NOVEL NEXT Chapter 901: Chapter 901: Yuan Coins!
Chapter 901: Chapter 901: Yuan Coins!
The black-clothed man felt embarrassed and guilty after he heard the Second Prince's explanation.
Then the black-clothed man hastily said something to calm down the Second Prince's anger and annoyance: "His Highness Second Prince, I got news from our spy in Iron-Blooded Army's camp that the Third Prince would bring back an extremely charming and beautiful fox lady with him to the Capital City."
"Oh, really? An extremely charming and beautiful fox lady? I wonder if that fox lady is more beautiful or the lady Lu Yixin from Lu's aristocratic family." The Second Prince said in a curious tone.
Lu Yixin was the most famous lady in the Capital City and known as the most beautiful pearl of the Great Wei Dynasty.
it should be noted that Lu Yixin was actually the Third Prince's fiancee, and she should be the Third Prince's main wife after they married!
Unfortunately, the Third Prince did not seem to looking forward to their marriage and always found any random excuse to delay it again and again.
But this time, the Third Prince suddenly brought an extremely charming and beautiful fox lady back with him to the Capital City!
It was truly hard for the Second Prince to not be interested in such a sudden development.
"This is truly interesting-! Hehehehe, this may be our perfect chance to sow discord among them." the Second Prince muttered while chuckling coldly.
There were four most influential aristocratic families living in the Capital City.
Liu Family, Zhou Family, Chen Family, Lu Family.
Zhou Family was the Empress Zhou Yansui's family, so they definitely supported her son, First Prince and Third Prince.
Liu Family was Concubine Liu Guifei's family, so they supported her son, Second Prince.
The Second Prince's current main wife was from Chen Family, so of course, Chen Family fully supported the Second Prince to become the next emperor, so their daughter could also become the next empress.
Meanwhile, the First Prince's current main wife was from Lu Family, so Lu Family supported the First Prince instead.
Lu Family also matched the Third Prince with Lu Yixin in order to strengthen the relationships between their families.
The Second Prince had already begun to think of a way to use this chance to create a crack in the relationship between Zhou Family and Lu Family.
Tang Li Xue still did not know that someone already had a plan to implicate her in the political struggle for the Great Wei Dynasty's throne.
The Third Prince kept trying to chat about many things with her, but Tang Li Xue was afraid that she would accidentally let a slip out about her true origin, so she did not dare to talk much about herself.
Fortunately, she obtained many important information from the Third Prince because of it.
Tang Li Xue did not even need to ask or talk much, and the Third Prince told her many common but important information about the Azure Mist Continent.
There were actually so many different things in the Azure Mist Continent compared to the Lightwind Continent.
For example, the Azure Mist Continent was under the reign of the six great dynasties, and the immortal sects in the Azure Mist Continent were only small scattered sects without any power to match the six great dynasties.
Every year, all of those small sects must contribute at least 60% of their cultivation resources to the great dynasty where they were located as their tax.
This was clearly the opposite of the Lightwind Continent where the immortal sects were the ones holding control over all the kingdoms or dynasties under their rule instead.
Tang Li Xue really wanted to ask for any information about the Beast Race and the Fox Clan in this Azure Mist Continent, but she did not dare to do it so blatantly since it would definitely make the Third Prince very suspicious of her.
How could she not know any information about the Beast Race and the Fox Clan when she was a fox, unless she was not the native beast from this Azure Mist Continent, right?!
When the sun was almost set and their carriage almost reached the Capital City, and even Tang Li Xue could already see the majestic wall protecting the Capital City from afar, the Third Prince finally decided to tell Tang Li Xue about the fierce political struggle of the Great Wei Dynasty.
The Emperor's lifespan was almost exhausted, he could only live for one more decade at most!
Great Wei Dynasty's four most influential aristocratic families living in the Capital City: Liu, Zhou, Chen, and Lu!
Empress, Zhou Yansui VS Emperor's Favorite Concubine, Liu Guifei!
Zhou Family and Lu Family VS Liu Family and Chen Family!
First Prince and Third Prince VS Second Prince!
Tang Li Xue's pink lips twitched violently after she heard the Third Prince's explanation.
She suddenly felt a really bad feeling about this.
