Chapter 27 (2/2)

Kang Weibo hesitated for a while before he mentioned, “Gaoan, the first Attribute Military Saber was probably smithed by Ou Yangming.”

Xiong Gaoan was stunned, and he looked at Kang Weibo with a confused look as he did not understand what he meant.

Kang Weibo explained, “As much as Old Craftsman pampers Ou Yangming, he won’t lie in this. No matter what Ou Yangming’s success rate is, he surely smithed at least one Attribute Equipment.”

Xiong Gaoan nodded, but he still found it odd because that was already a known fact to him.

“Gaoan, have you heard of anyone who can smith Attribute Equipment two months after acquiring the Military Fire Seed?”

“Sir, you’re right, I was acting like a sn.o.b.” Xiong Gaoan’s face changed when he came to a sudden realization, and his back was drenched in a cold sweat.

Kang Weibo laughed out loud. “You don’t need to belittle yourself. After all, Ou Yangming is truly a madman for being able to smith a Good Grade armament after just two months. Hehe, I hope that he’s really as capable as he seems.”

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After returning to his smithing workshop, Ou Yangming neither practiced the martial-art squat nor the Military Fire’s control.

Chen Yifan told him before that it was important to strike a proper balance between work and rest. If he blindly worked hard, it might not actually yield great results.

Ou Yangming kept Chen Yifan’s words in mind as he respected him very much.

He pulled a small bookshelf out from the corner of his workshop, then picked a book to read.

Since Ou Yangming was an orphan, he could not read at first. It was only after he became Old Craftsman’s helper that he was forced to learn to read and write from the old man. While Ou Yangming had his own writing style, to the extent that he might not be able to read his own words, he could read very well.

He was reading a book related to smithing art, which was what Old Craftsman asked him to learn.

Back then, there were many things that Ou Yangming did not understand when he read, but after experiencing a few months of practical training with the Military Fire, most of the contents made sense to him. At times, he was so enlightened that he gained plenty of knowledge from them.

Needless to say, he was able to advance by leaps and bounds in Military Fire Smithing Art due to the wonderful Military Fire, but it was also closely related to his hard work.

All of a sudden, Ou Yangming had a grim expression on his face when he read, and his brain functioned quickly as he looked at the descriptions in the book.

The book recorded that apart from weapons and armors, there was a unique branch from the so-called equipment.

The Jade Branch.

It was said that some extremely unique attributes in the world could not be attached to weapons and armors easily, and they could only be seen in Jade Equipment.

For instance… Qi Return.

Ou Yangming found the Qi Return attribute in the abandoned depot, and he vaguely remembered that it was from a damaged breastplate.

Nevertheless, he found from the book’s description that the Qi Return attribute did not belong to the breastplate. Instead, it belonged to a shattered treasure ore that was originally embedded on the breastplate.

Ou Yangming really wanted to try the Qi Return attribute, but he did not know where to purchase a suitable treasure ore.

Though there were many materials in the military camp’s equipment depot, as far as he knew, there was no such treasure ore.

Moreover, even if he acquired a suitable treasure ore, he might not be able to attach the attribute on it successfully. It was clearly stated in the book that armament smithing and treasure ore refinement were two completely different matters. In fact, it was a different research path in smithing art. Nonetheless, it was not recorded in the book how treasure ores could be refined, thus Ou Yanming was disappointed.

If he had the chance to, he would like to travel outside to open his eyes.

It was also what Old Craftsman hoped for Ou Yangming. After realizing Ou Yangming’s talent, the old man hoped that he would not be trapped in the military camp his whole life, and that he would soar in the sky like an eagle.

Ou Yangming hid the book after pondering for a long time.

Following that, he began practicing the martial-art squat. He was so familiar with the posture that it became a part of him.

Ou Yangming knew that he had to build a strong martial arts foundation if he wanted to travel the world, because the world outside was not all in peace.

He could sense his essential Qi flowing slowly in his dantian and meridians, and each time it flowed, his Qi and blood declined a little, whereas his essential Qi became richer.

The fact that Ou Yangming would certainly gain results if he put his utmost effort in his martial arts cultivation was the exact reason he was willing to work tirelessly.

If one could not improve even after working so hard, one’s desire to cultivate would definitely decrease.

The sound of an aura being stirred up filled the smithing workshop, and it was extremely pleasing to the ear.

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