Forging The Path To Godliness

by Stayrr

Having transmigrated to a new world and becoming an ordinary Blacksmith in a Blacksmith Shop, Ye Feng shortly has the Master Blacksmith System activated. “Ding! Congratulations to the host for forging the low-grade weapon [West Wind Sword]. You have gained increased agility and the skill [Traveling With The Wind].” “Ding! Congratulations to the host for forging the middle-grade wea

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Chapter 129: Subduing The Iron Hammer Tribe

Ye Feng originally thought that he would have some peace and quiet after this battle ended, but only a day after this, a matter came to him again.

But thankfully, it was not a huge matter.

"Teacher, we'll need your help to subdue the Iron Hammer tribe."

Right when Ye Feng was humming a song while forging, Claude came to find him.

"Didn't you already decide on what to do, why do you need my help?"

Ye Feng was speechless and confused: "With the dwarf tribes' remaining strength, they should not be able to stop you."

"Indeed, but that is too much work." Claude said in an embarrassed tone, he was a little ashamed.

"If we bring people over, it may lead to a fight, they will not be willing to submit either."

"That's true..." Ye Feng first nodded before saying: "But there is another problem, they should hate me quite deeply, after seeing me, they may retaliate even more fiercely."

"That is true, but for dwarves, forging is the most important thing, while your skills are great enough to conquer them. I believe that they understand who was the one who caused this battle as well." Claude smiled and said in a confident tone: "Of course, there will be some stubborn ones, but we can get rid of them."

Claude had grown a lot since then, he was not going to let enemies off just because of kindness.

Right now, he was the leader of the Divine Forging tribe, even though he was not too controlling, he had already gained his own prestige.

Soon, he would become the leader of the entire dwarf race.

"Alright, then we'll go." Ye Feng said in a low tone, his emotions could not be detected from his voice: "This is not too troublesome anyway, yeah, wait a while for me."

Claude knew that Ye Feng was going to complete his forging session, he nodded and left the room.

"I am leading a laborious life, but this is quite beneficial to me. He is my disciple, this trouble is nothing." Ye Feng continued to work as he sighed helplessly.

...

"Only the few of us?" Ye Feng was slightly stunned as he looked at the group.

Ye Feng, his two disciples, as well as a few dwarves from the Divine Forging tribe and Yoruk tribe, that was it.

"Are you sure we won't get surrounded and attacked?"

Even if they were not afraid of the greatly weakened Iron Hammer tribe, with so few people in their group, it was possible that the Iron Hammer tribe would get tempted.

Because they had just lost a battle, be it the beastmen or the dwarf tribes, they had likely left the Iron Hammer tribe already. There was no reason to gather now, thus, the remaining combat strength was not threatening.

The Yoruk tribe and Divine Forging tribe were sending elders, they were not weak.

The weakest person was likely Claude, but he could not be absent in this, he was the person in charge of the negotiation later after all.

"That's why you're coming with us, teacher." Blake smiled and said without any worry: "We are sufficient to deal with them, it can't be that all of them are resisting us, we just need to get rid of the stubborn ones."

After some discussion, they decided not to bring the people of the City of Chaos, they would subdue the dwarf tribe alone. On one hand, this was the request of the two tribes' elders, on the other hand, this could maximize their benefits.

The potential losses would also be smaller, if they brought the people of the City of Chaos, when they fight, because of weaker combat strength, some of these people would die. But because the current group had strong individuals, the number of deaths would be minimized.

"Alright, alright, you guys can decide." Ye Feng waved his hand and relented: "Since we've decided, let's hurry up and go, we'll settle this quickly."

It was just one Iron Hammer tribe. After thinking about it, Ye Feng decided that this trip was not a big deal, since it could be settled quickly, this slight exertion was fine.

"Alright!"

Claude nodded and looked at Blake, the two of them revealed a mysterious smile.

Ye Feng walked in front of everyone, he suddenly felt a chill and sneezed.

It was strange, with his body, he should be immune to the cold.

Ye Feng frowned but did not think much of it.

Because none of them were weak, they quickly arrived at the Iron Hammer tribe.

Because they had the absolute advantage, they did not fight from the start, instead, the group openly entered the Iron Hammer tribe which was slightly chaotic.

"Ye Feng and Claude are here!"

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In the eyes of the other tribes, Claude's reputation was not any lower than Ye Feng, after all, he was the reason this entire conflict even started.

As the leader of the Divine Forging tribe, Claude received a lot of attention.

"Cough, what do you guys want?" An elderly dwarf came over on crutches and looked at Ye Feng's group, asking.

Because he was too old, his strength had fallen greatly. But currently, he had a rather high status in the Iron Hammer tribe.

After all, he had seniority compared to the others.

"You should understand why." Claude shook his head and said seriously: "I'll not beat around the bush, I hope your Iron Hammer tribe can submit to us."

No matter what, this was an old man, Claude spoke politely to him, this could affect the Iron Hammer tribe's decision after all.

"How can that be?!" A young dwarf stood up and shouted angrily: "You killed so many of our members, you want us to let that go? You want us to submit to you?"

"I'm telling you, dream on!"

He did not have low status in the Iron Hammer tribe, he did not want to submit to Claude and become his subordinate.

Claude did not get angry, he only said plainly: "You know who started this battle, we were only defending ourselves, as the loser, you need to pay the price."

"If you do not submit, you will be exterminated."

"Even if you are not afraid of death, think of your family, do you want to implicate them and cause them to die as well?"

Once he said this, many of the dwarves seemed moved as they started to discuss among themselves.

Claude was speaking the truth, most of the dwarves knew the reason for this battle and they were moved by his proposal.

"Don't listen to his lies!" The young dwarf became quite nervous: "As long as we resist him together, they cannot do anything to us!"

"That's right, we do not fear them!"

"There are only around ten or so of them, if we kill them all, we can escape afterwards!"

"Even if we have to leave, we will not submit to anyone!"

A number of dwarves shouted in agreement, but most of them were rather young.

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Chapter 130: Dwarf Leader

Ye Feng and the rest did not speak, while that elderly dwarf sighed to himself helplessly.

"Are these people from the Iron Hammer tribe stupid?" Ye Feng suppressed his volume and said to Blake while smiling a little.

"Teacher, you must understand, most of the outstanding members have already been killed." Blake said softly: "Furthermore, these are likely the ones sent out to take the blame and face our anger, they might even have been chosen as the sacrificial lamb."

No matter what, with Blake's background and subconscious learning in his clan, even if he did not specialize in this, he could tell what political tricks these dwarves were up to.

"That's true." Ye Feng realized at once as he laughed uncontrollably: "These people are really heartless, they are actually sending their companions into fatal danger."

"Isn't this normal? People often care about their own benefits the most." Blake continued: "These are just a few lives, without their sacrifice, if we get into conflict again, there will be even more deaths."

Evidently, even though many dwarves were moved, a good number of them were unwilling to submit. Due to the pressure of Ye Feng and the rest, they had to temporarily give in, but it was not sure if they would retaliate and resist in the future.

The intelligent people who wanted to surrender knew about this problem, since the resistance members did not dare to stand up now, it meant that they were not firm in their beliefs. Thus, the intelligent ones tricked these dwarves into speaking against Ye Feng now, to use their ignorance as a way to wake the tribe up.

"Look, they're speechless now!" The young dwarf said a lot of things but did not notice the mocking gaze that Ye Feng and the others had, he shouted excitedly: "They don't even dare to rebuke us, they must be lying to us."

Right now, he was in an excited state, he was not afraid that these people were stronger than him, or rather, he subconsciously ignored the fact.

Ye Feng first looked at the response of the remaining dwarves before seeing Blake's slight nod, he did not hesitate and created several fireballs immediately.

"Too noisy!"

Ye Feng's expression turned sharp as his fireballs landed on these dwarves who were causing trouble.

After a series of anguished screams, they were turned into ashes under everyone's view.

"You can see it for yourselves, there is no other choice left for you!" Claude looked at their panicking gaze and nodded in agreement.

This method to intimidate them was very useful, Claude decided to kick it up a notch.

"You have all seen my teacher Ye Feng, I am sure everyone knows about his forging skills. Don't you guys want to try and make your own stage five equipment or mechanical armor?"

For the dwarves, forging was everything!

"If we submit to you, will you really teach us?" A dwarf who wore tattered clothes stood up, even though he was afraid, he held down his fear and asked.

"The mechanical beast is out of the question, that belongs to the Yoruk tribe." Ye Feng smiled plainly, looking at their expectant gazes, he added: "But the mechanical armor belongs to me, I can promise that to you. After I confirm that you have truly submitted to us, not only will I give you the forging blueprint of the mechanical armor, I will even impart my forging techniques to you."

The techniques of a peak stage five Blacksmith!

That mysterious and powerful mechanical armor as well, they could obtain these so easily?

The dwarves looked at each other in disbelief, they saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

"I believe that you can all trust me with my reputation." Ye Feng saw that they were moved, he understood that this matter was settled as he added another sentence.

But after saying that, he could not help but think to himself.

'I don't think there's a way to prove that I am someone who keeps my word... My usual professionalism when it comes to forging is something that every Blacksmith should have.'

Regardless, Ye Feng understood where his credibility came from.

His own strength!

Because he was strong enough!

Because Ye Feng was strong, be it in terms of forging or combat strength, he surpassed these dwarves. Thus, his words were credible, people would choose to believe in him.

After all, whatever experts said were correct, submitting to stronger people was the instinct of everyone, not to mention the dwarves who held forging as their greatest goal.

Ye Feng who far surpassed them as a Blacksmith was trustworthy!

Furthermore, there was no need for him to lie to them, the Iron Hammer tribe was useful to Ye Feng, but they were only useful, they were far from being necessary to him.

The elderly dwarf might be acting or not, but he turned around shakily and looked at the dwarves, sighing helplessly as he said: "We, the Iron Hammer tribe, are willing to surrender, we are willing to have Claude as our new leader."

He understood the objective of Ye Feng's group.

"Heh, he is quite smart." Blake smiled to himself, he started to discuss the merger plan along with the dwarves.

In this matter, Claude and the rest already had an idea, they did not need Ye Feng or Blake's help.

This was the matter of the dwarf tribes, it was not right for Ye Feng to interfere, even though there was no difference if Claude or Ye Feng was the leader.

The following matter was much simpler, with the Iron Hammer tribe surrendering first, the other tribes started to waver.

Of course, they were only wavering, some were still unwilling to submit. In the end, they had to be lured with benefits.

For example, the proud Heavenly Forging tribe, they only agreed to surrender and submit after a number of their members were killed again, and from the looks of it, they were quite unconvinced.

But Ye Feng and the others did not care, Claude could not trust them anyway. With sufficient preparation, they could not cause any trouble, and as time passes, they would eventually get used to such a life.

"It is finally over." Ye Feng sat on his chair and rubbed his temples: "Had I known this, I would not have gone with them. We went to six tribes in a row, are you trying to tire me to death?"

"Didn't we go along with you?" Claude chuckled as he said: "Don't worry, everyone is equally tired."

"Hmph, together?" Ye Feng looked at Claude and said sarcastically: "Dear Dwarf Leader, shouldn't you be busy with your subordinates, why are you in my tiny Blacksmith Shop?"

"Alright, I was wrong, I'll leave now." Claude raised his hands and said while caught between laughter and tears.

Soon after, he got up and left the Blacksmith Shop.

"Has it all truly ended now..."

Ye Feng shut his eyes while feeling a slight headache.

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Chapter 131: Back To Aden City

"Good morning, Sir Ye Feng!"

"Good morning!"

Ye Feng smiled and nodded, he greeted the enthusiastic residents of the City of Chaos.

The truth was, it was not early now.

During this period of time, he had a rare moment of peace, the City of Chaos had already been rebuilt, it was even larger than before.

After resting for some time, he started to forge.

Blake had been training to raise his strength, a lot of Ye Feng's forging materials were obtained by him when he hunted.

After Claude finished settling the affairs of the dwarf tribe, he started to forge again. Even though his forging skills had not gotten worse after this period of handling the tribe, he had gotten quite rusty.

"Sir Ye Feng?"

Soon, Ye Feng arrived at the Auction House, after the manager saw Ye Feng, he became very excited.

Ye Feng's arrival meant that something great was happening!

The truth was, Ye Feng had attended a few auctions before to see if he could buy any good forging materials, but now was not the time to attend an auction, thus, Ye Feng could only come here for one reason!

"I have two stage five inferior-grade weapons." Ye Feng spoke to the manager with a faint smile on his face: "Same rules as before."

To speak the truth, there was no use in keeping stage five weapons anymore, the ones who were close to him and were able to use stage five weapons had already gotten one each.

He could only sell the rest, he might as well auction off the weapons instead.

Because of the material issue, stage five weapons were quite rare in the City of Chaos, if he wanted to get the most benefit out of such rare weapons, the best way was to hold an auction.

"Don't worry, rest assured!" The manager nodded immediately, patting his chest in confidence.

A stage five weapon! Even in the entire City of Chaos, only a few existed, the Auction House was actually going to auction one!

The City of Chaos finally had a stage five Blacksmith! This was definitely the fortune of the entire city!

Of course, it was also the Auction House's fortune.

"After it is sold, pass the sum to Claude, I am leaving the City of Chaos now." Ye Feng took out two weapons and said while smiling.

He had taught Claude a lot of new forging knowledge, Claude still needed some time before he could completely digest his new lessons, so there was no worries in this aspect.

"I see... alright." Even though the manager felt that it was a pity for Ye Feng to leave now, he was a merchant after all, there was no point in saying too much.

After all, Claude was still here, could the teacher not return to look for his disciple in the future?

Furthermore, with Claude and the dwarf tribe around, the City of Chaos would not lack weapons for the foreseeable future.

At most, they would not have top tier weapons, but not many could afford to buy them anyway.

After many rounds of cooperation, Ye Feng and the Auction House had established a basis of trust, of course, he was not afraid that they would scam him.

"I will leave first." Ye Feng said goodbye to the manager and went to find Blake.

They were going to return together.

Blake had not returned to Aden City for a long time, at this rate, he would have to drop out of school.

Blake was a student of the Knight's Academy after all!

The two of them did not rush back to Aden City, there was nothing urgent anyway, they did not need to waste their energy.

Along the way, Ye Feng even sighed to himself, thinking that he had not traveled at normal speed for a long time.

After returning to Aden City, the two of them split up, Blake first went back home to inform them that he was back while Ye Feng went back to his Blacksmith Shop.

In the following days, Ye Feng returned to the familiar lifestyle that he was used to.

When there were classes, he would go to the Knight's Academy as a Blacksmith Teacher, if there were no classes, he would go back to the Blacksmith Shop and forge.

