Chapter 260 - Please Stop (2/2)

Du Gaoge scoffed. “It doesn’t matter even if he’s fast because the only thing that matters for an official blacksmith is the result. Hmph, if he can’t even produce a Common Grade… No, unless he smiths something of Common Grade Cla.s.s Four, he won’t pa.s.s the test at all!”

“Why?” Hu Lingfeng was surprised. “According to the criterion for an official blacksmith, he only needs to smith a Common Grade Rank Two item…”

Du Gaoge sneered without saying a word, whereas Hu Yicheng shook his head and replied to his son, “Just watch and don’t talk too much.”

Hu Lingfeng was hesitant for a while. He lowered his head and watched, but he was still not convinced.

On the high platform, Jin Shengjie glanced at Ou Yangming unintentionally and had a strange look on his face.

He was not the only person who reacted that way because the two Advanced Blacksmiths next to him were feeling the same.

“That young fella has… Decent moves!”

“Heh, I wonder what his smithing standard will be like.”

Jin Shengjie was undecided for a while, but he said, “If his weapon is of Common Grade Rank Two, he’ll pa.s.s.” Feng Guangyuan and Yi Yucheng were startled. They exchanged glances and sighed. “Master Jin, you’re being too generous.’ Jin Shengjie grinned and thought, ‘The two of you are trying to fawn over me, but the fact that the young fella is done smithing so quickly proves that he’ll achieve something great in the future as long as he produced something of decent quality now. If that’s the case, what’s the big deal about a small offense? If I return resentment with kindness, I’ll surely be praised!

‘The more successful the young fella is in the future, the higher my reputation.’

He stroked his long beard and noticed that Ou Yangming had already completed smithing. The flame on the military saber flashed for an instant and dimmed.

Just as he wanted to ask someone to inspect the weapon, he saw Ou Yangming reaching out for another iron ingot.

Everyone else looked at each other in confusion.

Yi Yucheng mumbled, “He didn’t fail, did he… Should we stop him?”

Feng Guangyuan pondered and responded, “The rule is to smith a piece of equipment in 15 minutes. We didn’t state that one can’t smith more than once, right?”

They fixed their gaze on Jin Shengjie as though they were waiting for the blacksmith master’s decision.

In the past smithing a.s.sessments, there were candidates who smithed faster than usual, but they only had one chance. Even if they were not satisfied with their products, they could not start over due to time constraint.

Nevertheless, Ou Yangming’s speed was beyond everyone’s expectations.

If he continued to smith with the same speed, he might even be able to smith three more items.

Jin Shengjie pouted and wondered, ‘Why is this young fella constantly giving me trouble…!

He kept a straight face and noted, “He can smith as many pieces of equipment as he wants. We’ll only consider the… Best result anyway.”

“Yes, Master Jin, you’ve very wise.” Yi Yucheng flattered the blacksmith master and exclaimed all of a sudden, “Hey, this doesn’t seem right. He’s not smithing a military saber!”

When the other people turned to look, they noticed a long item being formed in the burning Military Fire. That said, even someone who knew nothing about equipment could tell that it was not a saber.

“Could it be…” Hu Yicheng’s eyes lit up. He was surprised and overjoyed. “Could Brother Ou be planning to smith an equipment set?”

“A set?” Du Gaoge sneered. “So what if he smiths ten sets of equipment? This a.s.sessment will only take a piece of equipment’s grade and rank into account. Even if he smiths many pieces of equipment, they won’t be useful. Besides, look at him, what is he smithing?” Hu Yicheng looked for a long time but finally shook his head and sighed because he could not tell what exactly the long item was. Ou Yangming stopped after a brief moment, where a strange long item was formed in his hand.

He frowned and reached out for another iron ingot again.

This time, he finally caught everyone’s attention; even the friends of the other partic.i.p.ants were focusing on him. Ou Yangming obviously sped up as the iron ingots were swiftly made into weird stones. He placed the stones around him casually, but it seemed like there was something mysterious about them.

At last, Ou Yangming took the military saber and gently stuck it to the long item. As his Military Fire danced, a wisp of green smoke rose. The crowd was baffled, and they thought, ‘Can something so bizarre happen during a smithing process of using the Military Fire or the spiritual fire?’

Ou Yangming was so fast that he stuck both sides of the military saber at the speed of light.

When he put down the saber, even the slowest blacksmith was not completely done yet.

Jin Shengjie’s eyebrows twitched. He recalled something when he looked at the long time in Ou Yangming’s hands, as well as the odd stones around him. As such, he seemed nervous and in disbelief.

The blacksmith master mumbled, “No, that’s impossible…”

“Ding,,,” The bell on the high platform rang. “The a.s.sessment has ended, please stop!”

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