Chapter 268 Ask For The Appraiser
As Ou Yangming looked at the candidates on the stage, he finally had a rough understanding of the average standard of blacksmiths in the capital.
Over here, there was definitely a low proportion of Advanced Blacksmiths, and being an Interdiate Blacksmith was considered to be pretty good. Nonetheless, the smithing standard here certainly surpassed the standard in the Imnse Forest Military Camp.
Although Old Craftsman could smith pieces of Fine Grade equipnt too and had the specialty of layering Unique Attributes, he was at most an Advanced Blacksmith. Moreover, his hands, legs, and eyes slowly beca uncoordinated as he aged. It was not obvious when the old man smithed pieces of low-grade equipnt, but he would make obvious mistakes when he smithed pieces of high-grade equipnt.
Needless to say, after his life was prolonged through the Life-prolonging Golden Pill, and after he achieved the integration of Heaven and man in smithing art, everything changed drastically.
If Old Craftsman ca to the capital to take the Blacksmith Assessnt, based on the integration of Heaven and man only, he could earn the Superior title.
Nonetheless, apart from the old man, the other people could only manage the Interdiate title even if they were at their peak.
One had to smith a full set of Fine Grade equipnt and successfully attach a Unique Attribute in an hour.
Nobody in the whole Imnse Forest Military Camp could do it.
“Those who aren’t qualified may leave now,” Jin Shengjie uttered in front of the ten over blacksmiths in the venue, then he added after a pause, “Keep working hard and strive to succeed on your next try.”
With that, three blacksmiths who did not complete the task bowed at the blacksmith master embarrassedly and left with their heads lowered.
Nevertheless, nobody present dared to ridicule them.
This was because only top-notch Interdiate Blacksmiths had the guts to participate in the Advanced Blacksmith Assessnt. They were the real backbone of the capital, such that even powerful forces were not willing to offend them for trivial matters.
Jin Shengjie reached out for a longsword on one of the casting tables.
The Advanced Assessnt required the candidates to smith a full equipnt set, but the weapon was not fixed.
Ou Yangming could smith a military saber, and it was also fine that this candidate smithed a longsword.
Jin Shengjie inspected the longsword in his hands. As the candidate watched him anxiously, he announced with a smile, “Fine Grade Rank One; it’s up to standard.”
The candidate was thrilled. He nodded hard and looked more eager.
Following that, Jin Shengjie continued to check the other pieces of equipnt. He occasionally hesitated throughout the process, but it was overall a smooth process. Once the last piece of equipnt was appraised, Jin Shengjie announced that the candidate earned the Advanced title.
The candidate cupped his hands in excitent, then he bowed at Jin Shengjie and the two other blacksmith masters with respect. “Thank you, masters.”
Jin Shengjie grinned without saying a word, whereas Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan congratulated the person with smiles. They were extrely friendly and far more fervent than they were before the assessnt.
The other people nearby looked at the successful candidate enviously.
Before the assessnt, the candidate was only an Interdiate Blacksmith. Only an hour had passed, but he suddenly beca on par with Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan.
Of course, there was still a certain disparity between the candidate and the two blacksmith masters in terms of actual ability, but there was no essential difference.
After a brief mont, Jin Shengjie and the other people arrived at another casting table. The blacksmith had completed every piece of equipnt, but he looked stiff when the examiners approached him.
Jin Shengjie comforted the candidate with a smile before he began to review the equipnt set.
The first, the second, and the third equipnt passed without an issue. It was only when Jin Shengjie checked the armor he sighed and remarked, “You’re still lacking, so go back and work harder.”
Even though the candidate looked upset, he dared not complain at all. He lowered his head and responded, “Yes, I’ll surely work hard.”
Jin Shengjie was friendly throughout the examination, but he was just and stern at this mont. As long as one of the pieces of equipnt was not qualified, it was not going to escape from his check.
Before long, other than Ou Yangming, the equipnt sets that were smithed by the other people were already checked.
Even so, only two of them were qualified to be Advanced Blacksmiths.
Not to ntion the candidates that were involved, even Ou Yangming and the spectators had the jitters, and they felt sorry for them.
Two of the blacksmiths even smithed pieces of Fine Grade Rank Three equipnt, but one of the pieces of equipnt was not in Fine Grade, hence Jin Shengjie denied them without any hesitation.
Ou Yangming spent most of his ti on the high platform because he smithed too fast.
