Chapter 355 Gifts At The First Meeting

When Ou Yangming’s invitation was sent by word to the absent Supreme Great Ancestors, they followed their hearts. Not only did they show up at the square, which belonged to blacksmiths, but they also brought other powerhouses from their clans.

Ou Yangming was conversing with many newly-advanced Supreme Great Ancestors at the moment, and he seemed to be getting along with them. Even so, he generously flashed a big smile at the latecomers when he saw them.

The powerhouses sighed breaths of relief.

They were at the peak of Yang Grade too, but they failed to seize the opportunity to become Supreme Great Ancestors. It was certainly a huge blow for them.

Nonetheless, as long as one was still alive, one would get out of the shadow of failure sooner or later. It was torturing for those powerhouses to meet Ou Yangming and the Supreme Great Ancestors, who used to be on par with them, but it was also a form of spiritual relief.

Seeing as everyone had arrived, Ou Yangming stood up and bowed at everyone. “Greetings, brothers.”

Everyone else immediately stood up to return the salutation; even the Supreme Great Ancestors dared not receive it without returning it.

Woo Lejia remarked in a deep voice, “Brother Ou, you’re treating us like strangers.”

“Exactly.” Chen Yixian agreed as well. “Master Ou, why have you gathered us here? As long as you’re not scheming a revolution, I’ll follow you to the ends of Earth!”

The other people burst out laughing, but deep down they were feeling slightly worried.

Given that Ou Yangming assembled so many of them, it would only make sense that he had something to appeal; even a fool would not believe that he had no requests to make. If it was for a normal matter, the Supreme Great Ancestors would definitely offer their help, but they would be powerless if it was related to the imperial family.

Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. He knew their worries, but he did not intend to overthrow the imperial family to dominate instead.

“Brothers, since you’re all here, I’ll cut to the chase.” Ou Yangming turned around and pointed at the piled-up pieces of equipment on the casting table in the middle. “I prepared gifts for you at our first meeting, so go ahead and take your pick.”

The powerhouses looked at each other. Including the Supreme Great Ancestors, they desired the items.

This was because they were aware of Ou Yangming’s level of attainment in smithing art, and they witnessed him working together with many Advanced Blacksmiths. The scene where many blacksmiths smithed together in public was so awe-inspiring that it could not be compared with usual smithing processes behind closed doors.

Therefore, the powerhouses knew the pieces of equipment were top-notch even though they were not magic tools.

Nevertheless, could they acquire Ou Yangming’s items so easily?

Woo Lejia looked around and laughed out loud. “Since you said that, I’ll be making a move.”

Just as he was going to step forward, Chen Yixian beat him to it and commented, “Brother Woo, we all know you obtained the best item, so you won’t get your pick, hehe!”

The other people exchanged glances and laughed out loud. They went forward and teased Woo Lejia as they forced him to move behind.

Woo Lejia looked indignant, but he did not intend to snatch a piece of equipment from the pile.

Indeed, he had gotten a custom-made magic nine-ringed saber, so what more could he ask for?

Many Supreme Great Ancestors and the few Yang Grade powerhouses walked around the casting table. They did not check out the pieces of equipment alone because they were accompanied by an appraiser each. When they were told the items’ attributes, while looking calm on the outside, they were incredibly perturbed on the inside.

Every piece of equipment was of Fine Grade. In particular, the suits and the pieces of equipment that were embedded with gems were extremely eye-catching.

They wanted very badly to claim everything for themselves because their clans’ overall strengths would improve if they possessed the pieces of equipment. Despite that, they knew it was impossible to take everything.

Even if they could suppress the other clans, the imperial family was not going to stand by idly if a clan seized everything.

The imperial family would turn a blind eye if the pieces of equipment were distributed to various parties, but if they were all gathered in a clan… The clan would be drawing attention and would be courting their death.

After a brief moment, the powerhouses tacitly began to choose a piece of equipment each according to a mutually agreed order in the capital.

Once everyone was done, about half of the original pieces of equipment were left.

Everyone lamented when they saw what remained, and they revered Ou Yangming more than before.

The pieces of equipment were originally raw materials, but they were turned into pieces of powerful equipment by Ou Yangming. It was even more terrifying that there was such a wide range to choose from, making the powerhouses feel like everything one expected to find was available.

Needless to say, the powerhouses knew that the credit was also shared with over ten Advanced Blacksmiths.

The Advanced Blacksmiths were reputable and experienced blacksmiths in the capital. Although they were not Superior Blacksmiths, based on their achievements in certain aspects, they were not inferior to those who earned the Superior title.

In fact, over ten Advanced Blacksmiths as a whole could surpass several Superior Blacksmiths.

It was exactly because of their wonderful cooperation that they were able to produce many pieces of mighty equipment in a short period.

Without the blacksmiths, it would be difficult for Ou Yangming to reenact the day’s glorious event even if he wanted to.

That said,