"I imagine Senior still doesn't know who Master He is. In the entire Thousand Cauldron Pavilion—or even Cloudflight City—as far as armor is concerned, Master He would dare say he was second, and no one would dare claim first. Master He is also one of the three high-grade artifact refiners in our Thousand Cauldron Pavilion." The middle-aged steward from earlier noticed Lu Xiaotian's puzzled expression.
"So he's a high-grade artifact refiner. My apologies for my disrespect."
Lu Xiaotian was startled. He had never expected this unassuming white-browed old man to be a high-grade artifact refiner. Like a high-grade alchemist, a high-grade artifact refiner held a position in any sect no lower than that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
After all, not every magical artifact had the potential to advance into a spirit-infused artifact. Most artifacts forged by ordinary artifact refiners could remain only within the realm of Core Formation artifacts for their entire existence.
"Going by that, Fellow Daoist has a way to repair this armor?"
"I can only say that I can give it a try, and it won't come cheap. I'm afraid we'll need nearly ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones just to lay the foundation. It depends on whether you have the nerve for it." The white-browed old man rubbed his hands. "To be frank, I still have commissions from two Nascent Soul Cultivators on hand. If I hadn't happened to be studying the Demon Race's forging methods, and then encountered your armor, my interest wouldn't have been piqued enough for me to come see it personally. If it were an ordinary artifact, I wouldn't have the time either."
"Very well. I'll leave it to you, Fellow Daoist."
Lu Xiaotian hesitated for a while. Since the other party was a high-grade artifact refiner, he no longer needed to