Chapter 268 - Ask For The Appraiser (2/2)

They wasted too much power in melting the featured steel with their Military Fires, causing them to lack energy during the smithing process.

If that was not the case, judging from their abilities, they could not have smithed something that was not up to standard if they were fully focused.

They would certainly pa.s.s the a.s.sessment if the requirement for an Advanced Blacksmith was to smith only a piece of Fine Grade equipment.

However, due to the time constraint and the precondition where a full equipment set had to be smithed, the candidates had little chance to become Advanced Blacksmiths.

From Ou Yangming’s point of view, their potential seemed to have been fully uncovered. Unless they had strange encounters, which would help them to burst out again, or unless they had nature-defying luck during the a.s.sessment, it would be tough for them to complete the task.

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Out of the ten over Intermediate Blacksmiths who joined the a.s.sessment, only two of them became Advanced Blacksmiths in the end. The elimination rate was cruel, but on another level, it highlighted an Advanced Blacksmith’s status and rank.

At last, Jin Shengjie approached Ou Yangming while being escorted by the two other blacksmith masters.

An equipment set was laid out on the casting table. Ou Yangming was the first person who finished the a.s.sessment, but he was the last person to be a.s.sessed.

Jin Shengjie looked deeply at Ou Yangming. He smiled and asked calmly, “Lil’ Friend Ou, are you going to surprise me this time too?” Ou Yangming grinned. “Maybe. Please, Master Jin.”

“Good fella, you’re confident!” Jin Shengjie laughed out loud and picked out a pair of arm guards.

On the high platform and around the center of the square, everyone fixed their gaze on Jin Shengjie’s face. Everyone knew that he would not practice favoritism in such an important event. Regardless of his expectations for Ou Yangming, if the pieces of equipment were not up to standard, he would deny the young fella of the t.i.tle without any hesitation.

What exactly was Ou Yangming’s quality then?

As the crowd stared at Jin Shengjie, they seemed to be breathing much lighter.

They finally noticed a strange look on Jin Shengjie, who furrowed his eyebrows and looked up at Ou Yangming in confusion.

Most of the people on the high platform were itching to know what was going on, so they cursed, ‘What is it? Quickly show a firm expression!

our strange look can’t be perceived at all.’

Jin Shengjie sighed after some time.

Hu Yicheng and his son exchanged glances right away and thought, ‘Oh no, it looks like he didn’t pa.s.s!’

Despite that, Jin Shengjie did not announce the result. He handed the arm guards to Yi Yucheng and said, “You should take a look at them too.”

Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan were already impatient, but while the three of them were the examiners, they dared not overstep the boundary in front of Jin Shengjie. At the very least, before Jin Shengjie expressed anything, they would not give biased opinions.

Thus, although they could not wait to take a look at the pieces of equipment, they waited for Jin Shengjie’s instruction before they took an arm guard each and a.s.sessed them.

“Hey, th-this…” Yi Yucheng’s face changed, and he looked up abruptly at Feng Guangyuan.

Feng Guangyuan did not react any better. He was in disbelief after he studied the arm guard in his hands closely.

“Though I don’t believe it, my experience won’t lie to me…” Feng Guangyuan smiled bitterly at Yi Yucheng, then he suggested after a moment of hesitation, “Master Jin, Brother Jin, I suggest that we allow appraisal art to be used once!”

The crowd clamored. ‘Did we hear him right? Do they actually want to use appraisal art on that equipment?

‘Could it be that the equipment is between Fine Grade and High Grade Rank Five, so the three of them can’t pinpoint its equivalent rank?

“Judging from their expressions, it looks like that’s the case.’

Jin Shengjie pondered for a while and said, “Let’s look at the other pieces of equipment first.”

He conveniently picked up the helmet but looked strange again after he scanned it for a short while.

Subsequently, he picked up the armor, the greaves, as well as the military saber, then he put them down. Each time he checked a piece of equipment, the look on his face became more complicated. Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan followed suit by examining the pieces of equipment but kept the crowd guessing as they did not say a word even when the crowd was terribly curious and anxious.

If it was not because of Jin Shengjie’s status and reputation, someone would have reproached the examiners long ago.

At long last, Jin Shengjie shook his head and ordered with a bitter smile, “Guangyuan, ask for the appraiser!”

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