Ling Pengyun lacked certain Nascent Soul Spirit Objects, so he was particularly curious about the trading gathering in the Star Sea Realm and took part.
He acquired some fine things there, but also spent quite a few fourth-rank cultivation pills in trade.
Moreover, he had spent a considerable number of fourth-rank cultivation pills at the Star Sea Small Gathering several decades earlier.
Together, these two expenditures had almost exhausted the fourth-rank cultivation pills the Star Sea Old Ancestor had given him to support his cultivation years ago.
Fortunately, he still had a large reserve of even better cultivation resources: fourth-rank spirit herbs and some fourth-rank spirit food prepared by his wife, Yan Siyi.
Thus, he was not worried. Instead, he was delighted to have obtained some things he needed.
At that moment.
Outside Star Tool Valley, the headquarters of the Star Tool Lineage, which founded its standing on artifact refinement.
It was one of the Star Sea Pavilion's nine great lineages.
Ling Pengyun was waiting there.
After a while, a brawny old man with a head full of white hair slowly walked out of the valley toward Ling Pengyun and asked curiously.
"Ling Nephew-Apprentice, why have you come to me for artifact refinement? Aside from Cloud Bear Martial Brother, your fourth-rank middle-grade Artifact Refiner who is stationed far away in the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World and has no time to spare, doesn't your Yun Qian Lineage also have Junior Brother Yun Chi, a fourth-rank Artifact Refiner who has been staying with your lineage lately?"
"With your standing, persuading him to help you refine an artifact shouldn't be difficult."
Ling Pengyun first cupped his hands in greeting.
"Star Kui Martial Uncle!"
Then he slowly explained.
"Cloud Blaze Martial Uncle of our Yun Qian Lineage was willing to help me refine this