Of course, during this period of time, he was not alone, as a student of the Knight's Academy, Avril came to find him frequently.

"I'll stay here at night for this period of time, how's that?"

Whenever Avril was free, she would visit Ye Feng.

During this time, the two of them stayed together and their relationship developed rapidly, but the two of them had good self control, it did not affect Avril's studies or Ye Feng's forging.

"Don't you stay in the academy most of the time, they allowed you to stay outside?" Ye Feng grabbed Avril's legs and moved her into a more comfortable position.

Because Avril had always been staying in the academy, he thought that they did not allow her to live outside.

"Oh, that is why you are here." Avril looked up and stared at Ye Feng with her beautiful eyes: "You are our Blacksmith Teacher, I am sure the academy will allow me to stay with you."

"Why, you don't want me to stay with you?"

When she said the final line, a trace of bloodlust was apparent in her tone.

"Uh, I will speak to the academy." Ye Feng said without hesitation, it was a wise choice.

After hearing his reply, Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction before turning her head again, lying on Ye Feng's chest and saying softly.

"Don't worry, the academy wants us to stay on campus because it is safer, but with you here, how can it be dangerous?"

"Yeah."

Ye Feng nodded and did not speak anymore.

It was obvious that he wanted Avril to stay with him, since it would not affect her studies, he would talk to the academy about this.

"Should we go out and do some shopping?" After lying around for some time, Ye Feng suddenly suggested.

Avril's presence here made his mood improve, since she was a woman, she definitely enjoyed shopping. He was a wealthy Blacksmith at the moment, it would be a waste to not spend any.

Matters regarding forging could not be rushed, if his girlfriend was around, forging could only be ranked second in importance.

"Really?" Avril raised her head, the shining light in her eyes dazzled Ye Feng.

It was clear that Avril was very happy.

It was as he expected, Avril enjoyed shopping, thus, they would definitely go have fun. Ye Feng saw that Avril was in a great mood and he smiled to himself.

"Of course, since when have I lied to you?" Ye Feng showed a solemn expression as he said this, before showing a smile immediately after: "I have so much money, it is pointless to keep it, I may as well buy you stuff you want."

Saying so, he patted Avril's arm and said: "Get up, we're going to leave soon."

"Mm." Avril said obediently before getting up, freshening up her appearance.

This is my ideal lifestyle... Ye Feng looked at Avril's back and smiled to himself.

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Chapter 132: Cooperation With The Auction House

Several months passed quickly, during this period of time, be it Ye Feng or Blake, their strength and forging skills both improved substantially.

Ye Feng reached a bottleneck, so no matter how good his talent was, his growth was limited.

But Blake was different, after fighting in so many battles and having received Ye Feng's guidance, he returned to the Knight's Academy and grew rapidly, his forging skills and strength had improved tremendously.

...

Ye Feng opened the door and looked at the sun in the sky, he subconsciously covered his eyes with his arm as he walked out.

As a Blacksmith, there was no way he would not visit the Auction House.

Weaker Blacksmiths were too poor to do this, but with Ye Feng's current strength and reputation, any Auction House would treat him as their VIP.

During this period of time in Aden City, he had been taking forging orders while selling or auctioning the other equipment that he made.

Of course, the ones sold at the Auction House were the better creations.

During this period of time, he had made another batch of equipment, including stage five ones.

Because he did not want to go to the Auction House frequently, he went there after having a sizable number, as for how the profit could be maximized, that was the Auction House's problem.

The higher the price, the more fees the Auction House could charge, they were professionals in this business, it was definitely better than having Ye Feng do it himself.

Aden City did not just have one Auction House, sometimes, Ye Feng would go to the other ones for auctions.

After all, he did not have any specific requirements in this, any Auction House was capable of selling his weapons for about the same price.

None of them would scam him.

But in most cases, he would go to the one that was closest to the Blacksmith Shop.

"Sir Ye Feng." The receptionist saw Ye Feng and became stunned for a moment before smiling to him: " Would you like to rest in the VIP suite first? I will inform the manager now."

She seemed to have been instructed to wait for Ye Feng's arrival.

"Sure..." Ye Feng frowned a little, even though he was a little suspicious, he agreed.

Although he did not know what the Auction House was up to, it should not be harmful to him, it was fine to wait for a while.

This was a business after all, even if anything bad happened, it could not affect his safety, there was nothing to fear.

"Hello Sir Ye Feng, I will be in charge of the things you are auctioning." The manager soon arrived at the VIP suite and explained after seeing Ye Feng's confused face: "The person-in-charge of our Auction House is outside now, she will be back soon. She wants to speak to you regarding a matter."

He understood Ye Feng's suspicions.

If they were only verifying the things he wanted to auction, this VIP suite was unnecessary. Furthermore, the manager came right after Ye Feng arrived, there was no need for him to wait.

But there was no helping it, the person-in-charge had said that if Ye Feng came, he had to be treated as a VIP while they informed her immediately.

Before she arrives, he will be the one to entertain Ye Feng first.

"I get it." Ye Feng was silent for a while before nodding: "I want to auction..."

The person-in-charge was looking for him? It did not seem like a small matter from this treatment, but he was here to auction things anyway, it was fine to wait for a while.

He would not be inconvenienced anyway.

While the manager was still verifying the products, a tall figure walked in.

"Alright, I will handle the rest." The woman first said to the manager before smiling at Ye Feng: "Sir Ye Feng, we have met before, my name is Tiffany, I am the person-in-charge of the Auction House."

Ye Feng subconsciously took a look at the manager who was leaving before nodding and saying plainly: "What is the matter?"

"It is like this, our Auction House would like to establish a long term cooperation with you." Tiffany sat down before Ye Feng and said in a serious tone.

Saying so, she casted a glance at the equipment he brought, after seeing a stage five weapon, her pupils contracted slightly but she quickly concealed it and looked at Ye Feng again.

"Oh? What sort of long term cooperation?" Ye Feng became interested as he sat upright.

"Let our Auction House auction all the equipment that you forge... no, we don't need everything, it will be fine as long as you don't go to other Auction Houses." Tiffany looked at Ye Feng and said solemnly: "We will cut your auction fees in half, you will also receive priority to be informed when we get a new rare material, if an auction is not necessary, we will let you purchase it with priority as well.."

"What do you think about this? If there are any requests, we can negotiate."

Ye Feng lowered his head slightly, he considered Tiffany's words while rubbing his chin.

Tiffany's conditions were quite sincere, there were no demerits for Ye Feng, it was even okay to not have the halved auction fee condition. Just collecting forging materials for him and giving him priority to buy them was a great offer.

After assessing the merits and demerits, Ye Feng nodded without hesitation: "No problem, I agree with this."

Tiffany had been keeping her eyes on Ye Feng the entire time, after seeing that he agreed, she let out a sigh as she stretched out her hand and smiled.

"Sir Ye Feng, here's to a delightful cooperation."

"Yes, it is my pleasure to cooperate."

After confirming this, their conversation became much more relaxed.

After verifying the equipment, Tiffany hesitated for a while before speaking: "Sir Ye Feng, you should be careful of the Odin clan, they seem to be trying to find out the origin of the equipment that you forged... they must not be up to anything good."

"Odin clan..." Ye Feng squinted and thought to himself: "Has my information been leaked already?"

"Not yet." Tiffany shook her head, since the cooperation between them was confirmed there was no need to defame her competitors: "They are still keeping this confidential for now, but this is only temporary, you should know why."

Ye Feng nodded.

There was no absolute secret in the world, if they kept trying to find out, they would get his information eventually. It would be harder if he tried concealing his identity, but Ye Feng had done no such thing.

The Odin clan had a poor reputation, it was likely that they were up to no good by trying to find him.

"I get it, I will leave first." Ye Feng got up and said goodbye to Tiffany.

"Alright, I'll send you off." Tiffany and Ye Feng walked out together, towards the end, Tiffany reminded him again: "I will try to conceal your information, but you need to be careful."

Now that they were in a cooperation, if anything happened to Ye Feng, her benefits would be affected too!

"Thanks!"

Ye Feng said as he left.

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Chapter 133: Conflict

The Knight's Academy was a place to nurture the students' combat strength, it could not let them study theories and gain knowledge all the time.

Like the situation in Osborne City earlier, they were definitely going to let the students experience actual combat, otherwise, they would not grow much.

Of course, necessary protection would be given to them, they would not truly have to risk their lives. After all, this was an academy, they had to be responsible to the students' parents.

If anything happened to the students, the parents would question the academy which would get them into trouble.

And even if it was not a life-and-death battle, combat of such an extent would still be much more useful than sparring.

And this time, the Knight's Academy was bringing the students to the Demonic Wind Mountain Range.

The Demonic Wind Mountain Range was one of the most dangerous places near Aden City, the mutated beasts inside were stronger than those in other locations, thus, the Knights that the academy chose were also the stronger ones.

Like Blake and Avril.

After knowing that they were going to the Demonic Wind Mountain Range for training, Ye Feng instructed Blake to protect Avril and keep her safe.

Blake had sufficient strength and also a righteous temperament.

"Teacher, you really trust me on this." Blake glanced at Avril with the corner of his eyes and smiled bitterly internally.

He was once Avril's suitor, to think that his teacher would ask him to take care of her...

"I will not let down my teacher's expectations!" Blake was a little moved, he thought to himself: "As long as I live, I will not let Avril get harmed."

He seemed to have forgotten that this was their training, appropriate danger was necessary.

But this was also why Ye Feng trusted him, he was stubborn as a mule, this was Blake's good point but also his weakness.

After being with Ye Feng for such a long time, he had already changed a lot, right now, he was someone with a firm belief.

"I believe that this is not the first time you are going out for training, because of the danger in the Demonic Wind Mountain Range, I will accompany you along the way, but without any fatal danger, I will not step in." A teacher stood before them and looked at the motivated students in satisfaction, but he still spoke sternly: "Of course, I do not want any of you to get into fatal danger, but don't take risks because you know I am here."

"My protection is limited! I hope all of you can treat this training as a real adventure!"

The students taking part in this were not weak, as a teacher, he naturally liked these well performing students.

He believed that they would produce good results.

They were elite students after all, the teacher only gave them a short talk before bringing them to the Demonic Wind Mountain Range.

Of course, after entering it, the teacher went to the back and stayed behind them.

After the group was spread out a little, Blake came to Avril's side and started protecting her.

Avril took a look at Blake, Ye Feng had informed her of this matter so she was not surprised.

She could see determination and seriousness from Blake's eyes, he was like a completely different person from when they first met, her dislike towards him quickly faded away.

"I'll have to trouble you." Avril nodded.

When Ye Feng told her about this, she did not reject him. She believed in Ye Feng's decision, since he confirmed that Blake was trustworthy, she would not raise objections.

And now it seemed like Ye Feng was right.

"This is my duty, since teacher gave me this mission, I will not fail him." As they had just entered the Demonic Wind Mountain Range, it was still not dangerous, so Blake had the time to relax and talk while observing the surroundings.

He was not only protecting Avril now. Because she was very popular in the academy, he also had to shield her from harassment in place of his teacher.

"You are really serious." Avril laughed lightly, if this was the old Blake, he would be in a daze now, but at the moment, he only had one thought.

Avril was such a beautiful woman with a wonderful personality, he needed to help his teacher protect her!

Sometimes, Ye Feng would wonder if he had actually brainwashed Blake.

He trusted Ye Feng too much.

"You don't have to be so serious." Avril added: "This is our training, it is a trial, if I have someone's protection at all times, it would not be considered one. Furthermore, I am quite strong... or rather, with our teacher's protection, there should not be any problems for our safety."

Even though she was thankful for Blake's protection, she had to say this at the start.

"I know." Blake nodded and relaxed himself slightly.

Avril saw that her words had little effect, she shook her head and stopped speaking.

If she said anything else, it would be insulting to him.

But Avril's laughter earlier did not just attract Blake.

"Dear Lady Avril, I think you need a guardian." A frivolous voice could be heard as Avril and Blake subconsciously turned around.

"Lamela, what are you doing here?" Blake frowned and looked at him.

Lamela was the future inheritor of the Odin clan, he did as he pleased in Aden City, by relying on his family background, he was quite a famous person.

But his lecherous nature was well known, when he first met Avril in the Knight's Academy, he harassed her.

Of course, Avril had never given in any attention, and in the academy, Lamela did not dare to overly bother her, she was a student after all, the academy had to take responsibility over her safety.

Even though the Knight's Academy was inside Aden City, the Odin clan could not interfere in their affairs, at least, Lamela could not be too arrogant inside the academy.

The Knight's Academy had an extremely high status in Aden City.

Of course, many students were afraid of the power of the Odin clan and would usually give in to Lamela.

Blake and Avril were the rare exception.

"I am talking to Lady Avril, what does it have to do with you?" Lamela gave a glance at Blake and said in disdain: "Doesn't Lady Avril dislike you? Why are you still so close to her?"

Blake's background was not bad either, he also had a far better reputation, after all, Blake had never done anything like bullying others using his family.

Thus, Lamela had quite a grudge against him.

"Heh, that is none of your business, she is not chasing me away either." Blake smiled coldly.

"To think that you are so shameless." Seeing that Avril showed no reaction, Lamela did not back off either, he started to say sarcastically: "Didn't you hide at home earlier after losing to someone? That experience has made you quite thick-skinned."

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Chapter 134: Stage Six Material

"So what if I lost to my teacher? Isn't that a normal thing?" Blake was not insulted by his words.

"That is your teacher? You are really trash, a random person from nowhere managed to defeat you and become your teacher." Lamela clearly had no idea about the situation as he mocked, otherwise, he would not have insulted Ye Feng as well.

But no matter what, Ye Feng was the Blacksmith Teacher of the academy, even though he had no real authority, in terms of status, he was far beyond an ordinary teacher.

When Ye Feng came, Lamela had coincidentally taken leave, thus, he did not know about this. With his personality, he would not have bothered to learn of it anyway.

Once he heard that Blake had competed with a man, he lost all his interest.

"You are quite daring!" Blake squinted, a strong aura burst out of his body that attracted everyone's attention.

Lamela dared to call his teacher a random person from nowhere?

He should take a look in the mirror!

The other students were still fine, although they sensed the aura, they did not feel anything special from it. But Lamela who was facing Blake felt a different sensation, even though he had the clan's resources and had considerable strength.

In terms of mental strength, he was quite lacking, because he had never engaged in any life-and-death battle, he was starting to shiver from sensing this aura that was filled with blood.

The truth was, although Blake had killed strong enemies before, the quantity was not too high. It was just that his opponent had never killed anyone in his life.

If he had even killed one person and had experienced the feeling of drawing blood, he would have had more resistance to this.

It was a pity that Lamela had no such experiences.

