Under the deliberate control of the Life-and-Death Sect and the Xingyi Sect, the location of the contest for the title of Number One Under Heaven gradually spread within limited circles, causing a stir among a select few.
Some were wary, some delighted, while others could not settle their minds...
After all, for masters with little time or resources left to cultivate, such an opportunity was immensely valuable! It was practically a chance to defy fate and rewrite their lives!
Though opportunity inevitably came with risk, its value was already great enough to drive people mad!
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang..."
At an old blacksmith shop on the edge of the northern market, the furnace fire burned without rest all day long, accompanied by the ringing of hammers striking iron.
When Ke Lingfeng entered, he saw two burly bare-chested men hard at work. Farming tools, kitchen knives, and other wares sat on the shelves. It appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary smithy.
But he knew that this was where You Yueze, former backbone and vice alliance leader of the Southern Heaven Alliance, had settled within the city.
As a renowned master of the realm, You Yueze had once been a blacksmith. Later, he incorporated his family martial arts into forging, tempering his Internal Force through each strike of the hammer, accumulating Mental Strength. After thirty years of accumulation, he finally erupted in a single brilliant burst, achieving Dan Formation and ultimately becoming a Gang Strength Grandmaster!
Even though no one had dared ask him to forge anything for a long time, the blacksmith shop remained You Yueze's favorite place. Before fame and after it, he had always forged on his own.
"Martial Uncle Ke, please come in. Master and the other martial uncles have all been waiting for you."
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