Seeing Lu Nan fall silent, Liu Qilan patted his shoulder.
"Just do your best. If it doesn't work out, you can still cultivate the path of runes!!"
Then she added, "You've recovered more or less by now. It's time to go meet that fellow Jiang Qing!"
"Jiang Qing??" Lu Nan looked at her in confusion.
"That's the Sect Leader. You're my disciple.
"You're also a member of Ninth Peak, so whether by sentiment or reason, we ought to inform the Sect Leader."
As she spoke, Liu Qilan grabbed Lu Nan and flew toward a towering peak that pierced the clouds.
Before long, they landed atop the mountain. "This is First Peak, and also the Artifact Refining Sect's Sect Master Peak."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a figure flew out from an exquisite building in the distance.
"What wind has blown Junior Sister Liu all the way to my First Peak?" Before the voice had faded, the figure landed before them.
Lu Nan looked up and saw a smiling Middle-aged Man.
He wore a long white robe, and none of his aura showed.
Though he smiled, Lu Nan could still sense a faint, imposing dignity from him.
While Lu Nan studied him, he was also studying Lu Nan.
Liu Qilan rolled her eyes at him irritably, then pointed at Lu Nan beside her. "This is the disciple I've just taken in. I brought him over to meet you!"
"Oh? A newly accepted disciple??" The Middle-aged Man raised a brow and looked at Lu Nan again.
This truly surprised him, and he could not help releasing his Divine Sense to investigate.
When he learned that the youth before him was merely at the fifth layer of Qi Condensation and possessed a Low-grade Spiritual Root—
His brow furrowed slightly, and his