Feng Chi flatly rejected the idea. "Even Young Master Nan couldn't..."
She stopped halfway through, as though the words were stuck in her throat and she could not swallow them back down.
Everyone, including Xiang Lan'er, watched her reaction.
Xiang Lan'er was actually rather unfamiliar with matters of this sort.
Relatively speaking, Feng Chi's knowledge and experience were indeed far richer than Xiang Lan'er's. That was why their superiors had sent her to serve as Xiang Lan'er's assistant. Xiang Lan'er was still young, after all.
After pondering for quite some time, Feng Chi slowly changed her tune. "Young Master Nan might indeed find things much easier than we do. He doesn't have to worry about being investigated, so he can act openly. I've heard he has connections throughout the Four Great Continents. If he's willing to help, he might actually pull it off. But this really is a troublesome matter. He might not agree to help you."
Was it that troublesome? Shi Chun recalled Young Master Nan's attitude again. It shouldn't be, should it? Perhaps Sister Feng was merely using her own standing to judge someone at Young Master Nan's level.
Since Feng Chi also said Young Master Nan could do it, and Young Master Nan had already promised to get it done, there was no problem.
In other words, the ones he needed to persuade now were actually those on the Demonic Path's side. He brought the conversation back around and explained, "If I go to the Julu Continent and join some Artifact-Refining Schools, no matter how many detours I take, the sect I join will attract attention. It doesn't matter if I draw attention, but the sect we want to support shouldn't.
"My suggestion is that the target sect and I have no apparent connection whatsoever. I'll establish