Chapter 276 - Ice-cold Military Fire (2/2)
“Martial arts is only a small path. It’s fine if you learn it to strengthen yourself, but don’t invest too much energy in it.” Wu Hongxi furrowed his eyebrows.
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth. He disagreed with the master, but he responded obediently, “Yes, I understand.”
Wu Hongxi nodded and stated, “If you’d like to learn my path of equilibrium, you must be able to execute four words.”
“Senior, please guide me,” Ou Yangming immediately curbed his thought and expressed with respect. “Couple hardness with softness,” Wu Hongxi uttered word by word.
Ou Yangming frowned and repeated after the master, “Couple hardness with softness?”
‘Why does it sound like martial arts cultivation?’
Wu Hongxi smiled. They had unknowingly arrived at a house, where Master Wu pushed the door open and noted, “Come in, this is one of the rooms where I usually practice smithing art in.”
Ou Yangming quickly entered, and he was struck dumb when he took a look around him.
Even though blacksmiths had different ranks, the structures of their smithing workshops were similar. At most, the blacksmiths had different materials, which could not be mentioned on equal terms.
That said, judging from the room’s furnis.h.i.+ng, it did not seem like a smithing workshop at all.
“How is it? How do you feel?” Wu Hongxi asked with a smile.
“Master Wu, why are there only silk cloths and furs here?” Ou Yangming was confused. He expressed honestly, “I can’t figure out how exactly they’re related to smithing art…”
Wu Hongxi laughed out loud. “Who said they’re unrelated? If that’s the case, where do we get our cloaks and boots from?”
Ou Yangming was surprised. “This is… This is where cloaks and boots are made?”
“Yes. Silk cloths and furs are unordinary items, and they’re great materials for equipment production.” Wu Hongxi nodded and went forward to pick up a piece of silk cloth. “Take a look at it.”
The young fellow accepted it and hesitated for a while before he released a bit of his Military Fire.
His Military Fire had a marvelous effect of appraising objects as well, hence he was informed of the item’s name right away.
[Item: Silk]
(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Item]
It was a simple introduction, and the item’s specific rank was not stated.
However, it was normal because the item was a raw material, which had not been smithed into a piece of equipment.
Even so, Ou Yangming knew that the silk cloth was not simple due to being able to cause the Military Fire to react to it.
Wu Hongxi explained in a deep voice, “This item is silk, which is made of spiderweb and steel wire. In terms of defensive ability only, it’s not inferior to a steel plate at all. In particular, it has endless wonderful effects to fend off arrows and hidden weapons.”
Ou Yangming’s eyelids twitched. “But how can silk like this be made into qualified pieces of equipment?”
It was fine if steel wire was used, but how could spiderweb withstand the Military Fire? It was quite unexpected that the material was used for smithing practice. Wu Hongxi chuckled. “Watch me closely.”
He opened his palm, where a small fire emerged.
It was the moment when the small flame appeared Ou Yangming fixed his gaze on it. Nonetheless, he found it strange that he could not sense any heat from the fire. Moreover, the fire vaguely cast a chill over him.
Ou Yangming felt like it was not the Military Fire that was burning, but a peculiar and unknown object.
“Come and feel it.” Wu Hongxi extended his arm and presented the fire to Ou Yangming.
The young fellow was hesitant because the Military Fire’s heat was known to be intense. It would be fine if he was the one who released it; the fire would not burn its owner. If he were to touch another person’s Military Fire or spiritual fire, he would be courting death.
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In spite of that, Ou Yangming believed that Wu Hongxi would not harm him without any reason.
Therefore, he carefully reached out to touch the fire.
Ou Yangming stopped frowning at once, but he was utterly shocked.
Cold.
It was as cold as ice.
He was right; the fire carried no heat at all, and it contained intense chillness instead.
Needless to say, Ou Yangming could not be physically harmed by the chillness, but the distinctive energy change, which exceeded his expectations, still astonished him.
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