Well, the money system in this world is not complicated.
For mortals there is Bronze, Silver and Gold. 100 Bronze coins equals 1 Silver, 100 silver coins equals 1 Gold coin. Simple.
Now this is where the "Cultivators are Rich" part comes in.
Pedra de Energia is something essential for cultivators, especially those in Realms Transformation, Foundation and Yuan. It is the most common resource that a cultivator uses and also the currency of exchange for those in this Realms.
Those who want to become a strong Cultivator will use an Energy Stone at some point in their life. Especially mortals who never received resources to cultivate, if they want to be strong, used one of these stones at some point.
That is why the Energy Stone in mortal visions is incredibly expensive and rare. An Energy Stone is obtained for 1.000.000 Gold coins.
In the eyes of mortals, a cultivator is incredibly rich. But they don't know that an Energy Stone is barely enough for a month of cultivation, while for some like me a single stone is not even for a day of cultivation.
In addition, the Energy Stone is used only in the Realm Yuan, from this Realm the Energy Stone has no effect and the cultivators start to use a new Stone, the Stone of Essence.
And well ... A single Essence Stone is equal to 10.000.000 Energy Stones ...
And I must not forget that there are also Elemental Stones ... They cost 100.000.000 Essence Stones ....
And I don't even want to remember the existence of Pure Crystals that cost 10 Elemental Stones.
So yes ...The cultivators can become rich overnight. Especially if you are the daughter of the head of a Clan who can rival the dominant empire of your continent ....
So, were you curious to know what I found on my ring? ...
Well ... Sure, I'll give you the answer ...
100.000.000 of each of the three deadly coins, Bronze, Silver and Gold ... Normal and not very necessary since I don't think I will need to use them ...
100.000.000 Energy Stones ... It's just a little, isn't it? ... I mean, with that I can be richer than someone's fucking Realm Yuan, can't I? ... And well, I have another great news, I am not finished yet ...
100.000.000 of Essence Stones ... Should I remember that I didn't even use an Energy Stone and am already richer than someone in the Second Transformation Realm? ...
Ha .... Ha ..... Ha .... And did you think it was over? ... No, I still have one more Bonus, in three small sealed boxes there are 3 Stones ... Do you know which ones are these Stones? .... Well, I guess you guessed it, they are Elemental Stones ....
And do you know how precious this stone is? ... They are so rare that it is almost impossible to get them at their base price ... Elemental Stones are Stones that can help someone in the Elemental Core Realm to become superior to others faster and different from the Essence Stone which is neutral, the Elemental Stone comes in several elements. There are Elemental Stones of Subelements like Ice that are even rarer and more expensive than Elemental Stones of base elements like water.
And well, in these 3 boxes there is an Elemental Stone of water, an Elemental Stone of Ice and strangely an Elemental Stone of Light ... I understand about the first two, but the last one left me confused.
Furthermore, inside the ring there are so many things that you can probably double the "money" I have in this ring.
Fortunately Mom and Dad prepared an item called the Invincible Necklace, by joining an item in it the item will become indestructible and can join the body of the individual.
I swear on my soul that I will never show this ring in front of anyone. From now on I will seal this ring and will only remove it if I need it for something very important. Yes.
Now that I remember, the price of this necklace is 385 .. Cof. Never mind, I don't want to think about the value of anything else, I feel like I'm going to lose my sanity.
I took a look at Hui'er who is sitting on the other bed and see that she is wincing as she holds the ring as if it were a supreme treasure ... Well, it is clear that it is a supreme treasure.
I think she felt my gaze as she turned to look at me too. I gave a nod, I didn't have to explain what I'm thinking out loud, 10 years as twins is enough for us to understand each other only with body language ...
Either way, we promise to keep it a secret until we reach the highest cultivation rank.
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After Hui'er and I sealed the source of any Cultivator's temptation and placed only items we would need on a normal space ring, we finally started preparing for the Heavenly Earth Sect test.
I spent those 1 month remaining getting used to my new body and training with Li Xue and the Seed of Life.
After all the torture I went through, I finally reached the opening stage, but due to Mom's guidance I didn't go into that stage and I preferred to stabilize my body and spirits.
Somehow Li Xue and the Seed of Life will had a substantial improvement, not from cultivation Realms but by their strength.
Li Xue learned even more about his element, which I found unbelievable. Li Xue had already reached the Peak of the 9th stage of Elemental Realm, yet she continued to improve her understanding according to my wishes ...
The Seed of Life has undergone an even greater change, it has doubled in size and density, its coloring has become even more green to the point that it appears that the Seed of Life is about to begin its growth and she it clearly reached the 9th stage of the Essence Realm ...
In addition, this month I was able to learn more about the wood element that the Special Ability of the Seed of Life does, although I do not understand as much as I understand Ice and water, the wood element allowed me to experience a different element that I am used to, even difficult was rewarding.
