"Lu Yaotou!"
The bushy-browed youth shouted as he tossed aside the steel saber in his hand and casually placed it on the furnace.
"I've forged wind-listening sabers of ten refinements and fifty refinements, and if Master Li asks me to forge a hundred-refinement wind-listening saber, I have thirty percent confidence that I can succeed!
I traveled all the way from Yihai Prefecture to Black River County because my second sister told me that Li Yuan was the most renowned master blacksmith in the entire craftsmanship trade!
He once established three rules for accepting apprentices: under twenty years of age, forge a ten-refinement saber to cut through a fifty-refinement! Forge a fifty-refinement to cut through a hundred-refinement!
I've accomplished both!
The third rule: within five days, forge twelve sabers! For me, that's not difficult either!"
Lu Shiping awkwardly smiled and said:
