Ou Yangming's eyelids twitched. 'Sorrow follows extreme joy indeed.'

The fact that near success disappeared in the blink of an eye was enough to make one who had weak psychological endurance crumble.

Nonetheless, Ou Yangming had many such experiences. He felt that it was such a pity, but he quickly cast aside his worries and moved on by focusing on the next material. The young fellow retrieved a material with a total opposite attribute from the interspatial bag.

Woo Leshui and Woo Leming looked at each other. They felt sorry for the young fellow, but they were also surprised.

Before this, Woo Lejia told them Ou Yangming gave them a golden opportunity by allowing them to observe the process, so they could only watch without asking any questions.

Nevertheless, after witnessing the equipment's sudden rupture and Ou Yangming changing the material, they had many questions. The two blacksmiths could not hold back anymore as they were craving for knowledge.

Woo Leshui gritted his teeth and uttered, "Master Ou."

Ou Yangming looked up and asked, "What?"

He was thinking about his previous method, so he responded to Woo Leshui half-heartedly.

Woo Leshiu could sense the young fellow's attitude, but he did not feel resentful at all. He bowed at Ou Yangming and questioned carefully, "Master Ou, it seemed like you were only a step away from smithing the equipment successfully. Why don't you continue to use the Eminent Golden Ore and decide to use the Yin Cedarwood instead?"

The Eminent Golden Ore was the first material used by Ou Yangming. It had an incredibly strong point; it was extremely suitable for the conduction of essential Qi. If it was somehow ranked second in this aspect, no other material would be ranked first.

On the other hand, the Yin Cedarwood was different. It was wood that was mixed with certain metal powder, hence its defensive ability and essential Qi conductivity were far from the Eminent Golden Ore. Despite that, its value was not much inferior to the ore. This was because the Yin Cedarwood had a distinctive ability as well; it was sensitive to mental power and could even resonate with the power at an unbelievable height.

All in all, the two materials had their respective pros and cons, and one was not better than the other.

Having said that, there was a stark contrast between their attributes. If someone were to refine a piece of unique equipment, even if one changed the material halfway through, it would not be such a huge change.

"The Eminent Golden Ore is great, but I tried it and found that it's not the most suitable material." Ou Yangming grinned. He was not speaking carelessly. It was true that the arm guard was almost going to be formed when the Eminent Golden Ore was used, but the young fellow was the only one who could sense the particular change in it.

When the nine-ringed saber's purple light ring approached the arm guard and began to leave a mark on it, the material cooperated well at first. However, it showed extreme resistance right before the process was going to be completed.

The resistance seemed to have been waiting for a long time and only emerged when sufficient power was accumulated.

Even with the Military Fire's support, the self-destructive power could not be resisted. Fortunately, Ou Yangming only released a replicated projection of the purple light ring, or he would have risked losing the source.

Therefore, as reluctant as Ou Yangming was to give up using the ore, he could not attempt using it again.

"Master Ou, how did you differentiate it?" Woo Leshui furrowed his eyebrows and asked as he was puzzled.

Ou Yangming was stunned for a while, but he asked in return, "What do you think?"

Woo Leshui was about to speak again when Woo Leming came back to his senses and tugged at his partner, then he expressed softly, "Master Ou, we were being too reckless and offended you. Please go on."

It was only then when Woo Leshui came to a sudden realization too, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He finally remembered what Woo Lejia told them before they entered the workshop.

If Ou Yangming was infuriated because of them, they would be eliminated and oppressed by the whole clan. Although Woo Leshui was one of the most important great elders in the clan, nobody would stand up for him if he was pressured because of this matter.

Woo Leshui lowered his head and noted, "Master Ou, please don't blame me for being greedy."

Ou Yangming somehow became softhearted when he noticed the elder's gloomy look. He shook his head and explained, "I'm smithing this equipment to engrave something on it, but it gave me an awful feeling when I attempted it earlier, so I wanted to use an opposite material instead."

Woo Leshui and Woo Leming were enlightened. 'Ah, it was his intuition.'

That said, they did not gain anything even after Ou Yangming answered their query.

