Chapter 154 - The Shock From Triple-Layering (1/2)

Ou Yangming had forced Fang Xuande to retreat. Following that, he shook his wrist, and his Military Fire instantly burnt.

He initially wanted to make a grand gesture, but he dared not act on that thought anymore. It was best to speak the truth.

As Ou Yangming’s Military Fire spread, it quickly enveloped the longbow.

The people from the Fang family had a grave expression on their faces. Although Ou Yangming had guaranteed earlier that the longbow would not be damaged, they could not help but feel anxious.

This was because the archer’s suit was too important for them.

Ou Yangming could not understand their feelings, but he could sense it through his bright eyes.

He did not take too long to complete the task because he had explained that the issue was in the longbow’s fine structure. Besides, if Ou Yangming knew the theory and could smoothen the weapon, he should not delay the process.

Needless to say, if he did not know the theory and where the defect was, even if he were to do it eternally, he could not make effective amendments to the piece of equipment.

After 15 minutes, Ou Yangming exhaled deeply and moved his wrist a little to curb the Military Fire.

While looking weary, he handed the longbow to Fang Xuande, who had been impatient for a long time.

Fang Xuande’s eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands slightly to release the Appraisal Light onto the longbow.

Next, he instantly smiled cheerfully and announced, “Nice, it’s at the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five indeed!”

Fang Zhaoyang and the rest looked at each other. Even the most cunning person smiled with joy at that moment.

In actual fact, they were rather concerned when they invited Ou Yangming, but it seemed like they made a wise choice.

Fang Xuande hesitated for a while before he bowed at Ou Yangming.

It was not a normal formality, but a salute that was similar to what was done by a disciple to his master.

Ou Yangming was shocked, so he quickly dodged and asked, “Senior, what are you doing?”

Fang Xuande asked in a serious manner, “Master, may I ask how exactly was its fine structure flawed?”

He was previously dubious when he asked the same question, but he finally believed it when Ou Yangming really managed to upgrade it to Rank Five.

As the Fang family’s chief blacksmith, his obsession in smithing art was far beyond what one could imagine.

Since there was a great opportunity for him to gain experience, he could not help but raise the question. Ou Yangming smiled bitterly and thought, ‘You’re asking me, but who am I going to ask? ‘Is there really an issue with the longbow’s… Fine structure?’

He felt unusually regretful at that moment. ‘I really shouldn’t have talked so much nonsense!’ “Xuande!” Fang Zhaoyang furrowed his eyebrows and reprimanded, “You shouldn’t ask what you shouldn’t ask!”

Fang Xuande responded after some hesitation, “Yes, Great Ancestor.”

Ou Yangming sighed a breath of relief and explained right away, “Senior, I’m not trying to be selfish because it’s my own skill, I really have a difficult reason behind it…”

He was going to learn the boring technique from Fang Xuande later, so he did not want to offend him.

Fang Xuande cast his unhappiness aside and said, “I understand, you’ve learned it from another master. Ah, how can a secret technique like that be taught so easily? I was being greedy…” In actuality, if Ou Yangming was just a n.o.body, the people from the Fang family might have handled things differently. However, Ou Yangming was not only close to the three other generals from the Immense Forest Military Camp at the moment, but he was also the Ni family’s distinguished guest, so they naturally would not have other thoughts.

Ou Yangming was in two minds, but he decided to raise his concern, “Senior, I’ve spoken carelessly earlier. If that person finds out, I’ll be in huge trouble, so…”

Fang Zhaoyang laughed. “It’s a small matter, so don’t worry, n.o.body will spread it.”

Ou Yangming quickly thanked him because he would not want to be questioned by a smithing master like Wu Hongxi one day.

“Lil’ Friend, since you can upgrade the longbow to the peak of Rank Five, can you also upgrade the other pieces of equipment too?” Fang Zhaoyao smiled brightly as he asked.

‘Isn’t that such a casual request…’ Ou Yangming twitched his mouth.

“I can try to upgrade the armor, but I can’t do anything about the boots and the precious sash. I’ve never learned how to produce them, so I don’t really understand them.” He shook his head and spread out his hands.

“If you don’t know, just learn! I believe you’ll understand them as long as you learn about them,” Fang Zhaoyang remarked.

Ou Yangming was deeply moved, thus he replied to him with a smile, “If that’s the case, thank you for the trouble.”

After using his Military Fire to upgrade the armor to the peak of Rank Five too, the other people no longer doubted what he said.

Yes, the longbow’s fine structure must be flawed, but as for how it was flawed… They used their bold and imaginative mind to come up with strange reasonings to convince themselves.

Once Ou Yangming was done, he fixed his gaze on the previous ores.