"I'm done. ”

"It's done!"

Two voices came, causing the entire arena and the audience to look in the direction from which the sound came.

One of the two people who attracted everyone's attention calmly stood beside his anvil and raised his hand, while the other was even more eye-catching, because this was a half-grown child who looked much younger than the other contestants, and felt a year or two older than Robert, and was jumping around happily.

"How is it so fast?"

"Wow, this boy is amazing. ”

"Besides, this guy looks weird. ”

"A lot of the others haven't opened the third box yet, and these two guys are too fast. ”

Zhang Ye glanced at the two of them, and the kid immediately reminded him of the revised age rules for the competition.

"It won't be changed for him, but this kid is really good, so I don't know if there is a mistake in his answer. ”

The other stood there, one hand in his pocket, the other raised, his loose sleeves slipping down, revealing his white, slender arms, which were still relatively thin in size.

The man was pale, his cold eyes scanning the blacksmiths around him, and there was a scorn on the corner of his mouth.

"There are really all kinds of players, how can such a thin person forge, is it a person with the same natural divine power as Daria?"

In the midst of the discussion at the venue, some staff members walked to the location of the two of them, and after asking the two if they submitted the answer sheet for this round of the project, and after receiving a positive answer, the staff made sure that the boxes of the two were relocked, and in front of everyone, they used the magic simple calciner next to everyone's anvil to melt the key used to open the box into molten iron.

"The keys are gone, how will I open the box later?"

Similar discussions began to appear again, and at this time, Krell opened his mouth and said loudly: "In order to ensure the fairness of the contest and prevent the contestants who submitted the answer sheets from revising the answer sheets, as for how to open the box after that, it is very simple, and when the hourglass time is over, you will naturally know." ”

Krell said this as if he didn't say it.

After the two men who had already completed the identification of the forging materials left the venue and entered the lounge, the discussion slowly stopped, and most of the participating blacksmiths began to continue to identify what they were holding.

Not being able to use the Eye of Discernment, coupled with the situation just now, made Zhang Ye feel some pressure.

Taking two deep breaths and calming down, Zhang Ye picked up the key and opened the third box.

Unlike the previous boxes, except for the banknotes on top, the surface of the box is divided into four compartments, each containing several powdered items.

After taking a closer look, Zhang Ye secretly sighed that he was lucky, and he recognized two of them at a glance, which were the obsidian powder he had used before, and the chun shadow stone powder.

"This box is supposed to be a powder of the substance used to provide special properties to the forging. ”

Although both powders are very similar to black, obsidian has a distinct sulfur smell, and although Phantomstone does not have a special smell, a closer look shows that the powder of this material is actually very small flakes, not rounded powder.

The other two kinds of powder are yellow powder with a hint of fruity aroma, although Zhang Ye has not seen it, but guess what kind of plant this powder is, and the other is a purple crystalline powder, Zhang Ye touched it and smelled it, in addition to the relatively large particles, this powder has been touched for a long time, and there will be a faint numbness on the hand.

"Is it poisonous?, or does it contain thunder elements?" Zhang Ye thought for a while and then gave up, it was impossible to guess by blind guessing, there were many things in the Sti Continent that Blue Star did not have at all, and his common sense did not apply in this regard.

However, since the two correct answers can be determined, this project is no problem for Zhang Ye, and after confirming it repeatedly, he wrote the names and characteristics of obsidian and phantom stone on the answer sheet of the third box, as for the other two, Zhang Ye was more honest and directly wrote that he didn't know.

After putting the answer sheet away, Zhang Ye directly raised his hand and shouted: "I'm done!"

In the intervening years, several people had returned to the break room after completing the identification project, including Dariya.

Hearing Zhang Ye's shout, the staff of the guild came over and asked Zhang Ye if he had confirmed the submission of the answer sheet.

"Confirm the submission of the answer. Zhang Ye replied.

Like the previous ones, the staff who received an affirmative answer melted Zhang Ye's box key into molten iron.

Dariya was sitting in the lounge and shaking her legs boredly, just as the door of the lounge was pushed open, Zhang Ye followed a staff member into the lounge.

"Andrey, here and here. Dariya hurriedly greeted Zhang Ye and asked him to come over.

Zhang Ye looked over, and saw that Daliya's impatient face turned to joy, beckoning to him, and there was still standing next to the slender man who had tied for the first place to complete the identification of forging materials, and the man turned his head along with Daliya's eyes, and saw that it was Zhang Ye coming, and his originally smiling face gradually became gloomy.

"Andre, how is it, is there anyone you don't know?" asked Dariya after Zhang Ye approached.

