Sis, I Want to Stay Here Long-Term

The sight before Wang Duanshan stunned him so badly that his brain shut down, leaving him unable to think.

Such a huge piece of heavenfall divine metal!

Was he dreaming?!

Where on earth had it come from?!

Could it have come from the Heavenfall Demon Cavern again?!

Had Lu Qing'an managed to go deeper inside, even all the way to its deepest reaches?!

Xiao Qingyi did not quite understand the importance of heavenfall divine metal, but he could still sense how extraordinary it was. The sheer size of the piece left him tongue-tied as well, but when he saw the ever-proud Wang Duanshan lose his composure, stumble back and fall to the ground, he hurriedly helped him up.

Wang Duanshan quickly broke free of Xiao Qingyi's hands and practically pounced on the heavenfall divine metal, touching it with both hands.

"It's real! It's real! We're rich! We're rich this time!"

He muttered to himself, his face filled with wild delight.

As a powerful artifact refiner, He Hong also recognized at a glance that this was the material used to forge Lu Qing'an's weapon and armor. Looking at the heavenfall divine metal now, he was just as enthralled and followed Wang Duanshan forward to stroke it.

As though caressing some beautiful thing, the two stood there in rapture.

"Why do they look kind of pervy...?" Xue Tianfei remarked, at a loss for words.

"They know quality when they see it." Lu Qing'an shook his head with a smile and said to the two, "All right, besides this piece of heavenfall divine metal, I have some smaller pieces. They're all here. I'll leave them all to you two to refine into armor and weapons for me. Same as before: first, work out how many treasures can be made and give me the designs. I'll choose from them."

Only then did Wang Duanshan snap out of his rapture. He hastily gave Lu Qing'an a solemn nod.

"All right! Leave everything to me!"

Xiao Qingyi said, "What, you're forging weapons for him without charging him a thing? Aren't you being a little too selective about who you serve?"

Wang Duanshan shot Xiao Qingyi a disdainful glance. "You really don't have a brain. Just watch. After this, I won't merely be the strongest artifact refiner of the present day! I'll become the strongest artifact refiner of all time, one whom future generations will never be able to surpass!"

None before him, and none after!

He would become a figure of legend!

Lu Qing'an nodded in satisfaction. After handing the heavenfall divine metal over to Wang Duanshan, he took out the mass of energy he had put away and showed it to everyone.

"Take a look. What is this thing? I've never seen it before. I don't know if any of you have."

Nearly everyone here was among the Demon Domain's strongest experts, so perhaps someone had seen it before.

The moment the mass of energy appeared, it drew everyone's attention.

"Huh? What is that thing? What a terrifying presence! Why do I get the feeling that if it wanted to kill me, I might not even be able to withstand a single move?!"

"Never seen it! But it feels incredibly powerful! What's going on?!"

"How strange. That's a living being, isn't it?"

"Where did you get it?"

The group probed it with their senses, and all were shocked.

Lu Qing'an answered truthfully, "I found it in the deepest part of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern. This huge piece of heavenfall divine metal was wrapped around it. It was quite defiant at first and tried to attack me, but after I gave it a beating, it quieted down."

The moment everyone heard Lu Qing'an's words, the room fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

Those who knew just how dangerous a deathtrap the Heavenfall Demon Cavern was widened their eyes, staring at Lu Qing'an in disbelief.

The deepest part of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern?!

You went all the way to the bottom?!

After a brief moment of shock, Luo Danhong looked at Lu Qing'an with a gaze full of awe.

She believed what Lu Qing'an had said.

He definitely had the strength to fly to the deepest part of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern!

Xiao Qingyi was somewhat skeptical. "You're bragging, aren't you? Didn't you say before that you could only go about thirty or forty li in? And now you've come back and can go straight to the bottom?"

He was certain Lu Qing'an must have found the thing in the Heavenfall Demon Cavern, but the claim that he had reached the very bottom was probably something Lu Qing'an had made up to show off.

Wang Duanshan and Xue Tianfei also gave Lu Qing'an strange looks. They actually did not disbelieve what he had said.

They had both been to the Heavenfall Demon Cavern. No matter how much stronger Lu Qing'an was than them, he could not be so terrifyingly strong.

Lu Qing'an did not contradict them, nor could he be bothered to explain. He merely said, "Does no one really know what this thing is? One thing's certain: it came from beyond the heavens."

"It looks like some kind of living being. And I get the feeling it hasn't hatched yet, that it hasn't reached its complete form," Luo Danhong ventured.

Lu Qing'an looked at Luo Danhong. "Now that you mention it, could this be a demonic beast?"

"Uh, I don't know." Luo Danhong shook her head.

Lu Qing'an looked around. When no one else offered an opinion, he put the mass of energy away.

"Forget it. I'll keep it for now. We'll find out what it is someday."

"All right, let's start building the artifact-refining chamber. We'll all help and get it built quickly."

Lu Qing'an began assigning tasks to those present, then turned to Xu Yunyi and Luo Danhong.

"You two discuss your own business."

"If you can't decide, you can send a voice transmission to your sister and younger brother and ask what they think." Lu Qing'an looked intently at Xu Yunyi. He hoped she would agree to Luo Danhong's proposal. "If you decide to stay here long-term, come find me, and I'll help you convert your cultivation."

Xu Yunyi nodded. "Okay."

Hearing this, He Hong said in pleasant surprise, "Yunyi is going to settle down here too?!"

"This fellow Daoist wants to take her as a disciple. It's up to her to decide."

He Hong gave Luo Danhong a few more looks, then smiled. He also hoped Xu Yunyi would stay.

Having one more familiar face around would be nice.

Besides, coming here was clearly an especially wise choice.

With Lu Qing'an's help, they could go further in both their careers and their strength!

Lu Qing'an and the other men flew toward the mountains behind them to choose a better spot nearby for the artifact-refining chamber.

Xu Yunyi and the others invited Luo Danhong into the house.

Xue Tianfei had originally intended to follow Lu Qing'an, but after looking at Luo Danhong, she held back the urge and decided to sound her out.

She sensed something was off.

This woman might compete with her for a man!

"Fellow Daoist, how should I address you? I don't believe I've seen you in the Demon Domain," Xue Tianfei asked coldly after Luo Danhong sat down.

"Luo Danhong. You must be the famous Xue Tianfei, fellow Daoist?"

"Oh? You know me?"

"My junior brother mentioned you to me a few times. He's Huang Hao."

"Hmm? You're Huang Hao's senior sister? Why have I never heard that he had one?"

After chatting with Luo Danhong for a while, Xue Tianfei had learned her background.

So she was that fellow Huang Hao's senior sister.

No wonder Lu Qing'an had brought her back.

She glanced at Xu Yunyi, who had already taken out a voice transmission jade slip and begun sending a message to the Immortal Ruins.

She's probably sending a message to that woman, isn't she? The thought of the woman who had been with Lu Qing'an sent a chill through Xue Tianfei's heart.

That stupid woman had better not let Xu Yunyi stay here.

That way, Luo Danhong would not be able to stay here either.

As she watched more and more women arrive at the house, she felt a little pressured.

A moment later, once the transmission connected, Xu Yunyi looked at Luo Danhong and the others, told them she would be away for a while, and went into her room.

After making sure no one was nearby, Xu Yunyi said, "Sis, there's something I want to discuss with you. I'm thinking of staying here long-term..."

Far away in the Immortal Ruins, Xu Qingying froze when she suddenly heard her younger sister's words.

Wait! You're staying there and not coming back?!