Outside the window in the early morning, a clear sound of birdsong broke the original tranquility of the room.
Time is like a gap, fleeting.
As if in the blink of an eye, it’s already early morning.
In the quiet room, Lou Gao crossed his hands and sat in front of the table in a meditative manner, motionless.
Slowly opening his eyes, there was a hint of darkness in those bloodshot eyes.
Slowly standing up, Lou Gao walked with heavy steps from his seat to the window step by step.
I opened the window and looked down at the open blacksmith shop on the street, and my thoughts became firm.
After thinking about it all night, Lou Gao finally decided...
Give up accepting the Oscar!!!
Although Oscar's talent is already visible to the naked eye, it is for the sake of the entire blacksmith industry in Gengxin City.
Lou Gao finally made this difficult decision!
On the one hand, he is already quite old and doesn’t want to mess around; on the other hand, he doesn’t want the blacksmiths here to be shunned by the empire for his actions.
At this moment, the only thing he hopes for is...
There should be no turmoil in the blacksmith industry. This continent can be more peaceful, allowing him more time to develop better blacksmith skills.
......
Just when Lou Gao was worried about the future of the blacksmith industry, the culprit who kept him awake all night was peacefully cultivating his soul power in his room.
Dong dong dong...
As several knocks on the door came, Oscar's active pale golden soul power gradually entered his body.
When the eyes were opened and closed, a dazzling light flashed past, making people dare not look directly.
His thighs exerted force, and Oscar immediately jumped up from the bed.
After adjusting his clothes a little, he spoke calmly without any emotion.
"Come in!"
Squeak...acridine...
The door opened, and Liu Ren entered Oscar's room carrying a breakfast.
Seeing that Oscar had woken up, he immediately put breakfast on the table and said with a smile.
"Master! Breakfast has been prepared for you! Last night, Master, I saw that the light in your room was turned off very late... You must have been hungry very early this morning, right? So I brought it here specially." Seeing Liu Ren's eyes twinkling and peeking at the workbench from the corner of his eyes, Oscar instantly understood what he meant.
Smiling, Oscar shook his head slightly, and immediately took out the forging hammer from the soul guide.
"Are you looking for this?"
Seeing the forging hammer in Oscar's hand, Liu Ren's cloudy eyes flashed with light.
After taking the forging hammer, the old man was overjoyed at first, and then laughed again when he noticed the playfulness in Oscar's eyes.
"Nothing can be hidden from the master!"
"Go and try it! If you have any questions, let me know!"
After waving his hand, Oscar didn't care at all and just gave a faint order.
After Liu Ren heard this, he immediately saluted Oscar and then walked towards the casting room of the blacksmith shop.
......
Quickly, he clamped a piece of metal that was already burning red and placed it on the anvil.
Lou Gao carefully poured soul power into the forging hammer. As the soul power continued to be injected, a thick layer of energy phantom condensed on the surface of the forging hammer.
After choosing a moderate input amount, Liu Ren's eyes flashed, and he immediately swung the forging hammer and hit it hard.
When...
The huge impact force caused the red-hot metal material to suddenly shrink by a few centimeters.
A thick echo burst out, with a few sparks scattered in all directions.
Liu Ren's face was full of excitement when he saw that the metal volume was getting smaller.
Immediately began to hammer down one hammer after another.
When he realized that the red brick-sized metal block had become only half of its previous size, he put it in water to cool down.
There was a sizzling sound, and a large stream of steam rose up.
The entire casting room instantly turned into a "fairyland on earth".
The metal block that was originally burning red changed back to its original color.
"Success...I succeeded!!!"
With his eyes fixed on the metal in his hand, Liu Ren even ignored the burning pain and kept repeating in his mouth.
Unknowingly, the moisture in the corners of the eyes gathered to a point and flowed down along the wrinkles on the face.
As a senior blacksmith master, Liu Ren's blacksmith skills are not much worse than those of some master blacksmiths.
But the biggest part of the reason why he has never been given a chance to be promoted over the years lies in his strength.
Although as a powerful soul master, his strength attribute is not small.
However, when faced with refining materials with higher hardness, he still seems to be a little stretched.
Previously, part of the reason why I refused to teach Oscar was that he felt that Oscar was "skinny" and would have limited future achievements.
Now, relying on the soul tool forging hammer made by Oscar, Liu Ren used his soul power to activate the soul tool forging hammer, solving his own lack of strength.
This also rekindled his desire for the title of Master Blacksmith.
Casually checking the moisture in the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, Liu Ren tidied up quickly, hurried back to his room, and changed into a set of clean and tidy clothes.
Then he strode toward the Blacksmiths Association.
......
"Teacher! Master blacksmith Liu Ren wants to take the blacksmith master qualification examination! Do you think we are going to find three more master-level blacksmiths to conduct the examination together? Would you like to go over and conduct the examination in person?"
While he was devouring his breakfast, in the office of the president of the Blacksmiths Association, a tall, middle-aged man with dark skin was respectfully reporting a message to Lou Gao.
A master blacksmith is a blacksmith level second only to the master blacksmith.
Its assessment is quite difficult, and the people who preside over the assessment are either seven blacksmiths of this level, or the master craftsman Lou Gao presides over it alone.
Therefore, this kind of major assessment must be reported to the building leader.
When he heard this name from his disciple, Lou Gao's movements froze slightly.
"He...?!"
After a while, Lou Gao slowly put down the porcelain bowl containing the porridge and fell into memories.
Soon, the memories that had been sealed for many years suddenly flooded into my mind again like a flood that broke a bank.
For the owner of this name, Lou Gao still felt a little regretful and regretful in his heart.
In terms of blacksmith skills alone, Liu Ren fully meets the standards of a master blacksmith.
Unfortunately, in terms of refining, due to lack of strength, it has never been able to reach the master level refining level.
If you are younger, you may be able to improve your strength attributes through physical exercise.
But now it seems that there is no other way except for the soul power to break through to the soul emperor and rely on the energy of the soul ring to greatly improve the strength attributes of the body.
Now, Liu Ren has taken the initiative to take the master-level blacksmith assessment...
Thinking about it, it is very likely that Liu Ren's soul power broke through to the Soul Emperor.
Without thinking about it any further, Lou Gao picked up a pot of tea and took a sip from the spout. Then he straightened his clothes and waved his hand to his disciple.
"No need to bother others! I can just host it myself!"
As he spoke, he walked toward the assessment location.
......
A foundry room dedicated to assessment.
Liu Renku sat on a pier, closed his eyes and rested, waiting quietly.
At this time, although he was calm on the outside, his heart was jumping back and forth between calm and tension.
Although he has a lot of confidence in this assessment, but now, when it comes to this, he still has some ups and downs in his heart.
After a while, outside the casting room.
A steady and then heavy footsteps came.
Opening his eyes suddenly, Liu Ren stood up and his eyes fell on the entrance in advance.
After a while, the iron door slowly opened with a low roar.