Chapter 60: The Selection Contest (2/2)

Is that Wang She?

Junior Leopard did not know Wang She. However, from looking at the Wang She's appearance, he seemed to be too young.

He was a youth, about 17 or 18 years old, with an evil smile, which made people feel at ease.

”He's also a Level Eight expert?!” Junior Leopard thought of Xue Wuya who was killed by him. For some reason, a smile crept onto his face. Just when he was feeling smug with himself, he suddenly felt a chill. A streak of substantial line of sight was glued on his face.

Wang She?

Under the escort of the Wu's patriarch and the First Elder, Wang She turned and fixed his eyes on Junior Leopard. Junior Leopard happened to meet his sight.

Now, Junior Leopard had excellent eyesight. Although he did not open the Fiery Eyes, on this sunny day, full of flowers and grass, anything within a hundred meters away from him was unlikely to escape his eyes.

Huge as the arena was, it felt like only a few dozen feet. Junior Leopard could see Wang She's actions clearly. The sudden attention from Wang She was so weird. He smiled towards Junior Leopard and even gave a negligible nod, as if he had recognized Junior Leopard before this.

Junior Leopard was suddenly frozen. A stream of gloomy Qi rushed into his brain from his Dantian. Fixing his eyes, he found that Wang She and the two escorts had stepped onto the high stage and sat down.

After a series of rituals, the Selection Contest formally began.

The first step of the Selection Contest was the Wu's root: Weapon forgery.

A total of 572 of the Wu's disciples, from various regions of Great Jin, participated in the Selection Contest. In the arena there were 900 stone stoves.

Those who came for the Selection Contest included youth who were over 10 years old and seniors who were already 30 something. There were the tall and the short contestants. However, seniors formed the majority, those who were 17-18 years old had already grown up. There were only two people who looked like Junior Leopard, only 10 years old.

Those two people, should be the youngest in this year's Selection Contest!

On the platform, Wu Yansheng pointed at Junior Leopard and the other young contestant and said, ”It's so unexpected that such young disciples should attend the Selection Contest this year. I wonder how their abilities are!”

”I'm afraid they're just here to please the crowd!” The Elder beside Wu Yansheng said sarcastically, ”It's difficult for a ten-year-old child to forge a good weapon, talented as they are. In regards to refining a weapon, talent alone is also unlikely to refine a decent weapon anyhow!”

”Right, right, these guys are just eager for quick success and instant benefits!” other Elders echoed. They clearly knew what Wu Yansheng was thinking about.

For the Wu's, the Selection Contest was not the most important. The most important thing to them was that their second son would become Wang She's apprentice. The Selection Contest was held once every few years while the opportunity to become Wang She's apprentice was rare. Although Wu Yansheng was very confident that Wang She would receive his second son as an apprentice, he still feared that there would appear to be a talent more potent than his son. Then, he would be embarrassed.

Hence, the sight of the two children in the arena was irritating for Wu Yansheng.

At this, Wang She only smiled. He clearly knew what the Elders on the stage were thinking about, but he didn't care. He was thinking about how he could receive Junior Leopard as a disciple. As for the Wu's Second Young Master, he was just part of the trading price indeed. Even if he really was a talent, did it matter?

There were many talents, one more or one less wouldn't make any difference to him. However, talent endowed with the magic bloodline, such as Junior Leopard, was nearly extinct. He would seldom encounter a talent like this in the future.

However, was the present a good opportunity?

While Wang She pondered, the Selection Contest began, with 572 stone stoves firing. The test of the Selection Contest was very simple. It ruled that, within six hours, you needed to forge a weapon that you were satisfied with. Everybody had the same materials and conditions to work with. Therefore, everybody would show their full strength.