208 Believe in Me! (2/2)

Jealousy stabbed his heart.

Tang Wulin soon returned with a nearly identical piece of heavy silver. Hesmiled at Mu Xi, showing off his pearly whites, before heading to the forgingtables.

Mu Xi had no choice but to follow him. Her previous anxiety was now replacedwith calm and curiosity.Just what is Tang Wulin up to? Why did he tell me topick heavy silver? And why did he choose it as well?

Tang Wulin placed the heavy silver onto the forging table, before calciningit. This was the required basic preparatory process.

Not everyone chose the highest quality metal they could. The higher themetal’s grade, the harder it would be to forge, thus awarding more points inits success. This encouraged competitors to balance the metal’s difficulty withtheir proficiency in refining it..Therefore, no one thought much of Tang Wulinand Mu Xi picking heavy silver.

Mu Xi echoed Tang Wulin’s actions and began calcining the heavy silver. Amoment later, she whispered to Tang Wulin, “So just what’s your plan, Wulin?”

Tang Wulin’s whispered response could barely be heard. “Senior disciplesister, when the competition begins, just follow my rhythm. We’ll forgetogether. Heavy silver is the steadiest and sturdiest of the mid-grade metals.We’ll forge in sync and you can just follow along, understanding it as you go.As long as you follow my rhythm, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Mu Xi didn’t understand completely. What does he mean by ‘follow’ him?

“The second round of the Skysea Alliance Tournament’s blacksmith’s competitionis about to begin. Please finish your preparations, competitors. Only thirtypercent of the initial participants remain. I hope you all treasure thisopportunity and display all of your forging ability,” The official in charge ofthe competition declared.

Passing the first round would guarantee entrance to the second and thirdrounds. The final rankings would be decided by the sum of those scores.

With rapt attention, the participants stared at their forging table.

The foundation of every blacksmith’s skills was an unrelenting focus. Thosewho had passed the first round demonstrated a satisfactory level of this.

Tang Wulin was no exception. His concentration could not be broken and heforged as if he were in his own world. As Mu Xi watched him, she felt that TangWulin’s breathing and mental state existed in its own rhythm, like the personalbeat of one’s heart. It was as if his entire being melded with the forgingtable, blurring the lines between the two.

Sure enough, there’s no way someone father recognizes as a genius is anordinary person!Mu Xi exclaimed in her thoughts. She could feel Tang Wulin’ssheer talent for forging, crashing into her like a tidal wave. The source ofhis talent wasn’t something as simple as possessing innate divine strength.

“Ten, nine, eight…”

The countdown began.

“Three, two, one, begin!”

In one full sweep, blazing scarlet chunks of metal rose to the surface of allof the blacksmiths’ forging tables, signaling the start of the second round.

Atop the stage, numerous officials swept their gaze over the myriad of tables.At the same time, the white-haired old man at the center singled out Tang Wulinfrom the crowd.

“Is that the brat from yesterday?” The old man pointed at Tang Wulin.