"Oh? Elder Feng intends to refine an artifact at the Divine Weapon Workshop?"
As he spoke, Elder Situ raised an eyebrow. His eyes rolled, and he hurriedly continued,
"I have long heard that Elder Feng's attainments in artifact refining are astonishing, far surpassing our own. I wonder if I and the others from the Divine Weapon Workshop might be fortunate enough to observe from the sidelines and learn from Elder Feng?"
Though he said this aloud, he held Feng Jianxing in complete disdain.
As the master of the Divine Weapon Workshop, his accomplishments in artifact refining were among the very best even within Bi Tao Mountain Villa.
Naturally, he had more than a little contempt for Feng Jianxing, the famed Feng Hai Divine Forging.
His stated purpose of observing and learning was merely to find flaws in the other man's refining process. Once the refining was over, if he could offer a few pointers—
Then, even if the Divine Weapon Workshop came under Bai Zhang Market's administration in the future, he would still be able to keep the other side beneath him.
Feng Jianxing hesitated. "Well..."
"The Art of Artifact Refining requires mutual exchange in the first place. Now that Elder Feng has joined Bi Tao Mountain Villa, surely it would not be appropriate for you to keep your methods so closely guarded?"
Having made up his mind, Elder Situ saw Feng Jianxing hesitate and immediately began to needle him.
"It is not that Feng is hiding anything. This artifact refinement was entrusted to me by this young friend. Whether it is made public must still be decided by him."
Feng Jianxing shook his head and turned to look at Su Shi'er.
Elder Situ's proposal clearly harbored ill intent.
As for Feng Jianxing, there was no way he could fail