Divine King of Honour

Chapter 225 You Take the Blame

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After Zhang Meng's speech, the people around paid him no more mind.

They simply saw Xu Nian as a newcomer at the entry-level, without much interest to spare.

And Xu Nian couldn't care less to explain himself, his attention quickly shifted to the two players in the field.

The two had already begun the first process of Artifact Refining, melting.

So-called melting is the melting of Artifact Refining Materials in order to extract the useful Artifact Refining materials.

Generally, the more high-end the Artifact Refining material, the more powerful the flames needed, otherwise, one cannot melt the Artifact Refining Material.

Both contenders in the field had brought forth flames, kindled through Secret Techniques, slightly stronger than ordinary flames but not immensely.

After all, they were still only Artifact Refining Apprentices.

After producing the flames, they placed them into the Artifact Furnace, using its advantage to completely melt the two iron ores.

However, to Xu Nian, this was nothing close to clever technique.

Nowhere near as good as the Ten Thousand Divine Hammer Technique, which uses Spiritual Sense to control the flames in a more harmonious and speedy way.

With Spiritual Sense, one can envelop the ore with flames at every point, more effectively refining the material.

It took nearly half of two hours for the two to extract the iron from the ores.

After the extraction, they proceeded to shaping.

In Xu Nian's view, their shaping process could only be described as clumsy—they had to rely on molds to pour the molten iron.

Xu Nian, however, could complete this process with just his Spiritual Sense, without the need for pre-made molds.

The third step was to begin hammering to set the shape.

This stage required constant pounding with a hammer to bring the weapon's form closer to perfection.

The two swung their hammers, continually striking and adjusting the weapon's model.

Nevertheless, this process still appeared clumsy to Xu Nian, their hammering was utterly feeble.

The final step, hammer refining, was all but neglected by them, with just a few simple strikes before declaring the task finished.

To Xu Nian, it was unspeakable.

If the hammer refining was inadequate, the weapon might look unblemished, but it wouldn't be one complete whole.

Invisible flaws would exist, thereby significantly decreasing the quality of the weapon.

Zhang Tian just smiled and didn't say a word.

However, the people around were filled with envy, including Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng clenched his teeth in irritation, looking like he could devour someone, extremely dissatisfied with Jing Haoyang's smug look.

Xu Nian smiled helplessly and asked Jing Haoyang, "Want to make him miss that dinner?"

"Of course, I do. That's my goddess. How could she dine with someone else? But is there a way to do that? Zhang Tian already lost the match, we can't have her break her promise, can we?" Zhang Meng said, feeling powerless.

"It's good you want to. I can make Jing Haoyang miss this dinner without making your goddess break her word, but you'll have to take the blame. Are you willing?" Xu Nian said to Zhang Meng with a smile.

Zhang Meng was taken aback. Him, take the blame?

Surely Jing Haoyang wouldn't let him off afterward?

But thinking of his goddess dining with another man, he still felt uncomfortable.

"Okay, as long as you can spoil this dinner, I'll take the blame," said Zhang Meng as if making up his mind.

Xu Nian smiled upon hearing this.

If Zhang Meng didn't dare to take the blame, it meant his feelings for Zhang Tian weren't deep, and Xu Nian wouldn't have to bother.

If Zhang Meng was willing to take the blame, Xu Nian would give him a chance to get close to Zhang Tian, enabling Zhang Meng to see Zhang Tian's true face and prevent him from falling deeper.

Of course, if Zhang Meng didn't care about these, Xu Nian would still bless them.

"Good, since you've agreed to take the blame, I'll help you this one time. Just wait for Zhang Tian to seek you out actively," Xu Nian said with a smile, then walked out of the crowd.

Zhang Meng was bewildered. What was Xu Nian planning to do?

Before he could figure out what Xu Nian intended, Xu Nian's next words scared him.

Xu Nian stepped forward and declared loudly, "I never thought the Elders of the Artifact Refining Sect could be so useless, failing to notice such a big problem. It seems our Artifact Refining Sect truly has no one left?"

With these words, everyone looked at Xu Nian, wondering who was so bold as to mock Elder Wang.

Elder Wang Long, who had been preparing to leave, stopped in his tracks, his face flooding with anger.

At that moment, Zhang Meng's back was covered in cold sweat as his heart raced with anxiety.

Brother, I wanted your help to stop this bet, why are you provoking Elder Wang?

That's Elder Wang Long, known as Yama Wang!

Only then did Zhang Meng remember that Xu Nian was a complete novice who didn't even recognize an Artifact Furnace!

The more he thought about it, the colder his back felt!