The elderly man walked up to Qing Lei and saluted him, “What’s wrong, Sir Qing Lei?”
Qing Lei shot him a dispassionate glance, “Here’s a new Artifact Refiner. Help him settle in.”
It was then that the elderly man noticed Yang Kai, who was behind Qing Lei. Elated, and replied, “Understood!”
Upon finishing his words, he beckoned to Yang Kai, “Come with me.”
Yang Kai nodded and flew towards the mountain valley alongside the elderly man.
Before they landed, the elderly man turned to look at Yang Kai and asked, “What’s your name?”
Yang Kai cupped his fist, “Yang Kai.”
The elderly man nodded, “So it is Little Brother Yang. You’re already so strong at such a young age. You do have a promising future. By the way, I’m Wu Xing He.”
[Wu Xing He!]
Yang Kai turned serious the moment he heard this name.
Before he left Yin-Yang Pass, Tang Qiu had given him a list of a dozen people who had gone missing on the battlefield. Those from Yin-Yang Pass speculated that they had been corrupted by the Black Ink Clan and turned into Black Ink Disciples. These dozen people had studied Artifact Refining before and shown some talent for it. Of course, when they went missing, they could only be considered novices in Artifact Refining.
However, if they fell into the hands of the Black Ink Clan and started focusing on studying the Dao of Artifact Refining, they would have a chance to grow. Those from Yin-Yang Pass speculated that the person in charge of developing the Warship was one of those people.
Tang Qiu told Yang Kai to pay more attention to the information regarding the people on the list when the latter arrived in the Black Ink Clan’s domain.
Yang Kai had never expected that not long after he entered this Sealed World, he would meet one of the people on the list.
Could this person be the one who was in charge of developing the Warship? Yang Kai was uncertain about it. From the looks of it, even if Wu Xing He wasn’t the most important figure in this project, he wouldn’t be insignificant; otherwise, Qing Lei wouldn’t have told him to help Yang Kai settle in.
Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Yang Kai cupped his fist, “So, it is Senior Wu.”
Wu Xing He glanced at him and chuckled, “We’re both in the Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm, so you don’t have to call me a Senior. Moreover, we’re in the Black Ink Clan now, so we don’t have to comply with the etiquette of the Humans.”
Yang Kai was already used to Human etiquette, and although he was a Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm Master, he could only be considered a rising Star compared to the other much older veteran Seventh-Order Masters.
Upon hearing Wu Xing He’s words though, Yang Kai stopped being overly polite and addressed the older man in a different way, saying, “Senior Brother Wu.”
Wu Xing He replied with a smile, “What’s your rank in Artifact Refining?”
Yang Kai replied honestly, “Great Master.”
“What field are you particularly well-versed in?”
“Personally, I’m good at refining offensive and defensive artifacts. I can build flight-type artifacts as well, but that will take a longer time.”
Upon hearing that, Wu Xing He nodded, “In that case, you shall work with me. I happen to need more people on my side.”
“I shall trouble you from now on then, Senior Brother Wu.”
“No worries.”
By the time they finished speaking, they arrived at the bottom of the mountain valley. Yang Kai looked down and saw many Artifact Refiners working on the Warship. There were also some Feudal Lords walking around that seemed to be supervising them.
Wu Xing He directly led Yang Kai to the edge of the mountain valley where there were a lot of houses. Wu Xing He pointed at those houses and said, “This is where we can get some rest and cultivate. The three houses on the left are empty, so you can choose one of them. Although Black Ink Disciples are considered lowly in the Black Ink Clan, Artifact Refiners like us are treated fairly well. If you need resources to cultivate, you can go over there and get some.”
Then, he pointed at the hall on the side, “Not only are there materials of different Orders, but there are also a lot of Spirit Pills. They’re for us to use.”
Yang Kai was astounded, “It seems that everything is provided for us.”
Wu Xing He replied with a smile, “They’ve prepared everything for us so that we can work harder. It requires a lot of energy to refine artifacts. If we can restore ourselves quickly, we can put more effort into making artifacts. The Black Ink Clan is aware of that.”
Yang Kai nodded to show that he understood what the other man was saying.
“The Black Ink Clan has a lot of resources that are hard to come by on the Humans’ side. In this place, you can get a set of Seventh-Order materials from the Black Ink Clan to cultivate with ease. Of course, you can only get one set at a time, and you can only get another set after refining the ones you have.”