The coliseum fell into silence as a young tier 9 Soul Realm stepped onto the dias set up with 6 pedestals. The masters were off to the side near their creations as they were judged. The boy made no speeches but seemed to carefully inspect each pedestal.
Strange buckets were set on each pedestal. They seemed to be made from sliversteel. It was a blue tinged alloy for grade 2 refining but it was not usually used for smelting pots as it seemed to be here. There was no sign of a place for fire, however, yet the boy began to toss metals into each bucket.
There was no flow of Qi, so clearly he was preparing. It finally spread that the boy was Lind Frey, the guest elder of the Heavenly Maiden Sect. He was the peak grade 3 elixir master but now jade slips were lighting up all across the VIP booths to reveal there was a second badge!
A silver badge had joined the golden one. Lind Frey was the grade 2 Forger!
