Fu Zheng smiled. "Thank you, Your Highness. There is already good news about the Ice Jade."
"Oh?"
"A master from the Lihuo Fist Sect has a treasure capable of cutting Ice Jade."
"Really?"
"It was quite a coincidence. That hoe could cut it as well, and it has already been made into Flying Daggers."
As she spoke, she took a small beast-hide pouch from her wide sleeve.
Once the beast-hide pouch was opened, several Flying Daggers lay within, black as ink.
Chu Zhiyuan reached out and picked up one Flying Dagger. It was the size of a little finger, yet exceptionally heavy.
A warm breath entered his hand, like gentle sunlight in the depths of winter.
He weighed it in his hand and smiled. "Not bad."
Fu Zheng beamed. "The Four Great Sects do have some skill."
She had originally looked down somewhat on the Four Great Sects, feeling they were nothing special.
Their comprehension was lacking, their cultivation was lacking, and even their conduct was not particularly grand.
Now she realized she had underestimated them. Their foundations were indeed profound, and so were their accumulated reserves.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "The Lihuo Fist Sect's specialty?"
"Their fist arts are formidable, but their artifact forging is even more impressive. They possess many Divine Weapons and Sharp Blades."
Chu Zhiyuan nodded.
Fu Zheng said, "Yet they themselves have no use for these Divine Weapons and Sharp Blades. How strange."
Chu Zhiyuan chuckled. "Then how do they handle these Divine Weapons and Sharp Blades?"
"They place them all within their Cave Heaven," Fu Zheng said. "Their Cave Heaven is called the Linghua Grotto-Heaven."
Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "I have heard of it."
Fu Zheng snorted. "The other Three Great Sects all curse them for wasting Heaven's gifts, but they say artifact forging is meant