Fantasy: The Second Miss Said She Was Ordinary

Several days later, the convoy finally arrived at the foot of Mount Holy Light.

Looking up, the majestic mountain peaks pierce the clouds.

The once solemn and magnificent temple complex has disappeared, replaced by a huge forging workshop, testing ground, material warehouse, and a group of rough and imposing stone buildings built against the mountain.

These new buildings used the original stone and spirit wood from the Temple of Holy Light, making no waste and emphasizing reuse.

The air was thick with the scorching heat of metal, lava, spirit ore, and charcoal fire. The crowd was bustling with noise. This weapon-smithing conference had attracted more people than the pilgrims who had come from all over the continent to worship at the Holy Light Temple in the past.

The Hurricane Mercenary Group's convoy stopped in the designated outer area.

Wei Ji dismounted, looked at the bustling crowd on the mountain road, then at the large group of brothers behind him, and said to Qin Youyou, "Youyou, the rules of this Weapon Casting Masters Conference are quite strict. Without a formal invitation, I'm afraid we won't be able to get to the main venue."

Although Qin Youyou had special privileges, she couldn't make too many exceptions: "I can bring one or two attendants, but I can't bring them all."

Chu Kuangfeng, carrying a giant axe, grinned and said, "It's alright, you guys go up and have a look. I'll take the brothers to camp down the mountain! This big market looks exciting, let's take a look and replenish our supplies."

He waved to his men: "Brothers, let's go to Taobao!"

The mercenaries cheered.

They weren't very interested in the grand meeting on the mountain, but were instead curious about the large temporary market at the foot of the mountain, which brought together rare and exotic minerals, unusual tools, and various treasures from all over the continent.

Qin Youyou agreed: "Alright, Uncle, come up with me and take a look. Brother Chu, I'll leave the bottom of the mountain to you. Be careful."

"Don't worry!" Chu Kuangfeng patted his chest and assured him.

So, Qin Youyou took only Wei Ji with her and followed the crowd up the wide stone steps leading to the summit.

Wei Ji, who was already at the Battle Immortal level, concealed his aura and followed quietly behind Qin Youyou like an ordinary follower or guard.

Stepping onto Holy Light Peak once again, Qin Youyou's state of mind was completely different from when she was disguised as Vadashi.

At that time, she was new to the area and was not clear about the limits of her abilities. She was cautious in everything she did and was on edge, so she had no time to appreciate the scenery.

Now, as the creator god, he has a calm and peaceful mindset, and everything seems fresh and interesting to him.

She looked around at the scenery with great interest.

The road winds its way up.

The view gradually widens, and the scenery becomes increasingly magnificent.

The blue phoenix flew freely among the mountains, and rhythmic forging sounds came from the workshops on the mountaintop.

Those once high-ranking servants and messengers of the gods have mostly been judged and executed according to the severity of their sins, and their era has come to a complete end.

Qin Youyou was in a good mood.

The two finally reached the summit, arriving at the complex where the original temple was located.

It has since been demolished and rebuilt.

Ji Wu is the goddess of craftsmen. In addition to the weapon makers, the builders are also under her jurisdiction. The buildings constructed here all have a unique style.

A commotion arose ahead. A group of well-dressed people, surrounded by a crowd, walked arrogantly at the front.

Qin Youyou raised an eyebrow slightly.

The one leading them was none other than Li Jian, the young master of the Weapon Forgers Guild in Yanyang City.

At this moment, Li Jian was riding high on his success.

His father, Li Gang, was one of the important judges at this conference. As the son of the guild leader, his status naturally rose, and he was surrounded by many small guild blacksmiths and followers who wanted to curry favor with him, who fawned over him like stars around the moon.

He held his head high, enjoying the adulation, his face beaming with pride.

"Brother Jian, you're only thirty years old and you're already a Grandmaster of weapon forging. Such talent is rare in the world!"

"Sigh, keep it low-key."

"Brother Jian, you must be aiming for the top ten this time, right? I heard that the top ten blacksmiths have the chance to receive the inheritance of the God of Craftsmen."

"How can you talk like that? Our Brother Jian is definitely aiming for first place. First place, they say, means becoming the personal disciple of the God of Craftsmen!"

"Well, I wouldn't dare say that. It's certainly a good thing to get first place, but there are so many talented people in the world, I can't be too complacent."

"Brother Jian is just too modest..."

Li Jian was so flattered that he became completely oblivious to the world around him.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

They saw Qin Youyou and Wei Ji not far away.

Li Jian smiled.

Qin Youyou was still dressed in simple coarse cloth clothes, with only the tall mercenary she had seen before by her side. Apart from that, there was no one else around.

