2062  Test 8

"Not as good as yours?" Zhuo Yuanbai sneered with a smug expression on his face. He held utmost confidence in his swordsmithing abilities, believing that his forged sword would undoubtedly surpass any made of black iron.

However…

Since Gu Chaoyan had expressed her willingness to compete, he saw an opportunity to play a little trick on her. He decided not to reveal the truth about his sword's quality just yet.

"Listen well, Gu Chaoyan," Zhuo Yuanbai declared, his voice laced with arrogance. "If the sword I, Zhuo Yuanbai, forge turns out to be inferior to yours, then I shall offer myself at your disposal for ten days. But if the sword you forge cannot match the superiority of mine, you shall serve me for ten days instead!" He was determined to make her suffer and reclaim the dignity that the Zhuo Family had lost.

That was such a condition.

Gu Chaoyan did not like it.

He coud be working for her for 10 days, what was he capable of anyway?

But maybe Yan Wuji would need him? Since it was just a competition, and they could just accept it.

Gu Chaoyan nodded with disdain. "Sure."

The outer sect Elder of the foundry sect initially intended to intervene and halt the competition between the two disciples, but his efforts were thwarted by an inner sect Elder.

"They are the only two who have shown remarkable skill in this year's outer sect examination. Since they wish to compete and determine who can forge the sharpest sword, and considering they currently have no other pressing responsibilities, why not allow them this opportunity? We can observe from the sidelines," the inner sect Elder suggested calmly.

He was genuinely curious and eager to witness the outcome of their contest.

Undoubtedly, the inner sect Elder had his own motives behind supporting the competition. He had no interest in ordinary swords made of black gold and black iron since they were already known to be strong.

But….

He had noticed that when they were forging.

When this disciple was forging the sword, he added a lot of crystal powder.

He had never seen anyone forging a sword like this.

Maybe it was just a showy move, but it might work.

He was going to have a try today.

If it worked, the Weapon Refining Sect could use this method to forge higher-level weapons.

Thinking of this, the inner sect Elder got slightly excited.

Also…

He had already thought about this. If this metal sword could win and this disciple could forge a sword that satisfied him, he could take her in as his inner sect disciple.

The inner sect Elder thought inwardly.

They had just finished the discussion.

The two of them were already competing.

Since they were just competing to see who could forge a stronger sword, it was very simple. The two of them would each channel their own spiritual energy and then cut each other.

The result could be seen from the degree of damage on the sword.

The others were all watching the show.

When Gu Chaoyan used her spiritual energy, Zhuo Yuanbai did not hesitate at all.

The two swords clashed in a flash.

Ding! There was the sound of a sword falling to the ground.

She followed the sound and saw that it was not a sword that had fallen to the ground, but a half-body sword that had been broken and fallen to the ground.

And at this moment…

Zhuo Yuanbai could not believe that he only had half of the sword left.

He added black gold meteorite for the sword, and it was broken just like that?

Like that?

He turned to Gu Chaoyan's hands.

She did not even have a scratch on the sword made of black iron.

It was in perfect condition.

What was it going on?

Some people were whispering among themselves. Apparently, someone already wanted to buy the sword in Gu Chaoyan's hands.

The Elder of the Weapon Refining Sect was also surprised to see the metal sword.

He had guessed it right!