A Companion on the Journey

Looking at the young cultivator's youthful face before him, Yuan Shihai's heart was thrown into turmoil.

He had advanced to the peak of Foundation Establishment at such a young age. How heaven-defying must his cultivation aptitude be? In the past, Yuan Shihai had always prided himself on having an exceptionally good Spiritual Root attribute, but before the young cultivator opposite him, he had nothing to boast about.

Yet at this moment, Yuan Shihai was also puzzled. He did not know which skill competition the young cultivator had come to Manghuang Mountain to participate in. Unable to suppress his curiosity, he still opened his mouth to ask:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, may I ask which branch of Manghuang Mountain you intend to join this time? Could you tell this Yuan a thing or two?"

Hearing Yuan Shihai's question, Qin Fengming also found himself greatly hesitating. With his abilities at this moment, he had several choices. Artifact refining was the earliest skill he had come into contact with. His talent in artifact refining was extraordinarily good. When he had been at the fourth or fifth layer of the Qi Gathering stage, he had already been able to refine high-grade magical artifacts. Such attainment was absolutely beyond comparison with any artifact refiner.

As for talisman crafting, he had even deeper experience. His success rate in crafting the Sun-Shooting Talisman, which even Core Formation cultivators found difficult to refine, had already reached seventy or eighty percent. Even those Old Monsters who had formed nascent souls would find it difficult to reach such a level.

As for alchemy, although he had not done much practical work, the ancient books he possessed were all the crystallized efforts of mighty ancient experts. After so many years of painstaking study, he dared say that he was absolutely no worse