On a vast, open plain, a giant and a large black dog were locked in combat.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
"Woof, woof, woof..."
Man and dog fought fiercely, neither gaining an advantage.
After a while, the giant was knocked to the ground by the black dog, its mouth clamped onto the giant's neck.
It was clear that Xiao Fei had lost this battle again.
Since breaking through his limits, Xiao Fei had severed his own limbs and placed them in his dimension to cultivate a new body.
Once his limbs had fully regrown and recovered, he began to spar with Xiao Hei every day.
Xiao Hei, after this period of recuperation, had recovered about seventy to eighty percent of his strength. The remaining injuries could not be healed in the lower realm.
After his strength returned, he had harbored thoughts of killing Xiao Fei several times.
However, each time such a thought arose, he would encounter a string of bad luck. Once he abandoned the thought, his life immediately became smooth sailing.
After numerous ordeals, he had completely given up on these dangerous ideas.
After all, following Xiao Fei was not bad. He had food and drink, and he had become a teacher.
Even if he successfully escaped now and returned to the heavens, he would likely be sent down again to suffer another ordeal.
Recently, he had been acting as Xiao Fei's sparring partner and teaching him some divine abilities unique to the immortal realm.
In the beginning, Xiao Fei was purely on the receiving end of the beatings. Now, Xiao Fei could exchange blows with him for several rounds.
Such rapid progress forced him to marvel at Xiao Fei's learning ability.
He did not know how many times Xiao Fei had practiced repeatedly in his dimension behind his back.
Moreover, he could also let two of his clones spar in the dimension, fighting against himself.
Besides Xiao Fei, Ji Wudi and the Howling Moon Ancestor were also following Xiao Hei to learn combat techniques, causing their strength to improve rapidly.
The Howling Moon Ancestor was of a similar kind, and out of canine friendship, he had always favored Howling Moon.
As for Ji Wudi, when Xiao Hei had first descended to the lower realm to handle matters, he had fought with Ji Wudi. At that time, Ji Wudi had been thoroughly thrashed by the weakened Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei thought highly of Ji Wudi's metal elemental talent, which led him to consider teaching him.
Today, after a friendly sparring session with Xiao Fei, Xiao Hei also spent some time instructing Ji Wudi.
"Your metal elemental divine abilities are good, but your comprehension of the laws is still lacking. I have a bottle of Enlightenment Spring Water here, take it and drink it."
Xiao Fei took out a bottle of Enlightenment Spring Water and casually tossed it to Ji Wudi.
"Thank you, Boss Xiao!"
Ji Wudi took the spring water and expressed his gratitude. He hesitated for a moment before finally making up his mind and saying.
"Boss Xiao, I once encountered a great opportunity that might be of help to you."
Ji Wudi finally revealed the ruins he had encountered.
From the time he was on the Eastern Continent, Xiao Fei had bestowed too many favors upon him, and he had never found anything to repay Xiao Fei with.
These ruins were the greatest opportunity he had encountered in his life.
Although the benefits within had been largely consumed by him, the remaining items might be of help to Xiao Fei.
Next, Ji Wudi recorded the location of the ruins he had encountered, as well as everything he had seen and heard within the ruins, in a jade slip and handed it to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense, examining it carefully.
Suddenly, he was attracted to an item within.
The jade slip recorded a small golden tree, bearing a golden fruit, and the light emitted by the fruit could injure people.
"There's actually a Golden Spirit Fruit Tree here!"
Moreover, according to Ji Wudi's description, this tree should have been cultivated through special methods, otherwise its efficacy would not be so strong.
He had seen in some ancient texts that fruit trees could be cultivated using certain special techniques to enhance the efficacy of the spiritual fruits they bore.
However, he had not found the specific method. Perhaps he could find this method by visiting those ruins this time.
"This item is of great use to me. Thank you!"
Xiao Fei lightly patted Ji Wudi's shoulder with a little finger. The huge finger almost pierced Ji Wudi to death.
At this moment, the difference in size and strength between the two parties was too great.
After bidding farewell to Xiao Hei and the others, Xiao Fei returned to a grand hall, where Huang Feifei and Feiyu were already waiting for him.
"Young Master!"
"Master!"
The two quickly bowed. Xiao Fei casually found a chair and sat down, then asked.
"How is the progress of the matter?"
"We have designed this gold coin according to your idea."
As Huang Feifei replied, she took out a finely crafted round disk from her storage bag.
This round disk was made of pure gold, about a foot in diameter, and it was also engraved with Xiao Fei's likeness.
Given the giant's physique, a disk of this size was merely a small trinket in his hand.
Xiao Fei wanted to collect all the Origin Crystal Stones in the giant world to be absorbed by his Creation Jade Plate when his magic power broke through from the Integration Stage to the Mahayana Stage.
Last time, he had confiscated the storage magical treasures of ten Earth Immortal experts, and now he had 56 Immortal Stones.
However, he felt that it might still not be enough and that he needed to acquire more Origin Crystal Stones.
But Origin Crystal Stones had always been the universal currency in the giant world. Without this item, the giants would be unable to trade.
Therefore, Xiao Fei thought of designing a circulating currency to replace Origin Crystal Stones.
As for the material for minting the currency, after much thought, gold seemed to be the most suitable. Gold was not produced in particularly high quantities in the giant world and was relatively scarce.
Next, he needed to figure out how to persuade the giants to accept this gold coin as a replacement for Origin Crystal Stones.
Giants were generally simple-minded. People with simple minds were often stubborn. Once they decided on something, it was difficult to change their minds.
After deliberation, the three decided to select a city first to promote the gold coin, and then expand to other cities.
The first target was still Xiao City, where Xiao Fei had originally risen to prominence. This was because the public opinion base here was the best.
One morning, the people of Xiao City gathered as usual, praising Lord Xiao and spreading tales of Lord Xiao's various divine miracles.
"Lord Xiao has myriad incarnations, spread across ten thousand realms. The Lord Xiao we usually see is merely the most insignificant of his billions of incarnations."
"Lord Xiao's true body transcends all worlds. Every thought of Lord Xiao is truth, is law!"
"Lord Xiao..."
Feiyu, as usual, played the role of a divine being, fabricating numerous divine abilities for Xiao Fei. The giants below listened, understanding little, but feeling that it was all very powerful.
"I dreamed of Lord Xiao last night. He told me that all the Origin Crystal Stones in this world are stained with numerous sins!"
Feiyu's words immediately caused a stir among the giants in the audience, filling them with great fear.
However, they were reluctant to throw away the Origin Crystal Stones in their hands.
Although this item was dirty and stained with many sins, it could be exchanged for the food they relied on for survival.
If they had no Origin Crystal Stones in their hands, they would likely starve to death within a few days.
Just then, Feiyu took out a shining gold coin, exquisitely crafted, with Xiao Fei's likeness engraved on it.
"Following Lord Xiao's instructions, I have created this gold coin, which can be used in place of Origin Crystal Stones."