Yu Ci naturally could not rush back now. In fact, there was no need at all.
He just said offhandedly, "I have seen magical tools from the Liu family. Refining, ritual forging, and artifact crafting—they dabble in quite a messy array, which is a pity for such fine materials."
As his voice fell, a rough and angry voice rang in his ear: "You Daoist, how completely unreasonable! What did the Liu family ever do to offend you?"
Yu Ci turned his head and saw a tall, powerfully built man with a physique almost like a bear. His skin, however, was somewhat excessively pale. At this moment, his eyes were wide with anger, and it was clear he was extremely displeased with Yu Ci's evaluation.
According to the intelligence reports, this person was precisely the Ju Jing Workshop's master refiner most skilled in large-scale refinement of mineral materials, Liu Shande.
Clearly, he had been hired by the Three Treasures Hall and had just rushed over to process materials, only to hear Yu Ci's less-than-friendly evaluation and grow annoyed for a moment.
Yu Ci then smiled: "So this is Master Liu. No offense, no offense. Actually, I quite admire Master Liu's level of material refinement. However, I once saw a magical tool where the refining of the Dark Tide Sand was fine, yet the ritual forging was a complete mess, and the tool's pairing was quite mediocre as well... It's not just one or two people saying this."
He briefly described that sword qi gourd. Liu Shande's expression remained unpleasant, but his tone softened a fraction:
"Our Liu family has never sold gourd-shaped magical tools. What you spoke of is a 'Black Sha Sword Gourd'. Only the refinement was handled by my late father, but as for the ritual forging or the