Today’s third update: Chapter 345!
Come on, keep on hurting each other, there is one more chapter today, and it looks like there will be two more chapters tomorrow, if you have the temper, you will kill me!
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Xu Kun didn't know that the 100% pure refined iron he completed easily would receive huge praise from Ou Yezi, the number one master craftsman of the human race!
Before he learned the art of casting, Xu Kun was able to forge 99% pure iron with his brute force. Now Xu Kun is no longer what he used to be. If he wants to achieve a good result of 100% purity, he will not hesitate. Focusing on completion, it is also a matter of holding hands!
Everything in front of him disappeared in an instant after the mirror said he had completed the assessment, clearing the way for Xu Kun!
Xu Kun moved on without sadness or joy!
After a while, he saw a building like a watermelon shed on the side of the road. Inside, a strong man in a cardigan was holding a cattail leaf fan and a bamboo hat on his head, sitting on a pony and looking at him!
This scene looks very much like the owner of a roadside stall selling watermelons in summer!
Xu Kun almost blurted out: Boss, is this melon of yours still ripe?
Boss: Can I still sell you raw melon and eggs?
Cough cough cough!
Of course, in this holy land of Sword Pond, this pavilion is not selling watermelons. Although there is a stall in front of the strong man with a sinister face, what is on it is not watermelons, but pieces of equipment!
"Young man, it's great that you came to me so quickly!" the strong man said with a smile while shaking his broken cattail leaf fan.
After Xu Kun approached, he squatted down and looked at the various equipment stacked on the stall. Although he didn't use it, when he saw that the equipment was covered with scars, he already had concerns in his heart.
"Your Majesty, you should be the examiner of this second level, right?"
The strong man smiled. Not to mention, with his sinister face, his smile was quite charming!
"I can't talk about your honor, but I am just an incompetent disciple of my master. My surname is Hao. I am relatively older among my master's disciples, so everyone usually calls me Brother Hao, or Old Hao! "
"You guessed it right, I am the assessor for the second level of this mountain gate assessment!"
"Then, may I ask Brother Hao, what content will be tested in this second level?"
"Simple, have you seen these equipment?" Hao Ge Pushan pointed at the various equipment on the stall.
"These are all damaged equipment. You can pick any one at random. As long as it can be repaired, it will pass!"
Xu Kun nodded without any surprise.
"Can I see it?"
"Whatever, it doesn't cost any money!"
Even though Brother Hao looks fierce, he is still very kind when he talks!
Xu Kun picked up a piece of equipment and took a look at it. This was not the Haotian Tower. There was no data to be seen. The grade of a piece of equipment could only be judged by its feel and style!
After looking at one item, Xu Kun put it down and picked up another one, until he had looked at dozens of pieces of equipment!
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In front of the fire, Lei Huan carefully tugged at the corner of the general's clothes and said, "Master, if I haven't seen it before, the equipment Brother Hao took out this time are all damaged E-class equipment?"
The general glanced at Lei Huan and said with deep meaning: "Take a closer look!"
Lei Huan was confused and continued to look at all the equipment on the stall with wide eyes. His eyes widened when he saw a short blade in the corner!
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"How's it going? Do you have someone you like?" Brother Hao asked, waving a broken cattail leaf fan.
Xu Kun shook his head speechlessly: "Brother Hao, the value of these equipment is not high anymore!"
Brother Hao said without any surprise: "Of course, I won't take it out if it's valuable, don't you think so?"
Facing Brother Hao's eyes, Xu Kun was speechless!
"Okay, then pick one. As long as it can be repaired, I will let you go!"
"Just pick one?" Xu Kun asked.
"Yeah, pick whatever you want!"
Seeing Brother Hao's sincere eyes, Xu Kun narrowed his eyes.
He didn't think there were so many pieces of equipment on display and it was as simple as just letting him pick one at random!
Then just put one piece of equipment. Why bother and let people choose it themselves?
"Brother Hao, do you have any recommendations?"
