The Dao Pattern of the Demon-Subduing Pestle was severely damaged.

Only a real Artifact Refining Master could repair it, not any ordinary master.

"Looks like we'll need to find another way."

Qin Feng sighed lightly.

Just as the two were about to leave.

At that moment.

Xiao Lian suddenly pointed towards a patch of land in a dilapidated courtyard nearby and said, "Look over there!"

Qin Feng turned to look, and couldn't help but be surprised.

In that courtyard was a vegetable garden, full of lush, neatly planted cabbages—one could tell at a glance that they were tended by someone.

If they were tended by someone.

That meant this area surely had inhabitants!

"Good, let's go in and look around."

Qin Feng said.

Indeed.

They searched around the village and saw smoke rising from a courtyard, along with the scent of Sichuan hotpot wafting through the air.

Drawing nearer.

They heard a woman humming a song.

Thump thump!

Qin Feng knocked on the door.

A girl's voice came from inside the courtyard, directly saying, "Can you not be annoying, I already said no, what more do you want!"

"Cough cough, this is my first time here, may I ask if this is the home of Li Beifeng, Grandpa Li?"

Qin Feng asked politely.

Shortly after.

The courtyard gate opened.

The girl who opened it had large eyes and was about his age, sizing him up and down, she asked, "What did you call my grandpa for?"

"Grandpa, ah!"

Qin Feng said.

That's what he used to call him when he was younger.

"You know my grandpa?"

The girl asked again.

"I do."

Qin Feng nodded.

Honestly, it had only been a brief encounter when he was young, and after more than a decade, he estimated that the old man probably wouldn't recognize him.

"Are you two close?" the girl kept asking.

"Close!"

Qin Feng responded.

Seeing how wary she was, he thought that if he said they weren't close, she would likely shut the door on him.

Hearing his answer, the girl immediately pulled him in and said, "Great, since you are quite close, then I have a favor to ask of you."

"Uh, what is it?" Qin Feng was somewhat puzzled.

"Revenge!" the girl declared.

"..."

Qin Feng blinked, very confused.

It turned out.

She was Li Beifeng's granddaughter, named Li Qianqian, and had always lived in this desolate place.

A while ago.

A man in black came looking for Master Li Beifeng, asking for an "Outer Heaven Stone." Master Li Beifeng had always denied having such a stone.

Afterward.

He was murdered one day.

And these days.

Many people kept coming to the door, also demanding to know the whereabouts of the "Outer Heaven Stone."

But she didn't know.

They thus came to inquire time and again.

"Find the murderer, kill him!" Li Qianqian said with a solemn complexion.

"..."

Qin Feng, after listening, felt deeply ashamed.

He didn't expect Master Li Beifeng to have died.

However, there seemed to be something strange about the matter.

Master Li Beifeng might have been a Qi Cultivation Master, but he was also an extremely powerful cultivator.

Who could have possibly killed him?

And moreover.

After killing Master Li Beifeng, they didn't come to Li Qianqian to press for answers.

This doesn't match the style of the killer.

Instead, a group of other people have come to make trouble three times, but they haven't pushed too hard, just harassment.

Why is this?

"Come on, tell me, can you do it or not?" Li Qianqian was somewhat anxious.

Qin Feng gave an embarrassed grin and said, "Well... we haven't had lunch yet, how about we eat hot pot first?"

Li Qianqian brought bowls and chopsticks for the two of them, sat in front of the hot pot, and said, "I'm telling you, you can't eat for free, you must avenge my grandpa."

"..."

Qin Feng was now too intimidated to move his chopsticks.

He was here to refine artifacts.

But with this sort of situation arising, and not even knowing who the murderer is, how could he deal with it?

"This..."

Hesitating, Qin Feng changed the subject, "Right, you're Grandpa Li's granddaughter, so you can refine artifacts too, right?"

After asking, Qin Feng regretted it.

He felt it was superfluous.

Even if she could, what of it?

She was too young and her skills wouldn't reach the level of a master, let alone repairing the Demon-Subduing Pestle.

"Of course! As long as you help me take revenge, whatever you want, I'll refine it for you!"

Li Qianqian said.

"This... We need to think this over, think this over..."

Qin Feng awkwardly responded.

At this moment.

There was another burst of loud knocking at the door.

Li Qianqian said, frustrated, "I've said it so many times, I really don't have that thing, even if you come every day, I still won't have it!"

"Klang—!"

The gate to the yard was kicked open.

A group of people charged in, paused for a moment upon seeing Qin Feng and Xiao Lian.

The leader was a bald man.

The bald man threw a black-clothed corpse onto the ground, and said to Li Qianqian, "Look for yourself, I've avenged you, won't you hand over the 'Outer Heaven Stone' now?"

Li Qianqian saw the black-clothed corpse, her expression turned to astonishment, her eyes widened, and she stammered, "That's... that's right, it's him, he's the one who killed my grandpa!!"

In an instant.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

Following that.

She picked up a longsword nearby and, in tears, furiously hacked at the black-clothed body, "You killed my grandpa, I'll mince you into pieces!!"

"Hmph, I've helped you take your revenge, if you still don't show any sincerity, then you're being unreasonable!"

The bald man said.

Li Qianqian wiped her tears, then went into the house to retrieve a box, saying, "Take this treasure as thanks for helping me avenge my grandpa."

The bald man's eyes lit up as he immediately opened the box.

A bright light emitted from the box, very dazzling.

"Luminous Pearl?!"

The bald man was stunned for a moment.

"This Luminous Pearl is the best treasure in my family, supposedly found in the East Sea Domain, priceless." Li Qianqian explained. Chapter provided via *.

"Are you playing me?"

The bald man frowned and angrily said, "You know what I want, how dare you use this to try and fool me?"

Qin Feng was surprised on the side.

The Luminous Pearl was of very good quality, indeed a great treasure.

But this bald man, with not much cultivation, actually looked down on it?

What then is this "Outer Heaven Stone" he is seeking? What kind of treasure could it be?

"I've said it hundreds of times, I really don't have any 'Outer Heaven Stone', it's you who kept insisting I do," Li Qianqian said, frustrated.

"Fine, very fine!!"

Anger filled the bald man's eyes, then he drew his longsword, "Since you're sure you don't have it, then we'll be impolite, and I'm afraid we'll have to kill you!"

As he finished speaking.

He slashed his sword directly at Li Qianqian!

Seeing that he really intended to kill, Qin Feng swiftly shot a chopstick, "clang," deflecting the longsword.

"Who are you? How dare you interfere with Golden Sword Manor's affairs?"

The bald man said.

"Golden Sword Manor?"

Qin Feng was surprised for a moment, not expecting they were from the Golden Sword Manor, "In broad daylight, you from the Golden Sword Manor actually commit such vile acts?"

"Hmph, none of your business, seems like you're courting death!"

The bald man gave an order, and the others immediately attacked Qin Feng.

Their cultivations were not high.

Qin Feng immediately performed the Human Emperor Step, darting through their ranks like a swift gust of wind...