The Academic Palace Forging Workshop was divided into three areas. The largest could accommodate the construction of colossal ships fifty feet in length without seeming crowded.
Li Ang and the others attended their workshop at the southern end of Chuiyun Lake, near the back hills.
Since a Saint was coming to supervise their studies, the place had been specially cleaned up last night—hammers, chisels, axes, saws, and all kinds of materials were neatly stacked on the shelves, the surfaces of the Iron and Steel Refining Furnaces shone, and there were no wood chips or metal filings on the floor.
Master Cui Yixian, who was in charge of the Sword Study class, spoke briefly. He essentially told the students that they had five hours to use the workshop's materials and tools to forge swords, and those who excelled would receive credits.
