Chapter 415 - The First Assessment (2/2)

At this point, Grandmaster Xiqin could not help but turn towards at Lu Tianzi.

”What now, brat? Still feeling as confident as before?” Grandmaster Xiqin asked with a smirk.

Lu Tianzi currently had his eyes closed.

Despite hearing Grandmaster Xiqin's taunt, he remained unmoved, not bothering to even look over for a brief moment.

Now that he was done with his inscription, Lu Tianzi had wasted no time before entering a state of light meditation. He simply could not wait to start assimilating all the gains he had from observing everyone's inscription techniques earlier.

When stacked against such a matter, not to mention Grandmaster Xiqin's taunt, even the result of the Inscription Meet itself suddenly seemed all so petty in comparison!

Faced with such an indifferent attitude from Lu Tianzi, Grandmaster Xiqin was not angered at all. On the contrary, the smirk on his face only grew wider.

Very good, stay c.o.c.ky for as long as you can.

That will only make it better when you are finally forced to realise just how inferior you are in comparison!

In his head, Grandmaster Xiqin could already picture the look of despair and disappointment that would be showing on Lu Tianzi's face soon enough.

No, not just Lu Tianzi.

When the results are released, be it Xuan Wen, Sect Master Xuan Yongheng, and even the numerous inscription masters all over the world, all of them would have no choice but to acknowledge his abilities!

Come to think about it, he might even have to thank Lu Tianzi for recklessly accepting his challenge. That was the sole reason why things had escalated into such a grand event, giving him the perfect avenue to show off his skills!

”First submission is by Inscription Master Liheng of the Grand Pastures Mountain,” Xuan Ziying read off a note that was passed to her by one of her juniors. ”Judges, please begin your assessment.”

The first judge to receive the dagger was the Iron First Overlord.

This was the very first assessment of the Inscription Meet, so all eyes fell on him as both the audience and the participants waited in anticipation for his comments.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, the Iron Fist Overlord slowly moved his hand over to place it on the dagger.

He picked it up and, without saying a single word, slowly moved it to his left to place it on the table right in front of where Grandmaster Dongkuang was seated. That was when he slowly retracted his hand and placed it back on his l.a.p.

The arena fell silent for a moment.

”Eh? Is he not going to assess it?” someone finally voiced out in curiosity.

”What's going on?”

”Did the Iron Fist Overlord just pass on his turn?”

A slight commotion started among the audience as everyone began to discuss about the strange scene that had just unfolded before them.

Of course, nobody dared to comment too harshly since this was the Deputy Sect Master of the Timeless Flame Sect they were talking about.

Grandmaster Dongkuang who was seated beside the Iron Fist Overlord was rather surprised as well, but he did not lose his cool.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Grandmaster Dongkuang picked up the dagger that had been placed in front of him.

Unlike the Iron Fist Overlord before him, Grandmaster Dongkuang carefully scrutinised the dagger at different angles, his hand tracing every contour of the weapon.

Grandmaster Dongkuang's reputation as a genius appraiser did not come from nowhere.

Many people assumed that his ability to obtain such accurate results with his appraisals was solely because of his talent, but that was only part of the reason why. On top of that, he was also extremely careful with each of his appraisals.

Every time he was tasked to do an appraisal, he would really examine the item down to the most minute details. Only when he was sufficiently sure of his conclusion would he put down the item in hand.

But this time, after just a minute or so, a meaningful smile appeared on his youthful face as he placed the dagger back down onto the table.

”Good attempt,” Grandmaster Dongkuang said while pushing the dagger over to in front of where Grandmaster Xilong was seated.

This time, the audience was similarly baffled.

Good attempt?

That's it?

The audience could not help but feel disappointed, especially since they had been eagerly anticipating the comments from the judges.

Then again, there was at least some sort of evaluation from him, unlike the Iron Fist Overlord who did not seem to have even the slightest bit of interest in the dagger.

Next, Grandmaster Xilong picked up the dagger with his burly hands.

He closed his eyes to feel the dagger with his perception, and a frown immediately appeared on his face.

Grandmaster Xilong opened his eyes and carelessly tossed the dagger onto the table with a snort. ”Good attempt? Grandmaster Dongkuang sure is kind with your words. If I really have to comment on the inscription placed on this dagger, then the only word I have is this – trash!”

Grandmaster Xilong did not control his volume at all.

Hearing his words, the audience immediately broke out into a huge commotion. Those were extremely harsh words, but this was the kind of drama that most people loved to see.

After all, it wouldn't be interesting if every participant performed well.

There had to be foil like this in order to show the greatness of the true talents!

On the other hand, some among them, especially those who were supporting Inscription Master Liheng, were furious at what he said.

No, even more so than those supporting Liheng, there was someone who was filled with absolute rage right now.

From among the participants, Liheng himself clenched his fists and stepped forward.

”How can you say that with just a feel? From what I see, you simply have no idea how good my inscription truly is!” Liheng shouted in indignation. ”Are you even capable of anything better than this?!”