"Alright, alright, don't fight among yourselves." In the end, the teacher intervened and got the two to stop fighting.

Seeing that Blake retracted his aura and returned to a calm state, the teacher sighed to himself as well.

Blake had grown a lot in this period of time.

Not long after the two were stopped, Lamela came to find Avril again shamelessly, he only stopped pestering her after the battles started.

...

Ye Feng did not know about the conflicts in the Demonic Wind Mountain Range.

He was currently busy with the forging of a stage five weapon, this time, he felt some difficulty from the attempt.

It was different from all the other stage five weapons that he had forged before.

He used a special material this time, if this succeeds, even though it would very likely be a stage five middle-grade, the weapon would likely have a special trait.

"The final formation..." Sweat dripped from Ye Feng's forehead but it quickly evaporated.

This attempt used up a lot of Ye Feng's mental energy, he had to keep himself focused at all times to prevent failure due to any accidents.

"Success!" Ye Feng sighed to himself and took a deep breath, no matter what weapon it was, he had succeeded at least.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage five middle-grade weapon, Numbing Dagger, you have obtained 9000 lightning elemental points, and 6000 fire elemental points."

It was a stage five middle-grade after all... Ye Feng let out a deep breath and checked the dagger's information.

[Numbing Dagger]

Grade: Stage Five Middle-grade

Special Trait: When it comes into contact with an injury, lightning will enter the wound and cause numbness to the whole body.

"Hahaha, as I expected, there was a special trait in it!" Ye Feng held up the blue patterned dagger and assessed it, because this was a stage five weapon, even a Silver Knight would be numbed to a certain extent.

It was even more useful on Bronze Knights!

Right when Ye Feng was feeling happy, a guest came to the Blacksmith Shop.

"Sir Ye Feng, it has been a while." Tiffany was an acquaintance, Ye Feng quickly let her in.

At the same time, he thought to himself internally: We have just met recently though.

"It has been a while." Ye Feng smiled and replied: "Lady Tiffany, do you have any good news to share with me?"

"You are right!" Tiffany first looked around the room subtly before smiling: "Take a guess, what good news do I have?"

She saw the dagger at the first moment, but she did not spend time on it, she observed everything else.

This was the first time she was in the interior of Ye Feng's Blacksmith Shop.

"If it is good news to me, it has to be about forging." Ye Feng was in a good mood now, he said: "But I can't guess what it is exactly."

Be it blueprint, techniques, or materials, he needed them all.

But it was most likely to be about materials.

Ye Feng said he did not know immediately to save time, if he had to keep guessing, a lot of time would be wasted.

"Alright." Tiffany was a shrewd person, she understood his intention immediately, she stopped wasting time: "It is a stage six forging material."

She believed that this would gain Ye Feng's attention, even though stage six materials were not too rare, in Aden City, they would only appear a few times a year."

"What?!"

Ye Feng stood up abruptly and showed shock in his eyes: "Are you serious?!"

Stage six material!

It was what he needed now!

"Of course, how could I lie to you?" Tiffany smiled and said: "I've only told you about this, the stage six material will be up in the following auction."

This was a fact, the stage six material had just been entrusted to the Auction House, not many people knew about it now.

She was one of the people with the highest authority after all.

"I understand, thanks." Ye Feng calmed down and sat, he let out a deep breath and said.

Even though this was part of their earlier agreement, Tiffany came here to tell him personally, it showed her sincerity, Ye Feng had to thank her.

"Then, Sir Ye Feng, do you have anything you want to auction?" Tiffany's eyes darted around as she smiled and asked: "For example, this dagger?"

The dagger was slightly far from her, she could not assess it with her naked eye, but something was certain.

This was a stage five weapon.

Even in Aden City, there had not been many stage five weapons in the history of auctions, although they had put up some of Ye Feng's stage five weapons earlier, who would not want to auction another one if there was a chance?

"This? Forget it, I want to use it myself." Ye Feng was unwilling to sell the Numbing Dagger, he might not use it in the future but he did not lack money, there was no need to sell it now.

"Alright." Tiffany said with a tone of pity, she sighed and stopped speaking, taking her leave instead: "Then, Sir Ye Feng, we will meet again during the auction."

"See you."

Chapter 135: Obtaining The Material

Several days passed quickly while waiting, even though waiting was quite tough, Ye Feng could forge during this period to pass time.

After hearing that a stage six material was available, Ye Feng was so excited he could not concentrate, even with forging, he was not as serious as before.

There was no helping it, Tiffany's information was really music to his ears! It completely targeted his 'weakness'!

Currently, he was already proficient with forging stage five weapons, even though the time and energy needed was huge, he could even forge stage five superior-grade weapons if he wanted to.

It was time to tackle stage six weapons.

But the biggest obstacle to forge a stage six weapon were stage six materials, without suitable materials, he could not do anything even if he had the skills.

It was like how wood could not turn into steel.

Thus, he was going to get this stage six material no matter what!

Ye Feng took a look at the Auction House's signboard before going inside.

"You're here?" Tiffany attended to Ye Feng personally.

"Hmm... aren't you the person-in-charge, why are you so free?" Ye Feng was a little curious, didn't she need to attend to the higher-ups of Aden City?

Seemingly understanding Ye Feng's curiosity, Tiffany smiled and said: "Those clan leaders are not coming here, in any case, they do not need me to attend to them. I am the person-in-charge, not a servant."

Occasionally, the leaders of powerful clans would visit the Auction House if there were good things on auction, after all, their subordinates did not have the authority to raise bids.

"That is why I am quite free myself, it is normal for me to come and meet my partner in cooperation."

"Is that so..." Ye Feng nodded while thinking as he asked: "Do I still have a private room?"

"Of course, you are a stage five Blacksmith, how can we not prepare a private room for you?" Tiffany's smile had never faded, her eyes were in the shape of a crescent moon: "Don't worry, we will always leave a private room for you."

"I'll let the attendant bring you there."

Other than the first time he was here, Ye Feng had been in a private room since.

On one hand, he was an esteemed Blacksmith, on the other hand, he was too rich.

What was Ye Feng's strongest trait?

He had almost never failed when forging!

He succeeded in forging every order that he got in one try, the amount of materials saved was not a small sum!

Not to mention stage five Blacksmiths, even stage six Blacksmiths could not compare to Ye Feng in terms of wealth.

This current auction was indeed much higher in quality than usual.

Of course, this was the case for Ye Feng, in terms of value, it was around the same as a usual auction, but this time, a lot of forging materials were sold, it seemed perfect for a Blacksmith!

Ye Feng bid for many things before the stage six material appeared, but because of the upcoming most important bid, he did not spend too much.

He placed the importance on rarity instead of what grade the material was.

Soon, the thing that he wanted appeared.

But the stage six material was actually not the final most important item?

Ye Feng was a little curious but he did not care, since Tiffany did not tell him about it, the final item should not be related to forging.

In that case, it would be normal for the price of that time to be higher than the stage six material.

"Next, we will auction one of the items that everyone is most excited about." The host smiled as he took out the item.

"Stage six forging material, wind-marked green rock!

"Initial bid, 5000 gold coins!"

A green rock that was covered in cracks could be seen on the stage, it was the size of a human head, it was sufficiently big for Ye Feng to forge!

"8000 gold coins!" Ye Feng did not hesitate, he immediately raised the bid.

"The guest from the sixth private room has offered 8000!"

But today, Ye Feng was not the only person who wanted the item.

"10000!"

"11000!"

"13000!"

Voices sounded out consecutively, it seemed that the price would not deter anyone from wanting the item.

Ye Feng saw that the competition was so intense, he stopped bidding. After all, it would eventually stop climbing, that would be the time he bid again.

"16000 gold coins!"

Suddenly, a voice said in a low tone and added: "Give our Odin clan some face."

The Auction House turned silent at once, but soon after, bids continued to pour in.

"17000!"

After bidding, the voice said: "Do you really think your Odin clan is that amazing, who wants to give you face?"

"The guest from the second private room has offered 17000!"

At this time, the host shouted loudly.

"18000!" Ye Feng ignored them and started to bid.

"19000!" The person from the Odin clan did not say anything, he focused on bidding.

At the same time, a middle-aged man in the Odin clan's private room instructed his subordinate: "Go and check who our competitors are."

"20000!"

Evidently, there were more than just Ye Feng and the second private room's guest who did not fear the Odin clan.

"21000!"

Ye Feng felt that it was a little strange that the second private room did not bid anymore, they did not seem like they were poor.

Right now, in the second private room.

"Oh... I almost entrapped a friend."

If Blake was here, he would know who this person was.

His father!

"Don't worry, if Sir Ye Feng cannot afford to continue bidding, we can still follow." Ye Feng was familiar with this elderly man who spoke, it was the person who the Tevez clan sent to meet him back then.

This was the person who recognized Ye Feng's voice.

"I think we won't have to." Blake's father smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Sir Ye Feng is far richer than we can imagine."

The truth was, after seeing Ye Feng's forging skills, he could vaguely guess the amount of wealth that Ye Feng had.

Of course, he could not match an entire clan, but Ye Feng was just one person!

They were originally thinking of gifting this material to Ye Feng, but since he was here, they did not need to interfere now.

"23000!" The Odin clan was thinking of using this material to recruit a Blacksmith, they were not going to give up now: "Are you sure you want to offend our Odin clan?"

"Heh... 25000!" Ye Feng shook his head and ignored their threat.

"25000, going once!"

"25000, going twice!"

"25000, going thrice!"

"Congratulations to the guest from the sixth private room!"

This price was too high, it exceeded the limits of many people, be it the Odin clan or others, nobody else continued to bid.

Ye Feng did not care about the rest, after getting the material, he immediately went back to the Blacksmith Shop.

Of course, the Auction House concealed his traces for him.

"I finally have a stage six material."

Ye Feng rubbed his hands together, he started to forge with much anticipation.

Stage six formations could not be carved on stage five materials, now that he had a stage six material, he could finally start practicing his stage six formation to raise his forging skills!

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Chapter 136: The Odin Clan's Scheme

After getting the stage six material, Ye Feng stopped going out most of the time, he concentrated on raising his forging skills and also practicing his forging.

During this period, Avril and Blake came to find him and made his life not as boring as it should be.

But he did not mind loneliness now, in his opinion, forging was not boring, it was something that brought him joy.

Of course, Avril and Blake were not the only ones coming to him.

There was also Tiffany, she would come to visit him because of matters regarding forging materials.

Tiffany provided Ye Feng with abundant materials, he naturally repaid her by auctioning off several stage five weapons.

Sometimes, he would directly exchange for forging materials as well, because they were constantly meeting, their relationship improved greatly, they were considered good friends now.

"Ye Feng, you must be careful now, the Odin clan has found out about your identity." Tiffany took her tea cup and blew on it.

"The Odin clan? They are quite annoying." Ye Feng had just finished his forging session and intended to rest, seeing that Tiffany was here, he started to chat with her.

"They started investigating you long ago, ever since you started selling equipment at the various Auction Houses." Tiffany said solemnly: "Although they are not putting much attention on this, because you do not conceal your traces, they found you in just a short time."

"They are usually up to no good, now that they found out that you were the one who bought that stage six forging material, they will definitely target you."

"Got it." Ye Feng nodded and turned solemn as well, Tiffany's advice was not for no reason.

The Odin clan was not a small force in Aden City, even if Ye Feng was not afraid of them, if they tried to use tricks on him, it would lead to annoyance.

After all, he was an outsider while they were a native clan that had been here for a long time.

"Yeah, be careful." Tiffany stood up and walked to Ye Feng, she pressed down on him with her body and moved her lips to his ears: "If you need help, come look for me."

Ye Feng first felt a tingle on his back, before a warm breath could be felt near his ear, even though he already had Avril, his face still turned red uncontrollably.

"Alright, stop toying around, if it really comes to that, I will look for you." Ye Feng did not do anything else, Tiffany was someone who would flirt around like this, there was nothing he could do.

"Mm, I believe in your strength." Tiffany got away from Ye Feng's ears but her body did not move, she smiled: "The Odin clan is quite skilled at using schemes, don't fall for their trap~"

"Heh... who cares about their schemes." Ye Feng smiled in disdain.

"We need to think of a way to deal with this Ye Feng, he is just a small Blacksmith, but he dares to oppose our Odin clan."

In the Odin clan, several middle-aged men sat together and discussed this matter with grim expressions.

"We really need to do something to him, he knew about our Odin clan's strength but still dared to snatch away our forging material." The leader nodded and said: "I wanted to recruit him at first, but now it seems... he doesn't think much of us."

When they first investigated Ye Feng, they had the intention to recruit him, but before they confirmed it was him, he had already snatched away their stage six forging material.

And he did not even show them any respect during the Auction House.

How could the great Odin clan allow a tiny Blacksmith like him act so arrogantly?

Now, they were not going to recruit him, they would teach him a lesson instead.

"Since he is unwilling to submit to us, he can only wait for us to teach him a good lesson." The middle-aged man who sat at the leader's seat smiled coldly.

"That Ye Feng seems to have some strength, if we make a move in Aden City, we might not succeed." Someone frowned and said.

"No matter how strong he is, can he beat our clan?" The clan leader smiled: "Of course we are going to find trouble with him, but we can use another method instead."

"We can get someone else to do the dirty work."

The higher-ups of the Odin clan looked at each other and nodded in satisfaction.

...

"Have you heard of that Ye Feng before?"

"Ye Feng? The stage five Blacksmith who has a really high success rate at forging?"

"That's right, I heard that he is very formidable... didn't someone from our guild challenge him before and lost?"

"That right, he is that person. I'll tell you a secret, don't tell anyone else."

"What secret?"

"Don't worry, we will keep this a secret."

"Alright, I'll tell you. From my information source, it seems that this Ye Feng has a supreme forging technique inheritance!"

"Are you serious?"

"Of course! Think about it, his forging is so high, how can that be possible without an inheritance?"

"That's true..."

Soon, news that Ye Feng had a supreme forging technique spread around the entire Blacksmith Guild.

Some people were indifferent, they only wanted to train their own techniques.

Some wanted to spar with Ye Feng to see what this supreme forging technique was.

Some started to scheme and plan, wanting to snatch Ye Feng's technique away.

The ones who spread the news were undoubtedly people with a close relationship with the Odin clan, they were either the Odin clan's Blacksmiths or people they had hired.

But regarding all these, Ye Feng shrugged indifferently, in fact, he did not even know the precise situation. He had only heard about it when he went out to shop.

Not to mention that he had no such thing, even if he did, what could these people do to him?

"You heard about it?"

Tiffany looked at Ye Feng who was forging and felt helplessly about his nonchalance.

"What is it?" Ye Feng did not even raise his head.

