A great cauldron hung suspended in the air, as if it had gone mad.
Black Sha Qi streamed out of it in spurts.
Lin Heng grabbed the middle-aged man, stopping him from rushing over.
"Fellow Daoist, please remain calm. Your Cauldron of All Beings is fine. It has merely accumulated too much Killing Intent; we are only helping you expel it."
The middle-aged man froze for a moment, looking at the young man before him in confusion. "Expel the Killing Intent?"
"Your Cauldron of All Beings must have been used to sacrifice quite a few people. Over the years, the spirits of the dead have wrapped around it—how could there be no Killing Intent?"
"If we do not expel the Killing Intent, how are we supposed to repair the breach for you?"
Lin Heng spoke with perfect logic. The middle-aged man found it reasonable, yet he was still somewhat uneasy.
"May I ask who you are?"
Seeing this, Meng Yutong hurriedly covered for him. "He is Rain Pavilion's exclusive artifact forger—Lin Tian. He is specifically responsible for repairing the Cauldron of All Beings."
"So that is how it is. I was presumptuous! Please forgive me, Master Lin and Pavilion Master Meng. I am an outsider and do not understand the intricacies involved."
"I only wonder how long the repairs will take. Our clan chief hopes to receive a definite timeframe. After all, if our clan's sacred artifact remains away from our ancestral land for too long, it will cause irreversible losses."
Lin Heng held up three fingers, leaving everyone stunned.
"Three months? That is far too long!"
"No. I have three options here: three months, thirty days, or three days!"
"The shorter the time, the greater the required investment, and naturally the higher the price! For three months, we will