"How many Spirit Stones and materials do you need?"
Wang Chen knew full well that the thing before him never rose early without profit. Without giving it some benefits, he could forget about making it budge.
Little Cauldron grinned and licked its lips. "Whatever Master wishes to give is fine. If this spirit artifact is reshaped into a staff, it won't require many materials. Of course, it would naturally be better to add some high-quality materials."
"No Spirit Stones are necessary. Little Cauldron will modify it for Master free of charge."
Eh?
Wang Chen was greatly surprised—had the sun risen in the west today?
This Taotie-natured fellow was actually offering to do it for free.
But Wang Chen understood one principle: free things were often the most expensive.
"Refine it properly."
He said decisively, "If the modification is done well, I'll reward you with a hundred Medium Spirit Stones."
Little Cauldron was immediately overjoyed. "Many thanks for Master's generous reward!"
Wang Chen simply opened his Qiankun Ring and let Little Cauldron select suitable materials from inside.
When repairing the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror last time, he had spent heavily to purchase a batch of precious spirit materials. After using some, there was still some left.
They happened to come in handy now.
Since this was only a modification rather than forging or repairing, once the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff and the materials were placed into the treasure cauldron, the work was declared complete after only two hours.
A freshly forged, scorching-hot metal staff fell into Wang Chen's hand!
The staff was five feet seven inches long and two fingers thick in diameter, weighing over a thousand jin—roughly the same as the original Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff.
Yet compared with the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff, this bronze-colored long staff appeared far