CHAPTER XVII
Surprisingly, it was raining lightly in the sky. Although the rain was not heavy, it still had some impact on the market. At this time, Canglan and Ripple were walking down the same street, holding the umbrella they had just bought, and walking towards the Sword Forgers Guild step by step.
After a night of thinking and persuasion by ripples, Canglan finally decided to use this opportunity. Although I am a little unwilling, if I miss it, I will have to wait for a year, and I may not be free after a year.
This is the second day of the assessment, and there are still many people in the Sword Forgers Guild, so Canglan came to the front desk a little embarrassed and asked about his re-examination again. Sure enough, the conclusion was yes. The man also gave Canglan a new assessment certificate. Canglan looked at the time above, and the assessment time was at noon.
"You can take a tour of the Swordsmith's Guild. ”
The examination of the swordsmith qualification must be completed in the royal city, and the subsequent upgrade assessment can be carried out in the swordsmith guild in each city. Therefore, at this time of year, some people from other places will come, and the Wangcheng Sword Forger Guild, as the largest swordsmith organization, naturally does its best to show itself, except for some important places in the guild, it is open to outsiders.
Naturally, there will be no shortage of workshops in the Swordsmith's Guild, first of all, the large workshop used for the assessment, turn left from the hall, and then through a long corridor, you can see a row of rooms, those are the workshops used for the assessment. These workshops, when there is no assessment, are usually used to give lectures. Whether it is the Sword Forge Guild or the Apothecary Guild, they are all around the Yao Ling Academy, and most of the teachers about sword casting in the Yao Ling Academy are also elders of the Sword Forge Guild, so classes are also held in this place.
Continuing on, the size of the room began to get smaller, and here it was a small workshop, where the swordsmiths made weapons with peace of mind, and it was not much different from the ordinary workshop, but there were more decorative components.
Outside these houses is a plaza that now serves as a place of display, as a light rain is falling over the square with a huge magical shield. The exhibits on the square were all kinds of weapons, and Canglan looked at it here, and also saw a weapon marked with Luo Yao's name. Canglan also saw that this was Luo Yao's early work.
"When are you going to make me a weapon? "Ripple didn't know anything about weapons, but he was surprised to see it.
"What type of sword, bow, staff, or dagger do you prefer?"
"I don't know. ”
Canglan also doesn't take it seriously, knowing that the ripples are just a whim. Continuing to look at these weapons, at this time, a boy came from behind, and when he looked back, it was Gu Xin.
"Hello, see you again. ”
Because of Gu Xinghe, Canglan is still a little wary of Gu Xin. But as the chat deepened, Canglan found that Gu Xin didn't seem to know what Gu Xinghe did, and although Gu Xin regarded Canglan as an opponent, he was not a bully like his father.
"It's really hard to get the sword forging qualification over the years, but you're Master Luo Yao's apprentice, so it's definitely no problem. ”
Canglan didn't tell Gu Xin what happened yesterday.
"In a few days, it's the Mithril Swordsmith's exam, and I have to participate. You'll have to catch up quickly, and then we'll be up to us to see who is stronger at the Dawn Spirit. ”
After obtaining the qualification of swordsmith, he can only be called a blue iron swordsmith, and there are also titles such as red copper, white ying, mythril, black gold, etc. Generally speaking, there are still quite a lot of red bronze swordsmiths, but it is a big threshold to go up, and many people have been stuck for a lifetime. Canglan naturally didn't expect that Gu Xin was now a Bai Ying swordsmith.
Gu Xin left after a while, and Canglan felt more and more the gap between himself and this world. It's not just strength, but vision, he doesn't know what level his peers are already at. Yesterday, even the ten-year-old successfully passed the test. And he can only do this through the relationship between Mo Wentian's father, although the fact is that Gu Gaofei deliberately makes things difficult. But for Canglan, this is just speculation. Because he still didn't know that the inspector was from Gu Xinghe. Canglan sometimes suddenly doubts himself: what if it is really his own weapon that is wrong?
Before, Canglan had never doubted his ability, but this time he was shaken.
After watching Canglan lose his mind for a long time, Ripple also knew what he would probably think, but he didn't know how to comfort him. She's a scoundrel, but comforting people isn't her forte. Fortunately, the time for the assessment is approaching, and Ripple takes this opportunity to break the thinking of Canglan.
"Alright, it's almost time for the assessment, let's go. ”
Canglan tried his best not to think about these things, but his heart became more and more uncomfortable.
In a trance, Canglan has arrived in the workshop, and in a trance, Canglan has begun to assess.
Canglan came to his senses and handed over his assessment certificate. This time, the workshop is different, and the examiners are different. After reading the assessment certificate, they understood it and asked Canglan to make an iron sword, but there were many additional conditions. Canglan was a little surprised, he originally thought that this assessment was just a formality, but he was very happy to see that the examiner was giving him serious questions. These requirements sound difficult, but Canglan has already been familiar with them, and it only took half of the time to complete them.
Canglan took the iron sword and handed it to the examiner. But these examiners just casually passed it, and they passed it without even testing. Canglan understands that the complexity of the original question is just a trick, no matter how difficult the question is, it is these examiners who have given the results, and what they want to say is completely at their will.
