Holy Swordsmith

Chapter 705 Replacement
Ye Shi brought the holy sword and the box containing the holy sword to the hotel lobby. Niu Da was already waiting there. Ye Shi was eating breakfast while waiting. Zhao Ziyuan and Li Tu came over after a while.

"Ye Shi, although today is the start of the sword casting competition, the official start of the competition will be in the afternoon, and the morning will be the time to introduce the competition and judges, and there will be a senior dwarf swordsmith casting swords by himself, as a symbol of the beginning At this time, let's go there first and join other swordsmiths in Riyao Kingdom." Zhao Ziyuan explained.

Although it was Zhao Ziyuan's first time to come to the sword casting competition, and it was the first time to come to the Moon God Kingdom, Zhao Ziyuan had already remembered some details of the sword casting competition.This will bring Ye Shi, just to let Ye Shi get in touch with other swordsmiths so that there will be no problems after the competition starts.

Ye Shi had no objection to this, and nodded. After packing up the breakfast, he and Zhao Ziyuan went to the square of the Luna Kingdom's imperial capital.Looking at the situation on the street, Ye Shi couldn't help but think of the scene when he participated in the sword casting competition in Tianwu City, which is very similar to the current situation, but of course the scale is much smaller than it is now.

Not long after, Ye Shi and his party arrived at the square, and after proving their intentions at the entrance, they simply entered the square.As for the sword tools on Ye Shi and the contents of the box, the guards of the Moon God Kingdom only asked for inspection, and after being rejected by Ye Shi, they did not force it, and let Ye Shi and his party go in.

After all, this sword casting competition is an exchange match between Sun Yao Nation and Moon God Nation, that is, a one-on-one match.Adopting the best-of-five rounds system, each country only has five swordsmiths, and these five swordsmiths will only play once for one-on-one competitions.In this case, there is no need to prevent cheating. Cheating is useless in front of the Jiange envoy and the dwarf swordsmith.Or, if the cheating is so clever that even the Jiange envoy, the dwarf swordsmith, and even thousands of spectators can't see it, then it can be regarded as the skill of the swordsmith.

After Ye Shi and his party entered the square, they walked towards the left field where the swordsmiths of Riyao Kingdom gathered.At this time, there were five middle-aged people sitting on the Riyao Country grounds. Behind these five middle-aged people stood one or two young people. These young people were their apprentices, and the five middle-aged people, This is the swordsmith who participated in the sword casting competition this time.

Seeing the arrival of Ye Shi and his party, the five middle-aged people frowned. They knew the purpose of Ye Shi and his party very well. Not long ago, Zhao Pingyuan had already told them about the situation.The emperor's orders cannot be resisted, but execution is one thing, obedience is another.The arrival of Ye Shi and his party immediately aroused the reaction of the five middle-aged people, and their faces were a little displeased.

"His Royal Highness." The five middle-aged people stood up, glanced at Zhao Ziyuan, and then at Ye Shi and Niu Da.

Li Tu's identity was known to the five middle-aged people, and the rest were Ye Shi and Niu Da. Among these two people, one of them wanted to take the place of one of them and compete with the Moon God Kingdom.

The sword casting competition between the two countries is a bit special. First, there is a country-to-country competition with five rounds and three wins. After the end, ten swordsmiths will compete together. Compare the swords that have been cast before and evaluate the ranking of these swords. , so as to evaluate the ranking of swordsmiths.The former is more about national honor, while the latter is more about personal honor. Of course, both kinds of competitions are the goals that swordsmiths strive for.

In the field of sword casting, Riyao Kingdom is indeed much worse than Luna Kingdom. In the system of five rounds and three wins in national competitions, the best result of Riyao Kingdom is only two wins. The country ended in defeat.As for the individual competitions, the results were even worse. Generally, only one or two entered the top five, but none of them entered the top three.

In the competition of ten people, there were five people on each side, but none of them could enter the top three. No wonder Zhao Pingyuan had to worry about it, and promised Ye Shi such a generous reward.This is not to value the false name of the sword casting competition, but because of necessity, always losing face in front of the Jiange envoys, which also has a great influence on Jiange's opinion.

Even Zhao Pingyuan heard that Jiange was very dissatisfied with this, and planned to reduce the number of places sent to Jiange from Riyao Kingdom Jiange Academy and increase the number of places in Luna Kingdom.If this is the case, it may be fine for a short period of time, but after a long period of time, it will definitely bring huge hidden dangers to the Riyao Kingdom, which makes Zhao Pingyuan have to pay attention to it.

"Hello, five masters." Zhao Ziyuan didn't put on airs, and returned the salute to the five middle-aged people one by one. Seeing that the faces of the five middle-aged people were a little unhappy, Zhao Ziyuan could only smile wryly. She naturally knew why. However, Ye Shi is her father's hope in the sword casting competition, and Zhao Ziyuan also believes that Ye Shi can succeed.Therefore, Zhao Ziyuan could only cough, pretending not to notice, and said: "Five masters, I am here this time, not only to watch the masters participate in the sword casting competition, but also to bring a substitute candidate. Believe my father The emperor has told you."

The five middle-aged people nodded and looked at each other. The middle-aged man standing in the middle took a step forward and said, "Your Highness, you must have told us in the letter that we also We know that the emperor's order cannot be violated, but we still want to find out what ability this Mr. Ye has to be a member of this sword casting competition."

This sentence was already a little shameless, not only did Zhao Pingyuan lose face, even Zhao Ziyuan felt a little embarrassed.Even if the other party is a high-level swordsmith, the royal family needs to receive them politely after seeing them, but now Ye Shi came here under the appointment of Zhao Pingyuan, and Her Highness Princess Zhao Ziyuan also came together, Zhao Ziyuan's face became displeased, even if Even a high-level swordsmith cannot violate the emperor's order so blatantly.

Seeing Zhao Ziyuan's displeasure, the five middle-aged people did not dare to take it too seriously, and saluted Zhao Ziyuan one by one, expressing that they did not intend to embarrass her.But when it came to changing people, the five of them were extremely united. Seeing that Zhao Ziyuan's expression had slowed down, but he still wanted to say something, the middle-aged man who had spoken before said his own words ahead of time.

"Your Highness, you should know the meaning of this sword casting competition. We have already lost many games, so we can't be careless. If Ye Shi really has the ability, let him prove it. If not, then we will not lose it no matter what. Will agree to make fun of the glory of Sun Yao Nation, even if His Majesty orders, we will not agree to let this leaf stone replace one of us."

(End of this chapter)