Chapter 293 - Special Task (1/2)

Ou Yangming left the Hall of Gems and walked down as he followed the crowd.

A distinguished guest with only one skill could only stay at one place to fight for reputation and prestige with the other people, but for someone like Ou Yangming, he would not restrict himself to one place. There were many buildings here, but only two of them were extremely lively.

They were the Hall of Equipment and the Hall of Spiritual Pills.

Cultivators would pay attention to things that could improve their strengths. Correspondingly, equipment and pills were unquestionably the most down to earth approaches. Therefore, the largest buildings here were halls for equipment and spiritual pills.

Ou Yangming walked leisurely toward the Hall of Equipment. Although he pa.s.sed by the Hall of Spiritual Pills along the way, he held himself back from entering the building.

Since he had a superficial knowledge of spiritual pills, he figured that he might as well not embarra.s.s himself.

The Hall of Equipment and the Hall of Gems were different because four guards stood outside the building. Everyone who wanted to enter the Hall of Equipment had to show their gold and pearls, where those who were not wealthy would be denied entry.

It was true that the Myriad Treasure Meet welcomes powerhouses from all over the country, but the necessary limitations were implemented at some popular halls.

Ou Yangming made his way to the hall’s entrance.

A guard furrowed his eyebrows and asked, “Do you have an access badge?”.

He naturally treated Ou Yangming lightly because of the fellow’s young age. Nonetheless, he would not judge a book by its cover. After all, there were many hidden talents in the Myriad Treasure Meet, and he dared not take the risk since he did not know the young fellow’s background.

Nevertheless, before Ou Yangming could reply to the guard, another guard’s eyes lit up, and he said, “Isn’t this Master Ou? Quickly come in!”

He gave the first guard a signal and immediately made way for Ou Yangming. Ou Yangming stared at the guard and was certain that he did not know him, but he nodded with a smile and entered the Hall of Equipment. “This Brother, who’s that master?” The guard who stopped Ou Yangming asked softly, “He looks very young. Is he an official blacksmith?”

“Hehe, what official blacksmith? He’s an Advanced Blacksmith!”

“Advanced… Ah, I know who he is!”

The four guards exchanged glances and were relieved because it was a close call.

This was the Hall of Equipment, so they would definitely become a laughing stock if the people who attended the meet knew they stopped an Advanced Blacksmith from entering. Ou Yangming would not be affected, but the four guards would suffer miserably.

Fortunately, the guards’ third brother attended the Blacksmith a.s.sessment, hence he recognized Master Ou.

Ou Yangming did not bother about their psychological changes. He was instantly attracted by the four huge blackboards in the main hall as soon as he entered the Hall of Equipment.

Numerous requests were listed on the blackboards. Needless to say, most of them were normal purchase requests where every listing was made with a note of the requirements and the price.

Ou Yangming was an excellent blacksmith, thus he had a good understanding of the prices of different pieces of equipment. He concluded after looking at the list for some time that there was a significant appreciation in the prices.

Even so, he would not care about them.

Apart from that, there were also some special-colored words on the blackboard. They were bolded because the requests were odd, so much so that someone even asked for a magic tool… Even though the person offered a high price, everyone knew n.o.body would accept the task.

Ou Yangming stared at the listing with bright eyes. If he accepted those tasks as the Yi Pavilion’s blacksmith, each time he smithed the corresponding equipment and made a successful deal, the pavilion’s prestige would be increased.

Of course, the harder the smithing task, the greater the reputation.

If he simply smithed a magic tool, he might even become the Myriad Treasure Meet’s victor right away.

“Master Ou, h.e.l.lo!”

“Master Ou, you finally showed up!” When Ou Yangming stood quietly in front of the blackboards, several people walked toward him and greeted him with smiles.

Ou Yangming sighed. He did not want to socialize, but he could not ignore them like that. The people who greeted him were familiar faces because they were present during the Blacksmith a.s.sessment. Moreover, those who spoke to him were Advanced Blacksmiths. As for the Intermediate and Rudimentary Blacksmiths, they dared not greet him though they were eager to try.

The young fellow flashed a smile at the people and responded to them one by one. He later asked, “Why are you so free? Don’t you want to show your skills?”

“Master Ou, we know you’re representing the Yi Pavilion, and you have to gain some reputation for them, but…” Feng Guangyuan laughed cheerfully. “We don’t represent anyone, so we’re only here to join the fun. If we happen to be interested in certain requests, we’ll accept them.”