After listening to Elder Song's first round of assessment questions, Ye Chen couldn't help but be slightly surprised. It turned out that the first round of assessment was actually this project.
He couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because his god-level blacksmithing technique has a detection function, he can know the true composition of any ore just by looking at it. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has opened his clairvoyant eyes.
Therefore, this level was extremely easy for Ye Chen.
After the other players waited for Elder Song to finish speaking, they began to observe the mountain-like piles of ore surrounding the hall.
Some people even left their tables and walked to each piece of ore to observe and select carefully.
Occasionally, someone would show a happy expression on their face, laugh out loud, pick up a piece of ore, split it open with a palm, and see the metallic luster inside, and immediately look around with pride.
When Elder Song saw this, he nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his face, and said: "Well, that's right... I opened the clay iron. Although it is a low-grade grade and is not even a first-grade spiritual material, it is still open.
Out of metal, pass!"
Upon hearing this, the man slowly raised his fist towards Elder Song and stood in his seat watching a show like a master.
When the others saw that someone had successfully passed the test, they couldn't help but speed up. Soon after, people one after another opened different metals again, but they were all ordinary metals.
At this moment, the dark-skinned young man not far from Ye Chen, after a period of serious and focused search, finally locked onto a piece of the mine.
"It's just you!"
He laughed and made a casual move, and the piece of ore flew to the palm of his hand.
Seeing this, Elder Song's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly. Before the other party could cut the stone, he nodded slightly and said with a smile to the guard captain standing next to him: "This guy has a good eye, he is a good blacksmith."
seedling!"
Sure enough, following Elder Song's speech, the dark-skinned young man split the ore open with one palm, causing bursts of exclamations from around him.
"It turns out to be the first-grade spiritual material 'Wind Shadow Stone'!"
Seeing the milky white color exposed in the center of the stone, which reflected the metallic luster under the light, everyone nodded in admiration.
"Yes, to be able to select a first-grade spiritual material from the scraps, you really have a sharp eye."
Elder Song looked at the swarthy young man with a smile and asked, "May I ask the name of this genius?"
I saw the swarthy young man cupping his fists slightly and saying, "I'm going to offer you the cow."
Elder Song was slightly startled when he heard this, "But you are from the Niu family in the North Mountain of Panlong Ridge?"
"Exactly."
The swarthy young man Niu Xian nodded slightly, but his face showed a look of zihao.
"It turns out he is from the Beishan Niu family. No wonder the blacksmith is so accomplished!"
"It seems that the top spot in this test must be Niu Xian."
"Indeed, the Niu family is a famous family in the blacksmithing world. There are many outstanding blacksmiths in the family. Today, I saw the descendants of the Niu family. The rumors are indeed true."
When everyone around heard this, they also showed kindness and respect towards Niu Xian, and they wanted to be on good terms with Niu Xian.
Niu Xian also returned the favor one by one. Although he tried his best to endure it, he could not hide the aloof superiority on his face.
As time goes by, many blacksmiths have found ore.
And from the ores, metal raw materials of varying values were extracted.
Several others also opened first-grade spiritual materials. Although they were not as good as the Wind Shadow Stone opened by Niu Xian, they were still excellent enough.
"It seems that the winner of this round is none other than Brother Niu Xianxian!"
"Indeed, there should be no one who can produce better metal raw materials than Brother Niu Xianxian."
"I heard that if you get the approval of the test elders, you can get generous additional rewards. I think Niu Xian is definitely determined!"
Facing the compliments from everyone around him, Niu Xian just smiled modestly and waved his hands.
However, he was already happy in his heart. The reason why he worked hard was not only for the limelight, but also for the extra rewards.
Finally, in the midst of such discussions, almost everyone had completed the first round of testing, and there was only one person on the field who was still scanning the surrounding ores with his eyes.
When everyone around him saw this, the contempt in their eyes looking at Ye Chen became even stronger.
Niu Xian crossed his arms and sneered: "Boy, I think you'd better stop struggling. It's not an option to drag it on like this. I think you'd better leave as soon as possible so as not to waste everyone's time!"
Hearing what Niu Xian said, everyone around him also helped him.
"Young Master Niu is right, those who are cheating on you should get out of here, they are really wasting time!"
"That's right, even if you look at it for three days and three nights, you still can't find a piece of ore with metal!"
"Humph, without this waste, we would have gone on to the second round long ago."
"..."
The sarcastic and mocking voices did not distract Ye Chen. He continued to observe all the ores one by one, as if looking for the best choice.
Guard captain Mao En helplessly covered his face with his hands. He now regretted listening to Ye Chen's words and bringing Ye Chen here for the test. It was really a serious dereliction of duty on his part.
Seeing that Ye Chen had not yet made a choice, Elder Song couldn't help but snorted coldly, pretending to announce the end of the first round of testing.
But at this moment, Ye Chen suddenly moved.
With everyone watching, he walked straight towards a corner on the east side of the hall and picked up an inconspicuous, dusty small stone in the corner.
Then he moved the small stone back to his forging platform.
When everyone saw the piece of ore that Ye Chen had picked up, a burst of laughter erupted in the hall.
"Hahaha, no one with a little knowledge of blacksmithing would choose this material!"
Niu Xian sneered twice, walked up, patted Ye Chen on the shoulder, and explained with a serious look on his face: "This little brother, since you and I have known each other, let me tell you a few words.
, your stone is dull in color, rough in texture, and wrinkled on the surface. The stone is too light to start with. This is a typical waste!"
After listening to Niu Xian's explanation, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, praising Niu Xian for his profound knowledge and understanding of stones!
Hearing this, Elder Song said calmly: "Although I say so, there is indeed a probability of finding the best spiritual materials in stones of this quality, but that probability is indeed too low. I tell you this because it depends on you.
He is a malleable talent, so he must not be complacent and must learn down-to-earth.”
"Thank you, elder, for your teachings. The students will keep them in mind."
Niu Xian respectfully cupped his fists and saluted, then he looked at Ye Chen and said teasingly: "Little brother, please open this stone of yours and let us broaden our horizons!"
Ye Chen nodded slightly and said: "Okay, then I will open your eyes today!"
After speaking, he slapped his palm on the ore in front of him. In an instant, a black light suddenly emerged from the stone, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise!