Li Yuanping fixed his gaze upon the man and inquired,
"Old man, coming all the way from the East Sea, could it be that you have courted disaster…"
Meng Taizhi shook his head and said quite frankly:
"I might as well be upfront with the Family Head; my family were but loose cultivators of the East Sea. Later, we were destroyed by devil cultivators. We only had some connections with the Xiao Family from our ancestors, and we sought refuge along the way to their place… Along the journey, only my daughter and I survived. Even my son-in-law perished on the road…"
"I see."
Li Yuanping replied in an indifferent tone and asked,
"However, I have specifically inquired, and there has been no mention of a Meng family among the artifact-refining clans in the East Sea recently, nor have there been many refiner masters leaving the East Sea."
Meng Taizhi shook his head with a bitter smile and answered:
