Chapter 299 - Ring Domination (1/2)

Chapter 299 Ring Domination

Ou Yangming curbed his thought and left the smithing room with a faint smile, then he headed toward the main hall. He was secretly mad. ‘It wasn’t my fault anyway. I just saw something I shouldn’t, and I don’t know how those items could be used, so why am I feeling guilty…’ Nonetheless, Ou Yangming failed to encourage himself no matter how hard he tried. Before he entered the main hall, he shook his head and sighed. ‘Being a man is tiring.’

The Smithing Hall was not much different from when he left before this as many people gathered and conversed with each other. Nevertheless, when Ou Yangming entered the main hall, he sensed that the noise was reduced by a whole level.

Moreover, almost everyone was looking at him.

Ou Yangming looked around but Feng Guangyuan was nowhere to be found. He figured that the master either accepted the task because he could not stand the itch, or he left already.

Yi Yucheng nodded at Ou Yangming from the crowd, and he cast a questioning look at the young fellow. Ou Yangming could not help but laugh, then he flashed a bright smile and lifted his head proudly. Master Yi’s eyes lit up as he instantly understood what Ou Yangming meant, so he gave the young fellow a thumbs up from afar. Being an Advanced Blacksmith as well, it was natural that Yi Yucheng understood how difficult Ou Yangming’s task was.

At the very least, n.o.body in the capital could guarantee that he or she could complete the task successfully.

Even so, the task was smoothly accomplished by Ou Yangming. It did not matter if he was truly skillful or succeeded out of luck; it was enough to leave everyone in awe.

Ou Yangming arrived under the blackboards and looked up to find his next task.

A middle-aged man approached him and noted carefully, “Master Ou, you completed your previous task, so here’s your reward and the proof for 4,000 Prestige Points.

When Ou Yangming lowered his head to look, he noticed a tray in the man’s hands. A banknote was placed on it, as well as a row of red items, which looked like chips.

Ou Yangming was utterly shocked when he picked up the banknote because it was worth more than 30,000 taels.

The young fellow knew he was smithing a divine weapon for the imperial family’s favored daughter, and judging from their foundation, he was sure they would not reward him stingily. Despite that, the amount still exceeded his expectations.

As for the red chips on the tray, they were custom-made items for the Myriad Treasure Meet, which represented Prestige Points that were sought by the different forces.

Ou Yangming nodded and instructed, “Please send these proofs of prestige to the Yi Pavilion.”

“Yes,” the man responded to him with respect. Once Ou Yangming completed the seemingly impossible task, he gained more respect from everyone. He kept the banknote and focused on the smithing tasks once more. Before long, he picked a new special task.

Ou Yangming had no choice because while the normal tasks were not difficult, the Prestige Points that were rewarded were too disappointing.

On the contrary, while the special tasks were tricky, the Prestige Points that came with successful tasks were addictive.

This time, he chose a smithing task where he had to layer attributes, and it was publicly acknowledged as an extremely tough task because the patron requested the layering of five attributes on a piece of Fine Grade equipment.

The highest withstandable limit for a piece of High Grade equipment was quadruple-layering, whereas a piece of Fine Grade equipment could be layered six times. That said, the layering of five attributes was incredibly difficult, let alone the layering of six attributes.

Even among the many formidable Superior Blacksmiths, Master Jin Shengjie was the only one who was confident about accomplis.h.i.+ng it.

Therefore, the task was specially made for Master Jin Shengjie. In other words, the patron could not get Master Jin’s help through normal means, hence he used this method to draw the master’s attention and to fulfill his wish.

Needless to say, he paid a huge price too because the reward of 1,500 Prestige Points was not a small offer at all.

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However, given that Master Jin Shengjie was studying the way to smith a magic tool, he could not come to the Smithing Hall, so n.o.body accepted the task even though it was listed.

Who knew, Ou Yangming was immediately interested in the task, and he took it up cheerfully because he was certain that the 1,500 Prestige Points were already in his hands.

Just as he was going to follow a servant into a smithing room at the back to meet with the patron, loud cheers were heard outside. The noise was so thunderous that everyone in the Smithing Hall could hear it clearly.

Everyone looked at each other as they did not know what happened.

Someone ran in abruptly and shouted at his partner, “Big Brother, quickly come out to take a look! Zuoqiu Hongyuan from Huangsha County dominated a ring!”

The people in the main hall fell silent for a while before they got into heated discussions as though the water was boiled. “Dominated a ring? It’s still early, yet someone dominated a ring already?”

“Zuoqiu Hongyuan from Huangsha County? He’s the number one genius between Huangsha County and Feiya County!” “Hehe, ring dominations usually happen on the last day or 3 days before the last day in the past. The young people now are truly presumptuous; they start to dominate rings on the first day.”

Lively discussions filled the air, which was an entirely different atmosphere from before.

When someone started walking outside, he was like a wind vane, which attracted more people to follow suit. It only took a brief moment for the crowded main hall to have a few people left inside.