Su Li casually slipped the Ice Soul Ore in his hand into his Space Ring. The temperature of the water had already dropped considerably.
"Your talent for buying meat only works in Wading Village." Su Li leaned against the wooden tub. "Next time you buy meat, bring her along. Just having her stand there would make the owner want to give you the chopping block too."
Elena stepped into the water, splashing Saina across the face.
"This young lady isn't going to some greasy place like that." Elena found a comfortable spot and pressed herself against Su Li. "Where's that stone? I still thought it was hot when I came in just now."
"I put it away." Su Li naturally wrapped an arm around each of their waists as his Sword Spirit Root began circulating on its own.
With the Ice Soul Ore as a foundation, coupled with the ether circulation on either side of him, the burning, swollen pain in his meridians vanished completely. The barrier to the peak of Tier 3 was right before his eyes, but he was in no hurry to break through. He had spent the past few years lying low in the Free City-State; safety came first, and forcing a breakthrough could easily lead to something going wrong.
What mattered now was how to inscribe Tier 3 runes onto weapons.
The next morning.
Su Li carried a burlap sack into the workshop on the third floor of the Elven Merchant Association.
Talia had her head buried in a pile of blueprints and did not even look up.
"We're not practicing Tier 2 today." Su Li tossed the sack into a corner. "Get me some high-grade refined steel. I want to try a Tier 3 Sharpness Circuit."
The pen in Talia's hand froze in midair.