Liangshan City.
After receiving Qin Shujian's orders, everyone left ahead of time, willing or not, leaving it an empty city.
However.
Though Liangshan City was empty, the area outside it was packed with people.
Over a thousand factions had each handed over a ninth-rank material.
Their purpose was to watch Qin Shujian forge a Dao Artifact.
The experts from the various factions stood to one side, quietly waiting for the time to pass.
For powerful cultivators.
A single night.
Passed in the blink of an eye with their eyes closed in meditation.
When the sun rose.
Everyone began to grow tense.
Standing to one side, Qin Yuanbai looked at Liangshan City before him and asked with a faint smile, "With your expertise, Elder Ling, what do you think Qin Shujian's chances of success are?"
"It's hard to say."
Ling Huaiyu thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Forging an ordinary Dao Artifact and forging a city into a Dao Artifact are two different things. Without seeing it firsthand, I can't draw a conclusion."
"Then do you think he can succeed, Elder Ling?"
"Perhaps." Ling Huaiyu's tone was noncommittal. "Since he has this confidence, he must be reasonably sure of success. But there's no telling whether he might stumble at the last hurdle."
"Then let's watch!"
Qin Yuanbai smiled faintly.
He had wanted to meet Qin Shujian yesterday. Unfortunately, Sect Master Qin was rather aloof, and even he had not been given the chance to see him.
Still, the response the Origin Sect had given him was indeed beyond reproach.
For Qin Yuanbai.
Whether they met now did not really matter, since they would meet sooner or later.
At that moment.
Qin Yuanbai turned his gaze elsewhere and said with a faint smile, "The Origin Sect has certainly caused quite