Jin Quan didn't react at all. His entire body was at a loss as if he had been struck by lightning.
From his toes to his hair, every part of his body was trembling. His two rows of teeth were chattering, producing a "Ka Ka" sound.
His handsome face was completely distorted as he revealed an awkward smile that was uglier than crying.
Elder Lei Yongming sighed. He sucked Li Yao's nail into his hand and casually sucked up several fragments of the dragon scale nail. He walked in front of his grand disciple and beckoned to the high school students, hinting for them to come over.
"Jin Quan, do you know where you lost?"
Jin Quan wanted to cry but had no tears. His lips were trembling. How could he answer even half a word?
Elder Lei Yongming said in a sincere and heartfelt manner.
"Casting dragon scales is the unique skill of our Empyrean Terminus Sect. I am very gratified that you are able to freely use it and refine a dragon scale nail at such a young age."
"However, Jin Quan, you have been arrogant since you were a child. You are too impatient and careless. Take a look at this fragment. Don't you think that the 'dragon scales' you cast out are a bit scattered? This caused the dragon scale nail to be heated unevenly in the crafting furnace. There is a 0.01% difference in weight between the two sides."
"If the internal structure is unstable, what's the use of covering it with three to five layers of dragon scales?"
"This may not necessarily be a problem with your technique. It is more likely that this is your first time using this crafting furnace. You were too arrogant and didn't properly familiarize yourself with the performance of this crafting furnace. Therefore, you refined a flawed dragon scale nail!"
"And this nail refined by student Li Yao..."
Elder Lei Yongming faintly smiled and beckoned: "Student Li Yao, is there anything particular about this nail of yours?"
Li Yao stepped forward and said in a neither servile nor overbearing tone:
"I saw the refining technique of this nail from an ancient book. It is called 'Seven Heavens'! "
Elder Lei Yongming's eyes flashed as he nodded again and again:
"Good, good, good Seven Heavens!"
"Students, don't be fooled by the black and ordinary appearance of this nail. In fact, there is a universe inside! "
"The so-called 'Seven Heavens' is to use seven layers of hidden force to mix seven different materials layer by layer. If this nail is cut open from the middle, you will definitely see seven layers of structure from the inside to the outside. Seven Heavens. One layer to support the other, soft with a hint of hardness, soft with a hint of toughness. It can definitely compete with the Dragon Scale Nail! "
"Furthermore, this crafting furnace was personally modified by fellow student Li Yao. Every part of the furnace's performance is perfectly controlled. The density of the refined nails is uniform, the size is precise, and there is not the slightest flaw. They are the best of the best, and can be called the best nails in the world! "
"Jin Quan, if you had spent more than ten minutes just now to figure out the performance of the crafting furnace and refine a flawless Dragon Scale Nail, perhaps you could have clashed with student Li Yao's Seven Layered Heavens Nail more than ten times. It is still unknown who will emerge victorious. "
"However, you were impatient and didn't put Li Yao in your eyes. A flawed Dragon Scale Nail is naturally not a match for the Seven Layered Heavens Nail. "
"So, you didn't lose to Li Yao, but to yourself!"
"Whoa …"
The high school students were stupefied. They didn't expect that the pitch-black nail refined by Li Yao would be so meticulous.
Seven Layered Heavens Technique?
It sounded very domineering!
In the blink of an eye, Li Yao's image once again swelled in their hearts. He turned into a big monster baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
Jin Quan was in a daze as he held the fragments of the Dragon Scale Nail. The lines on his forehead simply formed the word "depressed".
Elder Lei Yongming patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Jin Quan. Don't blame Grand Master for deliberately making a fool of you in front of everyone. Grand Master has watched you grow up. Your grandfather and father also followed Grand Master to learn refining. In Grand Master's eyes, you are simply like his own great-grandson! "
"And your talent in refining is also outstanding in the Empyrean Terminus Sect!"
"Originally, Grand Master had great expectations for you. He hoped that you could become a top refiner and lead the Empyrean Terminus Sect to a higher peak."
