After being hit in the face by the system, I swapped bodies with Zhongli

Chapter 505 Ore

Yuan Zhuoyue nodded slightly, accepting Morax's explanation. "I understand. Where should we go to find the ores you mentioned?"

"While mineral deposits are common, those that can be considered top-quality are few and far between," Morax said calmly. "If we were to search the mining area now, it would probably be difficult to find ore suitable for making pigments in a short period of time."

"Since you've made a proposal, you must also have a clear goal. Otherwise, you wouldn't have wasted so much time discussing this with me." Yuan Zhuoyue clearly didn't want to listen to this long-winded speech. He raised his hand to interrupt Morax's rambling and said directly, "Just tell me where to look. There's no need to beat around the bush and talk so much nonsense with me."

Yuan Zhuoyue raised her eyes, her golden eyes, shimmering like a smoky golden glow, and met Morax's gaze steadily. "What's more... Rock King Emperor, aren't you the God of Rock? It might be difficult for ordinary people to do this, but it shouldn't be difficult for you to find those treasures suitable for making pigments from those hidden mineral deposits, right?"

Hearing the impatience faintly revealed in Yuan Zhuoyue's words, Morax abandoned his previous roundabout attempts.

He readily accepted the advice, seemingly calmly ignoring many questions, and then turned the topic to the source of the ore for the pigment. "Scarcity makes things valuable. Those high-quality raw stones can fetch a good price even before they're worn out. Most businessmen won't sell these collected raw stones easily. They'll wait for the right opportunity, when they can reap a satisfactory profit, before they're willing to sell them."

Yuan Zhuoyue understood what he said and pondered, "You mean? I want to spend money to buy it? I don't know how high the price of such high-end luxury goods can be in Liyue, but it won't be cheap..."

She thought for a moment and happily made a decision: "Let's just go mining! After all, you are the God of Rock, so it shouldn't be that difficult for you to find suitable raw stones in the mines, right?"

"Pigments are different from porcelain clay. Slight differences in the raw stone can lead to vastly different colors in the final pigment." Morax politely rejected the suggestion. "And nowadays, you need a wide variety of pigment colors. The process of selecting the ore and gathering all the colors you desire is much more expensive and time-consuming than the time it takes to create the porcelain clay."

Although Yuan Zhuoyue is now making the preliminary preparations for making porcelain, he is very stubborn and wants to perfect each step by himself, looking very patient.

But Morax could also clearly feel the urgency hidden behind Yuan Zhuoyue's well-organized and stereotyped actions.

Otherwise, when the mud pieces were at their driest, they would not have been dried directly using magic because of the consecutive rainy days.

Instead of putting the porcelain clay in a winnowing basket and placing it under the sun, letting the scorching summer sun take away the moisture contained in it, as was done at the beginning.

So Morax's final suggestion to Yuan Zhuoyue was: "Choosing from the existing products can save you a lot of time."