Moreover, Cheng Zongyang’s analysis concluded that Lu Wufei was just a reckless, impulsive person with more brawn than brains.

About fifteen minutes later, Li Lu walked in carrying a pair of black gloves.

"Brother Cheng, these should be Lu Yan’s gloves." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Cheng Zongyang was quite surprised. "So there really were gloves?"

Li Lu said, "They were mixed in with the other weapons. But I’m not sure if they were the ones Lu Yan used."

Cheng Zongyang immediately looked toward Lu Wushuang. She nodded, walked over, and took the gloves. She pried off a fingernail-sized object embedded in them and handed it to Cheng Zongyang.

Cheng Zongyang took the object. It was small and smooth, but surprisingly heavy—weighing more than half a pound. It clearly wasn’t a stone, but an extremely dense metallic mineral.

He squeezed it with a bit of force but found he couldn’t make a dent. He suddenly looked at Lu Wushuang. "Why didn’t you trade this for the Li Family’s bounty?"

However, Lu Wushuang said, "We tried. But my older brother said that the Li Family claimed it was missing something and didn’t meet their requirements. After that, it was embedded in my father’s gloves."

Hearing this, Li Lu frowned. "So this thing is worthless?"

Lu Wushuang was speechless and offered no rebuttal.

Cheng Zongyang said, "It’s fine. Arrange a place for her to stay."

"Alright," Li Lu agreed.

After they left, Cheng Zongyang returned to his room in the West District, hung up a sign, and then entered the Wilderness World.

’This thing is just like the one Monkey gave to my uncle back then.’

"Appraise."

Inside the market hut, Cheng Zongyang immediately began the appraisal. This function could only be used in the Wilderness World, not in the outside world.

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[Fire Spirit Stone]

Description: A special metal that has been smelted by a powerful Fire Magic from some manner of creature. When it contains a Fire Spirit, the Fire Spirit Stone melts in fire and solidifies once the fire is gone. Though its Fire Spirit has been depleted, it can still be used as a forging material for Divine Weapons. A Fire Spirit Stone containing a Fire Spirit can be used as an Extraordinary forging material, and a high concentration of Fire Spirit can cause certain creatures to undergo Mutation.

Tier: White

Weight: 0.55 catties

Points: 55

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He gasped in astonishment.

’To think a fingernail-sized object could have such an incredible origin and be worth so much!’

’0.55 catties is worth 55 Points, which comes out to 0.2 Points per gram! If I could find more of this, it would be an absolute fortune.’

’Even though it’s missing its Fire Spirit, it’s incredibly hard. It’s still an excellent forging material.’

’White Level... that’s the same Level as my Tang Blade and other weapons. That alone proves how special this material is.’

But in the end, his gaze fell on the last two key words in the description: "Extraordinary" and "Mutation"!

’An Extraordinary forging material! What Grade is that? Is the rank above Divine Weapon called Extraordinary?’

’That giant python’s Mutation back then must have been related to a Fire Spirit Stone. No wonder the Royal Family is offering such a high bounty for these things. If they had enough, could they artificially create Exotic Beasts?’

’I wonder if my uncle still has his piece. And what about the place where that fireball fell from the sky? There must be more Fire Spirit Stones left there, right?’

As these thoughts raced through his mind, a sense of urgency began to build.

’Melts in fire and solidifies once the fire is gone... When the fireball landed, I didn’t see any large rocks afterward, so I assumed there was nothing left. But now it seems it must have smashed into the ground and solidified into small pieces after the fire went out!’

’Looks like I need to find a chance to go back and send people to search for them! At 0.2 Points per gram, I can’t let this go. And if I find some that still contain a Fire Spirit, wouldn’t the price and its uses be even greater?’

Putting away the Fire Spirit Stone, Cheng Zongyang had no intention of selling it. When the time came, he would have to take it back for his clan to identify.