"The rumor that you possess a supreme forging technique!" Tiffany placed her hand at her forehead and asked: "It can't be true right?"

"Of course not." Ye Feng was a little stunned as he looked at Tiffany, it was as if he wanted to ask: Why are you asking such a stupid question?

"Then why are you so calm? The entire Blacksmith Guild is filled with this rumor!" Tiffany did not mind Ye Feng's gaze, she said in a tone of frustration and helplessness.

"So what?" Ye Feng lowered his head and continued forging: "There's nothing I can do now, do you want me to go and tell them I do not have a supreme forging technique?"

"They won't believe me anyway!"

"That's true..." Tiffany was lost for words, she shook her head helplessly: "Forget it, it looks like you are confident of handling this. The situation is quite strange, this might be the Odin clan's scheme, be careful."

"Don't worry."

Chapter 137: Trouble Approaches

"I am back!" Avril pushed the door of the Blacksmith Shop and saw Ye Feng who was researching his materials.

She subconsciously stopped walking as she was afraid of interrupting his train of thought.

"You're back? How are your gains?" Ye Feng put down the material in his hand as he raised his head and smiled at Avril.

Seeing that Ye Feng was not busy, Avril went over to him and hugged him tightly.

"The gains are quite abundant, I feel like my strength has risen a lot!" Avril chuckled as she raised her head, before turning to look at Blake: "But I did not suffer any injuries, Blake defended me too well."

It was not like she had never gotten injured before, she was not like other girls who were afraid of getting injured.

Blake's gaze had not landed on the two of them ever since he came in.

He was either too hurt as a single man to look at this loving couple or he was too embarrassed because he was once pursuing Avril.

But after hearing his own name, he looked towards Ye Feng and said in a serious tone even though he was smiling: "You can't blame me for this, teacher, you told me to protect Avril, so I did just that."

"So this is actually my fault? Ye Feng was caught between laughter and tears, he said: "Forget it, let's say this is my fault."

"Tell me about your experience on this trip."

After hearing his words, Avril and Blake looked at each other subconsciously before the latter said: "There was nothing much that happened, but we need to be careful of someone."

"The young master of the Odin clan, Lamela, has been pestering Avril during this period of time, he is no longer just pursuing her, he is harassing her."

Ye Feng looked at Avril.

"Blake is right... That Lamela is very annoying, in the past, be it Blake or the other suitors, they acted normally, but this Lamela is too much!" Avril said angrily: "It was all thanks to Blake, otherwise, we would have been in trouble."

"And his final expression was weird too," Blake added: "I have been observing him, I think he will use some underhanded method in the future."

"The Odin clan again? I got it." Ye Feng nodded and turned to Avril, instructing: "Be careful during this period of time, don't fall for traps or get into danger."

"Okay." Avril saw that Ye Feng had a serious look of concern, she nodded obediently.

"I'll have to trouble you to take care of Avril." Ye Feng looked at Blake again.

"Don't worry, this is my duty!" Blake said solemnly.

"Yeah, I believe in you."

...

The following few days were quite plain, Ye Feng attended an auction in the meantime after getting Tiffany's invitation.

it seemed like there were some good forging materials.

Blake originally wanted to consult Ye Feng on a matter, but seeing that he was not around, he went into the shop instead.

Ye Feng normally would not go out for a long time, if he had anything up, he would inform them at the academy.

Blake knew this, thus, he chose to stay in the Blacksmith Shop, it would not take long anyway.

But the shocking thing was that an unwelcome guest had arrived.

"Ye Feng, get out here!"

Normally speaking, something like this would not happen in Ye Feng's Blacksmith Shop, after all, people who came would usually be customers or Blacksmiths.

Customers needed Ye Feng's help, they would not be so arrogant, while Blacksmiths would not create such a commotion even if they came with ill intentions.

But this voice was quite familiar... Blake thought about that as he walked out of the Blacksmith Shop.

"Hmph, I was wondering who it was, so it is you, that useless fellow."

It was the person who pestered Avril, Lamela!

Blake originally thought that the other party was up to some scheme, but to think that Lamela would come directly like this.

But this Lamela's luck was too good, he actually came at a time when Ye Feng was not around.

"Oh, Blake? What are you doing here, I am looking for Ye Feng!" Lamela was accompanied by a few members of the Odin clan, he had no fear at all.

"You think you are fit to meet my teacher?" Blake smiled coldly in disdain, Lamela was only capable of using his clan's strength.

If Ye Feng was around, he could easily get rid of double or even thrice the members he brought.

"Ye Feng is your teacher?" Lamela frowned slightly before smiling: "Isn't that great? If you're on the same side, I can teach you a lesson together!"

"Oh? What lesson are you thinking of?" Blake took a step forward, his pressure aura pressed towards Lamela.

Lamela turned pale as he took a step back, but he soon reacted and looked at the person beside him while taking a huge step forward.

"I'll depend on you."

"Don't worry, young master." The strong man beside Lamela laughed: "I will teach him a good lesson."

Next, he clenched his fists and walked towards Blake, he smiled casually: "You are quite strong, it is impressive at your age, but it is a pity you provoked us."

Blake did not speak, he only bent his back slightly as he stared at the opponent.

He could feel that this person was very strong! The enemy was much stronger than him!

"Heh."

Seeing that Blake did not reply, the muscular man did not hesitate anymore as his body flew forward like a cannonball.

"So fast!"

Blake's pupils contracted, he knew that he could not dodge the attack, so he raised his arms to block the muscular man's charge.

But the difference in their strength was too great.

The muscular man's attack was not a linear one, he attacked from the top.

Under his immense force, Blake's legs were bent as he forcefully resisted the muscular man's arms.

"Not bad." The muscular man praised before sweeping with his leg.

In Blake's vision, he saw a black shadow flash by as he was sent flying, crashing into the Blacksmith Shop's wall.

"Cough!" Blake felt his vision going dark, the intense pain was making him feel like fainting.

"Alright, that's as much as I'll do." The muscular man turned around and shrugged his shoulders at Lamela.

"The rest of you, go and teach that scoundrel a lesson, destroy this Blacksmith Shop as well!" Lamela nodded and instructed the rest.

At the moment, many people were looking in this direction, but because of Lamela's 'amazing reputation', they only dared to watch from afar, nobody tried to get close.

Under Lamela's orders, some of his henchmen surrounded Blake while the others thrashed the Blacksmith Shop.

"You have such guts!"

Not long after, an angry voice could be heard, Lamela was so scared that he jumped a little.

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Chapter 138: Sending Him To The Capital City

Ye Feng had a good mood originally, Tiffany said there was a large batch of forging materials for him to take.

Normally, he was busy forging, so he did not go out often.

But today was different, because there were forging materials, Ye Feng had to make a trip, they were just too tempting to Ye Feng after all.

After reaching the Auction House and settling the business, the two of them talked as usual, they were friends so it was normal to have casual conversations.

With Tiffany's eloquence, the two had a pleasant conversation.

But when Ye Feng returned to the Blacksmith Shop with his forging materials, he saw the wrecked Blacksmith Shop.

If only the Blacksmith Shop was destroyed, he might be angry but he would not be furious, after all, it was just a shop, he only had to teach the culprit a lesson.

But he saw someone getting ganged up on and attacked.

He did not know who it was, but since the person was getting beaten in the Blacksmith Shop, he had to be related to Ye Feng!

He was not going to let someone related to him get beaten up like this.

"You have such guts!"

Lamela was originally very happy as he looked at his henchmen's work, but this angry voice shocked him and made him turn around, but soon, all he saw was a figure flashing by him.

"Blake!" Ye Feng charged to the person who was beaten up and recognized his disciple immediately.

"You have a death wish!"

Two fireballs landed on the two that were near Blake, after that, he punched with both fists, the two who were not even Advanced Knights were sent flying.

They were still alive, but the severity of the injuries was uncertain.

"Hehe, you guys are really something!" Ye Feng turned around and looked at Lamela with a dark gaze.

"You are Ye Feng?" Because Lamela was protected, he laughed arrogantly: "This is the outcome of opposing me and the entire Odin clan! You will soon face a fate similar to Blake!"

He was clear of the muscular man's strength, with him around, there was no need to fear Ye Feng. Blake had already fallen, Ye Feng would soon follow in his disciple's footsteps!

"Hahahaha!" Ye Feng laughed loudly, it was as if he had heard an amusing joke.

But his figure vanished instantly.

"Young master, be careful!" The muscular man immediately stood in front of Lamela as he punched forward.

Even though Ye Feng was fast, the muscular man could still see his movements.

"You are not weak." Ye Feng was slightly surprised at the muscular man who blocked him, but he smiled coldly and said: "It is a pity you cannot protect him."

Protecting someone and fighting in battle were two different concepts, unless he was skilled in both aspects, it was impossible for strength to be equivalent to the ability to protect others.

Before he finished his words, Ye Feng already vanished.

Lamela had not reacted from the start, he felt his vision going blur as a fist appeared before his eyes.

Coincidentally, Ye Feng was using the same move as the muscular man.

Ye Feng swept with his leg and hit Lamela while also imbuing his magical energy.

With this hit, Lamela was most likely crippled, his magical energy had already started causing destruction in Lamela's body.

"You should take a look at your young master." Ye Feng looked at the muscular man and walked past him seemingly without any precaution.

The muscular man had an urge to attack when Ye Feng walked past, but seeing Lamela who was lying on the ground weakly without any movement, he decided to bring Lamela back first.

'This person is not easy to deal with, there is no point in risking my life against him, this is not my duty anyway...' The muscular man thought to himself as he carried Lamela and left quickly.

Ye Feng quickly went to Blake and inspected his injuries.

The more he inspected, the darker Ye Feng's face got. Blake's injuries were too severe, he was covered in injuries everywhere.

But the shocking thing was, Blake was still conscious now, he opened his eyes with difficulty and said: "T... teacher..."

"Don't speak now." Ye Feng frowned and took out a pill: "Eat it to stabilize your injuries, I will get someone to heal you."

He was just a Blacksmith, he knew nothing about healing, he could only inspect injuries at best.

He had to get professional help.

"Okay..." Blake swallowed the pill and answered with a grunt before falling unconscious after shutting his eyes.

It was already very shocking that he managed to stay awake for so long with such injuries.

It was a pity that Ye Feng did not manage to find anyone capable of treating Blake even in the entire Aden City, they were only able to suppress his injuries.

While frantically searching for help, Ye Feng suddenly recalled Tiffany's words: "If you need help, you can look for me."

There was no helping it, Ye Feng went to Tiffany's Auction House immediately.

"These are very severe injuries... but I think I can help you." Tiffany said while looking at Ye Feng's expectant gaze: "I have my connections in Tsama City."

"Tsama City... the Capital City?"

"Indeed." Tiffany said while nodding solemnly, she explained: "The Capital City has some people that are experts at healing, coincidentally, I know them."

"Then I hope we can hurry up!" Ye Feng said urgently before sighing: "I really need to thank you this time."

"No worries, I will make the arrangements." Tiffany said gently before taking her leave, before that, she said: "Oh right, you need to be mindful of something, I am not the only one with acquaintances in the Capital City, the Odin clan also has their connections there."

"Odin clan... I got it." Ye Feng clenched his fists and nodded.

...

Odin clan.

"How is Lamela doing?" The clan leader looked at his subordinate with a dark gaze, everyone in the room could feel the pressure from him as he spoke at this moment.

What was Lamela's basis for being lawless in Aden City?

Wasn't it because of his father's influence?

"Young master is not in a good condition, he can definitely survive, but it is uncertain how much strength he will retain after this." An elderly man stroked his beard as he said slowly.

With Lamela's talent, a vast amount of resources were spent to raise him to his current strength, to think that he was crippled so easily!

The clan leader's expression turned increasingly dark, but he could not lose his temper against this old man.

This old man was an elder of the Odin clan, many of the clan affairs were handled by him.

"This damned Ye Feng! I must make sure that he dies!" The clan leader shouted.

"Clan leader, calm down. You cannot create such a commotion in Aden City." The old man shook his head and said calmly: "We need to plan this meticulously."

Right now, the clan leader had calmed down a little, he took a deep breath to temporarily ignore the sorry state that Lamela was in when he saw his son.

"That's right, we need to come up with a good plan."

If anyone looked at him, they would be able to see a deep ruthless and vicious light in his eyes.

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Chapter 139: Approached Again

"I wonder how Blake is doing now." While forging, Ye Feng sighed helplessly to himself.

Blake was not in Aden City now, he would not know about the specific situation until Tiffany informs him later.

Right now, even when Ye Feng was forging, he would think of Blake, more so than Avril.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage five middle-grade weapon, Lightning Resonance Blade, you have obtained 8000 lightning elemental points, and 3000 fire elemental points."

During this period of time, he had forged many stage five weapons, they were all handed to the Auction House.

After forging this weapon, Ye Feng sat down on his chair and said in a guilty tone: "I should not have left the Blacksmith Shop then, it is my fault that Blake suffered such severe injuries."

It was truly a coincidence, he had left the Blacksmith Shop for less than four hours, but during this period of time, both Blake and Lamela came.

If only Blake came, this would not have happened.

If only Lamela came, only the Blacksmith Shop would be thrashed, nothing terrible would have happened.

But because both of them came, Blake ended up heavily injured.

"This is not your fault..." Avril saw that Ye Feng felt so guilty and quickly sat beside him, he held his hand and said: "We can only blame Lamela for being too vicious, he actually came when you were not around and got his henchmen to attack Blake together."

She did not understand the situation that happened, but that did not stop her from consoling Ye Feng.

"Furthermore, didn't you cripple Lamela already? That is a form of revenge for Blake." Avril said gently.

Currently speak, Lamela should be in a more terrible state, after all, Ye Feng had specially crippled him for good.

Even though Blake was heavily injured, if he could recover from this, it would not leave any lingering problems.

"Yes... Tiffany said that Blake's situation is quite stable, he is also not in any danger of dying." Ye Feng placed a hand on top of Avril's hand and sighed.

It had to be said, having someone else's consolation was quite effective at times.

"Yeah, don't worry, nothing will happen to Blake." Avril smiled.

"Mm." Ye Feng nodded and thought of something, he looked at Avril: "You need to be careful, although that Lamela failed to do anything to me, he might try to target you."

"Even if he is crippled, he is still supported by the Odin clan, he is capable of doing anything in this state."

Right now, he did not know about Lamela's situation, if he woke up, it was likely that he would take revenge on Avril.

"I understand." Avril nodded.

At this crucial moment, she would naturally be careful about her own safety.

Right when Ye Feng was about to show a smile, he suddenly stood up and shouted in a cold tone: "Who is it?!"

Even though Avril did not know what was happening, she also stood up and looked at the surroundings vigilantly.

