After receiving the Silver Swordsmith badge, Aotian returned to the swordsmithing hall upstairs.

At this time, the old man had already taken out his sword-forging furnace and the materials needed to refine the Xuan-level sword.

"Come over to Aotian!" the old man saw Aotian coming back, and hurriedly beckoned to him.

Aotian replied and walked quickly to the old man's side.

"When I refine the sword in a while, you will be by my side and observe the refining process with your spiritual power!" the old man said in a deep voice.

"Yes, senior!" Aotian nodded, and immediately stood quietly beside the old man.

"You should know all these materials, right?" the old man asked, pointing to the materials on the table beside him.

Aotian looked at the materials, then nodded and said, "The juniors recognize it!"

"Alright, then let's get started!" the old man nodded, and immediately put those materials into the sword-casting furnace one after another, and then pressed his hands into the two grooves on both sides of the sword-casting furnace, pouring blood gas, and suddenly a scorching flame rose in the furnace.

Seeing this, Aotian immediately closed his eyes, had no distractions, and poured all his spiritual power into the old man's sword-forging furnace.

He knew very well that the materials needed to refine the Xuan-level sword were far more than the materials needed to refine the yellow-level sword, and the process had become correspondingly complicated and difficult several times.

Therefore, it is very rare for me to have such an opportunity to observe the whole process of the old man's refining from the side, and I will definitely benefit a lot.

The old man's entire refining process lasted for several hours, and Aotian was engrossed in observing the smelting process of each material in the sword-casting furnace, as well as the fusion between various materials, the qualitative changes that occurred in the reaction of each other, and the final deformation.

In the end, the sword was fully formed, and the old man extinguished the fire, drained the waste liquid, and took out the cast Xuan-grade superb sword.

The Xuan-level superb sword is not only extraordinary in appearance, but also the powerful power of the majestic sword gang inside, and the most difficult thing in the whole refining process is how to make the sword form its own sword Gang.

Although Aotian had observed the whole process, he still couldn't fully understand the process of the formation of the sword, but in his heart, he had some intuitive understanding of the refining of the Xuan-level sword.

Seeing the thoughtful look of Aotian on the side, the old man was very satisfied with his serious attitude of studying: "How is it, have you understood something?"

"Well, there are some comprehensions, but the formation process of Jian Gang has not been understood!" Aotian said seriously.

Hearing this, the old man nodded, and said with a slight smile: "This is the difficulty of Xuan-level sword refining, and it is also the key to many sword casters who cannot break through and improve to the level of sword casting masters, but this aspect requires you to slowly explore and understand in the actual practice process by yourself, and others can only give some guidance, but don't worry, with your talent, there shouldn't be much of a problem!"

Hearing the old man's words, Aotian nodded.

"Let's go, let's go downstairs, the people of the Eighth Prince should have arrived!" the old man said with a smile, and then walked out of this hall with Aotian.

When the old man returned to the hall on the first floor with Aotian again, the person who really came to fetch the sword for the Eighth Prince had been waiting in the hall for a long time.

After the old man handed the sword to the man who took it, he spoke briefly with him and sent him away.

Then the old man instructed the staff of the guild a few more words, and then left the branch building with Aotian and walked towards his mansion.

On the way, Aotian learned from the old man that his name was Ouyang Yunxiao, who was one of the top ten famous sword-casting masters in the Yunlan Empire, and was also a martial king powerhouse, and now the patriarch of the Ouyang family, the first martial arts cultivation family in Xilan City.

Following Ouyang Yunxiao all the way through the streets and alleys, Aotian came to the Ouyang family's mansion, and then under Ouyang Yunxiao's arrangement, Aotian lived in the mansion.

In the following days, under the careful guidance of the old man, after two exercises, Aotian finally succeeded in refining the yellow-level superb sword.

The speed of Aotian's progress made Ouyang Yunxiao very pleased, and his heart was full of expectations for Aotian.

"This year's Sword Forging Master Tournament will definitely be different because of this child!" Ouyang Yunxiao looked at the top-grade yellow-grade sword that Aotian had just refined, and said secretly with joy in his heart.

Now that there were still four months left before the Sword Forging Masters, he was confident that Aotian would be able to learn to refine Xuan-level swords in four months.

At that time, the eighteen-year-old sword forging master will definitely shock the refining world of the entire Yunlan Empire, and Aotian will also be famous in the entire empire because of this.

And as half of Aotian's teacher, he will also have a glow on his face, and the most important thing is that he handed over this genius swordsmith.

"Aotian, you have Xuan Qi in your body, you don't need to be restricted by the level of blood and qi, so from tomorrow onwards, I will guide you to practice refining Xuan-level swords, go back tonight, have a good rest, and cultivate your spirit, tomorrow's practice will be very mentally draining!"

"Yes, teacher, the apprentice will go back first!" Aotian had already changed his name to call Ouyang Yunxiao a teacher two days ago, although he didn't do any apprenticeship, but Ouyang Yunxiao taught carefully, and calling him a teacher was also a sign of his respect and gratitude to him.

And Ouyang Yunxiao also likes Aotian to call him a teacher, every time he hears Aotian call him a teacher, he will be full of smiles and can't close his mouth.

After bowing respectfully to Ouyang Yunxiao, Aotian put away his sword-casting furnace and left the room where he practiced sword-casting.

However, when Aotian returned to the courtyard where he lived again, he saw Ouyang Mingzhu and a handsome man of twenty-six or seventeen years old sitting on a stone bench in his courtyard.

