Su Mo also smiled and nodded at Ming Yu.
Although he was not very familiar with her, she was courteous to him, so he returned the courtesy.
As for Nie Yu, Su Mo ignored him. If the other man did not know the meaning of death and came looking for trouble, then he could not blame Su Mo for being impolite.
As time passed, more and more martial artists gathered before the Artifact Refining Tower. There were no fewer than six or seven hundred thousand people, heads packed so densely that they could not be counted.
Fortunately, the space before the Artifact Refining Tower was vast enough. Otherwise, it truly could not have accommodated so many martial artists.
The Artifact Refining Competition had yet to begin, and no one from the Sky Horizon Pavilion had appeared. Everyone simply waited quietly.
Just then, a commotion suddenly arose from the crowd.
"It's Si Kongyan!"
"Si Kongyan has come to take part in the Artifact Refining Competition too!"
"Si Kongyan is a prodigy ranked forty-eighth on the Thousand Prodigies Ranking, and he is also a Level Five Artifact Refiner. Of course he would participate."
"Si Kongyan possesses a Heaven-grade second-tier Martial Soul and an innate Fire Spirit Body. He entered the top fifty of the Thousand Prodigies Ranking at twenty years old. Within five years, he will definitely enter the top ten."
The crowd suddenly grew noisy, then parted with a great rustle to form a passageway. A tall young man strode over with his head held high.
This young man wore a crimson robe and had a resolute face. Wherever he passed, the aura leaking from his body incinerated the air.
Yet the people around him could not feel the slightest heat.
Su Mo turned his gaze toward the young man in