Immortal Path to Heaven c1-725

by Heaven's White Crane

  Old Craftsman regarded the Supreme Great Ancestors as mighty and unsurpassable powerhouses. One of them was already enough to affect his mental state, let alone three of them together.

  As he put himself in Ou Yangming’s shoes, he figured that the young fellow feared the three great ancestors as he did.

  The old man felt that Ou Yangming was amazing to have smithed a saber of Fine Grade Rank Five while being pressured by the great ancestors. Ni Jingshen sighed and gave up the thought to question Ou Yangming. He stood up and said, “We’ll be leaving first, but remember to inform us if anything happens.” “Yes, don’t worry,” the blacksmith elder sighed and responded respectfully. “Xuefu, you mustn’t decline Lil’ Friend Ou’s requests if he has any, and you mustn’t act slowly, or I won’t forgive you easily,” Ni Jingtong reminded him after a moment of hesitation.

  “Great Ancestor, I dare not decline him,” Ni Xuefu immediately replied.

  With that, Ni Jingtong and the other great ancestors left the courtyard together.

  Apart from Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong, everyone else sighed a breath of relief once the great ancestors left. After all, not everyone could ignore the enormous pressure of being in the same place with three Supreme Great Ancestors.

  Old Craftsman giggled. “Young fella, the three elders have left, so you may relax and carry on boldly.”

  Even though Ou Yangming might not necessarily be able to relax and carry on boldly, it was much better than being afraid.

  That said, Ou Yangming was still staring ahead while looking in a daze as if he did not hear the old man and was not concerned at all.

  Old Craftsman was stunned.

  Ni Yinghong was dumbfounded.

  The other people were stupefied too, and they looked at Ou Yangming eagerly.

  After Ou Yangming smithed the military saber, the professionals became aware of his skill level.

  Not to mention Ni Yunhong, even his clan’s blacksmith elders, who taught him smithing skills, looked up to Ou Yangming’s ability very much.

  Moreover, they developed a common understanding If one of the people who were present could smith a magic tool, that person would undoubtedly be Ou Yangming.

  They watched as Ou Yangming became immersed in an exceptionally mysterious state.

  For some reason, everyone became hopeful.

  ‘Does he really stand a chance…’

  The other people exchanged glances and held their breaths as they dared not disturb Ou Yangming.

  Fortunately, Ou Yangming did not ponder for a long time. He slowly stood up and turned around, but he ignored the other people like they did not exist to him at all.

  Following that, he reached out for the military saber, which he had smithed earlier.

  Ni Xuefu and the other Ni family’s blacksmith elders furrowed their eyebrows. They wanted to suggest to Ou Yangming to smith with a new peculiar stone, but they swallowed their words before they could utter them.

  This was because they instantly remembered that the person in front of them was not a junior from their clan, but a madman, who was superior to them and wanted to smith a magic tool.

  ‘If we give him a pointer… Won’t we be laughed at?’

  Ni Yunhong frowned. He could not take it anymore, so he went to pick a rare stone and was going to approach Ou Yangming.

  Despite that, as soon as he wanted to take another step forward, a figure blocked his path.

  Ni Yunhong was surprised, but he saw Ni Xuefu shaking his head at him.

  He hesitated for a while, but he instantly understood when he looked at the other people. The young master blushed a little and nodded at them, then he stood still without making another move. “Woosh…”

  During that moment, Ou Yangming released his Military Fire again.

  The young fellow stared at the military saber without looking away at all.

  Everyone else paid attention to the saber too because the weapon, which was burning in the Military Fire, had become the center of attention.

  Nonetheless, nobody knew that everything Ou Yangming saw had undergone a 180-degree change.

  Inside the Military Fire, the item that was being burned by the flame was a military saber but was also not a military saber.

  It was not a mountain, it was not water.

  Ou Yangming did not see the military saber when he looked at it.

  He was looking at the saber’s nature.

