Divine King of Honour-Chapter 225: You Take the Blame

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After Zhang Meng’s speech, the people around paid him no more mind.

They simply saw Xu Nian as a newcomer at the entry-level, without much interest to spare.

And Xu Nian couldn’t care less to explain himself, his attention quickly shifted to the two players in the field.

The two had already begun the first process of Artifact Refining, melting.

So-called melting is the melting of Artifact Refining Materials in order to extract the useful Artifact Refining materials.

Generally, the more high-end the Artifact Refining material, the more powerful the flames needed, otherwise, one cannot melt the Artifact Refining Material.

Both contenders in the field had brought forth flames, kindled through Secret Techniques, slightly stronger than ordinary flames but not immensely.

After all, they were still only Artifact Refining Apprentices.

After producing the flames, they placed them into the Artifact Furnace, using its advantage to completely melt the two iron ores.

However, to Xu Nian, this was nothing close to clever technique.

Nowhere near as good as the Ten Thousand Divine Hammer Technique, which uses Spiritual Sense to control the flames in a more harmonious and speedy way.

With Spiritual Sense, one can envelop the ore with flames at every point, more effectively refining the material.

It took nearly half of two hours for the two to extract the iron from the ores.

After the extraction, they proceeded to shaping.

In Xu Nian’s view, their shaping process could only be described as clumsy—they had to rely on molds to pour the molten iron.

Xu Nian, however, could complete this process with just his Spiritual Sense, without the need for pre-made molds.

The third step was to begin hammering to set the shape.

This stage required constant pounding with a hammer to bring the weapon’s form closer to perfection.

The two swung their hammers, continually striking and adjusting the weapon’s model.

Nevertheless, this process still appeared clumsy to Xu Nian, their hammering was utterly feeble.

The final step, hammer refining, was all but neglected by them, with just a few simple strikes before declaring the task finished.

To Xu Nian, it was unspeakable.

If the hammer refining was inadequate, the weapon might look unblemished, but it wouldn’t be one complete whole.

Invisible flaws would exist, thereby significantly decreasing the quality of the weapon.

Yet, what seemed like a problematic process to Xu Nian thoroughly enthralled Zhang Meng and the others.

Especially Zhang Tian’s Artifact Refining process—they found it pleasing to the eye, her fluid and flexible moves made it hard for them to look away.

One cannot deny, a woman refining artifacts, wielding a hammer, indeed has a striking and spirited charm, a quality other women do not possess.

Soon enough, both participants completed their weapons.

The artifacts they crafted were both daggers.

Elder Wang Long walked forward, glanced at Zhang Tian’s weapon and nodded, giving his assessment, "Not bad, the Artifact Refining process was mostly smooth; though there were a few details lacking, it’s still quite remarkable to reach such a level at this age. The quality of this sword is also very good, barely qualifying as Seven-star Mortal Iron."

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Seven-star Mortal Iron?

The people around all showed signs of surprise.

This Zhang Tian, just a Six-star Refining Apprentice, was able to craft a weapon of Seven-star Mortal Iron quality, truly a prodigy in Artifact Refining.

The grading of weapons is based on the Artifact Refining Materials and further divided into nine stars, corresponding to the Artifact Refiner’s level.

This Zhang Tian’s ability to craft a Seven-star Mortal Iron level weapon indicated that she was just about within reach of the Seven-star Refining Apprentice realm.

"Thank you for the praise, Elder." Zhang Tian said with a small smile, giving thanks.

Her smile reflected her current mood perfectly.

She just wanted the attention of others, and now that her goal had been achieved, the outcome of the competition, whether win or lose, no longer mattered to her.

Losing would at most mean a meal, and in the end, she still came out ahead.

Elder Wang gave a slight nod and then came in front of Jing Haoyang again, picked up Jing Haoyang’s weapon, glanced at it, and shouted in anger, "Although it has reached the peak of Seven-star Mortal Iron, you used a Profound Level Artifact Furnace. If you used the same furnace as her, the quality of this sword would drop even further. After such a long time with no progress, you really disappoint me."

"Thank you for the guidance, Elder," Jing Haoyang hastily replied.

Although he had been criticized, his heart was filled with joy because he needed only to win the result; nothing else mattered.

Elder Wang saw the expression on Jing Haoyang’s face and shook his head in disappointment.

The young people of today were too impatient, many seeking the noble profession of Artifact Master.

Those who truly cherished Artifact Refining from the bottom of their hearts were very few indeed.

For example, Jing Haoyang in front of him treated Artifact Refining as a chip to pursue a girl, which truly displeased him.

However, Jing Haoyang didn’t pay any heed to that and turned his head to look at Zhang Tian with a smug expression, asking, "Tiantian, you’ll agree to have dinner with me now, won’t you?"

"I’ll honor the bet!" Zhang Tian replied without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Jing Haoyang was overjoyed and promptly boasted, "Then it’s settled. I’ll have someone reserve the entire Lion Building for tonight, to dine with my goddess."

Zhang Tian just smiled and didn’t say a word.

However, the people around were filled with envy, including Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng clenched his teeth in irritation, looking like he could devour someone, extremely dissatisfied with Jing Haoyang’s smug look.

Xu Nian smiled helplessly and asked Jing Haoyang, "Want to make him miss that dinner?"

"Of course, I do. That’s my goddess. How could she dine with someone else? But is there a way to do that? Zhang Tian already lost the match, we can’t have her break her promise, can we?" Zhang Meng said, feeling powerless.

"It’s good you want to. I can make Jing Haoyang miss this dinner without making your goddess break her word, but you’ll have to take the blame. Are you willing?" Xu Nian said to Zhang Meng with a smile.

Zhang Meng was taken aback. Him, take the blame?

Surely Jing Haoyang wouldn’t let him off afterward?

But thinking of his goddess dining with another man, he still felt uncomfortable.

"Okay, as long as you can spoil this dinner, I’ll take the blame," said Zhang Meng as if making up his mind.

Xu Nian smiled upon hearing this.

If Zhang Meng didn’t dare to take the blame, it meant his feelings for Zhang Tian weren’t deep, and Xu Nian wouldn’t have to bother.

If Zhang Meng was willing to take the blame, Xu Nian would give him a chance to get close to Zhang Tian, enabling Zhang Meng to see Zhang Tian’s true face and prevent him from falling deeper.

Of course, if Zhang Meng didn’t care about these, Xu Nian would still bless them.

"Good, since you’ve agreed to take the blame, I’ll help you this one time. Just wait for Zhang Tian to seek you out actively," Xu Nian said with a smile, then walked out of the crowd.

Zhang Meng was bewildered. What was Xu Nian planning to do?

Before he could figure out what Xu Nian intended, Xu Nian’s next words scared him.

Xu Nian stepped forward and declared loudly, "I never thought the Elders of the Artifact Refining Sect could be so useless, failing to notice such a big problem. It seems our Artifact Refining Sect truly has no one left?"

With these words, everyone looked at Xu Nian, wondering who was so bold as to mock Elder Wang.

Elder Wang Long, who had been preparing to leave, stopped in his tracks, his face flooding with anger.

At that moment, Zhang Meng’s back was covered in cold sweat as his heart raced with anxiety.

Brother, I wanted your help to stop this bet, why are you provoking Elder Wang?

That’s Elder Wang Long, known as Yama Wang!

Only then did Zhang Meng remember that Xu Nian was a complete novice who didn’t even recognize an Artifact Furnace!

The more he thought about it, the colder his back felt!