Inside the reception hall.
The two of them chatted merrily.
Though it was not all that merry, mostly consisting of them pouring out their grievances to each other.
"There are only three Foundation Establishment cultivators on my Hundred Refinements Mountain, and Ailao Mountain snatched away two of them in one go."
"Isn't my Luo Tian Association in the same boat? We finally scraped together eight or nine Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, and Ice Fortress took five from us!"
"Hiss, that many? Does Heartless Forefather not even give Pill Dust Master any face?"
"He did! Otherwise, how could I have anyone left to oversee the association's business?"
Gongsun Gan let out a long sigh.
"These great sects truly do not treat small factions like us as people!"
Luo Chen felt the same.
After they had vented their bitterness to each other, their previously unfamiliar relationship grew much warmer.
Perhaps they were birds of a feather, sharing the same illness.
Gongsun Gan asked why Luo Chen had come.
"You want to commission a Magic Tool? I remember your faction has Duan Feng, a master artifact forger, does it not?"
"He was sent to the Accumulated Thunder Mountain battlefield."
Fair enough!
No wonder he had come seeking help from Hundred Refinements Mountain.
There was no need to elaborate on the details. Gongsun Gan asked about Luo Chen's requirements for the commissioned Magic Tool.
"I want to commission a wing-type Magic Tool that can be implanted into a cultivator's body."
"To assist with flight?"
"Yes."
"One powered by spiritual energy?"
"It would be even better if it could also use the power of blood and qi."
"That may be somewhat difficult. This kind of Magic Tool has extremely demanding material requirements."
"I brought my own raw materials!"
"Oh? Why not take them out for