General Ye was all smiles as he hurriedly asked, "Young Master, what should we do now?"
Lu Jiu Que thought for a moment. Because these were two different parallel worlds, she wasn't sure about things like names and the value of medicinal herbs in this world.
Although she required a lot of medicinal herbs, she still had to take things one step at a time. It wouldn't be good if she became too eager to achieve quick success by trying to be clever and ended up looking like a fool because she had made a silly blunder.
After sorting out her thoughts, Lu Jiu Que asked someone to bring her some writing materials and began to write something very carefully. Her final decision was to make some silver needles first.
After drawing out a set of needles that she required, Lu Jiu Que said solemnly, "You have to make this exactly according to my requirements. With this, they can be saved."
General Ye and Shopkeeper Yue looked up at the same time. The design of an extremely exquisite set of silver needles was drawn there. This was something they had never heard of nor set eyes upon before!
As strange as it was, they had never heard that silver needles could be used to cure illnesses!
Wasn't this thing, called a needle, something that young ladies used for embroidery?
But after listening to what Lu Jiu Que said, the two of them didn't dare to underestimate Lu Jiu Que even the slightest bit. They quickly sent someone to go looking for the largest family of silver refiners in the whole Fish Dive City, which was the Lei family, to hire a silver refiner.
The Lei family was shocked when they saw the letters that came so late in the night.
It turned out that General Ye of the Qing Yan Empire and Shopkeeper Yue of Yan Chai Hall had written letters to them at the same time!
The master of the Lei family, Lei Chenghe, didn't dare to take the matter lightly. He decided to make the trip down in person.
But as soon as he reached Yan Chai Hall and laid eyes on the design blueprints that Lu Jiu Que had drawn, the master of the Lei family almost flew into a rage!
He was, nonetheless, a grade-two refiner. To call him there just to refine such a simple set of silver needles was blasphemy to his dignity as a grade-two refiner, alright?!
He shared quite a close relationship with Shopkeeper Yue. Since Shopkeeper Yue had opened his mouth to ask, and Qing Yan's General Ye was involved as well, the Lei family's master was also not in the position to belittle this set of needles, no matter how simple they looked.
However, after carefully studying Lu Jiu Que's design once, the master of the Lei family realized that although the silver needles looked simple, it wouldn't be that easy if all the mentioned requirements had to be met.
And the most important thing was, he didn't have the materials right then!
He told them of his difficulties, and then the three men fell into silence right then and there.
In a deep, gruff voice, the master of the Lei family said, "This material must be very stable. It shouldn't be easily affected by any aura, including Star Soul Power and such. In fact, it's not that there isn't such a material, but rather, that you want it right now. At the moment, I don't have any of it on hand!"
The more he spoke, the more depressed the master of the Lei family felt. How could there even be anyone who needed a spiritual tool so urgently?!
And without even giving him the time to prepare at all!
General Ye froze. "This…"
In the end, it was still Shopkeeper Yue who said, "I have a piece of mineral here. Though I have no idea what it is, it should be able to meet your requirements."
With that, Shopkeeper Yue passed a mineral over to Master Lei. One look at it, and the latter instantly rejoiced.
"Well, this mineral is good enough. Though I can't really tell what it is, it should meet that nonsensical rascal's requirements."
In truth, it was quite a sorrowful moment for Shopkeeper Yue when he had to give up this mineral.
When he was young, he had taken the mineral from a secret realm. Through all these years, he had always kept it by his side as a souvenir.
But earlier on when Lu Jiu Que was explaining to him, she had been very serious and thorough. She hadn't shown any hint of trying to trick him with darting eyes or avoiding crucial questions because she feared him.
Shopkeeper Yue was someone who could clearly sense every emotion between gratitude and resentment. Lu Jiu Que respected him, so he would respect Lu Jiu Que. That was all.
Anyway, this mineral, when placed in his hands, wouldn't fully unleash what it was truly capable of. He might as well just give it to Lu Jiu Que.