Tong Mingshan entered the venue again and appeared in the mirror projection, walking toward the sect leaders of the Three Great Sects, who stood on the steps holding the treasures.
The sect master of the Blazing Fire Sect stood to one side below the steps and extended a hand, gesturing for Tong Mingshan to come over.
Every artifact refiner present watched Tong Mingshan intently, envy written across countless faces.
Gu Liani, who had already regained consciousness, saw him too. Her heart brimmed with bitterness, and his white hair startled her.
Luo Shengsheng and Mi Liangmeng, on the other hand, accepted their defeat wholeheartedly and looked at him with respect.
Reaching the foot of the steps, Tong Mingshan bowed respectfully to the three sect leaders. His expression was calm, his heart unusually still. Even if he had wanted to feel something, he no longer had the emotional strength for it, which made him seem neither servile nor overbearing.
In the past, meeting them would probably have left him unbearably nervous.
It would be a mistake to think that visiting a few sects with Shi Chun while selling secret arts amounted to much. In truth, the supreme leaders of these top sects stood far above everyone else in the Cultivation World. Ordinarily, they were not people anyone could meet simply because they wanted to. Most people might never see them even once in their entire lives.
Only an occasion like this made it possible.
Whether or not they had been rivals earlier, all three sect leaders now looked at Tong Mingshan with undisguised appreciation.
All three were experts. They had seen that this fellow, who had absorbed four divine flames, had used only two in the decisive clash. The mystery behind that seemed related to a sudden enlightenment, and they all wanted