Chapter 15: I Also Want to Be Low-Key, But My Strength Won’t Allow It!

Old Zhang had been mixing in the Forging Guild for decades; what kind of Genius hadn't he seen?

But someone daring to touch Level 5 weapon blueprints on their very first try, and succeeding one hundred percent at that, was truly the first time he had ever seen it!

This brat was definitely not someone to be confined to a pond!

Ou Yezi remained calm and indifferent: "It's just good luck."

Old Zhang's mouth twitched fiercely a few times. This was called good luck?

This fucking thing was called the Heavens chasing after his backside to shove food into his mouth!

The two returned to the second-floor reception desk.

Old Zhang slammed the two swords onto the counter and roared at the receptionist girl: "Quick! Register this brother Ou Yezi! Both of these swords count as his achievements!"

The receptionist girl was startled by Old Zhang's loud voice, and she quickly took the two longswords, beginning to skillfully inspect their attributes.

The next second, her hand holding the swords shook violently, almost dropping them onto the ground.

"Th-this Mr. Ou Yezi…" The receptionist girl's voice was somewhat stuttering, and her gaze toward Ou Yezi was filled with incredulity, "Is this your first time forging equipment?"

Ou Yezi glanced at her and said indifferently: "Yeah, is there a problem?"

"N-no problem!" The receptionist girl shook her head hurriedly, her fair cheeks flushing with a hint of red due to excitement: "It's just… just a bit too shocking!"

"To be able to forge Fine Two-Star quality on your very first time crafting equipment! Your talent… is truly t-too outstanding!"

"What the heck?!"

Before Ou Yezi could speak, Old Zhang on the side exploded first, his loud voice shaking the dust on the roof down in a rustling stream.

"Fine Two-Star?! You're saying these two swords are Fine Two-Star?!"

Earlier, he had been too busy being shocked by Ou Yezi's abnormal success rate and completely forgot to look closely at the attributes!

Old Zhang snatched one of the longswords, widened his eyes, and leaned in close.

[Apprentice Longsword]

[Quality: Fine ☆ ☆ (Two-Star)]

[Physical Attack Power: +35]

[Strength: +2]

[Durability: 60/60]

"Hiss—!"

Old Zhang drew in a cold breath, his hand holding the sword starting to tremble slightly.

"Holy shit! It really is Fine Two-Star! And… both of them are!"

At this moment, Old Zhang's gaze toward Ou Yezi completely changed.

It was no longer looking at a talented newcomer, but rather like looking at a monster! A Prodigy!

You must know, for an ordinary forger, how long of tempering would it take to forge equipment of ordinary quality into Fine quality?

Short as a year or two, long as several decades, or even a whole lifetime without touching the threshold of Fine!

Moreover, the success rate was extremely unstable, completely depending on state, luck, and Materials!

As a result, this excessively young youth in front of him not only successfully refined both, but motherfucking all of them were Fine Two-Star!

Is this something a human being could possibly do?!

"Brother!" Old Zhang grabbed Ou Yezi's shoulder in excitement, his face flushed red, "Tell brother the truth, are you really C-rank? Where is there a C-rank as abnormal as you?"

The receptionist girl was even more agile, quickly picking up the internal communicator on the counter and swiftly reporting the matter here to the supervisor.

The supervisor immediately stated: "Don't let him leave! I'll be right there!"

Hanging up the communication, she looked at Ou Yezi, her eyes full of little stars of adoration, and her voice sweetened by several degrees: "Mr. Ou, please don't leave! Our supervisor will be right here!"

At this moment, Old Zhang also patted Ou Yezi's shoulder meaningfully, lowering his voice:

"Brother understands you! Young people, wanting to be low-key, brother understands!"

"But this is the Forging Guild, where everything speaks through strength! The more outstanding you perform, the more the guild will treat you like a precious treasure for key cultivation, and resource tilting or anything like that won't even be an issue! Hiding it away would be a huge loss!"

Even though Ou Yezi didn't say it, Old Zhang was already certain that the Ou Yezi in front of him was definitely not as simple as a C-rank forger.

With this talent, calling him A-rank felt like wronging him!

Zhou Huai controlled Ou Yezi, sighing inwardly, thinking he had already been very low-key.

Never had he thought that the low-key in his eyes was still as high-key as it could get in the eyes of others.

Soon, a slightly hurried sound of footsteps came over.

A middle-aged man in exquisite clothing, with a slightly protruding belly and looking to be around forty or fifty years old, walked over quickly with a spring in his step.

"Hahaha, which one is the brilliantly talented Mr. Ou Yezi?" The voice arrived before the person did.

When Old Zhang saw the newcomer, he hurriedly went up to greet him: "Supervisor Shen Qiu, you're here! This is brother Ou Yezi!"

The middle-aged man, who was Supervisor Shen Qiu of the Tianhai City Forging Guild branch, let his gaze fall upon Ou Yezi at the very first moment.

When he saw Ou Yezi's excessively youthful appearance, a trace of surprise clearly flashed in Supervisor Shen Qiu's eyes.

But he quickly adjusted himself, piling a warm smile onto his face and actively extending his hand: "Mr. Ou Yezi, nice to meet you! I am Supervisor Shen Qiu, unworthily serving as the supervisor of this branch."

"Earlier, I heard Xiao Zhang's report saying that you had a startling feat on your very first forging. Seeing you today, you truly are a hero among youths, and your future is boundless!"

After a bout of familiar commercial mutual praise, Supervisor Shen Qiu's gaze finally turned to the two longswords on the counter.

He picked up one of them and began to examine it closely.