Brother Hao shook his head: "What can you recommend about these broken things? Each one is more broken than the last. You can pick whatever you like. After I finish picking the rest, I'm going to throw them away as garbage!"
One piece is worse than the other!
Brother Hao seems to be unintentional, but he actually reminds me intentionally!
This second level seems to only test the repair ability, which is also a necessary ability for a caster. From the casting inheritance absorbed before, the old caster who left the inheritance has created countless low-level equipment in his life, and also Fixed countless low-level equipment!
Repairing equipment is different from building equipment, you also need to create pictures!
The operation of repairing equipment is not that complicated, the most important thing is your eyesight!
First determine the materials used to build a piece of equipment, and then use the corresponding materials to repair the wound!
Generally speaking, the requirements for casting skills to repair equipment will be one level lower than the equipment level!
For example, for E-level equipment, an F-level caster has a high probability of successfully repairing it!
Eyesight is Xu Kun's judgment of the assessment requirements for this second level. He not only needs to see the materials needed to build these broken equipment, but also needs to pick out the most broken one from a pile of junk goods and the value after repair. The best equipment!
If you were in Haotian Tower, you would be able to tell the difference between the equipment at a glance, but now you are on Blue Star!
According to Xu Kun's judgment, these equipments are all damaged E-class equipment, with different degrees of damage, making it even more difficult to distinguish the original quality of these equipments!
For equipment of the same grade, whichever one is of higher quality after repair will naturally be more valuable!
"Brother Hao, shall I choose?"
"Let's pick. After you've chosen, there will be a casting platform there. All the materials are prepared. Just think about it yourself!" Brother Hao pointed at the cattail leaf fan. Not far from the shed, there was a casting platform with a fire burning. !
Xu Kun nodded and ran his fingers over each piece of equipment without any pause!
Finally, Xu Kun's finger was fixed on a piece of armor.
"Are you sure?" Brother Hao said calmly, but there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes!
Xu Kun smiled and reached out to grab it. Just when Brother Hao was about to sigh, Xu Kun changed his movements and instead of grabbing the armor, he grabbed the inconspicuous short blade on the side!
"Brother Hao, this gadget doesn't look very damaged, so I'll just pick it!"
Xu Kun raised the short blade in his hand, but he didn't lie, because compared to other tattered equipment, this short blade only had one more gap.
A smile and a trace of doubt flashed between Brother Hao's eyebrows!
"Are you sure?" Brother Hao asked again.
Xu Kun didn't answer, got up and walked towards the casting platform.
Brother Hao looked at Xu Kun's back and became even more confused.
Was it intentional, or was it just what he said?
After thinking about it, Brother Hao decided to give it a try!
"Young man, don't blame Brother Hao for not reminding you. Although the dagger only caused a gash, this dagger is a real D-level equipment. Without the diamond, don't take the porcelain job!"
"Well, Brother Hao, I'm looking at you!"
Xu Kun didn't even look back and waved towards Brother Hao!
Brother Hao kept shaking the broken cattail leaf fan for a while, and finally laughed and shook his head: "What a boy, you almost fooled me!"
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"Master...Master, he really chose that D-class dagger!" Lei Huan said in a loss of voice.
The general glanced at his master calmly and found that his eyes had never left the figure on the fire from the beginning to the end, and the corners of his mouth had always been raised!
As Xu Kun guessed, putting a D-level dagger into a pile of E-level equipment was Ou Yezi's deliberate decision!
This level mainly tests your eyesight!
Xu Kun was able to pick out this dagger from among all the equipment. This second test was already half successful!
More importantly, Ou Yezi's idea was not only to ask Xu Kun to find the dagger, but also to test his courage!
Let’s see if Xu Kun is confident in repairing D-level equipment!
Because in common sense, repairing D-level equipment requires at least E-level casting skills!
The three people present, including Ou Yezi, did not believe that Xu Kun could master the E-level casting technique in such a short period of time!
But who said that you must have E-level casting skills to repair D-level equipment!
A true genius, even if he only has F-level casting skills, can repair D-level equipment, but the difficulty is too high!