The two of them stood quietly for several breaths of time, but nothing happened.

"What is it?" Avril asked softly.

Even though she was uncertain, she did not think that Ye Feng was wrong.

"Someone is nearby." Ye Feng replied in a soft voice while indicating to Avril to stay still.

Avril believed in Ye Feng's strength, she was also afraid of giving him trouble, so she obediently stood on the spot.

Ye Feng controlled his own movements meticulously and got closer to the room door step by step.

Right when he was about to open the door, several figures charged at him.

"Hmph!" Ye Feng who was prepared for this snorted coldly and slashed with his sword.

Because of the door, his sword managed to repel and keep all of the opponents outside.

"You are from the Odin clan?" Ye Feng looked at these people who were wearing black clothing, they seemed specialized to do such things.

These black clothed people did not speak, they attacked Ye Feng again.

"You have good guts." Ye Feng shot a fireball towards the closest black clothed person through the small opening of the door.

He was the defensive side of the door now, he naturally had a greater initiative.

Clang!

With a soft sound, Ye Feng blocked a black clothed person who wanted to get into the room from above him, he moved his left hand towards the front and shot out another fireball.

This place was too small and restrictive, he could not use his true strength.

"If anyone approaches you, regardless of their strength, you must call out to me!" Ye Feng instructed Avril: "They are not my match, so you need to defend yourself, got it?"

He wanted to go outside and fight against these people, he could kill them all if he had room to attack, but he could not bring himself to leave Avril behind like this.

Eventually, Ye Feng chose to believe in Avril's strength and adaptability.

"I got it."

Avril nodded and watched as Ye Feng shut the door.

The battle ended very quickly, even though those people were not very strong, they had a great cooperation and Ye Feng was actually unable to kill them.

After those black clothed people left, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief, there was no way to keep up his guard all the time, Ye Feng was quite afraid of such sneak attacks, even though he was strong enough to defend himself, Avril was not the same.

After returning to the room, he relaxed after seeing that Avril was safe.

It was all thanks to the sturdy materials used to make this Blacksmith Shop, if this was a normal house, those people might have broken in to attack Avril already.

Even though they could break into the Blacksmith Shop by force as well, some time would be needed, it was enough for Ye Feng to save her.

"Are you alright?" In his worry, Ye Feng asked a redundant question.

"Oh, you... don't worry, I am really fine." Avril was caught between laughter and tears as she quickly grabbed Ye Feng's hand.

"How about this, go back to the academy and stay there for now." Ye Feng thought about it and said seriously: "If you stay here, it will be too dangerous."

Avril was silent for a while, she really did not want to leave Ye Feng, but she also understood the current situation, if she stayed here, it would only be a bother to Ye Feng.

In fact, if she stayed here, she would not feel safe either.

"I understand." Avril nodded and agreed to Ye Feng's suggestion.

"That's my girl!" Ye Feng held Avril's face and kissed her.

He was afraid that Avril would not agree to this, if she refused to go, he would not force her.

At most, he would spend some extra effort to protect her, it was not an issue. Of course, the best scenario was for her to agree, in that case, he could save some effort while her safety was also assured.

Ye Feng did not waste time, after packing up, he sent Avril back to the Knight's Academy.

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Chapter 140: Avril Gets Kidnapped

After this assault, Ye Feng had a peaceful time for the next few days, the Odin clan did not seem to have done anything else.

Even though Ye Feng was not afraid, he still let out a breath of relief. After all, nobody would want to be disturbed all the time.

These days, Avril stayed in the Knight's Academy and rarely came to find him, because Blake was sent for treatment as well, Ye Feng actually had no one to talk to.

Furthermore, because of the situation with the Odin clan, Tiffany also stopped going to the Blacksmith Shop frequently, most of the time, Ye Feng went to find her at the Auction House instead.

The Odin clan was huge, even if they did not target Ye Feng now, they would still keep an eye on him. If they saw that Tiffany was close to him, it would be troublesome.

At least, they could not be seen to have a close relationship. Their cooperation was fine, after all, wasn't it a normal thing?

Tiffany was from the Auction House, she had a neutral position, even if the Odin clan wanted to deal with Ye Feng through her, they would not do anything harmful to her. But if they really discussed with Tiffany on how to target Ye Feng...

Then it would be great news.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage four superior-grade Bloodthirsty Spike, you have obtained 3000 fire elemental points."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage five inferior-grade Blazing Flame Blade, you have obtained 8000 fire elemental points."

Other than going for classes, Ye Feng rarely went out anymore, he even stopped going to the Auction House and only stayed in his Blacksmith Shop to forge.

After all, the Auction House did not need his help, but Avril needed his protection.

"I need to resolve the matter about the Odin clan as soon as possible, I can't stay on guard like this all the time." Ye Feng lay in bed and felt a small headache: "How can I be so tense all the time, it is simply too tiring."

During this period of time, his forging speed had also fallen as a result.

But he was safe at least, he was not the match of the entire Odin clan, but if they wanted to kill him, they would need to send a lot of people as well.

After all, they needed sufficient strength to make sure that he could not escape even if he was weaker than them.

But in Aden City, the Odin clan could not send out a huge group to attack him, even if they did, he would have escaped long ago. If this was outside the city, they would not be able to track Ye Feng's movements, it would be hard to encircle him.

This was also why the Odin clan had not made a move until now.

Of course, Ye Feng did not leave the city either, but the truth was, it was far safer to be in the city than outside.

"Forget it, I haven't been to the Auction House for a long time, I'll go look for Tiffany." Ye Feng jumped out of bed and wore his clothes while smiling.

It did not matter if the Odin clan found out that he went to the Auction House, after all, they should know about his cooperation with the Auction House and Tiffany, it was normal for him to go there every few days.

Be it discussing their projects or purchasing forging materials, these were possible objectives.

But this time, Ye Feng was going there to talk to her, the rest were bonuses.

Possibly because the Auction House was too near, or because the Odin clan had temporarily given up on harassing him, but Ye Feng encountered no issues on his trip.

Tiffany was not in her office either, but Ye Feng easily found his way to Tiffany's room inside the Auction House.

"Oh, you left the Blacksmith Shop?" Tiffany let Ye Feng in while laughing and saying: "I thought that you would not leave the Blacksmith Shop during such a critical timing."

She knew about the situation between the Odin clan and Ye Feng, seeing that he had not come for several days, she thought that he was hiding in the Blacksmith Shop to avoid their assault.

Even though the Blacksmith Shop was not much safer, it was better than being outside at least.

"It does not matter if I stay home or go out, they can't do anything to me." Ye Feng sat down casually and said in a confident tone: "I avoided going out just for the sake of having less problems."

"You really aren't afraid that they will send assassins at you?" Tiffany smiled and asked, she did not know that Ye Feng and Avril were attacked several days ago.

Furthermore, even though Tiffany knew that Ye Feng had some strength, she was unsure of how strong he truly was.

"So what if they attack me?" Ye Feng shook his head in disdain, he said plainly: "If the Odin clan wants to capture or kill me, they will need to send many people. Let's not talk about whether they can do this, even if they gather a huge group of experts, will they dare to start a huge battle in Aden City?"

"So that's it..." Tiffany's eyes shone as she thought to herself: "That is true, if many experts fight in the city, the damage will be huge."

From Ye Feng's words, Tiffany learned something about his true strength. She knew that Ye Feng was not someone who would exaggerate and brag, since he said this confidently, his words could not be far from the truth.

"If too few people come, I don't mind teaching them a lesson." Ye Feng said that with surging killing intent.

In the previous attack, he let them off because he needed to protect Avril in battle, he could not chase after them freely.

"Haha, I believe in you." Tiffany winked and thought of something: "That's right, Blake is doing much better now, he is not in any mortal danger, but we can only confirm his situation after he wakes up."

"Got it, there is nothing else we can do but wait patiently for news." Ye Feng let out a deep sigh and shook his head: "Alright, let's talk about something else."

The two of them talked for some time before Ye Feng left in satisfaction.

These days, he had nobody to talk with. Although it was fine when he was forging, once he took a break, he would feel lonely.

He could not forge non-stop for days right?

After the talk, Ye Feng went back to the Blacksmith Shop, seeing that it was still early, he started to forge.

He had nothing else to do after all.

"Sir Ye Feng!"

Right when Ye Feng was forging, he heard a panicky voice that seemed to be coming towards the interior of the Blacksmith Shop.

"Which fool is this? Is he here to cause trouble?" Ye Feng frowned, his progress could not be halted now.

Even though this weapon was not very precious, it was still a waste if this attempt failed.

But he did not sound like an Odin clan member.

Soon, the person who barged in arrived before Ye Feng and panted heavily as he opened the door.

"Sir Ye Feng, Lady Avril has been kidnapped!"

"What did you say!"

Ye Feng threw his hammer aside and rushed up to that person: "What did you say?!"

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Chapter 141: Frantically Searching

"Sir Ye Feng, please calm down!" This man was likely an employee of the academy, he had no resistance against Ye Feng's surging aura.

"Calm down?" Ye Feng's expression was slightly distorted, he said choppily: "I let Avril stay at the academy because I trusted you, but in the end, is this how your academy protects their students?"

He was losing his sanity because of his intense rage.

"I am really sorry." The messenger was quite apologetic but he soon became solemn and said to Ye Feng in a serious tone: "The most important thing now is to find Avril, now is not the time to rage helplessly."

Even though he was not a teacher, as a member of the academy, he was very guilty about losing a student like this.

"Huff..."

Ye Feng took a few steps back, he sat on the chair weakly and started to scratch his head furiously, it seemed to be the only way to make him feel better.

"How can I calm down!" Ye Feng shut his eyes and said in guilt: "Eric handed his daughter to me, I am supposed to take care of her, in the end... look what happened to her?!"

The messenger seemed to have felt Ye Feng's pain and guilt in his words, he did not know how to react.

He knew that with his identity, nothing he said would sound consoling to Ye Feng.

The two of them lowered their heads, one was seated while the other stood, the Blacksmith Shop fell into a peculiar silence at this moment.

But this silence did not last long, soon, Ye Feng raised his head, his cold expression shocked the messenger.

But it was just a fright, he relaxed and let out a deep breath after seeing Ye Feng's movement.

"Alright... it is time to head out." Ye Feng stood up and said plainly.

He knew that he had to be calm now, but when faced with such a situation, how could he calm down? Ye Feng had always been the same person, after hearing that Avril was kidnapped, it was normal that he could not control his own emotions.

But he did not break down from this, he soon recovered and focused on the most important matter at hand.

"Yes, the academy has already started to search for her." The messenger followed Ye Feng out of the Blacksmith Shop: "Since it is the academy's fault, we will not avoid responsibility."

There was no way around it, this was their fault for failing to protect her, the academy could not shirk responsibility.

"It is fine." Ye Feng was silent for a while before replying to him: "Go back to the academy first, if you get any news of Avril, inform me. I will use my connections to find her."

"Alright!"

He was initially very angry about this matter, but after calming down, he felt that he could not put all the blame on the academy.

No matter what, the academy was just a school, it was not an organization that specialized in protecting people, and because of the freedom the students had, it could not take care of them that much.

Even if he informed the Knight's Academy and they increased their protection towards her, it would not be very tight. After all, this was a place to study, the bodyguards were just going to take note of her at most.

The main reason why Ye Feng let Avril stay at the academy was because she would rarely be alone in this place, if anyone wanted to target her, they would need to mind the surroundings.

But Avril was still kidnapped in such a situation, it meant that the kidnapper was either a powerful force or individual.

The latter possibility was ruled out by Ye Feng, why would an unknown person bother to kidnap Avril?

And regarding the force... Ye Feng first thought of the most likely suspect, the Odin clan.

Of course, these two possibilities could be combined, the Odin clan could easily grasp Avril's whereabouts with their influence, although it was troublesome.

All they needed was another expert skilled in concealment.

"Sigh... I underestimated their lack of morals." Ye Feng shook his head, he left the Auction House directly.

To speak the truth, he could find many people for help in Aden City, but they were all over the city, it was too troublesome to approach them.

The most suitable helper was Tiffany.

"What happened?" Tiffany felt strange upon seeing that Ye Feng returned to her after such a short time, but looking at his grim expression, she quickly guessed that something had happened.

Ye Feng definitely came because something huge had happened.

"Avril was kidnapped." Ye Feng said in a grim tone.

"Avril was kidnapped?" Tiffany was first stunned before asking immediately: "Did the Odin clan do this?"

"Most likely." Ye Feng nodded: "Only the Odin clan will have the ability to kidnap Avril from the Knight's Academy, while also having enmity with both Avril and I."

"I understand, I will send people to look for her now." Tiffany soon understood the severity of this situation, she started to console Ye Feng: "Since they kidnapped Avril, they must have a goal. She should not be in danger now."

"I get the logic." Ye Feng smiled bitterly: "But now that Avril is in their hands, how can I not feel worried?"

"Don't worry, I have already calmed down, I won't do anything rash."

"Mm." Hearing this, Tiffany did not say anything else, she left immediately.

Ye Feng was feeling a little lost on what to do, the truth was, he wanted to go look for Avril himself, but he was not familiar with Aden City!

With the Knight's Academy and Tiffany's help, he was quite redundant. Combat strength had nothing to do with searching abilities after all.

Tiffany soon returned as Ye Feng smiled bitterly: "Forget it, I'll return to the Blacksmith Shop first, thinking about it, I can't help in any way."

"Hmm... go back first and adjust your mood, don't let it affect your judgment." Tiffany smiled faintly and nodded: "This is better too, we know where to look for you when we obtain news."

Ye Feng nodded weakly as he left.

He had no mood to forge now, like what Tiffany said, he could only sit on the chair and try to regain his composure.

At the same time, he thought of countermeasures.

Bam bam bam!

A series of knocking interrupted Ye Feng's thoughts.

"Who?" Ye Feng frowned and walked towards the door.

Before he opened the door, he found a letter placed underneath.

Ye Feng picked up the letter while opening the door to look outside.

There was nobody.

Ye Feng opened this letter while frowning, he had a vague guess about what it was.

There were only some words written in the letter.

Sir Ye Feng, Avril is with us now, if you want her to be safe, go outside of the city alone.

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Chapter 142: Safe Return

The hand holding the letter exerted force as it soon turned into a ball from Ye Feng's grasp.

"You've finally shown yourselves." Ye Feng gritted his teeth and said in anger.

He had a guess regarding the Odin clan's intention, since they chose to kidnap her, they definitely wanted to use Avril to target him.

This letter made Ye Feng relax a little, he felt assured knowing that the situation was as he expected.

After all, the most important thing was to get assurance.

Now, after confirming the location, he would be able to deal with the following situation, the worst thing was to lose all traces of Avril.

