Chapter 34 (2/2)

Although he was not a Military Fire Blacksmith, he was not ill-informed at all.

Sui Hezhi sighed. “Yes. If I hadn’t witnessed and experienced it, I wouldn’t have believed it too.”

Yan Haobo stood up and paced back and forth in the room. He later stopped as he said, “I’d like to ask you for a favor.”

Sui Hezhi shook his head. “Brother, I’m lucky to be friends with Brother Ou. If you’d like to request something from him, I really don’t know how I should ask.”

Yan Haobo put his hands out helplessly. “My boy, you know how I am, I won’t make things difficult for you if I’m doing this for myself. Chengcai signed up for the upcoming selections.”

Sui Hezhi was stunned for a while. “Chengcai’s strong enough to partic.i.p.ate in it, and if he’s lucky, he might be picked by Captain to join the Guards.”

“The West Camp has a thousand soldiers, and his martial arts cultivation base is only barely a pa.s.s, so it won’t be easy for him to fight his way out, but…” Yan Haobo chuckled. His eyes glowed when he said, “If he can get a treasure sword that’s at the peak of Good Grade, his wish might come true.”

Sui Hezhi gritted his teeth, then sighed after some time. “Okay, I’ll do my part as an uncle, but I can’t guarantee if Brother Ou will agree to this.”

“Thank you, my boy.” Yan Haobo was elated. He knew that Sui Hezhi was doing him a huge favor.

“What would Master Ou like as a gift?”

“Oh, he…” Sui Hezhi pondered seriously. “He likes wild animal meat very much, so he’ll definitely like it if you give him a big one!”

Yan Haobo was struck dumb. He wondered, ‘What liking is that? Indeed, capable Military Fire Blacksmiths have weird character…’

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“Swoosh, swoosh…”

The Military Fire danced like an elf in Ou Yangming’s hand. Through the burning fire, a pair of Good Grade greaves were produced.

Since he used the drawing and upgrading ability of his Military Fire, the greaves were top-notch products.

[Item: Outstanding greave]

[Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Tool, Good Grade, Rank Five]

[Attributes: Toughness +15, Durability 14]

This was one of the greaves’ White Slate Attributes, and the only difference in the other greave’s attributes was that the Durability was only 13.

Even though Ou Yangming could increase, reduce, and s.h.i.+ft attributes by using his Military Fire, the Durability attribute was out of his control. Among the many pieces of equipment that he smithed and restored, only very few were perfect and flawless. Most of them were flawed in terms of their durability such that they were more inferior than those of the same rank.

Needless to say, he was able to smith more equipment at the maximum threshold the more he practiced, which proved that he could control his Military Fire better.

All of a sudden, an awkward cough was heard outside.

Ou Yangming was startled, but he quickly chuckled.

Someone was waiting for him outside but was afraid to disturb him, so that person announced his arrival through this method.

When Ou Yangming opened the door, he was surprised to see the familiar face.

Sui Hezhi smiled at him. “Brother Ou, I’m here to disturb you again.

Ou Yangming looked at him strangely and counted the days. ‘This isn’t right. Doesn’t he only come once in ten days? Why is he early this time?’

Before long, he noticed some figures moving behind Sui Hezhi.

When Ou Yangming took a step forward, he noticed two burly soldiers behind him. One of them had thick eyebrows, big eyes, had a calm look, and seemed to be in his thirties. On the other hand, the other man was not much older than Ou Yangming and had an immature bearing though he had a st.u.r.dy physique. He was looking at Ou Yangming curiously at the moment.

Upon seeing him, the young man smiled brightly yet embarra.s.sedly.

Ou Yangming was taken aback as it was his first time seeing someone shyer than him.

Sui Hezhi smiled awkwardly. “Brother Ou, they’re my close a.s.sociates, and they wanted to meet you after hearing about you.”

“Are they from the Guards too?” Ou Yangming was slightly moved.

The young man blushed right away. “My uncle is, I… I’m trying my best, and I’ll definitely join the Guards led by the general!”

“Master, please forgive my nephew, he’s not good with words.” The middle-aged man smiled. He cupped his hands at Ou Yangming. “I’m Yan Haobo, and my nephew’s name is Yan Chengcai. Greetings, Master Ou.”

Ou Yangming quickly acknowledged the politeness with a bow. Since Yan Haobo was a member of the Guards led by General Chen Yifan, he was not an outsider.

This was a default rule in the military. Since Old Craftsman and Ou Yangming were considered to be under General Chen, Ou Yangming had to treat him with special respect even if it was for the general’s sake.

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