'This damn cunning guy~! Why the heck did he not tell me all of these earlier?! He only told me after we almost reached the Capital City's gate! Err, is it already too late for me to change my mind and back down right now?' Tang Li Xue thought in annoyance and frustration.
But after pondering it carefully for a while, Tang Li Xue shook her head helplessly as she decided not to complain or say anything to the Third Prince.
It should be already too late for her to back down right now, and even the Third Prince would probably not let her walk away from him just like that.
Tang Li Xue also hated to admit it, but she really needed the Third Prince's help for now. At least until she was completely familiar with this Azure Mist Continent, the destructive space energy inside her body was completely refined, all of her injuries were cured, her strength returned back to peak condition, and she had enough money to support her three gluttonous little comrades... Well, Tang Li Xue suddenly realized that she actually had so many things she needed to do.
There were many people, carriages, and carts that were coming in and out of the Capital City's
gate.
City Guards who were guarding the gate checked their documents and luggage one by one carefully, but when they saw the Third Prince's luxurious carriage with the royal family's symbol, they did not dare to stop or check it.
Tang Li Xue saw from the window that all the City Guards politely bowed their head instead.
After their carriage entered the city, the Third Prince gave Tang Li Xue a long cloak to cover her fox ears and tails, a veil to cover her face, and a bag of money.
Tang Li Xue shamelessly accepted all of them with a silly innocent smile on her stunningly beautiful face.
Then the Third Prince explained the function of those treasures one by one: "This long white cloak is called [Aura Hiding Cloak], it may not be able to make you completely invisible, but it can lower your presence and make you almost unnoticeable even by the cultivators at Core
Formation Stage."
"This thin veil is called [Moon Covering Veil]. It can make others unable to see your appearance as if there is a fog covering your face."
"Both of them have advanced protection runes engraved on them, so make sure to always
wear them when Miss Tang wandering around the Capital City, so I will not worry about Miss
Tang's safety."
Tang Li Xue nodded in amazement as she realized that both [Aura Hiding Cloak] and [Moon Covering Veil] should be pretty advanced spirit treasures.
Tang Li Xue silently gave two thumbs up in her heart for the Third Prince's generosity.
Of course, the Third Prince actually had a hidden ulterior motive for giving those two treasures to Tang Li Xue.
The Third Prince secretly already regarded Tang Li Xue as his own woman, so he surely did not want the other men to admire Tang Li Xue's stunningly beautiful look.
Just imagining it made the Third Prince have a strong urge to confine Tang Li Xue in his room forever, so he would be the only one who could admire her peerless beauty.
The Third Prince quickly shook his head to drive away such an evil thought from his mind.
Tang Li Xue did not know what was in the Third Prince's mind. Currently, she opened the bag
of money and found something surprising inside it.
"Eh? What are these? Coins?" Tang Li Xue muttered in confusion.
The Third Prince chuckled as he said: "Miss Tang, you do not even know what this is yet?
These are Yuan Coins."
"Yuan Coins? So, the Great Wei Dynasty do not use spirit stones as currency, but these Yuan Coins?!" Tang Li Xue exclaimed in surprise.
"These Yuan Coins are actually made from Spirit Stones." The Third Prince replied while chuckling in amusement at Tang Li Xue's reaction.
Then the Third Prince began to tell Tang Li Xue about the origin story of the Yuan Coins'
appearance.
The story was pretty ridiculous that Tang Li Xue really wanted to laugh when she heard it. Many years ago, the currency in the Azure Mist Continent was still Spirit Stones.
But some smart cultivators actually thought of a clever way to exploit the loophole in the
Spirit Stones as currency.
They absorbed around a tenth of the spiritual energy from a high-grade spirit stone, then exchanged them for 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones.
Then they absorbed around a tenth of those 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones, after that they changed those 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones for a high-grade spirit stone again.
In this way, it was the same as they obtained unlimited cultivation resources for free!
After the other knew about this, they also used this trick which made the worth of spirit stones in the market plummet rapidly at that time.
In the end, the six Great Dynasties used some kind of means to forge the spirit stones into
Yuan Coins instead.
Since Yuan Coins were made from spirit stones, they could also be used for cultivation, but
Yuan Coins must be unsealed first.
After Yuan Coins were unsealed, they would change color from metallic color to crystal color like spirit stones, and they could no longer be used to trade.