Holy Swordsmith

Chapter 178 The Second Stage Competition
"This is the ranking of the top ten in the first stage." The master swordsmith on the high platform closed the record book, paused, and shouted: "Now, the second stage of the competition begins."

The second stage of the competition has finally begun.The moment the start was announced, all the master swordsmiths started immediately. The second stage of the competition was to cast sword shapes. The steel would be tempered to complete the shape of the sword, and the second review would be held, as well as the start of tomorrow's last day.At this time, all the swordsmiths are working hard, even the top ten swordsmiths are no exception.

The results of the first stage of the competition exceeded all expectations and inspired everyone's determination.Everyone has an idea in their hearts, that is, Ye Shi is only a 20-year-old master swordsmith, not to mention the experience of swordsmithing, even the way of swordsmithing is far behind. Can overwhelm all swordsmiths and get No.1 in the first stage.Since Ye Shi can, why can't they, Mei Gaoyong is not unshakable, so is this Ye Shi.

Immediately, because of Ye Shi's appearance, the unexpected results of the first stage actually mobilized the passion of all the swordsmiths, burning their hopes of catching up.

Dangdang!
There was a burst of hammering, and each master swordsmith took out one of the tempered steels he submitted from the plate he brought back, and made the first sword casting.

In the second stage of the competition, there is a bit of skill. Generally, master swordsmiths will choose the tempered steel with the middle quality among the three tempered steels for casting.One is to practice the hand, first warm up the hand, and then proceed to the best tempered steel casting sword shape.Second, he was unwilling to waste time. If the third piece of tempered steel could not complete the sword shape in time, it would not affect the two swords that were best submitted.

Even Mei Gaoyong adopted this method, and everyone was enthusiastic about it.Because the quenched steel needs to be heated up before it can be cast and polished, in the second stage of the competition, the high temperature of the previous day will continue to be maintained.Regardless of whether it was the participating swordsmiths, the audience outside the square, or the big shots in the stands, the passion at this time was not less than yesterday, and even slightly better than yesterday.

It's just that compared to yesterday, more people pay attention to Ye Shi, and it's no longer because of Ye Shi's youth, but because of his affirmation of Ye Shi's ability to forge swords.Even among them, many young people worshiped Ye Shi. If it wasn't because Ye Shi was from the outer city, and it would take a while before he was absorbed into Tianwu City, many of them would have already given birth to apprentices. idea.

At this time, Ye Shi didn't do anything immediately, but looked at the three pieces of tempered steel on the plate, which were exactly the three pieces he submitted yesterday.Compared with others, Ye Shi didn't want to be too outstanding in the second stage, but he had to maintain a high ranking, which made it even more difficult.

"According to the results of the first stage of the competition, the level of the participating swordsmith masters is not too high, so there is no need to take it too seriously." Ye Shi pondered for a while, looking at the three pieces of tempered steel, he had already made a decision in his heart.

"Look, everyone has started casting, only Master Ye Shi hasn't?"

"What do you know? It's called checking and tempering steel, finding out the advantages and disadvantages, and the best casting method. You don't even think about who Master Ye Shi is. The number one person in the first stage, even Mei Gaoyong The masters are no opponents, so they are naturally cautious. Unlike those master swordsmiths, who don’t even look at it and start directly, I think the No.1 in this second stage is still Master Ye Shi.”

This was said by a young man who almost admired Ye Shi, nodding while speaking, watching the starlight in Ye Shi's eyes.

"That's right, it's like my vegetable herbs. It takes a long time to observe carefully before I know where to use them."

"That's right, as expected of Master Ye Shi, he is indeed much better than those master swordsmiths."

Immediately, there was a sound of attachment. The audience knew very little about the way of casting swords, but they did understand some common sense in life.It's just that they didn't know that the other master swordsmiths were already familiar with the situation of tempered steel after casting the tempered steel yesterday, so they didn't observe carefully.But Ye Shi was not what they imagined at all.

It can only be said that when the impression of a person becomes miraculous, everything he does has a reason to do it, and he is much better than others.

The situation of Ye Shi also made all swordsmiths pay attention. At this time, all swordsmiths regard Ye Shi as their biggest competitor and a goal to surpass. Therefore, they are extremely concerned about Ye Shi's every move. focus on.Seeing Ye Shi looking at the three pieces of tempered steel and not doing anything, the master swordsmiths did not stop their work, but their hearts turned. The situation has already been figured out. Ye Shi's observation of the three pieces of tempered steel at this time is definitely not to check the advantages and disadvantages.

However, apart from such a statement, the master swordsmiths really couldn't think of any possibility.After all, no one would think about it, and some people would think about whether they should choose the less tempered steel to cast the sword shape for submission.In the end, all the master swordsmiths could only shake their heads, thinking that Ye Shi was just being cautious, and turned his mind back to the movements in his own hands. Their swordsmithing ability was originally inferior to others, so if they didn’t take it seriously But I really can't catch up.

"What does Ye Shi want to do?" Wu Tianao shook his head, unable to guess Ye Shi's thoughts.

Beside Wu Tianao, Xiong Man and Wu Tianyang also showed doubts, only Wu Tianyue clenched her fists anxiously and stared at Ye Shi.This second stage of the competition is also three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, with a break in between.If Ye Shi can't complete the sword shape in one go, then the subsequent casting will definitely be affected, so time is very tight. If Ye Shi wastes time thinking about it now and can't finish casting the sword shape before noon, I am afraid that the results will be greatly affected. Dropped the rankings a lot.

Therefore, Wu Tianyue became a little anxious for Ye Shi, but the distance was so far, it was impossible to remind Ye Shi, and now Wu Tianyue could only secretly worry.

At this time, there was a cold gaze looking at Wu Tianyue's anxious appearance. After seeing the place and expression of Wu Tianyue's gaze, the person snorted with a dark expression, turned and left, as if he had never appeared before. generally.

In the square, Ye Shi, who was attracting everyone's attention at this time, finally made a move. Ye Shi reached out and picked up a piece of tempered steel on the plate, "That's all right."

(End of this chapter)