In the circle of refiners, the Xie family of West Rock was a big family with hundreds of years of history. Naturally, they had their own booth in the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting, where several new magical equipment such as flying swords and shields were presented.
Three days after the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting was held, a lot of sects had already come for negotiation and consultation. Some sects had even placed orders for a thousand ultimate flying swords. It was a great start.
Xie Qianhe was 59 years old. He was one of the best experts of refining in the Xie family. However, he was not working in the family business. Instead, he was working as the deputy technical director of the sword forging department in Silver Heart School, one of the three Crystal Suit centers.
At this moment, Xie Qianhe's face was clouded with gloom, and he couldn't have felt worse.
"Pa!"
In the hotel where the Xie family was staying, he slapped the table hard and stared at his daughter, furrowing his eyebrows. "What? You want Sand Scorpion to be your master?"
"Yes!"
Xie Anan held her head high and looked at her father, whom she had always been in awe of, without flinching. Summoning her courage, she said, "Dad, I want to be Sand Scorpion's true disciple and learn the arts of refining from him!"
Looking at his daughter in disbelief, Xie Qianhe blurted out, "Anan, 'master' and 'teacher' are different. In modern society, a Cultivator can have thousands of teachers. You pay the money, and I teach you the stuff. It's a fair trade. You get what you pay for. You get what you pay for. Let's call it quits!
"However, 'master' is a different concept altogether!
"If you really acknowledge Sand Scorpion as your master and become his true disciple, you will have to completely inherit his school of refining. Your refining arts will be deeply marked by him. It will be very troublesome for you to change your master in the future!"
"I know that."
Xie Anan nodded solemnly. "I know that it is not a joke to acknowledge him as my master. That's why I want to ask for your help, Dad. If possible, it will be best if you can ask grandpa to propose to Master Sand as the head of the Xie family! "
Xie Qianhe was amused. "Anan. What's wrong with you? I don't have any opinions about the Iron Plateau natives. Sand Scorpion is your savior, and I can't thank him enough. But isn't he the best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau? What does he know about refining? "
"Teacher Sha's refining technique is very powerful!"
Xie Anan's eyes were beaming when she mentioned Li Yao's refining arts. She shook her head and said, "Master Xue Yuanxin of the Ares Laboratory gave Master Sand a very high evaluation. Besides, Master Sand has also crafted such magical equipment as the Combat Ability Detector and the Aurora Chain Gun. Even my rapid progress in the past half year was all thanks to Master Sand's guidance! "
Xie Qianhe coughed and glanced at his wife.
Xie Anan's mother, Dong Hanxiang, was from another noble family of refining. She held her daughter's shoulder and smiled. "Anan, Master Sand is your savior. You will naturally have some special opinions about him, especially respect and worship him. "
"He is the best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau. Of course, there are also areas that are worthy of respect. "
"However, when it comes to the art of refining …"
"You're still young. The water in this circle is very deep. There are many unspoken rules that you don't know."
"That's right. There's a lot of news going around. It's said that Master Sand is actually an expert of refining. Master Xue Yuanxin spoke highly of him. Besides, he owns part of the patents of the Combat Ability Detector and the Aurora Chain Gun.
"Hehe. Such news can only fool the laymen. Most of the people in our circle are very skeptical. "
"Such things happened before. Some rich people who were not good at refining would buy other people's patents at a high price in order to make a name for themselves in the circle in order to increase their value.
"You know that Master Sand Scorpion's Glorious Sunlight Group owns a fairly large refining center. Then, who knows whether the patents in his hands were developed by himself or by the employees of the refining center?
"As for Master Xue Yuanxin's evaluation, it's even simpler. Master Xue Yuanxin's Ares Laboratory has a lot of cooperation with the Glorious Sunlight Group. It's only natural that he compliments Master Sand Scorpion. Do you expect Master Xue Yuanxin to say that he is just an amateur?"
Xie Anan craned her neck, not convinced. "But …"
Dong Hanxiao rubbed his hands and continued. "It's true that you've made tremendous progress in the past half year. We've all seen it with our own eyes. But according to what you said, this Master Sand Scorpion only taught you some of the most basic training methods. There was nothing special about them.
"On the other hand, in the eyes of your father and me, many of the training methods that he proposed were too cruel, barbaric, and crude. Only an idiot like you would persist in them. Your father and I didn't know that before. If we had known, we would've stopped you from practicing them a long time ago!
"Such cruel training methods will, of course, improve your capability in the short term. But they will do you no good in the future."
