"What Your Highness says is correct. I have also heard that the weapons currently used by the Bohai Legion and the Iron Stone Guards are made of refined iron. While such weapons cannot compare to Mortal Artifacts, they are sufficient for dealing with the Xiongnu and the regular armies of the Prince of Yan."
"Of course, I must remind Your Highness that the Prince of Yan's Yan Army Guards, the Imperial Father-in-law Ye Batian's Shadow Guard, and even the Great Qin Imperial Family's Dragon-Tiger Guard have long been purchasing Mortal Artifact weapons on a large scale. In fact, a small number of high-ranking officers have already begun to be equipped with them. I obtained this information from within the Continent Chamber of Commerce, so I hope Your Highness will take note."
"Although they have purchased and equipped these Mortal Artifacts, the numbers are not high. Furthermore, the price of a Mortal Artifact is quite steep; a pseudo-Mortal Artifact already sells for 200,000 taels of silver, and a one-star Mortal Artifact has been bid up to 500,000 taels. As for nine-star Mortal Artifacts, which cost hundreds of millions of taels, they are virtually impossible to find on the market, and few Martial Practitioners can afford them. The main reason is that there are very few weapon refiners in the entire eastern part of the continent capable of crafting them. If Your Highness requires them, you may prepare the materials for ten weapons, and I am willing to have my younger brother, …
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