Chapter 0344: Mountain Gate Assessment, Praise from the Master Craftsman
Today’s second update: Chapter 344!
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"Please!" The young man closed his folding fan and waved his sleeves to signal Xu Kun to enter!
Xu Kun's expression did not change. Qian Manlou originally told him that he could meet the master craftsman Ou Yezi when he arrived at the Holy Land of Sword Pool. Apparently Qian Manlou miscalculated!
I encountered very unfriendly treatment!
However, although the situation has changed, since Jianchi Holy Land has rules for foreign visitors, then just do as the Romans do and act according to his rules!
Ou Yezi, I'm determined to meet you today!
I followed the young man up the stairs, and after wandering around in the mountains for a long time, the young man stopped!
During this period, Xu Kun sent a message to Yang Yao, telling him that he might have to delay some time!
"Let's stop here. Whether you can meet your master and ancestor next depends on your own destiny!"
"The master has set a rule that outsiders must not enter the Sword Pond Holy Land!"
"Which three are not included?" Xu Kun asked curiously.
"First of all, don't let in unless you are your elders, old friends, or disciples!"
In other words, people who have friendship with Ganjiang Shenjiang can enter and leave the Sword Pool Holy Land at will!
As I said before, the status of divine craftsmen is seen throughout the entire human race, and at least those at the emperor level or above are required to match it. And this is only for those entry-level divine craftsmen, and like Ou Yezi, the number one god in the human race. Craftsman, even a saint-level expert must hold the junior ceremony in front of him!
However, the Holy Land of Jianchi is the dojo of his son-in-law, the master craftsman, and without any friendship, the saint-level expert can still be regarded as an elder!
"The second thing you won't get in is if you invite me!"
"You said that you had something to ask for to see my master, but my master and master didn't say that anyone would visit today, so you are one of the second most unlucky ones!"
Those who are not old friends but are invited by the divine craftsman naturally refer to those who, after reaching a deal with the divine craftsman, enter the Holy Land of Sword Pond to ask the master craftsman to forge equipment for them!
Such people who ask for something and have the permission of the master of the sword pool will ask the disciples to guide them. In this way, Xu Kun is indeed not qualified to enter!
"And this third exclusion is a rule set for people like you. Non-casting wizards are not allowed to enter!"
After the young man finished speaking, he waved his folding fan again and said: "These three inadmissibility are also the three major requirements for entering the mountain gate of my Sword Pond Holy Land!"
"You don't meet the first two requirements, and I don't care what your intentions are. If you want to get in, it's fine. Then prove your casting talent!"
"Those who can pass the mountain gate assessment will be allowed to enter. Of course, if you perform well, you may even be lucky enough to attend my master's sermon. As for whether you want to see the master, that is not my decision!"
Xu Kun nodded: "How to prove it?"
"I don't have the final say. You just need to move forward. Everyone and everything you encounter will be the test you will accept next!"
After the young man finished speaking, before Xu Kun could ask any questions, his body slowly disappeared on the spot. In less than three seconds, the energy machine disappeared without a trace!
Xu Kun's eyes narrowed and he began to look at the surrounding environment that looked like ordinary mountains!
The Shenjiang Dojo is indeed extraordinary. All kinds of strange formations are set up around it without being able to detect it!
The next moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"It seems that I am not the one who misunderstood Brother Qian, but Senior Ou Yezi did it deliberately!"
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Deep in the Sword Pool Holy Land, the young man who had just disappeared in front of Xu Kun appeared, his face full of helplessness.
He raised his eyes and looked at the two people surrounding a casting furnace, then cupped his hands and said, "Master, Master, I have been taken to the assessment location!"
The middle-aged man among the two turned his head and smiled: "Lei Huan, you did a good job!"
(Lei Huan, according to records, was the man who dug up the earth and found capable generals and Moxie~)
The young man Lei Huan received the praise, but he was not at all happy. He said with a bitter face: "Master, can you please stop letting me do such offending work next time?"
The middle-aged burly man's smile never diminished: "I see that you have been performing very well just now, and you are like a second-generation ancestor with an eye above his head. It seems that your master is right to send you to pick him up!"
