Chapter 1251

"Moreover, the referees will be the eighth-tier Forgemaster, Grandmaster Lin Cheng, and myself, so everyone can rest assured. Anyone may participate. There is only one criterion for victory: the number of inscription enchantments, and the development of inscription combinations. You may use old inscriptions, or the new ones taught by Grandmaster Lin Cheng. If you can use both old and new together, then undoubtedly that would be even better."

"The friendly competition will be held on the day Grandmaster Lin Cheng finishes teaching all his inscription courses, one month from now as a countdown. While everyone is encouraged to participate, we also hope that during the upcoming days of the course, you will not be stingy in consulting Grandmaster Lin Cheng on knowledge about inscriptions."

"That's all, thank you everyone."

*Clap clap clap* — the crowd applauded.

Even if Chairman Huoerde had not said it, the forgemasters who received this news were already preparing to consult Lin Cheng. Right away, quite a few forgemasters decided to live and eat together with Grandmaster Lin Cheng, seizing every minute and second of the time remaining, striving to achieve a good result in the competition, and also preparing for next year's Master Craftsman Skill Competition.

"Then… class dismissed!"

The instant Lin Cheng announced the end of class, a good number of forgemasters from the back rows rushed toward Lin Cheng like mad with their notebooks, asking questions. In the blink of an eye they had surrounded Lin Cheng three layers deep inside and three layers deep outside, leaving him unable to move.

"Grandmaster Lin Cheng, may I ask, can Eagle Eye and Mind's Eye be combined together? And what effect would they have when combined?"

"That's an interesting idea. You can find an item and try it out, but I won't tell you what the effect will be."

In order to avoid directly telling the crowd the experimental results, Lin Cheng did his best not to tell them what final outcome would emerge from combining inscription enchantments.

"Grandmaster, may I ask if you have any special techniques regarding the memorization and carving methods of inscriptions?"

"Well, as of now there aren't any. You can only rely on rote memorization. As for carving, once you've mastered the technique, that's enough. I understand what you're thinking — right now your memorization and carving of inscriptions are both rather rusty, so you're eager to find a way to become more proficient. I think you can practice every day, force yourself to practice carving inscriptions. If ten times isn't enough, then a hundred; if a hundred isn't enough, then a thousand. Very soon you'll be skilled at carving and using inscriptions."

"Thank you very much, Grandmaster Lin Cheng."

The method Lin Cheng mentioned was naturally the normal one of practice makes perfect; it was only that anxiety had briefly robbed people of the ability to think it through. Once they calmed down, they could still come up with this method on their own.

"All instances of practice making perfect are achieved through time. How we arrange and use our time, time will give us a corresponding return."

"Any other questions?"

"No more."

Such a large group of people — their thoughts were actually all quite similar: either about inscription combinations, or about the carving and memorization of inscriptions. Once these two problems were solved, there were essentially no other questions left.

As for inscription combinations and their specific effects, even if they asked, Lin Cheng would not necessarily answer; it was better to go back and run their own experiments.

"Then I'll be heading back."

Immediately after, Lin Cheng was surrounded by a group of people, preparing to return to the Flying Fox Tavern.

Along the way, Lin Cheng saw the prince of the Chirpeli Kingdom. He had assumed the other party would come find him, but the other merely gave him a friendly smile, and Lin Cheng himself returned a friendly smile.

· ·······Seeking flowers····· ·····

It was not until returning to the Flying Fox Tavern, after Lin Cheng had eaten dinner, that he once again saw the prince of the Chirpeli Kingdom.

On the viewing terrace on the second floor of the tavern.

"Your Highness the Prince, what a refined pleasure it is to lodge at a small tavern like this?"

Lin Cheng's daily routine of taking a leisurely stroll after dinner, looking at the night scenery on the viewing balcony and enjoying the evening breeze, was also extremely comfortable and pleasant.

"Isn't Grandmaster Lin Cheng the same?" the prince of the Chirpeli Kingdom, Peroqiqia, said with a smile, countering with a question. Just then a young lady passed below; he gave his golden hair by his ear a handsome flick, immediately drawing a wave of shrieks and infatuated frenzy from the young lady below.

"My shop is about to open here, so naturally I must stay here. And you, Your Highness?" Lin Cheng said with a smile.

"Since you want to act out a chance encounter, I'll play along with you."

"I've heard that the Flying Fox Tavern not only has wondrous tea, but also all sorts of strange and unusual dishes. Seeing it today, it really is so. And I heard these were all provided by Grandmaster Lin Cheng for the tavern's use — Master truly is talented in many ways. I am truly in awe."

This piece of flattery, Lin Cheng accepted without the slightest hesitation.

"You're welcome. I once dreamed of being a chef while holding the ladle, but later I was too busy forging iron to pursue it." A flick of the hair — as dashing as could be.

"Uh… cough cough!"

Peroqiqia happened to be taking a sip of tea at that moment; hearing Lin Cheng say this, he immediately choked.

"So what you're saying is, you weren't actually all that keen on being a forgemaster before, but rather wanted to be a chef, and only because you were too busy forging iron did you give up the idea of being a chef??? And chose the forgemaster trade instead?" Death.