Chapter 1077

The genius youth that Brother Dongfang mentioned!

He suddenly recalled the recent important intelligence about Blackrock City being attacked by a necromancer on the night of the lunar eclipse. The report not only included the personal submission of City Lord Dongfang Hong, but also a professional assessment from the Imperial Intelligence Department. The Intelligence Department all felt that Blackrock City had indeed performed a great meritorious service this time, but at the same time, the overall damage rate of Blackrock City forced the city to begin large-scale reconstruction work, with devastating casualties. The Empire had to allocate funds, and it could barely be considered that the merits outweighed the faults.

Apart from these, Dongfang Hong also specially mentioned Lin Cheng, whose genius mind and various fantastical ideas ranged from forging all kinds of enchanted weapons with miraculous effects, to mechanical servants, to the small magic crystal cannon mounted on a mechanical wolf. Although its power was only at the peak of the sixth tier, such a prodigy had to be given attention by the Empire.

Not long after Dongfang Hong's report was submitted, the Imperial Intelligence Department had already thoroughly investigated Lin Cheng's ancestry for eighteen generations, and learned that three generations before Lin Cheng's ancestors, they were a renowned craftsman family that served the Empire's late emperor, which naturally raised the level of attention.

But to be honest, Dongfang Hong's mention and verbal account were not enough to thoroughly attract the attention of the Intelligence Department; it only gave the various city lords who saw this report a slight, shallow impression of the youth named Lin Cheng.

Now, Lord Xuan Wuji felt that it was time to go and meet the youth whom Brother Dongfang had called a genius craftsman.

Was the other party real or fake?

If real, then he must speak up to retain him. Such a young craftsman, who had already achieved so much at this age, would surely have boundless prospects in the future.

"General Ji Xia, come with me to meet that youth."

"Ah, Commander, the other party is merely a craftsman, how could you…" General Ji Xia was puzzled. With the Commander's such noble status, how could he go to meet an ordinary craftsman? If the other party were an Imperial renowned master craftsman, then it would still make sense.

"I just feel the other party is a bit interesting, to see if he is the craftsman youth I know."

"Alright."

The Armory.

When Lord Xuan Wuji personally arrived at the Armory, only the busy Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui remained there long ago.

As for the previous craftsmen, after observing Lin Cheng's skills and learning of the other party's age, they sighed in self-deprecation and went off to eat, feeling too heartbroken.

His age was even younger than his own granddaughter, Sun Nu, yet his skills had long since reached the master level.

All these years, they had probably lived on dogs, boohoo.

Seeing that Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui had not noticed the arrivals, General Ji Xia was about to speak up to remind them, but was interrupted by Lord Xuan Wuji's shushing gesture.

Watching them repair so seriously, Lord Xuan Wuji patiently waited until Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui finished the repair work on the heavy catapult, and then took the opportunity to observe the new-style catapult beside them that had already been completed.