"To think you could bring back a batch of netherworld artifacts under such dangerous circumstances. Daoist Taiping, you truly have made this king see you in a new light."
When he heard Xu Taiping mention the batch of netherworld artifacts he had brought back, Ghost King Qin Ming's first reaction was astonishment at their abilities.
Bai Mo, the pavilion master, was equally astonished.
"Daoist Taiping, you really are a bold bunch. With so many demonic beasts battering the outskirts of the forbidden grounds, you still dared to carry netherworld artifacts!"
Every cultivator who had seen the Yellow Springs Ruins knew this.
Even under ordinary circumstances, carrying netherworld artifacts would draw swarms of chaos demonic beasts to attack.
All the more so when the demonic beasts and ghost creatures in the forbidden grounds had gone berserk.
Xu Taiping did not explain. Instead, he smiled at Ghost King Qin Ming and Pavilion Master Bai Mo.
"We gathered this batch of netherworld artifacts in haste. We aren't very sure of their exact origins or whether they're valuable."
On this point, Xu Taiping was telling the truth.
Although he had brought a considerable number of netherworld artifacts out of the Wangjin Ferry forbidden grounds this time, they really did not know much about their types or value.
Yuwen Shuo, who had been about to leave, immediately sneered upon hearing Xu Taiping's words.
"Daoist Taiping, don't be so modest. How could netherworld artifacts you brought out of the forbidden grounds possibly be ordinary?"
He was clearly trying to put Xu Taiping on a pedestal.
For a moment, everyone in the Artifact Pavilion grew interested in the batch of netherworld artifacts Xu Taiping had brought back.
Seeing this, Ghost King Qin Ming, unwilling to see Xu Taiping and his companions mocked by Yuwen Shuo's group, proposed