"Fellow Daoist Duan!" Ye Jingcheng stepped out of the mountain gate and welcomed Venerable Forging Origin outside the grand formation.
He had originally planned to pay Venerable Forging Origin a visit himself, but he had not expected Venerable Forging Origin to come to him instead.
Compared to his own present composure, Ye Jingcheng noticed that Venerable Forging Origin had lost some of his calm detachment; a trace of worry now lingered between his brows.
Ye Jingcheng guessed it was related to Venerable Golden Swan.
The Duan Family had once held an extraordinary position in Soul-Repelling City because Venerable Forging Origin and Venerable Golden Swan had been extremely close. Now that Venerable Golden Swan had failed to return from the Wildlands Continent, it would certainly have some effect on his influence in Soul-Repelling City and the Astral Mystery Sect.
Of course, in Ye Jingcheng's view, the effect would definitely not be great.
After all, Venerable Forging Origin himself was still a Seventh Stage artifact refiner. Though it was said that he could only refine high-grade spirit treasures, with a rather low success rate for supreme-grade spirit treasures.
Artifact refinement naturally carried the possibility of failure, which was why there was such a thing as a success rate.
Moreover, compared to alchemy, a failed artifact refinement exacted a greater cost in both time and spirit materials.
"Fellow Daoist Ziji, Duan came uninvited. I hope I'm not disturbing you?" Upon seeing Ye Jingcheng, Venerable Forging Origin's usually impassive face immediately broke into a hearty smile.
Ye Jingcheng was no longer surprised by Venerable Forging Origin's courtesy.
These Void Refinement cultivators always kept a stern face before juniors and youngsters, displaying all the majesty of a venerable. Yet when facing fellow Void Refinement cultivators, they became genial and unfailingly polite, as though old friends