Instead of answering Chen Ping'an's question, Zheng Dafeng raised one of his own.0

"You don’t know how gold essence copper coins are forged, right? The primary material required to craft them is the fragments of shattered godly bodies of mountain and river gods. The secondary materials are just as difficult to obtain, and the end result are the three types of gold essence copper coins, Good Fortune Coins, Greeting Spring Coins, and Offering Coins.0

"The fortune of the Great Li Empire has always been quite stable, and illegitimate temples have always been extremely rare, and that's why gold essence copper coins are particularly expensive to purchase. In contrast, it can be very cheap to purchase godly body fragments from other places. 0

"Many immortal sects and clans will actively hunt down illegitimate mountain and river gods, and if there aren't enough illegitimate temples for them to eradicate, then they'll pressure some mortal empires into stripping some legitimate mountain and river gods of their official titles, thereby giving them an illegitimate status so that they can be hunted down. 0

"Even if certain mortal empires are unwilling to comply, there are still ways to secure godly body fragments. For example, some immortal powers will hire some itinerant cultivators to do their dirty work for them, rewarding them with some mediocre immortal techniques and treasures in exchange for godly body fragments. 0

"The cost required to produce a gold essence copper coin through such underhanded means may not even be worth as much as a single grain rain coin, but if the emperor of the Great Li Empire were to purchase gold essence copper coins from the outside world, then a single one could set him back as many as seven or eight grain rain coins."0

"Are there currently any more gold essence copper coins left in the world?" Chen Ping'an asked.0

"That's hard to say," Zheng...0