Chapter 158 - An Old Friend Asked To Meet (2/2)
She struggled for a while, but she dared not be enraged in front of Old Craftsman.
Ni Yinghong could only glare angrily at the shameless rascal as she decided, ‘When there’s only the two of us the next time, I’ll definitely make him… Make him…
‘What should I make him do?
‘If I punish him too lightly, I can’t vent my anger; if I punish him too heavily, what if he really leaves because he can’t take it?’
Just as Ni Yinghong was having a dilemma, Ou Yangming let go of her hand.
“Old Man, lend me your equipment.”
Ou Yangming noticed the helmet on the platform.
Unquestionably, Old Man had smithed it while Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong were conversing earlier.
Old Craftsman was dumbfounded when he saw the young fellow pulling the reluctant young lady into the workshop, but before he could reprimand Ou Yangming, he saw him picking up the newly smithed helmet.
The instant Ou Yangming picked it up, the look in his eyes changed.
It took only a split second, but Ou Yangming became incredibly calm and focused. Old Craftsman and Ni Yinghong sensed the change in the atmosphere, so they immediately shut their mouths and watched Ou Yangming attentively.
Ou Yangming turned the helmet in his hands once, then he grinned as he said, “Yinghong, appraise it.”
Ni Yinghong pouted her lips and thought, ‘Who allowed you to call me by my first name?’
While she complained, she would not make things difficult for Ou Yangming in front of Old Craftsman.
She rubbed her hands to release the Appraisal Light.
Ou Yangming chuckled. As soon as the light went away, the Military Fire burned in his hands and enveloped the helmet.
When the fire disappeared after a brief moment, a groove was seen on the helmet.
Ou Yangming tossed the helmet back to Ni Yinghong. “Appraise it again. How is its quality?”
Ni Yinghong was surprised, but she proceeded to inspect the equipment, and she soon looked like she was in disbelief.
“Y-you actually found the node?”
Ou Yangming responded proudly, “Isn’t it just a node? How hard can it be?”
Old Craftsman was stupefied too, and he wondered, ‘This young fella actually grasped the legendary Boring Skill too?
‘It… Wasn’t me who taught him that, right? As thick-faced as the old man was, he had to admit that Ou Yangming had mastered things that were beyond his capability. Ni Yinghong was left in awe, but she was displeased when she noticed the arrogant look on Ou Yangming’s face.
She was struck with an idea, and a strange expression was seen on her face. “Brother Ou, something huge happened in our clan when you weren’t around these few days.”
“What?” Ou Yangming asked curiously.
Ni Yinghong answered with a sweet smile, “Young Master He Liangce came to visit the three great ancestors. He made it through the Testimony Path that was hosted by the ancestors, and he was qualified to enter the Land of Inheritance to cultivate mental power’s secret technique!”
Ou Yangming’s face changed, and he felt ill at ease when he looked at Ni Yinghong.
“Oh right, where’s Big Yellow? Where did it
go?”
“Big Yellow was sent to the Land of Inheritance by the great ancestors a long time ago. I haven’t seen it for a long time either.” Ni Yinghong was rather regretful.
Ou Yangming nodded. When he was going to speak again, a servant from the Ni family[1] had hurried over to say, “Young Master Ou, a soldier visited and said that he’s Sui Hezhi from the West Camp[2]. He asked to meet you!” Following that, the servant glanced at the eldest young lady and expressed anxiously, “If you don’t want to meet him, I’ll ask him to leave.”
“No, I’ll go meet him now,” Ou Yangming quickly responded although he was slightly startled.
That being said, he somehow had a bad feeling about this.
[1] The author originally wrote ‘the Fang family’ here, but they’re at the Ni residence, so the servant couldn’t have come from the Fang family. We’ve corrected it for the context
[2] The author originally wrote ‘South Camp’ here, but Sui Hezhi is from the West Camp. We’ve corrected it for the context
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