Chapter 0347: At Eighteen That Year, a Pure Heart
Today's first update: Chapter 347!
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"How did you... do it?" Brother Hao stared at Xu Kun in a daze.
Xu Kun smiled: "Brother Hao, you saw it all, first this and that, then that and that, and then you did it!"
Brother Hao: ...
"Huh... It seems that we still underestimated you!" Brother Hao let out a sigh.
"Then did I pass this test?" Xu Kun asked with a smile.
"Of course!" Brother Hao nodded, thinking to himself: "If this is not considered a pass, then no one will be qualified to enter this Sword Pond Holy Land!"
"Keep going forward, someone will be waiting for you!"
After saying that, Brother Hao waved his broken cattail leaf fan, and the shed, stall, and casting table disappeared together!
It's amazing!
Xu Kun glanced at the depths of the mountain, and without hesitation, he continued to move forward!
It's not difficult for him to find the only D-level dagger from a group of E-level equipment!
It's also easy to repair a D-level dagger that is not damaged to a high degree!
After all, although his own casting technique is only E-level, after the addition of the star casting, he has a C-level casting skill!
This kind of dimensionality reduction repair work is not difficult at all!
So, Xu Kun added several times the difficulty to himself on top of the original difficulty!
Repairing alone is not enough, we have to make it advanced!
At this point, if Xu Kun still didn't understand that all the obstacles before were tests from the first master craftsman Ou Yezi, then he would be really stupid!
"I guess when I first entered the Sword Pond Holy Land, Senior Ou Yezi knew my movements and my identity!"
When Xu Kun came, he was riding on the Wind and Fire Wheel. This flying artifact that only two people in the human race have, and his identity can be identified with a little judgment!
Of course, Xu Kun couldn't expect to be recognized by everyone, so Lei Huan's actions at the beginning did not arouse Xu Kun's suspicion. He just thought that the other party didn't notice that he was riding on the Wind and Fire Wheel. In addition, the other party was a member of the Sword Pond Holy Land, and it was normal for him to look down on outsiders!
But if someone had noticed him a long time ago and knew his identity, the result would be completely different!
Lei Huan's style is also a test!
If I were a young man, relying on my own strength, and because I had previously crossed paths with the Yajiu and Ou Yezi masters, I would dare to fight and directly enter the mountain gate. This is intolerable for a respected casting predecessor!
Lei Huan is deliberately angering himself to see if he can endure what ordinary people cannot endure!
The most feared thing for a young man who succeeds is to be arrogant!
Fortunately, Xu Kun himself is not a reckless person, especially when he needs help from others, he will remain humble!
However, some aspects should be restrained, while some aspects must be publicized!
You have to know where you are now!
It is a rare casting holy land of the human race, and it is the dojo of a famous master!
Here, force is not useful, identity is not useful, only casting skills are the key to gaining respect!
Testing the character is a stepping stone, and the rest is the work in hand!
The first level seems simple, but even if Xu Kun does not have much experience in this area, he is not like Lei Huan, who knows the requirements of the first level of the Sword Pond Holy Land.
But combined with the situation when he just learned casting, he forged more than 90% pure iron, which made Wang Mengmeng and other blacksmiths exclaim, he understood!
Since the difficulty is set according to the level, 90% pure iron is definitely a level that ordinary people cannot accomplish!
The lower limit is there. The higher the difficulty of an exam, the higher the quality of talent required by the other party!
From that time, Xu Kun already understood!
Since I have to perform myself, I will perform well!
The minimum requirement is 90% purity, right?
Then I will go straight to 100% purity!
Similarly, the second level first tests the eyesight, and then the technology. The eyesight level cannot be pretended... No, it cannot reflect my ability, so I will make a fuss about the repair level!
So that the first god craftsman can see that I, Xu Kun, am the one you are waiting for!
With Xu Kun's actual C-level casting ability, while repairing the dagger, he also upgraded the quality of the dagger by two levels. In the end, the God's Blessing and the Son of Luck took effect, making the inferior D-level dagger jump three levels!
Little guy, I'll fascinate you, hum!
As Xu Kun guessed, his amazing move naturally made the First God Craftsman unable to sit still, and he changed the content of the next assessment for him!
But Xu Kun didn't know about their series of arrangements. While looking at the scenery, he walked towards the depths of the mountains!
After walking for a long time, he still didn't see the same assessor as Brother Hao, which made Xu Kun quite puzzled!
The speed of his feet couldn't help but speed up a bit. He shuttled along the mountain road. After a circle, Xu Kun had already seen the mountain gate built in the depths of the mountain!
There, it is the core area of the Sword Pond Holy Land!
Just when Xu Kun thought that he had convinced the first master craftsman with his actual actions and made him give up the rest of the assessment, a faint voice interrupted his action when the mountain gate opened.
"Stop!"
Xu Kun paused and looked at the place where the voice came from. A young man wearing a fur vest and with messy hair was looking at him with a deep expression!
"Are you the examiner of the third level assessment?"
The young man didn't say anything, but strode forward and stood not far from Xu Kun. From him, Xu Kun felt a deep hostility!
It was different from the condescending attitude shown by Lei Huan before. It was more like a kind of repulsion of the same sex after seeing his own kind!
