Alex fell into thought, wondering if he could do anything about the tals quickly. tals that were both durable for what was being attempted, along with allowing for high Qi conductivity, were simple enough to find.
But one also had to consider sothing else.
"What about heat?" Alex asked.
The old man gave a confused look. "What about it?"
"Expansion and contraction," Alex said. "Wouldn't having different tal plates that react easily to heat make things difficult? The change in size could lead to so problems, wouldn't it?"
The old man's eyes widened slightly. "You're right," he said. "I didn't even consider that."
Alex nodded. "You've only ever used single formation plates, so you don't have to worry about them expanding or contracting with the change in temperature. But if you're going to use separate tals in separate locations, you have to consider it very carefully."
"I understand," Battlesage said, thinking to himself. "So on top of it being durable and having a high Qi conductivity, we'll also need the tal to not easily change its size when in the presence of heat, right?"
"Yes," Alex said. "We might also want sothing that's a little less malleable and has high elasticity. We don't want random objects to leave dents in it easily."
The old man tugged on his beard. "I didn't think this through completely, it seems. You'll have to work harder."
The problem wasn't really that difficult to solve for Alex. It was just going to cost him a lot, which he was willing to spend for the sake of the secret realm in his Soul Space.
"I hope it's fine if they are of different shapes, sizes, and materials," Alex said in the end. "I can't guarantee I will only get the sa tal plates, so you'll have to make do with what I can get you."
"That's fine," the old man said. "As long as I can carve the runes onto them and not have to worry about them being destroyed, it should work."
Alex sighed in relief. "Then I will get right to searching for them. I'll get your 5000 pieces of tal as soon as I..."
He paused.
"Do it whenever you can. There's no rush," the old man said. "I'm not going anywhere."
Alex looked up. "Their sizes really don't matter, do they?" he asked, as if confirming sothing.
"No, not really. It's the size of the runes that matters, so as long as they are as large as the formation plate you showed earlier, it should work," the man said.
"And what about the texture? Does it matter if they have textures?" he asked.
"So long as the textures don't interfere with the runes, that doesn't matter either," the old man said.
Whisker looked toward Alex with a strange glint in his eyes. "What's going on, brother? It looks like you've thought of sothing."
Alex grinned. "I did. I have been thinking of where I could use this for a while, and it seems we've found the right ho for it."
As he said so, Alex brought out a small blue tal plate with a small curve to it from his Soul Space and placed it before them all. Battlesage looked at the tal plate and found it fascinating. He picked it up, touching along the surface. "What is this? This looks closer to a naturally forming mineral than a piece of tal."
"It should. It is naturally ford. Can it work?"
The old man tried bending it and found it surprisingly resilient. "It's strong enough," he said. "We shouldn't be expecting many attacks in there, so a tal piece of this caliber should be more than good enough. Do you have more of this?"
Alex grinned. "Oh, I have a ton."
Whisker's eyes widened. "Brother, is that..."
"Dragon Scales," Alex said. "Azure Dragon's Saint-grade Dragon Scales, to be precise. I have about 6000 of them for you to use. 1200 more as well, but those are slightly better, and I would rather use them elsewhere if I can."
"These are dragon scales?" the old man asked with a fascinated look on his face. "I've never seen one before. They look surprisingly similar to fish scales, don't they?"
"They do," Alex said. "But they have tallic properties to them and are widely used by the Azure Dragons to make their artifacts. Speaking of which, they contain so space attribute in them. Do you think you could make use of it?"
"Uhh..." the old man hesitated a little. "I'm not sure what I can really do with the space property. Give so ti to think."
"Of course. I'll leave you two to discuss the plan," Alex said. "Take as much ti as you need. We aren't in any hurry."
The old man nodded. "Would you leave so more dragon scales with us? I may want to experint a little with them. See what I can do."
Alex agreed and brought out four more scales, handing them all to the man. "Waste them if you have to for the sake of experinting. I should have enough. Even if we run out, we'll just use so tal bases instead for the remaining ones."
Battlesage was visibly excited at the prospect of getting to experint with scripts on a material he had never worked with before. The gears in his head were already turning.
"I'll be back in a few days," Alex said, finally leaving the two to work by themselves.
With Whisker and Battlesage working together, Alex didn't believe it would take them that long to co up with the necessary idea. Even if they were late, what was there for him to worry about? His only worry was his family, and they were already in the Sky God's
palace, which he would go to after 5 more years.
At this point, his only task was to spend the remaining 5 years however he could, and he pretty much knew what he was going to do
to spend that ti.
"Between my remaining Creations, Sunfire, and the Pillbugs, I doubt I'll get any free ti anyway."
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