As time passed, the smile on Supervisor Shen Qiu's face gradually froze, replaced by an increasingly thick shock and excitement!

"Are these two Fine Two-Star quality Apprentice Longswords truly the works of your very first forging, Mr. Ou Yezi?"

Supervisor Shen Qiu's voice was somewhat hoarse; he even suspected whether he had misread it.

Ou Yezi nodded calmly: "Genuine and real."

Supervisor Shen Qiu: "…"

He felt that his worldview at this moment had suffered an unprecedented impact.

Zhou Huai almost wanted to cover his face.

You're a guild supervisor, after all.

It's just forging two Fine-quality weapons.

Is there any need to make such a big fuss and look like someone who has never seen the world?

In fact, what shocked them was not the weapon itself.

Rather, it was the Heaven-Defying forging talent displayed by Ou Yezi!

Forging a weapon for the very first time!

Succeeding in making two at once!

And both of them were Fine Two-Star!

Such an achievement, let alone in a small place like Tianhai City, even if placed in the entire Great Xia Country, would be a Prodigy-level existence enough to cause a sensation!

How could this not make branch Supervisor Shen Qiu tremble all over with excitement!

Supervisor Shen Qiu took a deep breath, forcibly calming his surging emotions, and then solemnly made a "please" gesture toward Ou Yezi.

"Mr. Ou Yezi, there are many eyes and ears here; could we move to my office to talk in detail?"

Inside an elegant private room.

Supervisor Shen Qiu personally brewed a pot of fine fragrant tea for Ou Yezi, his expression filled with seriousness and expectation.

"Mr. Ou Yezi, I know my next question might be a bit abrupt."

Supervisor Shen Qiu paused, organizing his words, "But your talent is simply too astonishing, already exceeding the scope of my cognition."

"Can you honestly tell me now, what is your true forger rank?"

Supervisor Shen Qiu's tone was incomparably sincere: "Rest assured, no matter the result, our guild will strictly keep it confidential for you, and we will strive to win for you the highest-level treatment and resource support within the guild's capacity!"

Zhou Huai controlled Ou Yezi, pondering slightly.

It seemed that today's matter had no way of ending on a low-key note.

Oh well, appropriately revealing a portion of strength could also acquire more convenience and resources for future actions.

"Since Supervisor Shen is so sincere, then I won't hide anything anymore."

Ou Yezi raised his eyes and calmly spat out a few words: "Actually, I am an S-rank forger."

He still held something back.

The SS-rank unique hidden class [Myriad Forms Divine Craftsman], if such a trump card were spoken directly, it wouldn't be astonishing, it would be terrifying.

It might immediately alert the highest levels of the country, and even military bigwigs would be attracted over.

Guarding his Clone tightly like a national treasure twenty-four hours a day.

At that time, how would it fit his original intention of wanting to stir up trouble?

Making it public would definitely happen, but not now.

Rather, after he possessed enough strength to protect himself and flip the table.

"S-rank?!"

Even though Supervisor Shen Qiu had already elevated Ou Yezi's rank to a fairly absurd degree in his heart, hearing these two words at this moment still caused his brain to buzz with shock, nearly losing his composure on the spot!

An S-rank forger!

Their tiny Tianhai City Forging Guild had actually produced a venerable S-rank forger!

This was a heaven-shaking piece of news that could shock the entire forging circle of the Great Xia Country!

Supervisor Shen Qiu felt as though his heart was about to jump out of his throat!

He took a few fierce deep breaths, forcibly suppressing the churning excitement and wild joy in his heart, striving to keep his voice steady.

"Mr. Ou Yezi, it's not that I don't trust you."

"It's just that an S-rank forger is of vital importance. According to the guild's highest charter, I must… conduct a final verification once more."

Supervisor Shen Qiu's posture was set extremely low, and his tone even carried a hint of cautious request.

"I wonder if you could forge a piece of equipment on the spot once again?"

"No matter what level of blueprints you need, or any rare Materials, our guild can unconditionally and freely provide them to you! Enough to satisfy!"

Ou Yezi nodded, expressing understanding: "Very well. In that case, I'll forge a pair of gauntlets."

"Level 5 will still do."

"Great, great, great!" Hearing this, Supervisor Shen Qiu was overjoyed, so excited he almost jumped out of his chair, and quickly stood up to say, "I'll go prepare them for you personally right now! Please wait a moment!"

Half an hour later.

Ou Yezi arrived once again at that exclusive forging room from before.

At this moment, the forging table was already piled high with various metallic Materials and auxiliary components radiating different lusters.

"Good fellow!" Zhou Huai, through Ou Yezi's perspective, saw that table full of Materials and was truly startled.

Could this be a full ten portions' worth?

Is this preparing me to make how many?

Supervisor Shen Qiu rubbed his hands, smiling with full expectation and flattery: "Mr. Ou Yezi, do you find these Materials satisfactory? If it's not enough, I'll immediately have someone get more from the warehouse!"

Ou Yezi slightly nodded, saying calmly: "Enough. I will start now."

"Alright then! Alright then! We will quietly await your good news outside!" Supervisor Shen Qiu nodded respectfully again and again, then carefully retreated from the forging room, "If you have any needs, you can call me at any time!"

The heavy door of the forging room slowly closed, isolating the inside from the outside.

Inside the room, only Ou Yezi remained, along with those mountain-like piles of precious Materials.

Zhou Huai controlled Ou Yezi, couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

"Sigh, I also want to be low-key."

"However, talent and strength simply won't allow it."

However, this time Zhou Huai did not plan to do it himself anymore.

He called out silently in his heart.

"System, activate Ou Yezi's AI intelligent core!"