A meeting in person?
Li Ping nodded thoughtfully.
This was rather unusual.
Still, since the owner wanted to meet him rather than refuse outright, that meant he was willing to sell, but dissatisfied with the price.
In other words, he wanted more money.
As for what the man actually had in mind, Li Ping could more or less guess.
He probably wanted Li Ping to perform some service, refine pills, or find a particular material, with the Artifact Furnace as payment.
"Then I'll speak with him once I've finished refining the pills." Li Ping nodded slightly.
He was not someone who enjoyed using his strength to bully the weak. If the request was reasonable, he was willing to strike a deal.
But if the man truly failed to appreciate what was good for him and wanted Li Ping to undertake some dangerous mission, or demanded rare spirit materials like ten-thousand-year soul-nourishing wood...
Then he would have no choice but to send Li Jingyu or Xiong Dahai over.
Of course, that would only be a last resort.
Given a choice, Li Ping preferred a mutually beneficial agreement.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Shen, what is his background?" At that thought, he asked curiously.
If the person seeking a meeting belonged to a Nascent Soul sect, he would have to plan carefully rather than act rashly.
With a smile, Shen Yu briefly explained the background of the man who owned the furnace left behind by a fourth-tier master Artifact Refiner.
Li Ping nodded as he listened, occasionally asking a question.
Once he understood the situation, he could not help raising an eyebrow.
The man really did come from a Nascent Soul lineage-or, more precisely, a former Nascent Soul lineage, the Artifact Refining Yun Household.
Like the Beast Taming Lin Household, however, the