Chapter 270 - The Imperial Familys Magic Tools (2/2)

Nevertheless, when they turned and saw Hu Yicheng and his son, who were somewhat baffled, their eyes lit up.

It was evident that the father and the son had an unordinary relations.h.i.+p with Ou Yangming. Since they could not get to the young fellow, they figured that they might as well take a detour.

“Hehe, you’re Brother Hu, am I right?”

“Brother Hu, I heard you’re an inspector at the imperial court, and your brother also serves in the court…” “Brother Hu!…”

Hu Yicheng was in a daze when he saw the smiling faces around him. He sighed and felt at a loss.

‘Is this real, or am I dreaming?’

It was only when he noticed his son’s glowing eyes he came back to his senses. ‘Brother Ou has created such great conditions for me, and if I don’t hold on to them, I’d be letting him down.’

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As the carriage moved slowly, Ou Yangming listened to Jin Shengjie. He found out that his guess was right; those who were qualified to be Superior Blacksmiths were not simple because they had convincing and shocking abilities in their expertise.

Jin Shengjie was adept in layering attributes, which was the same as old Craftsman.

Normally, Intermediate Blacksmiths or rich Rudimentary Blacksmiths would come across precious ores, but Advanced Blacksmiths were the ones who were capable of bringing the ores into play.

Advanced Blacksmiths’ success rate of attaching Unique Attributes was 30% and above, and some of them could even achieve a 50% success rate.

On the contrary, Intermediate Blacksmiths had an extremely low success rate, and they were not much better than blacksmiths from the Immense Forest Military Camp.

The fact that three Power Ores were given in the Advanced Blacksmith a.s.sessment was a huge threshold, and at least half of the Intermediate Blacksmiths would not make it through. Nonetheless, Jin Shengjie was different, and he was a boss who was second to none in the area.

He once had successfully layered five Power attributes on a piece of equipment that was at the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five. It was also because of his frightful unique ability of layering attributes that he was recognized by three of his peers, and he became one of the very few Superior Blacksmiths in the capital.

Jin Shengjie told Ou Yangming about how he delved into the Layering Art and his ways of using the technique.

Ou Yangming focused and listened with bright eyes. Jin Shengjie’s story was simple, but it was also endlessly interesting. In particular, the young fellow was moved and benefited greatly because he also had some insights on the Layering Art.

All of a sudden, Jin Shengjie stopped and asked, “Lil’ Friend Ou, what do you think is the highest number of layers achievable by the Layering Art?’

Ou Yangming was stunned, and he shook his head after some thought. “I don’t know.”

Although he possessed special abilities because of the Military Fire and was not inferior to Jin Shengjie in terms of the ability to perform the Layering Art only, their standards were Heaven and Earth apart.

Jin Shengjie chuckled. “Six levels. If my estimation is right, the layering limit for a piece of equipment is six layers of Unique Attributes.” Ou Yangming’s face changed, and he curled up the corner of his lips strangely.

One would be exceeding the target by layering six Unique Attributes on a piece of Fine Grade Rank Five equipment, but what if the equipment was a magic tool?

It was true that Master Jin Shengjie’s attainment in smithing art was unordinary, but unfortunately, his vision was limited by this world, which prevented him from looking further.

Even so, Ou Yangming was not going to belittle the master.

If he had not smithed magic tools before, he would have given the same answer.

Jin Shengjie looked at Ou Yangming oddly and asked, “Lil’ Friend Ou, do you not agree?” Ou Yangming laughed and questioned, “Master Jin, have you heard of magic tools?”

The blacksmith master froze for a while and sighed. “Magic tools are exclusive to the imperial family, and they’ve been sealed and stored in the imperial palace for years without being shown to the public.”

“Does the imperial family really have magic tools?” Ou Yangming was moved.

“In the present world, only the imperial family can smith magic tools, but the tools aren’t smithed by a single person; the power of their own family or the whole city has to be gathered,” Jin Shengjie answered sternly.

Ou Yangming was incredibly curious. “Master Jin, please tell me more.”

Jin Shengjie smiled bitterly. “I’m not too sure either, but I heard that every powerhouse from the imperial family will swarm out in full strength when a magic tool is to be smithed, and the entire capital will be greatly affected too.”

He shook his head and added, “It has been over 50 years since the last time the imperial family smithed a magic tool! But who knows? They might attempt it again soon.”

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