Feng Jun took out five thousand Upper Spirit Stones, and the Guardians said nothing more. Two Stone Rings appeared on the table once again.
Feng Jun put away the three Stone Rings and asked in a deep voice, "The subsidiary artifacts... can they be controlled by the primary artifact?"
"That's right," the Guardians answered casually. "If I couldn't even accomplish that, how would I have the nerve to ask for Spirit Stones?"
To it, crafting two subsidiary artifacts truly did not consume much spiritual energy. The crucial point was that creating such artifacts required exceptional mastery of the laws of time and space, as well as sufficient understanding of the primary artifact's characteristics.
So what it earned was not merely payment for craftsmanship, but payment for knowledge as well. Didn't they say knowledge was wealth?
If one said it was charging too much, it truly was not. Back in its heyday, if someone wanted it to make this for a mere five thousand Upper Spirit Stones—there had to be a decent personal friendship at the very least. Otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible.
Having obtained the three Stone Rings, Feng Jun was ready to leave. "May I ask if you have any further instructions, Senior?"
The Guardians was quite satisfied after receiving five thousand Upper Spirit Stones. That many Spirit Stones would be enough for it to use for "a while." Previously, the Upper Spirit Stones Feng Jun gave it had always been counted by the hundred.
However, it really did have something else to say. "To ensure that the Stone Rings can open the passage relatively smoothly, you should use up the Yellow Profound Qi. Once the realm is pleased, everything becomes easier."
Feng Jun frowned and said troubledly, "But the problem is... I don't know how to