Soon — —
"Reporting to Clan Leader, Lin Yumo entered the Apprentice Square as an assistant instructor." The Lin Family disciple knelt on one knee and cupped his hands.
"What?!" Lin Zhen and Lin Yan were both startled.
"Why did this little girl go to the Apprentice Square?" Lin Yan asked in surprise.
Lin Zhen's eyes flashed and his expression changed slightly. He fell into deep thought as if he was thinking about something.
"Apprentice Square?" Yan Qing frowned slightly, "Is it the place where I drew the Hell Fire Inscription Formation?"
"Yes." Lin Zhen nodded and said seriously, "Today is the start of the one year training for Apprentice Blacksmiths. Once the Hell Fire Inscription Formation is stopped, it can't be reactivated in a short period of time. This … is a bit difficult."
Lin Yan looked at Lin Zhen and wanted to say something, but he held back.
"Oh …" Yan Qing's little braids moved slightly and she seemed to be hesitating.
After a long while, he finally nodded his head. "Alright then, I'm not in a hurry anyway. I'll visit again in a year. I hope that Clan Leader and Old Yan will take care of this matter. There's no need to send me off." After he finished speaking, a trace of disappointment flashed across Yan Qing's face as he led his two disciples away.
Only when Yan Qing's figure completely disappeared did Lin Zhen's expression slowly relax.
"Clan Leader, you …" Lin Yan asked hesitantly.
"Let's wait." Lin Zhen nodded, "Yumo is very smart. Maybe …"
"This time, she will give us a surprise."
Lin Yan was deep in thought, but he was a little absent-minded.
"Oh right, Old Yan, help me check the name list of all the Apprentice Blacksmiths who entered the Apprentice Square this time." Lin Zhen's eyes flashed as he ordered. However, Lin Yan didn't respond at all. His eyebrows raised and eyes lowered as he fell into deep thought.
"Old Yan, Old Yan?" Lin Zhen called out in confusion.
"There's no need to investigate, Patriarch." Lin Yan's expression slowly turned solemn. "Among the apprentices this time, there is indeed someone called 'Lin Feng'."
Lin Yan finally remembered.
During the test, he had seen Lin Feng with his own eyes.
"Oh? Sure enough, it's like that … "Lin Zhen nodded thoughtfully. Then, he suddenly burst into laughter." A flower planted with the intention never blooms, but an unintentional willow grows. I didn't expect that we just wanted to train some middle and low-level refiners, but a new star of the top inscription master sneaked in. It's interesting. "
"But there's something very strange. With his test score, there's no reason for him to enter the Apprentice Workshop," Lin Yan said, puzzled.
Lin Zhen smiled indifferently. "Why don't you call Ah Zhong over and ask him?"
Lin Yan hummed softly and nodded.
…
In the apprentice square.
After a brief opening, Lin Lengmo quickly got to the main topic.
"The foundation is very important."
"Every refiner family pays the most attention to the foundation."
"It's like building a building. If the foundation is not stable, the future achievements will be limited."
Lin Lengmo looked around at the crowd with a calm expression. "Do you know why the Pang family, Lin clan, and Meng clan can stand tall in Shiluo County and have always been in the top three refiner families? What do you rely on?"
"I know!" A bald man's eyes shone as he said, "It's because of their unique secret skills."
"And their family bloodline and talent," a woman in white replied.
Lin Lengmo nodded.
"This is one of the factors."
"Including the geographical environment, the various refiners' manuals, and the various experiences left behind by our ancestors are all factors."
"But the most fundamental reason is because of the 'system'!"
Lin Lengmo's eyes burned as she spoke slowly.
In an instant, it caused a heated discussion among the crowd, but they didn't know what the 'system' meant.
"What is that, Lin Feng? Do you know?" Li Hao turned around and asked casually.
Lin Feng smiled indifferently. "It should be the 'path'."
His voice wasn't loud, but Lin Lengmo's gaze shot over, carrying a hint of light. "Cultivation, there is a path of cultivation. The correct path of cultivation can greatly increase one's cultivation speed, allowing one's strength to rise even faster. It's the same for weapon refiners. The system is the path of cultivation for weapon refiners."
Everyone came to a sudden realization and nodded.
"Amazing." Li Hao gave Lin Feng a thumbs up.
Lin Feng smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
This was the information he learned from reading books on the first day in the library.
He was applying what he had learned on the spot.
Lin Lengmo continued, "The foundation is the first step of the system. If the foundation isn't good, the path of refiners will become more and more astray. It's like a straight path. The foundation is the direction you walk. Once the beginning is astray, it will take hundreds or thousands of times more effort to correct it later. It may even become deeply rooted, and it will be difficult to advance. "
Lin Feng nodded.
Just like cultivation, one wrong step would lead to many wrong steps.
Indeed, there wasn't the slightest bit of difference.
Looking around at everyone, Lin Lengmo slowly said, "The first round of cultivation is the foundation. Including every action of refining, every simple process, every flame control. As long as it's a refiner's foundation, I will carefully teach you from beginning to end. "
In a split second, whispers sounded from below.
Those who could enter the first group were undoubtedly elites. Almost everyone had a solid foundation.
