Li Su's expression was spectacular. Ever since the day he was born, it had never been this spectacular.
That move had truly shaken him to the core.
If not for the fact that she, like him, bore the Sacred Kill Order—and would unquestionably be hunted to death by the foreign races if exposed—he would almost have thought she had lured him here just to sell him off.
Before Li Su could complain, Ning Wuxia spoke again. She said faintly and bluntly, "Kid, just what the hell did you do?"
???
Ning Wuxia sighed. "A full eighteen kinds of fourth-grade metal, and one of them even brushes against the realm of fifth-grade metal. They offered terms that the Golden Spirit race simply couldn't refuse. If I turned that down, my identity as a Golden Spirit would be what drew suspicion instead."
Eighteen kinds of fourth-grade metal? And one even brushed against the realm of fifth-grade metal?
Were the people of the Technique Faction fucking sick in the head?
Li Su had originally been quite curious how Ning Wuxia intended to explain this, but upon hearing that, even he was stunned.
In the Mythical Realm, fourth-grade metals corresponded to the Taiyi stage. They were materials for "immortal artifacts," and not only were they exorbitantly expensive, they were strategic resources—things with a price but no market, year in and year out.
As for metal that brushed against the realm of fifth-grade metal, that was even more terrifying.
Although fourth-grade metal could be used to make immortal artifacts, their quality would not be particularly high. Still, they were more than sufficient for Taiyi cultivators, boosting their power by over onefold—reaching one and a half times, or even twice the original. Their sole flaw was that, compared to ancient immortal artifacts, these "immortal artifacts" could