Chapter 97: Dragon Scales (First Update Seeking Votes)
Mi Qi glanced at Zhi Bei's unattractive face and chuckled, saying: "These are the materials needed for the top-grade Broken Heaven Armor. After a hundred million years of changes, many rare materials from that time have become ordinary now, while some common materials back then are extremely precious today. Some have even gone extinct."
"What's the difference? Anyway, I don't have the ability to gather all these materials." Qi Bei shrugged.
"Didn't I say so? These are the materials needed for a high-quality Broken Heaven Armor, and it's not easy to find mid-quality materials either. But the materials needed for a low-quality Broken Heaven Armor are still relatively easy to gather." Miki smiled slyly.
Qī Běi's eyes lit up, and he took out a low-grade Broken Heaven armor set. Its attack and defense should be at least as strong as those of an intermediate warrior, and this is just the equipment's attack and defense. There are also the soldiers' own attacks and cooperative battle tactics. If such an army were to be formed, its combat power would be even more terrifying than that of the Black Armor Army.
Mi Qi wrote down the materials for the medium-grade Broken Heaven Armor and the low-grade Broken Heaven Armor and handed them over to Qi Bei.
"Refined iron, inferior purple gold sand, secret gold, mysterious iron wood, sun-facing flower..." Qi Bei took a glance at the materials for the inferior Broken Sky Armor, and indeed, most of these materials were ordinary, some were even plants. But he wondered who would use plants to forge weapons and armor.
Zhi Bei calculated that the materials needed to forge a low-grade Broken Heaven armor would cost around 10,000 gold coins. Adding the inlaid low-grade magic crystal stone, the total cost of one piece would be approximately 20,000 gold coins. To equip an army of 10,000 people, it would require 2 billion gold coins. Moreover, the magic crystal stones were consumable items.
That is to say, for such an army to be ready to fight at all times, the inlaid magic crystal stones must be prepared to replace at least five rounds, one round is 100 million gold coins, and five rounds are 500 million gold coins. Adding the initial manufacturing cost of 200 million, a total of 700 million gold coins are needed.
Nowadays, Xiling City's monthly income is approximately 60 million gold coins. After deducting expenses, about 10 million gold coins should be left over. In a year, it would only add up to just over 100 million...
Short of money!
"Mei Qi, how long will it take you to make one?" asked Qi Bei.
"I need a group of blacksmiths, engravers to separately forge the parts, I'll take care of the material fusion and final assembly. For ten pieces, the material fusion will take about half a month, and the assembly will also take about half a month. Adding the forging and carving time, it should take about two months to make ten pieces."
Zi Bei nodded, two months and ten pieces, it's not slow, he can proceed with equipping slowly first.
"Lord of the castle..." Miki spoke again, hesitating and seemingly uncertain.
"What's on your mind, speak up." Qi Bei said.
"Nothing... nothing." Miki shook her head.
Qī Běi also didn't want to ask further, he called over Dú Yǎn, and handed him the list of materials for the lower-grade Broken Sky armor, telling him to go find these materials.
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As the beastmen army outside the city retreated, it seemed that heaven was also happy to have helped Xiling City escape a disaster.
The wind has stopped, the snow has also stopped, and the sunshine is shining all over the earth again.
Merchants' caravans have been entering the city one after another for trade, and adventurer groups have also started to become active.
Zi Bei was also delighted, as the increase in commercial activities in Xiling City meant that many industries within the city began to make a profit, and profits meant gold coins rolling in his direction.
He's short of money now, building a low-grade Broken Sky Armor requires money, and the maintenance of tens of thousands of troops requires money. Although Western Spirit City is known as a small commercial kingdom, its territory is only so big, and its industries are only so many. If he wants to get rich, he still needs to find other ways.
Zi Bei walked thoughtfully along the streets of Xiling City shrouded in night color.
Unconsciously, Qi Bei arrived in front of Murong Xingchen's medical clinic.
However, what surprised Qi Bei was that the clinic's gate was tightly closed and there were no lights on in the second floor.
"Strange, where did he go?" Zhi Bei thought to himself, as he sprang into the air and landed at the window of the second floor. With a burst of internal energy, he shook open the window latch from inside, and had already pushed the window open and entered.
However, Moyun Xingchen's boudoir was empty and uninhabited.
Qī Běi sat at the head of Mù Róng Xīng Chén's bed, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. Was she hiding from herself?
At this time, Qi Bei's gaze swept across the room and suddenly stopped on a wooden cabinet at the head of the bed. On it were carved two messy characters that had been scratched out, but could still be vaguely identified as the characters "Qi" and "Bei".
He raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile, and reached out to touch it. It seemed that he had seen Murong Xingchen lying in bed, tossing and turning with a restless mind, and then unconsciously carved his name on this cabinet body with spatial power, but when he was halfway through, she suddenly came back to her senses, so she scratched the unfinished name again.
"Why should I run? Because of your poisonous body and legs?" thought Qi Bei.
It's clear that Murong Xingchen is not indifferent to him, but she has been avoiding him and carrying a heavy burden.
Moon spirit, originally the royal family of the spirit tribe, but she brought only three apprentices, Smoke Spirit, Wind and Snowflake, to this chaotic Western Spirit City to make a living, creating a foundation for Starlight. The story behind this is certainly not that simple.
Ziqi Bei actually wanted to get to know her better, but it also depends on whether she is willing to let you understand her.
At this time, Qi Bei's eyes suddenly lit up. Last time when Yan Ling came to find him, he inexplicably said that he wanted him to treat Murong Xingchen well. This shows that Yan Ling and her three sisters are in favor of him being with Murong Xingchen. So, can he make a move on them?
Qī Běi's mood suddenly became more relaxed, he pushed off the bed with both hands and was about to leave.
But at this moment, Qi Bei's body stiffened, and after landing, he looked towards Murong Xingchen's somewhat simple wooden bed. Just now, the Dragon Seal in his hand had heated up, and the inner power of the Dragon Seal was stirred up violently.
"Dragon aura......" Qi Bei's pupils constricted, this was the first time he had sensed dragon aura other than his own since coming to this world, and it was indeed true dragon aura, although very faint.
Zi Bei came back to Murong Xingchen's bedside again, stretched out his hand to touch the place where he had just propped himself up, and then lifted up the bedding.
On the wooden bed board, Ziqi found a palm-sized depression with faint texture on it.
Qī Bě covered his left hand with his right, and the Dragon Seal reacted once more.
"Could this be dragon scales?" Ziqi muttered to himself.
The true dragon has only existed in legend in this world, and the true dragon scales that have been passed down should be extremely rare. As a noble moon spirit, it's understandable that Murong Xingchen would possess a true dragon scale, but why did she place it under her bed sheet? Looking at the naturally formed indentation, and the lingering aura of the true dragon that has not dissipated, it must have been placed here for quite some time.
Ziqi Bei was restored to his bed, leaving with a hint of confusion.
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