Chapter 61: Thanking the Master

  "Thank you, Master!"

  Everyone looked at the old man with a respectful gaze, and anyone who had been in this trading market for a while knew that this unassuming old man was Xie Shi, the owner of the Hidden Treasure Pavilion and an Out-of-Body Stronghold expert.

  Xie Shi was respected by others not because he was a strong cultivator in the Out-of-Body state, but because of his other identity, Soul Sculptor.

  Soul Master, rare in the Great Wu Dynasty, let alone a Soul Sculptor. Many famous spiritual treasures from Tianfeng County were made by him, and high-ranking officials of Fengyun Sect and Mu, Lei, and Liu's three major clans all showed great respect to Xie Shi.

  Xie Shi was quite talented when he was young, if he had focused on cultivation, he might have already reached the realm of a strong divine spirit by now. However, because his mind was preoccupied with refining spiritual treasures, his cultivation actually fell behind, and that's why he remained stuck in the realm of leaving the mortal world.

  However, his level of refining spiritual treasures can be ranked in the top ten not only in Tianfeng County but also in the Great Wu Dynasty. At that time, he chose to settle in Mocheng, which made Mo Qianlang, the patriarch of the Mo family, extremely delighted. This Treasure Pavilion was bought by the Mo family at a high price and given to Xie Shi as a gift. Later, Xie Shi specially refined two yellow-grade superior spiritual treasures and gave them to the Mo family as a return gift.

  In Tianfeng County, Huang Jie upper-grade spiritual treasures are already quite rare. The value of those two Huang Jie upper-grade spiritual treasures far exceeds that of this entire Hidden Treasure Pavilion.

  The Soul Refiner can refine up to mid-grade Yellow Rank spiritual treasures, while the Soul Sculptor can refine high-grade Yellow Rank spiritual treasures and has a certain chance of refining low-grade Mystic Rank spiritual treasures, although this chance is relatively low.

  "You young masters and ladies, are you trying to dismantle the old man's hidden treasure pavilion?" Master Xie said with some helplessness.

  "Thank you, Master. Sorry, I was too impulsive." Even his father, Zheng Nan, showed great respect to this master, and Zheng Jian was even more afraid to be presumptuous in front of this virtuous and respected master, and hurriedly apologized.

  "Alas, give an old man a thin face, and let's just end it like this today." Master Xie knew that both sides had a lot of background, and he himself wanted to act as a peacemaker.

  "Thanks, Master. I and this brother just want to have a friendly spar. Otherwise, I'll be the host, invite several people from Tian Xiang Ge for a gathering, and apologize to them, how about that?" Zheng Jian said softly. Tian Xiang Ge was the most luxurious wine house in Mu City, and those who could enter Tian Xiang Ge were all rich or noble, with some reputation.

  "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, but I don't think that's necessary." Mu Han Yu said calmly, with a demeanor that kept people at arm's length.

  "Not good! Mu Feng, let's go." Mu Han Qing Jiao scolded, she didn't care about giving Zheng Jian face like Mu Han Yu did, and pulled Mu Han Yu and Mu Feng to turn around and leave towards the door.

  Zheng Jian got himself into an awkward situation, being toyed with by Mu Hanqing in front of everyone's gaze, yet he couldn't do anything about it. His face turned red and white, but a surge of anger rose up in his heart.

  Two middle-aged men blocked the way of the three people again, without any intention of giving way.

  Mu Han Qing turned her head, facing Zheng Jian with a furious expression: "Are you two dog slaves not leaving yet?" Her pretty face was full of anger, and the slightly formed bust rose and fell with each breath, leaving one's imagination running wild.

  Zheng Jian, because Master Xie was present, did not dare to be too arrogant and signaled the two middle-aged men to clear the way.

  Looking at the three people leaving, Zheng Jian vented his anger on Mu Feng: You stinky brat, one day you'll fall into my hands, and I'll make you beg for life but not be able to live, and beg for death but not be able to die.

  Xie Daoshi gazed at Mofeng's back with a profound look, nodding slightly as if in thought.

