"This is Demon Ore!"
As Mu Sigui introduced these powders, although everyone heard the words "Demon Ore," no one connected them with weapon forging.
Though demonic creatures were omnivorous—besides eating meat, they chewed dirt, swallowed corpses, and consumed all manner of things—they were ultimately flesh-and-blood beings. What their bodies digested remained as flesh and blood, while all other dregs were expelled.
Therefore, it was perfectly normal for Demon Essence extracted from Demon Corpses to be liquid. But powder... could it be bone ash?
"...Demon Ore functions much like the five metals. It can be used to forge divine weapons!"
The moment those words fell, the Grand Artisans all declared it impossible. They could accept using a demonic creature's armor scales, teeth, fur, hide, and feathers as materials to forge or strengthen divine weapons, but how could a Demon Corpse still be useful after it had been burned to ash?
One Grand Artisan reached out to pick it up. He had assumed that such a tiny pinch of powder would take no effort at all, but instead made a complete fool of himself.
His feet staggered, and the jade basin dragged heavily downward in his hands. This portion of ore vein weighed far beyond imagination.
It was not bone ash. Bone ash could not possibly carry such terrifying weight; no living creature could produce anything like it.
Two more Grand Artisans stepped forward, one on either side, joining forces with him before they finally managed to lift the jade basin without spilling the Demon Ore all over the ground.
They spent their days beside blazing flames and ores. Each pair of arms possessed, at the very least, the strength to lift thousands or even tens of thousands of jin. Yet the three of them together could barely raise this insignificant portion