Prince, Princess
"Everyone, quiet!"
Following Qing Ye's shout, the entire plaza finally quietened down. "Now, everyone, please take out the jade plates and 'Light Stones' from your respective drawers!"
Many of the refiners immediately took action, pulling open the drawer and taking out the white jade plate and a fist-sized white gem.
In an instant, a ball of dazzling white light flickered on every metal table.
Many refiners secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but there were also many refiners who secretly complained in their hearts. Indeed, this "Light Stone" was not a low-grade gem that was particularly difficult to refine, but that was under the condition that there was sufficient time. Now, however, there was only a short hour left.
"Everyone, please get ready!"
Qing Ye's tone slightly rose, and after pausing for a moment, his clear and melodious voice that was like the cry of an oriole resounded throughout the entire plaza, "The first stage of the 'Artifact Forging Competition', now …" Begin! "
Almost at the same instant she finished speaking, the huge hourglass below the stage flipped over.
"Rustle, rustle!"
The sound of sand falling filled the air.
Qing Ye walked back to his seat with a smile on his face. In front of thousands of iron tables, almost all the refiners quickly grabbed the "Light Stone" and held it between their palms.
Around the plaza, everyone was whispering to each other, but the atmosphere in the arena was extremely tense.
"Phew!" "Huff …"
Amidst the soft, almost inaudible cries, dark red flames lit up in front of dozens of iron tables. They had actually activated their True Fire in an extremely short period of time and manifested it outside.
Tang Huan also held onto the gem with both of his hands, but he did not immediately activate his True Fire. Instead, he turned his eyes and quickly scanned his surroundings.
"There are truly hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"
Seeing the balls of flames, Tang Huan could not help but praise them in his heart. He had originally thought that the speed at which he activated his True Fire and manifested it was already fast enough, but he never thought that there would be so many people who were not much slower than him. If Tang Huan's guess was not wrong, amongst these people, there might even be a middle stage Weapon Refiner.
In just a short moment, dozens of metal tables lit up with flames.
"Hmm?"
Just as Tang Huan was about to retract his gaze, he suddenly felt something and immediately looked to the left.
Dozens of meters away, there was a well-dressed young man looking at him. He probably had the same idea as him, to observe the strength of his competitor first.
That guy hadn't even picked up the Light Stone.
Seeing Tang Huan looking over, the young man raised his eyebrows, his eyes revealing a provocative look, and then proudly turned his head forward, holding onto the "Light Stone" with both hands.
"Hu!"
In the blink of an eye, a small ball of flame ignited in his palm, but it immediately turned into a prairie fire, expanding to the size of a washbasin.
At this time, the flames produced by the surrounding refiners were only the size of a bowl, but the well-dressed man was several times larger than them. It was impossible for the people around the plaza not to see such an eye-catching scene. In the next moment, exclamations of surprise resounded one after another.
"What a strong flame. Could it be a mid-ranked blacksmith?"
"Where did that person come from?"
"Becoming a mid-ranked blacksmith before the age of twenty, his future is truly limitless."
"..."
The young man seemed to have sensed the commotion around him and had a complacent look on his face.
However, at this moment, a sneer sounded out a few meters behind the man.
"Hu!"
On the iron table, the ball of flame that was the size of a bowl rapidly expanded to the size of a washbasin. It was not the slightest bit inferior to the young man's flame.
The young man turned around and his expression changed slightly. His lips moved slightly, as if he was cursing.
Tang Huan also subconsciously looked over, only to discover that the owner of the ball of flame was actually a tall and graceful woman in a yellow dress.
The woman looked to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. Her facial features were beautiful, her face was beautiful, her skin was abnormally fair, her long hair was as red as fire, and her pupils revealed a faint dark blue color. This appearance was somewhat similar to some of the westerners that Tang Huan had seen in his previous life.
When she looked at the young man in front of her, there seemed to be a hint of ridicule between her brows.
