Ao Xiu stared at the patterns on the pavilion floor, and although he bowed to Yu Ci, he felt immensely pleased inside.
Because he had finally set a trap for Yu Ci. This did not stem from any public spirit, but from private desire, yet the more it was so, the more exhilarating it felt.
Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng or True Monarch Qiao Xiu, both were talismansmiths of exceptionally high renown among the rogue cultivators of this realm, and each possessed the aptitude of a grandmaster. The former was blessed with peerless innate talent while the latter held an immensely venerable seniority, and the Heavenly Script Society had bestowed upon them both the title of patron out of respect.
How could a memento originating from such figures truly be something casually produced?
His relationship with Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng was actually quite deep, and recently they had even engaged in some cooperative endeavors.
When Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng gifted him this Water Lotus Flower, the man had mentioned that it was his own unique talismansmithing technique, integrating certain methods of both the profound and Buddhist gates. The talisman formed into a lotus shape to wash away inner demons, possessing the most marvelous divine efficacy. Taking it to the auctions of several major merchant associations would be enough to exchange for a magical artifact of the same nature refined through the fourteenth heaven.
With such a wondrous creation, how could Yu Ci, caught completely unprepared and forced to craft hastily, possibly have any logic or reason to surpass it?
Ao Xiu was precisely intending to use Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng to chip away at Yu Ci's prestige.
By that time, not only would Yu Ci lose face before Madam Hua, Xue Pingzhi, and the others, but afterward he would also broadcast it widely outside, determined