A military saber. It was still a military saber, but its contents were completely different.

Magic Tool, Common Grade, Rank One.

Ou Yangming felt like he wanted to cry when he saw the words.

He did it—he finally did it!

A magic tool, which was desired by every blacksmith, was finally born in his hands.

Although its Sharpness and Toughness only broke through by 1 Point each, the meaning it carried was entirely different.

When Ou Yangming slowly opened his eyes, his Military Fire went away, and he looked at his surroundings proudly.

He was surprised because everyone else seemed to be in disbelief.

Feeling shocked, he looked at the item in his hands.

The military saber rested in his hands, and its blade carried a distinguished feeling that one could easily tell it was unordinary. Nonetheless, it would be too much so say someone could perceive the saber's real quality and tell it was a magic tool.

That said, the look of surprise from the other people, including Old Craftsman, was already unintentionally saying something.

"B*stard, y-you…" Old Craftsman pointed with his shaking finger and asked, "You succeeded, right?"

Ou Yangming questioned as he was puzzled, "Old Man, how did you know?"

Old Craftsman gulped and responded, "Do you think I'm blind? That dazzling light has never been seen, nor spoken about before, so how could I not know?"

Ou Yangming pouted his lips and thought, 'There's such a wonderful and unusual scene when the magic tool was successfully smithed. I must be more careful the next time.'

He was focused during his first attempt to smith a magic tool, and he dared not be distracted at all. However, Ou Yangming would naturally have a completely different mental state if he smithed one the next time.

"B*stard, tell me first. Is it…" Old Craftsman was so impatient that he tweaked his ears and scratched his cheeks while looking at Ou Yangming in anger.

Ou Yangming had the guts to go against everyone else in the world, but he dared not hoot in front of the old man.

He immediately nodded and answered, "Old man, I did it, this is a magic tool!"

The eyes of Old Craftsman and the other people lit up at once. Even though they had already guessed it and were mentally prepared, the mad feeling of joy burst out in their hearts only when Ou Yangming admitted it.

"Let me see it!" Ni Xuefu went forward to snatch the military saber. He looked like he was out of his mind, to the extent that his eyes were slightly red.

The four other blacksmith elders were not much better as they looked anxiously at Ni Xuefu while waiting for their turn to examine the saber carefully.

Ni Yunhong expressed with a bitter smile, "Brother Ou, please forgive them."

Ou Yangming initially did not have a good impression of the elders, but given that Ni Yunhong apologized, he could only shrug and act like he was unconcerned.

'No matter what, I must respect my brother-in-law, and I must respect him well.'

Needless to say, Ni Yunhong would probably slap Ou Yangming if he knew what the young fellow was thinking at the moment.

All of a sudden, Old Craftsman turned around and retrieved a military saber from the weapon rack. He suggested out loud, "Come, let's test the saber!"

The military saber held by Old Craftsman was one that was smithed by him when he was bored. Perhaps since the old man had been completely relaxed, he had smithed it to the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five.

Despite that, he did not hesitate to contribute his saber.

Ni Xuefu was a little stunned, and he hesitated.

He knew the military saber in his hands was a magic tool, superior to an ordinary tool, he was reluctant to use it because it felt like a treasure to him.

When Ni Yunhong noticed the frown on Ou Yangming's face, he quickly urged, "Grandfather Xuefu, please test the saber!"

"What a waste of natural resources." Ni Xuefu finally sighed. He mumbled, but he still slashed with the treasure saber.

The sabers clashed under the watch of everyone else.

Following that, an unbelievable scene took place.

Ni Xuefu's saber had been swung in an unusually simple manner, but Old Craftsman's saber broke into two. The broken section of the saber fell to the ground, causing a clear buzz to be heard.

Old Craftsman and the other people watched dumbfoundedly, but they screamed crazily in their hearts.

'Weren't the two sabers only being swung at each other? Even wood wouldn't have been chopped off so easily, would it?'

"Again!" Old Craftsman blushed in excitement, and he retrieved three more pieces of equipment from the weapon rack, then he put them on the bench.

"Okay!" Ni Xuefu was thrilled too. After he experienced the incredible effect of the military saber, he no longer lamented.

A flash of saber-light was seen as the three pieces of equipment on the bench were instantly slashed into two each. Also, a deep mark was left on the bench.

Ni Xuefu had held back when he swung the saber, or nobody would know if the bench would be directly chopped into two.

Subsequently, Ni Yinghong rubbed her hands and released the Appraisal Light on the military saber.

The rest paid attention to her and were eager to hear the result.

Although they were certain the military saber was a magic tool, they wanted to hear the definite answer from an appraiser.

Nevertheless, Ni Yinghong turned pale instead and flushed, which was quite rare.

She gritted her teeth and explained to Ou Yangming, "My cultivation base isn't high enough, I can't appraise it."

Everyone else was struck dumb, but they soon put on a soft smile on their faces.

