By the order of the queue, the next magical artifact should have belonged to the Rui Clan.
The Rui Clan was a branch of the Elder Ji Clan. Its development had been mediocre; it counted among the Three Hundred Mystic-Realm Families, but it was even a little weaker than the Gongyang Clan.
Feng Jun had run out of Spirit Stones, so he had suspended magical artifact refining. Everyone knew that. However, he had made a trip to the Upper Realm and returned with many Spirit Stones, which could not be hidden from those who paid attention. Seeing that he still had not begun refining, the Rui Clan came to urge him.
The Rui Clan truly did not want to be too presumptuous, but it was their turn, and the other party refused to start. Being only one step away was enough to make anyone scratch at their heart in frustration.
Feng Jun decided to reason with them politely. He said that he had been refining for a long time and planned to give himself a vacation, so they should wait a while.
The Rui Clan did not dare make a scene. They merely asked cautiously, how long would they have to wait?
Feng Jun frankly replied that he had basically completed this year's refining quota, so it was hard to say how long they would need to wait. At the shortest, one month; at the longest, four months.
The Rui Clan was rather puzzled. Other families had been so quick, yet when it came to theirs, things slowed down. Had they somehow offended him?
They did not dare keep pestering Feng Jun, so they asked Yan Yuxi to inquire for them—the Yan Clan had marriage ties with the Rui Clan. Though weaker than the Rui Clan, it was on good