Ye Lin steadied himself and stepped forward to follow.
Since he was here, he wanted to see just how good the "many fine things" Su Cheng had mentioned really were.
The two of them proceeded slowly along a passage paved with warm jade.
As they walked, Su Cheng casually introduced the place, his tone offhand yet unable to conceal his pride.
"The first level mainly stores all kinds of artifact-refining materials and pills. Fellow Daoist, please look over here."
As he spoke, Su Cheng pointed toward a row of raised platforms on the left.
Following his gesture, Ye Lin saw jade boxes and crystals of all sizes laid out atop the platforms.
"This piece is Nine Heavens Star Iron, mined from the core of a meteor beyond the Ninth Heavens. It weighs over ten thousand jun and possesses exceptional toughness. It is an excellent primary material for forging acquired spirit treasure flying swords."
Su Cheng pointed to a fist-sized piece of metal that shimmered with a dim blue starlight.
"This is a ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Ginseng. It is ice-aspected and grows beneath ice layers thousands of zhang deep in the polar regions of the North Sea. If consumed by a fellow Daoist who cultivates an ice-aspected technique, it can equal ten thousand years of arduous cultivation."
"And this piece, Earthcore Mysterious Fire Crystal, is fire-aspected—the exact opposite of the Mysterious Ice Ginseng..."
Ye Lin listened and nodded, his expression calm.
These things truly were precious. Out in the world, they would be enough to make Daluo Golden Immortals fight until their heads bled.
But to him, they were merely "not bad." Now that he was a quasi-Saint, ordinary materials and pills were of little use to him.
Su Cheng was skilled at reading expressions. Seeing Ye Lin's indifferent reaction, he