Danger! A Golden Core Came Knocking!

"Let's not talk money. That would be vulgar."

The Iron Hammer Island Lord waved a hand.

"Then what should we talk about?"

Ji Yuan couldn't help feeling delighted. Could this Foundation Establishment senior be planning to give it to him without charging any Spirit Stones?

"Fate," the Iron Hammer Island Lord said with a smile.

"Fate?"

"Exactly. That'll be three hundred pieces of fate," the Iron Hammer Island Lord said cheerfully. "I bought all the materials myself. They came to nearly two hundred and fifty Middle-Grade Spirit Stones altogether. I won't charge you much extra—three hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones will do."

Ji Yuan: "..."

Admittedly, the price wasn't expensive.

Cauldrons had always cost considerably more than other Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts.

An ordinary Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact cost around three hundred Spirit Stones, let alone a cauldron.

Xu Fugui said nothing more on Ji Yuan's behalf. For the Iron Hammer Island Lord, this really was a price offered out of friendship. Outside, it would fetch at least four hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

Besides, a cauldron made by the Iron Hammer Island Lord would never lack buyers. Alchemists outside would scramble for it.

Ji Yuan could afford the price, but producing the whole sum at once would be a little too shocking.

Plenty of Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators couldn't produce three hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones in one go. If he could do it while still at Peak Qi Refining... After some thought, he asked tentatively:

"The price is a little steep. How about I pay two hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones now and owe you the rest?"

If the Iron Hammer Island Lord agreed, all the better.

If not, Ji Yuan would say he needed time to gather the money. He could pay a deposit, return in a few days, and claim he'd