"Yu Zhang, why have you brought just anyone here? Do you not know what sort of place this is? Even a few casually leaked words could be worth a thousand immortal Spirit Stones."
The moment they stepped into this great hall, which bore only the two words "Artifact Refining," a somewhat hostile voice rang out. It belonged to an old man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks. His pair of yellow eyes rolled about constantly as he swept them over Qin Fengming and the two others, his disdain unmistakable.
This was a Golden Immortal cultivator. He seemed to have some grievance against Yu Zhang, the immortal-realm cultivator who had led the three here, and thus took the chance to ridicule him.
"Our Yingyue Sect has posted a reward. Now that someone is willing to give it a try, are they not permitted to enter the hall?" Yu Zhang seemed unafraid of the old man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, answering calmly.
"Senior Brother Yu Zhang, since they are Artifact Refining Masters participating in the reward, they may naturally be brought here. May I ask which of you will step forward to try first?" A handsome middle-aged cultivator looked over the four, his gaze finally settling on Dong Qian.
There was no other reason—Dong Qian was a bona fide Artifact Refining Master.
"Fine, I'll go first." Dong Qian did not stand on ceremony and immediately strode forward.
There were more than a dozen cultivators in the hall, over half of them True Immortals. It appeared that they had been heatedly discussing something, but the arrival of the four had interrupted them.
Dong Qian's Artifact Refining Attainment had long since reached the master level. During the years he had followed Qin Fengming, he had received Qin Fengming's guidance, and