'Why was Young Master Zhu seeing a drunken man hammering?' thought Ye Zhaobai not understanding Yao Zhu's way of doing when it comes to learning.
'Mummering?' Ye Zhaobai noticed something on Yao Zhu, who was murmuring as he looked at the drunken man hammering the red-hot ore. Ye Zhaobai began focusing on the hammer. At first, he didn't notice, but then he felt the illusion, as the one swing of the hammer was visible to him as the two swings, and the number was increasing in a certain pattern.
"How is that possible?" murmured Ye Zhaobai feeling surreal when he understood the impossible technique used by a drunken man.
'If I remember, Every Blacksmith's dream is to become a Refiner so-called a 6th Tier Blacksmith, becoming a refiner is not an easy feat because with only raw materials using the surrounding Qi a refiner could able to create a weapon'
'Once a person becomes a refiner, his way of a traditional blacksmith will be the rhythm to the profound nature that shows the Blacksmith a way to become a refiner' thought Ye Zhaobai as he was sweating thinking that the drunken man was a National treasure maker.
'I am dead if the princess knows my disrespect towards a refiner' thought Ye Zhaobai, crying in tears.
"2,4,6,8...." murmured Yao Zhu the numbers that were visible to him as the drunken man was hammering at each time of increased swings.
After the last hammering reached a hundred swings number in a single motion, the high ore shredded the impurities out forming a pure metal with no impurities and then the middle-aged man drank the liquor giving a satisfied sigh with a wide grin.
'This kid's talent is one of the best I have seen in my life and it seems like he already found out the way to purify the High ore to the pure metal' thought the drunken man with a satisfied gaze on Yao Zhu.
'Let's see how much you surprise me in one week' thought the drunken man as he placed the pure metal in the water to cool it down and again started his work on the High Ore.
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The carriage stopped at the Ye Mansion, in a hurry Han Luan Er went directly to the office room.
"Knock!-Knock!"
"Come in," said a smooth voice that did not resemble Chu Lingshu's. Han Luan Er got confused and opened the door. She saw a beautiful white-haired woman wearing a fully covered black robe dress. Chu Lingshu was also there and gazed at Han Luan Er with a slightly guilty face.
"Miss Lingshu, Young Master Zhu ordered me to tell you that he will be learning blacksmithing under a drunken man," said Han Luan Er with an uncomfortable face when she remembered the smelly old shop with empty liquor bottles.
"What! Then what is Ye Zhaobai doing there, and how in the world did he allow it to happen?" Chu Lingshu asked with a headache, but she couldn't blame Ye Zhaobai because she knew Yao Zhu's stubborn character.
"...." Han Luan Er was silent but her focus was on Mu Lingyi where she felt the familiar presence imprinted in her heart.
'Hmm...seems like this maid had some talent in the sword and she seems to remember me even though I wore a mask when I passed the Ye Ancestor Order on her and took her daughter away from her' thought Mu Lingyi while placing the reports to a side after finishing it.
"Sigh~, Anyway you got a letter?" said Chu Lingshu as Han Luan Er confused, took the letter on the table and opened it to read.
"When..." Han Luan Er's face became excited and sad at the same time feeling conflicted in her heart as she gazed at Chu Lingshu who was doing her work on the new reports of Flying pirates.
"Miss Chu Lingshu..."
"No need to worry, I am not sad or ill emotions towards your son but I am happy for you to get a beautiful daughter-in-law of course that little girl is a good and sensible girl," said Chu Lingshu with a slight smile on her face making Han Luan Er terrible inside her heart because Ye Chaung chose the fiance for her son first instead of Ye Mengxing the first son of Ye Chuang.
A father should first marry off or choose a match for his first son and daughters but here Ye Chuang was choosing a fiance for his illegitimate son with no proper intentions or procedure.
Han Luan Er would be happy if her daughter-in-law was a good girl but she didn't want it that way after all she knew the fiance chosen by Ye Chuang was the Chu Lingshu chosen girl's sister who was matching off to her son.
"It's ok I will think about this and give this letter to Young Master Zhu after all he was the one who should decide whether you have to go to Ye Tian City or not, regarding this matter," said Chu Lingshu while she signaled her hand to leave the office.
Han Luan Er bowed her head slightly and left the office room as she cast a look at Mu Lingyi and left the room.
"Sigh~" sighed Chu Lingshu as she didn't know how to deal with this and many rumors would circulate in the kingdom as Ye Chuang had chosen a fiance for his illegitimate son when there was his first son who didn't have a matching pair.
"...." Mu Lingyi looked at her best friend feeling sad but she couldn't able to do anything.
Southwind Kingdom, Chu Wind City, In the open pavilion of Chu Palace-
"What happened with that drunkard, he's really angry after you talked with him," asked Chu Haowang who was the Lord of Southwind Kingdom and Ancestor of the Chu clan.
"Leave it aside now he stepped in this matter as I don't have to fear for the safety of your daughter," said Ye Heng passing the letter that Chu Lingshu had written for Ye Heng to not send anyone for the matter of smuggling the 10 tons of Fire Ores.
"Haha my daughter is angry, yeah feel safe if that drunkard was in there," said Chu Haowang with slight relief and looked at the long-white beard old man with a serious face.
"However, your son went too far. When my grandson didn't have a fiancée to select for him, Ye Chuang picked a future spouse for his second son," said Chu Haowang slamming the table furiously as Ye Heng put his head down with shame because it humiliating for him that he couldn't answered his best friend.
"Huh, Now we both can't able to face our grandson for the thing your son did?" said Chu Haowang feeling sad in his heart.
"Ye Heng this will be the last one I am letting it aside because of my admiration for you but if your son doesn't change and again makes the same mistake then I will have to punish him severely," said Chu Haowang with a cold voice as his grey-white hair fluttered by the wind.
"Sure my friend," said Ye Heng with serene eyes as Chu Haowang calmed down after seeing the sad face on his friend's face and understood as much as he was angry with Ye Chuang but Ye Heng was the one who was most suffered because of his son mistakes.
"Anyway, this is the information I can gather with the capture Demonic Qi masters," said Chu Haowang as he passed the jade slip which contains the all details.
"These bastards didn't give much information even after all the torture," said Ye Heng after looking at the little information gathered from the captured Demonic Qi masters.
"It's not easy, they have a curse placed on them if they slip any bit of information their head could blow into pieces," said Chu Haowang shaking his head with disappointment.
"And How's your brother Ye Hao doing?" asked Chu Haowang with a concerned face as he knew the past of the famous brothers in the Frontlines had become a tragedy.
"Currently he is fine and also improving health day by day with the help of Young Master Zhu," said Ye Heng with a smile on his happy face after his small brother was able to improve a lot after Xiao Xun's help.
"That's good and hope he will raise again like in the past," said Chu Haowang from the bottom of his heart as Ye Heng nodded his head hoping that Chu Haowang's words could happen.
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