Chapter 176: Chapter 172: Life! Loneliness like Snow! (Fifth update)
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Inside the blacksmith’s shop, Seeing that Yang Zhen had restrained his aura, the Tawny Cat approached him with an uncertain look. “Kid, did you really invent a martial skill?”
Yang Zhen sneered, “Is creating martial skills that difficult?”
“That difficult?” The Tawny Cat bulged its eyes, jumped onto the table, and stared at Yang Zhen, “Kid, don’t act so smug just because you accidentally created a martial skill, do you know…”
“I’d like to correct you. It’s not one but two. I created one when I was small!” Yang Zhen stated casually, glancing at the Tawny Cat.
The Tawny Cat turned around to leave. Yang Zhen was puzzled and asked, “Where are you going?”
“Damn it, can’t you boast a bit more reliably? Two martial skills, who do you think you are, the Chosen One?” The Tawny Cat didn’t even turn its head, “Even the Chosen One wouldn’t dare to claim that he could create two martial skills in his lifetime, let alone at the Nascent Soul Stage?”
Yang Zhen sighed and shook his head, “Life… is truly as lonely as snow.” The Tawny Cat almost tripped and fell into the stove. As if remembering something, it turned back to Yang Zhen, gazing at him uncertainly. “Wait, how come an ordinary martial skill created such a commotion? Your technique… what level is it?”
“Spiritual Level!”
“Oh, just a Spiritual Level… what?” The Tawny Cat squeaked, staring at Yang Zhen, “Spiritual Level? You, at the Nascent Soul stage, created a Spiritual Level martial skill?”
Yang Zhen waved his hand, “Low key, low key. We agreed beforehand, we’re going to stay low key this time.”
“Bullshit!” The Tawny Cat was so excited it started spinning, “Damn it, creating a Spiritual Level martial skill as a Nascent Soul, and you still want to be low key? No, we need to stir up some trouble, the bigger, the better!”
“But… why?” Yang Zhen looked at the Tawny Cat blankly, somewhat confused. What did creating a Spiritual Level martial skill at the Nascent Soul Stage and stirring up, preferably a big, trouble have to do with each other?
The Tawny Cat snickered, speaking mysteriously, “Don’t ask about this. Just know that you need to stir up some commotion, the bigger the better. Someday, you’ll understand why I’m telling you to do this, and you’ll thank me!”
Yang Zhen sneered, ignoring this madman, and turned towards the Great Master.
From Yang Zhen’s understanding of the Tawny Cat, this creature harbored no good intentions. Encouraging Yang Zhen to make a mess was one thing, but it seemed more likely the Tawny Cat itself wanted to stir up some trouble.
Coming to the Great Master, Yang Zhen took out some crystals and placed them in front of the Great Master, “Here, take these crystals to buy a better blacksmith shop. How much did you comprehend of the Chaotic Cyclone Hammer Technique earlier?”
When the Great Master saw the crystals Yang Zhen had given him, his face froze. He quickly said, “Young man, no, benefactor, you don’t need to give so many crystals. This… this is too much!”
Yang Zhen didn’t have much else, but he did have an abundance of crystals. The pile he placed on the table evidently startled the Great Master.
The Great Master pushed more than half of the crystals back to Yang Zhen, “I only need this much. It’s enough to buy a big shop on Wanhua Island. I couldn’t comprehend your Chaos Wind Hammering just now, and only sensed the strength and skill, enough to benefit me for a lifetime.”
Yang Zhen frowned and pushed the crystals back, correcting him, “It’s the Chaotic Cyclone Hammer Technique. And these crystals are not simply for you to buy a shop, but to establish a sect and accept disciples!”
“What… what?” The Great Master’s face froze, He quickly shook his head and said, “No, no. How could I, an old man without any merit or talent, establish a sect and delay others.”
“Delaying others?” Yang Zhen huffed, “Old man, do you know how powerful the Chaotic Cyclone Hammer Technique is in our village?”
“How powerful?” The Tawny Cat curiously looked at him.
Yang Zhen waved his hand, “One blow can shatter the void!”
“Bullshit!” The Tawny Cat glanced at Yang Zhen and shook its head, “It’s over, your ridiculous claims are getting bigger and bigger. Why don’t you ascend to heaven?”
Yang Zhen angrily kicked at The Tawny Cat, who conveniently dodged, giggling mischievously.
After much persuasion, he finally convinced the Great Master to take on a couple of apprentices to test it out.
As he was about to leave, Yang Zhen marveled. No wonder there were so many tales in his previous life about profound martial arts secrets found in remote villages, conveniently stumbled upon by the protagonist.
It turned out these things weren’t merely made up. Look, Yang Zhen had casually sowed a seed of a spiritual level martial skill. If some lucky guy comprehended it one day, he might become a legend.
As he was about to step out of the door, the Tawny Cat sidled up to Yang Zhen with a mysterious look, “Kid, are you really going to keep a low profile this time?”
Yang Zhen glanced at the Tawny Cat, “Of course, this Sao Saint will choose when to be high key and when to be low key. Damn it, let them laugh at this Sao Saint all they want, this time I’ll silence them by staying quiet and being a good-looking man.”
The Tawny Cat sneered, its eyes spinning non-stop.
Outside the blacksmith’s shop, everyone was stunned as the terrifying scene in the sky disappeared.
“What…what’s happening? Why did it disappear? I thought he was about to become an Artifact Refining Master. Why did the phenomenon in the sky disappear?”
“Probably failed, the Artifact Refining Master level isn’t that easy to attain. If just anyone could do it, wouldn’t Artifact Refining Masters be everywhere?” “What a pity. Even with such a level, he didn’t succeed. No wonder the current Artifact Refining Masters are so respected. It’s just too difficult.”
The crowd was murmuring, slightly regretful. They had watched someone right on the brink of becoming an Artifact Refining Master fail, and it wasn’t easy to bear.
Wang Meiling sighed regretfully, “Indeed, becoming an Artifact Refining
Master isn’t that easy. I just didn’t expect his failure to be so silent. There were all sorts of mystical phenomena just now, but now it’s so quiet, I wonder how the senior inside feels.”
The middle-aged man also sighed and shook his head, “It seemed like his breakthrough was in sight, only to fall short at the last moment. Such an outcome would naturally be hard to accept. However, the ways of the world are unpredictable, who can do anything about it?”
Wang Meiling nodded and said, “Let’s go, I’d like to meet him!”
On the other side, Lu Baichi looked bemusedly at the sky, his mouth wide open,
Where are the Chi of the Weapon? How come there’s none? Did he really fail?”
”p •Probably…” The practitioner by Lu Baichi’s side also looked clueless, glancing around he hesitantly said, “Based on that level of celestial phenomenon, at least a Spiritual Level weapon should have been born. And once a Spiritual Level weapon is born, it will surely cause a heavenly weapon chi phenomenon, illuminating the sky. But now the celestial phenomenon disappeared without a trace of the weapon chi. It looks like this time, the refining must have failed!”
“That’s a shame, but it’s already admirable!” Lu Baichi said with a smile, “Being able to cause such a celestial phenomenon, even if he didn’t succeed, he will surely be able to break through and become an Artifact Refining Master in the future. Come, let’s go pay our respects to the senior!”
Many people were headed toward the blacksmith’s shop, especially influential figures like Wang Meiling and Lu Baichi, who were leading the pack. They smiled when they encountered each other.
Just then, a creaking sound was heard from the door of the blacksmith’s shop, which clearly reached everyone’s ears.
Everyone’s face turned serious as they turned towards the door to look.
A cat came out….