At Beverly's house in Green Shade Town, number 37, after hearing the price of the 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage item from Beverly, Dorothy's heart stirred. She thought to herself, if she, as a 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) Extraordinary, could find a way to turn her "enlightenment" into a storage item, wouldn't she be able to make a fortune!
'This seems promising. In any case, I should first inquire about the feasibility.'
Thinking this, Dorothy looked at Beverly again and asked,
"Hey, Beverly, I want to ask, do you know the method for making Spirituality storage items? What should I do if I need to make a Spirituality storage item?"
"The method for making Spirituality storage items... This isn't a particularly high-end technique. Besides the "Cup", the creation of other Spirituality storage items requires the involvement of a'Shi' (Stone) craftsman. Many craftsmen on the'Shi' (Stone) path possess the method for making storage items. Generally, larger associations will specifically employ one or two'Shi' (Stone) craftsmen to make storage items and maintain Extraordinary items. And the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild also accepts commissions for making storage items."
Beverly replied to Dorothy, seemingly quite knowledgeable about this matter.
"In summary, to make a storage item, you need a'Shi' (Stone) craftsman with the corresponding technique and materials, and an Extraordinary responsible for providing their inherent Spirituality. The craftsman will introduce the Extraordinary's Spirituality into a mold, temper, and stabilize it, sealing the inherent Spirituality from the Extraordinary within other objects."
Beverly explained. Listening to her words, Dorothy nodded slightly and then said,
"Does that mean making a storage item is just one person providing Spirituality to a'Shi' (Stone) craftsman and having him help seal it into an item? It sounds quite simple."
"It only sounds simple. The actual operation is very troublesome. The creation of storage items directly tests the craftsman's experience and skill. An inexperienced craftsman will not only have a high failure rate when making storage items, but also a high Spirituality loss rate. One mistake and it's a losing business."
"Loss rate?"
"Yes, loss rate. There is a loss when inherent Spirituality is converted into a storage item. Depending on the craftsman's skill, this loss usually ranges from six-to-one to three-to-one. This means making one portion of Spirituality storage item may require three or six portions of inherent Spirituality. The more skilled the craftsman, the lower the loss can be reduced, using less inherent Spirituality to make storage items. Therefore, skilled craftsmen are very valuable," Beverly said frankly. Listening to her words, Dorothy roughly understood how Spirituality storage items are made, so she continued.
"According to what you said, the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild should have a service that can provide Spirituality to help make Spirituality storage items, right? As long as I provide Spirituality, you can help me make the corresponding Spirituality storage items," Dorothy inquired. If she could commission the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild to help her make 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage items, then she would be rich in the future. However, Beverly's answer was beyond Dorothy's expectation.
"That's right. We can indeed provide you with storage item creation services here, as long as the storage item you are making is not a "Cup" or 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment)."
While putting the wiped glass eyeball back into her eye socket, Beverly said frankly to Dorothy, who was surprised after hearing this.
"Other than the "Cup" and 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment), everything else is fine... Why are there special ones?"
"For the "Cup", it's because their Spirituality is opposite to ours, and many of our techniques cannot be integrated. Moreover, the "Cup" association has its own unique storage item creation process and doesn't need our help. As for 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment), firstly, no one can provide inherent Spirituality, and secondly, we don't have a corresponding container."
Beverly explained. Listening to her words, a hint of confusion appeared on Dorothy's face.
"Container?"
"That is a blank container specifically made for storing Spirituality. Not just any material can be used to store Spirituality. The container used for storage needs to be specially developed and produced. The current popular storage item containers are basically developed and produced by our Craftsmen's Guild, and they are basically unified into the shape of coins, such as the gold coins of 'Light', the silver coins of'Shadow', the stone coins of'Stone', the iron coins of'Silence'....
"Developing a qualified container is not an easy task. It requires a large amount of resources in the early stage, especially the investment of relevant Spirituality for research. For example, developing a 'Light' container requires a large amount of 'Light' Spirituality as experimental material. As for 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment), due to the extreme lack of Spirituality, it cannot meet the research needs, so no one has been able to develop a 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) container.
"The only source of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage items currently is fragments of ancient stone tablets and murals in ruins. No one has been able to artificially produce 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage items. In a sense, 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) in the hidden world is a rare 'natural' mineral."
Beverly explained in detail to Dorothy, who understood the specific reason after listening once.
Simply put, the blank containers used for Spirituality storage items need to be individually researched and developed with the investment of Spirituality resources. However, due to the extremely scarce nature of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) Spirituality, no one has researched 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) containers. Moreover, even if they were developed, there are no 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) Extraordinary to provide inherent Spirituality to turn the containers into storage items. Therefore, no one in the entire hidden world has thought of making such a useless thing.
'Damn, does this mean I can't make 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage items? If I only have Spirituality but no container, I can't make storage items!'
Dorothy couldn't help but shout this in her heart. Her mood was not good after finally discovering a path to wealth only to have it blocked by reality.
For a moment, Dorothy's face couldn't help but sink. Seeing this, Beverly on the side suddenly became interested and said,
"What's wrong? You suddenly seem unhappy? By the way, why are you asking these questions here? Do you want to make storage items? Or buy storage items? If you want to buy 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) storage items, I advise you to take this opportunity. 1400 pound per piece is the lowest price in recent years."
Beverly said to Dorothy, who was slightly startled after hearing Beverly's words.
"Will the price of storage items here increase?"
"Of course. As I said before, the price of storage items fluctuates greatly depending on supply and demand. For example, in some years when the contradictions between associations worsened and there was a scramble for divination resources, the price would climb several times over. This year, the relationship between the major associations is stable, so the price is low. If you want to buy, you should do it now."
Beverly said to Dorothy, who then rubbed her chin playfully after hearing this. After thinking about something, her eyes lit up, and she smiled slightly at Beverly and said,
"Captain may have misunderstood, Miss Beverly. I came here this time not to buy things, but to sell things."
Smiling, Dorothy said to Beverly. Hearing Dorothy's words, Beverly's brows furrowed slightly.
"Sell things? What are you selling?"
"News. I'm selling a piece of news."