"Damn it..." Xiao Hua laughed bitterly to himself. A loose tongue brings trouble—truly an eternal truth that never fails!
"This... I only have a crude understanding; I can hardly be called an expert!" Xiao Hua hurriedly said. "If you have any requests, Immortal Friend, I fear I may not be able to fulfill them!"
"Hmph, you humans truly are hypocritical. Nine Heavens Superior already said that without extremely advanced artifact-refining techniques, this item cannot be used! If you were not confident in yourself, why would you spend so many spirit herbs to bid for it?" The man said displeasedly. "If you are unwilling, then I am unwilling to trade with you either!"
"Have the two seniors completed your transaction?" Seeing that the Jade Gourd still hovered outside Pavilion No. 3, Yansheng urged them.
Left with no choice, Xiao Hua transmitted his voice. "Fine! But what does Immortal Friend wish me to refine?"
"This item is rather troublesome. I have not yet gathered all the materials," the man said without concealing anything. "I will give you an address. Come there in three years. If I have gathered the materials by then, I will ask you to refine it. Oh, right, what is your name? Do not let me be unable to find you when the time comes!"
"Daoist Xiao Hua!" Xiao Hua answered without hiding it.
"Fine. Take this Jade Gourd as well. Consider it a deposit for hiring you to refine an artifact." The man did not reveal his own name. A jade slip landed atop the stone table, and then the table flew down before Xiao Hua.
When Princess Baihua saw Xiao Hua place a bid, she suppressed the turmoil in her heart and looked at him somewhat curiously. After Xiao Hua put away the Jade Gourd and took