Lu Youyou shook her head and said with a light laugh, "No."
In truth, she had already been waiting here for nearly half an hour.
But of course, she would not say that.
"Come on, Little Junior Brother. I'll take you to see Grandpa. Your Spirit Weapon blank has already been forged."
At her words, Qin Yan's heartbeat quickened slightly.
It was finally ready!
He followed behind Lu Youyou and stepped through the gates of Lu Mansion.
After winding their way through the estate, they soon arrived before a towering building.
The Artifact Refining Tower.
It was one of the tallest buildings in all of Lu Mansion, constructed entirely from bluish-gray boulders and standing seven stories high.
At that moment, sunlight fell across the building, casting mottled patches of light and shadow.
The faint clangor of metalwork drifted from within—sounds of artifact refinement, intermittent yet unceasing.
Qin Yan looked up at the imposing Artifact Refining Tower and could not help marveling at the Lu Family's deep foundations.
"Grandpa's artifact refining room is on the seventh floor. Let's go."
As she spoke, Lu Youyou led Qin Yan into the Artifact Refining Tower.
Lu Youyou led Qin Yan through fingerprint scanning and into the elevator, and they soon reached the seventh floor.
The instant the elevator doors opened, a scorching wave of heat rushed straight at them.
The heat rolled over them, as though what had opened was not an elevator door, but the door of a blazing furnace.
Qin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, circulating the True Qi within his body to block the heat outside.
There were not many rooms on the seventh floor. A single corridor ran north to south, with several tightly shut doors lining both sides.
Complex Array Patterns were inscribed upon every door, faintly emitting light.