  The military saber, which was formed by the peculiar stone, seemed to be peeled off layer by layer in front of him, allowing him to have a clearer picture of the power contained in every corner of the stone.

  Eventually, Ou Yangming clearly noticed a layer of power covering the military saber. It was a limiting power, which could only be seen under this unusual situation.

  A mysterious restraint in the void confined the bizarre stone’s power, and it contained such an enormous power that the queer stone could not offset it at all. Nevertheless, the restraint was extremely obvious to Ou Yangming.

  Round after round, the power system was displayed to him.

  Ou Yangming’s conception shook a little, then his Military Fire began burning around the military saber as though it received an order. It was worth noting that the restriction’s power was extensive, so much so that it was equivalent to the world’s power.

  If Ou Yangming chose to resist the power directly, he would unquestionably lose.

  However, he did not resist it. Instead, he compacted his Military Fire into a small point, and he pricked the layer of restriction.

  A faint and seemingly non-existent sound was heard.

  Subsequently, Ou Yangming felt it.

  The military saber in his hands, which could not be improved further no matter how hard he smithed earlier, was finally being set free.

  Once a small hole was poked on the layer of restraint, the military saber seemed to have burst too.

  The potential, which was hidden in the saber but could not be released prior to this, gushed out violently as if it found an outlet.

  Like a starving ferocious tiger that finally left the mountain, and like a flood that was previously blocked, the saber’s potential charged through the obstacle and spread to every corner of the military saber.

  Ou Yangming finally understood what it meant by a small ant hole could destroy a 500-kilometer-long dam.

  The needle-sized hole seemed like it would be fixed by the outside world’s restriction at any time, but the instant the hole was made, the military saber’s power gushed out violently and stretched the hole such that the barrier broke.

  Ou Yangming’s Military Fire was still burning. It was like a guide that led the enormous power to flow throughout the military saber.

  The potential contained in the strange stone was slowly released, and the deepest layer of energy, which had been attached to the saber, finally saw light again.

  Ou Yangming was so elated that the feeling he had at that moment was indescribable.

  If he was only an onlooker when he upgraded his waist sash in the past, he was a real partaker as the military saber broke through.

  The huge difference between being an onlooker and a partaker was reflected in his feelings during both incidents.

  As Ou Yangming’s Military Fire burned, the attributes of the new military saber instantly appeared in his mind.

  [Item: Military saber]

  (Equivalent Rank: Magic Tool, Common Grade, Rank One]

  [Attributes: Sharpness +21, Toughness +21, Durability 20]

  Chapter 185 - Is He Still A Human

  Chapter 185 Is He Still A Human

  A military saber. It was still a military saber, but its contents were completely different.

  Magic Tool, Common Grade, Rank One.

  Ou Yangming felt like he wanted to cry when he saw the words.

  He did it—he finally did it!

  A magic tool, which was desired by every blacksmith, was finally born in his hands.

  Although its Sharpn
ess and Toughness only broke through by 1 Point each, the meaning it carried was entirely different. When Ou Yangming slowly opened his eyes, his Military Fire went away, and he looked at his surroundings proudly.

  He was surprised because everyone else seemed to be in disbelief.

  Feeling shocked, he looked at the item in his hands.

  The military saber rested in his hands, and its blade carried a distinguished feeling that one could easily tell it was unordinary. Nonetheless, it would be too much so say someone could perceive the saber’s real quality and tell it was a magic tool.

  That said, the look of surprise from the other people, including Old Craftsman, was already unintentionally saying something. “B*stard, y-you…” Old Craftsman pointed with his shaking finger and asked, “You succeeded, right?”

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  Ou Yangming questioned as he was puzzled, “Old Man, how did you know?” Old Craftsman gulped and responded, “Do you think I’m blind? That dazzling light has never been seen, nor spoken about before, so how could I not know?”

  Ou Yangming pouted his lips and thought, “There’s such a wonderful and unusual scene when the magic tool was successfully smithed. I must be more careful the next time.’

