119 Blacksmith Guild (1/2)

”Who are you?” Seeing that Jin Rou could not answer and just kept his silence. She was confident that this cloak, which was the highest class of them all, could not be seen through. After all, a great Blacksmith had created this just for her. But how did this young man seen through her? This may be impossible and just coincidence, but the timing was very off that she could not point and believe it as just mere coincidence. Thus, she was so bewildered that she did not dare to believe what her ears had heard a while ago.

”That's just... just guessing. Who would have thought that you really are a young lady inside that cloak?” Jin Rou, having no choices to choose, gave a timid excuse.

”Are you joking? There was no such thing that you just wildly guessed here!” This time, it was not a genderless voice, it was already a maiden's voice so captivating.

”Well...” Jin Rou did not know what to say and smiled awkwardly.

”Nevermind.” The young lady took a deep breath, ”It's not that I am threatening you but don't think about revealing my identity to others.” She already assumed that Jin Rou knew her.

”Huh?” Jin Rou gave a confused look, ”I don't know who you are.”

”Hmph. You have seen through me so I assume that you also saw my face, thus you already recognized me, right? So be careful not to leak it out or else I will cut your tongue.” The young lady said. She really assumed that Jin Rou already knew her based on her looks and knew her identity.

Jin Rou was more confused. He did not know who was this lady in the first place! Although he had seen her face, he did not know who she was. But seeing that this lady was serious about it, it must be something that people around should not discover, so he just nodded, ”What is your name?”

After that, the young lady left without saying another word. Jin Rou then continued walking to his destination.

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Blacksmith Guild. This was towering words hanging in the plaque of this huge and tall building. There was also a logo of a hammer and sword crossing each other. This front is so imposing that any regular cultivators would find very frightening.

As Jin Rou was inside, he first was met with a room full of sword armaments! After which, a staff approached him and smiled, greeting him, ”Hello. What can we do for you, Sir?”

Jin Rou answered, ”I want to take the examination for aspiring forgers.” Since Jin Rou was not yet a master forger.

”Oh...” The staff lady was amused to hear this, ”If that is your intention, please... this way.”

Soon, Jin Rou entered a room with a pack of people. Most of them were holding a book, reading it. Some were practicing their breaths. And all of them were young, aging the oldest at 27, probably. It seemed that these people were also here to take the exam.

The staff lady said, ”You came at the right time, Sir! Today, we will conduct our Apprentice Examination. If you are one bit late, you have to wait 14 days. After all, we are conducting exams every 2 weeks.”

”Lucky me.” Jin Rou breathed a relief that he came at the right time. After all, he could not afford to consume 2 weeks just to wait for the examination. This saved him a lot of trouble.