Chapter 185 - I Can’t Compare to Him (1/2)
This part couldn’t stump Lin Xuanzhi. He calmly and leisurely picked out the usable materials without even thinking and directly began to craft the equipment.
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As the first person to start crafting, Lin Xuanzhi naturally caused quite a stir once again.
“He’s already found the materials.” Leng Jixue sat in the spectators’ seats, his eyes shining. “Pretty incredible.”
Huangfu Jin swept a glance over him, his expression somewhat dark and heavy. He found that ever since Lin Xuanzhi appeared, Leng Jixue would often mention this fellow to him.
That was too much.
Huangfu Jin kept silent as he secretly observed Lin Xuanzhi.
“Now ten craftsmen have found the correct materials.” A craftsman elder from Sky Peak Sect commented, “Including that Bai Honghu from the Bai family.”
“Nonetheless, Bai Honghu is still one step behind Lin Xuanzhi.” Another craftsman spoke.
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“Lin Xuanzhi’s hand seals seem different from that of other participants’.” Bai Wuya stood behind Bai Yichen as he focused his entire attention on Lin Xuanzhi — after all, he was currently a dangerous individual, a ticking time bomb who can explode at any moment. Bai Wuya was very afraid that Lin Xuanzhi would stir up something big as soon as Bai Wuya relaxed his attention.
Bai Yichen was also observing everyone’s hand seals.
With the eight Bai family participants, even though their actual hand seals looked slightly different, one could still tell that those hand seals all originated from the same kind of technique. The other participants also had their own abilities, but Bai Yichen had basically seen all of their hand seals before. Lin Xuanzhi’s hand seal was the only one that he had neither heard of nor seen before.
“It’s a little interesting.” Bai Yichen said. “The person who taught him crafting is either an expert who has lived in seclusion for hundreds of years or someone from outside the Five Continents, with the latter being more likely.”
“From outside?” Bai Wuya paused, surprised.
“Correct.” Bai Yichen replied lightly. “I have never seen crafting hand seals like his before, and I’ve more or less seen all of the Five Continents’ secret crafting manuals.”
Don’t even mention the exact same techniques, there’s nothing even remotely similar to those hand seals.
Bai Wuya felt deep veneration for Lin Xuanzhi; this wasn’t an ordinary kind of incredible anymore.
The equipment-crafting process was rather dull, but people still liked to watch others craft things while simultaneously scouting for craftsmen whom their families could use.
While Lin Xuanzhi was in the middle of crafting, many people had already gone to the families with craftsmen to exchange sentiments and network in advance.
The Lin family was no exception.
However, in Lin Xuanzhi’s absence, Lin Zezhi took his place.
According to Lin Xuanzhi’s instructions, everything started with the foundations. Lin Zezhi was a good player in this respect. Despite all kinds of embellished temptations and threats, Lin Zezhi still remained unmoved as he maintained a prideful yet appropriate smile, skillfully and easily pushing back with his words. Half a day later, nobody was able to wring a single promise out of Lin Zezhi’s mouth, yet he was still able to coax everyone.
Duan Yuyang listened from the side and couldn’t help clicking his tongue in wonder. He secretly thought, Lin Zezhi is pretty skilled as well. This kind of person will absolutely get full marks if he were left in charge of the Lin family’s public relations.
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Equipment crafting needed time. The organizers expected that it would take two hours, but someone finished crafting after only one hour.
With a soft peng, a magic tool appeared in front of Baili Yunshan.
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Ah, his heart really held malicious intentions!
Baili Yunshan secretly gritted his teeth as he surveyed his surroundings.
Ten craftsmen had obviously never encountered the compass-crafting process before, so they were currently still holding the materials while deep in thought, unable to start crafting at all.
Looking at the Bai family’s people again, they had all finished picking out the correct materials and were beginning to craft the compass.
The forging stones used for crafting were all high-grade forging stones. The forging stones were suspended in midair in front of every craftsman, emitting a faint glossy luster as they continuously provided the equipment with spiritual qi from all angles.
Lin Xuanzhi’s speed wasn’t fast, but he seemed to be very adept at crafting.
To make a compass that could break through illusion arrays, one needed to use the forged engraving pen to engrave the marks of the four directions and instill soul force. Lin Xuanzhi had made second-hand preparations in advance and took out a seemingly-ordinary forged engraving pen as he carved various patterns and symbols onto the compass with soul force and spiritual qi.
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His left hand maintained the hand seals at a constant speed without even the slightest deviation.
Although the other craftsmen who were currently working on their magic tools couldn’t see this scene, many disciples of major sects and elite families, who were sitting on the high platform spectating, saw it clearly.
“Let’s not mention Craftsman Lin’s eccentric hand seals just yet, but look at the way he’s making those hand seals. His hand seals are experienced and steady, and the fire’s temperature is just right. This is by no means the ability of a person who only recently became a craftsman.” An elder from Sky Peak Sect held his beard. He turned to ask another Bai family craftsman sitting beside him, “What do you think?”
The Bai family’s craftsman shook his head, “If we’re only looking at hand seals alone, then I’m afraid that he’s been crafting for decades or even centuries. In fact, I’m afraid that even Bai Cangshu can’t guarantee that his hand seals are steadier than Lin Xuanzhi’s.”
All the sect elders who heard this couldn’t help their astonishment.
“I don’t know much about crafting, but just by looking at the speed of his hand seals, I can guess that he’s a very incredible craftsman.” Baili Yunhua narrowed his eyes.
“In terms of hand seals, I can’t compare to him.” Bai Cangshu spoke.
Baili Yunhua was taken aback. Bai Cangshu was already one of the most talented craftsmen he had ever seen, but Bai Cangshu actually said that he wasn’t as good as that youth?
“He’s only been crafting for a few months. You’ve been crafting for nearly thirty years!” Baili Yunhua couldn’t stop himself from saying.
“Some people, even after a century of practice, remain fickle and impatient, so they can’t craft any good items.” Bai Cangshu shrugged it off as though he didn’t care whether someone was stronger than him or not. He continued lightly, “People have varying degrees of talent. This is the same for any path.”
Baili Yunhua looked at him for a while and suddenly interjected, “You used to be very competitive and wanted to be the first in everything. The past you would never have made this kind of judgment about a younger generation.”