Provocation (Second Update)

  In the afternoon, Chu Xiao took Li Sang and three others, riding a flying arrow to leave the Chu family workshop, heading towards the Guquan Building.

  Gǔ Quán Liàn Qì Chǎng is a very famous large-scale enterprise in Zǐ Yún City, and it's also a local enterprise. It's said that behind this company is a big family in Zǐ Yún City, the Dīng Family. The president of Zǐ Yún City's Refining Equipment Branch, Dīng Luè Dà Shī, is the master of the Dīng Family. With such a refining master around, the depth and strength of Gǔ Quán Liàn Qì Chǎng cannot be underestimated.

  The ancient spring building, as the office building of the ancient spring refining equipment factory, is extremely grand and magnificent, with a total of eighteen floors. Each floor has a fountain, rendering the entire ancient spring building like a water world. Moreover, these fountains are isolated by corresponding prohibition arrays, which will not interfere with people entering or leaving.

  The flying shuttle landed on the first floor of the Guquan Building, and Chu Xiao and his three companions entered the building, inquired about the bidding location at the service desk in the lobby, and took the elevator to the eighth floor.

  Good luck, in the corridor, Chu Xiao and his three men met that Commissioner Li.

  "Chu little brother, you came so early, come with me!"

  Director Li was quite pleased, leading Chu Xiao to a large hall and saying: "The Spirit Inspectors' symbols refined by your Chu Studio, our Foreign Affairs Department's chief is very satisfied. However, since your Chu Studio isn't well-known, this time you must go through the final selection competition, defeating other studios in order to decide on cooperation. But don't underestimate these studios, their strength is extremely robust. This competition might send out the most elite symbol-refining experts."

  Chu Xiao nodded, but wasn't worried.

  Director Li led Chu Xiao and his three companions into the hall after giving some instructions and then left.

  Chu Xiao and the other three found a rear seat in the hall and sat down to wait.

  After nearly half an hour, a group of people walked in, laughing and chatting. This group was wearing uniform clothes, with a badge on their chest, which had a rather eye-catching mysterious pattern, and two words - Tianfu.

  Chu Xiao used the Xiu Zhen system to take a look, and it turned out that they were all seal masters. There was one seventh-grade seal master, two sixth-grade seal craftsmen, and five fifth-grade seal craftsmen.

  It seems this should be some workshop's seal engraver.

  Having a seven-star master is already a very good strength for this studio.

  After all, it's just a small workshop, mainly producing talismans in small batches. Compared to those large-scale talisman factories, it's naturally not on the same level. Only workshops with extremely strong strength will have masters above seven grades. Many workshops in Purple Cloud City are similar to Chu Shi Workshop, and their high-end level is basically around five or six-grade craftsmen.

  "Huh? Someone has arrived at Tianfu Studio before us. Which studio are you from? I've never seen you before?"

  The leading seventh-grade badge master was a middle-aged man named Tu Yin, who had a sturdy build, but his eyes gave people a very gloomy feeling, as if he was constantly calculating others.

  His gaze searched among Chu Xiao and several others for a while, finally falling on Li Sang, who was the oldest and looked the most calm. As for Chu Xiao, he was directly ignored, after all, he just looked like a young man with a youthful appearance.

  "We are from Chu's studio."

  Chu Xiao's eyes were quite displeased with this person, and at a glance, he knew that he belonged to the sinister type. Without standing up, he spoke directly.

  "Chu's workshop? Never heard of it, looks like some small-time workshop. What's with the Guquan Refining Factory? They even called in this third-rate workshop. This is a competition between top-tier workshops, how can they have such a mediocre participant?"

  He furrowed his brow slightly, and his tone was full of disdain for Chu Shi's workshop.

  "I guess they're coming out the back door, shamelessly showing their face, but without any real ability, showing off will only lead to embarrassment. Even a young punk who still smells of his mother's milk is being sent out, it just shows the quality of this workshop."

  Next to him, a sixth-grade craftsman also smiled and said.

