Chapter 282 - The Refinement Of Boots (1/2)

Chapter 282 The Refinement Of Boots

Ou Yangming quietly returned to the room where silk cloths, furs, and the other materials could be found. When he glanced at the materials, he was excited.

He lacked understanding of the Military Fire and the way to use it. In particular, he truly understood the fire’s application after he witnessed Wu Hongxi refine a boot using the fire.

Although he had to work incredibly hard to be adept in the skill, he was confident about it.

As long as he had an aim and a direction, he was not afraid of failing.

Ou Yangming gently brushed his fingers across the fur. A normal refiner had to first learn to differentiate furs before carrying out the process. This was because ferocious beast furs did not have the same properties, and a martial artist’s demand for pieces of equipment had to be taken into account. Therefore, one must pa.s.s the stage to become an excellent refiner.

Even so, Ou Yangming mastered it right away. The way he identified furs was simple as he only relied on his sense of touch.

If he touched and felt that the fur was comfortable, he knew it would be a suitable material.

Needless to say, he would not spare a glance at furs that were obviously flawed or had patches.

Ou Yangming picked around ten ferocious beast furs after a brief moment. Wu Hongxi would be appalled if he was present because the furs were the best in quality and had the most value among the other furs in the room.

The fact that the young fellow could pick the best items without any training or introduction proved that he had commendable skills.

Nonetheless, given that it was Ou Yangming’s first time refining boots, it would be more than wasteful for him to use those materials.

As he touched one of the pieces of fur with his fingers, the Military Fire burned and wrapped up the material.

The making of a boot was an extremely tedious process because the steps involved sorting, tracing, cutting, removing the skin, st.i.tching, lasting, curing, forming, drying, and so on. However, the mighty Military Fire was able to replace those steps.

Seeing as Wu Hongxi was able to achieve it, Ou Yangming worked hard in that direction too.

His Military Fire kept dancing, and its temperature alternated between the extreme ends of hot and cold. As a result of the mixture, endless wonderful changes took place.

Ou Yangming was fully immersed in the combination of hot and cold. Even though he was inexperienced, did not have perfect control over the flame’s temperature, and could not be mentioned on equal terms with Wu Hongxi, he focused on and enjoyed the process. After an unknown period, black smoke suddenly emerged from the semi-finished boot. Ou Yangming’s faces changed, and he quickly shook his wrist to end the disaster that was about to take place. When he noticed the burnt mark on the boot, he could not help but sigh.

Sure enough, the alternation between heat and cold was not as easy as he imagined, and the making of a boot was much more complicated than the refinement of a cloak.

Nevertheless, Ou Yangming enjoyed challenges. No matter how difficult the task was, as long as it would not make him despair, he would not lose interest and the confidence to try.

The young fellow moved his wrist and tossed the semi-finished product away. It seemed like only a corner on the boot’s surface was burnt, but its lining was destroyed too. Even if he managed to make a pair of boots at the end, the boots would be so ordinary that it could not be used by a martial artist.

Ou Yangming was a blacksmith, after all, hence he did not want to waste his limited time on meaningless things. He picked up another piece of fur again and enveloped it with his Military Fire…

For three days and three nights, Ou Yangming stayed in the room. Apart from the times when someone sent him meals regularly and when he needed to use the toilet, he kept controlling his Military Fire and alternated between the hot and cold attributes.

He finished using the ten pieces of fur, which he selected at the beginning. Though he did not succeed in making even one boot, he gained valuable experience. As such, he began to smith new boots.

As the Military Fire’s peculiar power changed, the small pieces of fur, which were cut by the airflow, slowly gathered. Some of them became the boot’s outer surface while some became the linings; they finally became one after being burned by the fire. Following that, Ou Yangming kicked up a pair of soles, which he had prepared in advance, and bound it to the boots.

It seemed surreal when they danced in the Military Fire.

Ou Yangming’s forehead was covered in beads of sweat as he used all his energy to control the Military Fire. The fire burned for a long time before the boots slowly took form.

He later exhaled deeply and was glad when he stared at the boots.

[Item: Outstanding boots]

(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Tool, Good Grade, Rank Four]