Chapter Thirty-One Rankings

  Kong Fang looked at the person who had just revealed the information, feeling somewhat shocked and uncertain. He had originally crafted the short sword in order to pass the assessment and continue staying in the Qizong sect. Of course, after later discovering that the short sword's grade was very high, Kong Fang's goal had changed, becoming one of wanting to become an inner disciple. However, no matter what, a newly-entered disciple's crafted weapon shouldn't be enough to stump an inner disciple, and in the end, for some unknown reason, he had even managed to make his opponent cough up blood.

  Is it necessary to be so ruthless?

  He hadn't even become an inner disciple yet and already offended one of the inner disciples, how could he reason with him about this.

  Kong Fang was completely flustered.

  Seeing Kong Fang's expression was somewhat off, Fang Tou, who was standing beside him, asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"

  Kong Fang shook his head and indicated it was nothing, but his face was full of bitter smiles.

  "A Zhao Yong I haven't even dealt with yet, and now another cousin pops up. Just hope that cousin isn't too petty-minded, or they'll end up resenting me." Kong Fang couldn't help but let out a wry smile in his heart. He didn't want to stir up trouble, but trouble seemed to always be clinging to him.

  However, if the other party really came to find him trouble, Kong Fang was not afraid. With an extremely high-level and somewhat eerie soul-refining technique, as well as the various rewards from the master of the secret mansion, Kong Fang was confident that he could become stronger than any inner disciple in a shorter period of time. In this world, powerful strength represented everything.

  "Hey, junior brother, what else did you hear? Can you tell me?" Kong Fang shouted to the disciple who had just revealed the news.

  No matter if it's an unexpected opponent or not, it's always good to know more about each other.

  Who would have thought that the apprentice who revealed the news looked up and down at Kong Fang a few times, and his nose involuntarily let out a disdainful cold hum, saying very discontentedly: "Who are you calling brother? You really don't understand the rules." After mocking Kong Fang for a while, the apprentice raised his head proudly and said: "Besides, why should I tell you the news that I found out with great difficulty?"

  This apprentice who broke the news has already revealed all the information he had gathered, and with his personality that loves to show off, how could he keep it hidden in his heart. It's just that at this moment, he is enjoying the admiring gaze of the people around him, and is a bit proud of himself, so naturally he doesn't want to say that he has no more goods left in his heart.

  The people around were smiling and watching the excitement.

  Kong Fang was stunned for a moment, but soon he smiled and shook his head. Although the other person's words were somewhat impolite, he wouldn't stoop to the level of a novice disciple who knew nothing, he wasn't that petty.

  Kong Fang no longer paid attention to others and just chatted casually with Fang Tou beside him.

  After a while, a stern voice suddenly rang out in the sky.

  "The assessment meeting is about to begin." Hu Yun Tang's front green pine elder stood up from his chair and loudly said to the thousands of people below the mountain.

  As soon as they heard the voice of Qingfan Elder, everyone immediately stopped chatting and looked up at Qingfan Elder on the mountain. Those who had already learned some information and knew that they were about to become inner disciples had their eyes shining brightly, extremely excited.

  The green-robed elder standing in front of Huoyun Hall gestured to the miscellaneous servants behind him, and eleven of them immediately came forward with some weapons and armor. At the forefront was Changsheng, whose face was filled with excitement, carefully holding a dark short sword in both hands.

  Cháng shēng de xīn ‘pēng pēng’ tiào de lì hài, zhè xiē nián tā hái cóng máo bèi rú cǐ zhǔ mù guò, shù qiān rén jiù lián nèi táng dì zǐ hé cháng lǎo dōu zài kàn zhe tā, yī zhāng liǎn dùn shí jī dòng de fā hóng, xīn zhōng shì jì qiān yòu xīng xīng.

  Then, more than thirty people stood in a line, standing on the empty ground in front of Huoyun Hall.

  The elder Qingfan walked to the last person, picked up a long knife from his hand and introduced loudly: "This knife is of third-grade quality, made of Yu Lanzhi iron, Suolisha sand and Qi Shui Rou stone. Among them, Suolisha sand is a relatively precious material. This long knife was forged by Qing Cheng, an apprentice. Now, Qing Cheng, you can come up." The voice of Elder Qingfan echoed in the sky, and everyone heard it clearly.

  Just hearing Qing Fan's introduction of this knife, many people's faces changed color.

