Chapter 286: Old Five Emperors Sword! New Five Emperors Sword!
Chen Han put down the one-yuan coin, then took the bag of copper coins back to his own room.
After closing the door, he poured the copper coins from the bag onto the table.
These copper coins came from different dynasties. He picked up a few and looked them over.
They were all first-issue copper coins released in various dynasties.
For example, the Sui dynasty’s five-zhu coins, the Tang dynasty’s Kaiyuan coins, the Song dynasty’s Jianlong coins, and the Ming dynasty’s Hongwu Tongbao coins.
Naturally, these were just the more representative ones. There were also copper coins from other well-known dynasties when they changed coinage.
He took them out and made a small pile.
These were all ancient, but the rest really made it hard for him to keep a straight face.
Several domestic one-yuan coins, a few five-fen coins.
The Stars and Stripes’ 5-cent and 25-cent coins.
The big bear’s 10-ruble and 50-ruble coins.
Britain’s penny coins.
The blue country’s 10-euro and 2-euro coins.
These were all coins from the Five Great Powers. Although there were not many, placed together with the copper coins, they looked quite abrupt.
However, after he checked briefly, he was surprised to find that the collection prices of these coins were actually not lower than those of the copper coins.
For example, a domestic one-yuan coin, as long as it was the first edition and from the first batch of 2,000 pieces produced, a single coin could sell for over one million.
At that price, most of the copper coins could not compare in collection value, unless they were unique items.
Similarly, he looked up the situation of the other four countries’ coins. If they were in similar conditions, their collection prices were very high, and a single piece could fetch a high price at auction.
It could even be said that if these modern coins were all first editions, even without needing to be from the first batch, their combined collection value might surpass that of those ancient copper coins.
He would not have known if he had not checked. After checking, he had gained another useless piece of knowledge.
Chen Han roughly understood what Mr. Liu was thinking. The other side likely did not know why he wanted coins, so after spreading the word, someone brought modern coins over to ask.
After learning that modern coins could be more expensive than ancient ones, he probably thought that since he did not know what they were for anyway, he might as well buy them all.
Liu Ye indeed had this mentality. To him, the money spent on those coins did not matter at all. Even if the Chen Family Head did not need them, buying them only meant spending a bit more.
But if the Chen Family Head did need them? Then buying them would be a completely different story.
After returning to his own courtyard, he excitedly took out the Body Tempering Pills given by the Chen Family Head. When he opened the bottle and took a sniff, a faint pleasant medicinal fragrance drifted into his nose.
He had heard some Chen Clan Members talk about the Body Tempering Pills. Even Chen Clan Members needed to make contributions to receive them as a Reward, and even then, they did not get many.
Now, this small bottle given by the Chen Family Head contained quite a few.
He poured out one pill and put it in his mouth, then went into the hall. He had liked working out when he was younger, so now that his leg had healed, he had set up some fitness Tools in the hall.
After exercising on one of the fitness Tools for a short while, joy appeared on his face.
Totally worth it.
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In the room, Chen Han had already begun to examine those copper coins. His Method, of course, was to store them in the Game Warehouse and check their information.
【Yongzheng Tongbao: This is the first-issue copper coin released in the early Yongzheng years. Unfortunately, it came from burial goods, carries yin energy, and has no particular use.】
【Five-zhu coin: This is the first-issue copper coin released during the Han dynasty. The surface is damaged. Because it was taken from underground, the yin energy is too heavy and it is not suitable for long-term wearing.】
【Kaiping Tongbao: This copper coin has slight collection value but contains no special Spiritual Energy.】
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Looking through the copper coins one by one, Chen Han suddenly felt a bad omen at the very outset.
Each of these copper coins, once inspected, turned out to be either obtained from tomb robbing or completely useless.
He went through dozens of copper coins in a row, all taken from underground. Even if they were not from tombs, they had completely lost their Popularity. Aside from collection value, they were basically useless.
Those carrying yin energy even had side Effects on people, probably what Science would describe as residual Harmful Substances, massive microbial growth, chemical changes, and physical contamination.
In other words, if Uncle Jiu in the Movies used such copper coins to make a Copper Coin Sword and then used it to chop Zombies, those Zombies might even shout “that feels great” in delight.
He continued checking the rest, and this time the very first copper coin brought a small Surprise.
【Emperor Wu of Han five-zhu coin: This is the first-issue five-zhu coin minted during the era of the Han Five Emperors. It was widely circulated and carries some Luck from that dynasty and strong Popularity. However, after being buried underground for a long time, most of its Luck and Popularity has been depleted, and only a little remains. Still, it can satisfy the basic requirements for making the Old Five Emperors Sword.
