Chapter 5 (2/2)

Before the sentence was finished, Old Craftsman’s eyes shone. “Alright, I understand, inform him that I’ll be there right away.”

The reason he dedicated his life to being a blacksmith was that he truly loved the profession, thus he was moved the instant he heard that there was fine material.

“Fella, it’s dark now, so that’s all for today. You should pack up and go home,” he mentioned, then left in a hurry.

Ou Yangming shook his head with a bitter smile, but he did not stop the old man because he knew it was more than a job for him. It was his greatest hobby.

Once the old man left, Ou Yangming regained his composure and was about to continue practicing controlling the Military Fire when a soft knock was heard on the door.

He was stunned for a while, but he opened the door as he did not suspect anything.

His face changed the moment he saw who was standing outside.

Zhang Hanyu, the handsome, fair-skinned man was curling his lips at him.

A million thoughts crossed Ou Yangming’s mind, and when he was about to shout for help, Zhang Hanyu reached his hand out to hit him.

Ou Yangming tried his best to dodge the hit, but Zhang Hanyu’s palm moved as fast as lightning and hit his chest in the blink of an eye.

Subsequently, Ou Yangming’s chest hurt, which was followed by a hot stream gus.h.i.+ng upward. Although his mouth was opened, he could not make a sound.

Since Zhang Hanyu planned this, he strode toward Ou Yangming to strike his neck as well. As a result, Ou Yangming collapsed to the ground as he fainted, and could no longer tolerate it.

After many years of being in the military, Zhang Hanyu had built a strong body, thus he was not someone who Ou Yangming, a young man who was not done with p.u.b.erty, could contend with.

Therefore, it was as easy as a pie for him to capture Ou Yangming through a sneak attack.

Despite that, he still looked around carefully after knocking Ou Yangming out.

The sky was already dark, and while the military camp was not dead silent, there were very few people moving around in the Armament Camp.

He pulled Ou Yangming up, then walked around the camp discreetly. Before long, he brought him to the abandoned armory.

For all that, he was so focused on avoiding people along the way that he did not notice that Ou Yangming opened his eyes for a brief moment, then returned to normal.

In the armory, Zhang Hanyu glanced around to make sure that it was empty.

He put Ou Yangming on the floor, then retrieved a cylinder, and said with a hideous smile, “Fella, how dare you steal what’s mine? Hmph, I’ll let you pay with interest!”

After sticking the cylinder to the back of Ou Yangming’s head, he carefully took a talisman out and pressed it on the other end of the cylinder.

The talisman lit up without a fire source, and, as it burned, the cylinder shone.

When the talisman eventually finished burning, the cylinder’s light dimmed too.

However, Zhang Hanyu had a strange look on his face, because he did not see what he expected to see. There was no Military Fire Seed in the cylinder; it was still empty.

Feeling slightly at a loss, he muttered, “What, what is this? Where’s the Military Fire Seed? Where’s the Military Fire Seed? Was this fella so dumb that he didn’t acquire the Military Fire Seed from the Military Fire Badge? No, that doesn’t seem like it. Old Craftsman has been taking special care of him lately, he must’ve sensed the seed inside his body.”

He felt like an ant on fire as he held the empty cylinder.

After looking at Ou Yangming who was on the floor, he vented his anger at him, then put his leg out to kick Ou Yangming’s stomach. “It’s all your fault, you’re going to pay for this!”

Just as he was about to kick him, Ou Yangming, who was initially unconscious ,opened his eyes, then placed his hand in front of his stomach.

It was then that Zhang Hanyu widened his eyes at him as though he just saw the most unbelievable thing in the world.

There was only one thing on his mind. ‘Why didn’t he pa.s.s out?’

At the next instant, a hint of red light was seen at the corner of his eyes.

A ball of s.h.i.+ning red light was seen in the hand that Ou Yangming used to stop him.

‘Military Fire!’

‘Oh G.o.d! It’s actually the Military Fire!’

At the spur of the moment, Zhang Hanyu came to a sudden realization.

‘No wonder I couldn’t gain anything, it’s because he has already stimulated the Military Fire.’

He was instantly appalled. ‘My foot, my foot…’

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