"Li Changshan and Yan Ming pay their respects to Senior." The two Elders Li bowed and gave a deep salute without daring to delay in the slightest.
"Hahaha, there's no need for such ceremony, Fellow Daoists. Nephew Min and Nephew Liang, thank you both for bringing the two Fellow Daoists Li here. Tomorrow marks the start of the artifact-refining competition, and I imagine you still have plenty to arrange. Go and attend to your business now."
The old man's smiling expression did not diminish as he spoke in an extremely soothing tone.
After the two Elders Min bowed, they turned and left. With great enthusiasm, the old man ushered the two Elders Li into the loft behind him.
"I wonder why Senior summoned this junior here. Is there something you wish to instruct us to do? So long as it is within the ability of the two of us, we certainly will not refuse." As soon as they entered the loft, before they had even taken their seats, Elder Li spoke first.
"Fellow Daoists, there's no need to rush. Please sit down and talk." The peak Nascent Soul cultivator showed not the slightest impatience. Instead, he courteously and repeatedly invited the two Elders Li to sit.
"We are all cultivators, so I will say no more polite words. Some days ago, I left the sect on business and only returned three days ago. I heard my disciples say that the two Fellow Daoists once traded three Pills for Nurturing Nascent Soul, refined from spirit herbs more than a hundred thousand years old and using an ancient formula, at my Xiangyun Pavilion's Marketplace.
"To be frank, Fellow Daoists, I have been at the peak Nascent Soul stage for two hundred years. In recent years, a powerful energy has already begun surging