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Chapter 121: Face-off: Shocking Elder Yuan to the core.

Chapter 121: Face-off: Shocking Elder Yuan to the core.

"Now, I can answer your question," he said calmly. "But first, let me ask you..."

He stared directly into Elder Yuan’s eyes. "What is your greatest work that made you decide you can question us?"

When the audience heard Mo Jian’s question, they were stunned for a moment.

What is Elder Yuan’s greatest work?

Such a meaningless question.

For an intermediate Tier-2 Artifact Refiner, every one of their works is their greatest work.

Peng Ming wore a disdainful expression and responded arrogantly. "What do you know? Every artifact refined by my master’s hands is a masterpiece."

Elder Yuan wore a prideful expression when he heard his disciple’s response. His disdain for Mo Jian was increasing every second.

Mo Jian turned his head and looked at Peng Ming. He was at the early Foundation Realm Stage-3.

"Who are you and what gives you the guts to speak when I’m speaking?" His voice was calm, but the arrogance in it was unlike anything else. "Say one more word and you will be thrown out."

Huh!

Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.

No one expected him to be so domineering.

Peng Ming’s fury blazed. He clenched his fist tightly, but suddenly, an ominous weight descended upon the crowd—an unbearable pressure that pressed down on every soul within the lobby, except Mo Jian.

A gasp escaped their lips.

Eyes widened in terror as they turned toward the old man standing behind Mo Jian.

This was the aura of a Peak Core Refining Warrior—an unyielding force that chilled the very air, revealing depths of strength none dared to challenge.

Elder Yuan stood frozen, stunned—his strength only at Stage Six Foundation Realm, a mere flicker compared to the horrifying power before him.

He knew he dared not challenge that towering presence.

For a moment, they feared the mountainous force would linger, unyielding—an insurmountable tide that would crush them all.

But suddenly, it withdrew like a receding wave, leaving a sigh of relief in its wake.

Peng Ming, bearing the full weight of that relentless force, felt cold sweat bead upon his back.

This was his first encounter with something so horrifying, and he won’t forget.

Elder Yuan knitted his brow.

He knew that pressure was just a warning, and if his disciple dared speak once again, he would be thrown out like a piece of garbage.

I’ve never been treated this way.

A mere ordinary chamber dared this to me.

Where is my prestige as a Tier-2 Artifact Refiner?

This shame... I must wash it with their blood.

But first, let me achieve my goal.

Even though he was not as powerful as the Peak Core Refining Realm warrior, he couldn’t allow his prestige to be trampled by a mere warrior.

"What do you think you’re doing? Do you want to be an enemy of the Artifact Refining Hall?" he shouted angrily.

Mo Jian looked at him and responded casually. "This is my chamber. You either follow my rules or leave. Besides, if you’d trained your disciple correctly, he wouldn’t have brought that shame on you."

Mo Jian did not mince his words. His words pierced Elder Yuan’s heart.

Peng Ming was furious, his eyes bloodshot from anger, but he did not speak. He looked at his master and saw anger etched on his face.

A light smile crept up his face. Keep on with your useless facade. After my master tears down your chamber, then it will be my turn to humiliate you.

The crowd were stunned.

They did not expect the leader of the Thousand Wealth Chamber would be this arrogant and not place the Vice Master of the Artifact Refiner Hall in his eyes.

He was both prideful and overbearing.

Elder Yuan exhaled and inhaled to control his emotions. "I’m not here to exchange meaningless words with you. All I want to know is what gave you the confidence to make such an absurd claim."

"Don’t tell me I don’t have the right to check your artifact. As the Vice Master of the Artifact Refining Hall, I have the right and authority to check the authenticity of an artifact. Unless you’re not going to sell it in this region."

His voice was brimming with confidence and unmasked arrogance.

Mo Jian took a sip from his spirit tea. "Before I can speak to you, first show me your greatest work." He insisted calmly.

Elder Yuan furrowed his brows and snorted. "If you want to evaluate your so-called never-seen artifact with my work, I’ll oblige."

"Take and see what a real artifact is." From his spatial pouch, he took out a black-silvery shield. "This is my best work so far. The Silver Mountain Shield."

His face was full of pride. "With this shield, you can block any attack below the Golden Core Realm. Apart from that, it can withstand a full attack of an early Stage-1 Golden Core Realm."

What!

This is insane.

A shield that can withstand a full attack of a Golden Core Realm!

I heard it is only the Hall Master that could make such an artifact, but now...

Even so, I heard it is one in ten chances.

Instantly, the crowd erupted in various murmurs.

