The feast is nearing its end.

"Hmm? Who is this person?"

Li An suddenly cast his gaze towards the entrance.

In fact, he had already noticed.

As the feast was finishing, a servant brought up an old man, chained by the neck, with his limbs severed, trained like a dog, crouching outside the door.

"Master Zuo may not know, but this person is an old friend of my husband and my mother!"

Chen Qingling spoke slowly, "His name is Zhao Xian, who entered the Profound Yang Sect with my mother and my husband in the past. After the Profound Yang Sect was destroyed, my mother took me to seek refuge with the Zhao family, but he, with the heart of a wolf and lungs of a dog, tortured my mother to death—"

"So, after I destroyed the Zhao family, I cut off his hands and feet, making him a dog of our Wang family, to make him repay for everything he did."

Her words were calm, but she then waved her hand, "Chase this dog away. Can't you see I am hosting distinguished guests today? How dare such a dog dirty Master Zuo's eyes—"

Hearing this, the servant immediately picked up a whip and lashed Zhao Xian a few times. Zhao Xian merely whimpered a few times, truly like a dog, and then crawled out on all fours.

Li An's heart went silent.

In the past, Zhao Xian, as the master of the Zhao family, was so high-spirited, once at his zenith with the support of the Demon Sect...

But who would have thought, a hundred years later, the family would be annihilated, and he himself reduced to a dog-slave...

Zhao Xian's mistake was in failing to eradicate the roots back then.

It's not that bad deeds are forbidden, but they must be done thoroughly!

Ensure the enemy has no opportunity for retaliation, even if it's a cub, it must be eradicated.

Letting someone like Chen Qingling live was the result.

"Master Zuo's interests disturbed, please forgive—"

Wang Dazhu raised his cup, smiling slightly, "Tomorrow, I shall open the furnace for Master Zuo to refine an artifact—"

...

The next day.

Wang Dazhu and Li An walked to the outside of the Artifact Refining Room, Wang Dazhu instructed many things, he was about to enter the refining room, while Li An needed to guard outside.

"Patriarch Wang,"

Li An suddenly spoke, "There is also one more thing, may I ask for your help?"

He took out another Rank Three material!

It was a piece of black profound iron, "Could I trouble Patriarch Wang to also refine this material into a small sword for me?"

This was the only piece of Rank Three material Li An had collected from the Treasure Pavilion in White Tiger City over decades.

His coming to the Wang family, besides the Rank Three Cold Jade, was also for this.

His movements, even if examined diligently by White Tiger City and the Third Princess, could be discovered.

The matter of the Rank Three Cold Jade couldn't be hidden either, so the magic weapon made from the Rank Three Cold Jade was openly placed.

This piece of profound iron was his real trump card.

That's why he handed it over to Wang Dazhu at the last moment, so that only Wang Dazhu would know about this.

And Wang Dazhu... Li An knew he wouldn't live long.

Chen Qingling acquired an inferior Primordial Spirit Pill, she will definitely attempt to break through to Core Formation.

The inferior Primordial Spirit Pill wouldn't suffice for her, so sacrificing the furnace is inevitable.

The honored guest elders at the mansion, and Wang Dazhu... their death is near!

"This..."

Wang Dazhu hesitated when he saw this, saying, "Master Zuo, this is outside our agreement…"

Li An said, "After it's done, I will give the Wang family an extra eight thousand Spirit Stones."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dazhu finally smiled, "There's no need for eight thousand Spirit Stones, six thousand will be enough—"

"I wish to ask Master Zuo for a favor, my grandson Wang Qing, in his artifact refining cultivation, lacks talent, I want to ask if Master Zuo could take him to the Treasure Pavilion as an apprentice?"

Wang Qing was one of the youths attending the feast, Li An did have some impression of him.

Now, Wang Dazhu's entire heart was set on the development and inheritance of the family.

Li An nodded and agreed.

Late at night.

...

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Wang Dazhu had been refining artifacts in the refining room, while Chen Qingling was actively preparing to reach Core Formation.

Another half month passed.

"Squeak—"

The door of the Artifact Refining Room finally opened, Wang Dazhu walked out, his face flushed, like burning charcoal, lips cracked, and his hair seemed to have more white strands.

"It's done..."

Wang Dazhu took out a box and handed it to Li An.

...

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