When both I and Ren Qingquan saw that scene, we thought of the same thing at once. 'A face slapping scene!'

Without my reminder, Ren Qingquan quickly activated his Turtle Divination Technique and saw the amount of luck that boy had.

The result shocked both of us as the amount of luck that boy has is actually abysmally low!

In his confusion, Ren Qingquan even already switched his technique off and on several times. But the result from Turtle Divination remains the same, that boy's luck is extremely low.

At this time, the young man stood up as he glared at the middle aged man with a cold eyes as he snorted, "Hmph! Mere frog in a well, if it's not because this city is the closest place I can reach, I won't be willing to take a step in your association!"

Hearing the young man's loud voice, there are already several people spectating the confrontation between both of them.

Seemingly gaining courage from the surrounding spectators, the young man continued arrogantly, "I dare you to bet with me on talisman refining. The loser will kneel to the winner and ask for their forgiveness!"

When the young man finished speaking, the middle aged man's face already turned beet red.

I immediately felt this situation can't end nicely.

Just like I expected, the middle aged man roared in anger. "Bastard, who do you think you are! How dare you tarnish the reputation of the Talisman Association like that! I will kill you, you little shit!"

Without any more nonsense, that middle aged man pushed his palm toward the young man's head. With the sound of watermelon bursting, the head of that young man exploded as liquid spread all around the place.

There are even some spectators that got stained by the fluids coming from the young man's head while screaming from the shock. But upon being glared at by that middle aged man, they quickly turn quiet and keep their head low before continuing their usual business.

Ren Qingquan: (☉⁠｡⁠☉⁠)

While Ren Qingquan was stupefied, I activated my [Scan] and scanned the memory of that boy's remnant soul due to curiosity.

What I found out is actually the story of a young man with serious case of delusion.

The young man comes from a village located nearby this city. After falling into a hole while foraging in a forest several months ago, he found the corpse of a cultivator. Inside the pouch of that dead cultivator, there are cultivation techniques and basic talisman techniques.

As one of the literate people in his village, the young man slowly read the book while asking several other literate people for the meaning of words he couldn't understand.

Soon, he already understood every word and diagram of that cultivation manual. Within a short time, he successfully reached the fourth stage of qi refining.

With his increased strength, the young man started practicing talisman refining and easily created a fire summoning talisman.

Amidst happiness, he quickly ran toward the city in hope of joining the Talisman Association. Things happen, and just like what I saw, he was killed by that middle aged man.

When I finished watching his memory, I can't help but think that the young man is also quite pitiful. According to the scene I gained from that memory, he definitely fell into qi deviation due to practicing his technique wrongly. It indeed causes his early cultivation speed to increase, but his potential is already destroyed. Furthermore, the reason he turned into such an arrogant guy is because the qi deviation affected his brain and soul.

With this, I activated [Devour] and turned his soul into points.

What? Do you think I'll leave free points alone?

When I already devoured the soul thoroughly, I feel Ren Qingquan lost the interest to go inside the Talisman Association.

Seeing his disinterested face, the guard recommended another place, "Senior, I apologize about this incident. How about we visit the weapon refining association instead? It is located nearby and the people there are much friendlier."

Ren Qingquan agreed without much thought, "Alright."

Before leaving, I spread my [Scan] toward the interior of the Talisman Association. Although I can't sense everything with great detail due to the long distance, I can still see what the people inside are doing.

Inside that association, there are actually only ten people. Except for the middle aged man that is currently walking inside, the others are currently busy writing on top of special papers containing a small amount of energy.

As what they do is quite boring, I choose to check the Weapon Refining Association. Just like what the guard says, the Weapon Refining Association is indeed located nearby his current location. It is even within the range of my [Scan].

The result of my [Scan] directly made me stunned and I only come to be when both Ren Qingquan and the guard arrived at the association.

Walking closer toward the weapon refining association, Ren Qingquan is immediately greeted by a beautiful female cultivator. "Lu'er welcome the two esteemed guests. How may I help you?"

"I am a bit curious about your association and wish to look around." After replying, he walked inside with the guard and that female cultivator following behind.

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Once he entered, I could feel Ren Qingquan's shock. The interior of the Weapon Refining Association is indeed quite weird. If people normally expect a hall with several counters or an exhibition of weapons upon entering, then they must be extremely disappointed.

Because it looks like a frickin boutique! To be exact, it looks like those modern clothing stores selling expensive branded clothes. There are several rows of dresses worn by beautifully sculpted statues that work as mannequins.

From my [Scan] previously, I saw the Pure Wave Sect's symbol weaved at the inner section of those dresses. Which is why I am a bit speechless while Ren Qingquan and the guard are walking toward the association.

Ren Qingquan also stared speechlessly at the unexpected interior. While stupefied, his sight is locked into one of the statues wearing a beautiful white dress.

The saleswoma- *ahem* association member quickly introduced the dress Ren Qingquan stared at, "Senior's eyes indeed can see good things. This Millennium Lily Dress is weaved using the fiber of a thousand year old lily's stem as its main material. The design for this dress is personally made by the peak master of Pure Wave Sect's weapon refining peak, the most famous cloth designer in our continent! This dress is capable of blocking attacks from a Golden Core expert and has automatic cleaning, temperature control, self repair, and many other functions. Whether it is senior's mother, master, sisters, or spouse, this dress will definitely make any woman feel special!"

