"Forgive my failing eyes, but may I ask your cultivation level, External Affairs Envoy Wei?"
Ninth Master Ji did not answer Wei Sheng, instead asking a question of his own.
"Seven refinements," Wei Sheng said calmly.
"Then it seems my senses were not mistaken." Ninth Master Ji's face instantly darkened.
"Elder Ji, although External Affairs Envoy Wei's cultivation is not high, his combat strength is exceptional. During the selection tournament for External Affairs Envoy, he used the perfected Tiger-Howling Saber Technique at seven refinements to severely wound Gongsun Bao, a nine-refinement martial artist, with a single slash!"
Li Fenghua hurriedly explained.
"Hmph, even if he has perfected the Tiger-Howling Saber Technique, his cultivation is too low. How many full-power slashes can he deliver? One, or two? A fight to the death is no sparring match, and an opponent certainly won't give you time to recover-
"The gang leader has truly grown senile, giving such an important position to someone at seven refinements!"
With those final words, Ninth Master Ji snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left!
Wei Sheng remained expressionless.
Li Fenghua and Wang Zhong, however, looked somewhat embarrassed.
"Please don't be angry, Envoy!"
The honest-looking middle-aged steward who had been standing behind Ninth Master Ji, with a two-tailed goldfish emblem on his chest, hurried forward. "That's just Elder Ji's temper. He wasn't deliberately targeting you."
The steward's surname was Xu. He was at early nine refinements, with cultivation comparable to Gongsun Bao's.
He was also the person actually in charge of this mine.
As for Ninth Master Ji-
He usually did not concern himself with its affairs, only taking action when the mine faced a life-or-death crisis.
"What's going on here?!"
Wang Zhong looked puzzled. "This is the External Affairs Envoy's first visit, and he's never even met this