Lin Xiuxian chuckled. "This stuff isn't easy to get. A Knight happened to return from the Earth Element Realm a while back and found a small amount there. He brought it back and left it with a friend of mine to sell. Take a look and see if it's enough!"
As he spoke, Lin Xiuxian handed over the lead tube.
Zhang Tie took the lead tube and twisted it open. A golden crystal the size of a fist immediately floated out of the tube, drifting toward the ceiling like a balloon slipping free from a child's hand. Zhang Tie reacted quickly, snatching the crystal in one grab before promptly sealing the lead tube again.
"Careful. If that thing really floats away, there's nothing I can do..." Lin Xiuxian hurriedly warned him.
Zhang Tie nodded, pinching the fist-sized crystal between his fingers as he examined it closely.
The fist-sized crystal seemed like a fusion of gold and crystal. It possessed the texture and gleam of metal, yet was also semi-transparent. More astonishingly, the moment one let go, it would float away. Even while holding it now, Zhang Tie could still feel the force within it, eager to break free from his palm.
This was a metal—the most expensive and mysterious metal in the world today, the raw material the Great Xia Imperial Family used to manufacture the core components of airships: Levitation Gold.
Even Zhang Tie was seeing raw Levitation Gold for the first time.
"How many more are in the tube?"
"Seven more of the same size!"
"Alright. Thanks..." Zhang Tie said as he unscrewed the tube, stuffed the Levitation Gold that was trying to drift away back inside, then took the lead tube and placed it directly into one of the spatial rings on his hand. Strangely enough, the