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Only, most of the martial arts manuals in Tian Yuan City's shops had already been bought up by the people Bi Fan had sent out. There was no need to waste Seven Star Soul Jade on duplicate manuals.
Many other treasures were bought as soon as they appeared.
The Purple Evil Sect was especially aggressive in buying up divine artifacts, and the people Bi Fan had sent out were keeping an eye on them too.
Whenever a divine artifact appeared, it was snapped up at once.
What was more, divine artifacts rarely appeared in shops. They were usually only available at auctions.
Competition was even fiercer at auctions, making it harder still to get one's hands on a divine artifact.
Given the circumstances, many sects were cultivating grandmasters of artifact forging, hoping to gain the ability to forge divine artifacts.
If a sect could forge divine artifacts itself, its demand for them would not be so great.
Yun Peng, whom Bi Fan had recruited back then, had forged quite a few divine artifacts during this time.
To cultivate a grandmaster of artifact forging, Yun Peng had begun taking disciples and passing on his forging methods at Bi Fan's urging.
Moreover, Bi Fan had taught Yun Peng the artifact-forging techniques from the Yin Yang Divine Forging, greatly improving his skill.
Bi Fan had no time to study alchemy or artifact forging himself, so he could only pass the methods on...
While strolling around, Bi Fan and the others ran into quite a few of Xie Yun and Xie Feng Ni's subordinates. They mocked them, hoping to provoke Xie Yun and Xie Feng Ni.
But those two were remarkably patient and didn't react at all.
After strolling around for several days, even Bi Fan grew bored, and only then did