Ren Qing came before Great Dream True Person's phantom and said, "Senior Great Dream, do you have materials for forging?"
With a lift of his hand, Great Dream True Person caused the shop to change once more, and all manner of ores appeared atop the counter.
There were jade stones, substances resembling mercury, and comparatively little of what looked like ordinary iron ore.
Delight appeared on Ren Qing's face as he hurriedly touched a stone streaked gold and red.
Fifty-three dou Taotie Method: Inscribed upon the stomach of the exotic beast Taotie and acquired by the Wine and Meat Daoist. Cultivating this method requires massive amounts of eating; once the stomach has expanded more than sixfold, it can be mastered.
He had not expected it to be ore formed from the Taotie Method. It should have been connected to Food Eaters, perhaps excavated from the Spirit of the Hill.
Yet its price was truly steep. Five stones bought only a fist-sized piece of ore; forging an entire weapon would require at least a hundred stones.
Ren Qing quickly examined the other materials, only to find that most cost around one stone, while some of the expensive ones cost over a dozen stones.
He realized that ore production might be low, while the Forbidden Guards' demand was relatively high, driving the prices somewhat beyond their true value.
Of course, there were cheap materials as well—ordinary iron ore that had been refined. But they utterly failed to meet Ren Qing's requirements; any artifact forged from them would only be somewhat better than the Great Miao Saber.
Ren Qing rubbed the bridge of his nose with a headache, intending to find a chance to ask Song Zongwu. Then a thought suddenly struck him.
Why did he have to fixate on ores?