Holy Swordsmith

Chapter 174 Announcing Results
Early in the morning, Ye Shi brought Chen Ying to the square. Unlike the first day, the second stage of the competition had to come earlier. The biggest reason for this was that the results of the first stage of the competition had already come out.According to the usual practice, the top ten will be announced in public, so as to motivate the master swordsmith to perform better in the second stage of the competition.

"What happened to Uncle Huang? Why didn't I see him all night, and he didn't seem to come back this morning." Ye Shi pondered, thinking about what happened to Huang Haiya. These days are the important period of the sword casting competition. But Huang Haiya's whereabouts were a little weird, which made Ye Shi a little worried.

After all, Huang Haiya is the lord of Gaori City. Although Ye Shi came from across time, since the first place he came to was Gaori City, and the shop also settled in Gaori City, Ye Shi can be regarded as half of Gaori City. people.In addition to getting along with each other these days, Ye Shi and Huang Haiya have more or less a kind of friendship. If something happened to Huang Haiya, Ye Shi would naturally not ignore it.

"Wait a little longer. If Uncle Huang hasn't come back after today's competition, I can only look for it." Ye Shi shook his head, and returned his mind to the sword casting competition. All the contestants have already arrived, counting the time, and it is almost time to announce the results of the first stage of the competition.

In the end, following the arrival of all the patriarchs of aristocratic families and city lords of medium-sized cities in the stands, Wu Tianao and others also sat on the stands under the eyes of everyone, and all the important figures were present.Two middle-aged men walked up to the high platform in the middle of the square. They were the master swordsmith and the sword repairer who were explaining. In the hands of the master swordsmith, there was a gray and white record book. It was the four senior swordsmiths from last night. The book that was handed over to Wu Tianao, recorded on it was the ranking of the top ten swordsmiths in the first stage.

As the two walked up to the high platform, no matter it was the master swordsmith, or the people watching around the square, the heads of many aristocratic families and the owners of medium-sized cities in the stands all looked at them one after another.Everyone knows that the top ten of the first stage of the sword casting competition are in the record book in the hands of the sword casting master.

Although this is only the top ten in the first stage, if nothing else happens, at least eight of the top ten will be the top ten after the entire sword casting competition.It is even possible that after the sword forging competition is over, the top ten will be these ten swordsmith masters, so everyone is extremely curious about who the top ten will be.

In fact, before the results were announced, only the four master swordsmiths and Wu Tianao knew the ranking of the first stage, and the others could only guess secretly.Among them, the most guessed ones are the top three. Compared with the top ten in the Sword Forging Competition, being within the top three means that it is unusual. It is also the top ten, but even if it is fourth and third, the The treatment is also completely different.

"Okay, I believe everyone is very curious now. After the careful review of the four senior swordsmiths yesterday, the results of the first stage of the competition finally came to an end. The top ten will also be announced here. I hope that the ten Swordsmith masters can continue to work hard and continue to expand their advantages. At the same time, I also hope that those swordsmith masters who are ranked slightly lower will catch up and strive to achieve better results in the second stage of the competition and strive to enter the top tier. Ten, even after the Sword Forging Contest, among the top ten." The Sword Forging Master shouted.

This is one of the reasons for announcing the top ten rankings, to encourage all the swordsmiths to perform better in swordsmithing.The fact is also the same. Those swordsmith masters who knew that their grades would not enter the top ten all clenched their fists and their eyes were firm. If they did not perform well in the first stage, they could only rely on the second and third stages to fight.After preparing for so long, they waited for the opportunity of the sword casting competition. If they were to give up like this, they would not be reconciled no matter what.

"Now, officially announce the top ten swordsmiths in the first stage of the competition." The swordsmith shouted, opened the notebook in his hand, and shouted: "No.10, Lu Wuming."

Immediately, a master swordsmith in the square shouted excitedly, and it turned out to be No.10 Lu Wuming.Among the many master swordsmiths, most of them are taught by famous masters. Every master is a master swordsmith. They have learned skills from master swordsmiths very early. There are even a few masters who are even senior swordsmiths.As for Lu Wuming, without the guidance of a master, it was already a miracle to become a master swordsmith by groping on his own, and it had to be said that it was a miracle that he won the top ten in this swordsmith competition.

Even if it is only the lowest No.10, it is enough to make Lu Wuming very excited. Besides Lu Wuming, even the apprentice beside Lu Wuming is also very excited.And the swordsmiths who were not far from Lu Wuming all looked at Lu Wuming with envious eyes. Don't look at it as No.10, but with so many swordsmiths participating, it is not easy to get this No.10 sword matter.

"Lu Wuming, one piece of high-grade iron essence of second-grade iron essence, one piece of iron essence of medium-grade third-grade iron essence, and one piece of iron essence of quasi-grade fourth grade." The master swordsmith called out Lu Wuming's results.

Immediately, there was a commotion among the master swordsmiths. The finished steel produced by ordinary swordsmith masters was only first-grade iron essence, while the slightly better swordsmith masters could temper second-grade iron essence.However, like the third-grade iron essence, it is relatively rare among swordsmith masters.Lu Wuming tempered two pieces of third-grade iron essence at one time, and one of them reached the quasi-fourth grade. No wonder he was able to obtain No.10.

Lu Wuming also looked proud. After finishing the tempering yesterday, he saw that he had two pieces of third-grade iron essence, so he knew that his grades would not be bad. Sure enough, he got No.10.

"No.9, Liu Kaiming." The swordsmith shouted.

"Sure enough." Among the swordsmith masters, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man sighed. It was Liu Kaiming. Among the four high-level swordsmiths, Liu Kaiming is more aware of his tempering of steel.

Originally, a piece of iron essence that could reach the fifth grade turned into a fourth-grade iron essence due to some mistakes. This situation directly affected the performance of the next three pieces of hardened steel, so Liu Kaiming knew early on that the results would not be so good .Sure enough, it was only No.9. Although for other swordsmiths, No.9 was an achievement to look up to, but for Liu Kaiming, it was too bad.

As soon as Liu Kaiming's results came out, many swordsmith masters also had weird faces, even the audience outside the square, let alone those big shots in the stands.Liu Kaiming just won No.9, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

(End of this chapter)