After Liu Huazhang received the ten Spirit Stones, he was beaming with joy and felt that he had earned it for free.
When the others saw this, they also stepped forward to pay the refined iron. All of them were extremely cooperative, docile, and honest. Even the refined iron that they handed over was one tael more, two taels more, or three taels more. After paying the refined iron, they took the Spirit Stones from their baskets and watched happily from the side. Some of them even revealed imperceptible disdain in their eyes …
"Hehe, it's my turn …"
A lean man walked over with a smile. He was also holding a piece of refined iron in his arms. When they saw him coming, the other disciples made way for him to walk forward and respectfully addressed him as "Senior Brother Bamboo Rat". The bamboo rat came to Fang Xing and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Fang, this piece of refined iron of mine has four taels more. Why don't you reward me with a few more Spirit Stones?"
After the others had seen Fang Xing's awe-inspiring battle with Mu Yong-young that night, even though they were older than Fang Xing, they all addressed him as "Junior Brother Fang" when they met. However, the bamboo rat called him "Junior Brother Fang" the moment he met him. It had a cheeky smile on its face and did not look like an honest disciple. When Fang Xing saw it, he felt a little disgusted, but he smiled and said, "No problem, you can take 12 Spirit Stones!"
The bamboo rat laughed and said, "Can you give me 13 pieces?"
Fang Xing snorted and said, "You can take 14!"
The others could tell that Fang Xing was a little unhappy, but the bamboo rat laughed. It put down the refined iron and really went over to take 14 pieces.
"Junior Brother Fang, you go ahead with your work. I still have something to do, so I'll go back first!"
The bamboo rat laughed and glanced at Fang Xing with disdain. It then laughed and wanted to leave in advance.
Fang Xing said with a smile, "Wait a little longer, I still have something to say!"
When the bamboo rat saw this, it did not leave. It stood lazily in the crowd and gave the other disciples a smug look as if it was saying, "How is it? Listen to me, right? No matter how fierce this brat is, he still has to drink Master's foot-washing water … "
Before long, all twenty-one of them had paid the required amount of refined iron. Half of the five hundred Spirit Stones in the baskets were gone. Fang Xing lazily stood up, picked up a piece of refined iron, and looked at it. A cold smile appeared on his face, and he put it down again. Then he picked up another piece of refined iron, looked at it, and put it down again. He didn't say anything the entire time. Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
"Junior Brother Fang, we've already paid the fine iron. Can we go back and cultivate now?"
The bamboo rat took a step forward and said with a smile.
Fang Xing did not say anything and continued to examine the refined iron.
"Junior Brother Fang?"
Upon seeing this, the bamboo rat took another step forward and called out tentatively.
Whoosh …
Fang Xing suddenly spread his five fingers and used the Attraction Spell. The Azure Dragon Green Flame Saber that was inserted into the ground flew into his hand. He pointed at the bamboo rat from afar and said, "Stand back there obediently …"
"You …"
The bamboo rat was a little unhappy, but it knew that it was no match for him, so it swallowed its anger and stood back in the crowd.
After checking another four to five pieces of refined iron, Fang Xing gradually became annoyed. All of a sudden, he flipped the long table and pointed his saber at the disciples. He shouted coldly, "You bastards, I paid for all of you with my own money. This is the first time I've done something like this, but you don't even appreciate it. Instead, you used these trash to deceive me. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"
As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he was really angry.
It turned out that although Fang Xing used the excuse of having a spirit stone in his left hand and a saber in his right hand, and the disciples were very cooperative, he was still worried. Therefore, when this group of people handed over the refined iron, he checked it with the Yin Yang God-Fiend mirror. It did not matter much, but he was surprised to find that the refined iron that this group of bastards handed over was actually shoddy.
This kind of refined iron was used to cast magic tools. It required the Nine Revolutions of the Spiritual Fire to refine away the impurities and turn it into pure refined iron. If the Nine Revolutions were not enough, there would be more impurities in the refined iron. It was difficult to find them with the naked eye or even with the Sensing Spell. Only masters with extremely profound attainments in the art of casting could use certain special techniques to detect them.
However, Fang Xing could directly see through it with the Yin Yang God-Fiend mirror!
Therefore, when Fang Xing discovered that almost all the refined iron was substandard, he immediately lost his temper.
'This group of bastards is really bold. Do they really think I'm easy to fool?'
If he did not have the Yin Yang God-Fiend mirror, he would really have been fooled by them.
"This brat just took a look at it. How could he see that we've done something to the refined iron?"
