Chapter 267 - The Elders Invitation (1/2)

When Ou Yangming finished smithing every piece of equipment at an unbelievable speed, he left an extremely deep impression for many blacksmiths.

Moreover, their impression of him included a hint of fear and envy, which could not be put into words.

Ou Yangming’s speed was certainly a first, and even if the other blacksmiths did not know if the pieces of equipment were up to standard, they were shocked by the extreme speed.

Apart from Jin Shengjie and a few detached blacksmiths, deep down the rest were unwilling to see Ou Yangming in the spotlight again.

After all, smithing a piece of High Grade equipment from an ordinary iron ingot was a near-impossible task. Other than Ou Yangming, as Jin Shengjie had said, even he could not achieve it.

On the other hand, most of the blacksmiths present were capable of or had the potential to smith pieces of Fine Grade equipment, as well as attaching Unique Attributes to them.

Nonetheless, they knew better than the other people that although they could accomplish those tasks, their speed could not be mentioned on equal terms with Ou Yangming’s. Therefore, they valued this a.s.sessment more than they did just now. When Ou Yangming picked up the second Power Ore, most of them sighed a breath of relief.

Ou Yangming moved his wrist and controlled his Military Fire to wrap around the Power Ore, which was turned into a sticky liquid that slowly dripped onto the military saber. Peculiar energies surrounded the saber, and they abided by a peculiar rule as they wanted to be layered on the weapon.

The young fellow was relaxed, and he was not nervous at all as though he was not taking an a.s.sessment.

He naturally noticed the disparity between him and the other candidates. In particular, the two candidates next to him were far from finis.h.i.+ng a full equipment set. Hence, he developed the thought of wanting to play around.

Nevertheless, his idea of playing around was atypical. He simply had fun by treating the layering process for the Power Attributes as an enjoyable process.

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It was exactly because he was so relaxed that he could carry out the process with skill and ease.

Jin Shengjie suddenly stood up on the high platform. He widened his eyes at Ou Yangming in disbelief and even mumbled softly, “The integration of Heaven and man, the integration of Heaven and man…”

The state of the integration of Heaven and man, which belonged to blacksmiths, was displayed by Ou Yangming.

Before this, Ou Yangming would naturally enter the state if he utilized his purple fire’s power to perform the multilayering of Unique Attributes. If he cast aside the special power and smithed through his own abilities, it would be difficult for him to enter the state.

However, when Ou Yangming relaxed completely and attempted to perform the layering of the Power attribute, he surprisingly managed to become one with Heaven and Earth.

Needless to say, it was because he had entered the state countless times before this, or how could he have achieved the integration of Heaven and man so easily?

After Ou Yangming sensed the queer energy around the military saber for some time, he finally withdrew his sense and layered the energy on the saber bit by bit. It was not done forcefully as the process was smooth, thus the young fellow was incredibly overjoyed.

An undisguised and bare smile was seen on his face.

More than a year had pa.s.sed, and he could finally execute the layering of Unique Attributes without using the purple fire.

Even though this was only possible because he acc.u.mulated enough experience through the purple dire, he was content that he could arrive at this step in a short period. ‘He did it!

This was what everyone thought when they noticed the smile on Ou Yangming’s face. They thought he had completed the a.s.sessment and was confident about pa.s.sing the test.

The corners of Jin Shengjie’s eyes curled up a little; he was one of the very few genuinely happy people.

Despite that, as one of the examiners, he naturally could not practice favoritism, so he sat quietly and only nodded at Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming put down the military saber and happened to spot the friendly smile when he looked up.

He saluted the senior in the smithing trade with a bow.

Putting everything aside, based on Jin Shengjie’s age alone, he deserved the salutation.

When Ou Yangming turned to look, he realized that he was the only one who completed the task. No, in a way, the other people were not even halfway done. Furthermore, the slowest person had only smithed two pieces of equipment.

Ou Yangming knew he was much faster than the other people, but he felt somewhat strange for being so fast. ‘Aren’t these Intermediate Blacksmiths a bit too… Inferior?’