Ordinary weapons would have been one thing, but these weapons all gleamed with cold light. They clearly contained rare metals and had been specially refined, likely having undergone ritual refinement in an artifact furnace.
So-called ritual refinement meant that Dao Cultivators expended mana to activate an artifact furnace and forge weapons with its artifact flames.
Weapons forged by artifact flames were not artifacts, yet they still counted as ritual weapons, more than ten times stronger than ordinary arms.
But it was not only ritual weapons that fell from the sky. Later on, artifacts began to fall as well.
When over a hundred artifacts descended from the heavens, even the shrewd old fox Liu Yitian and the widely experienced Wang Buwu stood rooted to the spot.
Once the entire warehouse had been filled, Li Qingxian said, "Most of these weapons will be sold to the Ministry of Works or Netherworld cultivators at market price, to pay for the construction of Far-Reaching New City. Pick through them now. Set aside anything suitable for the Divine Bow Sect or the Far-Reaching Army, and take it for use later."
"Th-this... how much is all this worth?" Yu Ping asked.
"Over two million, I suppose. The rest will be paid after completion."
Wang Buwu shook his head helplessly. "Unless something unexpected happens, the Far-Reaching Army will become the best-equipped army in the entire north. We River Guard Army soldiers have never lived such wealthy days. Aside from the elite private armies of the Heavenly Pillar Great Sect and the personal guards of the various kings, there has never been an army fully equipped with ritual weapons."
Li Qingxian said, "You can probably guess that these came from the Heavenly Profound Sect. Though these ritual weapons are stronger than ordinary weapons, they are slightly inferior to