After taking out her wallet, Jiang Han looked at the ice crystal stone in its box with both satisfaction and heartache.
It was a type of liquid crystal stone.
One-third of it was forever liquid, one-third solid ice, and one-third vaporized ice mist.
It could serve as the primary material for a wand, or for a two-handed staff. It could also be mixed with white gray whale oil to make a universal antidote capable of lifting curses, and it was one of the main materials used to craft the Mana Lens, one of an Archwitch's essential pieces of equipment.
As a type of high-grade liquid crystal stone, every piece mined was subject to a tax worth 10% of the crystal stone itself. Fifteen percent of that tax went to the great witch Kraken, while 85% went to the government. This item alone did quite a lot to brighten up the tax revenue reports... Naturally, that made it look all the more beautiful... Jiang Han quietly ached over the expense.
Her decisive purchase delighted Cui Yiqi—not because of how much profit the price brought, but because of what it meant. To Cui Yiqi, witches buying ore from witch adventurers perhaps meant that the witch community might gradually begin accepting witch adventurers in all sorts of ways, rather than merely playing among themselves and occasionally bestowing favor upon them.
"All at once... 750 grams... the odd amou—" Miss Cui bit her tongue, her eyes widening as both hands flew like lightning to cover her mouth.
Ouch... With how fast this girl talked, biting her tongue had to hurt... Jiang Han unconsciously touched her chin and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"Mmph, mmph... I'm fine, I... the odd amount... total... 4,350..." Miss Cui covered her mouth, her cheeks puffing in and out