"But that's Kun... the master intends to accept him as a closed disciple. He may be my uncle in the future. I will offend him now, and he won't be able to wear small shoes for me in the future?"
"Don't worry, the person your master likes is not so narrow-minded!"
"Then can we discuss it and send my junior brother to do this kind of job next time?" After Lei Huan finished speaking, he carefully looked at his master's face!
"Your little junior brother..." Hearing this, the general shook his head slightly: "I am spoiled by your junior wife, so I just take this opportunity to beat him!"
"Come on, let's see how your future junior uncle performs this time!" Ganjiang invited.
Lei Huan nodded and hurriedly walked up the steps. He first saluted the old man sitting on the floor, then sat behind the general and looked at the fire.
The picture reflected on the fire at this moment is Xu Kun who entered the mountain alone!
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After Xu Kun waited for Lei Huan to leave, he didn't walk long on the mountain road when a mirror suddenly appeared in the void blocking his way!
On the mirror, rays of light shone and enveloped his whole body. Before Xu Kun could react, the rays of light gathered in the air and condensed into several large characters.
Level: Level 10, First Level Assessment: Forging Iron!
In front of Xu Kun, a casting table with a blazing fire appeared, with all the tools in place. In the furnace, there was a piece of pig iron burning hot!
The mirror floating in the air continued to reflect a few big words: Forge fine iron with a purity of more than 90%!
Hearing this, Xu Kun smiled slightly, walked forward, and used a clamp to pick up the pig iron that had been burned red.
After placing it on the casting table, he picked up the ordinary casting hammer beside him and struck it without any hesitation!
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Deep in the holy land, in front of the furnace fire, Lei Huan was slightly lost in thought as he looked at the assessment content, wondering: "Master, when did the assessment requirements of my Sword Pond Holy Land become so difficult? He is only level 10, rank 1!"
Gan Jiang said indifferently: "Is it difficult?"
Lei Huan said unconvinced: "Of course it is difficult. If he is a general, 90% purity is acceptable, but he is only level 10, rank 1. Even if he has learned the casting technique, he has no time to cultivate it. 90% purity of refined iron is simply a fantasy!"
"Then read on. This assessment content was set by your master!"
Hearing Gan Jiang's words, Lei Huan carefully glanced at the calm Ou Yezi, and was amazed!
The assessment of the Sword Pond Holy Land is not just for Xu Kun. In fact, many people enter the Sword Pond Holy Land every year to participate in the mountain gate assessment!
In order to be able to worship under Gan Jiang and become his disciple!
However, just like Lei Huan, those who can achieve some success in casting must be at least at the level of a general. It is difficult to forge qualified materials below the level of a general. The reason is that the strength is not enough and the learning time in forging is insufficient!
Lei Huan still remembers that after he reached the level of a general, he taught himself and mastered the E-level forging technique before trying to enter the Sword Pond Holy Land to participate in the assessment!
For his level, the lower limit of the difficulty of this first level is to forge fine iron with a purity of more than 85%!
Of course, this is only the lower limit. Including the subsequent assessments, if you pass the level with a passing line, although you can enter the Sword Pond Holy Land, you cannot become Gan Jiang's disciple. At most, you can listen to Gan Jiang's explanation of casting techniques to his disciples for a period of time, and watch Gan Jiang and his disciples casting in person!
However, even so, many foundry masters still flock to it. After all, being able to watch a master craftsman and his disciples casting is also very beneficial. After leaving the Sword Pond Holy Land, these people will also call themselves the registered disciples of the master craftsman Gan Jiang. As long as they study hard in the future, they can also become a qualified foundry master!
Lei Huan was able to become Gan Jiang's disciple. At the first level, he forged a good result of 93% purity of fine iron!
But in the final analysis, the level difference is there. Although Lei Huan knows Xu Kun's identity, he still doubts whether he can forge fine iron with a purity of more than 90%!
"It seems that the master really wants to accept a disciple this time, otherwise he would not set such a high difficulty, and I don't know if there will be any changes in the next few levels!"
