Avenue Stowaway

More than two hours later, Kong Fang walked up the stone steps of the underground refining room. He looked around and found that he was the first one to come out. Kong Fang smiled bitterly. He had deliberately delayed time and even practiced in the refining room for a while, but he didn't expect that he would still be the first one to come out.

Under a giant tree more than thirty meters in front of Kong Fangzheng, Elder Qingmu of the Muxing Sect and the middle-aged man from before were sitting opposite each other. The two were playing chess, while the young man was diligently pouring tea and water for them.

The middle-aged man held a chess piece in his hand, his face full of hesitation, not knowing where to put it. Suddenly, he saw someone coming out of the underground refining room from the corner of his eye, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. He took the opportunity to throw the chess piece in his hand into the chess box.

"Elder, someone has come out. Let's stop this game of chess here for now." A trace of embarrassment flashed across the middle-aged man's face, but he quickly returned to normal.

"You are about to lose, but you can't even cheat anymore." Elder Qingmu shook his head helplessly, but there was a faint smile on his face, and it was obvious that he didn't take winning or losing seriously.

Afterwards, Elder Qingmu turned his head and looked towards the exit of the underground weapon refining room. When he found Kong Fang standing at the entrance of the weapon refining room with a relaxed look on his face, Elder Qingmu's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he said with a smile: "You don't look very old, but I didn't expect you to be able to refine weapons so quickly. Now that the others haven't come out yet, why don't you take out the weapons and armor you have refined so that we can appreciate them together."

The task of refining weapons this time was to refine a weapon and a piece of armor, but the materials given were four portions. If they failed four times in a row, even if the Wood Sect didn't kick them out, the disciples of the Weapon Sect who were refining weapons and armor would definitely not be able to stay here any longer.

Kong Fang smiled calmly and walked over.

"That kid is going to make a fool of himself." Kong Fang said as he waved his hand, and a pile of things suddenly appeared on the ground. In addition to a weapon and a piece of armor, there were also three sets of refining materials.

Elder Qingmu, the middle-aged man, and the young man standing aside, the three of them did not look at the weapons and armor refined by Kong Fang. Instead, they stared at the remaining three refining materials with surprise in their eyes.

After a few breaths, Elder Qingmu looked up at Kong Fang and asked in surprise, "You successfully refined a weapon and a piece of armor using only one material?"

Kong Fang was stunned. The three materials, weapons and armor were all placed on the ground. Even a child would be able to understand why an elder would ask him such a "simple" question.

Kong Fang's success rate in refining equipment is 100%. After a long time, he got used to it and ignored the fact that other people did not have such a success rate. Therefore, in Kong Fang's view, the remaining three materials were normal, but in the eyes of Elder Qingmu and the other two, it was a little different, otherwise they would not have shown such surprise in their eyes.

However, Kong Fang reacted quickly and said with a smile: "I was in a better condition today, so I succeeded in refining it in one go."

"I see." Elder Aoki nodded slightly.

The surprise in the eyes of the middle-aged and young men also disappeared, and they obviously agreed with this explanation.

Elder Qingmu raised his hand and weapons and armor flew into his hands. The middle-aged man put the remaining three materials on the ground into the storage ring.

After carefully checking the weapons and armor, Elder Qingmu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Your level of weapon refining is indeed extraordinary. The weapons and armor you refined are very good even among the lower-grade acquired spiritual treasures." Then he said to the young man standing beside him: "Zifeng, take you to Muhuaju to rest first."

"Please follow me, fellow Taoist." Zifeng said with a smile.

Kong Fang nodded slightly to Elder Qingmu and the middle-aged man, then followed the young man Zifeng away.

Before Kong Fang and Zifeng had gone far, another person came up from the underground refining room. This was a thin man who looked to be close to 30 years old, with a serious look in his eyes, giving people a very stable feeling.

As soon as the thin man came out of the underground refining room, he saw the backs of Kong Fang and Zifeng leaving. His eyes stayed on Kong Fang's back for a while, and the thin man was slightly surprised. "I have seen this person before. He should be one of the 24 people who received the task. It's just... How could his refining speed be faster than mine?"

The thin man was named Wang Sui, and he had been an inner hall disciple for six years. Although Wang Sui had not yet been able to refine a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, his speed in refining a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure was extremely fast, so he was somewhat famous among the inner hall disciples.

But what surprised Wang Sui was that he found someone who was faster than him in refining weapons today. He had exerted himself to the extreme today, and successfully refined both weapons and armor with only one set of materials. On the premise that he succeeded in refining weapons in one try, Wang Sui's refining speed was also extremely fast, so when he came out of the underground refining room, Wang Sui thought he was the first person to come out, but who knew that there was already someone in front of him.

"Did he fail in refining?" This thought just popped up in Wang Sui's mind, but he quickly extinguished it. "No, if he fails once, it's even more impossible for him to come out now. At least he won't come out until all four materials are used up."

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Kong Fang followed Zifeng to Muhuaju, which was a tree house, but it was built directly under a giant tree. Muhuaju had a large area, so it could easily accommodate dozens of people at the same time.

There are many tables and chairs in Muhuaju, and various delicacies and fine wines are placed on the wooden tables.

Zifeng extended his hand and said, "Daoyou, please rest here first. We will discuss the next weapon refining matters with you after everyone else comes out of the weapon refining room."

"Well, okay." Kong Fang nodded.

After Zifeng left, Kong Fang found a seat in a corner and sat down, enjoying the wine and food on the wooden table.

Soon, Wang Sui also arrived here. As soon as he entered Muhuaju, Wang Sui began to look around. When he found Kong Fang in the corner, a strange light flashed in Wang Sui's eyes, but he did not come over, but found a seat in the middle and sat down.

In the next one or two hours, people came to Muhuaju one after another. People who knew each other sat together, enjoying the food provided by Muxingzong and chatting casually. Many people also noticed Kong Fang sitting in the corner, but no one went over. First, they didn't know Kong Fang, and second, Kong Fang sitting in the corner was regarded as a nobody, and no one was willing to come over and make friends with Kong Fang.

Muhua was in the center, and there were the most people around Wang Sui. However, Wang Sui would occasionally look at Kong Fang, who was enjoying the food in the corner with a calm expression on his face. He was very curious in his heart why Kong Fang's weapon refining speed was faster than his.

After a while, the young man in green robe and the young man in flame armor, who had met Kong Fang once, also came to Muhuaju. As soon as they entered Muhuaju, they saw Wang Sui sitting in the middle seat.

Their eyes lit up and they immediately walked towards Wang Sui.

“I believe that Senior Brother Wang Sui will be the first one to succeed in refining a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure this time.” The young man in flame armor said with a smile.

“Needless to say, Senior Brother Wang Sui’s weapon refining speed is well known to be fast, so he must be the first one to complete the task. And if Senior Brother Wang Sui was not the first one to complete the task, how could he be sitting in the middle position?” The young man in the green robe also complimented him.

Wang Sui's face turned red, and his eyes drifted towards Kong Fang in the corner.

Seeing Wang Sui's strange behavior, the people sitting at the same table with Wang Sui, as well as the young man in the green robe and the young man in the flame armor, all looked in the direction Wang Sui was looking.

When they saw Kong Fang, the young man in the green robe and the young man in the flame armor exclaimed at the same time, "He is here too."

"Do you know him?" Wang Sui asked immediately. He was really curious about Kong Fang, but it was not easy to go over to him since he didn't know him. Now he found that the young man in flame armor and the young man in green robe seemed to know Kong Fang, and Wang Sui could no longer suppress his curiosity.