Chapter 223 - Counterattack Attribute (1/2)

Chapter 223 Counterattack Attribute

Ou Yangming’s purple Military Fire lingered and rotated in his sea of consciousness at that moment, forming a rune pattern naturally.

The design was not one of the three runes, which could improve mental power’s releasing speed, that he previously visualized; it was a rune that he had just amended to upgrade the equivalent rank of pieces of cheap equipment.

Ou Yangming had never visualized the rune before, but once he was done with the modification, the purple fire naturally circulated and took form, then it drifted in his consciousness.

The change was out of his expectations, but he knew it was great news.

Inside Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness, the rune that was gathered by the purple fire floated, and it could be used as soon as he thought about it.

When Ou Yangming visualized the rune, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

He could double the speed of his mental power’s collection by using the combined power from three runes, but a certain time was needed for him to visualize them. Even if he became familiar with them in the future, he could not carry out the process in a short period.

However, if he could transform the three runes into Purple Light Runes to be stored in his sea of consciousness…

He could use the runes freely as long as he thought about them. In other words, he would not need to visualize the runes anymore.

Ou Yangming felt an upsurge of emotions upon having the idea, and he could not wait to try it.

“Master Ou, are you done modifying it?”

Ou Yangming’s train of thought was cut off when someone questioned him, causing him to regain his senses.

The instant the young fellow looked up, he saw Master Lu furrowing his eyebrows.

“Hehe, Master Lu, I did some tiny adjustments, and they might be effective,” Ou Yangming responded as humbly as he could.

After all, he could not tell Master Lu that the molds had many flaws because of the master’s lack of control over details.

If Ou Yangming said that, Old Craftsman would certainly beat him up even if Master Lu dared not rebuke him.

Although Ou Yangming’s body had become so tough that Old Craftsman could not hurt him, he did not want to be a laughing stock in public.

Master Lu was stunned, and he fixed his gaze on the mold.

He had forged the mold by himself, so he was well aware of the veined patterns on it.

The master focused on the mold to observe it closely, but he gave up after some time. From his point of view, the mold was the same as it was before; nothing seemed to have changed.

Master Lu was at a loss, but he did not have the guts nor the confidence to disprove the super blacksmith, who could smith a magic tool.

One’s journey on the smithing path was not determined by one’s age, experience, or seniority.

In this trade, the strongest would become the

king.

When Ou Yangming smithed a magic tool, his status became completely different from his past status.

Old Craftsman stepped forward and walked around the mold, but he frowned as well.

Master Lu was secretly delighted. ‘How could I forget about Old Craftsman? As mighty as Ou Yangming is, he wouldn’t dare to be unrestrained in front of the old man, right?’

The master chuckled and asked, “Old Craftsman, did you notice anything?”

He already had a plan in his head. If Old Craftsman said that the mold was not different from before, he would not be bothered to try it.

Nonetheless, Old Craftsman furrowed his eyebrows even tighter. “Master Lu, there’s something different about this mold!” “What? What’s different about it?” Master Lu’s face changed. He widened his eyes again to search carefully, but his vision was limited such that he could not notice the subtle differences, thus he still gained nothing.

If he knew Old Craftsman well enough to know the old man would never speak carelessly about such a matter, he would probably be suspicious at the moment.

Old Craftsman shook his head and expressed, “I can’t point it out, but my instinct tells me that the mold underwent some subtle changes.” Ou Yangming had a mix of emotions. Given that he revised the rune through the thoroughly meticulous state, the little changes could not be explained by people who had not achieved the state.

Nevertheless, Old Craftsman achieved the integration of Heaven and man by luck.

Even though it was not helpful toward the old man’s martial arts cultivation base, it a.s.sisted him in smithing art quite amazingly.

As such, while Old Craftsman could not figure out the changes in the mold, he vaguely sensed the differences due to the integration of Heaven and man.

Master Lu pondered for some time before he finally cast his doubts aside. “Gentlemen, we’ll find out if we run a test.”

Since neither of them could identify the changes, and Ou Yangming claimed the mold had changed, the master decided to carry out a test.

Under Master Lu’s instruction, the mold was brought to a burly blacksmith, who began smithing an arm guard with a big hammer.