Chapter 224 Over A Hundred Molds
Molds after molds were being carried over to Ou Yangming while he was responsible for modifying them with his Military Fire.
When the Military Fire spread and enveloped a mold, n.o.body could see his trick. In actuality, even without the fire as a disguise, those who had not achieved a thoroughly meticulous state in terms of the understanding of nature could not notice anything fishy.
Through constant hard work, Ou Yangming refined every mold.
Under the thoroughly meticulous state, the veined patterns of the rune on each mold completely matched the one in his memory. Moreover, each time he revised a mold, the floating rune in his mind became more solid.
As the rune became more solid, Ou Yangming also became faster at amending the molds. Toward the end, when his Military Fire wrapped around the molds, it only took a split second for the rune to be amended.
In other words, one breath was all it took for the mistakes in the details to be fixed.
Honestly, although Ou Yangming had grasped the rune to the extreme, which made him superior to Master Lu, he had a vague feeling that he had not arrived at the end of the path of runes; Ou Yangming had only scratched the surface still.
In this world, the power of runes was greatly limited.
It was just like how Ou Yangming was restrained by the world"s power when he smithed magic tools, similarly, the powers released by runes were also restricted.
If he could find a way to fully release Runes Power, he could probably have greater achievements.
Nonetheless, it was not easy for Ou Yangming to be able to sense this. If he wanted to take another step forward, it would be beyond his capability.
While Ou Yangming was revamping the molds, Li Xinfan had arrived at the workshop without a sound.
The commanding general was informed of the situation very quickly. As the commander, he knew better than Ou Yangming and the other people the importance of a 3% chance in counterattacking fire mastery"s power.
Instead of disturbing Ou Yangming, General Li waited quietly on the side. He only smiled and approached the young fellow when the alterations were completed. When the Supreme Great Ancestor was finally in front of Ou Yangming, he humbled himself to salute the young man with a deep bow.
Ou Yangming was so shocked that he instantly jumped away.
Who was Li Xinfan?
He was the first man in Changlong County"s military.
Even the five commanding generals from the Immense Forest Military Camp had to be controlled by an important figure like General Li.
In fact, the arrogant General Chen Yifan from the Immense Forest Military Camp trembled with fear when he met Li Xinfan, and he dared not overstep boundaries like a rat that was facing a cat.
That said, the important figure was bowing at Ou Yangming. As proud as the young fellow was, he never thought he could accept it. “General Li, what are you doing? You"ll kill the young fella!” Old Craftsman"s face changed as he shouted.
Li Xinfan waved his hand and said, “Old Craftsman, I heard that Master Ou modified the molds. From now on, the arm guards that are smithed using these molds will not only be upgraded into affordable Good Grade arm guards at a 100% success rate, but they"ll also contain a Unique Attribute-Counterattackam I right?”
Old Craftsman answered after a moment of hesitation, “General Li, less than a hundred arm guards have been tested so far, so n.o.body can guarantee a 100% success rate yet. As for the Counterattack attribute… That"s likely true.”
He knew since a long time ago that Ou Yangming acquired an unordinary Military Fire from the Military Fire Badge.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming himself did not know what exactly it was, let alone Old Craftsman.
In any case, it was true that the flame was so mysterious that the pieces of equipment that were smithed using the fire contained the Counterattack attribute, which was a Unique Attribute.
Li Xinfan sighed and expressed, “Very well. If that"s the case, not to mention an expression of grat.i.tude for me, even if every soldier in the world kowtows to him, he deserves the honor.”
Old Craftsman and Ou Yangming gasped. If word about this spread, it would be the same as grilling Ou Yangming. Li Xinfan was a powerful figure, after all, so he immediately noticed how doubtful and concerned Old Craftsman and Ou Yangming were. The general chuckled. “Master Ou, you came from the Immense Forest Military Camp. Do you know why a military camp was set up in such a remote area?”.
A thought crossed Ou Yangming"s mind right away. When he thought about the various encounters that he had in the immense forest, his face could not help but change. “Are there dangers in the immense forest?”
“You"re right. The immense forest is an endless place, and its depth is unknown because it stretches many kilometers away. Initially, the creatures in the forest and the human race never interfered with each other, but at some point, a beast tide occurred and kept on occurring once every hundred years,” Li Xinfan responded seriously.
Ou Yangming and Old Craftsman exchanged glances. Even though they came from the Immense Forest Military Camp, it was their first time hearing about this.
Li Xinfan continued, “Once the beast tide bursts out, countless ferocious beasts will leave the dense forest and invade the Humans" territories. When that happens, it"ll be the beginning of a disaster, which happens once in a hundred years. As soldiers, we"ll protect our home and defend our country by fighting at the front line on the exterior of the immense forest. Heh…”
He raised his eyebrow and added, “Master Lu created the Runes Secret Technique to reform inexpensive arm guards into pieces of Good Grade equipment. The success rate was low, but it was precious. Who knew, you achieved something greater by perfecting the molds to increase the success rate, allowing more soldiers to be equipped with arm guards, and you even attach the Counterattack attribute to them.”
