Most of the valuables in Ocher Hill had been swiped clean by looters or other elites in the black market during the initial chaos. For instance, top-grade ores like sweepcloud dust, wood onyx and blueflame jade were all gone. According to Yvelbane, however, those ingredients were not good enough to be considered grade one and were nothing but scrap. An ingredient like jadeslice steel was akin to a grade-two or grade-three ingredient and simply couldn't be compared with them.0

On the other hand, brightstart stones, while cheap in Skysource, were rather precious in Void Embrace during Yvelbane's time. It was a much-needed resource for building yang-aspect foundations. The only reason for the cheap price was the relative availability...0