Experts Appear Last

The uproar on the stone platform was even greater than when Niu Lieshan had been sent flying by a single punch.

Artifact forging?

What kind of international joke was this?!

Which of those present was not a heaven-blessed prodigy? Which of them had not spent all their time improving their cultivation and fighting for their lives?

"Patriarch Long, this is inappropriate! We came to seek the princess's hand in marriage. What we should be competing in is strength, is Dao heart. Artifact forging is merely a side path—how can it be used as a test?"

A young man in a Daoist robe could not help speaking up. He was the heir of a secluded sect in Central Province, and his lightning arts were unfathomably refined. But when it came to artifact forging, he had never even held a hammer.

"That's right! There is an order to hearing the Dao, and every profession has its specialty. We are not Artifact Forgers!"

"This test is far too biased!"

Objections rose one after another. Even in the token holders' area, many people frowned.

In Area Eight, the young man surnamed Chu wore an equally unpleasant expression. The old servant in gray behind him leaned closer and said in a low voice, "Young Mistress, what medicine is the True Dragon Clan selling in their gourd? Though the Sky-Treading Inheritance encompasses all things, artifact forging is not what you specialize in..."

The young man surnamed Chu said nothing. He merely cast a gloomy glance at Long Gan on the high platform, then looked toward the figure in Area Three who was currently searching for a stool to sit on.

Long Lan grew anxious as well, tugging on Long Jing's sleeve. "Brother, what is Patriarch thinking? This is bad. Li Feiyu looks like nothing but a