Li Xinfan"s eyes were bright as he stared at Ou Yangming and uttered loudly, “It"s such a glorious achievement, so tell me, do you not deserve a salutation from us?”
He was talking to Ou Yangming, but he spoke so loudly that everyone around them heard him clearly.
When the general shouted the question, Master Lu, the craftsmen in the Armament Camp, and even the protectors around them roared at the same time, “He deserves it!”
Master Lu stepped forward and saluted the young fellow solemnly. “Thank you, Master Ou!”
“Thank you, Master Ou!”
Everyone else bowed and expressed their grat.i.tude concurrently. They had a solemn look on their faces, and they saluted Ou Yangming from the bottom of their hearts without any reluctance.
Ou Yangming smiled bitterly. He couldn"t evade everyone, so he could only accept the acknowledgment.
Old Craftsman was thrilled because he had never witnessed such a scene throughout his years of living. Though he knew that the people were not thanking him, he shared the honor with Ou Yangming.
Li Xinfan later raised a question, “Master Ou, since you can improve a rune"s effect, can you possibly design new runes to let other pieces of equipment… Especially weapons, break through as well?”
Everyone was indeed delighted to know that the arm guards could be upgraded from Common Grade to Good Grade.
Despite that, arm guards were arm guards; they were not especially important among the pieces of equipment in a full equipment set. On the other hand, weapons, armors, shields, and other types of equipment were more important.
It was true that affordable Good Grade arm guards could increase the military"s combat power to a certain level, but if low-cost Good Grade weapons could also be produced, the Humans" combat power would be greatly magnified.
Upon seeing how eager everyone else was, Ou Yangming twitched his mouth embarra.s.sedly.
“General Li, my dear brothers,” Ou Yangming cupped his hands and stated seriously, “I"d like to provide better runes too so that our military will have better pieces of equipment, but I only started learning runes a while ago. As such, I only have a superficial knowledge of it, and I"m far from Master Lu.”
He looked at Master Lu and explained, “I was only able to amend the molds because my Military Fire is unique. On the other hand, profound knowledge and incredible luck are required to create new runes, so it"s not something that I can achieve for now.”
Everyone was stunned, and they looked at Master Lu.
Master Lu pondered for some time and sighed. “Master Ou is right, so please don"t make things difficult for him. Ah, it"s not easy to alter runes. If it can be done so easily, how could I have achieved nothing after such a long time?”
Li Xinfan remarked at once, “Master Lu, it wasn"t easy for you to come up with a rune to better arm guards.”
Master Lu flushed because he was not the one who created the rune from scratch. If he had not noticed it by chance from one of the Ni family"s ancient books, he could not have enjoyed the glory that he had.
Ni Xuetian and the other people were extremely careful, and their plan was seamless. This was why even Master Lu himself was unaware that he was only able to discover the rune because it was a special arrangement.
Even if the master did not notice the rune that day, he would somehow still stumble upon it due to a certain reason.
Old Craftsman cleared his throat. “Yangming, if that"s the case, you should smith more molds and do your best to enhance everyone"s strength.”
Ou Yangming nodded and sighed a breath of relief.
Studying runes to fathom their changes was definitely beyond his capability, whereas forging molds according to previous models would be a piece of cake for him.
This was because the purple rune drawing in Ou Yangming"s sea of consciousness became as solid as a mountain after many circulations. Besides, an unusually firm aura was also released when the rune floated in his mind. If Ou Yangming used the rune to smith models, it would feel like he was pressing a pattern onto a beancurd; as long as he controlled his power well, it would be a straightforward process.
Sure enough, Ou Yangming soon showed everyone an unforgettable scene. Suitable ores were placed in front of the young fellow, and as he enveloped the ores with his Military Fire to burn them, brand new molds were formed at the speed of light.
Ou Yangming worked so fast that it was unbelievable. In just a day, he smithed over a hundred molds for the military camp.
His efficiency left Master Lu in awe.
If Master Lu wanted to smith a mold, he first needed to carefully draw the veined patterns without making any mistakes. Following that, he had to incite the rune"s energy with his mental power so that it could mysteriously communicate with Heaven and Earth"s power.
However, Ou Yangming"s mental power was so mighty that he overcame the obstacle with brute force, allowing him to carve the rune on the molds in one go.
The disparity between their strengths resulted in different molds, and in turn, generated efficiencies that were Heaven and Earth apart.
Everyone was struck with an untimely idea when they saw how Ou Yangming finished the task effortlessly.
"Perhaps Master Ou can create another miracle by coming up with another rune to upgrade weapons."