As the Female Emperor, Jiang Jingyi's intuition rarely went wrong.
Lazy Master had hidden her identity, but only because no one had been willing to dig too deeply.
If the Dynasty had deliberately dug into it, even her identity as Pavilion Master could not have stayed covered.
Now, because of that Show-off, she had taken the initiative to expose herself; being discovered was only a matter of time.
Lin Heng stayed in the village for a full day longer, and finally managed to engrave the dragon patterns onto the bottom of the cauldron.
A pair of men followed behind him, helping with the odd tasks.
To be precise, one was old and one was young.
They were both artifact refiners from Rain Pavilion, a master with his apprentice.
"Master, why is that cauldron still giving off black smoke? It just feels strange... a little creepy!"
"And shouldn't we be the ones doing this work? What exactly is the Pavilion Master thinking?"
The young man watched Lin Heng circle the cauldron, smashing it on the east side, tapping it on the west, and felt a pounding headache coming on.
The middle-aged man in black had one hand clasped behind his back, but his eyes were fixed on the figure ahead, shock and doubt flashing across his face from time to time.
"Though he isn't an expert, he does understand some of the art of forging. The Cauldron of All Beings has now already become the Cauldron of Killing Beings. If your master has not misjudged, what he is using should be the Nine Dragons Seal Method!"
"The royal clan's inheritance!"
"He's someone from the royal clan?" The young man's expression changed.
"..."
Before long, Lin Heng stopped moving, and the scorching air gradually returned to calm.
The great cauldron that had