C55 Prince and Princess

"Everyone, quiet!"

Along with Qing Ye's tender voice, the entire plaza finally became quiet, "Now, please take out the jade plates and 'light stones' in your respective drawers!"

The Weapon Refiners immediately took action, they all opened the drawer and took out the white jade plate and a fist-sized white jewel.

In a split-second, a dazzling white light flickered on every metal table.

Many of the Weapon Refiners secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, many of them secretly complained in their hearts. Indeed, this "Light Stone" was not particularly difficult to refine. However, that was in a situation where there was sufficient time, and right now, it was only an hour.

"Everyone, please get ready!"

Qing Ye's tone was slightly raised, and after pausing for a moment, a clear and melodious voice resounded through the entire plaza, "The first trial of the 'Weapon Refining Competition', now ... "Begin!"

Almost at the same moment she finished speaking, the huge hourglass under the stage flipped over.

"Rustle, rustle!"

The loud sound of sand falling filled the air.

Qing Ye walked back to her seat with a smile. At the same time, in front of the thousands of metal tables, almost all the Weapon Refiners were grabbing the "Light Stone" and putting it between their palms.

Around the plaza, in the crowd people were whispering to each other. Within the arena, however, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Phew!" "Huff ..."

In the midst of an almost inaudible buzzing sound, dozens of metal tables lit up with a dark red flame. They all activated their True Fire in an extremely short amount of time and materialized on the outside.

Tang Huan's hands also grabbed onto the gem, but he did not immediately activate the True Fire. Instead, he turned his eyes and quickly swept his gaze across the surroundings.

"So many experts!"

He had thought that his speed of activating the True Fire to appear on the outside was fast enough, but he never thought that there would be so many people who were not much slower than him. If Tang Huan was not mistaken, there might even be some mid-level Weapon Refiners hidden among these people.

In just a moment, more than ten iron tables lit up with flames.

"Hmm?"

Tang Huan was about to retract his gaze, but he sensed something and immediately looked to his left.

There was actually a well-dressed young man watching him from a few dozen meters away. He probably had the same idea as him, and wanted to observe the strength of his competitors first.

That guy did not even pick up the "Light Stone".

Seeing Tang Huan's gaze, the young man's brows slightly raised, his eyes revealing a provocative look. He then proudly turned his head to look forward, holding the "Light Stone" with both of his hands.

"Hu!"

In the blink of an eye, a small ball of flame was ignited within his palm. However, it immediately turned into a prairie blaze and expanded into a ball the size of a washbasin.

At this time, the flames produced by the surrounding Weapon Refiners were also only the size of a bowl, but the well-dressed man's was many times larger than theirs. It was impossible for the people around the square to not see such an eye-catching scene. In the next moment, exclamations resounded one after another.

"What a strong flame, he can't be a mid-level Weapon Refiner, right?"

"I wonder where that person came from?"

"To become a mid-level Weapon Refiner before the age of twenty, his future is truly limitless."

"..."

The young man seemed to have noticed the commotion in his surroundings, and his face was full of pride.

But just at that time, a sneer rang out a few meters behind the man.

"Hu!"

On the metal table, the fire that was as big as a bowl had also expanded to the size of a washbasin. It was not one bit inferior to the young man's flame.

The young man looked back and his face slightly changed. His lips moved as if he was cursing.

Tang Huan also subconsciously looked over, only to realize that the owner of the ball of flames was actually a tall and slender girl in a yellow skirt.

She looked like seventeen or eighteen years old. Her features were pretty, her face was pretty, her skin was abnormally fair, her long hair was fiery red, and her pupils revealed a faint blue color. Her appearance was somewhat similar to some of the westerners Tang Huan had seen in his previous life.

When she looked at the young man in front of her, her brows revealed traces of ridicule.

Tang Huan took another glance and discovered that it was not only the young man and the yellow dressed lady who were having intense flames, several others also had flames of that size. One of them was a petite, baby-faced girl who was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old.

