Nanmen Lingyue's offer to trade surprised Chen Lin, and he even suspected that she had recognized him.
On second thought, he felt that was unlikely. Even if she had seen through his Shape-Shifting Technique, she would have seen Chen Lin's face, not Lin Feiyu's.
With that in mind, he immediately said, "I am Chen Zhili. Do you really have ink gold, fellow Daoist? How much do you have, and what would you like in exchange?"
Nanmen Lingyue gave Chen Lin a long, searching look, then took out an irregular black object the size of a human head. "This piece of ink gold is quite large. Since you are an alchemist, let's trade for pills-ones that increase cultivation or heal injuries. Those Great Returning Spirit Pills from earlier would do as well."
With that, she tossed the ink gold over.
Chen Lin hurriedly reached out to catch it.
Ink gold was extraordinarily heavy to begin with, and this piece was enormous. Even with Chen Lin's strength, his hands sank slightly under its weight.
Looking delighted, he held it up to examine it. It looked exactly like the description in the blueprints, and she was a registered Alliance cultivator with an identification number, so she was unlikely to cheat him. He happily put it away.
A piece this large accounted for a full third of the ink gold needed to refine a Spirit Boat. If he hired a skilled artifact refiner rather than making it himself, he reckoned he could soon gather enough.
Nevertheless, Chen Lin still intended to make it himself.
According to the blueprints, the finished Spirit Boat's grade could vary greatly depending on the quality of the materials and the refiner's skill.
It could be lower-grade, middle-grade, or upper-grade.
Even an artifact refining master would not dare guarantee an