When Su Hao had asked Fairy Feng Ling and Feng Yan for materials, the two had hemmed and hawed for ages before digging out only a tiny bit. He had thought all sorts of Artifact Refining and Alchemy materials were terribly scarce in this world!
Now, looking at the various materials stacked neatly together and piled high enough to fill the entire Flying Boat, Su Hao finally understood. It was not that the Cultivation World lacked materials—it was that he lacked them! Besides, an individual's power was simply too insignificant before an entire Immortal Sect.
Su Hao muttered, "The resources controlled by Immortal Sects far exceed imagination!"
With a sweep of his long saber, he sliced open the nearest large crate. Casually lifting the lid, he found a field of golden yellow within. Su Hao recognized the ore at a glance—it was the fairly precious Nine-Vein Yellow Heart Stone. He opened another crate beside it. Good heavens, it was still Nine-Vein Yellow Heart Stone! The next crate—eh? Mystic Thunder Cold Mountain Iron. Tsk, tsk, tsk! This stuff was incredibly rare. Next, Qilin-Born Red Blood Stone. Damn, this stone had all kinds of uses. Spirit-Mixing Origin-Transforming Stone—advanced material, right? Three-Orifice Purple Wood Heart—top-grade material for wood-element spiritual power! Sea-Suppressing Magma Ore—this stuff could be used to make spiritual power Bombs...
Before long, Su Hao had turned over every material in the boat's hold, like a wild boar let loose in a cabbage patch.
Su Hao thought to himself, *No wonder one only hears of formidable Formation masters, yet rarely sees any top-tier Artifact Refiners. So Artifact Refining materials are all controlled by Immortal Sects and allocated centrally. Ordinary cultivators simply cannot grow into top-notch Artifact Refiners without sufficient material resources. And even if they do, they still belong under an Immortal