After seeing that the applause around him gradually subsided, the host began to continue to introduce other players, but compared to Qin Zhen, those people seemed to be extremely mediocre, so basically they didn't cause too many reactions in the stands, and only occasionally remembered sporadic applause.

"Standing on the twelfth stage is the youngest sword-forging master in the history of our Yunlan Empire-Aotian, eighteen years old this year, recommended by the Xilancheng Branch!" When the host introduced Aotian, there was a monstrous exclamation in the audience, but the exclamation soon turned into an uproar and discussion.

Because everybody saw that the twelfth platform was empty.

At this time, the host also found out that Aotian had not come, so he couldn't help but smile awkwardly and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, it seems that the youngest swordsmith hasn't come yet!"

As soon as the host's voice fell, the uproar around him completely turned into boos and doubts, but some people seemed to sigh regretfully.

"Ha Luha, please allow me to continue to introduce other players, standing on the thirteenth stage is the outstanding player recommended by the Lingde branch - Chen Chong" The host continued to introduce all the remaining players.

"Standing on the stage 35 is Zhang He from the city, a gold medal swordsmith, forty-seven years old this year!" When the host finished introducing the last player, he cleared his throat slightly, and then his voice changed, and his voice became more excited: "Okay, this year's Sword Casting Masters Tournament starts now!"

With the host's order, the players on each round platform took out their own sword-casting furnaces, and then took out various sword-casting materials and put them into their own sword-casting furnaces.

"Huhuhu......" was rising everywhere, and the first round of the competition officially began.

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Although the process of forging the sword was long, no one in the audience felt bored or bored, and everyone was interested in paying attention to the players in the field, ready to witness the birth of a sword that embodies the crystallization of human wisdom. It also witnesses the rise of new sword-casting stars.

However, most of the eyes in the audience were focused on Qin Zhen almost the whole time, after all, everyone knew in their hearts that this year's Royal Sword Forging Master was none other than this person.

After a long time, some of the players in the field ended refining one after another, and one after another swords were baked.

However, experienced people know that these people who took the lead in completing the sword casting are only yellow-level swords, and those who refine Xuan-level swords should be at the most critical moment at this time.

So there was only a slight commotion in the surrounding stands, but it quickly subsided.

But at this moment, a sound like an explosion suddenly came from the field, and I saw that the swordsmithing furnace on the eighteenth platform was like a volcanic eruption, constantly spewing out a lot of hot liquid, and the swordsmith had already seen that the situation was not good, and jumped off the round platform.

"Teacher, what's wrong with that person?" the seventh princess in the VIP seat asked in surprise when she saw the scene on the eighteenth stage.

"It was a blasting furnace, and that person didn't have that level but forcibly wanted to refine the Xuan-level sword, so the spiritual power didn't control the flame temperature and the fusion of the material, which caused the liquid to explode!" Ling Xiao patiently explained.

"I see!" the Seventh Princess nodded, and then couldn't help but look at the vacant No. 12 platform again, and sighed with some regret in her heart.

At this time, the sword-casting furnace of several people in the field exploded one after another, obviously these people had not yet reached the level of refining Xuan-level swords, and they could only regrettably end up in failure.

Generally speaking, refining a yellow-level sword will definitely miss the next round of the event, so many people who have not reached the level of refining a Xuan-level sword also want to gamble, hoping that they can play extraordinarily and refine a Xuan-level sword, but most of the results of this risky attempt end in explosion and failure.

As some of them were eliminated, there were suddenly only twelve people left in the field, and these twelve people seemed to have reached the most advanced stage of refining.

After more than ten minutes, I saw that the remaining twelve people finally extinguished the fire one after another, eliminated the waste liquid, and then a sword was baked.

Seeing this scene, the originally quiet field suddenly boiled, and bursts of discussion and cheers rang out.

The sword was baked, and the twelve contestants came down from the round platform, holding the sword they had refined, and came to the judges' seat, and asked the judges to identify and judge one after another.

Soon, the jury had identified the twelve swords, and only four of the twelve swords had reached the Xuan grade, while the rest were nondescript semi-finished products or scrap products.

Moreover, among the four Xuan-level swords, in addition to Qin Zhen refining a Xuan-level top-grade sword, Chen Chong, Jiang Lingfeng, and another person refined all Xuan-level low-grade swords.

"Gentlemen, ladies, the results of the first round of the event have come out, please allow me to announce the list of those who have entered the second round of the event this time, the first is Qin Zhen, the sword he refined in the first round is a Xuan-level high-grade ......"

The host's voice sounded again, but once again the venue set off a wave of applause and admiration, which could not be subsided for a long time.

"The second place is Chen Chong, he refines the Xuan-level lower-grade sword......" The host continued to announce the results of the first round of the competition.