When he was conversing with the other people, half of the ti he was paying attention to the assessnt.
Therefore, he knew very well that the candidates were not disqualified because they were lacking in smithing technique, but because of their Military Fires.
They wasted too much power in lting the featured steel with their Military Fires, causing them to lack energy during the smithing process.
If that was not the case, judging from their abilities, they could not have smithed sothing that was not up to standard if they were fully focused.
They would certainly pass the assessnt if the requirent for an Advanced Blacksmith was to smith only a piece of Fine Grade equipnt.
However, due to the ti constraint and the precondition where a full equipnt set had to be smithed, the candidates had little chance to beco Advanced Blacksmiths.
From Ou Yangming’s point of view, their potential seed to have been fully uncovered. Unless they had strange encounters, which would help them to burst out again, or unless they had nature-defying luck during the assessnt, it would be tough for them to complete the task.
Cino
Out of the ten over Interdiate Blacksmiths who joined the assessnt, only two of them beca Advanced Blacksmiths in the end. The elimination rate was cruel, but on another level, it highlighted an Advanced Blacksmith’s status and rank.
At last, Jin Shengjie approached Ou Yangming while being escorted by the two other blacksmith masters.
An equipnt set was laid out on the casting table. Ou Yangming was the first person who finished the assessnt, but he was the last person to be assessed.
Jin Shengjie looked deeply at Ou Yangming. He smiled and asked calmly, “Lil’ Friend Ou, are you going to surprise this ti too?” Ou Yangming grinned. “Maybe. Please, Master Jin.”
“Good fella, you’re confident!” Jin Shengjie laughed out loud and picked out a pair of arm guards.
On the high platform and around the center of the square, everyone fixed their gaze on Jin Shengjie’s face. Everyone knew that he would not practice favoritism in such an important event. Regardless of his expectations for Ou Yangming, if the pieces of equipnt were not up to standard, he would deny the young fella of the title without any hesitation.
What exactly was Ou Yangming’s quality then?
As the crowd stared at Jin Shengjie, they seed to be breathing much lighter.
They finally noticed a strange look on Jin Shengjie, who furrowed his eyebrows and looked up at Ou Yangming in confusion.
Most of the people on the high platform were itching to know what was going on, so they cursed, ‘What is it? Quickly show a firm expression!
our strange look can’t be perceived at all.’
Jin Shengjie sighed after so ti.
Hu Yicheng and his son exchanged glances right away and thought, ‘Oh no, it looks like he didn’t pass!’
Despite that, Jin Shengjie did not announce the result. He handed the arm guards to Yi Yucheng and said, “You should take a look at them too.”
Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan were already impatient, but while the three of them were the examiners, they dared not overstep the boundary in front of Jin Shengjie. At the very least, before Jin Shengjie expressed anything, they would not give biased opinions.
Thus, although they could not wait to take a look at the pieces of equipnt, they waited for Jin Shengjie’s instruction before they took an arm guard each and assessed them.
“Hey, th-this...” Yi Yucheng’s face changed, and he looked up abruptly at Feng Guangyuan.
Feng Guangyuan did not react any better. He was in disbelief after he studied the arm guard in his hands closely.
“Though I don’t believe it, my experience won’t lie to ...” Feng Guangyuan smiled bitterly at Yi Yucheng, then he suggested after a mont of hesitation, “Master Jin, Brother Jin, I suggest that we allow appraisal art to be used once!”
The crowd clamored. ‘Did we hear him right? Do they actually want to use appraisal art on that equipnt?
‘Could it be that the equipnt is between Fine Grade and High Grade Rank Five, so the three of them can’t pinpoint its equivalent rank?
“Judging from their expressions, it looks like that’s the case.’
Jin Shengjie pondered for a while and said, “Let’s look at the other pieces of equipnt first.”
He conveniently picked up the helt but looked strange again after he scanned it for a short while.
Subsequently, he picked up the armor, the greaves, as well as the military saber, then he put them down. Each ti he checked a piece of equipnt, the look on his face beca more complicated. Yi Yucheng and Feng Guangyuan followed suit by examining the pieces of equipnt but kept the crowd guessing as they did not say a word even when the crowd was terribly curious and anxious.
If it was not because of Jin Shengjie’s status and reputation, soone would have reproached the examiners long ago.
At long last, Jin Shengjie shook his head and ordered with a bitter smile, “Guangyuan, ask for the appraiser!”
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