The currency in circulation in the Great Lang Kingdom is mainly copper and iron coins, mixed with a small amount of silver ingots. Because copper, iron, and silver coins are too heavy and inconvenient to transport, the court established the Flying Note Institute, dedicated to printing and exchanging flying notes. Anyone holding a flying note stamped by the government can go to the local Flying Note Institute to exchange it for an equivalent amount of copper and iron coins. Some people even use these notes as currency, but since the denominations are quite large, they are not very convenient to use and are only used for large transactions.

This is just like the jiaozi of the Northern Song Dynasty, or the silver notes often seen in martial arts novels!

Evelyn Spencer also didn’t know why the burly, bearded man had so many flying notes on him.

He couldn’t help but say, “Master, we’ve struck it rich!”

Chapter 6: Comprehending Lightness Skill

Edward Miller let out a chuckle and said, “Although the Miao family isn’t exactly wealthy, we have dozens of estates all over the Great Lang Kingdom, and more than ten mountain strongholds in famous mountains everywhere. What’s this bit of money to us?”

“Forget it, seeing how pitifully poor you are, and since you risked your life to snatch these flying notes, they’re all yours now!”

Evelyn Spencer was greatly surprised and exclaimed, “Master, is our family really this rich?”

Edward Miller lazily replied, “As long as your martial arts are strong, wealth comes easily. What’s so surprising about that?”

Evelyn Spencer felt that the martial artists in this world were completely different from those he’d read about in novels in his previous life. He didn’t ask further, but buried his head and carefully counted the flying notes in the bundle. There were a total of 586 notes, each with a denomination of twenty guan, adding up to more than ten thousand guan in total—just like the saying on Earth: “a fortune of ten thousand guan!”

One guan of copper coins in the Great Lang Kingdom has a purchasing power equivalent to five or six hundred yuan on Earth. By Earth’s standards, this was quite a considerable fortune.

Suddenly coming into such a large sum made Evelyn Spencer lose all interest in the five money pouches. He dumped them out, finding mostly loose silver, copper, and iron coins, with only five large silver ingots and a dozen flying notes in the bearded man’s pouch.

Evelyn Spencer wrapped the flying notes back up in the bundle, tossed away the five money pouches, and kept only the silver and coins. His heart was pounding wildly as he thought to himself, “I never expected to have such good fortune after crossing over. Now I don’t have to worry about making a living.”

After the excitement passed, Evelyn Spencer suddenly felt hungry. He hadn’t eaten anything that morning because he’d gone out to look for his master, and after witnessing Edward Miller kill someone in the street, he’d hurriedly followed his master out of Chongyang City, staying hungry the whole time.

Now, deep in the wilderness, there was nowhere to find food. His stomach rumbled a few times, and just as he was feeling embarrassed, a large flatbread was tossed at his face. He caught it, overjoyed, and called out, “Master, you even brought food?”

Naturally, it was Edward Miller who had thrown the flatbread. He chuckled and said, “No matter how much money you have, if you’re in the wilderness with nothing to eat, it won’t fill your belly.”

“Let me teach you something, disciple: when you travel the martial world, always carry some dry rations with you.”

Evelyn Spencer gnawed on the flatbread, looking obedient and eager to learn. He said, “Master, you’re absolutely right. Your disciple has learned this lesson.”

After finishing the flatbread, Evelyn Spencer patted his backside, stood up, and practiced the Hun Yuan Stance a few times. In this world, martial strength is respected above all. Now that he finally had the chance to learn martial arts, he dared not waste his days idly.

Seeing how hard he worked, Edward Miller couldn’t help but look at him with new respect, thinking to himself, “All my martial arts are family secrets, so I can’t truly take on a disciple—he’s only a disciple in name. I also can’t travel the martial world for long with a child in tow; it’s too inconvenient.”

“My original plan was to teach him the Hu family’s Hun Yuan Stance and Tang Demon Sword, then part ways. But Evelyn once saved my life, he’s talented and diligent, and calls me master so sincerely—why not give him a bit more good fortune? It’s only fair.”

“I’ve heard that Zhang Yuanqiao of the Songyang Sect, because of discord with the sect leader, once burned incense before the founder’s statue and left to start his own sect!”

“He’s a grandmaster in his own right, and now he lacks a good disciple. If I send Evelyn to him, wouldn’t that be a perfect match?”

That night, both master and disciple had their own thoughts. Edward Miller was thinking that he shouldn’t let this master-disciple relationship go to waste and must find a good place for his disciple. Evelyn Spencer, having suddenly come into a fortune, was both excited and anxious, tossing and turning, unable to sleep!

At last, as dawn broke, Evelyn Spencer hurriedly got up. Unfortunately, out in the wilderness and in a ruined temple, there was no clean water or towel, let alone a breakfast stall. Even if he wanted to show his filial piety, there was no way to do so, so he could only help his master gather some dry grass.

Edward Miller got up in the morning, meditated for a while, and after cultivating for half an hour, had Evelyn Spencer shoulder the bundle. After roughly determining their direction, they continued heading south.

By noon, Evelyn Spencer was exhausted from walking. In the distance, he saw a town and, overjoyed, followed his master into it.

Edward Miller was also quite hungry, so they found a noodle shop and ordered two big bowls of noodles. The two of them ate their fill, then found an inn in town and settled in.

Edward Miller was still injured and not yet fully recovered, so after settling in, he didn’t go out but closed the door to meditate and heal.