Dai Hui was a middle-aged man with a refined face and a scholarly air about him.
In contrast to the brutes of the Artifact Refining Hall, he seemed rather out of place.
Bai Zichen snuck a glance at Peng Chong and another Artifact Refining Hall Elder next to him. Both had dark, ruddy skin and thinning hair—the side effects of years spent dealing with Earth Fire.
Whether commissioning alchemy or artifact refining, if it wasn't for a common market item but a special custom order, the client had to hand over the pill formula or refining technique.
On top of that, an extra fee in Spirit Stones was required.
This was how Alchemists and Artifact Refiners achieved their transcendent status among the Hundred Skills of Cultivation.
That was why the major powers did their best to train their own specialists, to avoid being at the mercy of others.
