"And this metal doesn't just improve my speed."
As Huo Yutong explained things to Tang Wulin, Xuan Ziwen added,
"While engraving this Core Array, I could very clearly feel the connection between it and me. If my success rate for engraving this Core Array was originally less than thirty percent, then using the metal you provided would raise it to over sixty percent."
In other words, it had more than doubled.
Tang Wulin could not help opening his mouth wide.
What did this mean for a Soul Engineer? Even he, who knew very little about Soul Tools, could roughly understand.
Why were Ranked Engraving Knives so expensive? Aside from granting Soul Tools special properties, the most important reason was that they could increase the success rate of making Soul Tools.
And from the looks of it, even the top-ranked Ranked Engraving Knife would be utterly outclassed by Tang Wulin's forging techniques.
Moreover, looking at the faint Dragon Markings on this Tier 9 Core Array, who could say that if this Tier 9 Soul Tool were successfully created, it would not carry properties bestowed by Tang Wulin?
Even Tang Wulin himself had never imagined that Spirit Refinement metal could provide such a huge boost to the creation of Soul Tools before hearing Xuan Ziwen say it himself.
Xuan Ziwen took a deep breath, pressed a hand onto Tang Wulin's shoulder, and said sincerely,
"Tang Wulin, in my capacity as the master of the Tang Sect's Soul Tool Hall and the Tang Sect's Chief Technical Director, I ask you to forge more Rare Metals for me. The price is negotiable. As the person in charge of the Tang Sect's Soul Tools, I still have some savings."
Xuan Ziwen understood better than anyone what it meant for the success rate to double. If