Qian Meng nodded to herself and rose, making her way toward the round platform.
Being able to establish even the slightest personal connection with the Jun Family was something every faction dreamed of, and it was precisely why Qian Meng and the others present stepped onto the stage one after another to try their hand.
Bang, clang, boom...
As wave after wave of metallic hammering rang out, Lu Feng's attention could not help drifting toward the Weapon Sect below one side of the round platform.
The burly man who had led the group earlier and shouted at them to make way was now wielding a massive hammer, relentlessly pounding another small fragment he had taken from the maid's hand.
He was clearly intending to shake out the impurities within the iron fragment through forging and refine it.
With the burly man's strength, which was close to the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage, fewer than ten hammer strikes were enough to remove more than half the impurities from the iron piece.
Jun Zi Shuo watched from the side and quietly nodded.
Xia Yiyun slightly turned at this moment and looked toward Ru Jijie in the neighboring seat. Pointing at a refined, gentle-looking man on the other side of the round platform, she asked, "Master, is that the next Valley Master of Longevity Valley?"
Ru Jijie nodded, smiling as she teasingly replied, "He is the one I mentioned to you before—the one you turned down."
As she spoke, she deliberately—or perhaps inadvertently—glanced at Lu Feng, as though telling Xia Yiyun, So this is why you had no eyes for anyone else.
Xia Yiyun blushed again in embarrassment and sat back down beside Lu Feng, her heart thumping like a startled deer.
At the same time, the scene caused Qian Baoyu, who stood