In the VIP seat, the Seven Princesses didn't seem interested in paying attention to the results of the first round of the competition, but looked at the twelfth round platform with interest, and then at the empty seats in the judges' seats.

She knew very well that the Aotian who Ouyang Yunxiao said was about the same age as herself would not come.

For some reason, the seventh princess suddenly felt a faint sense of disappointment and loneliness in her heart.

"Alas-" sighed secretly, and the seventh princess glanced at the entrance of the arena casually, but what she didn't expect was that several figures suddenly walked in at the entrance.

"Coming?" The Seventh Princess's eyes flashed, her eyes widened suddenly, and she looked at the group of people who walked in at the entrance in surprise, and when she was sure that the person who was the leader was Ouyang Yunxiao, she couldn't help but pull Ling Xiao beside her, and said happily: "Teacher, look, President Ouyang seems to be here!"

Hearing this, Ling Xiao on the side raised his eyebrows, and immediately took advantage of the situation, and at a glance, he saw Ouyang Yunxiao and the others who had already arrived at the judges' seat, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's finally here!"

Ouyang Yunxiao said something to everyone in the judges' seat, and walked towards Ling Xiao and the Seventh Princess with Aotian briskly.

The Seventh Princess's curious gaze converged on Aotian beside Ouyang Yunxiao and looked at it carefully.

I saw that he was dressed in black slim clothes, looking simple and unpretentious, but he looked very calm, although his appearance was not as good as Mach and those handsome sons in the palace, but there was an affinity between his eyebrows, which made people look very natural and comfortable.

"Is he Aotian?" said the seventh princess with a smile in her eyes.

At this time, Ouyang Yunxiao had already brought Aotian to Ling Xiao and the Seventh Princess, and immediately saw Ouyang Yunxiao bowing down and clenching his fists, Aotian knelt on one knee, and said in unison: "See the Grandmaster, Your Royal Highness the Princess!"

"Hurry up and be polite!" Ling Xiao said with a smile, then looked at Aotian behind Ouyang Yunxiao, and asked with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, this is the Aotian you said, right?"

"Exactly!" Ouyang Yunxiao nodded and said.

Hearing Ouyang Yunxiao's answer, Ma He on the side couldn't help but look at Aotian beside Ouyang Yunxiao with a surprised face.

He never expected that the person who had just said that his teacher would win the title of Royal Sword Casting Master with Qin Zhen would be younger than himself.

"How is this possible?" Mahe was shocked, he had never heard of someone becoming a swordsmith at such a young age, so for a moment he looked at Aotian with his eyes as if he had seen a ghost.

"Aotian, the grass people, I have seen the grandmaster, Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Aotian is also from a big family, so he naturally knows how to be polite, so when he saw Ling Xiao asking about himself, he immediately knelt down on one knee again to pay homage.

"Ha Luha, Aotian little friend, please get up!" Ling Xiao looked at Aotian with appreciation, and then looked at Ouyang Yunxiao and asked, "President Yunxiao, why did you come?"

"Alas-it's not a secret, Aotian was poisoned by someone last night, if it weren't for his special physique, I'm afraid he would be dead now, but before coming here, I had already helped him expel most of the toxins, and now there is still a small part of the toxins left in his body that have not been removed, Aotian insists on coming to participate in the competition, so I can only bring him here, I hope the grandmaster can give him a chance!" Ouyang Yunxiao said with a solemn face.

"Poisoning, how could this happen!" Ling Xiao was quite surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but take a closer look at Aotian again, but saw that his face was still a little black, his lips were chapped, and purple, so it was not difficult to see that he had indeed been poisoned, and as Ouyang Yunxiao said, the toxin had not been completely removed.

"Who is so bold that he dares to murder the talents of our empire in the imperial capital!President Yunxiao, can you find out who did it?" The seventh princess was very angry in her heart, this kind of poisoning and harming people made her very despised, and if Ao Tian was really killed by that person, not only would her expectations today be completely disappointed, but the empire would also lose a genius who was likely to become a sword forging grandmaster in the future.

"Back to the princess, due to the urgency of time, there is no time to investigate for the time being, but now there is a clue, and Wei Chen will definitely investigate it clearly when he goes back!" Ouyang Yunxiao said in a deep voice.

"Well, okay, if you need any help, just ask, I can send someone to assist you in investigating this matter, the murderer dares to do evil in the imperial capital, and he must not be let go!" the seventh princess said in a stern voice, quite a king's style.

"Yes!" Ouyang Yunxiao arched his hand.

When Aotian heard the words of the Seventh Princess, he was slightly grateful in his heart, and his good impression of the Seventh Princess doubled, and he felt that she was a woman with a sense of justice.

But when I thought of the misunderstanding between myself and the Seventh Princess, I couldn't help but feel quite helpless, if there was no misunderstanding between them, maybe they could really become good friends, but it's a pity that they made people!

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