Chapter 76: Schelin's Challenge

  Wei Yu's sudden words startled everyone, and Tuo Ka even stepped forward: "I say, Old Wei, what are you raving about? What genius?"

  However, Wei Yu didn't care about Toka's words and walked straight to Xiao Yu, excitedly asking: "Young man, where did you get this sword?"

  "Tiang gave it to me." Xiaoyu was puzzled by Wei Yu's sudden change in attitude, but he still told the truth.

  "Brother Tian?" Wei Yu hesitated for a moment, quickly realizing that he was referring to Hai Tian. He immediately shifted his gaze to Hai Tian: "Did you forge this sword yourself?"

  "Refining?" Not just Hai Tian, but also the people present were all astonished and widened their eyes.

  Liuyun Sword was obtained from the Jiuchong Cave Mansion, although Haitian also wanted to refine it, but he didn't have that skill yet. Shaking his head, Haitian denied: "This is not refined by me."

  "Who is that? Can you take me to see the person who forged this sword?" Wei Yu excitedly grabbed Hai Tian's arm, his face full of excitement, leaving everyone present bewildered.

  Even though Hai Tian's body had become very strong, he still felt strained when facing the enormous pressure of the Nine Star Sword Emperor. He furrowed his brow and shouted: "Let me go first!"

  "Oh, sorry! Sorry!" Wei Yu also realized he had been holding onto Haitian's arm and let go, repeatedly apologizing, completely different from the arrogant five-stage cultivator from earlier.

  It wasn't just Haitian, but everyone present also saw that Wei Yu had a great interest in Xiaoyu's Liuyun Sword. This made Xuelin very dissatisfied, and she tilted her head disdainfully, saying: "Teacher, isn't it just a low-grade Xuan-level sword? Why are you so excited? Don't we have many more at home?"

  "What do you know? This Xuanjie primary sword is not something that those trash can compare to." Wei Yu's words left everyone in the scene stunned, the usually proud Wei Yu, would actually say that his painstakingly crafted sword was trash?

  Everyone in the room was shocked, their mouths agape. Xue Lin's eyes welled up with tears, looking wronged. Tian Yu walked over and gently hugged Xue Lin, she could also see that their teacher had fallen into a different kind of madness at this moment.

  Tuo Ka was even more astonished, he knew this old friend very well. In the aspect of alchemy, no one in the entire Wu Shan province could surpass him. Who would have thought that today there would be such an abnormal behavior.

  "What's wrong with you, Old Wei? Have you gone mad?" Toka said in confusion.

  Who would have thought that Old Wei suddenly shouted loudly: "I'm not crazy, it's you rough people who don't know how to appreciate. This Flowing Cloud Sword is forged perfectly, absolutely not something my trash can compare with. It can be seen that the craftsmanship is very skilled and the materials used are extremely rare. Such a treasure, I couldn't even forge one."

  As he spoke, Wei Yu turned his gaze towards Haitian and asked excitedly again: "Hurry up and say it, is this sword yours to refine?"

  "I? I'd like to, but I don't have the skills." Hai Tian helplessly spread his hands, unfortunately, he had been busy lately and didn't have time to learn how to refine equipment.

  At the words, before Wei Yu could even speak, Xue Lin immediately jumped out and laughed loudly: "Haha, I knew it! How could this kid possibly refine equipment? He probably doesn't even know where he got it from!"

  For Xue Lin, Hai Tian felt extremely disgusted in his heart, and he coldly hummed as he walked forward, simultaneously taking out the Huo Yun Sword: "Although these two swords were not forged by me, they were gifts from my teacher!"

  "Teacher?" Wei He and Duo Ka, who knew Hai Tian's identity well, were shocked with their mouths wide open. When did Hai Tian get a teacher? How could they not know? The two of them couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

  In fact, what Hai Tian said is not entirely false. To a certain extent, Jiu Chong Jian Shen can indeed be considered his teacher. It's not an exaggeration to say that Huo Yun Jian and Liu Yun Jian were given to him.

  Wei Yu's eyes lit up as soon as he heard Hai Tian's words, and he excitedly asked: "I don't know what your teacher's name is? Can I go visit him?"

  "My teacher's name you've all heard of, but I absolutely can't say!" Haitian turned around, with a secretive expression.

  This isn't to say that he must refuse Wei Yu, it's just that the Ninefold Sword God had long since left the Soul Sword Continent, so where could he go to find him? He simply pretended there was a rule.

  "Hmph! Who knows if you're just making it up to deceive people?" Xue Lin jumped out again, extremely disgusted.

  This made Haitian's heart more and more disgusted, coldly snorting: "Then what evidence do you have to prove that I'm making it all up to deceive people? This is entirely based on your own imagination, fabricating nonsense."

  "You!" Sherlyn was so angry with Hai Tian that her face turned bright red and she couldn't speak.

  Wei Yu saw Xue Lin constantly causing trouble beside him, and he was also dissatisfied. He fiercely glared at Xue Lin: "Go play elsewhere, don't come here to cause trouble!"

  "Teacher!" Hearing Wei Yu's shout, Xue Lin became even more wronged, her eyes reddening as if she was about to cry.