  "This year, the threshold for becoming an inner disciple has actually risen so much that even the last weapon refined reached third-grade. Countless new disciples and miscellaneous workers were shocked in their hearts, as if they had refined a fourth-grade weapon in previous years, new disciples might have been promoted to the inner courtyard, but this year, the lowest grade of weapons actually reached third-grade."

  Those who had refined four-grade weapons heard the introduction of Qingfan Elder, and their faces suddenly changed. Afterwards, they looked like they had lost their souls. The previous second they were still proudly boasting to the people around them that they would definitely become inner disciples, but the next second they were knocked down from heaven to earth. The last one's weapon was only three grades, they didn't stand a chance.

  "It's impossible! How can there be so many people among the new disciples whose equipment refinement levels surpass mine?" Many of those who had refined four-star weapons shouted in outrage, unable to accept this result.

  "Silence." The stern voice of Elder Qingfan instantly suppressed the entire scene, and the noisy atmosphere quickly became silent.

  At this moment, a sturdy man rushed out of the crowd, his face excited, his footsteps swift, and he quickly rushed towards Huoyun Hall on the mountain.

  Everyone else looked at the sturdy physique of Fu Qing with envy as he rushed up the mountain, while those who were originally standing with Fu Qing suddenly clutched their chests and regretted it. They had thought that Fu Qing was older and therefore had poor talent, so they didn't bother to talk or make friends with him, but who knew that he would actually become a noble inner disciple? Unfortunately, it's too late for regrets now.

  Qing Feng arrived at Huo Yun Hall, and Qing Fan Zhen continued to introduce other weapons.

  Every time Qing Fan, the elder, introduces a new weapon or armor, a noble inner disciple is born. Those who didn't get along with the inner disciples regret it day and night, while those who happened to exchange a few words are delighted, looking forward to being followed by them in the future.

  Soon, Qing Fan's elder had introduced over twenty weapons, and now there were only four remaining weapons and armor.

  The old man Qingfan took a piece of chest armor from the hands of a miscellaneous servant and said to the crowd below the mountain: "This piece of chest armor is made of four materials, namely cold iron wood, green fire stone, star sand, and peak gold. Among them, green fire stone is relatively precious, while star sand is extremely precious. However, it's very difficult to remove impurities from star sand and peak gold, and the person who refined this armor didn't manage to remove all the impurities, otherwise, this armor would have been at least one level higher in quality, not just a third-rate one now. Alright, He Hongyu, who refined this armor, come up here." Qingfan's voice was tinged with a hint of regret, naturally because He Hongyu wasted good materials but didn't refine a good armor.

  However, He Hongyu didn't have the mood to think about removing impurities at this time. All he saw was him rushing up the mountain while excitedly muttering to himself, "Eight years, I've accumulated eight years of equipment materials and finally became an inner disciple."

  He then picked up a long sword and introduced it, "This long sword uses only two materials, but one of the materials is Qingming Stone, which is a relatively rare material. As long as an appropriate amount of Qingming Stone is added to the weapon, it can greatly improve the performance of the weapon in all aspects. However, the person who refined it probably wanted to maximize the improvement of the sword's grade and infused too much Qingming Stone into the sword. In the end, the means outweighed the ends, and it actually affected the quality of this sword."

  Elder Qingfan shook his head, such good equipment materials were wasted like this, it made him feel a little heartache, which also made him slightly dissatisfied with the person who refined them.

  "Alright, let Zhao Yong come up and refine this sword." Qing Fan said indifferently.

  Among the crowd, Zhao Yong walked out quickly, although he was criticized by Qing Fan Zhen Lao, but he still had a spring breeze on his face. After all, he was the third to last to be called up, which means he was third in this assessment. The lowest score in this assessment is three product weapons, and he has become the third with proud capital.

  Kong Fang looked at Zhao Yong who was walking up the mountain road, with a cold glint in his eyes, "The things you snatched away, you may not be able to use them well either."

  Soon, Zhao Yong arrived in front of Huoyun Hall, took over the long sword he had refined from Qingfan Elder, and stood in third place.

  After his excited mood had slightly subsided, Zhao Yong's curious gaze suddenly turned to the two men beside him, each holding a short sword, one silver-white and the other dark black.

  "Are these the two short swords that are even higher in grade than the sword I refined?" Zhao Yong felt a little jealous, he was originally aiming for first place in this assessment, but in the end he only got third place.

  "The second place should be that woman Su Yun, and the first place... I heard it's called Kong Fang. Hmph, that damned Kong Fang is lucky to have escaped death, and unexpectedly has the same name as the first place." Zhao Yong coldly snorted in his heart.