Compared with becoming a disciple of Gan Jiang, Ou Yezi's status as the first master craftsman of the human race is there. In casting, how many people are trying their best to become his disciples, and even just want to observe his casting skills but can't get the door!
There is a saying in the casting industry that the disciples accepted by the master craftsman Ou Yezi will become master craftsmen!
What a tempting word! Even Lei Huan, who has become Gan Jiang's proud student, still respects his master. If he can get his guidance, his casting skills will surely advance by leaps and bounds!
Unfortunately, Master Ou Yezi has long stopped accepting apprentices. Even countless younger generations who claim to be talented in casting have no place to become his apprentices!
So, Kun, who can make the master change the difficulty of the assessment, really makes the master love talents!
After all, only geniuses are qualified to challenge high difficulty!
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After seeing the assessment requirements, Xu Kun was calm in his heart. He picked up the casting hammer and began to beat the pig iron in front of him seriously according to the force-generating techniques taught by Wang Mengmeng!
The pig iron that was burned red under his casting hammer kept rolling and sparks flew!
With every hammer, you can clearly see the pig iron deforming!
If you observe carefully, you will find that each of Xu Kun's hammers not only has equal force, but also has evenly distributed angles. If it is placed on an ordinary person, it is impossible to achieve this step without several years of immersion!
Dang!
When the last hammer fell, the red pig iron had changed color. Xu Kun picked it up with a clamp and quenched it in a water tank beside him!
Zizizizi!
Waves of water mist floated on the water surface, and the quenched fine iron was clamped out by Xu Kun. Under the sunlight shining through the woods, the whole piece of fine iron was integrated, as if it had transcended its original grade!
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In front of the furnace, Lei Huan was still waiting for Xu Kun's forging results. The old man who had not spoken suddenly smiled: "Very good, it is indeed an excellent seedling!"
Lei Huan's pupils shook violently!
The old man's faint words made him feel like he was struck by lightning!
He still remembered that his master had cast a medium-grade artifact in front of him. When he asked him to taste it, he only got a "not bad" answer!
But it was these three words that made this master, the famous master craftsman of the human race, happy for three whole days!
Afterwards, Lei Huan asked curiously, and Gan Jiang told him that his master rarely praised people in his life. As the chief disciple, the best compliment he received was when he and Moye and his wife worked together to forge the artifacts Gan Jiang and Moye, and Ou Yezi nodded with a smile and said: Not bad!
It can be seen how difficult it is to get Ou Yezi's verbal praise!
And now... just a junior, forging a piece of the lowest-level pig iron, can make the old man laugh and praise?
Is there really any essential difference between people?
Lei Huan didn't believe it. No matter how a piece of pig iron was forged, could it be forged into a flower?
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The mirror responsible for the first level of the assessment turned to the fine iron clamped by Xu Kun with a clamp, and soon gave the answer!
100% pure fine iron, passed the assessment!
Swoosh!
Lei Huan couldn't help but stand up, looking at Xu Kun who was calm in the furnace picture with a burning gaze!
100% pure refined iron?
This is the purity in the legend!
It can be said that few people have done it!
This does not mean that no one can do it!
But pig iron is the lowest level and the most common metal for making E-level and F-level equipment. Only beginners of casting will often forge this metal!
Once you master more advanced casting techniques, it is naturally impossible to go back and forge this kind of metal with little value!
Thus forming a convention, when it is necessary to cast pig iron, basically no one can reach 100% purity, and when it reaches the point where pig iron can be forged to 100%, no one will forge it!
This makes 100% pure refined iron a legend in the casting industry!
This is a legendary thing that only talented people in casting should have!
It is reasonable for a general-level warrior to forge 100% pure refined iron, but for a rookie-level caster like Xu Kun, who is at level 10, level 1 and has not learned casting for a long time, it is simply a fantasy!
Lei Huanke still remembers that when he was still forging pig iron, his best result was 98% purity!
A slight difference can lead to a huge mistake. The difference of 2% purity will make the future achievements of the two people incomparable, not to mention that one was already a general level and the other was just entering the tenth level!
Some people's best score is 98 points, while some people get 100 points, because the highest score is only 100 points!
