Chapter 512: The Noble Young Master, Dongfang Canglang

As the artifact refining competition approached, Qianji City became incomparably lively.

The artifact refining competition, held once every five years, was not only the most influential artifact refining competition in the Qianji Region, but also a grand event for the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao.

Martial artists from the Qianji Region and other regions of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao were continuously rushing to this place.

For martial artists from outside regions, those who stood out in each competition were future grandmaster artifact refiners. Building a connection in advance would be beneficial if they had needs in artifact refining in the future, making it easier to talk.

Grandmaster-level artifact refiners could not be hired just by having money; not only did one need to prepare enough money, but one also needed connections, and perhaps even to wait in line. Especially regarding the forging of weapons, sometimes waiting for several years was normal.

The rules of the final competition were different from those of each city. The competition in Bailian City had all items proceeding simultaneously, but the final competition proceeded one item after another.

The first item of the final competition was forging!

"Forging, the speed bump for men."

After learning about the schedule of the final competition, Lin Chen, led by Li Qin, headed to the competition venue.

The Tiangong Pavilion in Qianji City could accommodate a million people. Lin Chen followed Li Qin into the venue, and upon seeing thousands of furnaces below, he couldn't help but sigh.

Those participating below were all a group of muscular men.

"What a pity, if this were to forge a Damascus steel knife..."

"Damascus steel knife? Is Brother Xiao talking about some kind of special spirit weapon?"

Li Qin listened to Lin Chen's words, her beautiful eyes looking over with curiosity. Lin Chen shook his head: "A Damascus steel knife is just a knife forged by an ordinary blacksmith shop in my hometown. Back when I was young, if there could be a Damascus steel knife in the village, it would have been quite remarkable."

Hearing Hearing Yin Yue, who was to the side, curled her lips. She was now used to Lin Chen talking about his "hometown" at every turn, but that hometown was different from the Poyang County she knew.

Li Qin, however, had a thoughtful look after listening. Ordinary blacksmith shop, village...

It seemed that Xiao Yan's background was not good, but a martial artist with a poor background being able to cultivate to the three realms of the innate, and also having such high attainments in alchemy, further proved how astonishing Xiao Yan's talent was.

Soon, as the referee on the stage announced the start of the competition, the thousands of muscular men below began to forge one after another. In an instant, sparks flew everywhere. At the same time, Lin Chen also noticed that the flames lit in quite a few furnaces were different from ordinary flames.

"Innate fire?"

"Although innate fire is rare, with a sufficiently large base, there will always be some lucky ones. In every competition, the number of people among those forgers and alchemists who possess innate fire is about the same."

Li Qin explained the situation of the forging competition to Lin Chen, and comparing the past forging competitions with this one, it didn't make Lin Chen feel bored.

The rules for the first round of the forging competition were very simple: forge a weapon that could be used by a martial artist of the innate realm, and at the same time, the weapon must be able to withstand a full-strength strike from an innate realm martial artist. The top one hundred would be taken based on the least time used.

"For the forgers present, forging a weapon used by an innate realm martial artist is not difficult; what is difficult is that the time must be shorter than others."

"Hmm."

Lin Chen nodded. Those who could reach here all had real substance. For them, forging weapons was not difficult; what was difficult was to be faster than others.

Only one hour passed, and he had already seen many forgers below who had finished forging, and the competition referee also conducted tests on the spot after the contestants finished forging.

This was a test of the mentality of other contestants, especially when the one hundred spots were running out. Many contestants couldn't help but feel anxious in their hearts, and several people's furnaces exploded directly. This was the reason why the heat was not controlled well.

Two hours later, the top one hundred spots were completely filled. Lin Chen saw that there were quite a few who had not yet finished, and when they saw that the spots were full, they directly gave up forging.

"That Yuan Shengyao was in the top five hundred of the last alchemy competition, right?"

"Hmm."

"This ranking has quite a bit of water in it."

The corner of Lin Chen's mouth twitched. The competition only had rankings for the top one hundred, so the rankings behind were private, not stipulated that the top five hundred had rankings. According to this point, Yuan Shengyao's ranking should be after four hundred and fifty.

If it were before four hundred and fifty, it should be said to be close to the top four hundred.

If it were three hundred something or two hundred something, it would be said to be top four hundred or top three hundred...

Finishing alchemy after four hundred and fifty, this also had to exclude many alchemists who, like these forgers now, gave up directly when there was no chance for the top one hundred. The real ranking was afraid to be after six hundred.

"What is Yuan Shengyao's ranking?" Lin Chen finally asked out of curiosity.

Li Qin answered faintly: "Four hundred and ninety-three."

Lin Chen:...

Hearing Hearing Yin Yue to the side:...

Lin Chen was a bit speechless. He still overestimated Yuan Shengyao. With this ranking, his real level in the last competition was afraid that he couldn't even enter the top seven hundred.

In the competition venue below, with the withdrawal of the eliminated, soon only one hundred contestants remained.

"Next is one hundred into ten, but it will be held tomorrow, and then it will be ten into three, and finally the first place will be decided, taking a total of four days."

The top one hundred were decided, and today's competition was also finished. Lin Chen didn't continue to stay here. Others wanted to remember the names and identities of these one hundred people, but for Lin Chen, there was no need.

"I won't come for the next few days. I will stay in the Alchemy Building."

This first round of the forging competition also gave Lin Chen a reminder: don't underestimate the people of the world. With innate fire, in the control of pill refining, he was not inferior to anyone, but in the principles of pills, there was still a gap.

The first round of the preliminary competition could be passed, but the subsequent one hundred into ten and ten into three... were definitely not a simple pursuit of speed.

If it were just a pursuit of speed, the results of the artifact refining competition would not be recognized by all artifact refiners at all, even if there was the Qianji Sect supporting behind.

In actual artifact refining, the employer never had requirements on time; a day early or a day late didn't count for anything.

The Li family's Alchemy Building hid quite a few alchemy notes and insights, and also had formulas for various pills. The Li family gave him the permission to flip through them at will in the Alchemy Building to befriend him, but it just happened to be able to make up for his current shortcomings.

Qianji Sect.

There was a bell sound resounding, ringing three times in a row.

"A distinguished guest has come to the sect?"

Ceng Xi heard the bell sound, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes. This was their Qianji Sect's bell sound for welcoming guests. Three rings represented that the identity of the comer was extremely noble. Since he entered the sect, he had only heard it once, and that time it was rumored that the current Crown Prince of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao had come in person.

Although the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao would not interfere in the affairs of various regions, it was the common master of the world after all. As the Crown Prince of the imperial family, he was worthy of this courtesy of a distinguished guest.

Could it be that this time it was the Crown Prince who came in person again? Or was it the Sect Master of some sect who came in person? ===== CHAPTER 513 =====