Lin Yun's Idea
The Lingxian Sect is not afraid that these cultivators in the Mortal Realm will become stronger; what it fears is that they are too weak and lack the courage and strength to face the Immortal Cultivation Realm in the future.
After all, even if the Myriad Connections issue can be delayed for ten or twenty years now, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future.
Therefore, exchanging cultivation experiences wouldn't take too much time, so I had to agree.
When the organizers of those skills exchange meetings saw this, they couldn't help but beat their chests in regret—why hadn't they thought to invite someone from the Lingxian Sect!
Fortunately, it wasn't too late. The skills exchange meeting quickly followed the example of the cultivation exchange meeting and extended a warm invitation to the Lingxian Sect, hoping that they could send one professional cultivator each time to share their skills and insights.
They are willing to work hard and improve themselves, so Lingxian Sect naturally welcomes them all.
Over the past year, the entire Mortal Realm has rapidly transformed from its original dull black and white to a vibrant tapestry of colors.
Everyone is striving to make progress in all aspects.
Even farming is an example.
After tasting the spiritual grains in Xiushui City's agricultural area, some sects also purchased a lot of spiritual grain seeds and fertilizers from the agricultural area. They also spent an extra sum of Spirit Stone to buy the farming methods produced by the Lingxian Sect.
The quality of the spirit grain seeds they bought in the agricultural area was not as good as the spirit grain seeds that the Clear River Sect bought at last year's auction, nor did the Lingxian Sect send people to teach them farming for free. However, now that everyone has a way to earn Spirit Stone, they are no longer as stingy as before when it came to spending Spirit Stone.
After spending Spirit Stone to buy farming methods, these sects and royal families would also tell the disciples responsible for cultivating the spirit fields that if their fields yielded good harvests and the spirit grains were of high quality, they would receive a commission for every pound of spirit grains they cultivated.
As a result, how could these disciples not study diligently? Originally, those of them who were responsible for farming felt that they were not as capable and promising as those disciples who knew various skills and crafting. However, after seeing the spirit grains and various Spirit Plant that the sect brought back and sold in Xiushui City, they no longer thought so.
Those spirit grains Spirit Plant were truly brimming with Spiritual Qi; you could tell they were very valuable at a glance! And their selling price was indeed much higher than the spirit grains they had grown themselves in the past.
So everyone wished they could bury themselves in those agricultural books about farming.
As more and more sects and royal families inquired with the Lingxian Sect about the precautions and details of planting various Spirit Plant, the elders of the Spirit Field Group, led by Old Master Lin, could no longer stand it. They directly asked Liu Yunan to tell these sects that they would hold an agricultural exchange meeting in Xiushui City every quarter to share their farming experiences with everyone.
It's no wonder that even the elderly members of the Spirit Field Group, who are not good at dealing with outsiders, couldn't sit still and wanted to hold an exchange meeting. Now that there are skill exchange meetings and cultivation exchange meetings in Xiushui City, they believe that farming is also a very important matter worth discussing and exchanging ideas on, so shouldn't there be an exchange meeting for it too?
However, the various sects and royal families in the Mortal Realm seemed to have completely forgotten about it, and no one mentioned it at all. Instead, they frequently sent Sound Transmission Talisman to inquire about farming.
The old folks figured that most of the cultivators outside didn't eat grains, so it was normal that they didn't know there was a lot to learn about farming. Since no one suggested it, they would do it themselves!
Anyway, it's only held once a quarter. In the past two years, they have taught many young people how to farm, and they have made great progress in communication and teaching. For example, the two brothers, Lin Dashan and Lin Dayou, are no longer the same as when they went to the market to sell things and would just hide in the corner with their hands in their pockets, waiting for "willing people to take the bait".
This agricultural exchange might not interest many high-level cultivators, but the junior disciples in charge of farming within the royal families of various sects were eagerly anticipating it; they had already prepared their boat tickets and were waiting to attend.
It's not just the cultivators who are thriving in Xiushui City; the lives of ordinary people are also becoming increasingly rich and colorful.
Initially, ordinary people in the city didn't have much contact with cultivators. Only some farmers would spend Spirit Stone to hire low-level cultivators to help them with their farming.
However, as the City Lord's Mansion and Lingxian Sect began paying ordinary people with either Spirit Stone or gold and silver as wages, the ordinary people in the city accumulated more Spirit Stone.
Some observant cultivators noticed this and began to research and sell items such as talismans, formations, and pills suitable for ordinary people in the city.
However, this led to new problems in the city.
That is, many of these simple items suitable for ordinary people are not worth a single Spirit Stone. If an ordinary person were to use a Spirit Stone to buy them, it would be a huge loss.
However, the low-level cultivators who sold these items and many ordinary people who wanted to use these convenient items were eager to make this deal. At first, it was only possible for acquaintances to pool their resources and buy ten items for one Spirit Stone.
However, it became much harder to reach the minimum order amount later on, which caused great distress among the city's residents.
Many low-level Rogue Cultivator and ordinary citizens wrote to the city lord's mansion to report this situation, hoping that the mansion could help find a solution.
Lin Yun was initially quite perplexed by this matter, but he quickly came up with a temporary solution: to have these people trade in gold and silver.
Because the city lord's mansion allows the exchange of Spirit Stone for gold and silver, it was agreed beforehand that one Spirit Stone could be exchanged for one hundred taels of silver.
In this way, ordinary people can use gold and silver to buy items worth less than one Spirit Stone, while cultivators who sell goods can also exchange the silver they receive for Spirit Stone at the city lord's mansion.
However, this method can only be used as a temporary substitute and cannot be used for a long time, because for cultivators, the value of Spirit Stone is far greater than that of one hundred taels of silver, and the same is true for mortals.
These are two completely different monetary systems, and it is easy to cause problems if they are treated as one and treated the same in the long run.
Although Lin Yun didn't have a clear understanding of these things, he knew that this couldn't continue indefinitely. So, after arranging this temporary exchange method, he quickly found Lin Xiao and explained the situation.
"Could we create our own currency based on Spirit Stone? That would make it easier for ordinary people to trade with cultivators." Lin Yun didn't immediately ask Lin Xiao what to do; instead, he shared his idea.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao looked at him in surprise. "Brother, you're so smart!"
This problem is actually quite simple for Lin Xiao, who has the knowledge and experience from his previous life. Standing on the shoulders of giants in the 21st century, he has a much broader perspective on many issues.
But Lin Yun is not.
These were all things that Lin Yun figured out bit by bit, from observing and learning to figuring things out little by little.