The stone was about one metre long, half a metre wide, and thirty centimetres tall. At a glance, Shen Xu estimated it was two hundred kilogrammes heavy.
"This young master has a good eye." The stall master praised before he continued.
"It's rare to find such a large piece of grey iron ore."
Hearing this, Shen Xu looked at the stone.
Grey iron was a common refining material.
However, it was soft and was rarely useful when refining common hard weapons like swords and hammers.
At most, it was used as a binding material or in soft weapons like whips and ribbons.
'Is there something special about this grey iron ore?' Shen Xu wondered but he didn't ask.
After all, they came to the Anyang City market to find leaks.
Because he didn't want the stallkeeper to discover something, he suppressed his curiosity and waited for Zhen Yuan to buy the stone.
"How many spirit stones do you want for the stone?" Zhen Yuan asked.
"I will sell it to you for three thousand spirit stones."
After saying that, the stallkeeper clenched his hands and held his breath.
Three thousand spirit stones was just the asking price.
If the young man bargained, the stallkeeper would lower the price to two thousand.
However, the expected bargain did not come.
Instead, the young man looked at the stone and then reached for his storage bag.
"Okay." Zhen Yuan said and directly paid for the stone.
At the same time, he put the stone into his storage bag and led Shen Xu away from the stall.
Seeing this, the stallkeeper couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
'If I knew he wouldn't bargain, I would have asked for five thousand.' He thought and shook his head in regret.
On the other side, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu left the West market.
[Ayuan, is there something special about the stone?] Shen Xu asked with a frown on his face.
Because grey iron wasn't popular, its market price was low.
For such a piece, two thousand spirit stones were more than enough and Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a little cheated.
[It's not a grey iron ore.] Zhen Yuan said with a smile in his eyes.
"What is it?" Shen Xu asked and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
"I will tell you when we check into an inn."
When he heard that, Shen Xu was no longer in the mood to walk around Anyang City. Instead, he urged Zhen Yuan to find a place to stay and they soon checked into an inn.
"Tell me." He urged.
However, Zhen Yuan didn't speak.
Rather, he chuckled in amusement and activated a protective formation disk before pulling Shen Xu to enter the Chaos Flame Space.
"Is it so special?" Shen Xu asked.
"It's a void stone." Zhen Yuan revealed and Shen Xu couldn't help but be surprised.
Void stone, also called space stone, was the main material for refining space rings and accessories.
However, void stones were rare in the Canglan continent.
As a result, most cultivators had storage bags and only a few had space rings.
"Is it really a void stone?" Shen Xu excitedly questioned.
From the refining materials encyclopaedias, Shen Xu knew that the void stone and grey iron stone looked alike.
However, there were still some differences and weapon refiners could differentiate them at a glance. Unexpectedly, he didn't discover anything this time around.
"I only know the ore is a void stone because I recognised some space laws on it. Maybe the stone has mutated and looks more like a grey iron stone than ordinary void stones."
Hearing this, Shen Xu burst into laughter.
"We are rich." He exclaimed.
From what he knew, void stones were extremely precious.
At a glance, the piece they had was large and could produce many space accessories.
If they sold what they didn't need, he and Zhen Yuan would be able to raise millions of spirit stones.
"We will know how much void stone we have after we remove the outer shell." Zhen Yuan said and removed the stone from his storage bag.
After that, Shen Xu carefully removed the stone's outer shell and revealed the inner core.
As expected, the useable part of the void stone was large and weighed more than one hundred kilograms.
"How many space rings can be refined from this stone?" Zhen Yuan asked but Shen Xu shook his head.
"I won't know until I learn how to refine a space ring." He said.
"Okay. Keep the stone." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu didn't argue.
After putting away the stone, he smiled at his husband and happily held his hand.
"Ayuan, you are my lucky charm." He said.
When he heard that, Zhen Yuan smiled and pulled the person into his arms.
"I am the lucky one." He said with a doting smile in his eyes.
"On Earth, couples exchange rings when they get married. Ayuan, do you want to exchange space rings?"
"Mmmmm." Zhen Yuan nodded and tightened the embrace.
At the same time, Shen Xu looped his arms around the man's waist and consciously laid his head on his husband's chest.