Zhang Ye originally wanted to bypass this gloomy man and sit down beside Daliya, but this person took a step forward, stood in front of Zhang Ye, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Meet me, my name is Simon, and I am from the Double Moon Castle Association." ”

Zhang Ye glanced at Daria behind Simon, and saw that she waved her hand wildly at Zhang Ye, and the meaning of refusal was very obvious.

"Hello, Sleepless Branch, Andre. Zhang Ye shook Simon's hand.

Since this man is from Twin Moon Castle, he must have known Daria, but it seems that Daria doesn't want to talk to him.

"Is there anything else?" Zhang Ye said.

"It's kind of interesting. Simon licked his lips, glanced at Daria, and then turned to sit on a stool not far away, but his eyes were fixed on this side.

This action, coupled with his pale skin and temperament, reminded Zhang Ye of an anime character, Orochimaru.

After Simon left, Zhang Ye sat down, and heard Daria whisper in his ear: "This person is a pervert, Andre, don't have more contact with him, he and Matt often fight in Double Moon Castle." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ye was a little surprised, after all, Matt had also been in contact with him for a few days, although he was a warm and straightforward person, but the muscles all over his body didn't look easy to mess with.

As for the reason for the fight, Zhang Ye glanced at Daria's perfect side face and immediately knew it.

"Did he fight with Matt? wasn't he beaten into a pig's head by Matt?" asked Zhang Ye curiously.

"No, don't look at Simon's hemp stick figure, but he and Matt have each other's wins and losses, and their strength is about the same. Daria replied.

It seems that this person is too easy to mess with, and he can win and lose with Matt, which is really strong, and in terms of the first round of projects, Simon's basic skills in blacksmithing skills are also quite solid.

"Just don't go near him anyway. Daria finally admonished.

"Okay, I see. Zhang Ye smiled and nodded.

"By the way, Daria, what's in your three boxes?"

"Well, one is a metal ingot, one is a powder, and the other is an alloy smelting formula that makes people judge right or wrong. Daria thought back.

"Is there an alloy smelting formula?" Zhang Ye was very glad when he heard this, he didn't know anything about it.

"yes, don't you?"

"I don't have an alloy smelting formula, mine is a few pieces of mineral raw ore. ”

"Oh, it turns out that there are different boxes, and this time the interior is more complicated. "Al has also taken Daria to watch the guild's internal competition twice, and those two times are completely different from this time, the rules, the content of the test questions, and the scale are incomparable.

Simon, who was not far away, sat with Zhang Ye and Daria and whispered to each other, and a fire continued to rise from his heart, which made his face even more gloomy.

More and more people are returning to the break room after completing the identification project, and the time limit for the competition is coming to an end.

After a while, the voice of the host Tyke sounded outside.

"When the time comes, please lock the box with both hands and leave the anvil with both hands for the contestants who have not yet completed the identification of the forging materials. ”

"Ask the participants in the lounge to return to their anvils again. ”

Under the guidance of the staff, everyone walked out of the lounge again and returned to the arena in an orderly manner.

Simon fell behind, looked at Zhang Ye and Dariya who were talking and laughing in front of him, gritted his teeth, and whispered a few words to the companions beside him, who were actually his followers.

After everyone had stood up, Tyke said again:

"First of all, please leave the field for the 6 contestants who did not complete the identification of the forging materials within the time limit, and we are sorry that you have been eliminated. ”

The six people walked out with their heads down, all the way down, and walked out of the arena quickly.

"There are a total of 150 young blacksmiths in the Gold Molten Blacksmiths Guild who came to participate in the competition, except for the one who was removed for cheating before, and the six who did not finish, the remaining 143 contestants have completed the first round of the test within the time limit, congratulations. ”

The audience and contestants applauded, and within a few seconds, the host Tyke pressed down on his palm, and when the applause and cheers gradually stopped, he continued:

"But that's not even counting the fact that you have passed the first round of the project, and I would like to ask the chief referee of this round of the project, Mr. Krel, the head of the adjudication department of the Molten Gold Blacksmiths Guild, and the staff of the referee team to proofread the answers submitted by the contestants on the spot. ”

Krell entered the arena with a dozen staff members, each carrying a piece of paper and a small leather bag.

"Now, I can tell you how to open the chest without the key, in fact, the lock connected to the deformed lock cylinder of each box is made of Morris acid gold, I believe many people know what I mean when they hear Morris acid gold. ”

Many blacksmiths around Zhang Ye suddenly showed such expressions, and a few even knew such expressions for a long time, in order not to show their ignorance, Zhang Ye could only blend in with the crowd, nodding his head and making an expression that was like this, but he was sighing secretly in his heart.

"What the hell is this Morris acid gold?"