Xin Tianjun was a major figure on the same level as Fang Hui, the Li Chen Sect's current patriarch—perhaps even a notch above him.
Perhaps because he came and went in such haste, not a single cultivator in the garden recognized him. Strange indeed: Yu Ci had met Fang Hui several times, and regardless of how the man conducted himself, the baleful majesty of a Calamity Law Grandmaster always made it hard to breathe. Yet this man carried not the slightest air of a master. Even upon close sensing, Yu Ci could detect nothing unusual. He did not know why.
The cultivators did not know him, but they knew that anyone able to enter the garden was a fellow cultivator, so they remained friendly enough.
Only, Xin Tianjun had not changed his habit of instructing others. Pointing at Third Master, he said, "Since you came up with a method for testing magical artifacts, you're clearly a clever man. Why do you lack even a shred of confidence? If the work cannot go on, that is your problem—but must it necessarily be your method's problem?"
There was something rather odd in his meaning. If it was Third Master's problem, how could it have nothing to do with the method?
With someone pointing at his nose and scolding him, Third Master was stunned for a moment. "It isn't the method's problem?"
"You people always make simple things complicated! If the magical artifact is failing, then find the problem with the magical artifact!"
Xin Yi's reasoning was truly formidable. The talisman cultivators throughout the garden had no idea what expression to wear. Most wanted to laugh, yet felt too embarrassed to do so. But immediately afterward, Xin Tianjun added:
"What is ritual refinement for? It is still used on magical artifacts after they