Tanning was an art that was not technically difficult, but was extremely troublesome to carry out.
Untangling the chaotic spiritual qi within a spirit hide required not only skill, but also tremendous patience from the tanner.
Any mistake during the process could easily damage the spirit hide itself.
Carefully accepting the three-foot length of coiling dragon wood bark Li Ping handed him, Cao Qi examined it briefly before solemnly informing Li Ping that he would need at least several years to turn it into perfectly usable spirit hide.
Li Ping did not mind the time frame Cao Qi gave him.
The Fourth-Tier Armor-Making Art was not something he urgently needed, anyway. Waiting would do no harm.
Besides, he still needed to reforge the Vermilion Bird Fan during that time.
At that thought, Li Ping smiled and nodded. "Then sorry for the trouble, Fellow Daoist Cao."
"No trouble at all. Having a third-tier top-grade pill refiner like Master Yan stay at Creek Lake is a tremendous boon for both me and the Cao Lineage," Cao Qi said with a genial smile.
Li Ping had already agreed to refine pills for the Cao Lineage in payment for the cave abode they provided and the cost of tanning his spirit hide.
A favor from a third-tier top-grade pill refiner!
Cao Qi's heart blossomed with joy, and he could not help narrowing his eyes.
He could already imagine how much benefit Master Yan's favor would bring the Cao Lineage.
He also knew where to draw the line. He would not go too far and provoke Master Yan's displeasure.
He intended to use this favor to ask Master Yan to refine three batches of third-tier middle-grade pills.
Of course, tanning Master Yan's spirit hide for free and providing spirit land for his cultivation were not