Published: February 24, 2025
“Everyone, please be quiet!” Ru Yan Wu Ji stood on the high platform, her clear voice resonating over the Eternal Creation Field. “Next, we will conduct the artisan techniques grand competition.”
“The artisan techniques grand competition is divided into three rounds.”
“The first round is for observing and identifying treasures, and it consists of three matches.”
"The second round will be treasure insight, divided into two matches."
"The third round will be the refining competition, with only one match."
"In the first round, the two palaces and one sect will each send 50 artifact lineage disciples at the fetal soul realm!"
The format of the three rounds of the artisan techniques grand competition is the same as that of the alchemical arts competition, with the only difference being that there is no blindfolded treasure identification. After all, many magic treasures have no scent and cannot be distinguished that way.
Soon, disciples from the Eternal Immortal Sect and the divine soul celestial palace, 50 in total, stood at the center of the high platform.
However, the Huangfu Sacred Sect had only 49 participants.
Murong Shishi's inner sect artifact lineage originally had three great talents besides Gongsun Ruoxi, namely Cao Bin, Zhong Han Tong, and Wang Lun!
Cao Bin had been plotting against Zhong Wu Shiyao earlier, and later attempted to severely injure Tan Yun on Azure Spirit Immortal Mountain, only to be gravely injured by Tan Yun instead. Therefore, he did not come to participate in the artisan techniques grand competition this time.
As for Zhong Han Tong, he had been killed by Tuoba Zhantian from the Eternal Immortal Sect twenty days ago.
Since Cao Bin did not come, someone else was substituted, and now that Zhong Han Tong was dead, only 49 participants remained.
Zhong Wu Shiyao, as the closed-door disciple of Murong Shishi, had been trained for over two years. Although she was now a low-level refiner, she did not have the ability to compete and could only watch from the sidelines.
"Shiyao, why don't you give it a try?" At this moment, Murong Shishi said to Zhong Wu Shiyao.
"Yes, Master." Zhong Wu Shiyao nodded slightly and went to the center of the high platform.
In the Huangfu Sacred Sect, the holy gate Danmai chief, Gongsun Yangchun, who was Gongsun Ruoxi's grandfather, initially worried that Gongsun Ruoxi would go all out and that her artifact lineage would ultimately score higher than the inner sect's Danmai, so he instructed her to only perform at the level of a low-level grand artisan while on Murong Immortal Mountain.
Now Gongsun Ruoxi knew that no matter how hard the Huangfu Sacred Sect's artifact lineage tried, their final score would not surpass that of the Danmai. Thus, she was determined to showcase the strength of a mid-level grand artisan.
"This sovereign declares that the first match of the first round of the artisan techniques grand competition, the treasure identification competition, officially begins!" Ru Yan Wu Ji announced.
Zhuge Yu stepped in front of the 150 disciples and stated without a doubt, "Disciples of the Huangfu Sacred Sect and Eternal Immortal Sect will be assessed first, with a time limit of ten breaths for each question, earning 10 points per correct answer."
Zhuge Yu flashed his Qiankun Ring, and a snow-white Flying Sword appeared out of thin air from his hand, then slowly hovered in front of the 150 participants.
"Water attribute Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact Flying Sword," Tan Yun murmured to himself...
After ten breaths, the assessment ended, and the 150 participants submitted their jade tablets.
The results made Dantai Xuanzhong frown.
After reviewing the answers, Zhuge Yu announced, "From the Huangfu Sacred Sect, Gongsun Ruoxi, Wang Lun... sixteen answered correctly, earning 160 points."
"From the Eternal Immortal Sect, Gao Wanyue...39 answered correctly, earning 390 points."
Then, Ru Yan Wu Ji stepped in front of the 150 participants, pulling out a fire-red great knife from her Qiankun Ring for the disciples of the Huangfu Sacred Sect and divine soul celestial palace to identify.