But at this moment, he was surrounded by attendants, clearly demonstrating his superior status.

A desire to get revenge immediately welled up in my mind.

Li Jian deliberately slowed his pace, waiting for Qin Youyou to approach before raising his voice in a mocking tone, "Oh! Isn't this that discerning female weapon maker? What, you're here for the conference too? And you only brought one attendant?"

Qin Youyou and Wei Ji had already guessed that he was going to spout nonsense, and their expressions remained calm.

"I don't know which sect or school you belong to, but I can tell that your sect is not only small in number but also has little money. You haven't changed your clothes in all these days!"

Unlike him, who was dressed extravagantly that day, his attire today further emphasizes his status.

His supporters immediately understood and burst into laughter.

"That's right, look at Young Master Li, that's true class!"

"Dressed so shabbily, you probably can't even gather the registration materials for the preliminary round, right?"

"I guess they're just here to broaden their horizons, hahaha!"

Wei Ji's eyes flashed with displeasure, but seeing that Qin Youyou's expression remained normal, he held back his anger.

Qin Youyou stopped in her tracks, her gaze sweeping over Li Jian and his group of sycophantic followers before finally settling on Li Jian, a half-smile playing on her lips.

"Eat shit."

Then, turn around and leave.

Li Jian's face stiffened. This was the first time in his life that someone had said such a thing to him.

"Vulgar! A woman as vulgar as you, let's see which man would dare to marry you in the future!"

Before he finished speaking, the henchmen next to him had already changed their expressions and covered their noses!

Their faces were pale, and they looked like they were about to vomit.

Smelly! It stinks!

Why does Young Master Li's mouth suddenly smell so bad!

"What's wrong with you guys?" Li Jian turned his head in confusion, looking at these guys with a bewildered expression.

Did he say anything wrong?

Why do they all look like they've swallowed flies?

"Young Master Li, I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

"Young Master Li, I also have something to attend to."

"Young Master Li, I suddenly need to use the restroom. I'm sorry to have to make an excuse."

屎？

Upon hearing this word, Li Jian didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a strong craving.

His eyes gleamed with greed, and he swallowed hard: "Take me with you on your escape route!"

"what?"

"Let me have a bite!"

Everyone:! ! !

No wonder his mouth smells so bad!

So, he actually has this kind of quirk!

The young master of Yanyang City is terrifying!

The man was horrified and clutched his buttocks. "The 'shit escape' was just an excuse. I just wanted to escape. Farewell, Young Master Li."

Li Jian felt somewhat regretful.

After everyone had left, he finally realized what he had just said and froze.

"Damn, why would I suddenly want to eat shit?"

■

At the summit of Holy Light Peak, the temple square has been transformed into a grand open-air foundry.

Hundreds of forging tables are neatly arranged, with roaring fires illuminating the tense or confident faces of foundry workers from all over the mainland.

The preliminary rounds of the Foundry Masters' Conference are about to begin.

The preliminary test rules are simple and straightforward: within a limited time, use the furnace and precious ore provided by the Brilliant Continent Craftsmen Association to successfully forge a work of sacred artifact level or higher to advance.

The reason why the Foundry Association provides furnaces and precious ore is that many talented young people are short of money and cannot afford good precious ore. Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the organizers specially prepared the materials uniformly.

Li Jian stood before his own forging table, his mind unsettled.

He should have been full of pride, enjoying the awe-inspiring gazes of those around him, but at this moment, his mind was filled with nothing but excrement.

It's like if you don't eat a bite, you've lived a wasted life.

But reason told him that it was dirty and absolutely could not be eaten! Yet the desire grew stronger and stronger.

Even more terrifying, his mouth seemed to have become a latrine, emitting an indescribable stench that could only be temporarily suppressed by rinsing his mouth with the finest Qingling Fragrance countless times.

"Damn it...it must be that bitch's doing!" Li Jian gritted his teeth.

His gaze swept coldly through the crowd, searching for Qin Youyou, but to no avail.

But the square is very large, and perhaps her forging platform is in a more distant place.

He angrily withdrew his gaze.

Meanwhile, Qin Youyou, as the referee with the highest status, was invited into the VVVVIP VIP room by Ji Wu.

"Dad, you can watch the young people compete here. Sunflower seeds, snacks, and drinks have all been prepared for you," Ji Wu said with a sweet smile.

Qin Youyou sat down on the soft sofa with satisfaction and nodded: "My daughter is so thoughtful."

"By the way, Xiao Feiyun is also participating this time. Didn't she tell you?"

