Hearing Xue Fuyao say this, the middle-aged man beamed even more broadly and hurriedly said, "Young immortal, I went to the mines and worked terribly hard to dig up these ores. I nearly lost my life, too, so as for the price-ten taels of silver."
Most of the people running stalls in this Market were ordinary people, so purchases were usually settled in silver. Although cultivators also sold things at stalls, most chose to set up inside the neighboring Yunlan Merchant Guild.
Xue Fuyao readily handed the middle-aged man ten taels of silver, then collected all the ores from his stall.
After she left, a fist-sized piece of black ore appeared in her hand.
The ore was very rounded, looking as though it had been carefully polished.
Although this black ore looked utterly unremarkable now, that was actually nothing more than a layer of disguise.
With the Heavenly Eye's aid, Xue Fuyao could easily see through that unremarkable black shell to its true nature within.
This was an exceedingly rare piece of meteoric iron from the heavens, also known as star meteorite-the very heart of a star after it fell to the ground and shattered.
It was said that magical artifacts forged from star meteorite could harness the power of the stars. They also possessed greater spirituality than ordinary magical artifacts and might even give birth to artifact spirits.
In her previous life, this piece of star meteorite had probably been bought by a collateral-branch disciple of the Zhang Family. After he returned, his elders recognized it for what it was and gave it as a wedding gift to Jin Chengxin and Zhang Qingluan, who were about to marry.
After their marriage, the two had used this piece of star meteorite to forge two swords, named the Star Sword and