  Tianyu gently hugged Xue Lin, softly comforting her for a few sentences, but it was clear that at this moment, Xue Lin still held considerable hostility towards Haitian. If looks could kill, Haitian would have died thousands of times already.

  After solving Xue Lin's problem, Wei Yu immediately put on a smiling face: "Haitian little brother, is your teacher's strength very high? And isn't he from our Alchemy Association?"

  "Hmm? I suppose that's possible?" Haitian thought for a moment, as the Nine-Heaven Sword God was indeed extremely powerful. In the past, he had also heard that the Nine-Heaven Sword God and the Alchemist Guild had a huge grudge against each other, so it was naturally impossible to join.

  As soon as Hai Tian spoke, Wei Yu immediately became excited: "So you're one of them, no wonder. Help me greet your teacher."

  Haitian was taken aback and opened his mouth, he found that Wei Yu seemed to have mistaken him for someone else. However, now he would not deliberately explain, otherwise it would be counterproductive.

  "You! I challenge you to a duel!" Xue Lin suddenly ignored Tian Yu's stop and jumped out, pointing at Hai Tian and shouting loudly.

  Haitian slightly furrowed his brow and gave a disdainful glance: "With your three-star swordsman strength, you can't even beat Little Rain, yet you want to duel with me? Go home, wash up, and sleep."

  "Alright! If you want to duel, I'll accompany you! Want to find Tian Ge? First get past me!" Xiaoyu wasn't a pushover either. Having lived in Chaoyang Town for three years, she had long since developed the habit of being ready to fight at any time.

  Wei Yu was also very dissatisfied, coldly staring at Xue Lin: "What are you doing? Don't you quickly retreat? Even your teacher is not a match for them, what are you causing trouble for?"

  Those who knew the true strength of Haitian, such as Wei He, were sweating profusely upon hearing this. It was indeed easy for Haitian to evade Wei Yu's pursuit, but defeating him would be almost impossible.

  "Teacher! You never yell at me, but today this kid comes and you've yelled at me several times already?" Xue Lin's tears of grievance kept welling up in her eyes as she glared hatefully at Hai Tian. "He said he had a very powerful equipment-refining teacher, so that means his own equipment-refining skills are quite good too! I'm going to challenge him to an equipment-refining contest!"

  "Refine equipment?" Hai Tian was taken aback, opening his mouth in surprise. If it were a fight, even if ten more Xue Lins came, they probably wouldn't be a match for Hai Tian, but refining equipment was a different story altogether.

  Ever since leaving Heishi City for the first time, Hai Tian's daily life has been nothing but fighting, cultivating, and recovering. When would he have had the spare time to learn how to refine equipment? This time, things are probably going to get embarrassing.

  "Isn't it just a test of equipment? Heaven Brother will make you lose until you're convinced!" Before Hai Tian could respond, Xiao Yu was the first to shout out, instantly cutting off Hai Tian's retreat. "Heaven Brother, defeat this guy and let him witness your prowess!"

  Haitian looked at Xiaoyu with a mixture of sadness and amusement, thinking that Xiaoyu had too much faith in him, as if he could do anything.

  "What's wrong, are you afraid?" Seeing Ha Tian didn't respond for a long time, Xue Lin's momentum rose again. The people beside Wei Yu and Tuo Ka also had expectant faces.

  Silence, still silence.

  Haitian was entangled in a state of extreme anxiety, he had never refined equipment before, although Xue Lin's refining technique wasn't very high, it was definitely higher than his. If they really compared, the one who would end up embarrassing himself would be him.

  But if I admit defeat now, it would be too humiliating and people will look down on me.

  She glanced around and saw that Xiaoyu and Weihai were all filled with expectation. Perhaps in their hearts, Haitian was an invincible superhero.

  "It looks like you're ready to give up!" Sherly's extremely annoying voice rang out again.

  Haitian frowned and said in a cold voice, "Isn't it just about refining equipment? If you want to compare, I was afraid you would lose too badly and make your teacher lose face!"

  "You!" Xue Lin was so angry that she wanted to rush up and fight with Hai Tian to the death, but was tightly held back by Tian Yu.

  Wei Yu smiled: "It doesn't matter, Xue Lin's loss was due to her own lack of skill. And you winning her over is also to be expected."

  What else can be said after hearing this? Had no choice but to drive the ducks onto the shelf.

  "Alright then, shall we have a try there?" Haitian shook his head helplessly.

  "This is easy, follow me." Perhaps because he was about to see the superb equipment refining technique, Wei Yu didn't show any dissatisfaction, but instead showed extreme joy, and led Hai Tian and others into a room.

  The house is very clean and spacious, with two half-person-high stoves placed inside.

  Wei Yu smiled and introduced: "This is the place where our Alchemy Association specially allows students to practice. There are two alchemy furnaces here, just enough for you to use. The materials I have also prepared for you, they are next to the furnace. Well, will you two come together or do it separately?"

  "Of course we'll go together, that way we can clearly see who's refining technique is more powerful!" Before Hai Tian could respond, Xue Lin had already shouted out first.

  "I have no opinion." Now, whether it's together or separately, it makes no difference to Haitian anymore.

  But will Haitian really lose to Xue Lin just like this?