Remark Information: Gather the other 4 old imperial copper coins to forge a true Old Five Emperors Sword.】
Chen Han finally felt a bit comforted.
The Five Emperors Sword was another name for the Five Emperors Copper Coin Sword. The Copper Coin Swords Uncle Jiu and the others used to chop Zombies were made from Five Emperors Coins.
Now, this copper coin in his hand could be used to make a Five Emperors Sword, the kind that would have no problem chopping Zombies after proper Refinement.
However, the words “Old Five Emperors Sword” made him pause slightly in thought.
He subconsciously took out a one-yuan Coin and put it into the Game Warehouse, then checked the Remark Information:
【Red Coin: This is a rare-edition red Coin, the first edition of Coinage truly produced after a certain nation was founded. As the nation grew stronger day by day, this edition of coins circulated among countless people. Not only does it possess flourishing Popularity, it is also endowed with deep Luck. It is an excellent Material for forging the New Five Emperors Sword.
Remark Information: Gather the other 4 current Five Emperors coins to forge a true New Five Emperors Sword. Within the Five Emperors range, all can seek out Dragon Veins and all can stir the Geography and Terrain.】
After reading this Remark Information, Chen Han just felt his Brain itch, as if he had grown extra brains.
Seriously, this works too?
Was this New Five Emperors Sword something that actually existed, or was the Game System copying it from somewhere again?
But thinking carefully, if what the Five Emperors Sword relied on was the Popularity and Luck contained in the coins, then ancient coins really were not as terrifying as modern coins.
It seemed… quite reasonable.
If that was the case, then there was no need to spell out what the other four emperors’ coins were.
Only the current Five Great Powers could be called the Five Emperors, which meant the other four countries’ coins.
As it happened, among the coins Mr. Liu had bought were coins from the other four countries.
Chen Han froze for a moment. Could it be that the Game System saw these Five Great Powers coins and, on the spur of the moment, came up with the Old Five Emperors Sword and the New Five Emperors Sword?
Given the system’s usual style, that was entirely possible.
He immediately turned to the other four types of coins and put them one by one into the Game Warehouse to check their Remark Information.
The Remarks were basically similar. These coins were all first editions, carrying strong Popularity and Luck.
However, Chen Han knew that under current circumstances, the Popularity contained in the domestic coins was definitely the highest. Sheer numbers alone crushed the others, and they circulated more widely.
As for Luck, that had to be judged from various aspects, such as development speed, international Influence, and Technology capabilities. If their overall Strength was the greatest, then the Luck carried by their coins would also be the strongest.
But for him, that did not matter. To forge the New Five Emperors Sword, these coins were all Materials; only combined would they form the Five Emperors Sword.
As for whether it was appropriate to use foreign coins for this sword of combined Popularity and Luck, and whether it would be recognized.
If even the Game System recognized it, what was there to argue?
Even if there really were beings like the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, they would approve. Immortals fight over incense offerings; do you think Immortals would not want to expand abroad?
Keep in mind that there were Daoist Sects and Daoist Temples in the Five Great Powers now, which enshrined domestic deities. Did that not count as incense offerings marching abroad?
If the Daoist Sect expanded into other countries among the Five Great Powers and people there also believed, then so what?
That Church, after all, had its expeditionary forces too.
In reality, that was the desire of the Church leadership. In a fantasy world, it would be God wanting to spread his light farther.
It was just that God overestimated his own power, was beaten badly by the gods of other countries, and went back to lick his wounds, so most of the expeditionary forces remained there.
Now, in reality, it might be the Daoist Sect expanding overseas.
He worried that if he revealed such thoughts, given the Game System’s style, it might instantly copy the idea so that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation would go to the Outer Domain to subjugate demons for sixty years, while demons had been nurtured there for three hundred years.
Chen Han immediately began carefully checking these modern coins one by one.
It had to be said, Liu Ye, as a Tycoon, was very reliable in handling matters. The coins he bought were basically genuine.
The number of copper coins needed to forge a Five Emperors Sword was not fixed. Often, taking two commonly used numbers as examples, there was the 36-coin sword corresponding to the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper stars, or the 72-coin sword corresponding to the seventy-two Earthly Fiends.
Naturally, for a Five Emperors Sword, this Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiends correspondence should not be directly substituted for the actual thirty-six Heavenly Dipper stars and seventy-two Earthly Fiends.
It was like the long-standing argument over whether the thirty-six transformations of Heavenly Dipper or the seventy-two transformations of Earthly Fiends were stronger.
If you forced the Five Emperors Sword into that framework, the argument would never end.
