Chapter 366: This Fellow Is Too Much of a Cheapskate!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this time, Xu Que held the Arc Reactor in his hand and swaggered through the burial chamber as if he was going for a stroll.
He looked to his left and right, strolling around leisurely!
Again and again, he would cluck his tongue and shake his head!
The Seventh Princess followed him around. At this moment, she was like Xu Que"s curious valet!
She was interested to know what Xu Que was up to.
Could it be that he wanted to perform an "espionage mission"?
Or that he wanted to see how the weapon forging masters forged and refined their magical weapons?
Many people in the crowd outside the Imperial Tombs were not happy when they saw that. But the people inside the burial chamber were neither concerned nor bothered about this.
Most people had their attention fixated on the battle at the line of defense. The elite cultivators holding the six-star magical weapons were fighting against the ancient armored puppets!
Up till now, five ancient armored puppets had been killed already. This was considered rather impressive!
But so far, the team in first place was still the Eldest Prince"s. The elite cultivator of his team had taken out two ancient armored puppets so far!
The teams of the Second Prince, Third Prince and Eighth Prince had taken out one ancient armored puppet each!
Xu Que flashed a glance at the battle and shook his head regretfully. "Too weak! Too weak! At this rate, even if the puppets stood still for you to destroy them, you wouldn"t be able to finish killing them even if you had a month to do it!"
The ones standing near Xu Que heard what he said. Their mouths twitched uncontrollably!
Too weak?
Brother, this is already considered very strong, alright?
Why don"t you try taking out the puppets then?
You didn"t even help out. You"re just holding a s.h.i.+ny thing and wandering around the place. Yet you still have the cheek to say such things?
Everyone felt that Xu Que should be ashamed of his behaviour!
But as the Seventh Princess and the Third Prince were siding with him, the others had to endure their displeasure and say little.
However, Xu Que really did have nothing better to do. The wait for the Arc Reactor to charge up was quite boring.
Moreover the fight against the puppets proved to be too boring to watch. The supposed elite cultivators were simply too weak in his eyes. There was nothing exciting about it.
Xu Que suddenly thought of the weapon forging masters who were busy forging the magical weapons, and turned to look at them.
He walked over leisurely to the Eldest Prince"s side, where Master Du was busy forging. Xu Que behaved like a boss reviewing the work of his subordinates. He stared for a while and then started to shake his head.
"Aiya, your method is too crude! Right now that piece of high-quality iron still contains many impurities. You hadn"t refined it enough before throwing it into the furnace. This is totally slip-shod work, like a poorly-built construction! And you call yourself a Master? Do you need me to dump some high school chemistry and physics textbooks on you so you can study this?"
"You…"
Master Du was infuriated. His eyes grew big and wide and he was about to flare up at any moment.
But the moment Xu Que finished criticising him, he turned right around and left, leaving Master Du to stare at his retreating back.
The Eldest Prince furrowed his brows. He had originally wanted to reprimand Xu Que as well. However, since he had left, both of them did not say anything more.
Xu Que continued strolling and came to the Eighth Prince"s area. His eyes were on Master Lin. And sure enough, after looking at him for a while, he started to shake his head.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is even worse. The sequence you use for refining the materials is wrong. This will cause the material to lose heat and in turn affects the toughness of the magical weapon. You"re too reckless! The world has changed. Look at the degeneration of society"s morals! This is pathetic!"
"You…"
Master Lin was enraged and was about to start cursing.
But Xu Que turned away again, making Master Lin unable to flare up at him!
The rest of the people present who had heard Xu Que"s criticisms were at a loss for words.
What do you mean by "cause the material to lose heat"? Where are all these unconventional terms coming from?
We have never heard them before!
What are you trying to do, saying things like "the world has changed, look at the degeneration of society"s morals"? If you don"t understand these phrases, don"t use them!
And you have the nerve to say Master Lin is reckless and pathetic?
The one who is reckless and pathetic is you, alright?
The masters are doing their best to forge the magical weapons, whereas you"re wandering around with nothing better to do. Yet you have the cheek to criticise them?
d.a.m.n it! If it weren"t for the sake of the Seventh Princess, we would have beaten you up by now!
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Everyone was angry at Xu Que, but they all suppressed their rage as they did not want to talk to him!
However, Xu Que had no intention of stopping. He strolled over to the Second Prince"s team.
The Second Prince knew jolly well what Xu Que wanted. He immediately stepped forward and glared at Xu Que.
But before the Second Prince could say a word, Xu Que said, "trash," in his face and walked away!
The Second Prince and Master Pang were so furious that they nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
F*ck, you didn"t even take a look and you said "trash"?
Are you asking for trouble?
This must be intentional. He wants to disturb the masters" states of mind and affect their forging speeds.
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By now, the idle Xu Que had finally strolled back to the Third Prince"s team.
The Third Prince felt that since Xu Que was part of the team, he wouldn"t criticise him.
But when Xu Que flashed a glance at Zhou Lin Feng, although he didn"t say a word, he wore an exasperated expression, as if Master Zhou had been unable to meet his expectations. Finally, Xu Que shook his head in contempt and left.
Master Zhou could not take that and started to complain to the Third Prince. "Your Royal Highness, look at his att.i.tude! Don"t stop me, I need to thrash him!"
"No, no, no! Don"t be angry, Master Zhou. Young Hero Xu didn"t mean anything!" The Third Prince hurriedly pacified Master Zhou, feeling anxious.
The Seventh Princess followed Xu Que with a bitter smile. She suggested, "Young Master Xu, why not find a place to sit down?"
"We can"t, sitting for too long is harmful to our health. There are other teams who are forging magical weapons as well. Let"s go over for a look." Xu Que said with great interest.
The Seventh Princess was instantly distressed. "Please don"t! Young Master Xu, why don"t we look at the ancient armored puppets?"
"Well… we"d better find a place to sit down then!"
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Outside the Imperial Tombs, the crowd was speechless when they saw everything that Xu Que was doing through the Heaven and Earth Mirror.
This guy is obviously messing around!
Not only is he not bothering to help defend against the ancient armored puppets, but he is even going around and commenting on the work of the weapon forging masters! And saying that they are pathetic!
This is really infuriating!
The crowd even felt that they wanted to rush in to beat up Xu Que.
This guy is sc.u.m!
...
But soon, the crowd started to exclaim.
"Look! Master Du"s second magical weapon is about to be completed!"
"He"s so fast! They entered in less than six hours and their second magical weapon is about to be completed!"
"Looks like the Eldest Prince is going to secure first place this round!"
"Not necessarily. Look at the other princes, the speeds of their masters are increasing!"
"It"s useless! The elite cultivator of the Eldest Prince"s team is still leading by a puppet kill!"
"Indeed, this gap could prove to be difficult to catch up to!"
The crowd was busy giving their opinions. According to previous years, the first burial chamber was essentially the deciding round. Successfully taking the position of Crown Prince depended on being able to win this round.
Inside the burial chamber, the various masters were now at a critical time in their forging. They had taken several pills and finally, they managed to finish their second magical weapons.
With that, the various princes went up to the line of defense, using newly created magical weapons to battle against the puppets themselves.
The strength of the princes and their battle prowess were, without a doubt, extraordinary!
After about ten or so rounds, they managed to each take down an ancient armored puppet.
Both the people inside the burial chamber and the people in the crowd outside gave the princes a round of applause for their wonderful performances!