An appraiser's ability was limited too, hence an ordinary appraisal could not evaluate a magic tool, which had surpassed the limit of the world's power.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming was in awe when he looked at the shattered pieces on the ground.

His military saber had 21 Points of Sharpness and Toughness each while the pieces of equipment taken out by Old Craftsman were only a few points shy. In fact, one of the pieces of equipment, which was at the peak of Fine Grade Rank Five, was only 1 Point lower than Ou Yangming's military saber in total.

Even then, the 1 Point caused a huge disparity between them.

The difference between the military saber and the piece of equipment was the former was something sought by 10,000 people in Heaven, whereas the latter was equivalent to a normal weapon.

In terms of expected results only, nobody could imagine such an outcome.

'Looks like the natural barrier between an ordinary tool and a magic tool is far more fearsome than I imagined,' Ou Yangming thought.

"Oh right. The three great ancestors should be informed of the great news!" Ni Xuefu looked at the military saber in his hands, then he reluctantly handed it over to another elder before he turned and left.

The other elder was elated, and he finally recalled something after he studied the saber for some time. The elder asked with respect, "Master Ou, may I ask how you managed to smith it?"

Everyone else held their breaths; Old Craftsman and Ni Yinghong were not exceptions.

Perhaps they could find out from Ou Yangming what the key to breaking through an ordinary tool was.

Ou Yangming was startled, and he smiled bitterly. He recalled everything that happened during the smithing process, then he responded at last, "I can tell you the trick, but it's up to you to fathom it."

The four blacksmith elders were overjoyed, so they nodded and looked at Ou Yangming with eagerness.

"My trick is only a sentence," Ou Yangming uttered seriously, "It's not a mountain, it's not water."

"What?"

"A mountain and water?"

"It's not a mountain and water…"

The other people looked at each other, and they were not delighted anymore.

'What do you mean by it's a mountain but it's not a mountain, and that it's water but it's not water? Are you talking in riddles?' If the elders had not witnessed Ou Yangming smith the ultimate saber, they would have already left in displeasure.

However, nobody left because they chanted the mysterious sentence over and over again instead.

Ni Yinghong turned to look at Ou Yangming, "Brother Ou, did you apprehend it?"

Ou Yangming nodded and said, "I understood a bit of it."

Ni Yinghong was in a daze, and she mumbled softly.

Since Ni Yunhong was right beside his younger sister, when he listened carefully, he heard her repeating the same words, "What the hell, what the hell, what the hell…"

It was at this moment that Ni Yinghong clearly understood how Elder Universe felt.

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In the Ni residence's biggest courtyard, the three great ancestors exchanged helpless glances.

Ni Jingshen suddenly laughed and commented, "Ah, what exactly are we thinking about? That's a magic tool! It's only right if it can't be smithed, but if it's smithed so easily, hehe…"

"Exactly." Ni Jingtong and Ni Xuetian could not help but laugh too.

"That young fella has created too many miracles, so we had unrealistic expectations for him. Big Uncle, you're right, we should keep a regular mindset." Ni Xuetian shook his head and sighed.

"Yes." Ni Jingtong nodded and remarked, "But luckily, the young fella failed, or I'll really be frightened. Hmph, it's fine that he achieved the integration of Heaven and man, but if he can smith even a magic tool, is he even normal?"

Ni Xuetian and Ni Jingshen sighed too because Ni Jingtong sounded reasonable.

Although they seemed slightly regretful about Ou Yangming's failure, they were also truly relieved.

The young fellow had done the unexpected several times, but his acts were still within a human's boundary, after all.

"Do you think he was the God of fire that suddenly appeared at that house?" Ni Jingtong suddenly raised a question.

Ni Jingshen and Ni Xuetian looked at each other, then the former replied to him helplessly, "Ah, that little girl wouldn't leak anything no matter what, or we wouldn't need to keep guessing."

"Big Uncle, that's Elder Universe's orders, so Yinghong's only doing this because she doesn't want to suffer a great loss for a small gain," Ni Xuetian explained.

Ni Jingshen chuckled. "I understand. Don't worry, I can't bear to blame her at all."

As the three of them burst out laughing, they heard someone dashing straight into the courtyard.

The great ancestors immediately looked cold because they wondered who was being so bold and reckless.

Nonetheless, they were suspicious when they saw who it was.

Ni Xuefu hurried toward the great ancestors and informed them while he sounded surprised and cheerful, "Great Ancestors, amazing news, amazing news!"

"What's the amazing news? Could it be…" Ni Xuetian asked with a deep voice.

"Yes, Master Ou has already smithed a magic tool!" Ni Xuefu quickly announced.

"..."

Ni Jingshen and the two other great ancestors looked at each other. Instead of feeling astonished or joyous, they were feeling a little fearful.

They had the same thought at the same time.

'Is that young fella really not a human?'