The Five Emperors Sword was a combination of Popularity and Luck. With equal Popularity and Luck, a sword made of 72 Five Emperors Coins would definitely be stronger than one made of
Or if 36 coins carried extremely dense Popularity and Luck, while 72 coins carried very thin Popularity and Luck, then the 36 would definitely be stronger.
There was no fixed rule.
At the moment, Chen Han had no concrete numerical metrics to go by, so once he saw that there were enough coins to make a 72-coin Five Great Powers sword, he naturally chose to forge a Five Emperors Sword of 72 coins.
Among them would be 71 Five Emperors coins, plus that Kaiyuan Tongbao dropped by the Skull Gate, which carried deep Luck.
This Kaiyuan Tongbao with deep Luck no longer counted as an ancient coin, or perhaps no longer even as a Coin, but as a piece of Luck Material.
This Luck Material together with 72 current Five Emperors coins to forge the New Five Emperors Sword should yield something impressive.
Now that he had the coin Materials, all he lacked was Red Thread.
He directly took some Red Thread out from the Game Warehouse.
It was left over from when he helped the Matchmaker God refine the Red Thread Ball last time. He had not expected it to come in handy now.
This Red Thread was made from Elm Bark and was of the wood Attribute. Combined with the coins, it could support the “Minor Fire Refining Gold” requirement of the Five Emperors Sword.
So-called “Minor Fire Refining Gold” referred to the Mechanism where Red Thread could activate the Popularity and Luck in the copper coins to form special abilities.
There were also various Methods of using Red Thread to make Copper Coin Swords. The most common was the threading method, passing the Red Thread through the holes in the copper coins.
But these modern coins had no holes, so he could only use the weaving Method: braiding multiple fine strands into one uniform cord and wrapping the coins within it.
This weaving Method was much more difficult than the threading Method.
But there was no other choice. He could not punch holes in those coins; that might damage them and render them useless.
Before weaving this Five Emperors Sword, he took out his Mobile Phone and started a recording.
It had been some time since he last recorded a Video, so this was a good chance to film one about refining a Five Emperors Sword.
Once the Video started recording, Chen Han solemnly said to the camera, “The family’s Scouts have obtained information that another Demonic Path Expert is plotting against the family, and this Demonic Path Expert is skilled at refining Zombies. I must refine a Five Emperors Sword to restrain the Zombies he refines.”
Many people understood what a Five Emperors Sword was: basically a Copper Coin Sword, especially those who had watched Uncle Jiu’s Movies.
By mentioning Zombies again here, he knew that many viewers would instantly picture a Copper Coin Sword in their minds.
But when they saw him take out modern coins one by one, they would probably show looks of shock.
Chen Han picked up the Red Thread and, facing the Mobile Phone Lens, began his work. The Red Thread weaving Method required wrapping all the coins in Red Thread and then binding them into the shape of a sword.
Of course, there was no problem if it was not shaped like a sword. Many Five Emperors Swords were made into long ruler-like bars.
Chen Han’s technique was decent. He carefully wove the coins into the shape of a sword, bound the Luck-rich Kaiyuan Tongbao in the center, and then, coin by coin, wove the modern coins into a New Five Emperors Sword.
Looking at the completed woven Five Emperors Sword in his hand, he paused the recording and stored the sword in the Game Warehouse.
【New Five Emperors Sword（semi-finished product）: This is a semi-finished New Five Emperors Sword. The coins on it contain Popularity and Luck, but they are too mixed and cannot merge into a single whole. Therefore, you must use the Artifact Refining Furnace to refine all this Popularity and Luck into one, so it can take effect.】
Seeing this, Chen Han started the Mobile Phone recording again and said to it, “Now this Five Emperors Sword is already a semi-finished product. Next, as long as I put it into the Artifact Refining Furnace for Refinement, the Five Emperors Sword can fully take shape.”
Previously, the Artifact Refining Furnace had appeared only once in a Video and then not again. This was a good chance to show it once more.
He then filmed the Artifact Refining Furnace, placing the Five Emperors Sword into the Furnace on camera.
After the Furnace’s Flame rose, the Refinement Prompt appeared again.
Knowing that the Five Emperors Sword would not be finished so quickly, he took out his Mobile Phone and began editing the footage he had just recorded, treating it as News.
After half a day, he finally heard the Game System’s notification that the Refinement was complete.
He immediately got up and walked to the Artifact Refining Furnace.
He put out the fire and opened the Furnace.
When he saw the New Five Emperors Sword inside, his eyes lit up. He quickly picked up his Mobile Phone and started filming the New Five Emperors Sword.
He had not expected that after Refinement in the Artifact Refining Furnace, this New Five Emperors Sword would undergo such a marvelous transformation.
