Su Li lifted the lid of the wooden chest on the stone table.
The chest was packed with good stuff—rare high-tier materials, along with more than a dozen wind-element aether stones bearing natural circuits.
At the very bottom lay an ancient parchment book, its cover titled Fourth-Tier Aether Circuit Derivations.
The old man had really spared no expense.
Su Li picked up the parchment book and casually flipped through a couple of pages. They were covered in dense annotations on high-tier runes, the handwriting still somewhat fresh. Clearly, the Grand Elder had spent the past few nights compiling this prized stash.
"Your grandfather's really throwing money at me." Su Li tossed the book back into the chest and picked up a cup from the table, pouring himself some cold water.
Elonore walked to the table, both hands clutching the hem of her skirt. "Grandfather said these things are nothing to the merchant association. Master Su, you could even repair such difficult armor. These materials would only gather dust in the warehouse, so they might as well be given to you for practice. He also said that if you lack any other materials, just tell me to fetch them. Don't stand on ceremony with the merchant association."
"If I said I needed a long-eared elf to warm my bed, would he pack you up and send you over too?" Su Li took a sip of water and joked outright.
Normally, if he said something so shameless, Saina would have already jumped up and pinched the soft flesh at his waist.
But standing before him now was a little elf girl who had barely seen the world.
Elonore froze on the spot, steam practically about to rise from the top of her head.
She stammered for a long while, standing there at