Chapter 549

Sui Xiong was someone who valued relationships deeply. Once he decided to make friends with someone, he would no longer handle matters with the attitude of doing business.

"Interested in seeing my factory?" he asked the Rune God with a smile. "I only set it up a few days ago."

Naturally, the Rune God was interested. Void Mask had always been mysterious and unpredictable in all things, yet never acted without purpose. If he was introducing this "factory" to others with such pride, it surely had something extraordinary about it.

So they went to the newly completed ore-processing factory and took a careful look around.

"Truly marvelous!" Before ascending to godhood, the Rune God had also been skilled in mining, smelting, and forging, and immediately saw the wonder of this factory. "With this method, the highest-quality iron ore can be selected. When it comes time to smelt the iron, the quality will certainly be excellent!"

"Exactly." Sui Xiong smiled. "Generally speaking, making fine equipment requires good steel, which naturally requires high-quality iron ore. Before smelting, experienced miners and blacksmiths must carefully sort through the ore, picking out the best pieces. Only then can they produce good iron and forge good equipment. But with my ore-processing factory, the iron ore it selects is guaranteed to be the very best, and it takes very little time—it's like having a whole batch of top-tier ore sorters screening the ore for me. Once it comes out of the furnace, it will definitely become the finest steel!"

"Of course!" The Rune God nodded, eyes shining. "The best steel comes from the best ore!"

"Forgive my bluntness, but the ore in your Northwest Republic is still not of good enough quality. Even after being sorted this way, the iron you smelt will probably still be slightly