"Falo, what exactly are you..."
"Oh dear, you all need to calm down."
The brown-haired Douding ran over in an exasperated tone, settling the affairs in the shop one by one.
As soon as she approached, those objects seemed to be terrified and immediately stopped moving.
"This really is..." Falo returned with an awkward smile and said to Li Ang and his group, "a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. It’s because the quality of the materials Mr. Li Ang brought out is really too high."
"Can you blame him? You witch." Aifei said coldly while folding her arms.
Falo pouted and ignored her.
"Not going to explain?" Li Ang asked.
Falo looked at the Purest Star Crystal and said, "My goodness, I’ve never seen materials of such high quality before."
In her emotions, there must have been a part that was genuinely surprised, a product of the Star Soul, Li Ang believed.
But the exaggeration was her attempt to bluff her way through.
It seemed Aifei knew the truth; Li Ang planned to ask the Blondie Douding later and decided not to worry about those strange things. As long as Falo didn’t act recklessly, there could still be cooperation in the future.
As the system introduced the Purest Star Crystal, it "seems to gather all the elements of the world," and Eden once said it could satisfy all mortal needs for material and energy.
Falo held the Wind Attribute Pure Star Crystal with both hands, her eyes reflected a light aqua color.
Li Ang was certain he saw greed in her eyes.
"Does Mr. Li Ang have more materials like this?"
"What do you want to do?"
"As an artisan, of course, I want to make equipment!"
Falo said excitedly, "With materials like this, the quality of the made equipment could approach that of Treasure Artifacts!"
Li Ang and Elaphia exchanged a glance.
"Do you know how to make Treasure Artifacts?"
"I don’t know, otherwise I’d have gotten my hands on that Zen Heart Flowing from the Dome Furnace Association long ago."
"Really? Why do I feel like this knowledge is more valuable than that sword? You might be hiding it, right?"
"Ugh, Mr. Li Ang always suspects me. I really don’t know, or else I’d have made enough Treasure Artifacts to retire by now."
Falo pouted, "The Divine Artisan’s Five Swords can point to my ancestors’ wealth, so that’s obviously more crucial."
Li Ang thought, what Elaphia said before about the secret concerning the five swords opening Ernest’s Vault, could that information have been leaked by this Douding?
But lacking more evidence for suspicion against her, Li Ang simply said, "Help my team member recover the power of that Treasure Artifact first, and we can talk about other things later."
Falo nodded, held the Wind Breath Sword, and lifted it up for a closer look.
Then, she took a deep breath and tossed the short sword and Purest Star Crystal into the sky.
Zoe let out a startled cry, nervously biting her lip, instinctively worried though she knew it couldn’t be damaged.
Falo’s small hands rubbed together, drawing pure Magic Power, amidst the sound of wind and thunder, directly constructing a Magic Array emitting Spiritual Light in mid-air.
Two miniature Magic Arrays held the sword and Star Crystal like trays, and Farlonio crafted even more arrays.
Amidst the exclamations of the young girls, they converged in the air, assembling into a "forging furnace" entirely composed of Magic Arrays.
This move of hers, Li Ang had seen before, yet each time felt astonishing.
Encased in Magic Power, the small body of the merchant floated into the air, her eyes glowing with Spiritual Light, short hair fluttering, under the glow of the Magic Array, no one would care about her merchant attire, it became clear she was also one of the mightiest in this world.
Inside the forging furnace, the guard of the Wind Breath Sword began to loosen, Zoe issued a suppressed hum, relieved to see it wasn’t being destroyed.
On the guard, cracks, previously invisible, appeared. After disassembling the guard, Spiritual Light Bands sprayed out, winding in the air.
With a flick of Falo’s small hand, the Purest Star Crystal merged with the light bands, slowly melting into a whirlwind, swirling and contracting onto the sword’s surface during the regrouping of the guard, disappearing without a trace.
The young girl landed on the ground, the arrays dispersed, and so did the Wind Breath Sword descend.
But this time, it floated gently like a leaf, landing into Zoe’s palm.
The eyes of the young girl brimmed with light.
[Wind Breath Sword: Awakening]
[A sword with suppressed power, capable of unleashing a gale in an instant, it itself wields the storm. Its power was vastly diminished due to past overload release, but with the pure Essence of Wind, it starts to recover, soon to embrace storms potent enough to engulf Sky Island.]