I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 57 - 56: Making a Copper Coin Sword

The principle was actually quite simple. Take an egg and a stone, for example. If you increased an egg’s strength and hardness tenfold, it might be able to withstand a clash with a stone.

However.

If you then also increased the stone’s strength and hardness tenfold before they collided, the enhanced egg would still be no match for the enhanced stone.

It was as simple as that.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!!!

And so,

Xu Qing continued to swing his sword.

Another hour passed.

[Wandering Dragon Sword LV9: 20700/15360 (Upgradable!)]

"Upgrade,"

Xu Qing said.

HUMMM!

The next moment,

the Encyclopedia of All Things shimmered with a fluorescent light.

At the same time,

the Wandering Dragon Sword in Xu Qing’s hand flashed with white light.

At that moment,

Xu Qing witnessed the forging of the Wandering Dragon Sword. In the vision, he saw a burly blacksmith whose face he couldn’t make out clearly.

This was a Master Blacksmith who had nearly reached the pinnacle of forging arts in the Mortal World. The material he used was the exceedingly precious Thousand-year-old Cold Pool Profound Iron.

One could say,

this forging material was priceless.

Furthermore,

the flame he used was Earth Fire, channeled from volcanic magma, and the quenching liquid was meltwater from the thousand-year-old snows of the Celestial Mountain.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!!!

The forging had begun.

The Master Blacksmith poured his life’s blood and all his mental energy into it. It took him a full thirty-six years, but he finally succeeded in forging the sword.

ROAR!!!

Moreover,

on the day the sword was completed, when it was unsheathed, the sound it made was like a dragon’s cry.

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Wandering Dragon Sword LV10: 5340/30720 (This is an Unparalleled Divine Weapon forged by a Master Blacksmith over a full thirty-six years. He used volcanic Earth Fire, Thousand-year-old Cold Pool Profound Iron, and meltwater from thousand-year-old snow, pouring all his heart’s blood and mental energy into its creation. On the day of its completion, its song was like the cry of a dragon.)]

"Excellent."

An extremely satisfied smile appeared on Xu Qing’s face. As he gripped the Wandering Dragon Sword, the hilt felt as if he were touching a Dragon Scale.

Moreover,

a dragon-shaped pattern seemed to have emerged on the body of the Wandering Dragon Sword.

It was truly incredible.

It seemed to possess a Spirituality of its own.

SHIING!

The sword rang out.

ROAR!

Like a wandering dragon.

Xu Qing drew the blade and performed his Swordsmanship. Faint Sword Qi surged about, extraordinary and possessing a nigh-unimaginable Power.

The feeling was very strange.

With every move of his Swordsmanship, every swing of the sword, it felt as if an invisible force was enhancing his techniques and might.

"Not bad."

Xu Qing grew even more satisfied. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

In fact,

the Level 10 Iron Sword was still perfectly adequate for Xu Qing’s needs. But just in case, he had upgraded to the stronger Level 10 Wandering Dragon Sword.

Next,

Xu Qing took out eighty-four Copper Coins from the Great Zhou Martial Country. The Copper Coins of the Great Zhou Martial Country were imbued with the spirit of the common people, giving them a slight evil-warding effect.

Therefore,

Xu Qing planned to use these eighty-four Copper Coins of the Great Zhou Martial Country to craft a Copper Coin Sword.

Of course,

Xu Qing wouldn’t just use ordinary Copper Coins from the Great Zhou Martial Country. He planned to first upgrade all eighty-four coins to Level 10 before crafting them into a Copper Coin Sword.

By Xu Qing’s estimation,

a Copper Coin Sword crafted this way would certainly be incredibly powerful. It would have a surprisingly potent effect, especially against existences of the ’Deceitful Path’.

Thinking of this,

Xu Qing immediately set his plan into motion.

First,

to gain Experience Points for the Great Zhou Martial Country’s Copper Coins, they had to be used in a transaction. Each transaction yielded one Experience Point.

Also,

you could only trade with any given person once. Trading with the same person again would not yield any Experience Points.

Therefore,

Xu Qing came up with a plan.

For example,

Xu Qing would take out a registered Copper Coin and use it to buy something from someone.

Afterward,

Xu Qing would use two unregistered Copper Coins to buy back the registered coin from the person. For the person trading with Xu Qing, this was a surefire profit. Turning one Copper Coin into two was a deal too good to pass up.

Under normal circumstances,

the other party would almost always agree.

If they didn’t agree,

Xu Qing would use force to compel them. If force didn’t work and the person wasn’t afraid of death, Xu Qing would just kill them and take the registered Copper Coin back.

’Time to go.’

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He first went to a Money Shop and exchanged for a full thousand taels’ worth of Copper Coins. A String of Copper Coins was equivalent to one tael of silver.

In other words,

he had a full thousand strings, which required a cart to transport.

Furthermore,

a String of Copper Coins contained one hundred coins.

One tael of silver was equal to one hundred Copper Coins.

Outside the Money Shop,

Xu Qing emerged pushing a handcart. On his cart were a full thousand strings of Copper Coins, and he brazenly paraded them through the streets in front of everyone.

