Among the Hundred Cultivation Arts, there were generally quite a few renowned male and female cultivators. Only in the art of artifact refinement were female cultivators rarely seen.
After all, artifact refinement was the most grueling of the Hundred Cultivation Arts.
When ordinary cultivators first began learning artifact refinement, they usually started by refining materials.
They not only had to endure the scorching of blazing flames, but also continuously hammer raw ores to extract the materials needed for artifact refinement.
After extracting the materials, they still had to purify them, which again required prolonged forging.
Very few female cultivators could endure such hardship.
Thus, renowned female Artifact Refiners were exceedingly rare. The few female Artifact Refiners with some skill generally only took up artifact refinement as a secondary pursuit after reaching a relatively high cultivation realm.
When Artifact Refiners accepted disciples, they generally would not consider female cultivators either.
Moreover, Zhou Luan's artifact refinement skills were far inferior to Wang Daoyuan's.
Although she was extremely experienced, she was only at the level of an ordinary high-grade Fifth-order Artifact Refiner.
There was nothing strange about this cultivator surnamed Chen refusing to accept Zhou Luan.
Zhou Luan also smiled politely. "My artifact refinement skills are far inferior to Zhou-lang's. Naturally, I would not dare hope to enter beneath the tutelage of a Deity Transformation Cultivator."
Wang Daoyuan asked, "Senior Brother, I have joined the Town Sea Sect for so many years, yet I still do not know Master's title."
Zhang Yu Tang smiled awkwardly. "That was indeed my oversight. Master is a hidden expert whom the sect has kept concealed; many people do not even know he exists.
Therefore, he has no Divine Monarch title.
Before breaking through to the Deity Transformation Realm, he did have a title: Nine Ghost True Monarch."