By a garden pond in the eastern district of the Northern Pole Saint Emperor Palace.
Northern Pole Saint Emperor Jiang Fan was fishing leisurely when a beautiful woman in a light-blue robe hurried toward him. Without turning his head, Jiang Fan asked, "Yu Shang, what is it?"
"Your Majesty, word has just arrived from the city gates. Hall Master Cao Bing of Lanxuan Hall from Eastern Pole Xuanjin Mountain and Vice Hall Master Qin Yu have both arrived in Snowy City. They are the two newly emerged artifact-refining grandmasters of Eastern Pole Xuanjin Mountain," Yu Shang reported respectfully.
As soon as Yu Shang finished speaking, Jiang Fan rose at once and turned to look at her, a flicker of delight in his eyes. "You mean Qin Yu, whose artifact-refining skill surpasses even Ou Yezi's? And that mysterious Cao Bing, whose name is known everywhere but whom no one has ever seen?"
There were simply too few artifact-refining grandmasters in the entire Divine Realm. Including Cao Bing and Qin Yu, there were only four known to the public. How could Jiang Fan not attach great importance to them?
Of course, his younger brother, Jiang Lan, also possessed the ability to forge High-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts. His artifact-refining skill even surpassed Ou Yezi's.
Unfortunately, ever since that incident years ago, his relationship with Jiang Lan had remained strained. Later, because of Jiang Li's marriage, their relationship had deteriorated even further. Jiang Lan would hardly help him forge Heavenly Divine Artifacts now.
That was why Jiang Fan had sprung from his seat in delight upon hearing that Cao Bing and Qin Yu had come to Snowy City together.
He asked for nothing more. If he could poach even one of them into Snowy City, he would no longer need to worry about Heavenly