'This feels good.' He thought and closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the morning of the sixth day, the caravan gathered outside the city gate and continued its journey.
Less than a month later, Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, and the caravan arrived outside Dragon City.
At this time, it was a little more than half a month before the registration day of the Divine Rainbow Academy.
Because of this, many people were visiting Dragon City and there was a long queue at the city entrance.
"We have arrived at Dragon City and it's time for everyone to go their own way. The caravan will disband here." Manager Zhang announced while looking at the group.
"It's thanks to young master Xiao, manager Zhang, and elder Qin that we arrived safely." Someone said and bowed in gratitude.
When they heard that, several people also expressed their gratitude before the caravan disbanded.
After that, manager Zhang looked at Zhen Yuan but the young man shook his head.
Seeing this, Manager Zhang nodded and walked towards the gate.
'He is a smart man.' Shen Xu praised.
After thinking about it, he and Zhen Yuan decided not to have an open relationship with Manager Zhang. When the time came, they would find the man to secretly sell the goods in their hands.
In this way, they wouldn't attract too much trouble and could live more freely.
"Ayuan, let's line up." Shen Xu reminded.
"Good."
Because there was a large number of people who wanted to enter the city, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu waited four hours before they could enter.
At this time, both were a little bored and were not in the mood to explore the city.
"Let's find a place to stay." Zhen Yuan suggested.
"An inn?"
"We will only be in Dragon City for half a month. There is no need to rent a courtyard or cave."
"Okay."
After that, the two began to search for an inn.
Unfortunately, there were too many visitors in Dragon City and most of the good inns were already full.
In the end, they settled for a medium-sized inn located in the outer part of the city.
However, the two didn't care about this.
After all, they had the Chaos Flame space.
In essence, an inn room was just a camouflage.
After they entered their room, Zhen Yuan immediately activated the room's protective formation.
As an added measure, he activated a protective formation disk before he and Shen Xu entered the space.
"Are you tired?" Zhen Yuan asked and led his wife to sit down.
"I am not tired." Shen Xu shook his head and said.
However, he had a thoughtful look and Zhen Yuan raised his eyebrow in question.
"What's on your mind?" He asked.
"There is half a month before the registration day." Shen Xu stated the obvious but Zhen Yuan didn't rush him.
Fifty breaths later, Shen Xu pulled himself out of his thoughtful state and looked at Zhen Yuan.
"Fifteen days is one hundred and fifty days in the Chaos Flame Space. I want to use this time to experiment with the ores I bought in Anyang City." Shen Xu said and quickly continued.
"If I can improve my weapon refining skills, maybe I will have a better chance of attracting a master when we enter the Academy."
Hearing this, Zhen Yuan nodded.
"Alright, I will take care of everything else." The man said.
In addition to earning a lot of spirit stones, Zhen Yuan wanted to walk around Dragon City to look for inheritances.
Although he knew it was near impossible to find inheritances, he wanted to buy some books for Shen Xu.
If he could find some good books, Shen Xu would have an easier time laying a foundation in weapon refining and spiritual chef mastery.
"I am sorry to leave everything to you." Shen Xu apologised.
"What are you talking about?" Zhen Yuan glared and Shen Xu chuckled.
"Okay, I understand."
Later that evening, the two went out for dinner.
On one hand, they wanted to briefly explore the city and on the other, they wanted to eavesdrop on some gossip.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of gossip, but none was relevant to their life.
After dinner, the two returned to the inn, entered the space, and hugged to sleep.
The next day, Shen Xu went into seclusion in the alchemy room and began his experiments.
Similarly, Zhen Yuan entered the training room and began to draw talismans.
Because he planned to sell all the talismans, Zhen Yuan mostly drew the common talismans - the flame talisman, wind talisman, turtle shell talisman, and the earth wall talisman.
Six days later, the young man put his brush down and frowned.
When he started, he had one thousand pieces of level one talisman paper and three hundred pieces of level two paper.
After six days of hard work, he had used all the talisman papers and exhausted his stash of talisman liquid.
'I need more talisman papers and talisman liquid.' He thought, but his brows were still creased in a frown.