After a small half-cup of tea time, he finally saw it.
In a secluded mountain cove with a clear spring flowing, there were furnaces, hammers, and forging equipment, all in full view.
And over a thousand blacksmiths were standing solemnly in the mountains, holding hammers and looking with utmost reverence at the man in gray at the front.
The man in gray had a solemn expression, it was indeed Master Zhu.
Beside Master Zhu was a man wrapped in a black robe, whom Li Yuan recognized as the Black Lotus Sect's Vice Sect Leader—Peng Guang. However, over a decade had passed, and Peng Guang's strength had not changed much, clearly indicating that his progress to Fourth Grade was quite slow.
And opposite Master Zhu were twenty people; these were twenty Fifth Grade individuals, including both people from the Lotus Sect and the Emperor's people, Zhao Chunxin among them.
They each held high positions, coming from various places, most of them newly risen in recent years.
