"Uh..."
When Hu Ke'er saw Zhang Tianyang suddenly change his expression and speak domineeringly to his junior uncle, she immediately fell silent, trembling with fear.
So scary!
Previously, seeing the smiling face of the sect master, Hu Ke'er thought he was quite amiable. But now, as his tone changed, his aura was completely different.
"Alright, this matter is settled. From now on, the Spirit Stone Refining Room will be handed over to you two. The quality of the refined spirit stones should be similar to this one, and the output also needs to keep up!"
"Ah?"
Hearing Zhang Tianyang's words, Chen Tianyi was also stunned for a moment. Then he turned his head and gave Hu Ke'er a bitter smile.
"Little junior sister, can you do it?"
There was no question of whether she could or not. In fact, when Hu Ke'er refined the first high - purity spirit stone, she had already mastered the method of refining spirit stones. To achieve mass production, all she needed were enough raw materials and handy tools. Of course, she couldn't be trapped in the Spirit Stone Refining Room all the time. Workers for refining were also needed.
"It's not impossible. But I need to bring someone with me, and I also need some materials."
"Who?" Zhang Tianyang asked.
"It's the young blacksmith we just met in Qingniu Town. He can help us forge some tools needed for refining."
"No problem!" Hearing Hu Ke'er's words, Zhang Tianyang readily agreed.
"Also, what materials do you need?"
"Do you know what glass is?" Hu Ke'er counter - asked.
"Glass?" Zhang Tianyang asked in confusion.
Well, as expected, there was no glass in this world yet. It seemed that she had to make glassware and filtration equipment by herself...
"What's wrong? Can't you do it without glass? Did you use glass when refining this spirit stone before?"
"No, but it would be more convenient to refine spirit stones if we had glass."
"Okay. Whenever you need something during the spirit stone refining process, just tell Junior Brother Zheng. You can use any materials available on the mountain as you like."
Not knowing what glass was, Zhang Tianyang simply shifted the responsibility to Junior Uncle Zheng.
"Making glass may require century - old wine." Junior Uncle said, smacking his lips.
"Drunkard, stop causing trouble. We're talking about serious business!" Zhang Tianyang said angrily upon hearing Junior Uncle Zheng's words.
"Alright, alright. I'm not joking. I know. I'll try my best to find whatever materials these two kids need. Is that okay?" After saying that, Junior Uncle Zheng took another sip of his wine.
"Alright, that's it for now. You two go to the Spirit Stone Refining Room first to check the situation."
After saying that, Zhang Tianyang gently waved his hand. Then Hu Ke'er felt dizzy again. The scene changed rapidly. When Hu Ke'er came to her senses, she was already back under the original memorial archway.
"Senior brother, was I dreaming just now?"
This coming and going made Hu Ke'er feel unreal.
"No. We were just sent away by the sect master's junior uncle." Chen Tianyi said softly.
"So amazing!" Experiencing something like instant teleportation twice, Hu Ke'er showed a surprised expression.
"Alright, let's get down to business. Stinky girl, tell me what you need and I'll go find it for you right away." Junior Uncle Zheng looked at Hu Ke'er and said.
"Well, junior uncle, let's put off looking for materials for now. I want to go to the Spirit Stone Refining Room first to take a look!"
"That's fine. Then you two go by yourselves. I'm going back to the Flying Tiger Hall to drink. If you need anything, come to the Flying Tiger Hall to find me."
"Junior uncle, are you just leaving like this?"
As soon as Hu Ke'er's voice fell, the afterimage of Junior Uncle Zheng slowly dissipated in front of her.
"This junior uncle runs really fast!"
Originally, Hu Ke'er wanted Junior Uncle Zheng to take her and Chen Tianyi there together. But unexpectedly, the junior uncle ran so fast. It seemed that now she and her senior brother had to go to the Spirit Stone Refining Room by themselves.
"Senior brother, do you think the sect master's junior uncle will punish the previous Uncle Zhao?" Hu Ke'er asked softly.
"Probably not." Chen Tianyi said softly.
"Eh, why? Clearly, he damaged the Spirit Stone Refining Room."
"The reason is simple. Uncle Zhao has always been in charge of spirit stones and has always been extremely wealthy. By now, his influence has grown quite large. The sect master can't afford to have a serious conflict with him. Otherwise, do you think the sect master's junior uncle called us two here for questioning even though he knew it was Uncle Zhao's fault?"
"I see..." Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, Hu Ke'er said disappointedly.
"Then does it mean that we'll encounter a lot of resistance when we go to take over the Spirit Stone Refining Room later?"
"It's possible. After all, spirit stone refining is the wealthiest part of the sect. Uncle Zhao definitely won't just hand over the matter of spirit stone refining. Otherwise, do you think Uncle Zhao wasn't present during the conversation just now? If he had been there, he definitely wouldn't have easily agreed to hand over the Spirit Stone Refining Room."
"Uh..." Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, Hu Ke'er's expression froze for two seconds, and then she said with a bitter smile, "Senior brother, is it still too late for me to tell the sect master that I don't know how to refine spirit stones?"
At this moment, Hu Ke'er regretted it very much. If she had known this matter was so troublesome and full of pitfalls, she definitely wouldn't have been willing to get involved.
"What do you think?" After saying that, Chen Tianyi summoned his flying sword, stepped on it, and reached out his hand to Hu Ke'er.
"Come on, junior sister. Let's go to the Spirit Stone Refining Room first to see what the current situation is. We still don't know what the refining room is like now!"
"Okay, then we can only do that!" Hu Ke'er nodded slightly, then reached out and grabbed Chen Tianyi's hand, stepped onto the flying sword, and the two flew towards the Spirit Stone Refining Room together.
"Well, by the way, what do you think of the sect master's junior uncle?"
"He's quite handsome! If only I could rejuvenate like him!"
"Hmm? Is he really that handsome?"
"Well, I'm just joking, hehe..."
Hu Ke'er and Chen Tianyi chatted for a while. Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the yuan stone vein. The small wooden house still stood intact in Hu Ke'er's field of vision.
"It seems there's nothing wrong with it?"
"Probably the inside has collapsed. Let's go in and take a look!"
"Okay!" Hu Ke'er nodded in response, then followed Chen Tianyi off the flying sword and slowly walked into the small wooden house, then headed towards the Spirit Stone Refining Room connected to the wooden house.
However, just two steps in, Hu Ke'er saw that the path in front of her was blocked tightly by countless white stones, with not even a tiny gap.
"No way. The collapse is so serious. We can't even get in. How are we supposed to refine spirit stones again?"