The Saint Realm stood above the Immortal Realm, and Sacred Artifacts were more powerful than Immortal Artifacts. Luo Qian had formed his opinion first and thought about it later, so he naturally assumed that materials used to craft artifacts in the Saint Realm were more precious than those in the Immortal Realm. Looking back, the idea was rather laughable. As the saying went, there was no high or low in martial arts; only in those who practiced them. A wooden sword became a Divine Weapon in Dugu Qiubai's hands, while a heavy Black Iron sword would be nothing but a cumbersome burden in Wei Xiaobao's.
The key to crafting artifacts did not lie in the raw materials. Heaven and earth held only so many kinds of materials; growing in the Saint Realm did not make them more precious than those in the Immortal Realm.
Across the vast Saint Realm, Mithril reserves were not small in total. But spread that Mithril among every Saint, and there would be nowhere near enough. Some Planets had deposits, while others were terribly barren. The same was true of most materials throughout the Saint Realm, not just Mithril. If you were lucky enough to be allotted a barren Planet that happened to hold vast stores of rare materials, then congratulations... someone was bound to come and seize your Planet at once.
Before he started smuggling, Luo Qian needed to learn the going rate for Mithril in the Saint Realm. He asked Yifen, "What's the market like for this material?" "The market? Since I came to the Saint Realm, this stuff has never fallen below one Superior Saint Stone per gram!" Yifen said. Luo Qian looked at the piece in her hand. It had to weigh nearly two hundred grams, so it was indeed worth almost