They didn't get up immediately because this small island has not been fully dealt with yet.
He Yunfang looked at the small island under his feet and first introduced why they should seize the island to Xiang Beifei.
"Don't be deceived by how small this island looks, it's not even enough to build a outhouse, but in fact, land in the Edge Corner Airspace acts as a circulating currency! This island is like an untapped mine, once developed properly, it can be a substantial fortune!"
"Circulating currency? Do you mean—money used for trade?" Xiang Beifei inquired.
"Yes, more or less! In the Great Desolate Realm, transactions are mostly involving various Beast Pills, spiritual power crystals, Spirit Stones, and the like. Of course, these items can be currency here, too, but the most valuable currency is breath soil!"
Because Xiang Beifei saved his life, He Yunfang wasn't hiding anything and introduced some general knowledge to Xiang Beifei.
"You're new and might not understand what breath soil is. Let me think, when you flew here, you must have realized how strange the force in the void is, right? Flying in the void without breath soil, the spiritual power consumed is hundreds of times of normal, isn't it?"
He Yunfang, looking prophetic, assessed Xiang Beifei and asked.
He assumed that Xiang Beifei must have exerted a lot of effort flying here and probably had a lot of spiritual power swallowed by void power.
"Yes, you guessed right, flying wasn't easy! I was exhausted all the way."
Xiang Beifei nodded seriously with an earnest face!
In fact, he was stepping on breath soil all the way here, Xiaohei swayed all along like driving an airship.
"But when you came to this small island, did you feel that the swallow power of the void disappeared?" He Yunfang asked again.
Xiang Beifei nodded again, trying hard to appear like a bumpkin who had never seen anything before.
"That's it! That is the importance of breath soil land! Land made from breath soil can resist void swallowing force, as long as you're within the protection range of breath soil, spiritual power won't be lost from your body. So here, land has become a currency more precious than Spirit Stones and Beast Pills! Owning breath soil land is equivalent to owning wealth! No one would go against breath soil!"
He Yunfang pointed to the small island beneath them and solemnly said, "You could say, in the Edge Corner Airspace, breath soil symbolizes power, status, and strength! You can use breath soil to trade other treasures, as long as the price is reasonable, most people won't refuse!"
Breath soil becoming currency was something Xiang Beifei hadn't considered, he curiously asked, "How is breath soil specifically calculated as currency?"
"The currency unit of breath soil here is measured by inch. An inch of land refers to a square block of soil that is an inch in length, width, and height. Similarly, a foot of land, a zhang of land, and a li of land are defined this way. The specific size lengths are similar to the common units in the Great Desolate Realm, but here a foot, zhang, li of land includes length, width, and height."
He Yunfang took out a neatly compressed block of breath soil and showed it to Xiang Beifei, "This tiny bit of inch land has the value equivalent to a Beast Pill from the early Heavenly Connection stage! A foot of land can buy a Beast Pill from the late Heavenly Connection stage, and for a spiritual power crystal from the early Eternal Life stage, it might take about several dozen zhang of land based on the different market price trends!"
Xiang Beifei's eyes widened!
Looking at the breath soil block in He Yunfang's hand.
An inch, which is roughly three centimeters.
A foot equals ten inches, about thirty centimeters.
A zhang equals ten feet, approximately three meters, a zhang of land is roughly twenty-seven cubic meters.
A li equals five hundred meters, a li of land refers to land with its length, width, and height each being five hundred meters!
Xiang Beifei hadn't anticipated that what he used to painstakingly seek, spiritual power crystals in the early Heavenly Connection stage, could be exchanged for just such a small inch of land?
"Now you understand how precious this thing is, right? There's no way around it, fellow travelers coming to the Edge Corner Airspace are basically paupers."
Seeing Xiang Beifei's shocked expression, He Yunfang thought Xiang Beifei was stunned by his words, and smiled slightly.
He expected Xiang Beifei to react this way.
Xiang Beifei was indeed very shocked!
But the definition of shock in his mind differed from He Yunfang's understanding; He Yunfang thought Xiang Beifei was frightened by the land currency, but what Xiang Beifei's mind pondered was—
Oh my! Breath soil is even more precious than I imagined!
Currently, he possessed countless breath soil, if he were to fully display the breath soil, it could form a large block with length, width, height reaching tens of thousands li, right?
How many Beast Pills could that purchase!
He exchanged a glance with Xiaohei, Xiaohei's eyes also sparkled like little stars.
We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich!
Xiang Beifei instantly felt he had reached the pinnacle of life, his happiness index soared.
Having newly arrived, while others are paupers, he's a grand millionaire with land spanning thousands of miles!
This start is the pinnacle of life!
After a while, Xiang Beifei asked curiously, "If land is so scarce here, why don't you dig up soil from the Great Desolate Realm?"
"That's precisely what I wanted to tell you, bringing soil from over there is useless because that soil cannot withstand the swallowing force of the void, only breath soil can. Breath soil is a very special existence, and cannot be compared with that soil."
He Yunfang felt necessary to throw some cold water on Xiang Beifei, lest he laboriously goes back to the Great Desolate Realm to bring soil over, doing pointless work.