"But your temperament has always been too impetuous. Although graduating from Deep Sea University's Refining Department is already very good in the eyes of ordinary people, in Grand Master's eyes, you are still far from reaching your limits, let alone completely shattering them!"
"I hope that today's duel will make you thoroughly sober, sweep away the impetuosity and arrogance in your bones, and steadily walk on the true path of refining!"
"Now, take your fragments of the Dragon Scale Nail and go to the side to carefully think about it!"
Jin Quan's complexion turned red and purple, purple and black, changing seven or eight colors in a row.
In the end, he didn't say a word as he dejectedly walked to the corner and crouched down, holding his head in a daze.
"Student Li Yao …"
Elder Lei Yongming's eyes blossomed with a magnificent brilliance. His whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of invisible armor as he faintly smiled. "The 1st Generation Tai 'e that you modified is an excellent product that this old man has not seen in the past few decades. It made this old man's hands itch for a while. Can you lend it to this old man?"
Li Yao had just heard Yuan Manqiu's introduction. He knew that this old man had been immersed in the path of refining for hundreds of years. Although his cultivation was not high, his experience was extremely rich. He was an old ginger that couldn't be underestimated.
Jin Quan had just made the Empyrean Terminus Sect lose a lot of face, so this old ginger naturally wanted to get back at him!
He immediately nodded and respectfully said, "Elder Lei, please!"
"Wow, Grandpa Lei is going to refine!"
The students were all excited to the extreme.
Lei Yongming was an Elder of the Empyrean Terminus Sect. His position was transcendent, and it had been a long time since he had refined in public. Who would have thought that he would make an exception for Li Yao.
Everyone stretched their necks, raising their heads in anticipation.
Elder Lei Yongming appeared in front of the console as he attentively observed the refining interface.
His eyes were filled with deep affection, as if he was a hot-blooded youth gazing at his beloved woman.
All of a sudden, his withered hands began to move.
His speed was several times slower than Li Yao's and Jin Quan's. Every operation was neither slow nor fast; it was ordinary and mediocre.
He didn't have Li Yao's demon-like madness, nor did he have Jin Quan's free and easy elegance.
He was like an experienced old worker who had completed decades of work. He was so calm, so precise, and so unhurried.
But in Li Yao's eyes, a sentence floated from the bottom of his heart:
"Governing a country is like cooking a small fish!"
For Elder Lei Yongming, refining was perhaps like frying a small yellow croaker. It was just a simple and ordinary daily work.
A moment later. The old man walked out of the white mist. In the hollow of his palm, he was holding a … nail!
"Student Li Yao, this old man has also refined a nail. Please appraise it."
The eyes of the youngsters lit up. They didn't expect that Grandpa Lei would also refine a nail.
It must be a dragon scale nail. A flawless dragon scale nail!
Li Yao's pupils shrank. He solemnly held the nail refined by the old man with both hands.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the surface of this nail was pitch black. It was as ordinary as the nail refined by him. Not a single dragon pattern could be seen.
"Huh?"
Many students were puzzled and couldn't help but cry out.
Li Yao, on the other hand, seemed to be holding a divine weapon. His eyes trembled crazily as cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.
Suddenly, he folded his fingers and flicked the nail seven times as fast as lightning.
"Ding ding ding ding ding ding!"
A strange thing happened!
The solid nail was actually flicked by him, producing a sound like a tiger's roar and a dragon's roar. The sound lingered in the air.
"Finger flicking listening?"
Elder Lei Yongming was truly shocked. He muttered, "Such an unorthodox examination method. I thought it had already been lost. I didn't expect —"
But Li Yao's shock was ten times stronger than the old man's.
The arrogance in his eyes was swept away. Li Yao's face was full of admiration. "Elder Lei, this Dragon Scale Nail of yours is truly flawless. It is even harder than my Seven Layered Heavens Nail. My nail won't be able to withstand three hits! "
"Dragon Scale Nail?"
"Where is the dragon scale? Why can't I see it?"
