Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 569 Deliberately Difficult Exam Questions

A few days later, Bai Yang walked out of his stone chamber early in the morning with light steps.

Together with the other four candidates, they walked towards the spot where they had started when they arrived.

Today is the day the five of them are being assessed as formal disciples, and Venerable Ganyan will personally decide their fate.

The group followed the original path and arrived at the center of the largest stone chamber.

Venerable Gan Yan and Venerable Xiao Zhou were already waiting here, and besides the two of them, there was also a thin man with purple skin present.

Judging from his position, he stood between the two, seemingly holding a higher status than Venerable Xiao Zhou.

Bai Yang couldn't help but take a few more glances at this person and asked Xing Shou about his identity.

"This is Venerable Fuhai, the second disciple of Venerable Ganyan. It is said that he was the one who refined ordinary treasures."

He is possibly the strongest weapon-refining master among Venerable Gan Yan's disciples.

Bai Yang stood at the front of the group of five, and they all bowed to Venerable Gan Yan.

Venerable Ganyan looked at them gently and smiled:

"Two months have passed, and today I've come to check on your progress."

This is my second disciple, Venerable Fuhai, and my nineteenth disciple, Venerable Xiaozhou.

If you succeed, you will work under them temporarily.

The five people were secretly puzzled: why would five people need two people to manage it?

But he called out to them, "Second Senior Brother, Nineteenth Senior Brother."

Everyone behaved with great respect.

Venerable Fuhai's eyes were devoid of any warmth; although he was looking at them, it seemed as if he didn't take them seriously at all.

He said in a listless and weak manner:

"This time I will set the questions, and Master will make the final judgment."

My test questions were very simple.

Use only the knowledge you have acquired during this time to repair these five weapons.

The timeframe is 24 hours.

After he finished speaking, a broken weapon appeared out of thin air beneath the feet of the five men.

At Bai Yang's feet was a short-handled longsword broken into three pieces.

He immediately used his telekinesis to pick up all three fragments and began to observe the secrets of the place.

This knife is a very obvious "fake treasure".

In terms of material, Bai Yang could tell from a few glances that it was 70% F-grade metal and about 30% G-grade metal.

Neither of these two metals is considered precious in their respective categories.

Although G-grade metal is strong, it is no match for the five people here.

But at this moment, all five of them felt that things were in a bit of a predicament.

These five broken weapons, they couldn't immediately discern what type of laws or secret techniques were imprinted on them, how could they be repaired?

If it were just simple welding, most of the hundreds of examinees at the time could probably have done it.

Since the goal is to "repair," the requirement must be to restore the weapon to its original power.

It's simply impossible without understanding the original laws and secret patterns.

The primary difficulty of this type of exam is not testing the techniques and strategies of weapon crafting, but rather assessing knowledge and experience.

Venerable Gan Yan remained composed, but Venerable Xiao Zhou spoke in a low voice:

"Second Senior Brother, this time the questions seem a bit difficult."

Venerable Fuhai did not turn to look at his junior brother, and said expressionlessly:

"In the art of weapon crafting, inspiration is certainly important, but daily accumulation is also crucial."

Only by mastering the fundamentals can reliable works be produced.

This year's five junior students are all far superior to those of the past, making it a bit more difficult.

This also makes it easier for the Master to provide feedback and directly point out the strengths and weaknesses.

The five of them heard these words, but none of them slowed down their work, seemingly without any particular thoughts.

But Bai Yang felt differently.

"What kind of person is this Venerable Fuhai? Why is he targeting me?"

The moment they met, his "inspiration" sensed a subtle hostility.

This aura was completely unfamiliar, and he understood almost instantly that it came from the only stranger, Venerable Fuhai.

Although this guy never seemed to look directly at the five of them from beginning to end, Bai Yang could still feel a malicious gaze even with his back to him.

After examining the broken knife, he became even more certain of this.

There's something wrong with this knife!

They are not a knife!

Yes!

This knife, which appears to fit together perfectly, is actually made up of three precisely cut sections of each knife!

The laws and secret patterns inside may look the same, but they are not derived from the same original sword.

Even a small mistake can lead to a huge error; trying to fix it using normal methods makes it incredibly difficult!

Such a sophisticated and insidious plot must have required considerable effort.

Each candidate's weapon was thrown directly to their feet by Venerable Fuhai; there was absolutely no way they could have made a mistake.

We are complete strangers with no connection whatsoever. What is the meaning of this Venerable Fuhai?

Bai Yang's spatial clone had two heads and three pairs of eyes, all looking at his four companions.

Their weapons repair work has begun, but it's unknown whether their weapons have been tampered with.

"If all of them are made too difficult, then I'll just assume you're deliberately making things difficult for me, purely out of jealousy of my talent."

If you're only targeting me, then you'd better be prepared to regret it and beg for mercy!

Bai Yang sneered inwardly, thinking that this little obstacle was no match for him!

You want it repaired, right? And restored to its original state, right?

But I'm not buying it!

At this moment, the other four seemed to have already identified the laws and secret patterns of their respective weapons and began to repair them.

Clearly, they had all put in a lot of hard work for the assessment, and Venerable Fuhai did not stump them.

The secondary difficulty in this matter is that G-grade metals are too hard.

Even if their normal methods could melt and forge these metals, they would also have to take care of repairing the extremely intricate internal laws and secret patterns.

This is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, or trying to embroider with an iron pestle; it's definitely not something that can be easily accomplished.

Bai Yang decided to use a hardline approach and ignore all of this.

The black flames in his claws instantly reignited!

With a devastating force, it swept towards the three broken blades!

Such terrifying power is as if they are about to fight someone!

【Black Netherflame】Driven by the flame laws of a cosmic lord, its power is even stronger than that of the original Eclipse Flame Lord!

The four fellow examinees who were standing close to him couldn't help but look at him, but they didn't feel any warmth from him.

The terrifying black flames, over ten meters high and two meters long, seemed like an illusion.

But Venerable Fuhai, who stood opposite him, did not feel the same way!

The strange black flames seemed to carry some kind of mental attack power, subtly approaching his soul!

Venerable Gan Yan and Venerable Xiao Zhou both noticed this, but they didn't feel anything else.

The three of them immediately realized that Eiffel was targeting one person!

"He found me! That damn special life form!"

This guy dares to be so arrogant in front of his master, relying on the supreme treasure bestowed upon him by the Ancestral God!

Venerable Xiao Zhou's expression was complicated. This second senior brother had always been arrogant and proud, and now the two of them had become enemies.

Venerable Gan Yan's eyes gleamed with surprise, and she did not interfere with her second disciple's previous actions.

At this point, they naturally wouldn't interfere with Bai Yang's counterattack.

"This Eiffelo is a true genius. Not to mention his weapon crafting skills, his mastery of the fire law and the supreme treasure is unparalleled."

"It won't lose to a mid-level universe Venerable; it's absolutely perfect for weapon forging!"

(End of this chapter)