While he was looking at Xu Kun, Xu Kun was also looking at him. Just like Lei Huan and Brother Hao before, this young man also had calluses on his hands and spots on his fur vest. This was the performance of years of immersion in casting. Wang Mengmeng from the blacksmith shop was like this!
After the young man looked at Xu Kun, he said in a cold voice: "My name is Chi, I am the master of Jianchi and the son of Moye!"
Xu Kun was startled and hurriedly bowed and said: "Brother Chi!"
"I am not your brother!" Unexpectedly, Chi said bluntly: "You don't need to get close to me!"
Xu Kun frowned, feeling a little confused.
Chi continued: "I came here for only one thing!"
"Please tell me!" Xu Kun said indifferently.
Since the other party is not polite, there is no need for him to stick to his cold butt.
"I will tell you with my actual actions that you are not qualified to be my grandfather's last disciple!"
Hearing this, Xu Kun laughed instead of getting angry: "Your words are too arbitrary!"
"Wu is not arbitrary. When you see my methods, you will know. Come with me!"
After speaking, Chi turned around and left. Xu Kun looked at his back and finally followed him silently!
Chi did not take Xu Kun into the gate of Jianchi Holy Land, but entered a forest nearby. After crossing the entire forest, they suddenly saw a wide and flat square. The only furnishings here, apart from a few small houses in the bamboo forest, were casting tables with red fires!
On the side, the mountain spring fell, and the casting tables were neatly stacked in order!
The owner of this place must be a person who loves casting!
Xu Kun judged in his heart.
"This is my personal foundry. If you want to enter my gate and worship my grandfather as your master, you have only one way to go!"
Chi, who was leading the way, stopped and said with undisguised arrogance: "That is to defeat me in casting. As long as you defeat me, Jianchi Holy Land will let you gallop!"
Comparing casting skills?
It seems that this is the final test of the master craftsman Ou Yezi for himself!
Compared with Chi's hostility, Xu Kun smiled like the breeze in the forest, nodded and said: "I am willing to learn your casting skills!"
"Haha!" Chi laughed sarcastically: "You don't know how to live or die, I hope you won't cry after losing the competition!"
"Is your casting skill based on your mouth?" Facing the sarcasm, Xu Kun said bluntly.
Whose son you are, I am not your father, there is no need to spoil you!
"You!" Sure enough, Chi, who was spoiled since childhood and was the center of attention, was furious when he heard Xu Kun's words!
But he quickly suppressed his anger, and the coldness in his eyes became even worse.
"Very good, I hope you will remember what you said later!"
After speaking, Chi tore off the animal skin vest on his upper body, revealing his bronze skin, and formally clasped his fists towards Xu Kun and said: "Chi, now 28 years old, level 28, level 8, B-level casting master, please teach me!"
Xu Kun's pupils shrank slightly!
28-year-old B-class foundry master!
Chi is indeed a master craftsman, the son of the foundry master Moye. He has the capital to be proud of being able to reach such a casting level at this age!
Xu Kun also clasped his fists and replied according to the etiquette of the foundry industry: "Xu Kun, I am now 18 years old, level 10, level C foundry master, please teach me!"
Now, it was Chi's turn to be stunned!
18 years old? C-class foundry master?
Although Chi is unruly and acts wildly, in simple terms, he is a second-generation foundry with no emotional intelligence and a deep background!
But apart from his character flaws, his love for foundry can indeed be called crazy!
His enthusiasm for foundry is comparable to the nerds recorded in ancient books who are deaf to the outside world and only read the books of sages!
In addition to the leveling in the Haotian Tower, the rest of his free time is left to his own foundry. Compared with external things, he is more concerned about whether his foundry skills can be improved today!
He has a sincere and holy heart in casting!
Therefore, Chi's understanding of Xu Kun is still superficial!
He knows Xu Kun's identity, and he also knows that his grandfather intends to accept him as a closed disciple. Xu Kun's previous various prompts that spread throughout the Ten Thousand Races were heard by Chi, who was focused on casting!
But he was not interested in all this. In his impression, Xu Kun was simply a younger generation who performed well in combat and made contributions to the human race, that's all!
But this does not mean that Xu Kun can gain his respect in casting. Therefore, Chi does not think that Xu Kun's identity in other aspects can make his grandfather make an exception and accept him as a closed disciple!
But now, after hearing Xu Kun report his casting skills according to the rules, he really looked up to Xu Kun!
At eighteen that year, he was just a complacent young man who had completed the first casting and independently made F-level equipment!
But the young man in front of him, who was ten years younger than him, had already mastered the C-level casting technique!
Chi was stunned in place, and in the dense forest around him, after hearing Xu Kun's words, there was also a rustling sound.
Xu Kun looked over and saw that there were crowds of people in the dense forest, looking over here curiously, among them were Lei Huan and Brother Hao!
The competition between genius casters, how could they who love casting be willing to miss it!
There was an embarrassed red on Chi's bronze face, and his momentum was inevitably weakened a bit!
Especially the whispers of the brothers around him about Xu Kun, which made him feel a sense of crisis!
"Humph!" Chi snorted coldly, and then a deep yellow flame appeared on his palm.
"This is the flame I master, SS-level lower grade, Xuanhuangyan!"
