123: Chapter 123 Grade A!

The eyes of the crowd were filled with the intent of watching a spectacle.

Everyone's gaze fell upon the Magical Artifact in the center, but their discussions were still about Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi.

The suspense of the champion would only be revealed after everyone else had been tested.

Therefore, at this moment, for many craftsmen, it was still considered garbage time.

Li Yuan's workpiece was taken and sent to the Magical Artifact for inspection.

On the way to being sent over, the surrounding watching craftsmen took their first serious look at Li Yuan's workpiece.

Judging by the texture of its appearance, this workpiece was far better-looking than they had anticipated.

That kind of luster could clearly only be exhibited after removing over ninety-six percent of the Impurities.

Many craftsmen who had originally been waiting to see a joke found their expressions unconsciously becoming serious.

Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi, these two top craftsmen, were also incomparably surprised to see this scene.

But very quickly, they comforted themselves in their hearts.

In fact, there were indeed some tricky methods to make the luster look very good.

Yet the true hardness and toughness would completely fail to meet the standard.

Some places that specialized in selling workpieces relied on this method to deceive people.

Many craftsmen around had this same thought, feeling that Li Yuan was deceiving people.

While looking down on him in their hearts, they felt Li Yuan was even more foolish.

At such a Grand Competition, was there any need to fake it like this?

You must know, after the workpiece is finished, it must soon enter the Magical Artifact for inspection.

And it was not in some remote area; this kind of method could not deceive anyone.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Yuan's workpiece was just like that sent into the Magical Artifact for inspection.

The results had not yet come out, but many of the onlookers had already thought of the words to lecture Li Yuan.

They were prepared to criticize those who learned the craft but did not learn it well, instead learning to fake things.

While thinking this, the Magical Artifact for inspection began to present a somewhat strange situation.

The inspection time was surprisingly long.

Generally speaking, the lower the grade, the shorter the inspection time.

For example, a Grade C quality workpiece could produce results within ten or so breaths.

But the time consumed now, a Grade B quality workpiece should have already produced results.

"Is this Magical Artifact for inspection broken?" Among the crowd, a craftsman asked.

Just now, the inspection time for Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi's Grade B Level 1 workpieces hadn't been this long.

When asked, the City Lord of Liulin Pass was also frowning at this moment, and he dared not deny it directly.

As the City Lord, although he was not a top-tier Grand Master Craftsman, he understood these tricks of the trade.

Logically speaking, the inspection time for this workpiece should not have been that long.

Fortunately, just as this question was raised, the Magical Artifact for inspection finally gave a result.

Grade A Level 4...

Grade A Level 4!

Seeing the Magical Artifact give this rating, many people around unconsciously rubbed their eyes, thinking they had seen wrong.

silver horn iron ore was not a top-tier mineral material.

According to current records, the upper limit of the quality that silver horn iron ore could reach was Grade B Level 1.

Jumping from Grade B to Grade A, don't look at it as only one layer apart.

But in reality, there must be a very obvious change and improvement.

"The Magical Artifact must have malfunctioned! Grade A Level 1, how is that possible!"

Voices of doubt began to emerge noisily.

Li Yuan, however, remained calm, just standing on the periphery, watching them argue and doubt.

"Go, put Master Meng's and Master Shang's workpieces in, and verify it once more."

The City Lord of Liulin Pass did not panic; he had people take the workpieces that had been tested before and put them back in for testing.

Very quickly, the results for the two workpieces came out.

Grade B Level 1; the two workpieces forged by Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi were still the same ratings tested before; there was no error!

Re-testing the workpieces forged by the two of them served to verify that the Magical Artifact for inspection had no issues.

The workpiece forged by Li Yuan was sent back into the Magical Artifact for inspection.

This time, the many craftsmen watching around completely lacked the casual contempt they had at the beginning.

The external luster of the workpiece Li Yuan forged now truly made them nervous.

Before, everyone felt that Li Yuan was faking it.

Relying on adding certain substances to make the workpiece look very good.

But looking again now, it was not faking.

The workpiece forged by Li Yuan was sent into the Magical Artifact for inspection.

The inspection time was still longer than the workpieces of Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi.

In the eyes of Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi, they felt that even one breath was a long time.

Very quickly, the Magical Artifact for inspection displayed the result once again.

Grade A Level 4, Grade A Level 4!

It was exactly the same as the previous result; the earlier inspection was not wrong.

Compared to the earlier doubts, at this moment, the surroundings were completely silent.

The City Lord of Liulin Pass quickly stepped forward, took out the workpiece, and let the surrounding crowd personally observe it and touch it with their hands.

Upon this close-range observation, many who had doubts in their hearts were also convinced.

The hardness and toughness of this workpiece forged by Li Yuan were indeed top-tier.

With so many experienced craftsmen present, their eyes were themselves a Magical Artifact for inspection, not to mention they could touch it.

"silver horn iron ore, can it actually be hammered to this degree of hardness and toughness..."

"We seem to have underestimated Master Li Yuan's skill..."

"It's not underestimating, it's that we didn't understand it at all, thinking others were very poor..."

The surrounding discussions had implicitly confirmed the outcome of today's Liulin Pass Grand Competition.

There was no need to judge the workpieces of Meng Shanshi and Shang Chi anymore.

Regardless of whose workpiece was better between the two of them, it was merely Grade B Level 1; it simply could not compare to Li Yuan's Grade A Level 4 workpiece.

The person who took the crown today was Li Yuan!

In the crowd, Meng Shanshi felt his whole being was somewhat dazed.

He subconsciously wanted to question Li Yuan, wanted to say Li Yuan was faking it.

But thinking about it carefully, he could never think of how to blame or question it.

Just a moment ago, Li Yuan had forged this workpiece under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Indeed, Li Yuan should not have received much attention.

But if he had any untoward actions, they would definitely have been seen.

With so many craftsmen watching, if he wanted to fake it, it would be very easy to see the clues.

Additionally, this was the biggest problem.

The limit of the quality of a workpiece forged from silver horn iron ore was Grade B Level 1.

Could Li Yuan fake it and use tricks to produce a Grade A Level 4 quality workpiece?

If he really had this ability, could that still be called faking?

Furthermore, if he had found someone else to help get it done.

Then in this world, which craftsman had the ability to forge silver horn iron ore into a Grade A Level 4 quality workpiece!

Any Martial Artist with a slightly clear head could see it.

The young man before them possessed top-tier craftsmanship skills in his hands.

Don't look at his technique as old-fashioned; in many details, it was more troublesome than theirs.

But the quality of the forged workpiece was far too much higher.

"Continue the inspection; there are still ten or so workpieces left to be tested. After finishing, we will know who the champion is; don't waste time."

Seeing that everyone around was a bit dazed, Li Yuan spoke up first to remind them.

Hearing this, the City Lord of Liulin Pass nodded repeatedly, and subsequently arranged for the inspection to continue.

The subsequent inspections of others were all results like Grade B Level 3 or Grade B Level 4.

Compared to Li Yuan's Grade A Level 4, it was worlds apart.