Inside the Forging Hall.
When Qin Shujian saw Shen Yuqing, he tossed a seal straight to him.
Shen Yuqing had no idea what was going on, but he still reached out to catch it.
"Sect Master, what is this?"
"This is the Mountain-Suppressing Seal. It used to be a One-Mark Dao Artifact, though it no longer is. Still, a Dao Artifact's material is far from ordinary, so you may as well have it."
"The Mountain-Suppressing Seal? The Heavenly Martial Sect's Mountain-Suppressing Seal!"
Shen Yuqing was stunned, his expression complicated as he looked at the seal in his hands.
The Heavenly Martial Sect had destroyed the Pill Cauldron Sect.
He had long harbored hatred for the Heavenly Martial Sect.
Only his lack of strength had kept him from openly showing it.
Now that the Mountain-Suppressing Seal had fallen into Qin Shujian's hands...
It went without saying.
The Heavenly Martial Sect must have suffered a tremendous loss to have even had a Dao Artifact taken from them.
But after that surge of satisfaction...
Joy rose in Shen Yuqing's heart.
Although he did not understand what Qin Shujian meant, the man had given him a Dao Artifact. For a Forge Master, it was well worth studying.
But—
After carefully examining the Mountain-Suppressing Seal, Shen Yuqing looked bewildered. "Sect Master, this seal's Dao Seal is gone. What happened to it?"
"It remained loyal to the Heavenly Martial Sect and refused to submit, so I destroyed its Dao Seal and extinguished its sentience. It is no longer a Dao Artifact, merely an extraordinary forging material."
Qin Shujian spoke lightly.
As for anything else...
He did not explain much to Shen Yuqing.
As long as a Dao Artifact retained its Dao Seal and sentience, it was a Xiantian Spirit Object. No matter what happened, it would