The Fan Family's artifact refining clan competition had always been one of the key means by which they boosted their lineage's influence in Ascension City, yet over all these years, it had achieved little.
Because throughout these many years, the Fan Family had not produced a single descendant capable of passing Heaven Refining Pavilion's assessment.
Ever since that Void Refinement stage ancestor of the Fan Family had passed away, this lineage that made its living through artifact refining had grown ever weaker. They had not even produced another Void Refinement stage cultivator.
Even so, the Fan Family ultimately still possessed a certain degree of influence within the city.
On this day, quite a few people came to the Fan Family in Ascension City to witness the ceremony, nearly all of them representing the various powers within the city.
"Five Elements Sect's Mizhu has come to pay a visit!"
Outside the Fan Family estate, an early Void Refinement stage cultivator descended upon Five-Colored Divine Light beneath his feet. He wore a plain-colored Daoist robe, his bearing ethereal and distant.
Upon hearing that it was a representative of the Five Elements Sect, many cultivators who had already arrived within the Fan Family estate looked over, their eyes filled with reverence.
"The Five Elements Sect really values the Fan Family. They actually sent Lord Mizhu personally."
"Of course. Some time ago, the Fan Family head agreed to forge three Mysterious-grade Spirit Treasures for the Five Elements Sect, so naturally he gained the Five Elements Sect's friendship."
"Three Mysterious-grade Spirit Treasures... tsk, tsk, tsk. That truly is a grand gesture. Forging so many Spirit Treasures in one go—can the Fan Family head withstand it?"
"Every Spirit Treasure is a one-of-a-kind existence under heaven. Forging three of them is no easy task."
This Mizhu was