If there was no information, no matter how strong he was, it would be useless without finding her.

Ye Feng did not tell Tiffany or the Knight's Academy for the moment, he could not stop their search just because of this letter.

What if it was a fake letter?

What if Avril was not there after he goes to find her?

No matter what, he had to make plans for the various possibilities, if Avril was not outside of the city, what if Tiffany found her during this period of time?

Even though it was unlikely, this was still possible.

While thinking about this, Ye Feng stopped hesitating, he went outside the city.

Even though the exact location outside of the city was not mentioned, there were mostly open paths outside of the city, it was not hard to find those that could conceal one's tracks.

Of course, Ye Feng could be unlucky, but after fifteen minutes of searching with his full speed, he finally found the place.

"Avril!" Immediately, he saw Avril who was held by someone, although she looked a little messy, she did not seem to have been tortured.

After seeing Ye Feng, Avril's expression lit up but she could not speak.

"Tell me, what do you want?"

Ye Feng looked at the people beside Avril.

There were a total of nine guys, seven were muscular men, while one was so short he could match a dwarf.

Even though dwarves were humanoids, they did not have the same facial structure as humans.

Even though this person was short, he was not as ugly as the dwarves.

They were led by a middle-aged man who did not seem young, some of his hair had already turned white.

"You must be from the odin clan, you wanted to lure me out by kidnapping Avril?" Seeing that Avril was fine, Ye Feng was no longer so anxious.

To prevent them from fighting now, he wanted to get some information first, no matter how much he could probe.

"Sir Ye Feng, you are right. Allow me to introduce myself first, my name is Donaru, I am the steward of the Odin clan." The middle-aged man smiled and said with a warm attitude: "As my master ordered, I am to bring you back to the Odin clan, it is difficult to do that in the city, so we had to get you outside. I apologize for the inconvenience."

Donaru's attitude was so good that Ye Feng could barely believe it, but no matter what, they were enemies.

"Since I am here, you have achieved your goal already, can you let Avril go first?" Ye Feng did not show fear or confidence, he only said plainly.

This was a normal request, he was here for Avril after all, her safety was definitely the priority.

In his case, the information from what Donaru said earlier was sufficient, there was no need to waste more time.

"Of course." Donaru smiled, telling the rest to release Avril, at the same time, everyone else gathered towards Ye Feng and surrounded him in a semicircle.

They were not going to fight him, they just wanted to prevent him from running away with her.

Donaru did not care about releasing Avril, but he could not let Ye Feng run away. If he returned her to him and he ran away, he might as well kill himself in shame.

It would be even worse than Ye Feng beating up all of them, after all, that was insufficient strength instead of stupidity.

And so what if Ye Feng had time to prepare, could the nine of them not deal with one Ye Feng?

Once Avril was released, she immediately ran to Ye Feng. As she had been conscious the entire time, she knew that they did not do anything to her, otherwise, she would not dare to get so close to Ye Feng.

"Are you okay?" Ye Feng hugged Avril and knelt down to check her injuries.

After confirming that Avril was safe, he let out a sigh of relief and hugged her again while saying: "I was so scared... I was so scared... sorry..."

Even though he seemed very calm, he had never stopped worrying about her. He was afraid, he was afraid that once they saw him, they would kill Avril who had lost her value.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Right now, Avril was the one consoling Ye Feng, she patted his back and said: "Don't worry, I am completely fine, they did not do anything to me."

"You should feel glad that I am the one handling this." Donaru said: "If young master was in charge, this lady would not be able to stand there now."

With Lamela's personality, if she really captured Avril, who knows what he might be capable of doing.

Donaru had no reason to do anything else, if it could achieve his goal through another action, he might not mind, otherwise, he would not waste his effort.

Achieving his goal was good enough, giving in to temptation would create many unnecessary problems. Donaru had seen many of such examples.

"Heh... should I be thanking you then?" Ye Feng stood up and smiled to himself.

Avril was safe now, his mood had improved greatly.

"Leave first." He said to Avril in a soft voice: "Find a safe place and protect yourself."

Avril should not be targeted anymore, if they really wanted to do anything to her, they would have done so long ago.

But precaution was still necessary, Avril knew what was the most important thing at hand.

"I know." Avril knew that she was too weak, although she was dejected, she soon encouraged herself as she knew that staying here would burden Ye Feng, she said: "Be careful, I'll wait for you."

After the two hugged, Avril quickly left the place.

"If you want to thank me, I won't mind it." Donaru said after the two had parted, he smiled: "But you are going to scold me soon."

"Your girlfriend is quite heartless, she actually abandoned you and left?"

"I asked her to leave." Ye Feng took out his weapon and said slowly: "She knows the difference between our strength, she will not cause me unnecessary trouble."

"She knows that none of you can threaten my life."

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Chapter 143: Reinforcement

"Heh, it is not good to have such confidence. This is considered arrogance." Donaru's pupils contracted as he focused, he was clearly not as nonchalant as it sounded from his words.

The expression of the others also changed but none of them spoke, it seemed that he was their leader.

"Arrogance? Who knows..." Ye Feng looked at the sword in his hand, to speak the truth, he was not talented in the field of combat.

But it could not change the fact that he was strong.

"Right, I forgot something." Ye Feng seemed to have recalled something as he took out the mechanical armor and wore it, much to Donaru's confusion.

"Attack!" Donaru said this while Ye Feng wore his armor, all of them charged forward using this opportunity.

"Heh!" Ye Feng was not surprised by their attack, he had done this on purpose.

Although he was not skilled in combat skills compared to them, he had a lot of intelligence instead.

The wearing of the mechanical armor was not as slow as he pretended it to be, this mechanical armor was made specially for his body, it was very strong in all aspects.

Of course, the cost of making it was equally high.

After wearing the mechanical armor, energy filled his entire body.

Ye Feng could not fight against so many people head on, these people would not reach him at the same time, against so many different individuals, if he was surrounded, he could not win.

These people were also stronger than those dwarves he fought in the past, because they were too close, he could not pull away and kite them as well.

"This is a little tough..." Ye Feng's gaze focused as he thought to himself.

He had another advantage in that the enemy did not know his strength!

Ye Feng quickly moved back while slashing his sword at the muscular man who was closest to him.

He did not know any sword skills or techniques, but when he faced the opponent head on, by wearing the mechanical armor, his strength was not weaker than any Bronze Knight.

This was already quite an understatement, for example, the muscular man in front of him came with much force but only managed to shook Ye Feng's body.

He could not even force Ye Feng back by one step.

"Be careful, he is very strong!" The muscular man took a step back and said before charging forward again.

His blade slashed horizontally, he had no fear towards Ye Feng who was clearly stronger.

This was not a solo battle after all, if Ye Feng could not kill him in one move, there would be nothing to fear.

"Heh..." Right now, three people had already gotten close to Ye Feng, but instead of retreating, he actually moved forward to stab at the enemy instead.

At the same time, a dagger appeared on his left hand as he slashed at the muscular man.

Right when the two weapons collided, Ye Feng used the explosive force of the mechanical armor to get around the enemy instantly as he used his right hand to stab a sword towards the muscular man's ribs.

Right through the heart, it was a fatal blow!

As the corpse fell to the ground, Ye Feng quickly moved back.

Because the dagger was only grazing the muscular man, he did not choose to avoid it but faced the attack directly so that he could exploit Ye Feng's weakness.

But that caused him to fall for a trap.

[Numbing Dagger]

Grade: Stage Five Middle-grade

Special Trait: When it comes into contact with an injury, lightning will enter the wound and cause numbness to the whole body.

This was the first time Ye Feng was using the Numbing Dagger, but the effect was great, slightly out of Ye Feng's expectations.

In a battle that was so intense, just a second of numbness could decide the victor.

The muscular man's instant death shocked the others.

They had first seen his arm getting grazed, evidently, it was because of this that he could not react in time earlier.

Ye Feng did nothing by himself, the situation was caused by that dagger.

Since his blood was red, it should not be poison.

Or at least, it had to be a very special poison.

Regardless, they had to be cautious against the dagger, after a momentary hesitation, the group charged forward again.

At the same time, several huge translucent wind blades slashed at Ye Feng.

These wind blades were the height of a human, if one got hit, even the mechanical armor would not be very useful, Ye Feng would either die or get heavily injured.

Earlier, Donaru had been chanting the incantation the entire time.

The wind blade was very fast and strong, it was larger than Ye Feng's fireball at least, but the sound of the wind was a huge detriment to its actual effects.

Even though Ye Feng did not see what was attacking him, after hearing the sound of the wind, he quickly rolled away from his original spot.

But before Ye Feng could catch a breather, another figure appeared behind him and stabbed towards his heart.

Even though Ye Feng could sense the enemy, it was clear that at this timing, he had no way of dodging.

At the crucial moment, Ye Feng quickly turned his body around, he wanted to use the mechanical armor to block the attack directly, even if it could not, he just wanted to avoid getting hit at any vital spots.

Stab!

The mechanical armor lived up to its reputation and was well worth the vast amount of materials spent making it, although the dagger penetrated it, it was quickly stopped only after moving a little.

Even if it could stab further now, Ye Feng had already reacted, the timing was lost.

Turning around, he slashed his longsword towards his back.

Ye Feng missed.

The dwarf-like man had already jumped back.

Seeing that his attack missed, Ye Feng did not hesitate to retreat, he jumped up to a tree.

"You guys are really sinister..." Ye Feng pulled out the dagger and looked at it: "Oh, a stage five inferior-grade, I will not stand on ceremony then."

This dagger was likely one of the few stage five weapons that the Odin clan had, of course, it could be his personal possession.

But that would be really sad for him.

"It is not a problem, we can get it back after dealing with you." Donaru saw that his attacks failed but he did not despair, he smiled instead: "As long as we capture you, everything will be ours."

"You guys are too much..." Ye Feng laughed and quickly left his original spot.

Several wind blades cut down the tree branch that he was on.

"Get reinforcements from the clan, we can't take him down on our own." Even though Donaru did not say a name, the dwarf-like man still left the place upon hearing that.

Ye Feng's armor was much stronger than they thought, because his weapon was taken, he would not be able to do anything to Ye Feng.

He was also the fastest among them, he was naturally the one to ask for reinforcements.

"You guys are shameless, you want to find reinforcements?" Ye Feng dodged an attack and seemed relaxed as he still had the mood to reply: "Attacking me with so many people but still asking for reinforcements, this is really too much."

Even though he spoke casually, Ye Feng also got more serious gradually.

He could barely deal with these people, but if reinforcements came, it would spell trouble.

"I have to admit, just the few of us are not able to deal with you." Donaru shook his head, he said without feeling embarrassed.

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Chapter 144: Getting Free

Donaru and the others were all experts, Ye Feng could not kill them all in such a short period of time.

"Even if I exert myself, I can only kill three of them at best and it would expend too much energy. If I can't resolve this in time and their reinforcements arrive while I am exhausted, this will be a problematic situation." Ye Feng was slightly worried and did not know what to do.

Even though he was having an easy time dodging their hits, it would be very hard to escape.

"Donaru is their only Magician, while they also only listen to his orders, it seems my target needs to be him." Ye Feng's expression turned sharp as he threw fireballs towards his enemies in a barrage.

These muscular men subconsciously blocked his attacks, although the fireballs were not very powerful, if they were not stopped, it would still be a troublesome situation.

Furthermore, because the fireballs appeared, they thought that Ye Feng was purposely obscuring their vision, they readied themselves for his counterattack.

But the perplexing thing was, none of them were attacked.

After the fireballs vanished, they looked at Ye Feng's location and saw that he had gone missing.

"Donaru!" Someone reacted and turned around while shouting.

"A pity that it is too late." Ye Feng had already arrived before Donaru, he pierced the latter's shoulder as he placed the dagger on his neck.

Not all Magicians had strong close combat skills like Ye Feng, even the most outstanding ones were only capable of protecting themselves, they were far inferior to Ye Feng.

Donaru wanted to resist when Ye Feng got close but he was simply too fast, there was no time to dodge before the Numbing Dagger grazed Donaru's skin.

"You won..." At this time, Donaru had already been freed from the numbing effect, he sighed and said helplessly: "What are you going to do now?"

If he could potentially defeat Ye Feng, there was a chance he would sacrifice himself, but the current situation was quite clear, they had no way of winning against him, it would be a pointless sacrifice.

And he had an important mission now to delay for time.

They had sent a member to seek reinforcements, if he could stall for time, the reinforcements might arrive in time.

No matter what, this was better than doing nothing, he would stall for as long as he could.

The reason why Ye Feng came after him was to save time, he would not let Donaru stall for time successfully.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. Consider it my thanks for sparing Avril." Ye Feng smiled, he knew that he had the initiative and control of the situation now.

He did not want to fall out completely with the Odin clan, and because Donaru was a decent guy, he did not intend to kill him.

"You have my thanks." Donaru said slowly: "So why are you holding me captive now?"

"Go back and tell them," Ye Feng said plainly, "I don't know why you want to target me, but you should know that I am hard to deal with. Continuing this will serve you no good, you can't get anything from me anyway."

"So let's stop it here."

Blake was currently in no danger, while Lamela was crippled by him, their grudges were settled. Furthermore, Avril was not injured, so currently, the best solution was to resolve this calmly.

Similar for the Odin clan, reconciliation was their best option.

If the Odin clan refused, Ye Feng would not be scared either.

Donaru nodded slowly, he seemed to be thinking of what to say now.

"Alright, I'll leave now." After saying this, Ye Feng had already left, being more than ten meters away from Donaru.

He had already said his peace, but he did not want to listen to Donaru and waste time in this dangerous spot.

But out of Ye Feng's expectations, once he left the forest, he saw Avril who was waiting for him outside.

Avril was hiding earlier, but after seeing Ye Feng, she ran out to join up with him.

"Avril? Why didn't you leave?" Ye Feng was a little surprised but he did not stop running, he continued to head towards the city alongside Avril.

"I am worried about you." Avril said.

Although she escaped earlier without hesitation, that was only because of the situation, how could she not be worried about Ye Feng's safety?

As Ye Feng controlled his speed, Avril was able to keep up with him.

"Forget it, the important thing is that you're safe, let's return to the Blacksmith Shop." Ye Feng sighed and stopped talking.

He still had to inform Tiffany and the Knight's Academy after returning, they were already safe.

...

While Ye Feng and Avril were happy about their escape, the Odin clan was having the opposite feeling.

"Is this Ye Feng really so strong?" Odin frowned deeply, he did not blame Donaru for this, he understood that this was not the latter's fault.

The biggest problem was that their Odin clan had underestimated Ye Feng, but who could have expected that so many experts were unable to capture him?

They had all underestimated Ye Feng's strength.

