Chapter 586: Chapter 296: Huge Sum, Report, Inquiry
Yangli Iron Plating Powder is the official term for this special material that circulates around the world.
Among many ancient Dwarf Clans, it also has another, even older and awe-inspiring name—
“Fiery Sun Shards.”
The origin, naturally, is because of its extraordinarily dazzling and splendid appearance.
In its normal state, Yangli Iron Plating Powder is an extremely fine-textured powder that emits a faint glow, appearing as a deep dark golden color, resembling the solidified dusk.
However, when subjected to violent impact, or stimulated by high temperatures or magic power, each particle within the powder will instantly burst forth with a blazing golden-white brightness akin to the noonday sun.
Each strike of the forging hammer seems to hit a miniature sun, filling the room with dazzling sunlight.
Yangli Iron Plating Powder is not a naturally occurring mineral but is refined from a raw ore called “Yangli Stone” through a certain ancient and intricate magical ritual.
Yangli Stone typically forms only in extreme regions where the Elemental Plane and the Material Realm overlap, such as the lava core of a dangerous volcano, vast magma pools deep underground, or the eternal flame crater formed by an ancient meteorite impact…
This ore, with natural coronal flame-golden patterns on its surface, is already extremely rare on the market due to the extreme conditions required for its formation.
To extract Yangli Iron Plating Powder from it, an elaborate and stringent magical ritual as complex as an arcane experiment is required.
A high-level dwarf blacksmith, mastering the craftsmanship of fire element products, at the peak of a towering rock cliff closest to the sky with no obstructions, during the most intense sunlight at noon, offers devout faith to the God of Craftsmanship and Minerals. In a pre-arranged costly magic array, ancient spells are recited to channel the pure sun’s molten light to impact the Yangli Stone, causing it to “photolyze” and melt, ultimately purifying impurities, leaving behind the essence known as “Fiery Sun Shards.”
This is already the simplest process after countless years of optimization, with the lowest requirements.
In ancient times, it might have even required sacrifices and blood burials.
Fortunately, the quantity it can produce in a single batch is relatively large, making it rare but not so scarce that it would spark bloodshed upon minor circulation.
Very rare on the market, yet not entirely absent.
Just extremely expensive, a thumb-sized bottle could bankrupt a veteran expert.
As for the specific effects…
If it is claimed to be exaggerated, costing thousands of times the price of gold by the same weight, it might still be regarded as a consumer trap crafted by merchants and nobles.
However, the fact that those ancient Dwarf Clans, always practical and adhering to the excellent traditions of their ancestors, are willing to spend considerable time and manpower arranging “fancy” arrays for extraction is enough to prove its value.
During forging, just a tiny sprinkle allows it to perfectly integrate into the base metal, greatly eliminating micro flaws within the material, reducing the number of stress concentration points in the finished product, granting it nearly the theoretical maximum hardness and wear resistance of the material.
Meanwhile, the unique quality of Yangli Iron Plating Powder, akin to the essence of the sun, helps metal absorb excess energy when subjected to huge impacts, enhancing toughness.
Furthermore, it evenly distributes heat conducted from the metal surface and inside, preventing localized overheating and softening, serving as an excellent heat channel. It is especially suitable for crafting equipment and weapons with enchanted flames, ice, or thunder attributes, efficiently channeling energy generated by magic power.
Barn indeed has his own ideas.
The gray steel and the [Melted Ash Silver Ingot], belonging to the category of fire element metal materials, combined with the petrification condensate with a certain neutralizing effect.
Yangli Iron Plating Powder is indeed the most suitable auxiliary material at this moment.
And in the blacksmith shop, there is indeed a small bottle in stock.
It was just fortunate for Xia Nan to come by.
Of course, using so much is not possible.
After repeated discussions with Barn, they finally determined the most suitable quantity required for the Beheading Longsword reforging:
9 grams.
It seems like a lot, roughly the weight of a quail egg.
But considering the metal density of Yangli Iron Plating Powder, it looks pitifully small visually.
Not even enough to fill a teaspoon.
To put it bluntly, in comparison, there might be more pepper in a bowl of cream of mushroom soup.
As for the price…
On the market, the average transaction price per gram of Yangli Iron Plating Powder is 275 gold.
Naturally, there is a premium.
The excessively rare quantity, combined with its outstanding performance during forging, means that every time this material appears on the market, it triggers a frenzy of demand.
It is essentially auctioned off, with very few fixed prices.
In response, Barn gave Xia Nan a small discount:
270 gold per gram.
Nine grams total up to 2,430 gold.
Plus, the additional auxiliary items required during the forging process, including labor costs, and some miscellaneous expenses afterward.
Barn gave him a slight price cut again, rounding off the surplus numbers hanging at the end of the order.
Bringing the total cost of the Beheading Longsword reforging precisely to a rounded figure:
——3,000 gold.
Hmm, it’s foreseeable that the green-skinned goblins in the Mist Forest are in for a tough time.
Even though he was already prepared after hearing Barn introduce the Yangli Iron Plating Powder’s manufacturing process and effects, when Xia Nan personally heard the number spill from the other’s mouth…
He couldn’t help but shudder inside.
In conversion, he has to cut down over eight thousand goblins to earn that much money.