Holy Swordsmith

Chapter 171 First Stage Ranking

"My lord." The four senior swordsmiths bowed to Wu Tianao.

The status of a high-level swordsmith is extremely high, even if he is facing the city lord, he does not need to give a big gift, just bow a little to show respect.As for Xiong Man next to Wu Tianao, the four senior swordsmiths just nodded their heads slightly, which was regarded as greeting.

"The four masters are here. Is the result of the first stage of the Sword Forging Competition already reached?" Wu Tianao asked.

"Yes, Lord City Master." Master Wu stood up and handed a record book into Wu Tianao's hands before continuing: "It's not difficult to analyze the finished product to temper steel, plus this first stage of the competition, Quite a few people just submitted two pieces of tempered steel, and after our four alternate inspections, we finally judged the results of the first stage of the sword casting competition."

"Oh?" Wu Tianao looked at the record book in his hand. It recorded the results after the discussion of the four senior swordsmiths. Wu Tianao didn't open it in a hurry, but returned to his seat with the record book. He sat down on the chair, put the record book on the table next to him for the time being, stretched out his hand to signal Xiong Man and the four senior swordsmiths to sit down, and then asked: "Is the result of the first stage of the swordsmith competition as good as ours?" It’s the same as expected, but it’s different.”

Before the start of the swordsmithing competition, Wu Tianao discussed with the four senior swordsmiths the popular candidates for this competition, and talked about which swordsmiths have a good foundation and talent.This time, Ye Shi, a dark horse, appeared, and his sword casting ability was no worse than the ones they had hoped for.But after all, the ones they are optimistic about have a lot of experience in addition to good sword casting skills, so even if Ye Shi, a dark horse, rises, it may not have much impact on the results of the top few.

The faces of the four senior swordsmiths were a little weird, and finally Master Wu said: "It's about the same as our estimate, but there is a little deviation. The city lord will know it after reading the record book."

"Huh?" Wu Tianao became a little curious. Could it be that Ye Shi really achieved an extremely high ranking, which made the four senior swordsmiths like this.But even if it is ranked high, it is at most No.4. This time the sword casting competition, the top three candidates are too strong. Very powerful, still close to the status of high-level swordsmiths, the top three may be taken by these three people, it's just a matter of ranking.

"No. 10, Lu Wuming." Wu Tianao opened the record book, and the first page recorded the result of No. 10 in the first stage. In the entire sword casting competition, the ranking is only the top ten, especially the top ten. The results of the first stage will only be announced for the top ten.From low to high, there are only ten names recorded in the record book, and the first name is No.10.

"This Lu Wuming, although he is a loose-smelting swordsmith and has no master to teach him, but with his understanding, he advanced to a fourth-rank swordsmith master at the age of 30, and became a fifth-rank swordsmith master at the age of 40. After five years of experience , is considered excellent among fifth-rank swordsmith masters. In the first stage this time, the three pieces of tempered steel he submitted, one of which was second-rank iron essence, and the other was third-rank iron essence, were all extremely high-end swordsmith masters. The steel that can only be tempered with high attainments. The most excellent piece of tempered steel is already the pinnacle of the third-grade iron essence, and it is only a few refinements away from the fourth-grade iron essence. Very good, so we rated him as No.10." Master Wu explained.

Sure enough, Wu Tianao looked at the record book, and saw that under No.10 Lu Wuming, there were three pieces of tempered steel records, which were high-grade second-grade iron essence, middle-grade third-grade iron essence, and quasi-fourth-grade iron essence. .Wu Tianao was a layman in the way of sword casting, but he still knew some basic things. Regarding this result, Wu Tianao was not surprised, nodded, and turned to the second page.

"No.9, Liu Kaiming." Wu Tianao looked at the name, but turned his gaze to Master Liu among the four senior swordsmiths.

This Liu Kaiming is exactly the son of Master Liu. With such a father, plus his own talent, it is not surprising that Liu Kaiming can be ranked in the top ten.However, in this sword casting competition, when they talked before the start, they all guessed that Liu Kaiming should be able to get close to the top five, but they didn't expect to fall in the ninth place.In the eyes of outsiders, this is quite an achievement, but it is a slap in the face of Master Liu.

"Kai Ming doesn't live up to his expectations, and I can't help him either." Master Liu said with a serious face, obviously he was quite dissatisfied with his son's achievement.

"This time, Enlightenment was a little impatient, and a piece of tempered steel that should have been graded as a fifth-grade iron essence was mistakenly graded as a fourth-grade iron essence, which is superior. Otherwise, this piece of tempered steel alone would be more than enough to rank fifth. "Master Mei said.

"He will be impatient, which proves that his strength is not enough." Master Liu shook his head, obviously he was not satisfied with such an explanation.The son of a high-level swordsmith actually only got No. 9 in the first stage of the swordsmith competition. If such a thing spread, how would those swordsmith masters and the common people discuss it.

"Kaiming is one of the swordsmiths that we value in Tianwu City. This has never changed. This time, he participated in the swordsmithing competition just for the sake of experience. After this failure, Kaiming must be able to reflect on himself. In the future Achieve higher achievements." Wu Tian said with a smile.

Hearing what the city lord said, Master Liu's complexion improved a little bit. Although he still cared a little bit, he just didn't have the same calm expression as before.

"One piece of high-grade three-grade iron essence, one piece of medium-grade four-grade iron essence, one quasi-fifth-grade iron essence." Wu Tianao looked at Liu Kaiming's grades, nodded, and turned to the next page.

"No.8, Niu Dali." Wu Tianao smiled, this Niu Dali was one of the master swordsmiths in his City Lord's Mansion.

Although this Niu Dali's name is a bit vulgar, his ability is not low. With a natural supernatural power, he has an innate advantage in tempering steel. The quality of the smelted steel is superior to other master swordsmiths.

"A piece of high-grade fourth-grade iron essence, and a piece of quasi-fifth-grade iron essence." Wu Tianao shook his head. This is among the top ten. It is rare to see a swordsmith who can't complete three pieces of tempered steel, but even if The quantity is not enough, and the two pieces of fourth-grade iron essence with excellent quality also directly established Niu Dali's No.8 result.In this competition, three people from the City Lord's Mansion participated, and now one person is on the list, plus Wu Feidao, who must be ranked higher, Wu Tianao is extremely satisfied.

Turning to the next page, this page records No.7 in the first stage.

(End of this chapter)