"If you're heading back to White Cloud Flat, Brother Shen, why not wait two days for me? We can look out for each other along the way."
After finishing the second-tier Spirit Chef utensils, the Li-surnamed Artifact Refiner made the offer himself.
Over more than half a month of contact, Wang Ba had gotten along quite well with this artifact refiner.
Perhaps because they were both cultivators devoted to the Hundred Arts, neither bothered with much scheming, and they spoke their minds.
Although they specialized in different fields, the principles carried across, and Wang Ba had gained a rudimentary understanding of Artifact Refining, one of the major branches of the cultivators' Hundred Arts.
He had also learned some skills in refining spirit materials and adjusting their composition and structure from the Li-surnamed Artifact Refiner.
Perhaps because preparing Processing Solution in the Spirit Chef's craft worked along similar lines, Wang Ba picked it up very quickly, earning considerable admiration even from the Li-surnamed Artifact Refiner.
He said that if Wang Ba had started out studying Artifact Refining, his achievements would probably have been no less than they were now.
Wang Ba merely smiled calmly at that. The Spirit Chef's craft could be said to suit him best.
It was no less suitable than Beast Taming.
Had he truly taken the path of Artifact Refining, without vast quantities of spirit materials to practice with, he could never have developed his skills.
Much less reached where he was today.
As for the Li-surnamed Artifact Refiner's kind offer, although Wang Ba was somewhat eager to return, he considered that he might need to ask him to adjust the Spirit Chef law artifacts if they proved awkward to use later, and felt too embarrassed to refuse.
"Then give me a shout when you're finished."
Wang