"Then aside from this method, do you have any better ideas?" asked Ou Shuo, the third brother.
Everyone fell silent. Ou Shuo was the finest Forging Master in the Yan Mountain Ou Family, so naturally, no one could refute him.
They simply hated to part with the earthflame essence stones. Using them to extract earthflame essence fire was an appalling waste.
"Then it's settled. I'll leave this to you. All the earthflame essence stones in the family are yours to use," Ou Ge said, making the final decision.
Since Ou Ge had decided, the other elders could only obey, however much they objected.
"I'll do everything I can," Ou Shuo said.
"I have a question," one of the family elders spoke up.
Seeing everyone turn to him, he continued, "We've already sold this True Dragon Sword to Chen Xiangrong of the Four Directions Trading Company. Now that we're using earthflame essence fire to quench and hone it, its value will far exceed our earlier expectations. Surely we need to address that?"
This was indeed a problem. When the Ou Family forged this True Dragon Sword, they had certainly received benefits from Chen Xiangrong, and the value of what Chen Xiangrong had paid naturally far exceeded those benefits.
But if they used earthflame essence fire now, the finished True Dragon Sword would undoubtedly be far more powerful than previously expected. Its value would naturally be immeasurable, which meant the price Chen Xiangrong had paid back then was no longer enough.
"Have Chen Xiangrong pay the corresponding increase," Ou Ge said.
"Family head, I'm afraid Chen Xiangrong can no longer afford it," an elder said.
Ou Ge paused. "His Four Directions Trading Company has plenty of good things. Surely he can scrape together enough?"
The elder shook his head. "Family head, in