[Tai'a]
Among the Ye Clan's Nine Types Inheritance, it was the least researched and most obscure existence. Hardly any swordsmiths had ever invested time or effort into it.
Even those who had only sampled it superficially.
In the four hundred years after the Eternal Empire fell apart, not only had there been little in-depth research or further development, but the inheritance had repeatedly been lost. The few surviving research records merely circled around the basics; whenever they touched upon advanced or crucial aspects, they were often vague or even contradictory.
Because it was expensive.
It sounded sad, but that was reality. Before the forging requirements of Tai'a, even the Ye Clan, inheritors of the Nine Types, were nothing more than beggars.
Materials from the Eternal Gate lineage emphasized extravagance and wastefulness taken to the extreme. They had no cost-effectiveness whatsoever, and their markup was absurd! If Superior Virtue, which governed space and time, had not wanted to write "poor people keep out" right on its face, why would it have been a gate?
Forging Tai'a required one thing above all else: spending money!
And not just spending money—it meant bankrupting yourself!
The entire blank had to use Time Sand as its primary material, and it had to be refined and reshaped. Time Sand was sold by the grain on the market, when it was available at all, yet when it came time to use it, one had to start by throwing in dozens of pounds just to lay a foundation!
Flowing Light Golden Spring, which could serve as a primary material in other creations, could only be used here as catalytic consumables. It also required combinations of other materials before becoming one-use supplies. That was without even mentioning the many Blessings required and the harsh refinement conditions.
As a result,