"Sage, I want to learn Artifact Refining!"
The young, burly man said this to Chu Kuangren.
As Chu Kuangren looked at the young, burly man before him, his eyes narrowed slightly. Somehow, the man seemed a little familiar.
Where had I seen him before?
The longer he looked, the more familiar the man seemed. "What's your name?"
"My name is Chi Yang."
"Chi Yang..."
Chu Kuangren remembered. Wasn't this the Red Sun Dao Lord, one of the future Twenty-Four Dao Lords? Had he been the one to teach him Artifact Refining?
The ways of the world were far too wondrous.
He suddenly remembered that his Kunwu was still in the man's hands. He wondered how Kunwu was doing now. It should have been reforged by now, shouldn't it?
"If you want to learn Artifact Refining, stay."
Chu Kuangren smiled faintly as he spoke.
After that, some people stayed, while others left.
A Sage had emerged in the Flame Martial Tribe.
The news spread with tremendous speed, and countless human tribes sent people to investigate. Although few managed to meet Chu Kuangren, the Flame Martial Tribe's growth was undeniable.
The reports of a Sage were confirmed beyond doubt.
In the blink of an eye, several more months passed.
Those few months were not a long time, but they brought unprecedented changes to the Flame Martial Tribe, comparable to the turning of the Dipper and the shifting of the stars.
Besides the surge in the number of cultivators, the aid of cultivation practices such as alchemy and Artifact Refining greatly improved the cultivation conditions for the tribe's cultivators, attracting many Human Race cultivators to join the tribe as well.
There were ten great tribes on Firmament Star, and the strongest among them was called the Star-Slayer Tribe. Although the Flame Martial