Chapter 61: Strong Wine

Li Mu walked into Qin Lie’s little room.

Inside the room, pieces of scrapped spirit tablets were messily placed about. Many spirit tablets had shattered into little pieces. Some were even burnt charcoal black and exuded an unpleasant odor.

“You…” Li Mu grimaced. “This place is even dirtier than before you came here here. You said you were going to clean the shop for me, so what’s this?”

Qin Lie’s face was filled with awkwardness. “I was busy so I didn’t manage it properly. It will be better after a while.”

Li Mu nodded. “Mn, when one commits all their attention to something, they will not pay attention to other details. Most artificers that are even the slightest bit competent have this exact strange habit you do. Once they begin… they would be fully immersed, miss the other things in life, and be completely unaffected by any other matters.”

“Uncle Li also understands artifact forging?” Qin Lie was shocked.

Shaking his head, Li Mu continued, “No, but I know an Artificer. That guy has many bad habits and seems to have an obsession with cleanliness in daily life. He needs to clean everything and bathe many times a day, yet when he starts forging, he would become dirty to a frightening degree. He will...