Over the next few days, at his companions' pleading, Wu Yong tried more than once to see Wang Quan.
But each time he went up the mountain, he could only see the foremen overseeing the baleful intent refining, not Wang Quan.
After several attempts, he suddenly realized that seeing Wang Quan was even harder than seeing Zhao Hongyi.
At least when he wanted to see Zhao Hongyi, he could submit a request and give the gatekeeper some Green Beetles, and he would see her within a day or two.
But now, wanting to see Wang Quan, he could not even find a way to spend money on it.
The refining foremen sighed. "We don't have any way to contact Wang Quan, the Flower-Scatter Daoist, either!"
"He only came by on the first day, then never showed up again!"
"How are we supposed to put in a word for you?"
Wu Yong was astonished. "But this is baleful intent refining!"
"Refining a single strand of baleful intent takes a huge investment and a long time."
"The slightest mistake along the way can cause the refining to fail."
"How can he not pay attention?"
The foremen gave him strange looks. "Don't you know the Flower-Scatter Daoist intends to refine seventy-two strands of baleful intent in one go?"
"Here, see that mountain with the howling winds? That's where we're refining [Black Wind Sha] for the Flower-Scatter Daoist."
"See that newly remodeled volcano? That's for refining his [Magma Sha]."
"See the bottom of that valley? That's for refining [Earth Lung Sha]."
The foremen pointed out the sites one by one: on mountains, in rivers, in valleys, and even deep underground.
"Look, the people and spirit monsters in all these places are working for the Flower-Scatter Daoist!"
"He's refining so many kinds of Earthly Sha