Their eyes were full of disbelief.

The Artifact Refining Hall Master was a respected individual in the city that even the governor would have paid his respect.

Not because of his strength but because he could refine a Golden Core Realm artifact.

But now, Elder Yuan had just claimed he could now forge such rare artifacts.

Feeling the shock and admiration of the crowd, both the master and disciple wore a smug expression.

You see that? That is the power of my master. Peng Ming grinned.

Elder Yuan looked at Mo Jian and asked with disdain. "What do you have to say? Can your never-seen artifact be compared to this?"

Hahaha.

The crowd laughed. They looked at Mo Jian with ridicule.

What nonsense.

How could a mere chamber that had nothing to show produce such a rare artifact?

Mo Jian looked at the crowd and looked at Elder Xu Bin. Immediately, Elder Xu Bin approached Elder Yuan and stretched out her hand.

Elder Yuan sneered and gave her the shield. Everyone looked at Mo Jian in derision and laughed in mockery.

What was there to look at?

It is not like they could make anything like that.

Unbothered by their contempt, Mo Jian took the shield from Elder Xu Bin and checked it for a moment.

Watching him check the Silver Mountain Shield, Elder Yuan clicked his tongue in contempt.

"Don’t waste my time. Since you don’t know anything about refining, how could you understand anything about the shield?" His voice rose an octave and gathered the crowd’s attention.

"Don’t try to act mysterious. Just accept that your chamber is a fraud."

Immediately, the crowd jeered and voiced their opinions.

I knew it! All these chambers that make exaggerated announcements are all frauds.

Yes. Since we arrived, all he did was drink his tea like some special person. But he was nothing but a fraud.

I knew it! For Elder Yuan to come to this chamber, they must have a skeleton in their comp board.

Peng Ming grinned from ear to ear. He was already planning how to finish Mo Jian.

Slowly, Mo Jian raised his head and said calmly, "You call this your best work?"

His voice was not loud, but it garnered the attention of everyone in the lobby.

Elder Yuan sneered and prepared to respond but was beaten to it by Mo Jian.

"If this is the standard of the Artifact Refining Hall, then you’re all mediocre at best." His voice was sharp like a deadly blade as he continued.

"Let’s start with your forging technique. I don’t know which forging technique you’re using, but it is full of flaws."

"You used the Quake Ore together with Mountain Rage Ape hide as the base of the shield. What a waste of resources."

"Do you even know the properties of the Quake Ore? I don’t know whether to call you stupid or ignorant."

"Just to make your shield strong, you added two like properties. The Quake Ore is very hard, but its inner structure is not stable. Likewise, the Mountain Rage Ape—both are sturdy and can withstand a lot of force but become unstable after a period of time."

"But since you combined them together, it becomes unbalanced quickly. Just after receiving a few hits, it will shatter like glass."

"Yet, you dare step into my chamber and dare question me?" Mo Jian shook his head and sighed.

Silence!

Everyone inside the lobby held their breath as they looked at Mo Jian before they looked at Elder Yuan.

Looking at the shocked expression on his face, instantly they knew this young man was not spouting nonsense.

Peng Ming was also stunned. He did not expect this young man to know the core materials used by his master.

It was an open secret that every refiner kept the core of their artifact secret, and yet... Just thinking of it made him shudder.

Looking at the quiet crowd, Elder Yuan recovered from his shock and shouted, "So what? Just because you know the core of the artifact does not mean anything."

"Really? I guess you are more ignorant than you look," Mo Jian commented calmly. "If you think that is the only flaw in your shield, you are wrong."

"During the forging process, you failed to quench both the Quake Ore and Mountain Rage Ape with earth sap to strengthen them."

"No, you dipped them into cold water, weakening them further. That is the second mistake."

"Third mistake, the layering of the shield. You just layered haphazardly. The Quake Ore should be the foundation. Next should be an ordinary material that will serve as an intermediary before you layer it with the Mountain Rage Ape hide. But no..."

Mo Jian sighed. "I don’t want to talk about the forging process. It is just too bad. For the runic aspect—"

"Huh!"

He took a deep breath. "That is disastrous. Who made you the Vice Hall Master?"

"How could you fail to inscribe an ordinary Stonewall Rune?"

Instantly, the lobby stretched silent, shrouded in an uncanny hush.

A graveyard of echoes, where silence lay crushed.

As he spoke, each word cast shadows more profound—

What once they deemed rare, now proved hollow, unbound.

A failed artifact in the light of truth.

Yet, they looked at the stunned and trembling Elder Yuan.

They beheld a wonder—an awe that could not be refuted.

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