After the sales woma- I mean, after the female association member spoke, she seemed a bit out of breath as her face slightly blushed.

Wait! So, are those dresses indeed related to the Pure Wave Sect? Does that mean just like what I thought before, the Pure Wave Sect is indeed a powerful sect?

Meanwhile, Ren Qingquan remembered the punishment I updated previously and felt a bit anxious. So he immediately went to the main topic. "Actually, except for looking around, I also wish to browse your library."

Seeing as Ren Qingquan had no desire to buy the dress she introduced, the sales woman looked a bit disappointed for a split second. But she quickly restored her customer service smile immediately as she replied, "My apologies senior, may I see your association badge? To access our association's library requires you to show proof as a member."

While shaking his head, Ren Qingquan answered, "I don't have any badge, do you have another way so I can browse your library?"

The sales woman thought for a moment before asking Ren Qingquan, "Does the senior know weapon refining? Our association has the right to grant a lvl 1 badge for those who pass the basic assessment."

Ren Qingquan is going to shook his head when I quickly reminded him.

[Host please remember, you already learned an Immortal Ascension stage weapon refining technique. It should be enough for you to pass the test.]

'Oh, that's right.' With that thought, Ren Qingquan nodded to the sales woman.

"To join the test senior must pay 10 spirit stones for the cost of materials."

As the amount of spirit stones Ren Qingquan has right now is insufficient, he asked me to create several pieces of spirit stones by spending 1 point of energy for each of them.

After giving those spirit stones to the sales woman, she smiled and pointed him to a room. "Please wait inside, I shall call the examiner for senior's test."

The sales woman then proceeds to leave Ren Qingquan who has entered the room she pointed.

Inside the room, there is a forge and anvil coupled with other items used in weapon forging.

While waiting for the sales woman to return, Ren Qingquan walked around and grabbed tools like a hammer, chisel, brush, tongs, etc. and played around with it.

The wait didn't last long and a burly bald middle aged man entered the room. From [Scan], I detected the man to have Golden Core stage cultivation. Walking next to him, the sales woman introduced the man while holding a tray filled with materials. "This is the branch manager of our Weapon Refining Association. He will be the one in charge of being the examiner for this test. Because except for the branch manager there are no other people capable of being an examiner in this branch."

With a stern face, the middle aged man spoke, "The test is extremely simple, you just need to create a magical weapon within an hour using the materials prepared. Without further ado, let's begin."

Just in case Ren Qingquan failed and wasted those 10 spirit stones, I decided to help him. After all, although the memory of Void Refining Technique, which is the weapon refining technique I taught him before also includes several simulated memories which should help him. But with Ren Qingquan being Ren Qingquan, I am afraid he would still get confused without my aid.

[Assistance Mode Activated]

With that message, I created an illusory bar and circles.

Just like those rhythm games, the circle consists of one small circle located inside a big circle that slowly turns smaller. When the big circle touched the small circle inside it, Ren Qingquan must smash his hammer into that location.

I also added an arrow and number which is the angle and direction Ren Qingquan must follow while hitting the metal.

As for the bar, it shows Ren Qingquan the amount of energy and power he must use to hit the metal.

After teaching Ren Qingquan about the function of those screens, I reminded him.

[Host, don't forget to activate your Void Refining Technique while hitting the metals. Also, do you want System to add some music while at it?]

Ren Qingquan:(¬_¬)

With the help of my assistance function, Ren Qingquan started hitting the piece of metal.

At first he often hit it too hard or too weak due to not getting used to the bar, but soon he started to hit it with the correct amount of force.

Thanks to the Void Refining technique, Ren Qingquan doesn't need to heat the metal using the forge, which simplified the forging process several times.

Soon, he finished crafting the sword embrio and started engraving runes into the sword using a chisel and hammer.

With half an hour remaining, the sword on Ren Qingquan's hand is finally completed.

Ren Qingquan then passed the sword he just forged to the bald branch manager.

Holding the sword gently, I saw the branch manager's eyes widened the more he inspected Ren Qingquan's work. Soon, he started to talk with an increasingly loud voice, "This... This is a perfect work! A top class masterpiece! I've only seen this level of craftsmanship from those top weapon refiners! Which senior refiner's disciple is this esteemed guess."

Equipping his profound look, Ren Qingquan spouted some nonsense, "I'd rather not say, my master prefers to live in seclusion and has stopped refining for a long time. As a disciple, I hope to respect my master's wish."

Seeing the look on Ren Qingquan's face, the branch manager just nodded before groping around his pocket and pulled a badge. "I apologize, even though the skill you show can easily get you a third stage badge or above, but our association only has the right to grant first stage badge."

"Then if there is nothing else, let me take my leave as I am quite busy at this time of the day." With that word, the bald branch manager opened the door and walked away.

Once the branch manager left, the sales woman who had been standing at a corner all this time clapped her hand, "Congratulations for obtaining your badge, senior! Please follow me to visit the Association's library."