The room was well oriented and the sun slouched into the house in the morning. Not long after Canglan got up, he arrived. The three of them simply packed up and set off for the Swordsmith Guild.

The Sword Forgers Guild is located on the outer side of the royal city, but it is not far from the hotel in Canglan, and it is also for this reason that Canglan chose this hotel. From afar, Canglan could see a huge hammer as a symbol on the door, and Canglan walked into the Sword Forger's Guild with infinite longing.

The hall of the Swordsmith's Guild is large, and some of the swordsmiths are chatting and laughing, and a small hammer symbolizing the official swordsmith hangs around their necks. On the right side of the hall there are displays of weapons, as well as some profiles about the Swordsmiths' Guild, while on the left side of the hall stands a large stone monument. Some people gathered around, talking about something.

"Let's go, go over and have a look. ”

Canglan came to the stele.

The stele is engraved with some patterns of weapons, as well as some text.

"It seems to be a request for the Yao Ling Festival. Canglan glanced at it and said.

"The qualifications for the competition seem to be very demanding, and you have to look for a few materials, so is what Wentian said. ”

"Swordsmiths are required to forge four weapons, one of which is a melee weapon, one is a bow, one is a staff, and one is of their choice. The limited materials are Fire Crystal Steel, Thunder Steel, Water Rock, Bone Splitting Stone, Demon Spirit Tree, Cold Willow, Chasing Wu, Moon Xuan, and Condensate. Collect all four weapons to participate. Ripple looked at the words on the stele and read.

Looking at the requirements for participation above, Canglan's heart surged. Even the requirements for participation in the Yaoling Festival are so demanding, and I don't know what the difficulty of the main competition is. Moreover, these materials are distributed in various locations on the continent, which is very troublesome to find. Canglan wondered if two years was enough. But buying is even more unrealistic for Canglan.

"It's all something. He asked.

"They are all rare materials, especially the latter ones, which are very rare. ”

Ripple then reads, "The winner will receive a piece of Skyfall Steel." ”

"Skyfall Steel?" Canglan frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"I used to hear the master talk about Tianluo Steel, it doesn't seem to be a good thing, how can it be used as a prize. ”

"Your master, it's normal to look down on this, look down on that. ”

"But it's really not easy to collect. Canglan couldn't help but feel worried.

It is simply too difficult for a single person to collect these materials. This is one of the potential elements of the competition, the team. Materials that are not easy to collect by one person become relatively easy to collect by a team. So a lot of the people who participated in the Yao Ling Festival were a team. This will make it easier when it comes to collecting materials.

After reading the inscription, the three of them came to the front desk and asked about the qualifications of the swordsmith, and learned that the most recent swordsmith assessment was five days later, Canglan then understood why there were so many people in the swordsmith guild now, it turned out that they were all for the exam in a few days.

Canglan signed up for this competition, and paid a hundred kulun for this, although the money has been lent to Canglan, but he is still a little distressed. After the registration was completed, Canglan got an assessment certificate, and he could take the exam with this assessment certificate a few days later.

"Since there's nothing going on here, let's go to Wentian and talk about the mercenary group. Said quickly.

Ripple became alert, "What are you talking about?"

"A friend of mine is going to form a mercenary group, and Canglan will become our swordsmith. ”

"I'm going to join in, too. ”

"It's not going to work, it's too dangerous, and you're about to leave. Said quickly.

"I don't!" Ripple said, "Canglan agreed." ”

Looking at Canglan, Canglan shook his head, and he also understood the meaning.

Ripple was stubborn all the way, but still followed the two to Yaoling Academy.

Because outsiders were not allowed to enter the academy, he asked the two of them to wait at the door, and then he entered the academy to find Mo Wentian. But it was very unfortunate that Mo Wentian was not in the academy, and Canglan and Ripple waited outside the door for a long time before coming out.

"I'm sorry, Wentian isn't at the academy, there's something going on on his father's side. ”

Canglan said it didn't matter, and then he was ready to go back to the hotel with Ripples, and was about to send them back but was stopped by Canglan.

On the way, Ripple asked, "Are you really going to join that mercenary group?"

"That's how you can grow faster. ”

Ripples are a little lost, and it's not pretended.

Canglan continued: "So we're really going to separate. ”

Ripple stopped talking, and the two returned to the hotel together.

Back at the hotel, Canglan began to practice his flower remains again. Now Canglan can skillfully engrave the flower remains on the other side in an instant, and the luster is very light, and it is impossible to see it without looking carefully. At the same time, Canglan also began to examine the magic of the vast sea, and at night, Canglan occasionally dreamed that he was wrapped in sea water and could not breathe. At this time, a small boat slowly drifted over, but Canglan had no way to get close for half a minute, so he could only let the pain torment him.

Unconsciously, in the evening, when Canglan was concentrating on practicing heavenly work, there was a sudden knock on the door, Canglan thought it was ripples, but when he looked at the door, it turned out to be Gu Xinghe.

"Long time no see. ”

Canglan felt a wave of disgust in his heart. The man sent someone to stalk him.

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that the little brother has come to the royal city, I came to see you, and I have done my best to be a landlord. Gu Xinghe ignored the obstacles of Canglan and walked towards the house, "The environment is average, why don't you come to live in our ancient mansion." ”

"If nothing else, I'm going to ask you to leave. Canglan didn't want to say anything more to Gu Xinghe.