Tang Huan glanced around once again, and discovered that it was not only the young man and the yellow dressed woman whose flames were flourishing, there were already a few more balls of that enormous flame. The owner of one of the balls of flames was a petite baby-faced girl. She was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old.
"It's time for me to start too!"
Tang Huan took a light breath and calmed his mind. In between his mind instructs (in a second), both the "Nine Yang Divine Furnace" and the "Spiritual Wheel" started to spin at the same time. The blazing heat followed the Genuine Qi as it shuttled back and forth within the Spiritual Meridian, quickly arriving at the center of his palms, turning into flames that gradually wrapped around Tang Huan's palms.
When it had expanded to the size of a bowl, the flames had already stopped growing.
This time, Tang Huan did not make a big splash like he did two months ago when he was participating in the low level Weapon Refiner's examination. After all, as long as one passed the first stage, they would be able to obtain a low level weapon. It was impossible for the Divine Weapon Pavilion to reward them with two more just because someone performed better.
If he acted a little more low-key, he could even catch those powerful competitors off guard at the crucial moment later.
In the distance, the beautifully dressed young man's palm was filled with raging flames, and the gem juice continuously dripped down. After a while, he could not help but turn his head to take another glance, and his expression instantly became even more unsightly. He then glanced in Tang Huan's direction, and his expression became much better.
"Huh?"
On the high platform, Qing Ye's eyes slowly swept across the group of Weapon Refiner.
A moment later, Qing Ye's gaze paused for a moment, and a trace of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes. "Why is this kid's performance not as good as it was two months ago?" But right after, a smile appeared on her face, and she muttered in a low voice, "What a crafty little fellow. He actually knows how to hide his strength."
"Hiding?"
Mu Kui chuckled, and also lowered his voice, "On the surface, it looks like he is hiding his strength, but if you observe carefully, you will discover that his flames are several times purer than two months ago." As he finished speaking, Mu Kui's eyes revealed an unconcealable look of shock.
"Oh?"
Qing Ye opened her beautiful eyes wide. A moment later, she couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air and exclaim, "That's true. How did this guy do it?"
If he wanted to make the flames pure, he had to first purify the Fire Seed.
However, the Weapon Refiner's Fire Seed was already quite pure, and it was extremely difficult to become even purer, let alone several times purer. Moreover, the other party was only a low-level Weapon Refiner, which was even more difficult to accomplish. It was like trying to compress a ball of dough the size of a bowl into the size of a duck egg.
"Green Leaf Pavilion Master, Brother Mu Kui, which Weapon Refiner are you talking about?" The old man at the side could not help but ask. He was the owner of the Star Ocean Weapon Shop, Sea Leviathan.
"Shopkeeper, you'll know soon." Qing Ye suppressed the shock in his heart and started to keep it a secret.
"..."
"Master Gu Yi, Master Wu Xin, how did my niece perform?"
A tall and burly man in armor suddenly raised his finger and pointed at a delicate and exquisite little girl in the crowd below as he said with a smile.
"At such a young age, the True Fire is already so powerful. Not bad. Oh, he should already be a middle stage Weapon Refiner, right?" Gu Yi lightly stroked his long beard, his face full of smiles.
"With the little princess's strength, it's more than enough to pass the third stage." Wu Xin also smiled.
"What's the third stage? This little girl is here for the chief of the 'Artifact Forging Competition'." The armored man laughed out loud.
"In this year's Weapon Refining Competition, not only will there be the Grand Princess of the Mo Yun Empire, there will also be the Second Prince of the Sha Long Empire, and even the little princess of our Great Tang Empire. I'm afraid it will be difficult for such a grand occasion to reappear in the next few decades." Beside the sturdy man, another armored old man also laughed out loud.
"That's right." Gu Yi squinted his eyes and smiled, "Let's see who will be able to win the Weapon Refining Competition this time!"
"Needless to say, it must be the precious little princess of our Great Tang Empire, haha." The brawny man laughed until his eyes narrowed into two slits.
"..."
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