Chapter 456 - Immune Physique (1/2)

By the time Ou Yangming returned to the luxurious courtyard that was prepared for him and his companions, Wu Hanning and the others had been waiting for a long time.

The beautiful ladies looked at him in confusion, making him feel uneasy. He turned to ask Ni Yinghong, “Elder Sister Ying, why are you looking at me like that?”

Ni Yinghong answered with a smile. “Lil’ Ming, why did you suddenly want to accept an apprentice? Isn’t that too fast?”

“Exactly. Besides, Master Ou, your apprentice is a 40-year-old… Uncle,” Bai s.h.i.+xue noted with a smile.

Based on their understanding of Ou Yangming, he would unlikely do something like that.

Ou Yangming cleared his throat and said, “You’re quite well-informed, aren’t you?”

Bai s.h.i.+xue explained, “Nothing can hide from us because Her Highness is here.”

The imperial family did not seem much superior to the aristocratic families in the eight counties, but they had daunting potential. Not to mention they could secretly send news to each other, even if they had to go against the various aristocratic families, they might not actually lose.

Wu Hanning looked deeply at Bai s.h.i.+xue and remarked, “Young Pavilion Master, the Yi Pavilion has branches in every county’s prefecture and has connections with different aristocratic families. I suppose you’re more well-informed than we are.”

The two ladies looked at each other with smiles, but even Ou Yangming could tell that they were on the verge of breaking out into a fight. He furrowed his eyebrows and quickly expressed, “Try and guess why I did that.” With that, everyone including the two ladies became curious.

Jiang Jiumei frowned and went first. “Elder Brother, back in the martial arts field, you said that he’s gifted with mental power. That said, he’s not young anymore, so he can’t achieve much even if he’s really talented.”

The other ladies agreed with her. They were as puzzled as Yu Jinshuang and the other Supreme Great Ancestors.

It was true that a talented person was worth being groomed, but apart from one’s talent, one’s potential had to be taken into consideration too.

Perhaps Mao Ruiyi was gifted enough to cultivate mental power but given his age, it would be too much to say that he still had the potential for that. Nonetheless, there must be a reason Ou Yangming decided to accept him as his apprentice. Although the other people were puzzled, they would not get to the bottom of it because they did not want to offend the reputable master.

“I wouldn’t have recruited him if he only had the talent to cultivate mental power.” Ou Yangming nodded, then he explained after a pause, “But his physique is somehow unique; he’s immune to the Birds’ soundwave attack.”

Wu Hanning’s eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, “Immune to the soundwave track? He has that kind of physique…” The other ladies cast questioning looks at her.

After all, the imperial family had the most profound foundation, thus certain things could only be perceived by them. The other ladies might be as intelligent as the princess, but they were inferior to her in terms of their clans’ foundation. In particular, they lacked experiences related to the other races.

Wu Hanning did not intend to keep it a secret. She explained, “The Birds aren’t known for their physical powers, but their soundwave attacks. It’s a powerful power that must be grasped by all flying creatures.” She looked meaningfully at Ou Yangming and asked, “Brother Ou, you’re planning to…”

“One mustn’t harm others, but one must be vigilant to not be harmed,” Ou Yangming stated softly. His eyes were hollow as he continued, “The goshawk acknowledged me as its master but at the end of the day, it’s not the bird king. It’ll be troublesome if we encounter a more formidable bird in the future and become enemies with it. However, if we can come up with a type of Soundwave-resistant Equipment, everything will be different.” The young ladies looked at each other and nodded. ‘That’s the real act of being far-sighted and well-prepared.’

Nevertheless, Wu Hanning commented after a moment of hesitation, “Brother Ou, according to what I know, there are indeed people that are immune to the Birds’ soundwave attacks, but it’s a gift that belongs to that person only. It doesn’t seem possible to replicate it on other pieces of equipment.”

Ou Yangming chuckled. “Your Highness, it’s just an idea that I have, so I’ll have to research and try if I can realize it.” He humbled himself, but deep down he was very confident about succeeding.

After all, the young fellow had smithed distinctive pieces of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment, so it would be possible for him to come up with others that carried gifted abilities.

The others looked at each other and stopped talking about this matter.

Since the goshawk acknowledged Ou Yangming as its master, it would become unloyal if it knew Ou Yangming was finding a way to guard against the Birds.

Ou Yangming looked at the ladies and smiled. “Now that I’m free, let me smith a suit for each of you. Your Highness, please request for some featured steel in this city because I’ll need them.” Wu Hanning was surprised. “Why would you need featured steel?”