Although Aotian didn't know the man, judging from his appearance, it was not difficult to guess that this man was likely to be Ouyang Mingzhu's brother.

As if sensing that Aotian was back, the handsome man cast his arrogant gaze on Aotian, and then grinned at the corners of his mouth full of disdain, and said coldly: "Boy, I heard that you are very powerful, do you dare to compete with me!"

"No interest!" Ao Tianzhi said that this man was instigated by Ouyang Mingzhu to find fault, so he immediately refused.

It's not that he's afraid of this person, he just doesn't want to cause trouble for Ouyang Yunxiao, and he doesn't want to exacerbate the contradiction between himself and Ouyang Mingzhu.

"Smack-" The handsome man slapped the stone table and stood up with a domineering expression very similar to Ouyang Mingzhu: "If you are not interested, you have to compare, otherwise you want to enter this house tonight!"

"Aotian, you won't be afraid, you weren't very arrogant last time, why are you pretending to be a bear now, hum, it really makes Miss Ben look down on you!" Ouyang Mingzhu sneered, trying to provoke Aotian.

Hearing Ouyang Mingzhu's words, Aotian was about to say something, but was interrupted by a sudden noise of footsteps at the door of the courtyard.

Looking over, I saw more than 20 figures squeezing in, most of these ** were teenagers, and the oldest was about the same age as Aotian, but they all had an expression on their faces waiting to see Aotian's good show.

Glancing at the juniors of the Ouyang family who were squeezed in at the door, Aotian couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, no wonder on the way back he found that there were many people following him. Originally, I thought that those people were just curious about themselves, an outsider, but I didn't expect that it was because Ouyang Mingzhu wanted to bring his brother to find fault, so he specially came to see the excitement.

However, Aotian didn't care too much about those people, just glanced at them casually, then turned his eyes to Ouyang Mingzhu again, and said in a flat voice: "Miss Ouyang Mingzhu, you and I don't have any big grudges, why be so aggressive, I'm not afraid of you, I just don't want to cause trouble to you Ouyang senior!"

"Hmph, don't pretend to be a good person there, the most disgusting thing about Miss Ben is your fake and righteous appearance, don't you like to be a hero, if you have the ability, you can show Miss Ben your majesty!" Ouyang Mingzhu's willow eyebrows were raised, her face was full of fierceness, and that expression really ruined her charming face.

Hearing Ouyang Mingzhu's sarcastic words, Aotian was also slightly annoyed in his heart, but the heart he had honed since he was a child was far beyond what he should be at his age, so he was not angered by Ouyang Mingzhu's words, just shook his head, no longer had to argue with this unreasonable woman, and walked towards his room.

"Stop! You fucking take Ben Gongzi's words as a deaf ear!" The son's brother saw Aotian walking towards the door, and immediately became furious, and scolded, that look was very similar to Ouyang Mingzhu, and he was really worthy of the two brothers and sisters.

"Brother, don't talk nonsense with him, just start to give him some color!" Ouyang Mingzhu on the side shouted with cold eyes.

Hearing this, the man's eyes flashed with coldness, and he immediately overflowed with blood, pulled out the long sword at his waist and slashed a sword at Aotian, and suddenly a fierce sword qi shot out, breaking through the air and attacking Aotian.

Seeing this, Aotian frowned, knowing that he couldn't avoid this trouble today, so he didn't spare his hand, and immediately shot out a dazzling thunderbolt to meet the sword qi that was shooting.

"Boom-" The thunder light collided with the sword qi, and it was easily broken by the sword qi, but the sword qi continued to shoot with residual power.

"Superb Xuan-level Sword!" Aotian secretly said in his heart, judging from the power of the sword qi just now, it was not difficult for him to guess that the other party was using a Xuan-level Superb Sword.

But he didn't care what the quality of the other party's long sword was.

With a flicker of his body, he easily avoided the sword qi, and then opened the body of King Kong, and his body rushed towards the man quickly.

Seeing Aotian rushing towards him, and his body changed, the man's eyes flashed with surprise, and he immediately swung out a sword again, and another sword qi shot towards Aotian at great speed.

But just as the sword qi was about to touch Aotian's body, his figure suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared in place, and when he reappeared, he had already reached the side of the man, and then before the man could react, his big hand had already tightly grasped the man's wrist holding the sword.

Then as soon as the arm was forced, the strong force directly wheeled the man's whole person, and finally threw it out of the courtyard wall.

"Ahh

Aotian knew that the man was a low-level martial artist, and he had a blood and qi body, so even if his head hit the ground, he would be fine, not to mention that he was not so stupid as to let his head hit the ground first.

Seeing Ouyang Mingyuan, who was a martial artist in the hall, was thrown out of the courtyard directly by Aotian, the juniors of the Ouyang family who were originally going to see Aotian were all stunned on the spot, especially when they saw that Aotian could not only release lightning, but also change his body, he couldn't help but feel that Aotian in front of him was a monster, so his whole body was like cold water empowerment, and his heart trembled involuntarily.

And Ouyang Mingzhu on the side was also shocked and angry, she already knew very well that Aotian was a monster at all, and his strength was completely inconsistent with his age, and it was absolutely impossible for him to take revenge today.

After Aotian threw Ouyang Mingyuan out of the courtyard, he clapped his hands, ignoring the horrified gazes of Ouyang Mingzhu and those juniors, and walked into his room.

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