Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Art of Deception

  Under the illumination of sunlight and firelight, Lucas's hands held a piece of fine iron that shone with a dazzling brilliance. Although it was only a piece of fine iron, it gave off an air of sharpness like a knife or sword, as if it were already a truly sharp weapon.

  A heavy feeling in his hand, Lucas's face became even more gloomy, his eyes fixed on the metal in his hand, muttering to himself in a voice that was barely audible, filled with uncontainable surprise: "This! This... is this fifth-grade refined iron?"

  Grade 5 Fine Iron! This young man, in just two short hours, forged a Grade 5 Fine Iron? How is this possible?! The value of one piece of Grade 5 Fine Iron far surpasses that of two pieces of Grade 2 Fine Iron! How is this possible?!

  Lucas strained his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things, a student from the Oakland Magic and Warrior Academy walked out, holding two hammers and striking several iron ingots, directly forging a piece of fifth-grade fine iron! Far surpassing his own second-grade fine iron, this fifth-grade fine iron!

  Lucas felt like he was going to pass out, what kind of world is this? At such a young age, even if you can hit second-level fine iron, it gives people the feeling of seeing a ghost, hitting fifth-level fine iron? Am I destined to live a useless life?

  "What?!"

  "Really?"

  "Really?"

  Gasps of doubt and amazement rose and fell in the small blacksmith's backyard, Franlin squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head hard, trying not to faint, fifth-grade refined iron!

  Qian Jin was able to forge a second-rate superior iron under immense pressure after Lucas, and Fran Lin was already grateful. But unexpectedly, this surprise came too suddenly! With the two hammers in hand, Qian Jin directly forged a fifth-rate superior iron!

  Xiao Chang's mouth was agape with a mixture of shock and delight, his face twisted in joy. He had heard that the best blacksmith in Oakland City was Lucas' second-rate blacksmith, but he didn't expect to stumble upon a fifth-rate blacksmith at this small Franlin Blacksmith shop!

  Lucas looked at the fifth-grade fine iron in his hand, and secretly glanced at Gan Jing's forehead, which was covered with a layer of sweat. He still couldn't believe that this fifth-grade fine iron was forged by a student from the Oakland Magic and Warrior Academy! His age was also too young! Lucas had been forging iron for a lifetime, even if he wasn't particularly talented, he shouldn't be so much worse than this young man!

  Qian Jin yawned under the gaze of everyone, stretched out his arms and slowly arched his back, shook his neck twice, and finally shrugged his shoulders, revealing a faint smile to the Flame Adventurers.

  Lucas saw this smile, as if he felt being stabbed by a knife in his body. How could that seemingly friendly smile look more like ridicule?

  Two of the strongest blacksmiths in the shop, after a round of delightful ironwork, each forged a piece of second-grade and fifth-grade fine iron.

  In the end, which of the two iron shops has a more powerful blacksmith in the field of ironwork. Even a three-year-old child can distinguish between strength and weakness after hearing about the level of refined iron from both sides.

  The backyard of the blacksmith's shop was quiet, with only the sound of flames burning and people's gasping for breath. Almost everyone's eyes were fixed on Qian Jin.

  Qian Jin's hands, which had been gripping the iron hammer tightly, secretly glanced at each other, and his heart was constantly amazed. Yesterday, he could only forge second-level fine iron, but after a night of being taught by Blake, he actually rose three levels in forging fine iron. If he could forge weapons...

  Qianjin looked at the half-finished swords and knives beside the furnace, and his heart surged with a strong desire to learn how to forge weapons. With fifth-grade iron, he could forge a handy weapon, and then go to Siji Valley to find the "Unparalleled Wind Cloud Fighting Qi" recorded on that local map, which would be even more reassuring!

  Lucas grasped the fifth-grade iron essence in his hand, a fifth-grade iron essence! That represented the strength of a fifth-grade blacksmith! If there were no accidents, he would never reach that level of blacksmithing even if he lived to be a hundred.

  No way! Lucas's eyes swept across the Dou Shi in Xiao Chang Lei Meng's hand, this Dou Shi can't be let go like this! Most importantly, if Franlin Ironworks wins today, then from now on, the strongest ironworks in Oakland City will become Franlin Ironworks instead of Lucas Ironworks.

  “Cough... cough...” Lucas coughed a few times, fiddling with the piece of fifth-grade fine iron in his hand. His eyes widened exaggeratedly: “No way! This isn't fifth-grade fine iron, it's first-grade fine iron. I didn't expect you to be so young and yet not learn properly, studying 'Fake Iron Forging'! Luckily I have many years of experience forging iron, or else I would have been really deceived by you!”

  The entire adventurer team looked bewildered, and Gan Jing also showed a similarly perplexed expression. What was this "Virtual Iron Forging" technique? He had only followed Uncle Black in the "Endless World" for two days to learn iron forging, and he didn't understand what "Virtual Iron Forging" meant at all.

  "Fake Iron Technique? You're saying that Dryandra uses the Fake Iron Technique? That's impossible!" Franlin took two steps forward with his short legs and reached out to grab the shiny, cold piece of refined iron, but was left grasping at air as Lucas snatched it away.

  "Uncle." Qian Jin asked in a low voice beside Francis: "What is Void Iron Technique?"

  Francis glared at Lucas, who hadn't spoken yet, and heard the blacksmith who had just come with Lucas and was still burning fire say with a cold smile: "Don't you know the fake iron technique? Stop pretending here. Anyone who becomes a first-class blacksmith will know what the fake iron technique is."

  "Qian Jin, don't listen to his nonsense." Francis looked at Qian Jin firmly and said, "I believe you absolutely won't use any fake Iron Fist technique that deceives people."

  Qian Jin Ting's face was bewildered, he couldn't hear what Fran was saying at all. Can you still deceive people with this kind of thing?

  Lucas saw that Xiao Chang and the others were also bewildered, a triumphant smile curled up at the corner of his lips: "Captain Xiao Chang, it's precisely because there are such swindling blacksmiths in the blacksmithing world that our development is being hindered. Don't worry, I'll tell you what 'virtual iron forging' is."

  Francis, who was about to get angry, was pressed down and sat down with a chair, feeling very leisurely. The two days of iron-forging life made him feel that iron-forging was a very interesting thing, and it would be good to have the opportunity to learn more about the blacksmith's affairs. Moreover, his own piece of fine iron was a genuine thing, so he might as well take a spectator's attitude and see what kind of tricks Lucas had up his sleeve.

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