“Nine cauldrons?” Zu An was stunned. “You mean when Yu the Great divided the world into nine states, and then each of those nine states offered up bronze to create nine cauldrons as a symbol for the nine states? You mean the cauldrons that have the entire country’s famous mountains, great rivers, and exotic goods engraved on their surfaces?”

“Correct.” Mi Li appeared in her red dress. She stared at the green furnace in his hands with a complicated expression.

Zu An thought to himself, No wonder she insisted on me buying her a few more dresses. She does look pretty in them. Huh? If she can wear these dresses, then doesn’t that mean that she’s a tangible being to a certain degree? Then I wonder if she can feel anything…

But in the end, he still got rid of that death-courting thought and returned to the main topic at hand. “This little...