Chapter 49: Everyone Was Happy

Ou Yangming returned to his original spot soundlessly. He removed the scarf, put on his outerwear, and instantly became a blacksmith who had nothing to do with the masked man that had fought the fop in an intense battle earlier.

It was his first time participating in a night battle. Although he was only involved as a bystander, he was already prepared and fully equipped to escape if anything uncontrollable happened. Nonetheless, he did not expect to encounter an unforeseen person like the fop.

Ou Yangming did not reject it. That was because the fop’s movements had opened a brand new door for him, which helped him understand the definition of skills.

While boundaries represented power and were the clearest reflection of power, skills could indicate power perfectly in a different manner.

Needless to say, the biggest advantage of skills for Ou Yangming at the moment was they allowed him to adjust his mental power.

It was something that had happened by coincidence, so Ou Yangming might not be able to get the same reward again even if he observed the fight again.

After a brief moment, Yan Chengcai and the others returned while grimacing in pain, and they looked embarrassed. Even though they beat Huang Jingtian and his men up terribly, they were wiped out by an unknown fop.

Even one who had a thick face would be unhappy, so they were certain that they had let Master Ou down.

“Guys, why are you so upset when you’ve won?” Ou Yangming could not help but laugh when he saw the dejected men.

Big Bull exhaled deeply, then removed his arm guards and greaves. “Master Ou, we didn’t keep you satisfied, so we’ll return these to you.”

The others did the same even though they were unwilling to, and it was obvious through their expressions that they were very sad. As though they were cutting flesh off their bodies.

“Forget it, I’m very happy with your performance, so I’ll give them to you.” Ou Yangming frowned a little.

“What?” The men were stunned. Other than Yan Chengcai, who had seen it coming, the others looked at each other as if they heard him wrongly.

Their performance?

Without the fop who appeared after and caused trouble, their performance had been perfect. Nevertheless, they were ashamed because of the discord that happened.

“Why? Do you not want them? I’ll take them back then,” Ou Yangming glanced at the men as he spoke unhurriedly, then acted like he was going to take the pieces of equipment back.

Big Bull and the others looked at Yan Chengcai at the same time, who waved at them while saying, “These are gifts from Master Ou. If any of you don’t want them, there are other brothers who are waiting to get their hands on them!”

After coming to a sudden realization, the men quickly went to pick up the pieces of equipment that they removed earlier as if they hit the jackpot.

Yan Chengcai mentioned, “Brothers, we’ve received such a huge gift from Master Ou, so we must offer him our help in the future if he needs us. If anyone dares to ignore him, don’t blame me for not treating you as a brother anymore!”

Big Bull slapped his chest. “Big Brother, don’t worry. As long as Master Ou orders me, I’ll be at his service even if there’ll be immense dangers and difficulties, or I won’t die a natural death!”

The other men swore as well whether they were willing to or not. Ou Yangming was not bothered at all at first, but he did not stop them as he was slightly moved.

He did not have much support in the military, so apart from Old Craftsman, who cared for him dearly, he did not trust anyone else. Since Yan Chengcai made a move to be on his side, he would accept it with open hands.

While he knew that Yan Chengcai was only doing this because of his smithing ability, why would someone be on his side if he could not offer anything?

Once everyone calmed down, Yan Chengcai suggested, “Master Ou, it’s quite late now, so it’s best for us to return as soon as possible.”

Ou Yangming looked at the direction where the fighting group was at, and noticed that the torch was still burning for some reason, but nobody was there anymore.

He nodded, thus everyone used their body technique to sneak back into the military camp.

They entered the West Camp immediately once they were back, and a hoarse voice was heard the moment they entered. “What was the result?”

Yan Chengcai quickly answered, “We defeated the East Camp.”

“Good fella, you didn’t bring disgrace to the general’s name.” The owner of the voice sounded extremely delighted. “Go back and rest, you don’t need to train tomorrow.”

“Yes, sir, but there was an unforeseen event that happened after we won.”

“Oh? You should go back first, we’ll talk about this tomorrow.”

After Yan Chengcai led his men back to the military camp, he waved to signal them to return to their barracks. On the other hand, he escorted Ou Yangming back to his courtyard in the Armament Camp.

Ou Yangming pondered before he said, “Brother Yan, I hope that you won’t spread that I left the camp today.”

Yan Chengcai nodded. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely keep my mouth shut, and I won’t let the others