For all the cultivators who had turned red-eyed in the face of the Carefree Talisman's decline, and chose to go against the current and buy heavily, this moment was simply like a dream.
Perfected Lord Ming He won!
An Unorthodox perfected lord fought head-on and won against an Orthodox immortal lord who came down from the sixth layer. And it was a full-screen broadcast—real and unmistakable— without any falsification.
Then what else was there to say?
In an instant, the exchange rate of the Carefree Talisman, which had just fallen, began to rebound at an even faster speed, crazily approaching the 900 mark again.
At the same time.
As the victor of this battle, Lu Yang suddenly spoke. Since Immortal Lord Qingyang's full-screen broadcast had not yet ended, his voice spread in all directions:
"Iam Ming He, creator of the Carefree Talisman. My cultivation has made a breakthrough during this seclusion. Having defeated Fellow Daoist Qingyang today, I have clearly comprehended the true meaning of the immortal talisman. I specially issue an additional thirty million Carefree Talismans. And the Carefree Talismans issued this time will be attached with the concept of a dao fruit, just like all Orthodox immortal talismans..."
Boom!!
rumble!
Just these words triggered a violent riot of the [Money] concept. From the first to the sixth layer, the entire [Celestial Court] began to tremble because of this sentence.
Immortal Lord Qingyang was even more stunned.
The Carefree Talisman can actually attach a dao fruit concept just like an Orthodox immortal talisman? Then what's the difference between it and an Orthodox immortal talisman? Its value is even higher!
But... why does he want to do this?
Even with the additional issuance of Carefree Talismans, the market was already approaching saturation before. The extra Carefree Talismans will instead dilute and lower the price of the Carefree Talisman...
Thinking of this, Immortal Lord Qingyang was suddenly startled:
No, that's wrong. Market saturation is only for the market below the sixth layer. The market above the sixth layer is still vast, with countless people watching.
This... madman!
He actually wants to continue blowing up this bubble. Is he not afraid that after the bubble bursts, the crisis will also affect the upper layers, leaving him to die without a burial place!?
No one knew better than Immortal Lord Qingyang—who had operated it himself, that this was a bubble. He just didn't care because previously this bubble harmed the lower-layer cultivators. If they died, they died; just like leeks, no matter how many died, new ones would grow back after a while.
However, the upper layers were different.
Once the bubble harmed those above the sixth layer, it would directly relate to the interests of the Orthodox immortal lords of the [Celestial Court]. Once it crashed, they would have to bear the losses.
More importantly—
If it continues to rise like this, I'm afraid the price of the Carefree Talisman will rival the Taiyin Immortal Talisman. Is he not afraid that Lord Immortal Venerable will extend a visible giant hand?
Immortal Lord Qingyang naturally understood the logic.
However, after seeing the frantically rising price of the Carefree Talisman, he still chose to invest heavily without any hesitation, desperately scraping up funds from the market.
The reason was simple:
No matter how bad the crash would be, that was a matter for the future. But now, if he didn't buy the Carefree Talisman and earn this money, someone else would earn it!
What was the difference between this and him losing money?
Forget it... No matter what, at least it's still rising now. I won't be greedy either. As long as I earn back the money lost before, I will immediately liquidate and sell off...
Immortal Lord Qingyang comforted himself in his heart.
Meanwhile, the immortal lords of the [Celestial Court] above the sixth layer also noticed the [Money] concept stirred up by the Carefree Talisman, and at this moment, they all cast their gazes downward.
"Qingyang actually lost...!?"
"This Perfected Lord Ming He has such great ambition. He wants to drag us in as well. A newcomer, yet so familiar with my [Celestial Court] system..."
"Something is wrong with this person. We must investigate!"
At this moment, Lu Yang was enveloped by the great momentum. The skyrocketing Carefree Talisman transformed into a visible [Money] concept, with layers of iridescent colors stacking upon his body.
Along with it, his aura was also soaring!
In the [Celestial Court], wealth can form stature and combat power!
Because of the existence of the [Money] dao fruit, the more wealth you had, the more blessing you could get from the [Money] concept, thereby enhancing stature and combat power.
If I was only a fourth-grade perfected lord before, now relying solely on the blessing of the [Money] concept, I can rival a third-grade perfected lord. Even as the Carefree Talisman skyrockets, my strength is still increasing. Even without using the [Heavenly Fire], my combat power is no less than before!
This was the power of [Money].
Unfortunately, the Carefree Talisman itself is just a bubble without a real physical entity to rely on. Otherwise, I could even rival a mid-stage immortal lord in wealth relying on it...
The immortal lords of the [Celestial Court] were very special.
In the Immortal Nexus, the symbol of the Middle Stage of the Golden Core was [Grotto-Heaven Not Falling]. No matter how many times one died, they could resurrect. This was also the watershed between the middle stage and the early stage.
In the [Celestial Court], the symbol of the Middle Stage Immortal Lord was called [Financial Freedom].
For a Middle Stage Immortal Lord, the flow of wealth had become an internal circulation. Immortal talismans had become a string of numbers they didn't need to care about.
Similarly, a [Financial Freedom] Middle Stage Immortal Lord could "buy life" after death by deducting a massive amount of immortal talismans, then resurrect. And because their immortal talismans were always in internal circulation and didn't produce substantial consumption, they could also resurrect countless times.
In the next second, Lu Yang lowered his eyelids.
"Fellow Daoist Qingyang, you let me win."
He cupped his hands and looked at Immortal Lord Qingyang with a smile. "I feel truly apologetic for causing Fellow Daoist injury this time. This is a small token of my regard—I hope you accept it."
Immortal Lord Qingyang snorted coldly upon hearing this.
What does this person mean? Bribing me? Who does he think I am? Does he think I would care about the little things in the hands of a mere Unorthodox immortal lord...
Then he glanced at the item Lu Yang handed over.
A Carefree Talisman with a face value of one million. However, unlike those currently popular on the market, this one clearly flowed with the concept of a dao fruit.
Immortal Lord Qingyang calculated silently in his heart. According to the previous exchange rate of over 800 times, one million Carefree Talismans was at least equal to eight hundred million Unorthodox immortal talismans. Converted to the most expensive Taiyin Immortal Talisman, it was a full eight hundred thousand. It could completely cover his losses this time, preventing him from going bankrupt.
With this thought, Immortal Lord Qingyang's tightly knitted brows quickly relaxed.
"It's a small injury, nothing much. Fellow Daoist Ming He is too polite... Since Fellow Daoist's intentions are so sincere, I wonder if there is anything you need me to do?"
"Just a small matter."
Lu Yang waved his hand and smiled. "I only ask Fellow Daoist to put in a good word for me after going up, and by the way, promote my Carefree Talisman a bit."
"No problem!" Immortal Lord Qingyang nodded decisively.
Promote the Carefree Talisman in the upper layers? That was great! If he didn't promote it and no newcomers entered the market, how could the million Carefree Talismans he just got skyrocket in value?
Thinking of this, the look Immortal Lord Qingyang gave Lu Yang became increasingly kind.
This wasn't an Unorthodox perfected lord.
This was the God of Wealth!
Although it would definitely crash before long, it hadn't crashed yet, had it? Better the fellow daoist die than this poor daoist (me). Let me stand in the wind and make a fortune first!
(End of Chapter)