"It's really young and promising, and he has such attainments at a young age, not bad, not bad. ”
The three examiners praised this Canglan, but Canglan felt that it was a mockery. And at this time, Gu Gaofei actually pushed the door in.
When the examiner saw the inspector, he immediately got up.
"This assessment is not counted, and I have done it all over again. ”
Gu Gaofei attacked again, but Canglan had no intention of refutating.
At this time, one of the three examiners said, "Lord Gu, what General Mo means at this time." ”
An ancient word passed into Canglan's ears, and all the puzzles seemed to have been solved, Canglan glanced at Gu Gaofei and then at the examiner.
"It turns out that my assessment has been controlled by others, whether it is success or failure, I can't help myself. Canglan said to Gu Gaofei, "What does Gu Xinghe mean?"
"Now that you know, I'm not going to do those meaningless things. I was going to wait until the end of the assessment to find a chance to arrest you, but now that it's exposed, there's no way. You also know what my second master wants, just hand it over, it's good for us. ”
After speaking, a few people walked out behind Gu Gaofei, and it was the big hand he brought.
Seeing Gu Gaofei being so tough, the examiner also panicked, "My lord, you are like this, we can't explain it to General Mo." ”
Gu Gaofei sneered, "I'll tell you from the Mo family, I don't believe that they will fall out with our Gu family because of a child, and I don't look at who provided their weapons." ”
The examiner didn't say anything more, Canglan didn't bother to pay attention to Gu Gaofei, walked in front of the examiner, and looked at his assessment certificate. ”
"You're really persistent, and you're still thinking about that kind of thing at this time. Contrary to the meaning of our second master, let alone being a swordsmith, even if you can survive or not, it is not certain. ”
Canglan picked up his assessment certificate, and suddenly thought of what his master said before he left, "This world is not as you imagined, since you have embarked on this road, you must be conscious." ”
Obviously, Canglan did not do a good job of enlightenment.
"A few of you, grab him for me and take him to the second master. Gu Gaofei ordered the thugs.
"Arrest people directly in the Sword Forger's Guild", at this time, an old man approached the workshop, "Are your Gu family so powerful now?"
"Elder Tuo, why are you here? Gu Gaofei was arrogant in front of Canglan, but he still bowed his head in front of this Elder Tuo.
"I can't come yet, can I? If I don't come again, you're going to have to rebel. ”
"Don't dare. Gu Gaofei bowed his head slightly, not daring to offend the old man.
Elder Tuo looked at Canglan and showed a happy expression, "I said that I was familiar with your name, it turned out to be Luo Yao's apprentice, and I saw you when you were young." ”
Canglan had some impressions of this old man, and he had seen it when he was at the Cape of the Sea. Canglan knew that his relationship with Luo Yao was not ordinary.
"Kid, I'm smiling at you, the entire Sword Forgers Guild is in a miasma right now. ”
The old man had a bad attitude towards Gu Gaofei, but he was very soft when he spoke to Canglan.
"Let's go, come out with me. ”
"Yes, Elder. Canglan didn't know what to call this old man, so he also called him an elder.
Elder Tuo smiled, "You don't have to call me Elder, you can call me Master." ”
Canglan was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "Wait a minute, Master." ”
After speaking, Canglan walked to the stove and, to everyone's surprise, threw the assessment certificate into the stove.
"Kid, you are. Elder Tuo was surprised.
"I don't need the title of swordsmith anymore, and I can go on without this title in the future. At this moment, Elder Tuo seemed to see Luo Yao's expression when he proposed that the swordsmith was not just a craftsman.
With Elder Tuo by his side, Gu Gaofei naturally didn't dare to say or do anything. Although he said fiercely, his status in the Sword Forger Guild was only medium, and there was no problem in bullying those examiners, but when he saw elder-level figures, he still didn't dare to be presumptuous.
After that, Elder Tuo led Canglan to a room, and Elder Tuo began to ask about Luo Yao.
"Master, he doesn't know where he's gone, and I rarely see him. ”
Elder Tuo nodded, it shouldn't be surprising.
"Kid, I can only help you with this matter to this point, and now the entire Sword Forger's Guild, or this royal city, has a strange atmosphere. Okay nonsense, you leave the Sword Forger Guild and leave the royal city, you are now being targeted by Gu Xinghe, and you must be uneasy to stay here. As for the swordsmith qualification, I'll help you get one, which can save you a lot of trouble. ”
"Master, I really don't need it. Canglan's resolute attitude made Elder Tuo feel a little ashamed.
After saying goodbye to Elder Tuo, Canglan returned to the hall, but it was not only Ripples waiting for him, but also Gu Gaofei and his thugs.
"Ripples, let's go. ”
Seeing this, Canglan took a rippling hand and walked towards the outside of the Sword Forger Guild. Gu Gaofei didn't stop him, just ordered a few of his subordinates to keep an eye on them, and then returned to the Gu family himself.
Canglan went straight back to the hotel, anyway, the Gu family already knew where they lived, and Canglan had no need to hide it, and after packing their luggage, the two were ready to leave.
"What's wrong? Ripple asked.
"It's dangerous not to leave. ”
Canglan found the innkeeper and told him that if a man with a headband came to him, he would tell the man that he had left the royal city.
Then, Canglan and Ripple rushed in the direction of the city gate.
The light rain hasn't stopped.