The youngsters grimaced in anxiety. They stared until their eyes bled, but they still couldn't see a single dragon scale.
Li Yao smiled and explained, "That's right.
"Elder Lei's Dragon Scale Nail looks ordinary from the outside, but all the dragon scales are hidden inside the nail, and if I'm not wrong, there's a dragon scale nail inside. If my guess is correct, there is more than one layer of dragon scales inside. There are at least three layers. Layer by layer, the principle is similar to my Seven Layered Heavens Technique. But to refine layers of dragon scales, the difficulty is obviously more than ten times higher! "
"Old Master is indeed Old Master. I am convinced!"
Li Yao bowed deeply to Lei Yongming.
The old man's move gave him a very timely lesson, making him deeply realize that there were crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the refiner circle. There was always someone better than you!
Even a Building Foundation Stage refiner had such strength. What if it was a Jin Dan Stage refiner? What if it was a Yuanying Stage refiner?
Li Yao was full of expectations for the infinitely wonderful future!
Elder Lei Yongming was once again stunned:
"It's not strange that you can see through my 'Dark Dragon Scale' technique. But you can actually see that I have scattered three layers of Dark Dragon Scales. It's really inconceivable!"
He gave Li Yao a thumbs up, "Originally, this old man only wanted to visit your school to see the 1st Generation Tai 'e crafting furnace. I didn't expect that your school would give this old man such a big surprise! Student Li Yao, this old man's move is nothing. It's just some insignificant experience that I have accumulated through repeated refinement over the years. I believe that in less than ten or twenty years, you will far surpass this old man's achievements! "
"Wow!"
The youngsters were all dumbfounded. They didn't expect that the highly respected Elder Lei Yongming of the Empyrean Terminus Sect would give Li Yao such a high evaluation!
For a moment, many people cast complicated gazes towards the incomparably dark Teacher Jin Quan in the corner.
Jin Quan was like a bunch of messy tree roots. Holding the fragments of the Dragon Scale Nail, his eyes were scattered and his expression was absent-minded. He was mumbling to himself, but he didn't know what he was saying.
Suddenly, he felt a surging heat wave coming from all directions.
Looking up, he saw that all his classmates had gathered around him in a circle, staring at him with bright eyes.
"You all..."
Jin Quan's face and ears were red. He was extremely ashamed and didn't know how to face his own students.
This tumble was really too fierce. His classmates must have come to laugh at him, right?
"Teacher Jin!"
The little fatty called Li Sanhao stepped forward and said loudly, "Don't be sad, we will always support you!"
"That's right, the other party is simply a monster. Even Grandpa Lei is full of praise for him, saying that he will be able to catch up with Grandpa Lei's achievements in ten or twenty years. How can a normal person win against such a monster? Teacher Jin, don't be sad. In our hearts, you are still the best! "
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Old Ox was very excited!
Originally, he had been half dead on the monthly votes list, being ravaged over and over again.
It was always the second watch, so Old Ox was too embarrassed to ask for monthly votes.
With great difficulty, he finally asked for a monthly vote yesterday. In the end, a miracle happened, and he actually caught up by two units in one breath!
This was a miracle created by all his brothers and sisters. Even if he was caught up in a while and lost again, at least for this moment — Old Ox was worth it!
So early in the morning, he crazily wrote two chapters in a row. Thank you, everyone!
In addition, it was not easy to write about a confrontation between refiners. Also, it was the protagonist's first time, so Old Ox wanted to write as carefully as possible.
In fact, this thing was very brain-burning, far less easy to write than going to the wasteland to kill Demon Beasts. However, Old Ox still wanted to create a new world that was vivid and lifelike, and not simply kill kill kill, fight fight fight, clap clap clap clap.
Sometimes the rhythm is a little slow, so Old Ox will try to write more. I also ask for everyone's continued support. If you have any monthly votes, just throw them in. Let's see if we can create an even bigger miracle!
Finally, I will go buy tiles in the afternoon. It might be a little late, but there will definitely be a third watch today, definitely!!! (To be continued)
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