Seeing that her daughter's face had turned awful, Dong Hanxiang hurried to add, "I'm not saying that Master Sand knows nothing about refining. I believe that he must have a set of secret arts of refining from Iron Plateau, many of which you've never heard before. That's why you were so fascinated by them.
"However, such secret arts are unorthodox after all. They are not the authentic methods of refining.
"If you want to ask for his advice, or even learn some techniques from him, we won't object.
"However, isn't it a bit hasty to formally acknowledge him as your true disciple?"
Xie Anan's eyes were wide open. Tears were swirling in her eyes. She bit her lips and said, "Dad, Mom, why don't you believe me?"
Dong Hanxiang and her husband looked at each other. She coughed and said, "It's not that we don't believe you. In fact — in fact, here's the thing. Your father has found you a master!"
"What?" Xie Anan was dumbfounded.
Xie Qianhe smiled. "I was going to tell you later as a surprise, but it doesn't hurt to tell you now.
"You know that there is a Super Armadominus named Master Huangpu Bo in the Silver Heart School where I work. He is an elder of the Huangpu family, a noble family of refining that has a history of a thousand years. He is also a renowned grandmaster in the circle of refiners.
"Over the past year, I've been working on a project with Master Huangpu, and I'm quite close to him. I know that Master Huangpu is getting older and is hoping to recruit a final disciple.
"A while ago, I played the videos of your fast hand speed in the family competition to Master Huangpu by chance. As a result, Master Huangpu was very interested in you and asked me about you for a long time.
"This is truly a pleasant surprise. Everybody knows that Master Huangpu's eight true disciples are all famous celebrities right now."
"If you can be Master Huangpu's final disciple, won't it be much better than being Sand Scorpion's true disciple?"
Xie Anan gasped and stepped back in disbelief. She stammered, "M-Master Huangpu wants to recruit me as a disciple?"
Despite her ignorance, Xie Anan had heard of the thunderous name Huangpu Bo before. The master was as important as Master Xue Yuanxin in the circle of refiners.
Xie Anan felt that her head was dizzy, and she could barely stand straight.
Xie Qianhe was very satisfied with his daughter's reaction. He nodded and said, "Of course, Master Huangpu did not make a promise. He only said that he would like to meet you in the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting. However, in my opinion, your hand speed is 15% faster than in the family competition two months ago. As long as you perform as usual in front of Master Huangpu, it won't be a problem at all."
Xie Anan opened her mouth, but she was silent for a long time. She seemed to have made up her mind. Her eyes glittering like stars, she shook her head slowly and said, "Dad, Master Huangpu is interested in my hand speed. But my hand speed is only so fast because of Master Sand. I still want to learn from Master Sand and pass on his skills in refining to the next generation."
"You …"
Xie Qianhe raised his eyebrows. He could not figure out why his daughter, who had always been as docile and soft as a glutinous rice ball, was so stubborn. He raised his voice and bellowed, "That's Master Huangpu we're talking about! Other people can't get such an opportunity even if they kneel for three days and three nights. Why don't you know what's good for you? "
"Dad, I know Master Huangpu's position in the circle of refiners, and I know how immeasurable his expertise is. I also know that his eight disciples are all famous experts."
Blushing, Xie Anan stammered in the beginning, but she spoke faster and louder. "However, I also know that Master Huangpu's eight disciples are all unparalleled geniuses with unparalleled talents!
"Dad, I know myself very well. Although nobody says it, I know very well that I'm not talented in refining at all. I'm just a common idiot.
"Even if I become Master Huangpu's true disciple today, I'm not confident that I can inherit his skills in refining.
"Maybe, only Master Sand's training methods are suitable for an idiot like me.
"Believe it or not, Dad, Mom, although my body is in great pain when I'm training with Master Sand's methods, I feel that I've never felt better than before.
"But in my heart, I am unprecedentedly calm and satisfied because I can clearly feel that I am making progress every second. I have truly experienced the joy of refining!
The air in the small room seemed to have been frozen.
Xie Qianhe was dumbfounded. He did not expect his daughter to say something like that.
Dazed for a long time, he rose up and walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.
He said, "It's too important for you to do anything on your own. Your grandfather has learned about it. He is overjoyed and is already making arrangements in secret!
"All in all, you will meet Master Huangpu with me tomorrow!"
"Old Xie, Old Xie!"
Dong Hanxiang stomped her feet anxiously when she saw that the father and the daughter were quarreling. She comforted her daughter, "Anan, just ignore your father. He's been like a dog for decades.
"But since when did you become so stubborn?
"All in all, don't be hasty about it. Let's think about it carefully. No matter what, let's meet Master Huangpu tomorrow, okay?"
"Old Xie? Old Xie! "
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