Zhou Jue opened the wooden box.
A water-element great medicine lay quietly inside.
"I would like to exchange this water-element great medicine for a rare metal material of equal value. Would anyone here be willing to oblige me?"
Zhou Jue looked at everyone expectantly.
Their response was lukewarm.
Wei Sheng was not surprised.
After all, everyone present was either one of the Ten Elites or close to their level. Their cultivation was at the third organ peak, and they had all but finished tempering their kidneys.
Some had even prepared wood-element great medicines, ready to uncover the liver's great secret and advance to the fourth organ realm.
A water-element great medicine was certainly precious, but it only appealed to martial artists like Wei Sheng, who had yet to reach the third organ realm. To these geniuses at the third organ peak, it was rather like chicken ribs-little meat to eat, yet a pity to discard.
What puzzled Wei Sheng, however, was this.
As one of the major shareholders behind the Si'an Commerce Alliance, the Zhou Family possessed immense wealth and deep reserves. What kind of metal material could they not obtain? Why did he need to trade for it here?
"I have a piece of black iron essence mother here-"
After Zhou Jue, Chu Chu produced an egg-sized lump of dark silver metal. It resembled Hundred Refinements Steel Essence, but its luster was clearer.
"I needn't explain its uses, surely. I'm looking to trade for treasures or medicinal herbs that can enhance saber intent, or insights left by predecessors-"
Zhou Jue's eyes lit up when Chu Chu brought out the black iron essence mother.
And not just his. Everyone present stared fixedly at it.
Even Wei Sheng gave it several extra looks.
Black iron was the primary material for forging