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After settling Lord Jun and the others in, Gu Xi did not head to Yin Capital right away. Instead, he made a trip to Flame Victoria City.
The moment they saw Gu Xi arrive, Li Shiqian and the Red Equipment Guard—Blacksmith came up to greet him.
"My lord."
Gu Xi did not waste words with them either. He directly tossed the Broken Scale Fragment he had obtained into Li Shiqian's hands.
"This is a fairly decent piece of Red Equipment. Ordinary quality. The most useful thing about it is that it can ignore terrain and allow passage across the earth, the starry sky, and some strange places.
"You could say that aside from the void, this thing can go anywhere.
"This counts as a fairly decent path.
"But there are limits too. It has no way to teleport. If it could open a Teleportation Gate, then this path would be solid.
"The remaining three paths can only be considered average. One is a path that strengthens defense, and it isn't a defensive method like a Defense Shield, either. It's an ordinary defensive method, one that only counts when you're actually hit.
"That kind of thing is only used in melee combat. For you, my lord, it isn't of much use.
"Another route is a plant-oriented domain. It can speed up Plant Growth around the user? The effect of this domain isn't very good, but it is related to the earth, so I can more or less understand how this thing came about.
"This last one, though, is rather baffling. It can devour ore, but there is no detailed explanation of what the devoured ore can be used for afterward.
"So, my lord, this piece of Red