When the disciples saw this, they immediately panicked and subconsciously looked at the bamboo rat.
This method was taught to them by the bamboo rat. When refining the refined iron, they needed the Nine Revolutions of the Spiritual Fire. They would deliberately make one of the fires unstable or directly omit it. Such refined iron could not be regarded as real refined iron. If they wanted to use it, they could only refine it again. Moreover, ordinary people could not see anything fishy about the refined iron that was refined using this method. Even they themselves could not tell the difference. They originally thought that it was enough to fool Fang Xing, but they did not expect him to see through it …
When the bamboo rat saw everyone looking at it, it was also shocked. However, it forced itself to remain calm and thought to itself, 'This brat has just entered the Makshin Valley, so how could he tell if it's substandard or not? Could it be that he's deliberately deceiving us?'
When it thought of this, it took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "Junior Brother Fang, don't slander us. In order to cooperate with your decision to collect the refined iron 10 days in advance, we didn't even care about cultivating and worked day and night to refine this batch of refined iron. How could there be any problem? If you falsely accuse us, aren't you afraid that our Senior and Junior Brothers will be bitterly disappointed? "
Fang Xing glanced at it and said, "No one else said anything except for you. Does this mean that you're the mastermind?"
The bamboo rat's face turned red, and it shouted, "Nonsense! I'm just speaking up for my Senior and Junior Brothers!"
Fang Xing looked at the others and said, "He thinks there's no problem with the refined iron that he handed in. Does anyone else think there's no problem too?"
Most of the other disciples looked at each other. They already suspected that something was fishy, so they did not dare to stand out at this time. However, there were a few people who had the same thoughts as the bamboo rat. They felt that Fang Xing was deceiving them. In addition, they were usually happy to be in the limelight, so they looked down on Fang Xing even more. Thus, they said, "Senior Brother Bamboo Rat is right. There's no problem with the refined iron that we handed in!"
Fang Xing remembered these people's appearances. Without batting an eyelid, he looked at the refined iron all over the ground.
He kicked a piece of refined iron under his feet and said, "This piece has five percent more impurities …" He then kicked another piece and said, "This piece has three percent more impurities …" He then looked at the third piece and frowned. He could not help but curse, "Damn it, this piece has ten percent more impurities …" His eyes turned cold as he looked at the crowd and shouted, "Do you really think I'm a fool and can't tell?"
The disciples' expressions changed drastically. They did not expect Fang Xing to clearly tell them the amount of impurities in each piece of refined iron without any mistake. They immediately looked at the bamboo rat, hoping that it could come up with an idea.
Even the bamboo rat opened its mouth but did not say anything.
It initially thought that Fang Xing did not know how to refine tools and could not tell the quality of the refined iron, but it did not expect Fang Xing to be able to tell it clearly, which was beyond its expectations.
After letting out a long sigh, Fang Xing suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "I'll give you one last chance to do things according to the rules. Hand over the reward you just received and pay a fine of 20 spirit stones. Go back and refine the refined iron and hand it over to me …"
As he spoke, his gaze swept across the crowd coldly. A timid person in the crowd immediately trembled and ran out.
"Little Senior Brother Fang, it's my fault. I refined it too hastily, so the fire control is a little off. I … I'll return the spirit stones to you …"
As he spoke, he put 10 spirit stones into the big basket, picked up the refined iron, and was about to go back to refine it.
However, Fang Xing stopped him and said, "There's also the fine of 20 spirit stones!"
The disciple immediately stopped in his tracks. He hesitated for a while, but he still took out the spirit stones.
The bamboo rat suddenly said, "Wait!" It turned to Fang Xing and said, "Junior Brother Fang, because you're ahead of the deadline by 10 days, everyone is a little anxious, so there are some problems. At most, we'll return the spirit stones to you, and you can go back to refine it. However, you actually want to collect a fine. This doesn't conform to the rules, does it? I've been in the Makshin Valley for two years, and I've never seen a fine because the refined iron is unqualified … "
Fang Xing glanced at him and chuckled. "You bastard, why didn't you say that it was against the rules when you took my spirit stones just now? Hehe, I let you take my spirit stones first because I wanted to tell you that since you've fooled me, no one can talk to me about the rules anymore. Today, all of you will be in trouble! "
"You …"
The bamboo rat's expression changed, and it wanted to say something else.
"I'll start with you!"
Fang Xing shouted and slashed at him with his saber. He was furious, and he had been holding it in for a long time.
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