Chapter 155 - Scared Away? (2/2)

Ou Yangming was unquestionably enlightened with great wisdom after he was taught the knowledge.

He used to wonder during smithing processes in the past why it was difficult for the Durability attribute to be on equal terms with the equipment’s grade and rank. The answer was finally revealed to him.

In addition, Ou Yangming vaguely felt that perhaps his evaluation of Wu Hongxi, the Fine Grade King, was right. The longbow’s fine structure was flawed indeed.

However, the higher the equipment’s level, the deeper the flaw was hidden, hence it was difficult to be noticed. One could only make adjustments according to one’s feelings, so one could imagine the effect of it.

After Fang Xuande was done explaining, he took another piece of equipment and explained again patiently, then he said, “In order to successfully chisel a hole in a tool, apart from needing to find a suitable point, the process is also very important. You have to do it according to the different tensions…”

Following that, a spiritual fire burned slowly in his hands.

Ou Yangming had already released his mental power by then to watch Fang Xuande’s every move in detail.

Under the integration of Heaven and man and the thoroughly meticulous state, Fang Xuande had no secrets at all. Not to mention he was already teaching Ou Yangming everything, even if he was really hiding something, he could not hide them from Ou Yangming.

Eventually, a groove appeared on the greave indeed. It was incredibly strange because the groove seemed to have been naturally formed through uncanny workmans.h.i.+p. It was as though the groove was already there when the equipment was smithed, and that no extra work was done to form it.

Fang Xuande curbed his spiritual fire and smiled with satisfaction when he looked at the greave. “Hehe, I didn’t expect myself to perform so well today, I haven’t been able to achieve this for a long time.” Ou Yangming remarked sincerely, “Senior, I admire you for being old but vigorous.”

He genuinely meant what he said. Since Fang Xuande did not have the unique Military Fire, he had fully relied on his strength and experiences to arrive at this step. Ou Yangming had always admired figures with genuine skills.

Subsequently, Fang Xuande retrieved a greave and handed it to Ou Yangming. “I’ve taught you everything I know. You’ll have to explore and practice on your own from now on. Remember, practice makes perfect.”

Ou Yangming responded to him and felt the greave for a while before he held it tightly.

Fang Xuande waited for some time, and he could not help but frown when there was still no sign from Ou Yangming. “What are you doing? Aren’t you going to find the point?”

“Senior, haven’t I found it already?” Ou Yangming was surprised.

“What? Nonsense. You’ve found it already?” Fang Xuande looked mad. He reached out to s.n.a.t.c.h the greave from Ou Yangming, then carefully touched it while he calculated in his head. That said, Fang Xuande stopped after some time, and his face took on an extremely strange expression.

He found it. He had found the most suitable point.

‘But… But how is this possible…

‘This point?’

Fang Xuande pondered, and he finally confirmed that Ou Yangming had also placed his thumb on this point earlier. He twitched his mouth and pa.s.sed a saber to Ou Yangming. “Here.” Ou Yangming received the saber and wielded it, then he placed his thumb on a certain point on the blade.

Fang Xuande took the saber and inspected it carefully for a moment. His face suddenly reddened as he asked, “How did you find it?”

Ou Yangming scratched his head and answered, “The point is so obvious, anyone could’ve found it…”

One needed to be exceptionally observant to find the point, and the better one’s ability to perceive, the better.

Since Ou Yangming had achieved the thoroughly meticulous state in his understanding of nature, it was just as he had said — the point was not a secret and was not difficult to be found.

Similar to a program, without knowing the settings, one would really have to rack one’s brain to figure it out.

However, once the settings were complete, one only needed to press on a b.u.t.ton to confirm it.

Fang Xuande’s lips trembled a little. He inhaled deeply and said, “Okay, chisel a hole in it.”

Ou Yangming responded to him again. His Military Fire soon enveloped the saber.

He first withdrew the saber’s attributes, then burned a groove on the suitable point, and finally returned the attributes to it once everything was done.

The process was not long as it was only half of the time taken by Fang Xuande when he carried out the same process.

Seeing as the Military Fire disappeared, Fang Xuande studied the saber closely to look at the seemingly naturally-formed groove. He then shook his wrist to release the Appraisal Light.

The military saber had not only gained a groove, but most importantly, its quality had not declined at all.

Fang Xuande’s beard and hair stood on ends, and he stared at Ou Yangming like he had just seen a ghost. On the spur of the moment, he shouted out loud and ran away with the saber.

Ou Yangming reached out his hand to call out to Fang Xuande a few times, but Fang Xuande turned a deaf ear on him.

He was confused when he put down his hand. ‘Even if my performance was quite exaggerated, I couldn’t have scared him so much that he has gone mad, right?’

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