Ou Yangming glanced at the 6 spirit beasts and found it odd.
This was the 10,000 Beasts Ridge, which was the Walking Beasts’ territory, and the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was a powerhouse that stood by its words here. However, the 6 top-grade spirit beasts at the peak were not all from the Walking Beasts.
Over here, there was also a gigantic mountain eagle and a centipede surrounded by faint black mist.
Apart from the Aquatics, the 3 other races had their representatives gathered here.
“Master Ou, 6 top-grade spirit beasts have attended the Trading Meet this time. Let me introduce them to you,” the macaque turned and said with a smile, then it pointed at the small fox. “This is Sir Immortal Fox, whose cultivation base is unfathomable.”
The fox nodded and expressed to the macaque, “Don’t mock me, the others aren’t inferior to me at all.”
Ou Yangming’s eyes flickered as he noticed the subtle changes on the faces of the other spirit beasts. Perhaps the fox could not triumph over them in terms of combat power only, but the young fellow believed that it must have a specialty that caused them to fear it very much. If not, it could not have overtly occupied the best spot in the middle. Besides, even the 3 humongous beasts dared not get close to it.
The macaque could not help but laugh. Instead of making conversation with the fox, it continued to introduce the other spirit beasts to Ou Yangming, “These are Bear Huang, Pig Qiong, Rat Mo, Ghost Mo, and Ying Shan.”
Ou Yangming was slightly stunned, and he thought, ‘You used an honorific when you introduced the fox, and you even spoke to it with respect. As for the other spirit beasts, you only mentioned them briefly.
‘Even so, judging from the expressions of the other top-grade spirit beasts, they don’t seem aggrieved at all.
‘I don’t need to ask to know that even among the top-grade spirit beasts, Sir Immortal Fox has a higher status than the other equal-ranked beasts.’
Although the macaque seemed like it was not a spirit beast yet, the top-grade spirit beasts including Immortal Fox treated it with an upright attitude. When the macaque introduced them to the young fellow, they would nod at it in their way.
Ou Yangming knew the top-grade spirit beasts were not doing that to show him due respect; they were greeting the macaque.
Immortal Fox blinked its little eyes and asked with a smile, “Brother Macaque, who’s this young human? Why did you accompany him up here?”
The macaque grinned and asked the fox in return, “If I hadn’t accompanied him here, would you have let him come up?”
Immortal Fox chuckled without answering the question, but its answer was clear.
Ou Yangming sensed the forceful oppressions from the 6 top-grade spirit beasts as soon as he came up. Under the pressures, normal Spiritualists could not have gotten close to them at all; Big Yellow was the perfect example.
‘That said, aren’t they underestimating me by thinking that they could stop me from coming up by oppressing me?’
Despite being displeased, Ou Yangming did not express it. After all, in terms of appearance only, he was far from the spirit beasts.
The macaque looked around and noted, “Everyone, please don’t underestimate this young human. He’s a human blacksmith, and he’s so gifted in smithing art that it’s unprecedented.”
“Unprecedented?” Flashes of lusters could be seen in Immortal Fox’s eyes. “Brother Macaque, aren’t you overpraising him?”
It respected the macaque very much, but it also trusted its eyes.
The human blacksmith was honestly too young. At the end of the day, blacksmiths were a profession that required plentiful experiences the most. Even if the young fellow was gifted indeed, given his young age, such praise would be too much before he managed to smith any famous tools.
“Sir Immortal Fox, if he isn’t gifted nor capable, I wouldn’t have brought him here for sure.” The macaque shook its head.
Immortal Fox and the 5 other spirit beasts suddenly focused on Ou Yangming. They did not release their pressures, but their eyes were fierce and sharp. Even if a high-rank spirit beast was present, it might not be able to withstand them calmly.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming kept a straight face as though he did not notice them at all.
Immortal Fox and the others were secretly moved. ‘Judging from the young fellow’s behavior, if he isn’t an idiot, he must be confident. Given the macaque’s identity, how could it have brought an idiot here?’
The spirit fox cleared its throat and uttered, “Brother Macaque, you’re the maintainer of the rules of the 10,000 Beasts Ridge, so we… Trust you.”
“Human blacksmith, I suppose you know the rule to ascend to the top?” The giant mountain eagle suddenly had a cold look in its eyes.
Ou Yangming was slightly dumbfounded. He looked at the macaque in a daze.
The macaque chuckled and responded instead, “Eagle Shan, don’t worry. Since I brought him here, I believe that he has that capability.”
“Oh, Brother Macaque, did he smith any famous tools?” Eagle Shan questioned as it was interested.
“He didn’t.” The macaque shook its head.
