.

After one use, it became a 0.9 yuan coin.

After nine uses, it became a 0.1 yuan coin.

Magic coins that had lost charges could be used as change.

And based on the number of depleted charges, the ten ears of rice on the magic coin would fade one by one, indicating a smaller denomination.

It could only be said that this was indeed a Coin-Forging Magic Treasure acquired at a great expense. This craftsmanship could be called divine, with such an exquisite Energy Storage Spirit Array carved into a small magic coin. The ability to change denominations was a realm other blacksmiths could only dream of achieving.

After settling Yan Hua's quest reward, Dao Jiujiu led a group of blacksmiths to continue forging.

However, after using the Power Hammer to forge a bronze sword and testing it for a while, Dao Jiujiu shook his head.

"The Power Hammer is only suitable for beginners; it's too stiff and lacks feel. No wonder this world, despite its long history, hasn't had any intelligent people create such a magic artifact."

Dao Jiujiu had also realized this.

The main function of the Power Hammer was that the machine helped with hammering, saving physical strength.

But the high-end blacksmiths in this world were cultivators. Did they need to save physical strength?

Forging was as easy as typing on a keyboard with your fingers. Swinging the hammer yourself allowed you to control the force and weight.

"But we still need to create the Blacksmithing Tri-Set. After all, most people here are beginners, and we're all about 'A Poor Student Has Too Many Tools'," Dao Jiujiu quipped to himself, continuing to lead his team in the blacksmith shop.