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After staying in the clan for ten days, Su Jue left the Spider Monkey Forest and rushed back to Tianwu Academy.

In these ten days, after Su Jue's cultivation made a breakthrough, he cultivated his Stacked Fire Seal to the seventeenth stage.

To Su Jue, a seventeen layer Stacked Fire Seal, a third stage Star Soldier could be said to be as easy as pie.

While he was thinking, the Tianwu Academy entered his vision.

Once he returned to the Academy, Su Jue could feel a tense atmosphere filling the air.

"What happened?"

Su Jue was a little doubtful, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly froze.

"It's been three months, and today's the day to duel with Situ Gang!"

Su Jue finally understood why the empty Tianwu Academy felt a sense of nervousness.

With his and Situ Gang's reputation, the Weapon Refining Academy was probably already surrounded by people.

Just as expected, when Su Jue arrived at the Refining Department, he saw that there was already a sea of people on the ground outside the Refining Department.

"It's already late, Su Jue is definitely not going to come, right?"

"I think so too. Although this Su Jue has good talent and his cultivation speed is astonishing, refining weapons is a matter of practice and skill after all.

"Right, he must be scared."

"No way, no way. What bullsh * t. You want to fight with Young Master Situ and make us wait here."

It was already summer, and under the scorching sun, everyone was starting to get impatient.

Beside him was a middle-aged man. After a while, the middle-aged man stood up and said, "Since Su Jue does not dare to come, then from now on, I will officially expel Su Jue from the Refining Department and will not allow him to refine artifacts for the rest of his life."

"It actually ended before it even began."

"It's precisely disappointing."

"Looks like he really isn't coming." Chu Hanyan stood in the crowd and shook her head. Like everyone else, she was also here to watch the competition.

"The mud won't be able to support the wall after all." Liu Xingyun smiled. He was obviously very happy that Su Jue did not show himself.

"It seems like Su Jue is here!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

In that instant, everyone turned their heads at the same time and saw that in the distance, Su Jue was dressed in a grey robe.

Xu Wan'er said as she held her chin.

"He really is handsome." Du Can said with a face of worship, his exaggerated expression causing Xu Wan'er, who was at the side, to tremble.

"What great ability! You actually want to strip me of my refining rights. May I ask who you are? Who do you think you are?" Su Jue said as he looked at the middle-aged man on the stage.

The middle-aged man on the stage revealed an unhappy look, and said: "I, Lin Zhengting, am the chief blacksmith of Refining Department, level four!"

"Lin Zhengting." Su Jue couldn't help but recall Lin Yan, could the two of them be surnamed Lin be related?

"Su Jue, since you're two hours late, are you going to give me, us, an explanation?" Situ Gang stood up and said.

Su Jue shook his head: "I only agreed to your challenge today, and did not give you the specific time."

"Bastard, who doesn't know the appointed time? Unless you have a special explanation, it'll all be 10 o'clock at sunrise. Don't pretend that you don't know. If you're afraid, you're afraid. Do you think we don't know?" Situ Gang said in disdain.

"Am I afraid? "I just overslept. Now that I'm here, I'll wait for the others. Let's get off." Su Jue walked onto the stage and said to the middle-aged man beside him.

"Hmph, Su Jue, don't even think about speaking such arrogant words, today I am the referee for you two." Lin Zhengting said.

"Referee?"

Su Jue smiled and said: "Then may I ask what is your relationship with Situ Gang?"

"So that's how it is. Then do you think you're fair to me as a judge?" Su Jue continued to ask.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely be fair?" Lin Zhengting raised his head and said.

Su Jue nodded his head: "Too bad I don't believe you, but."

"However, I also don't care if you will be fair or not. Just lean toward your disciple."

"You!"

Lin Zhengting was angered to the point that he could not even speak.

I don't care if it's fair or unfair!

This was the demeanor that a strong person should have!

"Boom!"

The entire wooden platform shook and quieted down in an instant. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Everyone knew that the competition was about to begin!

Lin Zhengting walked between and Situ, and said: "I will now announce the rules. First, this competition is a private competition, so the materials for refining are prepared by both sides.

"Now, let the battle begin. The first round will be a competition of speed. The two of you will each craft a high-quality star device of the first step, and the victor will be the victor!"

After Lin Zhengting's announcement, a disciple lit a three feet long incense.

BOOM!

Situ Gang instantly opened up the oven, and with a slap, the furnace burned with a bright light, following that, the thousand year old iron started to be placed on the oven.

Compared to the last time, Situ Gang's techniques were much more brilliant, his movements were even more fluid and smooth, causing many people to cheer.

And at this time, Su Jue also took out the oven.

Two cauldrons of oven, in comparison to Su Jue's oven, seemed small and ugly, which undoubtedly made the people below the stage reveal their ridicule.

The importance of oven to blacksmiths was similar to that of a martial artist using a weapon.

Su Jue got off the oven and was at a disadvantage.

With the last round of flames, Su Jue began to refine the Hundred Refinement Steel.

But the difference was that Su Jue was using a much larger amount this time, obviously a lot more than Situ Gang.

"Looking at the current situation, Young Master Situ is slightly better." The spectators all had the same thoughts as the Core Disciple of Refining Department.

