Long Yuan flew out from the side and came into the air. He pointed at the big screen behind him, and his voice reached the ears of everyone in the stadium naturally and clearly. "Thank you for your love, I will preside over this lottery ceremony. Then the big screen behind me will start to draw lots. You can just look for your name. Of course, the list will be sent to the respective team leaders afterwards, so don't panic if you can't find your name."
The lottery ceremony ended quickly, and everyone in the venue left. It didn't take long for them to be empty.
Long Yuan has already been waiting at the exit.
"Teacher!" Class Zero Everyone noticed him immediately.
"Yeah." Long Yuan nodded towards Gu Yuena, but found that Wu Zhangkong's face looked a little strange, but he didn't think much about it.
Instead, he said to Tang Wulin, "The blacksmith competition will start first, and the subsequent individual competitions will be divided into eight venues in Skysea City. I have made some arrangements so that your individual competition will also be at Skysea Stadium. You can finish the forging quickly tomorrow and just have time to check in and participate in the Soul Master individual competition."
"Yes, teacher, I understand." Tang Wulin nodded.
"Okay, let's all go back and rest. Get up early tomorrow so as not to miss the game."
"Teacher Wu, please keep an eye on them, I won't go back to the hotel recently."
Wu Zhangkong nodded in agreement. "You go about your business, I will take good care of them."
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Early the next morning, Skysea Stadium was already crowded with people.
The blacksmith competition is not a project that attracts much attention in Dabi. After all, for most people, forging is a boring word.
So most of the people here are players.
There were quite a few people sitting on the rostrum, and most of the audience were people from the industry.
Tang Wulin At first glance, I didn't recognize anyone, but I guess only a blacksmith of level five or above can sit on the rostrum.
Tang Wulin stood in the waiting area of the contestants, next to Mu Xi and a group of blacksmiths from the East Sea. They came together.
Mu Xi wore a neat outfit today, with her golden ponytail tied high, and she looked a lot more energetic. However, her expression was still a little nervous, and she kept stroking her clothes with her fingers.
"Are you nervous?" Tang Wulin asked.
Mu Xi glared at him. "Who is nervous?"
Tang Wulin said nothing, just glanced at her clenched fingers that turned white.
Mu Xi followed his gaze, blushed, and quickly put his hands behind his back.
"It's just... it's my first time to participate in this kind of competition, so I'm a little unaccustomed to it."
Tang Wulin nodded without exposing her.
"It's okay, just practice as usual."
Mu Xi glanced at him and muttered to himself: This guy is obviously one year younger than himself, how come he talks like a little adult?
But she didn't say it out loud, she just said "hmm".
When the game was about to start, Long Yuan came up and sat in the center of the referee's seat, with a row of soul-guiding hourglasses in front of him.
Today he wore a dark formal suit, his hair was combed meticulously, and he looked a little more dignified than usual.
Several old blacksmiths nearby looked at him secretly from time to time, with a bit of curiosity and awe in their eyes.
After all, the eighteen-year-old eighth-level Saint Craftsman is the only one in the entire Douluo Continent.
"Quiet." Long Yuan's voice was not loud, but it spread clearly throughout the venue.
All eyes were focused on him.
Long Yuan stood up and said calmly, "The first round of the youth group of the blacksmith competition, the test content is Hundred Refinement's purification.
He raised his hand to signal, and the staff next to him opened the covering curtain, revealing the neatly stacked ores underneath.
"Blue Pregnancy Copper Ore."
There was a murmur of discussion in the audience.
Blue Pregnancy Copper, this metal has a light blue appearance and contains a special energy circuit inside, which can output Soul Power of Soul Grandmaster. However, precisely because of this characteristic, its internal structure is extremely unstable, has many impurities, and is far more difficult to forge than ordinary rare metals.
The voice of Long Yuan continued to sound, "Complete Hundred Refinement within the specified time, and the best ones with high enough purification will advance. Those who cannot purify will be eliminated."
He paused and glanced at the dozens of young faces in the audience.
"Now--"
He raised his hand and dropped it gently.
"Start."
The moment the words fell, a small number of contestants immediately picked up the forging hammer and began to hit the Blue Pregnancy Copper Ore in front of them.
Ding-ding sounds came and went, and the whole venue instantly became lively.
"Hey, these kids are still not very good at it. They don't even know that Blue Pregnancy Copper needs to be carefully observed for purification."
The eagerness of some contestants to get started made all the masters on the podium shake their heads.
Tang Wulin was in no hurry to take action.
He stood in front of the forging table and gently pressed his right hand on the surface of Blue Pregnancy Copper Ore.
His perception is like a fine net, penetrating into the raw ore, sensing every line and the location of every impurity.
The internal structure of Blue Pregnancy Copper is extremely complex, and the impurity distribution is irregular. If the hammer is pressed rashly, it is easy to damage the internal energy circuit, causing the entire raw ore to be scrapped.
He had experience forging Blue Pregnancy Copper, so he didn't panic.
Half a minute later, he raised his right hand and Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammer drew an arc in the air.
"Dang--"
The first hammer fell, neither light nor heavy, but accurately landed on the edge of Blue Pregnancy Copper.
Several contestants nearby were startled by this hammer, and their hand movements were half a beat slower.
But they soon forgot about Tang Wulin - because his hammering sound was too fast.
"Dang, Dang, Dang--"
Tang Wulin's hammer speed is not very fast, but the intervals between each hammer are extremely regular, like a precise metronome. Every time the hammer falls, a ball of impurities is shaken out. The sound is continuous but distinct, as if it is not forging but playing a piece of music.
Several old blacksmiths sitting on the referee's bench exchanged glances.
"This kid's rhythm..." one of them whispered, "Is interesting."
Long Yuan looked on expressionlessly, but his eyes always fell on Tang Wulin.
Mu Xi was next to Tang Wulin, and when he heard the sound of his hammer, he felt even more nervous.
She simply sat down cross-legged. With her level, although Thousand Refinement was still a bit difficult, Hundred Refinement Blue Pregnancy Copper was not difficult. Since she was a little nervous, she might as well take a rest.
"Dang--"
The last hammer fell, Tang Wulin quickly submitted his Hundred Refinement Blue Pregnancy Copper, and then ran away.
Although his Soul Master competition today was also Skysea Stadium, the time was still a little tight, so he did not hold back at all and completed the competition as quickly as possible.
"This... this is, Hundred Refinement top grade!"
An old level six blacksmith looked at the work submitted by Tang Wulin and exclaimed.
Long Yuan just glanced at it casually and then withdrew his gaze. He had no doubt about Tang Wulin's level.