Cranes called through the tranquil air, celestial birds danced in flight, and clouds and rosy mists wound around Biyou Heaven, making it seem like an immortal mountain in the eastern seas.
Wearing the mask of Yuanshi Tianzun, Meng Qi landed at Immortal Traces Workshop. He retrieved the materials and items he had put up for consignment, went straight to the central jade pillar, and chose to exchange everything for Merit Points. There was no time to wait for trades with the other Immortal Trace members.
"What a waste!" Jade Radiance Yuanjun, Qu Jiuniang, stared from afar in astonishment, her silver teeth nearly grinding together with heartache. Normally, she would have gone over to nag him a little, but the Yuanshi Tianzun she saw today seemed less casual and carefree, and far more profound and inscrutable. She found herself stopping instinctively, not daring to approach.
The materials had originally been worth just over twenty thousand Merit Points, but at present they had fetched only eleven thousand. Meng Qi now had a total of seventy-two thousand two hundred Merit Points, along with a pile of auxiliary materials for forging the Virtue Ice Sword, worth about twenty thousand Merit Points.
Without hesitation, and without even a flicker of thought, Meng Qi chose to exchange for the remaining ten thousand Merit Points' worth of auxiliary materials and pay the forty thousand Merit Points forging fee.
After placing the remaining materials, the Netherworld Ghost Gate, and the Ice Eye Essence into the central jade pillar, the Lord of Six Paths Samsara's detached, emotionless voice descended from above, echoing in Meng Qi's mind:
"Exclusive divine weapon forging mission: Gather the Nine Yuanshi Seals within two years, including the time required for exchanges. Success: forge a divine weapon, with its form and name chosen by the completer.