Chapter 5：The Titan's Heart

Xiao Ling continued to look at the wall clock intently. Seeing that, the mage in the fiery red robe, Huowu, could not help wondering what attracted his attention so much that he completely ignored the arrival of others.

"Feng Long, remember to meet us at Vejin Church in thirty minutes. Huowu, let's go! Huowu?" Huawu had just taken a step when she noticed Huowu still staring blankly in the same place. 'What's wrong with her?' Confused, she followed her eyes and saw Xiao Ling, who was fiddling with the wall clock at the counter.

"What? Oh, let's go!" Huowu responded a little absentmindedly.

Huawu gave Huowu a queer look, then turned to glance at Xiao Ling. As he was concentrating on the job at hand, Xiao Ling did not look up.

From the corner of his eyes, Feng Long shot a look at Xiao Ling. "The quality of the newbies nowadays is getting lower and lower," he sneered. "He can't even repair a clock. The server has been up for more than a month, and yet he is still at level 1. There's nothing to see here. We better leave now."

Both Huawu and Huowu were disgusted by his sarcasm. There were always people like him, taking every opportunity to make themselves stand out, not knowing that it just revealed how superficial they were.

Xiao Ling did not hear the sarcasm at all. With the carving knife in his hand, he carefully carved the last line on the Lock Glyph. Suddenly, a blue light flowed out of the glyph, forming a blue light path.

'It worked!' Xiao Ling was excited as the Lock Glyph slowly unlocked.

With a chime, a pleasant system voice rang out in his head.

System: You received 10 points in engineering expertise rating.

System: Your engineering has been promoted to the Journeyman rank.

Engineering: Journeyman rank, expertise rating 57/150

'After more than a month, my engineering has finally reached the Journeyman rank!' Xiao Ling was very excited, but his hands did not stop as he slowly opened the lid of the hidden compartment. What was in it was no less attractive to him than a beautiful half-naked woman.

He was greeted by a bright blue light, and then he saw a gemstone suspended quietly in the compartment, emitting a dazzling blue light.

Titan's Heart

Unique Gem

Item Level: 3

Quality: Epic

Attribute: Unidentified

Use: Jewel crafting, blacksmithing, engineering

Xiao Ling's eyelids twitched wildly. He could not believe it was an Epic gem! So far, there had never been an Epic item found in the server. In fact, not even a level-4 Rare item was seen before, let alone a level-3 Epic item.

He did not want to give this item to that greedy and stingy old guy. To save the precious Epic gem, he put it into his pouch without hesitation. Fortunately, no one saw it, because he would be in big trouble if anyone learned that a level-3 Epic item was found here. He was likely to be hunted down by countless people, and in the process of being pursued, there was a certain chance that the contents of his pouch would drop out.

"Let's go! We're leaving in half an hour, and we still have to buy some bread and spring water from the inn, as well as take some time to make bandages," Huawu said. She, too, was curious about Xiao Ling's behavior, wondering what exactly attracted him so much that he refused to look up. However, she would never waste her time on irrelevant people.

"Okay!" Huowu answered as she glanced at Xiao Ling again. Although there were still some doubts in her mind, she followed Huawu outside.

Seeing that Feng Long was going to leave with them, the bald guy said urgently, "Mister, won't you buy some gifts for these two beautiful ladies?"

Feng Long stopped; the suggestion was very tempting indeed.

"It is not necessary. We don't need any gifts," said Huawu flatly. The apparent refusal in her voice brought a hint of shadow to Feng Long's eyes. 'It is because you are Boss Kuang Long's sister that you can be so proud and arrogant in front of me. If I can lay my hand on you one day, I'll definitely torture you hard!'

He glanced at Xiao Ling, who was at the repair counter, and sneered, "I can tell from the quality of your worker that the items in this shop are really not worth paying for. These clocks and watches are just like a heap of scrap copper and iron. I don't want to find my watch suddenly stop working when I'm in the middle of grinding. I think I'd better go to Eddins. At least the quality of items is better over there."

The bald guy's face turned livid in an instant. Xiao Ling had just put the Titan's Heart into his pouch when he heard that. 'Why is this man so impolite?' He was very angry at the remark, and the more he looked at Feng Long, the more he disliked him.

"Feng Long!" Huawu's face was serious as she snapped, "You've gone too far!"

Feng Long's heart skipped a beat at the sight of her disgusted expression. He did not want to leave a bad impression on Huawu, but it was absolutely impossible for him to apologize. For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

Just then, a loud boom rang out from the counter where Xiao Ling was, followed by the clatter of parts falling on the ground. Some parts shot upward and smashed the clocks and watches in the shop before scattering everywhere. Amid the chaos, one of them fell hard on the old guy's bald head, causing a large bump to swell on his smooth scalp.

Everyone was startled.

Xiao Ling felt very depressed. For some reason, the wall clock in front of him suddenly exploded. If he had not dodged fast enough, he would have died by now.

Even so, his face was blackened by the smoke from the explosion.

Huowu giggled at the sight of his face which was almost as black as the burnt bottom of a pot. Huawu also could not help but chuckle, covering her mouth with a hand.

The stunning appearance of the two girls was like a magnificent scenery. It was then that Xiao Ling noticed that there were two beautiful girls in the shop.

In the reflection on the glass of a wall clock, Xiao Ling vaguely saw the face of an African refugee. He paused for a moment before remembering that it was his own face that was blackened by the smoke from the explosion. But, he was not in a bad mood at the moment; the harvest just now made him very happy.

"Xiao Ling! You are fired! Oh, my god, you have destroyed all my lovely clocks!" The bald guy growled. The big purple lump on his head and the nearly twisted face made him look rather intimidating. With trembling hands, he picked up the broken pieces of clocks and watches.

Xiao Ling shrugged. Now that he could no longer stay in the watch shop, he did not want to entertain the stingy bald old man anymore. Since the guy did not owe him any wages, he walked out relaxedly.

As he passed Huawu and Huowu, he seemed to see the sympathy and worry on their faces, which made him smile. 'They are two sentimental girls.' At this moment, he was thinking more about the future than anything else.