Chapter 16 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chen Yifan and Liu Zhengye entered the tent one after the other.

They glanced at Sui Hezhi at the same time and noticed that he nodded his head vaguely.

Obviously, Chen Yifan made Sui Hezhi spend some time alone with Ou Yangming to find out the truth. He wanted to know if Ou Yangming had truly forged the treasure saber, or if he simply spoke nonsense to blow his own trumpet.

After all, if Chen Yifan were to expose him right away, it would be embarra.s.sing.

However, they could tell from Sui Hezhi’s expression that Ou Yangming did not say anything.

“Greetings, General.” Ou Yangming immediately bowed at him.

Chen Yifan nodded slowly. “Young fella, I brought you a featured iron ingot, is this the one?”

Liu Zhengye handed him an iron ingot with a smile. “Little brother, here.”

Ou Yangming accepted it to check it, and he could tell at once that it was indeed a featured iron ingot. It was of a higher quality than the ones he saw at Old Craftsman’s workshop.

“General, are you asking me to smith a military saber for you here?”

Chen Yifan answered seriously, “That’s right. Do your best, You’re not required to forge one that’s at the peak of Good Grade. As long as you forge one that’s of Good Grade, or at the peak of Common Grade, you pa.s.s.”

Success was not guaranteed when smithing weapons, even for an experienced Military Fire Blacksmith.

When Old Craftsman was at his peak, his success rate for smithing Good Grade military sabers using a featured iron ingot was only seventy percent. The remaining thirty percent were either discarded or of Common Grade.

If one in ten weapons forged was at the peak of Good Grade, it was considered a good result.

Therefore, Chen Yifan did not request something difficult. It was something that should not be a problem for Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming nodded, then his face changed. “Ah, General, can you wait for me for a while?”

Chen Yifan asked calmly, “What are you going to do?”

Ou Yangming smiled bitterly. “General, I have something urgent to attend to. I’ll be right back!” With that, he put the iron ingot down, left the tent, and was nowhere to be found.

Liu Zhengye and Sui Hezhi looked at each other, whereas Chen Yifan’s face was completely dark.

It was natural for soldiers to be disciplined, thus it was their first time seeing someone escaping like Ou Yangming.

Liu Zhengye cleared his throat. “General, do you want me to bring him back?”

Chen Yifan pondered, then replied, “Forget it, he’s not my soldier. Hmph, if he were, I would’ve already chopped his head off.”

“Yes, yes. General, I don’t think he smithed this saber. That’s why he ran away.” Liu Zhengye responded, then stared at Sui Hezhi. “What were you doing? Useless!”

Sui Hezhi was frustrated, but he dared not speak.

‘Ou Yangming, why did you pretend to be something when you’re just nothing? You dragged me into this. I’ll definitely settle the score with you next time.’

Chen Yifan thought for a while, then mentioned, “That might not necessarily be the case. He can be quite short-tempered, but he doesn’t look like a boastful person. Hehe, very well, I’ll wait for him for half an hour.”

Liu Zhenye and Sui Hezhi were startled. They could tell that the general was very fond of the young fellow.

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Ou Yangming scurried away from the West Camp because while he was able to smith a Good Grade military saber using the Military Fire, the purple lights that could draw and upgrade attributes were the key.

Sadly, he had used up the purple lights when he smithed the treasure saber, and could no longer forge anything good.

Therefore, he had no choice but to escape even though it would displease Chen Yifan.

In a flash, Ou Yangming went to the armaments warehouse. Upon seeing that n.o.body was present, he went to one of the piles to pick up a weapon, then began drawing its attributes.

His control over the Military Fire was much better compared to a few days ago, so over twenty purple light b.a.l.l.s appeared in his mind in the blink of an eye.

Though he was short of time, he found it strange.

In the beginning, his mind could only store ten purple lights. He felt like his mind would explode if there were more. Now, there were over twenty lights in his mind, but he did not feel uncomfortable at all.

He guessed. ‘Is this because I’m rich in Qi and blood, and also advanced to Force Grade martial art?’

Nevertheless, it was not the time to find out the truth. He picked another military saber, but just as he was about to absorb its attributes, he was shocked by what he saw.

Under his Military Fire’s burning flame, the saber’s attributes were clear to him.

It was a discarded military saber that only had a sharpness of 1, but it had another strange attribute, which was power +1.