Versatile Mage: Invincible from the Fire of Disaster

Chapter 107 Forging Competition

"Dean Xiao?"

Lin Ming held the necklace in his hand and looked at Dean Xiao who appeared in the forging room.

"Haha, it's alright, you go ahead and do your thing."

Dean Xiao glanced at the necklace in Lin Ming's hand and smiled.

"Okay." Lin Ming looked at Bai Tingting and handed the necklace to her.

"This is a magical armor that can automatically sense the surrounding magical aura. Once shadow or wind-type offensive and hidden magic or hexes appear, they will automatically be deployed. Of course, you can also control it yourself."

"Thank you!" Bai Tingting took the necklace and quickly tied it, a hint of joy appearing on her face.

"You can try." Lin Ming said.

Bai Tingting put the necklace around her neck, which looked like a shining black pearl against the backdrop of her white dress.

As Bai Tingting's magic power exploded, the pitch-black armor instantly covered her entire body!
"This magic tool has strong defensive capabilities. As long as it's not a penetrating attack like lightning, intermediate-level magic should not be able to break the armor's defense." Lin Ming said after carefully examining the armor for a while.

"Thank you so much!" Bai Tingting clasped her hands to her chest and looked at Lin Mingdao excitedly.

"You're welcome, twenty million. Triple the pay for queue-jumping, that's sixty million."

Lin Ming shook his head and said lightly.

He has received many orders for magic tools now, and there is no way he can finish forging them in a short period of time. After all, he has other things to do.

So like other blacksmiths, I started a service where you could jump the queue for a fee.

"Let's wait for the patriarch to pay for this."

Hearing that this magic tool was so valuable, Bai Tingting was also stunned, and then she said hesitantly.

"Okay." Lin Ming didn't say much and turned to look at Dean Xiao.

"What do you want from me?"

Dean Xiao gently pushed his glasses and smiled at Lin Ming.
"Sit down and talk?"

Lin Ming did not refuse and sat down at the tea table.

"How is your master?"

Dean Xiao looked at Lin Ming with a gentle smile on his face.

"master?"

Lin Ming paused while pouring tea and almost spilled it out of the cup. He looked at Dean Xiao in surprise.

"Do you know my master?"

"We have a pretty good relationship." Dean Xiao took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Is he still living in Shang City?"

"Haha, Master has been in good spirits recently and even raised a bird." Lin Ming said with a smile.

The Golden Crow is also a bird.

"Didn't he raise a mountain of livestock?" Dean Xiao shook his head and smiled.

"I came here to tell you something."

"What?" Lin Ming asked in confusion.

"Have you heard of the Blacksmith Association?" Dean Xiao looked at Lin Mingdao.

"The Blacksmith Association? I seem to have heard of it." Lin Ming said after thinking for a while.

The Blacksmith Association is actually an organization composed of blacksmiths. You can join or not, but there are many blacksmith masters in it. Joining may allow you to get support and guidance from the masters, so most blacksmiths have joined this association.

"Well, besides the International Blacksmith Association, almost every country with strong magical power has a Blacksmith Association, and our country is no exception. The International Blacksmith Association holds a Blacksmith Competition every four years. Any blacksmith master under the age of fifty can participate. It is the most prestigious blacksmith competition in the world."

Dean Xiao looked at Lin Mingdao.

"So you want me to participate in this competition? What are the rewards?" Lin Ming asked puzzledly.

"The reward is a chance to enter the Yanyang Secret Realm." Dean Xiao said calmly. "Yanyang Secret Realm?"

"This is a special fire secret realm. Fire mages can achieve twice the result with half the effort in this secret realm, and the probability of breakthrough is greatly increased. According to current statistics, the probability of high-level breakthrough to super-level is 90%. Some people have even found traces of heavenly seeds in it."

"High-level breakthrough to super level? Heavenly seed? Dean Xiao, isn't this a bit early? I'm only at the middle level now!" Lin Ming said with a wry smile.

"Intermediate? I don't know what you're waiting for, but with your current condition, you should be able to break through to the higher levels at any time. And your flame should be at the peak of the soul level. Are you sure you don't want to try to find the Heavenly Seed?" Dean Xiao glanced at Lin Ming and said, "Besides, this competition just ended not long ago. The next one will be in four years. Four years later should be just right for you."

"Then..." Lin Ming was a little confused. Why did Dean Xiao come to the forge to find him specifically about what happened four years later?
Why don’t you just tell me when you go to the academy that day, or ask Professor Bai to tell him.

"But if you want to participate in this competition, you also need the qualifications." Dean Xiao took out his smartphone and opened an app and started swiping.

"The Chinese Blacksmith Association's competition places are determined based on forging ability. Aside from some officially certified blacksmiths, the only way for other blacksmiths to qualify for the competition is to place in competitions held by the Blacksmith Association."

Dean Xiao placed the phone in front of Lin Ming and gently tapped a spot with his hand.

It is a city relying on the Yangtze River, and Dongting Lake is not far away.

"This is Corning City, the location of this year's official Blacksmith Association competition. The prize for the top three is a spirit seed and the qualification to participate in the World Championship. Are you planning to go?"

Dean Xiao looked at Lin Ming with a slight smile on his face.

"By the way, your master was the world champion back then."

"My master? You even know this!"

Lin Ming looked at Dean Xiao, somewhat incredulous. Dean Xiao actually knew so much about something that even he, his disciple, didn't know!
"Haha!" Dean Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lin Ming's expression. "You should know that forging is inseparable from magic circles! Your master's attainments in magic circles couldn't have been achieved without my help!"

Seeing that Lin Ming was still a little confused, Dean Xiao shook his head, stood up and said with a smile

"Think carefully and judge for yourself whether or not to participate in this competition. I'm just here to tell you that this thing exists."

After saying that, he left the forge.

Lin Ming supported himself with his hands and sat in front of the tea table. The hot steam from the teacup floated in front of his eyes.

"Blacksmith Competition"

Lin Ming thought for a while and called his master.

"The Blacksmith Competition? Xiao reminded me that you can participate in this competition. If you need anything, just mention the master's name. The master has some connections in the association."

The master's voice came from the other end of the phone, and Lin Ming asked with some doubts

"Master, have you also joined the Blacksmith Association?"

"Me? I'm one of the honorary elders."

Shang Mo's proud voice came.

“You never told me.”

"No? Maybe you forgot. It's okay. It won't have much of an impact anyway. Anyway, that Jinwu guy set the mountain on fire again! I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

But suddenly the master's voice became serious again

"Oh right! I almost forgot! If you have a chance to go into the Yanyang Secret Realm, you should go there. There is indeed a Heavenly Grade Fire Seed in there. I didn't get it at the time. I hope you can succeed."

After saying that, the phone was hung up.

Lin Ming put down his phone and looked at the starry sky outside through the window. The stars were twinkling but the moon was not visible.

Heavenly level fire.

He really wanted to upgrade his Fire of Disaster to the Heavenly Level, and even planned for it for a long time, but he was not sure that he could make his Fire of Disaster break through.

After all, this kind of thing is worth doing as long as there is a 10% probability.

If there is really no other way, he has to leave a way out.

Although countless brilliant fire mages have entered the secret realm over the years and have not been able to obtain this heavenly fire, this is still an opportunity, isn't it?
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