  The three of them left the hidden treasure pavilion, Mu Feng was still savoring the smooth and delicate feeling in his hand, but was suddenly glared at by Mu Hanqing: "Little wolf, not enough yet, don't let go!"

  Mo Feng finally came back to his senses, only to find that Mo Hanqing had already let go of his hand, but he himself was still holding on. He quickly released his grip, scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Sorry about that! How about I treat you two to make up for it?"

  The two girls couldn't help but laugh at Mu Feng's disheveled appearance.

  Mu Han Qing curled her lip and said, "What's wrong with learning something else? Why learn from that hypocrite? You're just a poor thing, and you're inviting us? I'll invite you instead. The Seven Star Restaurant has good food, let's go there to eat."

  Just now, Mu Feng's calm and composed performance in front of Zheng Jian won the favor of the two women. Even Mu Hanqing's impression of him improved by 30%. Her words also changed somewhat.

  "Qingtang's sister..."

  "Just call me Han Qing, don't you think calling me Han Qing's younger sister is a bit awkward?" Mu Feng was about to speak when he was interrupted by Mu Han Qing.

  "Oh, okay...... Han Qing, is Soul Master really that amazing?" Mu Feng asked curiously.

  On the way to Qī Xīng Jiǔ Lóu, Mù Fēng and the two women also talked about Shì Dà Shī's mention of the soul master. As for the soul master, Mù Fēng only knew some hearsay and didn't truly understand him.

  "Of course, Soul Masters have extremely high spiritual requirements for souls. I and Han Yu sister both went to test, but we were all rare items, and had no fate with the Soul Master!" Mu Han Qing sighed, her eyes filled with a longing gaze towards the Soul Master.

  Mu Han Yu looked at Mu Han Qing's expression and thought of the day when this little girl found out about the test results, she cried so hard. She knew that although this little girl was cute, her self-esteem was extremely strong, no matter what she did, she wanted to do it perfectly.

  "Can the spirituality of the soul be tested? How is it tested?" Mu Feng was somewhat surprised, he didn't think that something as elusive and intangible as a soul could be tested.

  "Of course." Mu Hanqing looked at Mu Feng's somewhat silly appearance and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

  "Just now, Master Xie was able to detect the spirituality of the soul through a piece of Soul Testing Stone. When Master Xie came to our clan back then, he wanted to select one person from among our younger generation as his closed-door disciple, but none of the young people in our clan had a soul that could reach spiritual goods." Mu Hanshu explained softly.

  "What? Among so many people in the clan, not a single one has a soul that can reach spiritual goods?" Mu Feng was shocked again.

  "So you'd better not hold onto this hope." Mu Hanqing said with a ruthless blow.

  "If you want, one day ask Patriarch Miao to take you to Master Xie for a test, maybe you'll have good luck. It's just that in our entire clan, and even the whole city of Miao, it's already not bad if we can find one or two souls who reach the spiritual goods." Mu Han Yu's words once again struck Mu Feng.

  Mufeng originally had a yearning to become a soul master, but after listening to the two women's words, this yearning was doused with cold water and barely survived. The entire city couldn't find one or two souls that could reach spiritual goods, did he have such luck?

  However, he still wanted to find time to test it out. As someone who had lived two lifetimes, his senses were extremely sharp, and perhaps his soul could really reach the level of a spiritual product.

  "Must one reach the realm of creation to become a Soul Master?" Mu Feng suddenly thought of a question, why would Xie Master choose his successor from among the younger generation, shouldn't most people not have reached the realm of creation yet?

  "You're so stupid, to become a Soul Master you must reach the Shaping Realm, but before that you can first become a Soul Apprentice to lay the foundation for becoming a Soul Master." Mu Hansheng had never seen anyone as foolish as this, but she didn't know that in Hong Feng Town, it was impossible to get any information about Soul Masters.

  Mo Feng suddenly realized and made a look of "so that's how it is".

  In his conversation with Erniang, Mufeng indeed learned a lot about the knowledge of soul masters and had a comprehensive understanding of this profession.