  He was focused during his first attempt to smith a magic tool, and he dared not be distracted at all. However, Ou Yangming would naturally have a completely different mental state if he smithed one the next time.

  “B*stard, tell me first. Is it…” Old Craftsman was so impatient that he tweaked his ears and scratched his cheeks while looking at Ou Yangming in anger.

  Ou Yangming had the guts to go against everyone else in the world, but he dared not hoot in front of the old man.

  He immediately nodded and answered, “Old man, I did it, this is a magic tool!”

  The eyes of Old Craftsman and the other people lit up at once. Even though they had already guessed it and were mentally prepared, the mad feeling of joy burst out in their hearts only when Ou Yangming admitted it.

  “Let me see it!” Ni Xuefu went forward to snatch the military saber. He looked like he was out of his mind, to the extent that his eyes were slightly red.

  The four other blacksmith elders were not much better as they looked anxiously at Ni Xuefu while waiting for their turn to examine the saber carefully.

  Ni Yunhong expressed with a bitter smile, “Brother Ou, please forgive them.” Ou Yangming initially did not have a good impression of the elders, but given that Ni Yunhong apologized, he could only shrug and act like he was unconcerned.

  ‘No matter what, I must respect my brother-in-law, and I must respect him well.’

  Needless to say, Ni Yunhong would probably slap Ou Yangming if he knew what the young fellow was thinking at the moment.

  All of a sudden, Old Craftsman turned around and retrieved a military saber from the weapon rack. He suggested out loud, “Come, let’s test the saber!”

  The military saber held by Old Craftsman was one that was smithed by him when he was bored. Perhaps since the old man had been completely relaxed, he had smithed it to the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five.

  Despite that, he did not hesitate to contribute his saber.

  Ni Xuefu was a little stunned, and he hesitated.

  He knew the military saber in his hands was a magic tool, superior to an ordinary tool, he was reluctant to use it because it felt like a treasure to him.

  When Ni Yunhong noticed the frown on Ou Yangming’s face, he quickly urged, “Grandfather Xuefu, please test the saber!”

  “What a waste of natural resources.” Ni Xuefu finally sighed. He mumbled, but he still slashed with the treasure saber.

  The sabers clashed under the watch of everyone else.

  Following that, an unbelievable scene took place.

  Ni Xuefu’s saber had been swung in an unusually simple manner, but Old Craftsman’s saber broke into two. The broken section of the saber fell to the ground, causing a clear buzz to be heard.

  old Craftsman and the other people watched dumbfoundedly, but they screamed crazily in their hearts.

  ‘Weren’t the two sabers only being swung at each other? Even wood wouldn’t have been chopped off so easily, would it?’

  “Again!” Old Craftsman blushed in excitement, and he retrieved three more pieces of equipment from the weapon rack, then he put them on the bench.

  “Okay!” Ni Xuefu was thrilled too. After he experienced the incredible effect of the military saber, he no longer lamented.

  A flash of saber-light was seen as the three pieces of equipment on the bench were instantly slashed into two each. Also, a deep mark was left on the bench.

  Ni Xuefu had held back when he swung the saber, or nobody would know if the bench would be directly chopped into two.

  Subsequently, Ni Yinghong rubbed her hands and released the Appraisal Light on the military saber.

  The rest paid attention to her and were eager to hear the result.

  Although they were certain the military saber was a magic tool, they wanted to hear the definite answer from an appraiser.

  Nevertheless, Ni Yinghong turned pale instead and flushed, which was quite rare.

  She gritted her teeth and explained to Ou Yangming, “My cultivation base isn’t high enough, I can’t appraise it.”

  Everyone else was struck dumb, but they soon put on a soft smile on their faces.

  An appraiser’s ability was limited too, hence an ordinary appraisal could not evaluate a magic tool, which had surpassed the limit of the world’s power.

  On the other hand, Ou Yangming was in awe when he looked at the shattered pieces on the ground.

