Xiao Yu took it and said casually, "What's there to argue about? I'll buy this thing for ten Spirit Stones, and you two can split them evenly. How's that?"
Neither had any objections. They nodded repeatedly, delight on their faces.
In the end, a dispute had been easily settled with money.
Sure enough, self-interest was the eternal theme.
Once upon a time, even Spirit Stones had been rare treasures to Xiao Yu.
To reuse them, he had even watered them with Spirit Liquid.
Back then, he would never have been this extravagant, not even if someone beat him to death.
Now, as the lord of Fog City, even the Spirit Stone mines belonged to him.
He could have as many as he wanted.
After they returned to the Heavenly Secrets Tower, Feng Xue asked curiously, "Master Xiao, what exactly is this thing?"
"Hundred Refined Stone."
Xiao Yu explained, "It's used for artifact refining. It's the most basic, most versatile essential material."
"And it's exclusively for cultivators."
Back when he forged the True Shadow Sword, Xiao Yu had gone to great lengths just to obtain a piece of Hundred Refined Stone.
But in this Small World, it was trash no one wanted.
Because it was used for artifact refining.
None of the Ghost Cultivators knew artifact refining, and only cultivators could control the Samadhi True Fire it required.
Feng Xue was alive, but she didn't know how to use Samadhi True Fire, much less refine artifacts.
To people who couldn't refine artifacts, Hundred Refined Stone was naturally useless.
But for Xiao Yu, especially now that he had no shortage of Spirit Stones...
Forget ten for one. He wouldn't hesitate even at a hundred or a thousand for one.
Scarcity made things valuable.
Hundred Refined Stone was still relatively rare.
Unless there