After a round of polite exchanges, everyone entered the tall hall known as Ronghai Hall.
There were no other cultivators inside Ronghai Hall. Apart from several dozen tables and chairs, the spacious hall—which stretched twenty to thirty zhang across—was extremely plain.
After they took their respective seats as host and guests, Hao Qiu's previously calm expression turned solemn. He looked at Qin Fengming for a moment before speaking in a slightly grave tone:
"Fellow Daoist Qin, my Tenglong Pavilion has already ordered the collection of the spirit herbs you mentioned and is doing everything possible to gather them for you. Given a year or two, we should certainly be able to assemble them all and deliver them to you. Let us speak frankly. We invited you here this time to ask you to cooperate with my Tenglong Pavilion in refining a treasure.
"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Qin, that treasure has extremely strict requirements for the refiner's Artifact Refining Attainment. One's understanding of artifact refinement must reach an exceedingly high level. The materials required for the treasure my Tenglong Pavilion wishes to refine are far too precious. Even my Tenglong Pavilion can only produce one more set at present.
"Therefore, to ensure nothing goes wrong, my Tenglong Pavilion plans to have you refine another treasure first, to test your Artifact Refining Attainment. I hope Fellow Daoist Qin can understand."
Listening to the Pavilion Master's explanation, Qin Fengming's expression did not change.
There was nothing wrong with what the other party had said. Before truly witnessing him refine a treasure, it was only natural for them to have their concerns.
"If Senior gives the order, this junior will comply. But when will Senior test this junior's artifact-refining skills?"
Seeing how decisively Qin Fengming agreed, Dou Yun and Ling Feng could not