"I should start too!"

Tang Huang took a breath, and calmed down. In between his minds and Dantian, the "Nine Yang Divine Furnace" and the Spiritual Wheel began to spin at the same time. A blazing heat followed the Genuine Qi as it shuttled back and forth within the Spiritual Meridian, and very quickly, it arrived at the palms of both of his hands. It transformed into flames, and gradually wrapped around Tang Huan's palms.

When it had expanded to the size of a bowl, the flames had stopped growing.

This time, Tang Huan was not as eye-catching as two months ago, when he was participating in the low-level Weapon Refiner's examination. After all, as long as he passed the first stage, he would be able to obtain a low-level weapon. It was impossible for Divine Weapon Pavilion to reward them with two more gemstones just because someone performed better.

Being low-profile can also catch powerful competitors off guard at the critical moment.

The fire in the palm of the elegantly dressed young man in the distance raged, and the gemstone juice constantly dripped down. After a moment, he could not help but turn back to take a glance, his expression immediately becoming more unsightly, following that he glanced in Tang Huan's direction, his expression becoming a lot better.

"Huh?"

On the high platform, Qing Ye's eyes slowly swept across the group of Weapon Refiners.

After a while, Qing Ye's gaze slightly paused, a trace of surprise flashed past her beautiful eyes: "Why is this kid's performance worse than two months ago?" But soon after, a smile appeared on her face and she muttered, "What a little trick. He actually knows how to save his strength."

"Save?"

Mu Kui chuckled, and also lowered his voice, "On the surface, he seems to be saving something, but after careful observation, you will realize that his flames are several times purer than two months ago." As he finished speaking, Mu Kui's eyes revealed unconcealable shock.

"Oh?"

Qing Ye opened her beautiful eyes wide, after a moment, she could not help but take in a cold breath, and exclaimed: "It's really like that, how did this guy do it?"

To make the flame pure, the first step was to make the fire seed pure.

However, the fire seed of a Weapon Refiner is already extremely pure, it is difficult to make it purer even for just a little bit. Not to mention that it was several times purer. Furthermore, he was merely a low-level Weapon Refiner, so it was even more difficult for him to accomplish this, as if he was trying to compress a bowl sized dough into the size of a duck egg.

"Pavilion Master, brother Mu Kui, which Weapon Refiner are you talking about?" The old man by the side could not help but ask, he was Star Ocean Weapon Shop's owner, Hai Kun.

"You will know soon enough." Qing Ye suppressed the shock in her heart and kept it under wraps.

"..."

"Master Gu Yi, Master Wu Xin, how's the performance of my niece?"

A tall and sturdy man wearing armor suddenly raised his hand and pointed at a petite girl in the crowd as he said with a smile.

"At such a young age, the True Fire is already so powerful, not bad at all. Un, she should already be a mid-level Weapon Refiner, right?" Gu Yi stroked his beard lightly, and smiled.

"With the little princess' strength, it's more than enough for her to pass the third trial." Wu Xin also laughed.

"The third trial is nothing, this little girl is here to take the lead, the leader of the 'Weapon Refining Competition'." The armored man laughed loudly.

"This time's' Weapon Refining Competition ', not only are there Grand Princess of Mo Yun Empire, there are also Second Prince of Sha Long Empire, and there's even our Great Tang Empire's Little Princess. Such a grand occasion, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to reproduce in the next few decades." Beside the sturdy man, another armored elder laughed.

"That's right." Gu Yi squinted his eyes and laughed, "Let's see who can obtain the head of the 'Weapon Refining Competition' this time around!"

"Of course, it's definitely our Great Tang Empire's precious little princess, haha." The brawny man laughed until his eyes became two slits.

"..."

Gu Yi and Wu Xin looked at each other, and laughed without denying anything. If the Weapon Refiner who forged the long spear wasn't here, the little princess of Tang Empire would probably be the champion. If that person was present, her chances of winning the championship would be slimmer.