Nine Types Creation: Three
Besides the Essence of the Five Metals, the most important item was what rested on the tray at the other end of the table—a crystalline object with a snowflake-like radial structure, dazzling and translucent like amber.
A marvel born over vast stretches of time beneath twenty-four hours of natural sunlight: crystallized sunlight.
Its defining trait was absolute purity. It contained no foreign matter whatsoever, no matter how many decimal places one calculated it to. It was pure light.
Neither harsh nor scorching, mild and pure, like sunlight shining over all things and bringing them to life.
The Essence of the Sun!
Looking at these two primary materials before him, Ji Jue couldn't help but sigh.
They had been painfully hard to obtain.
Both had been on the list he had given Dugu Ming back then. He had figured that there was no harm in trying his luck—what if they actually had them?
As it turned out, they didn't.
The Essence of the Five Metals was not particularly rare, but it had to be used immediately after being produced. Even in a completely sealed environment, it could only remain active for a few days at most, making it virtually impossible to store.
If he wanted it, he had to place an order at precisely the right time—and the price was extortionate.
After haggling with Dugu Ming for ages, the man had only agreed to provide the raw materials: five metal materials purified to the utmost limit. Even those had been obtained through Cosmos Heavy Industries' channels.
It had cost him dearly.
Silver, copper, iron, and tin were manageable. Gold was the real issue. Wherever one went, gold was absolute hard currency.
This wisp of Essence of Gold had been extracted by purifying and concentrating a full ton