"The fight for the spirit artifacts is over. The Venerables won't let anyone fight anymore!"
"That's only natural. The secret realm still needs to be explored, and too many people would hinder the operation. Besides, the real treasures are inside the secret realm."
"Of the six spirit artifact Black Swords, Ji Fenglan, Guo Tao, Chu Xu, Yan Wei, and Qin Hao each got one. Only Di Yuannan and Qi Lei ended up with half a spirit artifact each."
"Damn it! Qin Hao is only at the late meridian opening fourth layer, yet even he got a spirit artifact."
"Heh, Qin Hao may only be at the meridian opening fourth layer, but don't forget how accomplished his body refinement is. He sent a meridian opening seventh layer expert flying with one punch. You think you can kill Qin Hao and steal his spirit artifact?"
Voices of discussion filled the Ink Forest Mountains.
Many people had committed Qin Hao's name to memory. An obscure Inner Hall Disciple of the Myriad Phenomena Hall had actually seized a spirit artifact.
Some also believed that Qin Hao had used some secret art to draw the spirit artifact to him.
Aside from that, quite a few people were discussing the mysterious black iron.
"I came to the Ink Forest Mountains two months ago. Two months have passed, and I haven't gotten a thing."
"I got a piece of black iron, but I have no idea what it's used for."
"It's extraordinarily tough. Handing it over to the sect headquarters should be enough to earn a huge number of contribution points."
"Maybe it could be forged into armor!"
Very few people had actually secured any treasure.
There were only six spirit artifact Black Swords.
And there were only a hundred or so Mysterious Iron Fragments.