Chapter 69 - Invite And Witness (2/2)

Ou Yangming’s heart skipped a beat. ‘100 taels of gold? Did I hear him right?’

He had worked hard to smith countless pieces of Attribute Equipment for the Armament Camp in the past two months, but Kang Weibo only gave him banknotes worth 300 fine silver. On the other hand, Head Shopkeeper Lin was so generous that he offered 100 taels of gold right away.

Ou Yangming was moved because if he was given banknotes again, they would be worth 1,000 fine silver.

Despite that, he knew very well that the money could not be earned easily.

Seeing as Ou Yangming was hesitant, Deng Zhicai commented with a smile, “Ou Yangming, this is a rare opportunity, it’s highly beneficial for you to expand your knowledge.”

Ou Yangming smiled bitterly. “General, you’re right. If that’s the case, I’ll do it.”

It was actually not a difficult job for Ou Yangming, and given that Deng Zhicai had asked him to take the job, he could not decline it if he wanted to keep a foothold in the military camp.

Lin Yicheng laughed out loud. “Very well, let’s set out now.”

Before Ou Yangming could reject the idea, Zheng Ziwen shook his head and suggested, “Head Shopkeeper, let’s stay here for three more days.”

“Master Zheng, why do you propose that?” Lin Yicheng asked as he was startled. He expressed sternly, “The guild has rushed us for the batch of equipment, so we can’t delay it any longer.”

Zheng Ziwen smiled. “It’s okay. Since we have Master Ou’s help, it won’t be delayed even if we stay here for three days.”

Ou Yangming thought to himself, ‘This fella actually has a lot of confidence in me.’

Lin Yicheng hesitated and asked, “Master Zheng, can you tell me the reason?”

“I met a peer earlier, and he invited me to be the witness of an upcoming challenge. His master is…” Zheng Ziwen answered with a smile, and whispered to Lin Yichen the rest of his sentence. “I couldn’t decline it.”

“Is he really that disciple?” Lin Yichen’s face changed.

Zheng Ziwen seemed slightly displeased. “Why would I have the guts to lie to you? Heh, although he’s not a direct disciple, he’s a recorded disciple. If you don’t believe me, we can leave now.”

Lin Yichen quickly reached out his hand to stop him. “Master Zheng, please don’t be mad, I was only asking. Since it’s that disciple, let’s stay for three more days.”

Deng Zhicai pondered for a while, and his eyes suddenly lit up. “Could you be talking about…” He pointed at Heaven, then at the Earth.

“Yes.” Lin Yichen nodded slowly.

“He’s the elder’s disciple, I see.” Deng Zhicai smiled bitterly.

“Master Zheng, you’re an appraiser, so why did he ask you to stay to be a witness?” Lin Yichen was stunned after laughing halfway. He turned to look at Deng Zhicai and asked, “The general’s a good witness, why didn’t he invite him instead?”

If an ordinary person wanted to invite the general to be a witness, it would certainly be wishful thinking, but it would be different if the disciple, the one whom they were talking about, had asked. Deng Zhicai would definitely attend it at all costs.

Zheng Ziwen shook his head and explained, “The challenge in three days isn’t a martial arts challenge, it’s a smithing challenge.”

Ou Yangming’s eyes glowed, and a strange expression was seen on his face.

Zheng Ziwen had an extremely high level of attainment in appraisal art, so there would not be any mistakes if he was invited to be the judge.

That being said, they had invited Zheng Ziwen as the witness, and even let Ou Yangming be aware of it, hence it was quite funny.

Deng Zhicai asked shockingly, “What exactly is this challenge of equipment smithing?”

Wu Guotu’s face reddened. “General, I’ll go ask around now.”

Evidently, although Ni Yunhong had spread the news, it had only been half a day, after all. Therefore, apart from the East Camp and the West Camp that found out due to special reasons, it seemed like the Middle Camp’s commanding general was still not aware of it yet.

Nonetheless, Ou Yangming believed that Ni Yunhong would surely not miss the Middle Camp.

He cleared his throat and responded, “Captain Wu, you don’t have to ask around.”

Wu Guotu was stunned, and he said, “Yes, I had forgotten that you’re from the Armament Camp. What exactly is it about?”

Ou Yangming laughed. “I’ll be challenging Master Ni in equipment smithing in three days, and I invite you to be a witness, General Deng, Captain Wu.”

Deng Zhicai. “…”

Wu Guotu. “…”

Lin Yichen and Zheng Ziwen. “…”

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