  "Tú shū, if you think they're not pleasing to the eye, just have the people from Gǔ Quán's equipment factory chase them away later."

  Another sixth-grade craftsman was a young man who looked extremely young, with a slender figure and a rather handsome face, with an air of arrogance in his eyes that was too obvious.

  He is Tu Yin's nephew, Tu Zhen. He has a good talent for making talismans and became a sixth-grade talisman craftsman as soon as he came of age.

  The other Tianfu Workshop's seal makers also nodded in agreement, as if it was a matter of course.

  People from Tianfu Studio spoke with contempt, not putting the four Chu Xiao in their eyes at all. The faces of Li Sang and his two companions from Chu's studio turned ugly, but no one dared to refute them.

  Chu Xiao's eyebrows furrowed, unexpectedly finding that in the circle of seal workshops, these top-tier workshops looked down on small workshops so much. "Several sirs, can I take your words as a provocation from Tianfu Workshop towards our Chushui Workshop?"

  He suddenly stood up, his eyes turned cold and said faintly.

  Although his face still looks tender, he has a kind of aura that is captivating. At the master's banquet, he can talk to so many masters and big shots from Ziyun City with ease and composure, as if he had undergone a baptism and cultivated a strong sense of confidence and temperament. Now facing just a small workshop, it's really not worth mentioning.

  The craftsmen in the Tianfu workshop couldn't help but hold their breath, and the original mocking voices suddenly disappeared. The entire hall suddenly became silent, as if filled with an invisible pressure.

  "Haha, provocation? You're just a mediocre studio, not even worthy of our provocation. It's really laughable that some people think they can participate in this competition just because they've entered here. Don't be delusional, today I'll drive you out like a drowned dog, and that's what will happen to the so-called Chu Shi Studio."

  After a while, the sixth-grade craftsman who was called Tu Zhen suddenly burst out laughing and said viciously.

  At this moment, a large group of people walked in, each wearing different attire, and they should be the symbol masters gathered from several studios. Commissioner Li, who had met Chu Xiao before, was chatting with an elderly man who looked extraordinary.

  "Commissioner Li, how could your Guquan Refining Equipment Factory allow an unqualified workshop to participate in the final selection? They don't even have the basic quality of a symbol craftsman, they're arrogant and overconfident, it's not embarrassing for us few workshops that made it to the final selection?"

  As soon as Tu Gang saw Director Li come in, he immediately became a villain and accused others first.

  Commissioner Li and those newly arrived seal makers were all stunned.

  Li looked at Chu Xiao for a moment and then asked Tu Gang: "Tu Fu Shi, what's going on?"

  "What's going on, humph! This ignorant kid actually dares to provoke us, not even a bit of quality. I think Guquan Refining Equipment Factory should kick them out, lest they make a mess and affect this bidding."

  Tú Gāng snorted coldly and said.

  "This, Butcher, Chu's workshop is indeed impressive. Their refined Spirit Symbols have reached the standards of our Guquan Refinery, which is why they qualified for this bid. Perhaps young Master Chu was a bit too impulsive and spoke a bit too harshly, but you're an elder, so please don't mind him. Young Master Chu, Butcher is your senior, so apologize to him!"

  Director Li couldn't possibly kick out Chu's workshop just because of one sentence from Tu Gang, so he immediately mediated.

  "Yes, Butcher Liu, he's just a young man, an apology will do, after all, young people are impulsive and prone to making mistakes."

  The old man who followed Commissioner Li in also stroked his beard and nodded his head.

  His name is He Bo. He is the chief seventh-grade symbol master of Lanfu Studio, and in this small circle of symbol workshops, he is also very famous and has great prestige.

  The leaders of the other workshops didn't say a word, but their gazes towards Chu's workshop were filled with disdain and scorn. A small, unknown workshop with limited symbol crafting abilities was not even worth considering.

  "As both Old He and Commissioner Li have pleaded for you, I'll give you some face. Youngster, if you can apologize sincerely, this matter will be settled."

  Tú Gāng's face revealed a hint of complacency as he looked at Chǔ Xiǎo with a gloomy expression.

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