Chapter 45 (1/2)

Upon seeing Yan Chengcai, Ou Yangming was happy even though he had been working tirelessly for a day.

How could he not be happy?

He drew a conclusion from yesterday’s practical test that the Qi Return attribute allowed him to prolong the Military Fire’s usage duration by thirty percent although the used amount was the same. The increased duration was not to be underestimated at all because it was a significant difference for other Military Fire Blacksmiths.

Needless to say, the time could be prolonged further if the Military Fire’s usage intensity was reduced. Similarly, it would be shortened if the intensity was increased.

Ou Yangming would love to acquire more Qi Return attributes if it was possible, but it was difficult for him at the moment.

He smiled when he saw the hopeful yet awkward Yan Chengcai. “Brother Yan, you don’t have to be so prudish.

Yan Chengcai smiled bitterly, but wondered, ‘Even my uncle and Uncle Sui are very respectful toward you, how can I be unrestrained?’

“The items are there, but I’m afraid that you can’t carry everything yourself.” Ou Yangming brought him into his smithing workshop, then pointed at the pieces of equipment in a corner that were already prepared in advance.

Yan Chengcai was struck dumb, and he instantly widened his eyes.

There was indeed a pile of equipment at the corner, but instead of the expected ten pairs of arm guards, there were also ten pairs of greaves.

Yan Chengcai was already mentally prepared before he visited.

Ou Yangming would definitely not make him come in vain, so the ten pairs of arm guards needed would be ready. Even if there were not ten pairs, Ou Yangming would prepare a few. Nevertheless, Yan Chengcai would be thankful.

After all, equipment was sometimes the determining factor of a party’s victory or defeat in a fight.

No matter how great Yan Chengcai’s imagination was, he would not have expected Ou Yangming to prepare ten pairs of arm guards and ten pairs of greaves in just a day.

Force Grade soldiers like them were only insignificant people at the bottom cla.s.s in the military camp.

Other than military sabers and leather armors, other types of equipment were not distributed in the camp, thus arm guards and greaves were considered luxurious items.

As such, Yan Chengcai was naturally in disbelief when Ou Yangming prepared so much for them.

“Th-these…” Yang Chengcai asked carefully, “Master Ou, are you giving all of them to us?”

Ou Yangming replied snappily, “If I’m not giving them to you, am I going to keep them and play with it?”

Yan Chengcai rubbed his hands embarra.s.sedly. “Th-these are too valuable…”

“Brother Yan, there are ten pairs of arm guards and greaves respectively here. Among them, eight pairs of arm guards and greaves are at the peak of Good Grade Rank Five.”

“Ah, at the peak of Good Grade Rank Five!” Yan Chengcai gasped.

In his opinion, the pieces of equipment were amazing if they were of Good Grade, but if each of them were at the peak of Rank Five… He could almost see the outcome of the night battle tonight.

Ou Yangming added, “One pair of arm guards and greaves are of High Grade Rank One.”

Not only did Yan Chengcai widen his eyes, but his jaw dropped.

‘High Grade, it’s actually a piece of High Grade equipment. How did this blessing come so soon?’ he wondered.

“As for the last pair of arm guards and graves, it’s an Attribute Equipment of Good Grade that has a bit of Power and some Agility.”

In actual fact, the arm guard’s attribute was not Power, but Accuracy. However, it was Ou Yangming’s first time coming across the Accuracy attribute, thus he changed the attribute to Power.

He purposely added some Power to a pair of equipment to show that a pair of arm guards had a Unique Attribute, whereas the other one did not.

Nonetheless, Yan Chengcai quivered when he heard that. His face reddened and was so dumbfounded that he could not let a word out.

“I’ll follow you to tonight’s battle, but I’ll be watching from afar. If you perform well, I’ll make the decision to give you the pieces of equipment.” Ou Yangming scoffed.

In actual fact, he did not have the authority to do so as a blacksmith in the military. Despite that, he believed that as long as he submitted the number of Attribute Equipment required for a month, Kang Weibo would turn a blind eye on the matter even if he found out.

As for the Attribute Equipment… Would it even be an issue for Ou Yangming if he had sufficient materials?

Attributes that the other people dreamed of were simply at his fingertips.

“Master Ou, are you, are you being serious?” Yan Chengcai suddenly asked. His eyes were glowing red.

“Of course I was being serious, but if you don’t do well…” Ou Yangming replied proudly. A flash of cold light was seen in his eyes, and Yan Chengcai knew what he was going to say without him finis.h.i.+ng his sentence.

“Master Ou, don’t worry!” Yan Chengcai stuck his chest out and cut him off for the first time. “We’ll be embarra.s.sing you if we lose, so I’ll bang my head to death!”

“Brother Yan, you’re exaggerating,” Ou Yangming s.h.i.+vered as he quickly replied. He said to himself, ‘What do you mean by you’ll embarra.s.s me? That’s nonsense.’

“Master Ou, you don’t have to say anymore. You should come to watch since you gave us these valuable items,” Yan Chengcai shook his head and mentioned with a pause in between. He then packed the arm guards and greaves into a bag. “Please return to the camp with me.”

Upon seeing the excited Yan Chengcai, Ou Yangming was slightly perturbed.

He began wondering if he overdid this.

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In a barrack at the West Camp, nine men were waiting anxiously. They looked outside the window from time to time, and also whispered to each other.

An especially burly man suddenly asked, “Why isn’t Big Brother back yet?”

Another person chuckled. “Big Bull, don’t be so anxious. The master’s not a rough man like us, he’s a meticulous blacksmith, so it’s normal for him to be slower.”

“Ah, I know. I’m just feeling nervous from waiting, I wonder what Big Brother will bring.” Big Bull rubbed his hands together.