That evening, Lin Yan walked out of the last smithy on the street with an impatient look on his face.
"Tsk~"
"Gengxin City certainly has no shortage of metal, but rare metals are another story!"
"Unbelievable."
Over the course of the afternoon, Lin Yan had visited almost half the smithies in Gengxin City.
Just as he had been grumbling, never mind sun moon divine stone-he had not even found any materials with light or fire attributes. All these smithies dealt in ordinary metals, the sort used to forge weapons for imperial soldiers.
And their biggest source of orders was supplying conventional weapons to the Star Luo Empire.
No wonder the Star Luo Empire was stronger overall than the Tian Dou Empire. With such an enormous supply of weapons, its ordinary soldiers were bound to fight better than Tiandou's.
"Sigh~"
"I suppose that makes sense. These people are, at best, the bottom rung forging weapons for the empire. What rare metals could they possibly have?"
"Looks like I'll have to visit Lou Gao at the Blacksmith Association."
Lin Yan sighed, then looked up at the only tall building in the entire city!
Fortunately, his afternoon had not been entirely fruitless. At least he had learned where Lou Gao, the president of the Blacksmith Association, lived.
"Let's go. We'll deal with the rare metals tomorrow. We've been wandering around all afternoon, so let me take you two out for something good to eat first."
With that, he took the lead.
The two women were about to follow him.
But... a figure suddenly darted out of nowhere and crashed straight into Lin Yan.
"Ah!"
A distinctly feminine, sultry cry reached his ears. Lin Yan frowned as a voluptuous woman with a slender waist and full hips came into view.
Before Lin Yan could