Diverting the Flow

The first method would inevitably expose the fact that he possessed a large quantity of precious spirit materials.

Without question, it would stir the greed of many Mortal Cultivators. It would be no different from laying himself bare beneath the gaze of a pack of wolves.

There was no need to elaborate on the danger involved.

As for the benefits, there was no need to elaborate on those either!

It could quickly open up the situation!

And later, it would be very easy for him to withdraw. He would not have to be burdened by fame, either.

The drawbacks of the second method were painfully obvious!

Anyone with ulterior motives could pay a certain price to learn his background from that group of Artifact Refiners.

Although he had not used his true appearance when befriending those Artifact Refiners, if he made use of them, his artifact-refining success rate would inevitably be exposed.

Those Artifact Refiners only knew that his attainments in the Dao of artifact refining were quite good, but they had never seen him refine a Magic Treasure.

Even Ma Chang, who had watched Cheng Buzheng refine artifacts, would never guess at his true level of artifact refining.

That was also why Cheng Buzheng had made so few moves.

Once his reputation spread, he would inevitably have to act frequently. That astonishing success rate would surely draw the attention of some interested parties.

Likewise, because of the Mystic Yellow Source Ore, Cheng Buzheng could not simply abandon this identity.

The future troubles that would bring would be far too great!

Besides, even if he intentionally failed, he would not have the Spirit Stones to compensate the other party.

That was because the Spirit Stones from every deposit had been used to deduce and master the construction diagrams of Magic