After settling Xu Yuehuai in, Qi Guze used his lightness skill to walk on the water and arrived at that corner. With a wave of his hand, he opened up the water and felt the touch of the stone from a distance.
“There is indeed a particularly powerful aura here, which seems to originate from the same source as those precious stones.”
He instantly figured out the origin of the stone, and Xu Yuehuai felt the same way.
"It's so big, can we take it back and take a look?"
"Last time I saw a group of people making strange weapons with those special stones. Those weapons had extraordinary power, capable of splitting mountains and overturning seas. Perhaps we can also make those special weapons."
Upon hearing her words, Qi Guze's mind immediately lit up with many ideas. "Your idea is excellent. I'll send someone over right now to take this stone away."
Xu Yuehuai smiled and pulled him ashore. After observing the area for a while, the two left all their money as funds to buy stones and then left.
As soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, they summoned the hidden guards and instructed them to take the stone back to the Regent's Palace.
Half an hour later, Xu Yuehuai, Qi Guze, and the stone that had been moved back appeared together in the backyard of the Regent's Palace. The three of them stood quietly in the center of the courtyard, without making a sound.
"Look at this gemstone, it's so beautiful!" Xu Yuehuai exclaimed excitedly as she looked at the gemstone.
The outer shell of the gemstone has been cleaned by the secret guards and has now been restored to its original appearance, glittering with gold, unlike any other gemstone in the world, its color is simply indescribable.
"But can this really be made into a weapon?" Qi Guze had some doubts.
"Of course it can. I've seen aliens make them before. They didn't use any particularly special methods, but this weapon might require a long forging process to be successfully completed."
Qi Guze smiled and patted her head: "As long as it's something you want to do, I will naturally support you with all my might. Forging special weapons will definitely require a lot of materials and technology. Our manpower alone is not enough. We need to find some other helpers."
“That’s true. Let’s see if there are any experienced craftsmen around who are skilled in weapon forging.” Xu Yuehuai immediately thought of the other steps in forging the weapon.
Before resting that night, Xu Yuehuai drew many models of modern weapons on paper, hoping that the old craftsmen could make special weapons according to her drawings.
If those fellow villagers can't help, perhaps the transmigrators' organization can.
There is a spy within the transmigrator organization, and she doesn't want them to join her unless it's absolutely necessary.
So, Qi Guze then arranged for people to inquire around and find an old craftsman who was proficient in refining techniques.
At first, things didn't go smoothly. The old craftsmen they found were not up to their name and were actually unable to make weapons using special materials.
After searching for more than a dozen people, they finally found a reliable old craftsman.
On this day, the old craftsman was invited to the Regent's Palace to meet with Xu Yuehuai and his group.
The old craftsman immediately bowed to them, "So you are the Prince and Princess! Greetings, Your Highness and Princess!"
Xu Yuehuai said calmly, "Please get up. We have something to ask of you, so please don't be so polite."
"How can that be? My whole family was saved by the Princess. Just tell me what you need, and I'll make sure it's done!" The old craftsman and his family had contracted the plague a while ago, and they only recovered thanks to the medicine distributed by the Regent's Palace.
Xu Yuehuai didn't stand on ceremony with the old craftsman anymore and immediately led him to the basement to see the pile of precious stones.
"This thing looks very unusual; I've never seen this kind of material before."
The old craftsman tapped the outer shell of the gemstone with his specially made tool and instantly felt a particularly hard echo.
"This is incredible! It's harder than any material I've ever seen. If it could be made into a weapon, it would be able to pierce a hair in an instant and slice flesh into mincemeat!"
"Your Highness, where did you get this? Do you have any more?"
The old craftsman stared at the precious stone as if it were a treasure, his eyes glued to it, wanting to obtain some so he could refine it himself.
"As you know, this is already very rare. I only have this one piece here. I would like to ask you to make a specific weapon. Do you think I need any other materials?"
Xu Yuehuai didn't beat around the bush; he directly took out the weapon blueprints he had drawn and handed them to the old craftsman.
The old craftsman frowned as he looked at the stack of blueprints, looking somewhat troubled. "These weapons are not common designs. If they need to be forged, I don't know what other materials would be needed, but it's always good to have more."
"Alright, I'll arrange for someone to collect all the materials available on the market. If you feel you need anything else, just let me know."
"As long as you can forge the ten weapons mentioned above, you can take the rest of the materials, and we will also give you some things you need."
Xu Yuehuai proposed his own terms, and the old craftsman nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you so much. These precious materials are more than enough. I don't need much else," the father-in-law said, stroking the gemstone. His eyes lit up instantly. "It seems to have a spirit, able to communicate with people. I wonder what it would be like if it could be used to create a legendary artifact?"
"Divine artifact?" This was the first time Xu Yuehuai had heard people from this world use this term. Could it be that this previous plane was more advanced? Could it contain extraordinary things?
Otherwise, why would it keep attracting people from other dimensions to this place?
It might really have fallen from a higher plane to a lower plane, but hidden in places unseen by everyone are the products of a higher plane.
Perhaps only this explanation makes sense: why so many precious stones appeared with the arrival of the foreign people.
After Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze made arrangements for the old craftsmen, Xu Yuehuai went to instruct the guards to collect some high-quality materials as soon as possible.
Back in the dormitory, Xu Yuehuai told Qi Guze what she had been thinking.
"If our world was once a higher plane, then it seems there were many advanced cultivation techniques hidden there. But all of these have been lost. Who could have destroyed that previous world?" Qi Guze asked, voicing his doubts.
"Is it because it attracted too many people that those outsiders destroyed the previous world together? And after the world was destroyed and turned into ruins, it no longer attracted the covetousness of those people."
"The world is gradually recovering and getting better and better."
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