The more accomplished an alchemist was, the more valuable they were. Just as a Fifth Tier Ascendant could become a Philosopher's Stone after death, a Grandmaster was only more precious.
Even being dumb had its uses.
It was like buying wealth management products with the Black Bird—close your eyes and operate blindly, and you were guaranteed to make a profit.
As long as a Grandmaster took part in the process, the success rate would inevitably shoot up.
This was a once-in-a-millennium lucky charm.
It directly locked in the lower limit, like having a guaranteed pull in a gacha pool—an SR was guaranteed every ten pulls!
And when necessary, it could even be used as material...
"Won't it get damaged or anything?" Huai Shi asked, somewhat reluctant.
He already felt deeply guilty about using someone who considered him a friend. If it got hurt because of this, could he still call himself human?
"You could die and it still wouldn't die, okay?"
Tong Ji rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see? Even Hercules couldn't chop it to death! Right now, the hardest thing about Helios is that pile of bones! Seriously, if its surname weren't Augustus instead of Sun, I'd think it was some monkey's reincarnation... Anyway, use it without worry. Use it boldly. With an opportunity this good, if you don't freeload, are you even human?"
Seeing Tong Ji guarantee it so confidently, Huai Shi finally relaxed.
But he became interested in the other person she had mentioned. "Who's this monkey you were talking about?"
"Just a pitiful tool from the Dongxia Lineage's past."
Tong Ji answered casually without elaborating.
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Now that they had a direction, there was no time to waste.
Five minutes later, Huai Shi had set up the ritual matrix around the furnace containing the Eternal Frozen