Upon hearing Saint Master Huoyuan's words and seeing him frown, Su Mo's heart immediately jolted.
He thought rapidly. If he refused to stay here and refine artifacts, would he offend the other party?
However, he truly could not remain here to refine artifacts. He had to pursue the ultimate Martial Dao and raise his strength as quickly as possible.
Artifact refining would consume a great deal of his time.
Although refining artifacts had not taken much of his time in the past, as his artifact refining level increased, the difficulty would grow ever greater, and naturally, it would consume more and more time.
Therefore, even if it offended Saint Master Huoyuan, he had to refuse.
"Senior, this junior does not wish to learn artifact refining here!" Su Mo said in a deep voice. The reason he dared to refuse was that he had some confidence.
Surely the other party would not take his refusal to learn artifact refining out on him! That would be far too petty and unworthy of an expert of his stature.
As soon as Su Mo said this, Saint Master Huoyuan and the woman in white both froze slightly.
A look of surprise appeared on Saint Master Huoyuan's face, for he had never imagined that anyone would refuse his instruction in Artifact Refining skill.
Although he had not said that he would take Su Mo as his disciple, asking Su Mo to remain here meant that he intended to teach him the Great Dao of Artifact Refining.
Yet Su Mo had refused.
The woman in white was even more stunned. He actually did not want to!
She could not help but feel speechless. Saint Master Huoyuan was her mentor and also the highest-ranking artifact refiner on Ancient Zhou Star. Even throughout the entire Ancient Spirit Star