"These black fuel stones might have formed naturally on Black Tortoise's corpse. I could collect some more. They'll come in handy for smithing later."
"Fuel is bound to be in short supply aboard the ship..."
Like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Zhang Ming touched this and poked that, his heart racing.
This gift was far too valuable. It was like an ordinary person suddenly receiving Bill Niufeit's entire fortune.
In one fell swoop, Old Zhang had become ten thousand times richer.
Old White was usually so stingy, yet now he had suddenly become this generous. It put Zhang Ming under a lot of pressure!
There were also great heaps of bones, scales, hair, whiskers, meridians, and other monster parts, most carrying a faint, subtle supernatural fluctuation.
After spending a long while marveling at it all, Zhang Ming finally sighed deeply. "Having a mountain of treasure but no way to exploit it really is... agonizing."
"Agonizing!" Stone Mama clung to his backside, eager to mock him.
"Agonizing~~~" Zhang Ming cheerfully wiggled his backside, making it clear that his suffering was entirely an act. He was so "agonized" that his hair stood on end.
Stone Mama froze awkwardly. Zhang Ming's happiness was its misery.
Finally, it could no longer stand it. Instead of parroting him, it blurted out, "Ignoramus."
"Agonizing!" Old Zhang kept wiggling his backside, inwardly delighted.
Stone Mama was suffering terribly!!
A large portion of Gong Zhizi's Compendium of Metallurgy explained how supernatural materials should be combined, forged, and so on. It was an extensive field of study.
"Looks like I'll have to find some time to study it properly."
Soon, Zhang Ming slapped his forehead again. His schedule really was packed too full.
There were even large quantities of treasures left behind by the Flame-Horned People inside