In addition,

Xu Qing had already put on his Evil Ghost Mask and changed his appearance. He wasn’t in the guise of "Lv Dongbin," the burly, square-jawed middle-aged man, but rather a handsome young man.

All around,

people’s eyes were fixed on Xu Qing. Their gazes were involuntarily drawn to the Copper Coins on the cart, a hint of greed in their eyes.

Parading through the streets like this was bound to attract unwanted attention.

"Stop!"

Xu Qing hadn’t gone far before several gang members approached. There weren’t many, just five of them, and they surrounded Xu Qing, blocking his path.

"Hey, brat! Our Axe Gang lost a cart of Copper Coins last night. I’d say this cart of yours looks exactly like the one we lost."

"Yeah, that’s right."

"Looks like you’re the one who stole it."

"Hurry up and give it back!"

"..."

The five Axe Gang members berated him one after another, their eyes filled with obvious greed as they stared at the Copper Coins on the cart. That much money was at least several hundred, if not a thousand, taels of silver.

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!!!

Suddenly,

blood splattered.

In the eyes of the onlookers, they saw nothing at all—only the splatter of blood, as if some kind of sharp object had sliced across the five Axe Gang members’ necks.

Crimson blood gushed from their necks.

"GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE..."

Then,

the five Axe Gang members all clutched their necks and collapsed to the ground.

All dead.

"!!!"

"What!!"

"..."

Instantly,

the pupils of the surrounding crowd contracted. They had been expecting a good show, but instead, the five Axe Gang members had died inexplicably.

"That’s..."

However,

not far away, there were some experts. Their eyes fell upon a nearby wall. Embedded in the wall were several leaves, as if they were sharp blades, with blood dripping from them onto the ground.

"HISS..."

"Killing with flying leaves..."

"My heavens!"

"An... an Outer Gang Powerhouse?!!"

"How is that possible!?"

"He looks so young!!!"

"..."

Shock.

Utter shock.

The experts who witnessed this scene were completely stunned. Their gazes toward Xu Qing were now filled with deep reverence.

After all,

none of them had expected this young man to be an Outer Gang Powerhouse. He looked so young, twenty or thirty at most.

Unbelievable.

Simply unbelievable.

By now,

Xu Qing had already pushed his cart to a bustling market square. It was crowded and lively. After glancing around for a few moments, he stopped at an empty spot.

Immediately after,

Xu Qing set up a sign.

It read: Copper Coin Exchange.

The rules were as follows: The stall owner would buy an item from a customer for eighty-four Copper Coins. After the transaction was complete, the owner would buy back the just-exchanged eighty-four Copper Coins for one hundred and sixty-eight Copper Coins.

"Th-this..."

"Is this for real?"

"Isn’t this just giving away free money?"

"Well, I’ll be!"

"Is he an idiot? He’s just giving away money!"

"..."

Instantly,

a crowd gathered around.

At first,

no one really believed it. Xu Qing said nothing, remaining silent and perfectly calm as he sat on his stool with his eyes closed, resting.

After a while.

"Make way! Make way!"

"..."

Just then,

a clamor arose.

A man walked over. He was tall and burly, with a handsome face and a powerful aura, and appeared to be around forty years old.

This forty-ish-year-old man was none other than "Pang Hongfei," the senior disciple of the Broken Stone Martial Arts Hall—one of the three great Martial Arts Halls in Qingbei Town’s Outer City. His strength was formidable, not even inferior to Huo Yi’s.

However,

whether it was Huo Yi or this Pang Hongfei, despite their great strength, neither had yet taken the second step of the Martial Dao. They were still at the Peak of Pill Strength.

After all,

for an ordinary person, opening the Ren and Du Meridians to construct the Bridge of Heaven and Earth was fraught with difficulties. Failure even carried the risk of death.

In contrast, there was Xu Qing.

He had merely upgraded his Baji Heaven-Striking Fist by one level, and during the upgrade process, as naturally as water carving a channel, his Ren and Du Meridians were opened, the Bridge of Heaven and Earth was constructed, and he successfully stepped into the Outer Gang realm.

There was simply no comparison.

"Hello."

Pang Hongfei walked up to Xu Qing and bowed, his tone extremely respectful.

"Mm."

Xu Qing nodded.

In fact,

Pang Hongfei had personally witnessed Xu Qing killing with flying leaves. To be able to kill with something as fragile as a leaf, and even pierce a wall with it...

That could only be achieved by infusing the leaves with Gang Qi.

It was important to understand that,

while one could indeed kill an ordinary person with a leaf if it was thrown with enough speed and Power, it would be impossible to pierce a solid wall.

The difference in material strength between a leaf and a wall was simply too great.

One had to infuse it with Gang Qi, increasing the leaf’s strength many times over, and combine that with extreme speed and Power to accomplish such a feat.

"You want to make a trade?"

Xu Qing asked.

"Yes."

Pang Hongfei nodded. He took out an item and said, "Excuse me, is the item in my hand worth eighty-four Copper Coins?"

"It is."

Xu Qing glanced at the broken dagger in Pang Hongfei’s hand and nodded calmly.

It was important to understand that,

if the traded item’s value was too high or too low, it wouldn’t be considered a trade but rather a gift. The transaction wouldn’t count, and thus wouldn’t grant any Experience Points.