It was like learning an extremely profound spear move, and then learning the foundation spear moves from the beginning. Although no one complained, they couldn't help but feel unhappy.
Except for Lin Feng.
"Just like the spear moves, no matter how complicated the spear moves are, they are all made up of eighteen basic spear moves."
"The path of refining is different, but it leads to the same destination. No matter how complicated the refining is, it will inevitably be formed from the combination of various basic moves. Even those so-called secret techniques are created from the foundation of the basic moves. To be able to learn the most authentic basic moves of a refiner, it can't be better. "
Lin Feng smiled slightly, feeling quite satisfied.
Compared to various complicated refining techniques, he preferred the basics.
Just like drawing an 'Inscription Array'. Perhaps it was very impressive to outsiders, but he —
He could only copy it.
It wasn't something he 'mastered', but a kind of imitation and duplication.
Like wings, absorbing Wu Ming's soul, walking the path that Wu Ming once walked, without any 'self'.
…
Anticipation!
Anticipation for new things.
Challenge and learning for an 'unknown'.
But …
The other blacksmith apprentices obviously didn't think so. The whispers grew louder and louder. Although these blacksmith apprentices were only apprentices, they were all enthusiasts of blacksmithing. They studied all kinds of blacksmithing techniques. Most of them could easily refine six or seven star spirit treasures. They were much stronger than Sima Qi.
"There seems to be a lot of opinions?" Lin Lengmo suddenly said, her eyes cold.
In a split second, everyone held their breaths and didn't dare to say anything.
Looking around, Lin Lengmo's gaze fell. "Liu Yikai, come up."
Liu Yikai straightened his body. His face turned green, but he didn't dare to disobey. He walked up and said respectfully, "Instructor."
"Speak," Lin Lengmo said indifferently.
Liu Yikai pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then said loudly, "Yes, instructor. Others don't know, but I've trained hard for ten years, and I think there's nothing to be picky about. I don't want to waste time re-training."
Confidence, unyielding.
Lin Feng looked at the stage with bright eyes.
The 'genius' who ranked first in this test had a very solid foundation.
Especially in the third test, he successfully refined the sword embryo in six seconds. His result was far better than the others.
"Very good. I appreciate frank people." Lin Lengmo surprisingly wasn't angry.
Suddenly —
"Hua!" A purple light appeared.
A small purple metal appeared, about the size of a fingernail.
Liu Yikai frowned, reached out to take it, and weighed it in his hand.
"What metal is this? Why haven't I seen it before?" Li Hao scratched his head and asked in surprise. Sounds of discussion could be heard from the surroundings. However, when they looked at such a small piece of metal, they did not know what to make of it, including Liu Yikai.
"Purple Lattice Crystal," Lin Feng said softly.
"Ah?" Li Hao turned his head and looked at Lin Feng.
"This is an associated crystal ore. It doesn't produce much, and other than its beauty, it doesn't have much value." Lin Feng smiled. "Because it shatters with a touch, just like the veins in the human body, small and narrow, it's called 'Purple Lattice Crystal'."
With his photographic memory, Lin Feng naturally remembered every ore and crystal in the 《Ore Illustrated Handbook》.
"Really?" Li Hao looked at Lin Feng in disbelief.
"Yes, it's a Purple Lattice Crystal, an eighth grade crystal." Lin Lengmo glanced at Lin Feng and then at Liu Yikai. She said indifferently, "As a blacksmith, you must be familiar with every ore, crystal, and metal. Is this your so-called 'impeccable' foundation? I don't know how you got first place in the exam, but you can't even compare to the hundredth place. "
Liu Yikai's face flushed red. Being ridiculed in front of everyone, he lost a lot of face.
"Instructor, eighth grade crystals can't be made into spirit weapons or spirit treasures, let alone astral weapons or spirit treasures. What's the point of knowing these things?" Liu Yikai bit his lips and retorted unwillingly, "You only know this useless knowledge and don't know the basics of blacksmithing. Let alone the hundredth place, you can't even get the thousandth place!"
In an instant —
"Haha!" "Hahaha ~ ~" Laughter rang out.
Everyone glanced at Lin Feng with smiles on their faces.
Liu Yikai was clearly mocking him, implying that Lin Feng's ranking shouldn't even be in the thousandth place, but he got in through the back door.
"Oh? You've drawn fire onto yourself. "Lin Feng smiled helplessly.
He didn't expect that his casual words would become the fuse. It was an unexpected disaster.
However, Liu Yikai wasn't wrong. His ranking wasn't even in the thousandth place. Being in the hundredth place and entering the first group, he didn't even know why.
"One part strength, one part arrogance."
"This Liu Yikai's ego is quite strong."
Lin Feng's expression was indifferent. He didn't care about everyone's mocking laughter.
His standard as a Weapon Refiner was the weakest among them all.
"Wu …"
"The fire element here is very violent and ferocious. Of course, there are pros and cons."
"And this Purple Lattice Crystal …"
Lin Feng's eyes lit up. He instantly understood Lin Lengmo's intentions.
This Liu Yikai was going to make a fool of himself.
…
(Third Update ~ ~)
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