"Why do you say that?"

"Look, it's the same quality grade one star weapon. One used only a small piece of the thousand year old King Kong, and the other used a large amount of hundred year old iron which consumed twice as much resources as young master Situ."

Everyone nodded their heads. A skilled refiner could use the lowest consumption to forge the best weapon.

But Su Jue had used twice the amount of resources compared to Situ Gang.

"Hmph, Su Jue, I told you before, refining isn't as simple as you think. Refiners are looking for hard power! " Situ Gang was fully confident that he would win when he saw how much Hundred Refinement Refined Iron Su Jue had wasted.

But Su Jue ignored him, and continued refining.

To refine, to mold, to put in the Flaming Star Stone Melting Star, and then to put in the Fire Lizard animal core and infuse its spirit into it, until it finally became an artifact, Su Jue was neither slow nor rushed from beginning to end, as if this was not a competition.

"I never thought that Su Jue's seemingly slow movements would be on par with Young Master Situ. I wonder what the final result would be?"

Everyone calmed down and waited for the final result.

"Rumble."

"Rumble."

A series of two explosions sounded out, Su Jue and Situ Gang's lid rose up at the same time.

"It actually became an artifact at the same time!"

The audience went into an uproar.

"A draw?" Someone asked doubtfully.

"No, there won't be a draw in refining. If the speed is the same, then it'll depend on the technique and quality."

Just then, two swords flew out from Su Jue's and Situ Gang's oven.

Lin Zhengting's eyes swept across the two swords on the stage and said, "They are both high-quality sword, and the time used is exactly the same."

The audience clamored once again.

The result seemed to be a draw.

"Although the quality and speed are the same, everyone should be able to see that the total value of the materials Su Jue consumes far surpasses Situ Gang. This means that Situ Gang's artifact forging skills are far stronger than Su Jue's, so he won the first round!"

In the face of Lin Zhengting's announcement of the final result, no one seemed to object.

Indeed, Su Jue used more superior materials than Situ Gang.

"He lost in the first round?" Chu Hanyan's expression was somewhat complicated, but the disappointment in her eyes was easy to see.

"Su Jue, I think you better give up on getting off the stage. I don't want to take you as my disciple anyway, you are not worthy to be my disciple!" Situ Gang laughed in disdain.

"Is that so?"

Su Jue laughed lightly, then looked towards the crowd and said: "It's still too early to say that I've lost."

When he said that, everyone was startled, even Chu Hanyan revealed a confused expression.

Why aren't you admitting defeat?

At the same time, everyone watched as Su Jue suddenly slapped his palm on the oven.

"Roar!"

A sword hymn sounded, and another long sword flew out from Su Jue's oven.

"The second, and also a high-quality, level 1 star sword!"

Everyone was in an uproar!

Situ Gang and Lin Zhengting who were on stage revealed inconceivable expressions, as they stared at the swords that dropped onto the stage.

"Impossible! How can he refine two Xingjian at the same time!" Situ Gang said in fear.

"Lots of refining. He, a Level 1 Blacksmith, can actually make weapons." Lin Zhengting was also surprised.

"Now, who will win and who will lose?" Su Jue asked.

Lin Zhengting was startled, and could not help but hesitate.

Situ Gang, who was standing at the side, had an extremely unsightly expression.

One stick of incense was used to refine a Xingjian, while the other stick of incense was used to refine two.

It was clear who would win.

Everyone present sighed. It seemed that Su Jue's statement about not caring about the fairness of the referee was not an exaggeration.

It was because he had absolute confidence that he wasn't afraid of the referee's bias!

"Su Jue wins!" Lin Zhengting unwillingly announced.

"Right now, we will enter the next round. Both sides will be refining rank 2 Star Soldier s in two hours, and the ingredients will be ready by themselves." Lin Zhengting immediately announced the start of the second round.

Situ Gang angrily took out all of his materials, then pointed at Su Jue and said: "Su Jue, obtaining the materials for refining is also a part of the strength of a refiner, it seems like you do not have the materials to become a level 2 refiner, just admit defeat!"

"It's just a level two star device, do we have to use a high grade material?" Su Jue was disdainful, he immediately took out the Earth Star Stone that he found underground last time.

"Earth Star Stone?" You want to forge a level two star weapon with just a piece of Earth Star Stone? " Situ Gang laughed.

Like the Flaming Star Stone, the Earth Star Stone was considered to be an ordinary Star Stone. It could be used to refine a Tier 1 Star Equipment, so it was obvious that it was slightly inferior to a Tier 2 Star Stone.

"Who said that it's impossible to refine a second stage Star Soldier with an Earth Star Stone?"

With that, Su Jue took out the Flaming Star Stone and began to refine the Thousand Refined Level Steel.

"A star stone with two different Attributes. Could it be that this Su Jue is going to use the methods of creating another's Attributes to refine a Second Order Star Soldier?"

"Although this method is feasible, it is the unique ability of a master. How could a mere beginner like him know this method?"

"Yes, without decades of refining experience, it is impossible to do this."

While everyone was discussing, Su Jue and Situ Gang had already begun their respective missions.