Chapter 26: Refining Treasures as Refining People
"Li Quanqing, first place in the Artifact Hall examination, with a grade of 'A Superior!'"
With the Examiner's announcement, the jade bell rang, and all the disciples' gazes converged in unison towards the same direction.
Li Quanshu watched the proudly spirited youth with complex and hard-to-define emotions.
She had also registered for the examination of the Earth-level school but, alas, failed and did not pass.
To be precise, among the more than sixty young boys and girls who once studied and learned to read in the same room,
Only Li Quanqing succeeded.
Leaving his peers far behind.
"Junior brother, congratulations."
Li Quanlin said with a smile brimming on his face: "As a Heavenly One level student, you are already considered a quasi-Artifact Refiner, just one step away from the final goal!"
Yet this mere one step has trapped many people for decades on end.
"Senior brother, does the promise we made still count?"