Eagle Shan was startled for a while, and it was furious, but it dared not make vicious remarks, hence it could only ask, “Brother Macaque, if he didn’t, why did you…”
The macaque chuckled and explained, “You can let this little brother know your needs. I believe that if you give him a decade, he’ll surely fulfill your wishes.” At this point, it suddenly recalled something, thus it turned to say to the fox, “Sir Immortal Fox, you can leave out yours; he won’t be able to do it for sure.”
Immortal Fox nodded calmly. Indeed, what it needed could not be provided by the young human blacksmith.
“Our needs?” Eagle Shan was in disbelief. “Brother Macaque, are you certain?”
The macaque glanced at it snappily and turned around to say to Ou Yangming, “Master Ou, let me tell you about the rule to climb to the top. Beasts that can come up here at top-grade spirit beasts, and the pieces of equipment that they need can’t be provided by ordinary blacksmiths, so blacksmiths that aren’t qualified can’t enter this place.”
“Of course.” Ou Yangming nodded.
Top-grade spirit beasts were only second to Venerable Ones. The abilities that they could possess based on their status were far from what could be compared by ordinary spirit beasts, and the pieces of equipment that they need were definitely not popular goods with dependable qualities. Without having notable skills in smithing art, one could not smith pieces of equipment for top-grade spirit beasts at all.
“Over here, they’ll make their requests known. If a blacksmith’s confident about smithing a certain piece of equipment, one will accept the task,” the macaque added, then it stared at Ou Yangming and stated, “Your performance outside the crystal wall moved me. I believe that even if you can’t smith pieces of equipment for them now, you’ll be able to do it within a decade.”
Ou Yangming’s tensed up. “You saw everything when I was smithing those pieces of equipment?”
The macaque shook its head and laughed. “Master Ou, you’re overthinking it; I only saw the pieces of equipment that you smithed.”
Ou Yangming sighed a breath of relief and thought, ‘It’ll be interesting if the macaque saw me condensing the White Silver Spirit Ores.’
Nevertheless, he was cautious when he carried out the process and basically cut off any possibilities of its fire being peeped.
The 6 spirit beasts looked at each other. They initially thought nothing of Ou Yangming, but they became a little curious after hearing the macaque giving him high praises.
Immortal Fox asked with a smile, “Brother Macaque, what exactly did this little… Friend do that you value him so much?”
“He met those high-rank spirit beasts outside the crystal wall and smithed some piece of equipment for them, so I brought him up here,” the macaque answered.
“Oh, what types of equipment did this little friend smith?”
“He smithed magic tools of Good Grade Rank Three and above,” the macaque responded slowly.
“Good Grade Rank Three…” Immortal Fox was struck dumb. It twitched its mouth and commented, “Given his age, he’s pretty good for being able to smith Good Grade magic tools.”
The other spirit beasts pondered. Even though Good Grade magic tools were of little worth to them, they were quite surprised that Ou Yangming could smith pieces of equipment with such quality at his age. ‘Could this young fella be a core descendant from a certain sect?’
“The magic tools have a White-Silver-level attribute each,” the macaque added.
“White Silver Magic Tools?” Immortal Fox was shocked. “This little friend can even attach White Silver Attributes. Not bad—not bad indeed.”
The eyes of Eagle Shan and the other spirit beasts lit up. They did not lack White Silver Magic Tools but given Ou Yangming’s age… They finally looked at the young human more seriously.
If the macaque was saying the truth, Ou Yangming was truly extraordinarily gifted.
Given enough time and opportunities, perhaps the young fellow could one day smith their desired pieces of equipment.
“Oh, those White Silver Magic Tools are also attached with skills. Hehe, not Rudimentary Skills, but Intermediate Skills.” The macaque smiled with its eyes narrowed.
“Intermediate Skills, Good Grade White Silver Magic Tools.” Immortal Fox was finally astonished. It looked at Ou Yangming again with unusual lusters in its eyes.
The other spirit beasts were no different. In actuality, according to their statuses, they should not make a fuss about this because they possessed several pieces of such equipment.
They would not find it odd if a renowned blacksmith had produced those pieces of equipment, but they dared not believe it when they saw how young Ou Yangming was.
Subsequently, the macaque cleared its throat and smiled faintly. “Of course, they’re Good Grade White Silver Magic Tools with Intermediate Skills. Hehe, I forgot to mention earlier.” He pointed at Ou Yangming and continued, “Master Ou smithed nearly 30 of those tools in one ago, and he didn’t make any mistakes.”
Immortal Fox and the 5 other spirit beasts finally had different expressions on their faces. They looked at Ou Yangming, then they looked back at the smiling macaque as they cursed internally.
‘Lil’ fella, would you have died if you told us everything in one go?’
Nonetheless, they dared not underestimate Ou Yangming anymore.
The macaque looked around and questioned proudly, “Now, do any of you still think Master Ou isn’t qualified to climb to the top?”
