Chapter 352 - Being An Assistant (1/2)

At the center of the square, Ou Yangming scanned every casting table.

He suddenly fixed his gaze on a certain table because he noticed it did not have any materials on it but a large red flower was hung on it. What surprised him more was his fresh memory of it.

The young fellow used that casting table during the Blacksmiths a.s.sessment.

Seeing as Ou Yangming had a strange look on his face, Chen Yihe immediately explained, “Brother Ou, this was the collective decision of all blacksmiths.”

“Brother Chen, it’s too exaggerated,” Ou Yangming remarked while shaking his head, then he added after a pause, “Even Senior Jin Shengjie and the others didn’t receive such a treatment.”

“Brother Ou, it was the few Superior Blacksmiths who suggested this honor,” Chen Yihe responded softly after some thought, then he continued, “One who can smith magic tools individually deserves this honor.”

Ou Yangming was stunned. He later nodded and stopped feeling bothered about it.

He approached another casting table and retrieved some materials from his interspatial bag.

Chen Yihe widened his eyes when he watched Ou Yangming taking materials out of thin air. He stared at the interspatial bag in disbelief.

“Master Ou, i-is that an interspatial bag?”

“Yes, it is. Have you not seen one before?” Ou Yangming replied to the blacksmith master.

Chen Yihe smiled bitterly and shook his head. “How am I qualified to see such a treasure?”

Ou Yangming was shocked. “I remember Her Royal Highness has one.”

“Brother Ou, it’s easy for you to meet the princess, but unless I become a Superior Blacksmith, how can I meet Her Royal Highness?” Chen Yihe had a stranger look on his face.

It was then that Ou Yangming recalled his ident.i.ty as the consort. Nonetheless, he was not conscious of that ident.i.ty at all.

Ou Yangming shook his head and got rid of the distractions, then he sighed and painfully retrieved the materials he acquired from the imperial family. The young fellow had initially planned to keep them for his collection but given that he had almost finished using the materials given by the Yi Pavilion to smith arm guards, he could only use the ones from the imperial family. Ou Yangming began to smith as the Military Fire burned in his hands.

Chen Yihe quickly shut his mouth and stopped talking. He was afraid of making Ou Yangming unhappy or causing the young fellow to miss out on something important.

When Ou Yangming asked the Yi Pavilion for the materials, he had planned to prepare small gifts for the powerhouses at the peak of Yang Grade who fought him. While there were various raw materials, most of them were gems from the same batch and of equivalent value.

As the Military Fire burned, soon enough, greaves made of Eminent Golden Ore were formed in his hands. He glanced at the greaves and found their nodes right away due to the integration of Heaven and man, as well as the thoroughly meticulous state, which gave him an acute observation skill. The Military Fire flickered on the nodes, where suitable holes were chiseled. Following that, two clear gems, which were not of the highest grades but were quite remarkable, were embedded in the greaves.

It was worth noting that the Gem Embedding Art was rather complicated, but the process was somehow simplified by Ou Yangming’s Military Fire.

After just a brief moment, the gems and the pieces of equipment resonated, allowing the greaves to carry unique Power Acc.u.mulation attributes. The attribute had extremely broad functions, where power could normally be acc.u.mulated in the gem and could be unleashed during a crucial moment. Although it could not increase one’s victory rate, it could be unbelievably useful if one used the acc.u.mulated power in it to escape.

Chen Yihe was dumbfounded as he watched from the side. He was an Advanced Blacksmith who did not know much about the Gem Embedding Art, but he had heard a lot about it. The blacksmith master had the impression that the art was incredibly complicated, by which perfectly releasing energy from a gem was as difficult as smithing a suit.

As such, blacksmiths who were adept in embedding gems and smithing suits were somewhat superior to ordinary blacksmiths.

Now, Ou Yangming made it seem like the Gem Embedding Art was unusually simple as he successfully embedded gems to pieces of equipment without effort. Moreover, it was evident from the delightful smile on his face that the gems’ special effects were activated.

Unknowingly, the square was filled with people.

There were more guards around too, but they dared not be rude to the spectators because they recognized that the onlookers were blacksmiths. Even though the blacksmiths were of different ranks, owing to their profession, the guards could not offend nor obstruct them.

Furthermore, the blacksmiths had a mutual understanding where they did not clamor at all. They stood a distance away as they observed Ou Yangming’s every move. Even from afar, they widened their eyes as they did not want to miss any detail.

In particular, when the gems were successfully embedded, the professionals could not help but exclaim.

They had not touched the greaves and were clueless about the gems’ functions, but none of them doubted Ou Yangming. Deep down they had a preconception that the young fellow, who could smith magic tools, could not have falsified anything at this moment.

Ou Yangming casually tossed the greaves aside and picked up another material.

This time, he refined a helmet, arm guards, and armor by pairing featured steel with the rare material.