They could have become Superior Blacksmiths if they possessed an instinct like Ou Yangming's, and they would not have to stay in the Advanced Rank for so long.

Ou Yangming nodded at the elders and focused on the Yin Cedarwood.

As the Military Fire burned, the half-wood, half-metal material slowly softened.

An ordinary Military Fire could not be used to smith this material. If one blindly focused on meeting the melting point, the material would surely turn into ashes, and one would end up with nothing.

Luckily, Ou Yangming grasped the Military Fire's path of cold and heat through Wu Hongxi's guidance. As such, the fire's internal temperature was different from what it seemed on the surface.

Seeing as the Yin Cedarwood took the form of an arm guard as though it was metal, the Woo family's blacksmiths were astonished. Even though they were no longer envious of Ou Yangming after they saw the magic nine-ringed saber, they could not help but idolize the young fellow when he displayed remarkable flame energy.

Needless to say, Ou Yangming was not distracted at all. When the Yin Cedarwood was turned into an arm guard, he released the nine-ringed saber's purple light ring from his sea of consciousness once more.

It was a peculiar luster. Perhaps an ordinary person could only notice the unusual color it had, but the luster was striking to Ou Yangming, by which the nine-ringed saber in the center of the light ring stood out.

Just as the nine-ringed saber's purple light ring approached the Yin Cedarwood arm guard, Ou Yangming paused abruptly.

This was because he had a hunch that the success rate would not be high.

Moreover, he found it strange that another purple light in his sea of consciousness was shining more intensely. It was as though it wanted to catch his attention, and the light was so strong that the young fellow could not ignore it at all.

Ou Yangming was struck dumb for a while, but he instantly decided to use his mental power to withdraw the nine-ringed saber's purple light ring.

Following that, the other purple light exploded, where its potent light seemed to be exclaiming with excitement and gushed toward the newly-smithed arm guard. It took only a brief moment for the equipment to be enveloped by the strong yet bizarre light.

Even so, Ou Yangming was calm and unperturbed.

He took a deep breath and continued to make adjustments by coordinating the different powers, then he gradually carved the Body of Charm's purple light ring on the arm guard. Consequently, odd energy was released with the arm guard as the center, so much so that it spread beyond the smithing workshop, the Woo residence, and finally covered nearly half of the capital.

Nonetheless, the power was so weird that ordinary people could not sense it, whereas those with high cultivation bases could detect it.

When those people wanted to search for the source of the power, they realized their body lacked energy and they could not bring themselves to trace it. The moment some mighty beings were awakened by the power, it had somehow vanished.

All of a sudden, people in the capital who sensed the power were frightened, and they began to ask around through their respective channels.

When they finally heard that it came from the Woo residence, the disturbance naturally stopped.

Woo Taiping and Woo Lejia exchanged glances and looked in the same direction. They hesitated for a long time but decided not to do anything about it. Regardless of what Ou Yangming did in the smithing workshop—even if he killed the two Advanced Blacksmiths or bombed the workshop—they were not going to complain and were going to accept whatever it was.

Nevertheless, they managed to guess something.

A formidable magic tool was probably made in the smithing workshop.

Once the carving was done, Ou Yangming's eyes lit up.

He slowly curbed the Military Fire, but the arm guard's properties appeared in his mind.

[Item: Charm Arm Guard (Orange)]

[Equivalent Rank: Magic Tool, Common Grade, Rank One]

[Attributes: Toughness +21, Durability 21]

[Skills: Active Charm +1, Active Alluring Scent +1]

Ou Yangmingʼs eyelids twitched, and he was overwhelmed with indescribable joy.

He did it. After failing once, he succeeded. Furthermore, he was surprised that the equipment broke through the world boundary and achieved a magic tool's standard the instant it was refined.

It was evident how forceful the purple light ring's power was.

Ou Yangming curled his lips into a satisfied smile, and he wanted very badly to perform the two active skills right away. That being said, when he turned and saw how shocked the two Woo family's blacksmiths were, he forced himself to get rid of that thought.

He had only succeeded using one purple light ring, and he had another one left.

If he wanted to smith a treasure that could be used against a Supreme Great Ancestor or even a spirit beast, he must not relax and slack at all.