As Wang Yu's auction drew to a close, Qingyang was still lamenting that he lacked the capital to make a move and buy the treasures he wanted.
At the same time.
—Guiling City! A grand drama also began to raise its curtain!
Master Tian Shui, who had heard about the Deep Sea Sinking Silver vein, hurried to Guiling from the distant Golden Toad City. After resting briefly for a day, he was just about to set off again.
Guiling Branch Master Ye Qing took the initiative to come to his door.
He deliberately exaggerated things, displaying City Lord Wang's arrogance and disdain, while also belittling Master Tian Shui until he was worthless, and then intentionally misled him regarding the Spirit Stones.
Then...
Master Tian Shui was unexpectedly calm. He said with a chuckle, "You are called Ye Qing, yes? Miaoshan's subordinate. I have heard her mention the Guiling City Lord. Though his temperament is arrogant and perverse, he is not an unwise man. For you to do this... whose orders did you listen to?"
Ye Qing immediately broke out in a cold sweat, murmuring but unable to speak.
Master Tian Shui was a Peak Core Formation cultivator, only one step away from condensing an infant. With his artifact-refining skills, and being within a colossal entity like Gold Abundance Pavilion, renowned across two regions, he could long ago have exchanged his contributions for one Nascent Soul Pill. The reason he had not done so was actually because he was accumulating a foundation in his craft. He wanted to refine a Fourth Tier Magic Treasure while still in the Core Formation Stage.
In this way, when he broke through the great realm in the future and underwent transformation, he would be able to seize that thread of opportunity and push his artifact-refining