The seawater in this area came from the Demon God's Sea and was still fairly clean for the moment. This rinsing would probably take two or three days.
Far from finding this work tedious and dull, the two high-ranking Macrosteel People were delighted. What an enormous chunk of ore!
"Now our engine is broken and our ship is damaged. We can't visit that peak civilization anymore, either. Let's hurry and transport this ore back. That alone will count as a major achievement."
"I was wondering... could we..." Lai faltered as he rinsed the ore, seemingly pondering something.
"You mean welsh on that debt? Are you stupid?" Gangduo shook his head and said irritably, "Isn't the whole reason we need these minerals to coat the ship and reduce our consumption of the Source of the World?"
"Without the Source of the World's protection, do you think a Transcendent couldn't find our ship?"
"Besides, even if we successfully defaulted on our debt, angering a Transcendent over a piece of ore wouldn't be a wise choice." Gangduo continued calmly, "He seems reasonably clearheaded to me. At least, he has been so far. There will be plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future. Don't lose something major over a minor gain."
"Of course I didn't mean defaulting... I meant, when will our Honggang Civilization produce a Transcendent?" Lai said with some envy. "Our Honggang Civilization is among the wealthier civilizations in this world cluster, but we've never produced anyone with the corresponding talent."
"It's hard." Gangduo sighed as well. "Training a Spirit Limit User is already harder than reaching the heavens, let alone a Transcendent who isn't out of his mind."
"Our people excel at forging, but our foundations in biotechnology are still lacking... unless it happens through some chance opportunity, in a