"That is correct." Donaru nodded with a solemn expression, he analyzed: "Ye Feng's combat strength is not outstandingly strong, but he is a Bronze Knight and Magician, there are no weaknesses that we can make use of."

"And most important, he is a Blacksmith, he has amazing equipment."

Donaru felt that Ye Feng was basically invincible among all Bronze Knights.

That was — if they fought openly without external influences.

"He wants to resolve the grudges between us?" Odin rubbed his chin and muttered: "That is not happening, he snatched our item, how can we let him off, nobody is allowed to offend our Odin clan!"

"We cannot spare this Ye Feng!"

After muttering for some time, he turned to Donaru and instructed: "Go and contact the people from the Blacksmith Guild, let them think of a way to deal with Ye Feng, ask them to find stronger experts and see if they can make a move. We cannot deal with Ye Feng using just our Odin clan's strength now, even if we succeed, the cost will be too high."

"Yes..." Donaru sighed to himself and lowered his head, acknowledging the order.

He did not want to be enemies with Ye Feng anymore, it was not that he was afraid of the latter, but it was simply not worth the effort or cost for the Odin clan to target him anymore.

Even if they won against him, they would only be wasting their own strength.

This was a lose-lose situation.

But he also understood Odin's temperament after years of serving him.

He could do nothing but follow the command and complete his mission.

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Chapter 145: New Equipment

After returning to the Blacksmith Shop, Ye Feng did not dare to let Avril be on her own, after they rested for a bit, he brought her to the Auction House and Knight's Academy to inform them that she had already been found.

"I'm glad that you're fine." A sparkle appeared in Tiffany's eyes after she saw Avril, she smiled and said: "You have to be careful from now on, don't let sister Avril get into danger again."

This was the first time she was meeting with Avril in person, even though she had heard of the latter many times in her conversations with Ye Feng.

However, the fact was that she had seen Avril before, it was just that they had not conversed before.

Hearing Tiffany's words, Ye Feng smiled to himself sheepishly but did not speak.

"Thank you." Avril bowed sincerely, she did not notice Tiffany's expression but she said: "Thank you for the help and concern."

Ye Feng had told her about the help that Tiffany provided, including the search that she went on, this made Avril feel very grateful.

How could a normal business partner be so concerned? Avril might think that something was up normally, but because the one saved was her, she only had gratitude in her heart.

"Don't worry about it, Ye Feng and I are business partners, I can't just watch as you get into trouble. Your safety concerns my benefits as well." Right now, Tiffany was a little flustered with embarrassment as she quickly explained.

In her perspective, this was just a small matter, she only had to send out a few people. But seeing Avril's seriousness, she felt a little stunned.

"Alright, that's enough from you two, we need to go to the Knight's Academy now." Ye Feng smiled and looked at Tiffany in a solemn manner: "I will remember this, thank you very much."

Be it for benefits or not, Tiffany had helped him greatly.

She had given him help in times of need, he was not an ungrateful person, he would definitely remember this.

"I'll wait for you to repay me then~" Tiffany returned to her usual behavior as she waved her hand: "Hurry up and go, I have important business to do."

After the two departed from Tiffany's place, they went to the Knight's Academy.

It was still the same vice-principal who met with Ye Feng.

He looked at Avril who was behind Ye Feng and sighed in relief before walking up to her and bowing deeply: "I apologize, it was our mistake that caused you to end up in such a predicament."

The vice-principal's action shocked Avril, she quickly grabbed his hand in panic.

Who was the vice-principal?

How could someone of such status bow to her?

"Don't be like this, you don't have to do this." Avril panicked a little and subconsciously looked towards Ye Feng.

But Ye Feng looked away like he did not see anything.

"Don't be like this... please..." Avril was caught between laughter and tears, she spoke in a gentle voice: "How can I blame the academy, the problem is that I am too weak. The Odin clan has such a huge influence in Aden City as well, if they want to target me, the academy cannot stop them."

She was speaking the truth from the bottom of her heart, as the person who was protected, she naturally knew how hard the academy had worked.

But like what she said, if the Odin clan really wanted to target her, even if she had a bodyguard at all times, they would still be able to succeed.

"Sigh, it was our fault." The vice-principal straightened his back and sighed deeply, he turned to the side and looked at Ye Feng: "Sir Ye Feng, we prepared a compensation gift for you, take a look and see if it is suitable."

This was decided by the higher-ups of the academy, helping to find her could not make up for their mistake.

"Compensation gift?" Ye Feng was stunned before shaking his head: "No need for that, I had troubled your academy to begin with."

He did not lack money, he did not need the so-called compensation, he was in a good mood now that Avril had returned safely.

"Regardless of whether you troubled us, since our student met with danger inside the academy, we need to bear the responsibility." The vice-principal shook his head, taking out a large amount of forging materials from his storage bag: "Please take a look, these are mostly stage five forging materials, they should be of use to you."

"This is too valuable." Ye Feng frowned slightly.

"Please keep them, this is the sincerity of the academy. How about this? Consider a part of the materials as your remuneration for teaching." The vice-principal smiled and said.

"...Alright, thanks for your generosity."

Ye Feng did not reject him in the end, these stage five forging materials were quite useful to him, it would be hypocritical to reject the offer.

He even had a plan on how to utilize these materials.

"I intend to forge the best equipment for you." After returning to the Blacksmith Shop, Ye Feng took out many stage five forging materials and looked at Avril: "Your equipment is not good enough, it was my mistake in judgment earlier, although the mechanical armor is an armor, you cannot wear it all the time."

Avril could not be protected all the time, he needed to raise her combat strength so that she could defend herself better.

"Okay..." Avril nodded, Ye Feng was an expert in this aspect, she would not speak out of line. Also, because this was Ye Feng's gift to her, she would not reject him.

"Let me think..." Ye Feng did not waste time, he thought to himself while forging: "I should place the emphasis on defense, weapons are easier to make, so I'll leave it to the end."

"What do you think about a tight fit inner armor?"

"Sure." Avril tilted her head while listening obediently, she had no objections to this, she believed that Ye Feng's creations were the best.

"Mm... in that case, we need to use a metal with great ductility, we will need special materials." Ye Feng muttered to himself and started searching around.

Even though these special materials were not high in grade and Ye Feng did not have a large collection of them, he still found some usable ones.

It was enough to make one armor, although these materials were important, they were not the main component, not much would be expended when forging.

"I need to carve some formations that make the armor comfortable..." Ye Feng muttered to himself, he was very serious when forging.

This forging attempt was not simple at all, if he was not serious, it would likely lead to failure.

Avril looked at Ye Feng's face dreamily, although she had seen this many times, each time she saw Ye Feng's serious attitude, she felt that he was very charming.

After confirming the overall design, Ye Feng stopped speaking, he started to forge the armor.

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Chapter 146: Retaliation

Even though some time was spent, Ye Feng still successfully forged a top tier set of equipment for Avril.

The weapon was naturally a stage five weapon that Avril was used to, although the defensive equipment was lower in grade, it could be worn on the body, while also being comfortable and soft.

The defense provided was decent too.

After thinking about it for some time, Ye Feng decided to go with Avril's idea and let her return to the Knight's Academy.

After all, if she stayed with him all the time, it would affect her own growth.

In fact, after this incident, the Knight's Academy would definitely raise their defenses, Avril would also be more alert, she would not go out on her own.

But thinking about it, after failing in this kidnap, the Odin clan would likely not use the same method again, it was too ineffective now.

After Avril settled down and he had no more worries left, Ye Feng started to make preparations to deal with the Odin clan. Even though he told Donaru to tell them that this was over, after seeing the Odin clan's actions, Ye Feng knew that they had no intentions to stop it here.

"Since you are unwilling to let me off, then I will play with you guys. Do you really think I am an easy target to bully?" Ye Feng was currently on the way to the Auction House, he wanted to look for Tiffany to think of a countermeasure.

The Odin clan had struck first, they even kidnapped Avril. Ye Feng had been kept on the passive side, but now that he had no more worries, he would not be a sitting duck.

If he did not teach them a painful lesson, the Odin clan would not give up.

"Why are you here now, don't tell me... you intend to make a move on the Odin clan?" Tiffany blinked as she guessed Ye Feng's intention.

"How did you guess it?" Ye Feng was curious, why did she not think that he was here to sell or purchase things?

He had not expected Tiffany to state his intention the moment they met.

"Avril was just rescued, I don't think you are in the mood to buy stuff." Tiffany sat on her chair and smiled: "Other than trading, what reason can you have to come here? It must be related to the Odin clan."

"I don't believe that you are someone who can endure this, the Odin clan kidnapped your girlfriend, why would you not retaliate?"

She had already guessed that Ye Feng would come, it was within her expectations that he would approach her for help.

"Alright, you are completely right. I am here to discuss with you a way to deal with the Odin clan." Ye Feng sighed and said: "I can't fight with them directly on my own, I can only use forging to think of a way."

"But the problem is, the Odin clan does not rely on forging as a business." Tiffany soon got into the mood as she spoke.

"No matter what business it is, as long as we are influential enough, we can still affect them." Ye Feng smiled, he had thought of this problem: "As long as I can monopolize the blacksmith industry, I can exert pressure and attack the Odin clan in other areas."

No matter which industry it was, as long as one had monopoly power, they would be able to influence others. This was especially true in a place like Aden City.

"In what way?" Tiffany felt curious now.

She knew about Ye Feng's abilities in forging, but no matter what, he was just one person. Even if he could produce high quality equipment, in terms of quantity, he could not match the Blacksmith Guild.

"I am not enough, but what if I have a huge dwarf tribe backing me up?" Ye Feng knew his weakness as a single person, but he was truly not alone.

Just because he was in Aden City alone did not mean he had no reinforcements.

"A large dwarf tribe?!" Tiffany's eyes lit up, she knew what this meant.

By relying on the dwarf tribe, as long as they reduced their benefits, they could gain power over Aden City's blacksmith industry.

"You really have an entire dwarf tribe at your command?" Tiffany asked uncontrollably.

Because of her cooperation with Ye Feng, if he really had a dwarf tribe's help, they would earn a lot of profits in this venture.

"They are not my subordinates." Ye Feng shook his head and smiled: "But they can give me all the support I need."

"That's enough!" Tiffany clapped her hands together: "We just need to discuss the details now, it will be much simpler to deal with the Odin clan, we can make sure that they suffer a lot of losses."

With the main details settled, the two discussed the matter quickly, they were going to use the dwarf tribe's production ability to dominate the market of Aden City, using this industry, they would influence all of the other businesses of the Odin clan.

After all, the Auction House did not just do auctions.

After deciding on it, information was quickly sent to the City of Chaos. Since Ye Feng was the one asking for help, Claude would not reject him, the entire dwarf tribe got to work as they started to forge equipment and supplied them to Aden City.

With the effort of the dwarf tribe, a large number of equipment went into Aden City, before the Odin clan even managed to react, the entire blacksmith industry was taken over and monopolized already.

Of course, the reason why they did not notice was also because the Odin clan was not involved in this business.

With the help of all these equipment, Tiffany started to use her methods to earn a fortune while also attacking the Odin clan's businesses.

"What is the situation?" Odin sat on the main seat and asked in a calm tone, but everyone could see the displeasure on his face.

"Our losses are not large now." Donaru said in a soft voice: "But all of our businesses have been affected, the influence is also rising, at this rate, we will suffer huge losses."

"Is it Ye Feng?" Immediately, Odin suspected that Ye Feng was the culprit, but he was just one person, he should not have been able to do this.

"It is him. We investigated and found that the equipment sold in the Auction House mostly come from Ye Feng, but we do not know about the source of these equipment." Light flickered in Donaru's eyes as he continued: "The Auction House is helping him in this matter, most of the attacks on our businesses are done through them."

"The Auction House is working with him? I remember the person-in-charge is Tiffany? The... person from the Capital City?" Odin rubbed his chin and muttered while in deep thought.

"That's right, she's from the Capital City."

"It will be simple if she is that Tiffany from the Capital City, we can ask the people from the capital to exert pressure on Tiffany's clan, we can force her to break her cooperation with Ye Feng." Odin snickered: "Without Tiffany and the Auction House's help, what will Ye Feng do?"

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Chapter 147: Escape

"I understand." Donaru nodded without hesitation, as the steward of the Odin clan, he had a lot of authority.

In fact, as long as the clan leader allowed it, he was allowed to do anything.

Thus, the steward of the Odin clan had to be absolutely loyal, otherwise, why would Odin give him such authority and trust?

As their own benefits were concerned, the Odin clan acted very quickly, and news soon reached Tiffany's clan.

When comparing a powerful force and a junior, anyone would choose to give up the junior, Tiffany was not a core person of her clan to begin with, they would not become enemies with the Odin clan just because of her.

"I'm sorry, Ye Feng, I can't help you anymore." Tiffany came to Ye Feng's Blacksmith Shop and apologized to him.

"Are you okay? What happened?" Ye Feng frowned slightly, immediately, he thought of whether the Odin clan had done something to her.

"No, I am not that badly affected, I have already gained a lot these days." Tiffany was stunned as she felt deeply moved.

Ye Feng's priority was actually her rather than their cooperation or if it would affect his attack on the Odin clan.

"That's good." Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief before asking: "So what happened exactly?"

"The Odin clan exerted pressure on my clan, they ordered me to stop helping you." Tiffany pouted and said in a soft voice: "I am really sorry, I cannot defy the clan's orders, it is my clan after all."

"I understand, don't worry." Although Ye Feng was a little dejected, he still showed a smile, although he had never encountered such a situation, he could understand her difficulties.

In the perspective of someone like Tiffany, the clan was her greatest support but also her greatest restriction, since she enjoyed the benefits of being in a clan, she was also unable to defy them.

"Mm." Tiffany nodded and smiled as she said: "If you need any help, you can look for me. I can help you out secretly if necessary."

"Thanks." Ye Feng nodded, although he said that, he thought to himself that he would not trouble Tiffany any further.

Since their cooperation was temporarily halted, Ye Feng went to inform Claude and the rest to stop sending equipment to him.

On this trip, he even brought some of the profits from selling these equipment back to Claude.

But unexpectedly to Ye Feng, he was ambushed along the way.

"Haven't you had enough from last time? You dare to attack me again." Ye Feng's expression was ugly, but he spoke in a powerful tone.

There was no helping it, he was quite flustered now, more than ten people were attacking him together, none of them were weak.

He could not resist all of them openly, but if it was a normal fight, he could still escape. But now, he got ambushed and these people encircled him, if he tried escaping, he would be exposing more weaknesses instead.

"Hehe, kid, why are you trying to scare us, no matter how strong you are, can you fight all of us at once? I'll let you know, you have no way of escaping today." A muscular man laughed sinisterly, he had not fought against Ye Feng before so he did not see how strong Ye Feng was despite hearing about it, but even then, he felt no fear.