Ice is a cruel element, it may seem harmless but its inhibiting effect is large enough to cause fear. The pain and the burning can be worse than the fire, the torture of being frozen by it is something that few are willing to accept and the inhibition of everything it causes is enough to give you nightmares. The ice is not at all welcoming, it is indifferent and distant from everything, few things are willing to accept becoming part of it and anything that is afraid to accept it will be frozen and forced to become part of it in a different way.
Water other than fire that has ferocity and ice that demonstrates its indifference openly, is an element with hidden ferocity. Most of the time the water remains calm and quiet allowing the person to feel welcome by her, she is one of the elements that sustain life. But once someone who is not welcomed by it, this tranquility is nothing but a trap, the water swallows anything that enters his territory without his noticing it, it destroys and cleans wherever she goes, shelters extremely dangerous lives, it can cause the destruction of the world in an extremely painful way and one must not forget the cruelty it can do to many living beings. Water is an element that hides its cruelty beneath its calm and tranquility.
And well, the little I learned from the Madeira element showed me that it is very similar to water. Madeira is an element that maintains life, a calm and peaceful place for those who allow it, many lives depend on it to the point that it ends up being more welcoming than water. But if someone enters his territory thinking that he will be accepted, this is where the error is, in the same way that wood is welcoming, she it is cruel, it forces others to fight, it destroys innocent lives without mercy and it feeds on its remains. In a way, wood is a scavenger.
The small understanding that I have of the three elements somehow allowed me to feel something inside me loosening up little by little.
Especially for the Seed of Life, even though it does not enter the Elemental Realm, I manage to make the energy it releases have a little bit of the Wood element making it very strong.
As a result, I had a substantial increase in strength in spirit. Not only that, I was also very physically strong thanks to the pressure of the "sea" that I went through, my body is now capable of rivaling someone in the circulation phase. Even without my experiences, I feel that I can defeat someone in the circulation stage as easily as dealing with a child and, if I use my experience, I may be able to fight someone in the Foundation Realm.
This without taking into account Li Xue and the Seed of Life, if I use both I can defeat or even kill someone in the Realm Yuan. As for the YinYang Realm, I'm not sure, but I shouldn't have a problem surviving.
This is all just increasing my confidence that I can reach the top of this world. Fortunately or unfortunately in some way I cannot express this confidence and arrogance that I have inside me as I used to do before, I end up wanting to remain distant and indifferent, at least it is controllable.
Anyway, that doesn't stop me from wanting to go to the top of this world. The first objective I have had for a long time is to reach the top of the Heavenly Earth Sect and now I finally have the chance to enter it.
I want to find out what makes it so special and whether it is really different from the Sects of my previous life.
At this moment, I am with Hui'er in front of a matrix.
"Are you ready girls?." Mom asked while we are being hugged by her.
"Yes, I have been looking forward to that day for a long time. I prepared as much as I could, this time I will also win, Yuyu." Hui'er said beside me, our shoulders were touching because of Mom's hug. Hui'er looks a lot more excited than she was this month.
"I'm not going to lose either. You may have won that last one, but I'm going to win this one again." A faint smile lifted my face. I know it sounds kind of tacky but I don't want to discourage her, if that motivates her I don't mind giving an answer like that.
"Let's see who will finish first in this test. Only first place counts." Hui'er took my hand when Mom released us from her embrace.
In front of us were Dad, Uncle Mao and several other men and women. Many of the women were also saying goodbye to their children, all of whom are members of the Li Clan and are going to the Celestial Earth Sect test with us.
"I, as head of the Clan Li, wish you all the best of luck. Make our Clan proud, young people." As soon as all the kids and teenagers got together, Dad gave a little speech that I only heard the end of.
Dad came down and hugged me and Hui'er, I felt greedy looks from the boys and envious looks from the girls, which I didn't care for and continued to hold Hui'er's hand.
"Good luck, Yue'er, Hui'er." We smiled at our father as soon as he pulled us away from his embrace.
Hui'er and I walked in front of the group of children and young teenagers. We are the leaders of this group not only because we are daughters of the Chief of the Clan but we also beat all the children with a considerable difference. Despite feeling various feelings from their eyes the most prominent is admiration, at least now.
"You have to do your best in this test, our Clan Li is strong and we must show others that." Hui'er says with a heroic aura, much like our Mom's.
"Many of the tests don't necessarily need talent, each test will test something different, I know you all have enough talent to pass the talent test, but I personally think the other tests are more important. I hope you don't embarrass our Clan Li ." I say with a serious face, I heard someone say "Ice Queen" which made me ashamed and made me look at him making the poor boy shudder with fear.
"... Let's show not only to the Sect, but also to the imperial family that our Clan Li is strong, that we are something that they shouldn't mess with." I turn away and start walking with Hui'er towards the matrix.
So me and Hui'er followed by a bunch of young boys and girls entered the matrix.
Hi guys, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry for posting later than usual.
The interpretation of the elements I gave was just the basics that I thought at the time, I will think more deeply for the higher levels of understanding.
Anyway, have a good day. I'm going to sleep now that it's 5 am here in my country. (Yes, I stayed up since 1 am writing and proofreading.)