Qi Tian tinkered with it for several days until the materials arranged by Lin Xiao arrived, and only then did he exit his simulation software.
During these few days, he had tried to refine the simulated Solar Pure Gold in various ways within the simulation software, but… there was no reaction.
"Something must have been overlooked. Is it that I don't understand materials like Solar Pure Gold well enough?" Qi Tian muttered to himself while eating compressed biscuits. He was currently sorting through the materials Lin Xiao had arranged for him.
Among these materials were half for the new batch intended for the puppet assembly line, and the other half were materials Lin Xiao had promised him for his own tinkering.
As he searched, he suddenly discovered something.
He blinked, swallowed the compressed biscuits in his hand in a few bites, and then held the object with both hands as if it were a treasure.
Solar Pure Gold.
He was too familiar with it!
He had seen this material with his own eyes just once not long ago!
It was that day, when the shadow assassin came to him for a trade.
Moreover, the size and shape of this piece, why did it feel so similar? If he remembered correctly, wasn't this the piece of Solar Pure Gold used in the trade with him that day?
With this thought, he carefully examined the material before dialing the phone.
"Lin Xiao, I've received the materials."
"Good that you've received them."
Lin Xiao said without much thought, "This is this month's supply. Any more and I won't be able to afford it… Oh, remember, these materials are not free; they are considered your labor fee."
"I know. If I need more materials later, I'll buy them from you with spirit stones, or even money." Qi Tian understood. Equivalent exchange, he grasped that principle. "I wanted to ask, there's a very special material here. Where did you get it from?"
"Special material?"
Lin Xiao pondered for a moment, then reacted, "You mean the one I got from the shadow assassin, right? I felt that thing was very unusual. It was warm to the touch, and even diamond couldn't leave a mark on it. I thought you might need it, so I had someone send it over for you."
"You… you got this material from him?"
Qi Tian confirmed, this was indeed that piece of Solar Pure Gold!
"He's dead, and these are my spoils of war."
"...Okay, thank you."
Qi Tian slowly spoke these two words.
"Rare indeed," Lin Xiao said, smiling when he heard the guy actually express gratitude. "It seems this thing is very special to you."
"Yes, it's very precious and very special… I'll give you spirit stones later."
Qi Tian was not one to take advantage of others. He had always adhered to the principle of transaction above all else and was very committed to his contracts. Such a thing naturally required equivalent exchange.
This top-tier material was a treasure to him; it could even be considered a sect's treasure within the Artifact Sect.
"Alright, give what you see fit. I don't really know its value anyway," Lin Xiao thought that this thing was worthless to him, so he might as well do him a favor. This way, Qi Tian wouldn't have to go looking for trouble by making deals with others and then turning against him.
It was always better to have one less problem.
Especially now, when he was researching how to increase his cultivation.