Honestly, the Death Metal Rose was nowhere near the top of his priority list, though it also wasn't something he could just overlook either. It wasn't that he was interested in giving it to Regix, but that his own life would become a lot easier if he had a way to cleanse all kinds of curses.
Yet as long as there weren't any leads, he could disregard it altogether, and instead focus on developing his necklace and increasing his immediate strength. Lex looked through the list of Dao materials once more and narrowed down the list to a few resources he felt like would help him a lot.
He could choose between maximising the number of Dao materials in the least time, or he could get the most suitable ones by sacrificing some time.