Gu Xinghe found a chair and sat down.

"You know what I want, and if you're willing to hand it over, I'll treat you well, but if you don't know how to do it, I'll have to think of something else. ”

"You cut off the idea before it's too late. ”

Gu Xinghe laughed, "There are very few young people with backbone like you now. ”

"Please go back. ”

"That's good. Gu Xinghe sighed, got up and walked outside the house, and went downstairs with his men.

"Master, do you want to arrest him?" asked one of the servants.

"You can't do it here, and it's a swordsmith's assessment these days, and the limelight is tight, so I'll do it after the assessment. I've been keeping an eye on me for the past few days, and if people disappear, you'll look good. ”

Canglan kept watching Gu Xinghe go downstairs, and then went to Ripple's room, he was afraid that Gu Xinghe would hurt Ripple in order to threaten him, but fortunately, Canglan's idea was just superfluous.

"What are you looking for me? Ripple said angrily.

Canglan didn't hide it, and told all the things about Gu Xinghe,

"You still know to care about me. ”

"It's really not safe for you to follow me. ”

"Are you going to kick me out of this hotel? Ripple said.

"It's not. ”

"You go out, I don't want to talk to you. ”

Canglan was a little embarrassed, and Ripple snickered after Canglan left. If you want to get away with it, that stupid boy must be very uncomfortable now.

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Five days passed quickly, during which Canglan had been practicing the flower remains. The ripples also dissipated, and they didn't give Canglan a white face. In the past five days, Gu Xinghe has not come to trouble Canglan, but Canglan knows that he will not give up like this. At the same time, the disease also came once, but it was only a casual conversation.

, The day of the swordsmith assessment has arrived, and Canglan came to the door of the swordsmith guild early, of course, the disease and ripples are also together.

"You'll be fine with this kind of little assessment. He patted Canglan on the shoulder.

The three of them entered the Swordsmith's Guild, and Swift and Ripple waited in the hall. But the disease is still a little bit of a mustard for the ripples, the relationship between the two is very average, and there is nothing to say, just quietly waiting for the vicissitudes to come out.

With the assessment certificate, Canglan walked through the hall and followed the guide to a huge workshop. There is a workbench on one side of the workshop and three tables on the other. More than a dozen people, including Canglan, stood in the designated area, waiting for the next instructions.

More than a dozen people participated in the competition, ranging from young people in their thirties and forties to children as young as 10 years old. Canglan seemed very ordinary in it, several people were discussing the content of the assessment, and a person who had participated in the assessment several times said, "Don't take it lightly, this assessment is difficult." ”

"No, it's just a basic assessment. ”

"You don't know this, it's because it's the basic assessment that it's difficult, in order to raise the threshold. ”

Everyone was talking nonsense, and Canglan didn't want to listen to them, but observed the surrounding environment. I have to say that the workshop of the Sword Forgers Guild is very atmospheric, the decoration is in place, and the light is abundant. The materials are placed on the side in an orderly manner, indicating the variety, but Canglan feels that there is less of a hint of sword casting, and it is more like a display.

After a while, the three examiners entered the workshop. When everything was ready, the rules of the examination were announced, and a weapon designated by the examiner was made within the specified time and approved.

In order, the first one is the child who is about ten years old. To be honest, Canglan really sweated for him, such a young child didn't know how laborious it was to swing the hammer, but the child didn't seem to plan to use the hammer, and directly engraved a magic circle. Everyone exclaimed, because the sword casting array is difficult to master, and even Canglan has not fully mastered the use of Tiangong, but this is also related to the complexity of Tiangong itself.

What this kid has to do is to take a dagger, and in the circle, a piece of ore directly turns into a liquid, and then slowly turns into the shape of a dagger. The circle was still twisting, and the details on the dagger were slowly being carved, and finally the child grabbed it and handed it to the examiner.

Looking at the dagger, the three examiners praised one after another, but when it came to evaluation, they began to hesitate.

"The dagger is okay, and the magic circle is also good, but the basic skills of sword forging still need to be there. ”

The boy did not speak, quietly waiting for the examiner's decision.

"What do you think?" asked one of the examiners, the other two.

"The dagger is only good, and he is so young, he will definitely do something in the future. But through this dagger, you can still see that this kid's basic skills are not solid. The examiner in the middle thought for a while, "Pass, but you need to strengthen the practice of basic skills in the future." ”

The kid nodded, took his assessment certificate and left. The first person succeeded, and it was supposed to bring a positive effect to the people who followed, but this time it was the complete opposite, thinking that the child performed very well, but it was only barely passing, and some people played the drums inadvertently.

Sure enough, the next few people failed for various reasons, and the person who had taken the test many times was very funny, because he had come to see him too many times, two of the examiners already knew him, and advised him not to come again in the future, wasting money. But the man said, "It's my dream to become a swordsmith, and I can't give it up." ”

This man was determined to dream, but failed again.

Finally, a second qualified person appeared, a young man in his twenties. But the next few lost one after another, and there were only three people left in the dozen.

Canglan stepped forward and handed over his assessment certificate.

But he didn't know what was going to happen next.