  His military saber had 21 Points of Sharpness and Toughness each while the pieces of equipment taken out by Old Craftsman were only a few points shy. In fact, one of the pieces of equipment, which was at the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five, was only 1 Point lower than Ou Yangming’s military saber in total.

  Even then, the 1 Point caused a huge disparity between them.

  The difference between the military saber and the piece of equipment was the former was something sought by 10,000 people in Heaven, whereas the latter was equivalent to a normal weapon.

  In terms of expected results only, nobody could imagine such an outcome.

  ‘Looks like the natural barrier between an ordinary tool and a magic tool is far more fearsome than I imagined,’ Ou Yangming thought.

  “Oh right. The three great ancestors should be informed of the great news!” Ni Xuefu looked at the military saber in his hands, then he reluctantly handed it over to another elder before he turned and left.

  The other elder was elated, and he finally recalled something after he studied the saber for some time. The elder asked with respect, “Master Ou, may I ask how you managed to smith it?”

  Everyone else held their breaths; Old Craftsman and Ni Yinghong were not exceptions.

  Perhaps they could find out from Ou Yangming what the key to breaking through an ordinary tool was.

  Ou Yangming was startled, and he smiled bitterly. He recalled everything that happened during the smithing process, then he responded at last, “I can tell you the trick, but it’s up to you to fathom it.”

  The four blacksmith elders were overjoyed, so they nodded and looked at Ou Yangming with eagerness.

  “My trick is only a sentence,” Ou Yangming uttered seriously, “It’s not a mountain, it’s not water.”

  “What?”

  “A mountain and water?”

  “It’s not a mountain and water…”

  The other people looked at each other, and they were not delighted anymore.

  ‘What do you mean by it’s a mountain but it’s not a mountain, and that it’s water but it’s not water? Are you talking in riddles?’ If the elders had not witnessed Ou Yangming smith the ultimate saber, they would have already left in displeasure.

  However, nobody left because they chanted the mysterious sentence over and over again instead.

  Ni Yinghong turned to l
ook at Ou Yangming, “Brother Ou, did you apprehend it?”

  Ou Yangming nodded and said, “I understood a bit of it.”

  Ni Yinghong was in a daze, and she mumbled softly. Since Ni Yunhong was right beside his younger sister, when he listened carefully, he heard her repeating the same words, “What the hell, what the hell, what the hell…”

  It was at this moment that Ni Yinghong clearly understood how Elder Universe felt.

  In the Ni residence’s biggest courtyard, the three great ancestors exchanged helpless glances.

  Ni Jingshen suddenly laughed and commented, “Ah, what exactly are we thinking about? That’s a magic tool! It’s only right if it can’t be smithed, but if it’s smithed so easily, hehe…”

  “Exactly.” Ni Jingtong and Ni Xuetian could not help but laugh too. “That young fella has created too many miracles, so we had unrealistic expectations for him. Big Uncle, you’re right, we should keep a regular mindset.” Ni Xuetian shook his head and sighed.

  “Yes.” Ni Jingtong nodded and remarked, “But luckily, the young fella failed, or I’ll really be frightened. Hmph, it’s fine that he achieved the integration of Heaven and man, but if he can smith even a magic tool, is he even normal?”

  Ni Xuetian and Ni Jingshen sighed too because Ni Jingtong sounded reasonable.

  Although they seemed slightly regretful about Ou Yangming’s failure, they were also truly relieved.

  The young fellow had done the unexpected several times, but his acts were still within a human’s boundary, after all.

  “Do you think he was the God of fire that suddenly appeared at that house?” Ni Jingtong suddenly raised a question.

  Ni Jingshen and Ni Xuetian looked at each other, then the former replied to him helplessly, “Ah, that little girl wouldn’t leak anything no matter what, or we wouldn’t need to keep guessing.”

  “Big Uncle, that’s Elder Universe’s orders, so Yinghong’s only doing this because she doesn’t want to suffer a great loss for a small gain,” Ni Xuetian explained.

  Ni Jingshen chuckled. “I understand. Don’t worry, I can’t bear to blame her at all.”