「Three days later.」
Another mysterious expert arrived from the 9th Layer of the Cangzhou Prefecture. This mysterious expert was a Peak Refiner who wanted to exchange insights on Forging Techniques with Xu Qing.
Unfortunately,
Xu Qing had announced that he was in secluded Cultivation and would not be seeing any visitors. The mysterious expert couldn't possibly force his way in while Xu Qing was in seclusion, so he had no choice but to give up.
Of course,
he wasn't the only one who came looking for Xu Qing. In the time that followed, numerous top experts from the Cangzhou Prefecture came to find him.
Among them,
most were Refiners. Only a small fraction were powerful factions hoping to recruit Xu Qing, but he turned them all away at the door.
He was in secluded Cultivation and refused all visits.
Of course,
A Weapon Shop continued to sell one weapon each day. As the shop's fame and reputation spread throughout most of the Cangzhou Prefecture,
you could say that