"Oh? Let me see."

Qin Youyou looked down at the large floor-to-ceiling windows, which offered an excellent view of the vast square.

Her gaze swept quickly, not even lingering when she saw Li Jian, before finally settling on Xiao Feiyun, who was not far away.

Over the past few years, Xiao Feiyun has grown quite a bit taller and looks like a young lady now.

Xiao Feiyun has lost the childishness and impetuosity of her childhood. Perhaps it's because she's grown up, or perhaps it's because she spends all her time taking care of Nianchu and Ping'an that her temperament has been worn down. Now she seems much more composed.

She was dressed simply, unassuming, and her gaze was fixed on the forging table in front of her.

Qin Youyou nodded in satisfaction.

"Begin!" the examiner officially announced.

The foundry was instantly filled with the clanging of hammers and the hum of burning spirit fire.

Xiao Feiyun also started moving his hands quickly.

She learned a lot from her teacher. Casting was the most mentally taxing and also the biggest challenge for her.

If you can't be patient, you're destined to go nowhere. She knows that her talent makes her a bit impetuous, but she will change.

As a disciple of the Mud Leg Sect, and the one with the highest talent, she can only lead everyone to prosperity by growing stronger, so that her senior brothers, sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters will not bother their teacher, and so that their teacher can go out and play happily and without burden.

Her eyes were sharp, and she meticulously crafted each piece.

Even with simple materials, she can forge extraordinary treasures.

This is what the teacher did, this is what Ji Wu did, this is what Baili Yanxuan did, and this is what Grandpa Qin Zhengjiao did as well.

Then she can too.

the other side.

Li Jian forced himself to stay alert.

He found the materials terrible and disliked everything provided by the organizers, but he had no choice but to use them.

The furnace and precious ore are provided by the organizers. You can bring your own fire starter, or you will have to use the living stones provided by the organizers.

But excellent and talented craftsmen often possess the spark of fire within them.

Some awakened within their bodies due to their affinity for the fire element, while others were simply purchased directly by wealthy families.

Li Jian is the latter.

He directly took out the Earth Core Flame he had been nurturing in the small bottle. As soon as the flame came out, the surrounding temperature rose by several degrees.

This drew sidelong glances and sighs from many ordinary-looking foundry craftsmen in the vicinity.

However, he couldn't calm his mind at all.

His longing for excrement was distracting him too much.

He swung the hammer irritably, his movements brutal. Materials that could have been forged into mid-grade or even high-grade sacred artifacts were haphazardly melted and hammered in his hands, ultimately barely forming a sword blank.

Fortunately, it was blessed by the Earth's core flames, so its quality barely reached the threshold of a low-grade holy artifact.

"It's done!"

Li Jian raised his hand and shouted.

He didn't care about anything else as long as he could get through it. He just wanted to find a latrine and some excrement to relieve his lovesickness.

The shout of "It's done!" accompanied by a stench, quickly spread in all directions.

The four blacksmiths closest to him, who were intently manipulating the fragile material, suddenly heard a loud shout: "It's done!"

The next instant, a stench assaulted them, and the four of them rolled their eyes, their hands trembled, and with a "whoosh," the furnace fire went out of control, and the materials were instantly ruined.

The four of them were foaming at the mouth and writhing on the ground, completely knocked out by the fumes!

The scene was in an uproar!

"Holy crap, those four are the contestants next to Young Master Li!" Li Jian's sycophant recognized Li Jian.

The examiners were shocked: "What happened? What did Li Jian do?"

Li Jian's face paled, and he vaguely guessed the reason, but he stubbornly insisted, "I didn't do anything."

The examiners had already flown past him, and when they were still twenty meters away, he wrinkled his nose and felt a wave of dizziness.

"Damn it, Li Jian, you poisoned our classmates!"

"I didn't!" Li Jian retorted loudly.

Someone shouted, "He loves to eat excrement, and his breath stinks so badly he made all the test takers faint!"

The sycophant has turned on its master.

"Who, who dares to speak ill of this young master?!"

The examiners held their breath and kicked him, yelling, "Shut up!"

Li Jian was kicked so hard he bent over like a shrimp and fell to the ground with a thud.

Three burly examiners rushed forward, covered Li Jian's mouth tightly, and wrapped his mouth with a strip of cloth eighteen times.

"Damn, I can't keep this hand."

"Your hands are more important. First, wake up those four students. Their psychological trauma is too severe. Just give them a direct admission."

The other examinees, who had initially sympathized with the four, were now filled with regret, secretly wishing they were the ones who had fainted from the stench.

The first test is finally over.