And when he, Ou Yezi, accepts disciples, he either doesn’t accept them or accepts high-quality ones!
If Xu Kun hadn't picked out this dagger, then his subsequent performance wouldn't have mattered!
If he sees the difference in this dagger but doesn't dare to try to repair it, Ou Yezi will also be disappointed!
If you want to become a master craftsman, just like becoming a strong man, you must have the confidence to challenge the impossible!
Obviously, Xu Kun's approach made the human race's number one master craftsman extremely satisfied!
The rest depends on whether Xu Kun can repair it as he wishes!
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Naturally, Xu Kun would not think about these twists and turns. A pile of E-level equipment could not escape his eyesight. He also noticed the dagger immediately!
Since you want to pass the test, you must pass it with the best score!
He is determined to repair the D-class dagger!
Brother Hao didn't know when he had walked up to Xu Kun and watched his movements without saying a word!
Normally, Xu Kun should first conduct an in-depth study of the structure, material, and wound size of the dagger, and then design a repair plan!
Repair is a job that involves slow work and careful work. Don’t rush it!
But what made Brother Hao almost bite his tongue was that Xu Kun just glanced at the gap in the dagger, and then without taking a second look, he threw the broken dagger into the fire!
Then, he quickly threw several pieces of metal into the fire!
If Brother Hao hadn't been fully aware of his responsibility, he would have cursed him right now!
How can anyone repair equipment like this? To soften the equipment and forge materials, it needs to be done step by step. Xu Kun is such a big-brained person. People who don't know better think he is doing dark cooking!
This is an abnormal behavior that no normal person would be able to do!
Brother Hao's eyes also changed from appreciation to indifference!
He has already foreseen in his heart that Xu Kun’s repair this time will definitely fail!
But Xu Kun turned a deaf ear to this. Seeing that the equipment thrown into the fire was almost softened, he immediately took it out, picked up the casting hammer and started beating it!
The same rough approach, completely regardless of whether the softened equipment would suffer a second heavy damage due to his brute force!
Although Brother Hao is no longer optimistic about Xu Kun's repair, it is still refreshing to see Xu Kun's effortless operation!
This doesn't look like a novice caster at all!
As a result, my inner thoughts have also changed a little!
If you are an experienced forger, you can indeed repair a low-quality D-class dagger in one go like Xu Kun!
But this is far more impossible than letting Brother Hao believe that Xu Kun acted recklessly!
What level is he only at? He has just entered the tenth level and it is too late to level up. How can he master the advanced casting skills!
But again, the world of genius cannot be understood by mortals!
After beating the dagger, Xu Kun skillfully took out the pieces of metal that had been burned until they were red, just like forging fine iron before, and beat them!
In the end, including the dagger and the metal used for repair, he had almost beaten it, and Xu Kun started the penultimate step, which was the real repair!
As long as the metal is integrated into the dagger and the dagger remains stable without being damaged, you're basically done!
boom!
A muffled sound startled Brother Hao, who was very focused!
With Xu Kun's blow, the metal immediately deformed, and then merged with the dagger itself!
After a few hammerings, several pieces of forged metal were combined with the dagger!
On the surface, the dagger looks a lot bloated, but it has become a whole!
But this is just an appearance, because there is still one step left before the real repair is completed. At present, it is just knocked together with brute force, and the metal inside has not really melted!
It's just a lump of iron mixed with various metals!
Xu Kun's movements were so fast that Brother Hao's eyes couldn't keep up with the speed of his hammer swing!
Heavy, fast, and stable!
The bloated dagger continued to shrink under Xu Kun's rain-like blows, until it once again revealed what a dagger should look like!
After seeing this scene, Brother Hao had a drop of sweat dripping from his temples!
His throat moved and he swallowed hard!
With the eyesight of his master craftsman disciple, he could naturally see that what Xu Kun used to repair the dagger was not the kind of careful operation that a novice should have!
But in essence, the body of the dagger was recast!
This casting method has exceeded the difficulty of recasting a D-class dagger!
He is only level 10, how could he possibly... master such advanced casting skills!
