[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-351":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356961,4610,"Chapter 351: A Woman Three Years Older Brings Golden Bricks","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-351",351,"\u003Cp>At the edge of the Star Shatter Training Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood shavings drifted down like snowflakes, blanketing the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang and Han Shuang, the two top SS-rank female blacksmiths of Qianjun Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both stood with slightly parted lips, staring at the tall, slender back in the arena, unable to snap out of their daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when a light breeze stirred their skirts did they stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang jolted back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S…Sister…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the legendary genius you always brag about—the one who crushes an entire era?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a bitter laugh and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crush an entire era?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t just crushing one era—it’s crushing dozens of generations before, and even the geniuses of the next few hundred years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang stared at Lin Mo in the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen countless prodigies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one who came to Qianjun Pavilion for top-tier equipment wasn’t from a top-tier academy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t each one a core member of a famed grand guild?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d seen too many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many prodigies had pursued her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to this boy in the arena,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang felt the so-called geniuses she’d met before were nothing but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unbelievable…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, you told me yesterday even Chairman Yan couldn’t cut through those stakes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet Lin Mo just used one AoE skill—and shattered them all… in waves…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang turned her head, a sly smile curling at her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you the one who always swore you’d only date a man who crushes an entire era?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang winked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t he standing right in front of you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hasn’t your heart started racing yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Han Shuang’s teasing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang flushed crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little brat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What nonsense are you spouting?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shot Han Shuang a glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she scolded aloud,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her gaze involuntarily drifted back toward Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes dimmed, tinged with self-doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop joking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He crushes millennia—not just one era.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What am I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just a lowly blacksmith…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang bit her red lip, her voice growing faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s barely eighteen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I—I’m already twenty-five!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her sister’s clearly flustered state,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang shrugged dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if you’re older?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s a saying: A woman three years older brings golden bricks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not just getting two golden bricks—you’ve got an extra gold bar too. How auspicious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang retorted firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re SS-rank blacksmiths of Qianjun Pavilion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wherever we go, doesn’t every guild boss treat us with respect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would we be unworthy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These young boys today might actually prefer a mature, composed, cultured woman like you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang grew more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, if you’re too shy to act, I’ll go ask him for his WeChat later?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little brat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang quickly covered Han Shuang’s mouth, afraid the Master or Feng Lao up front might hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang mumbled two muffled sounds before falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang released her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze returned to Lin Mo’s tall figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shaft of sunlight fell across the boy’s cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes grew hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heartbeat skipped half a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>beside the broken stakes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li stared fixedly at the smooth cut surfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li’s voice trembled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is truly just a high-level wind skill he just awakened last night?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Mingzhang let out a wry smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why else would the Five Elders personally receive him? Why else would they grant him the title of National Dragon Envoy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why else would he be our nation’s future anchor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What we can’t comprehend as talent is as simple to him as eating and drinking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie strode confidently into the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked toward Lin Mo, he called out to Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, Masters? What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does our Chairman Lin’s ‘scraping’ skill meet your standards?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie kicked at the scattered broken logs with his toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk tsk tsk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who was it again who claimed Lin Mo’s skill couldn’t even scratch the surface of the stakes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The stakes are shattered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Masters, does your face hurt yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being openly mocked by Yan Lie with such brutal disregard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang’s faces instantly flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood up and turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li forced a nervous laugh, trying to save face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chairman Yan, your words are too harsh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve never questioned Chairman Lin’s strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li added earnestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chairman Lin’s technique, Storm of the Shattered Sky, is indeed astonishing—we’ve all been deeply impressed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li shifted his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What we just discussed was the direction of improvement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Wind’s signature high-level skill, ‘Sky-Splitting Wind Blade,’ is universally recognized as the ultimate single-target wind high-level technique.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Chairman Lin could align his improvement direction toward Master Wind’s ultimate single-target approach…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li stated with absolute certainty:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The power might be ten times greater than it is now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie paused, then burst into loud laughter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why the rush?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Chairman Lin masters a high-level skill every single day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s one ultimate single-target wind high-level skill? He’ll have it tomorrow—just wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you even understand what it means to be a Five-Element Law King?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yan Lie finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang both froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-level skill every day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that even real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then the two reconsidered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It actually made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long has it been since Lin Mo changed his vocation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s already a Five-Element Law King, and he’s amassed a considerable number of high-level skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at it this way,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo probably has more than one high-level skill per element—each element likely has two or three…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too terrifying…\u003C\u002Fp>",972,"2026-06-21T04:41:50.524Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","60369f5fe1db27dfc83a0afe973ecafcf85b2e1127b6b43a4e104667ce7589c1","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-352","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-350",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]