There were more than ten people here, they could easily capture Ye Feng without getting harmed.

"Just the few of you? So what if you have an advantage in numbers, none of you are good enough." Ye Feng started to provoke them as he laughed.

Even though he seemed arrogant now, he was actually looking for weaknesses that he could use. But because they had not fought yet, no matter which direction he looked at, there were hardly any differences.

This was not far from Aden City, if he used all his strength, he might be able to get there. But if he fails, then he would be weakened and unable to resist these people.

Ye Feng felt a headache now, this was a really dangerous situation.

How did the Odin clan gather so many experts? This was pretty much the entire fighting strength of Aden City.

"Alright, let's not waste time, end this quickly." A short old man said sinisterly: "Accidents might occur if we wait, this is not far from Aden City after all."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded in agreement as they charged at Ye Feng.

They were not able to cooperate well, but with their absolute advantage in strength, they did not need to cooperate.

"There is no helping it, I can only think of a way to escape." Ye Feng held his weapon and charged towards the person who was in the direction of Aden City.

But out of everyone's expectations, four appeared from two directions as three of them charged towards the people who surrounded Ye Feng.

"Sir Ye Feng, leave first, we will block them for you." One of them quickly said.

"Alright." Although Ye Feng was confused, he used the opportunity to run, he could guess that they were sent by Tiffany.

According to logic, these four were not strong enough to block the Odin clan's people, but among them were Tiffany's closest aides, one of them was a Magician.

Even though Tiffany could not help Ye Feng directly, she had already sent people to spy on the Odin clan, because these people left to ambush Ye Feng without concealing their traces, she quickly found out about it.

Because she could not mobilize many people, she only sent four of her closest aides, even though these people would be recognized. But there was no helping it, she knew that Ye Feng was not the match of all these experts.

If she had enough time, she could disguise them, but there was no time to waste.

They had only gone to ambush him after Ye Feng left for a long time, if her aides went late, it would spell trouble.

The Odin clan was only targeting Ye Feng, because they did not want to bother with these four, they gradually approached Aden City as they fought.

Right now, Ye Feng had already gone missing while the four aides left. It was not hard for them to escape, after all, if they wanted to risk their lives, they could kill a few people in retaliation.

...

"Good, good! This Tiffany is belittling us." Odin smashed his cup and said coldly: "Let them continue exerting pressure on her, will she dare to oppose us and her clan?"

After returning, Ye Feng did not look for Tiffany, but to think that she went to find him on the second day.

"Tiffany, you must have sent those four to save me, thank you." Ye Feng invited her in and immediately thanked her.

"Of course I have to help you." Tiffany first smiled before showing a grim expression: "But I can't help you anymore, I need to return to my clan now."

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Chapter 148: Surge In Strength

"Why is that? Because you sent those four to save me?" Ye Feng understood the reason at once as he asked.

If not for this, the clan would not request for Tiffany to return immediately for no reason.

Normally speaking, it would be normal for the clan to recall her, but in the current situation, how could it not have to do with him?

"That's right, the Odin clan recognized them, but there is no helping it. It was too urgent then, there was no time for them to disguise themselves." Tiffany smiled bitterly: "The Odin clan has exerted pressure on my clan again, causing them to become unhappy so they asked me to go back."

She had already promised the clan not to help Ye Feng, now that she was exposed, she would be punished.

"Then you should hurry up and return, don't let your clan elders get more upset." Ye Feng sighed, he shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, I will be very vigilant and not let them ambush me again."

Such a feeling should not be experienced twice, he did not think that the Odin clan would be able to gather so many people, otherwise, he would have been much more vigilant.

"If you get ambushed by them again, nobody can save you." Tiffany smiled and instructed: "You are alone in Aden City now, you need to be more careful, try not to go against the Odin clan directly."

Even though she knew that Ye Feng was a reliable person, before leaving, she still felt an urge to remind him.

"I know." Ye Feng rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "I feel like I am too weak, I am going to lay low during this period and raise my forging ability and combat strength."

"You think you are weak?" Tiffany shook her head helplessly, she knew that Ye Feng was fighting against nine people at once.

He was a monster who came from somewhere, with such powerful forging skills and also combat strength, he was both a Knight and magic, he was simply capable of anything!

"I am too weak, otherwise, I will not need your aides to rescue me." Ye Feng shrugged and said as a matter of fact.

"Forget it, just be careful going forward." Tiffany smiled and got up: "I will leave first, who knows when we will meet again."

"I believe it will not take too long." Ye Feng sent Tiffany out as he said: "Goodbye."

"See you."

Ye Feng shut the door and went into his forge as he considered.

"I need to be careful now, without the help of others, as a single person, I cannot resist the entire Odin clan."

Ye Feng was confident but he was not a fool, how could he provoke forces that were stronger than him?

"But now, the Odin clan should be focusing on fixing their businesses, they will not attack me in this period of time. As long as I stay in Aden City, my safety should be assured."

"During this time, I need to raise my strength. Let's get to forging."

Ye Feng smiled and shook his head, he was someone who had a cheat, he had unlimited growth potential, even though others could not raise both forging ability and combat strength together, he was the opposite case, forging raised his strength.

During this period of time, his gains were not small, he had a lot of forging materials. Even if he locked himself up, he could still forge behind closed doors for a long time.

As he had insufficient strength, this was all Ye Feng could do, this was fine too, he felt that his bottleneck has loosened recently, he might be able to advance to the next level using this chance.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage five inferior-grade Blazing Flame Blade, you have obtained 7000 fire elemental points."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage four superior-grade Howling Wind Longsword, you have obtained 3000 wind elemental points."

...

A week passed, as Ye Feng expected, the Odin clan focused on fixing their businesses, they did not bother targeting Ye Feng.

Of course, Avril was safe in the academy as well, she did not meet with danger.

But after a week, without Ye Feng and Tiffany's influence, the Odin clan had already stabilized their businesses, they were restored to their previous state.

Although they suffered some losses, they could recoup these losses in a short time.

Even though Ye Feng did not leave his shop during this period, he could guess what had happened. But there was no helping it, he could not fight against the entire Odin clan now.

If he was said to be able to contend in terms of combat strength, then in the aspect of business, he was completely helpless without Tiffany.

He was just a single person without many connections in Aden City, he had been here for only a short period, he could not compare to the Odin clan which had been here for countless years.

It was too hard for one individual to resist an entire clan's foundation, unless he had strength that far suppressed them.

Ye Feng was not at that level yet.

But during this period of time, Ye Feng had a lot of gains, his strength was close to breaking through.

"I need to be serious in this forging attempt..." Ye Feng looked at his materials and started to forge carefully.

This time, he was challenging himself to make a stage five superior-grade weapon, of course, he could make ordinary stage five superior-grade weapons already, but he was using a special material now.

"Stage six material thunder rock and stage five rare material silver snake bone. I will make a whip this time, I hope I can succeed." Ye Feng started to melt the silver snake bone, he did not even dare to blink when the material started to change in shape.

"Huff... this is great."

After several hours, Ye Feng finally succeeded.

The moment this whip was forged, Ye Feng could feel the change in his strength.

He had advanced!

Abundant strength and magical energy filled his body, he felt that he could completely thrash his former self now.

"Let's see how this whip is."

[Thunder Snake Whip]

Grade: Stage Five Superior-grade

Special Trait: A whip that contains the power of lightning while being as flexible as a snake. When attacking enemies, the power of lightning will invade and destroy their body while the whip contracts around their body with increasing tightness.

"Not bad at all!" Ye Feng's eyes lit up, the Thunder Snake Whip was much stronger than he had expected, the rare material was not wasted!

Weapons like whips were very rarely used, after all, the weapon proficiency required was too high, but if it was used well, this whip was definitely more valuable than most stage five superior-grade weapons.

In any case, he did not lack money now, he could keep it until a suitable buyer appeared.

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Chapter 149: Taking Action Again

"What is the current situation?" Odin's mood had improved these days, because Ye Feng stopped causing trouble and only stayed in his Blacksmith Shop, the losses were being recouped and the damages were slowly fixed.

Earlier, he was greatly affected by Tiffany and Ye Feng's cooperation, but now that she was gone, Ye Feng was unable to do anything on his own, life became much easier.

"We've already made up for eighty percent of the losses that they caused, all the various markets are back in our control." Donaru stood beside Odin and reported.

As the steward, he had a clearer understanding of the Odin clan's affairs than Odin himself, after all, he was in charge of many things.

Right now, the two were strolling in the Odin clan's garden, when he was in a good mood, Odin would usually take a walk outside.

"Not bad at all, that Ye Feng is only capable of causing us small problems, but how can a person go against an entire clan?" Odin snickered in disdain, he looked at the huge garden as he said: "How can any random person come and provoke our Odin clan so easily?"

Donaru stood at the side and did not speak.

As the steward of the Odin clan, he only needed to do his job well, as for boot-licking, only others would attempt it.

Odin did not expect Donaru to answer anyway, he continued to walk around the garden.

"Clan leader, someone from the Blacksmith Guild is looking for you." Suddenly, a guard ran over to them.

When Odin was not in the house, the guards would be the ones to report to him.

The Odin clan had many guards, they were not as relaxed as the ones that Ye Feng saw in the Iron Hammer tribe.

These guards had considerable strength and kept going on patrols, there were no weaknesses in defense here.

As they had gone through tough training, they worked seriously at their job.

"Blacksmith Guild?" Odin frowned slightly, it was worth his time to meet someone from the Blacksmith Guild: "I got it, ask him to wait in the guest room."

"Yes!"

After the guard left, Donaru said to Odin: "This Blacksmith should be the one we hired to spread rumors about Ye Feng in the guild, during this period of time, he has also helped out to restore our businesses back to normal after Ye Feng's malicious attacks."

He was the one who organized this, he naturally remembered it clearly. More accurately, he would not forget most of the things that happened in the clan that he had handled.

"So that's it..." To speak the truth, Odin could barely remember this incident anymore, after all, the spreading of rumors had barely put a dent in Ye Feng's reputation, he had almost forgotten about it: "Then let's meet him and see what he wants."

The Odin clan did not have many businesses that were involved with the blacksmith industry, so even though that person was helping the Odin clan, he was not sure of what his contributions were.

Such matters were handled by his subordinates and Donaru, he only had to bother with the overall decision making.

In any case, the two of them had no urgent matters to attend to now, they went to meet that Blacksmith.

"Clan leader Odin." The Blacksmith greeted after seeing Odin, he got to the topic: "I have done a lot of things for you during this period, I had not slacked off at all, I completed every task that was assigned to me."

"So now, it is time to give me Ye Feng's forging techniques like you promised."

Odin had promised them this reward, but such a long time had passed without any sort of news from them.

Even the Odin clan could not take advantage of them like this, did they want to use their services for free?

Even though his actions were quite inconsequential, he had worked hard for it, at the very least, he had to be given some sort of compensation.

"Since we promised you, we will not go back on our word. But Ye Feng is still alive and well now, there is nothing we can do." Odin sat on his seat and said nonchalantly: "Look, if you had done a good job, we would have dealt with Ye Feng already, at the end of the day, this is all because you failed to do a good job."

He was not anxious to deal with Ye Feng now, after all, the latter could not run away. After this situation calms down, he could deal with Ye Feng all the same.

"You can't keep pacifying us with these words, you were the ones who decided what to do, if there was no effect from it, you can't blame us. Regardless, I hope you can fulfill your promise." The Blacksmith was not upset, he only said plainly: "Don't forget, I am not the only person waiting to get the forging techniques."

How could the Blacksmith Guild create such a storm with just him alone, they even bribed the rest.

If everyone caused trouble now, even Odin would be embarrassed.

This was problematic to both sides.

"I know, don't worry, my Odin clan is trustworthy." Odin waved his hand and said coldly: "You can leave now if there isn't anything else."

He did not want to lie to these people, but both attempts made against Ye Feng failed, there was nothing he could do.

And because their businesses had been restored in various sectors, the Odin clan did not make a move on Ye Feng in the meantime.

"I will leave now, I hope you can act quickly." The Blacksmith smiled and left, before leaving, he said: "Oh, if you need our help, as long as it is not too difficult, we can still provide help in an appropriate situation."

After saying that, he left. He was not weak and he was backed by the Blacksmith Guild, he was not afraid of the Odin clan.

He himself had no attachments as well, why would he be afraid of the Odin clan?

"Hmph, so arrogant." Odin looked at the leaving Blacksmith and said with a dark expression.

It was just some rude words, he would not kill the Blacksmith just for that.

It was a waste of energy to do so.

"Clan leader, what do we do now, are we really going to make a move on Ye Feng?" Donaru asked.

He did not agree to divert their attention to deal with Ye Feng during this time, but seeing Odin's reaction, it seemed like they were going to act now.

"Of course, since he said we can ask him for help, let's not waste the chance. Think of a way to use them to our advantage, let's use these Blacksmiths to get rid of that Ye Feng for good. We must teach him a lesson at least." Odin smiled, he said in a cold tone: "We have not avenged Lamela yet, we cannot let him off yet."

"I wanted to wait for some time before dealing with him, but since some people are anxious now, let's use them for our sake."

"Alright, I understand." Donaru nodded and said: "I will take my leave."

"Go ahead."

Chapter 150: Assassination

"How should I deal with the Odin clan?" After gaining a burst of strength, Ye Feng became very confident, of course, with his current strength, there was a basis to feel confident.

However, his strength was only sufficient to protect himself, he was still unable to attack the Odin clan directly, he could not match their collective force.

However, Ye Feng could not think of a good method now, he was strong in fighting and forging, but in other aspects, he was quite lacking.

"No, I need to continue laying low." After thinking for a while, Ye Feng smiled bitterly to himself: "I don't have a chance now, furthermore, it is too tough to fight an entire clan alone, the Odin clan even has influence in the Capital City as well."

"I am just one person, I am just too weak. That is unless I can find a good opportunity."

Ye Feng could only continue to forge now and raise his strength, after all, this situation was caused by the Odin clan, it was a good thing for him to have a peaceful life now.

No matter what scheme the Odin clan was planning, as long as it did not harm the people around him, Ye Feng would not care.

As for the 'grudge' they had with Avril and Blake, it was not a big issue, although they had to take revenge, they needed a suitable timing.

Revenge was a dish best served cold.

But Ye Feng did not expect that the Blacksmith Shop that had been quite empty for some time actually got visited by several Blacksmiths on this day.

Most of Aden City's Blacksmiths belonged to the Blacksmith Guild, ever since he came, because of all the rumors spreading around Aden City, many of these Blacksmiths came to spar with him.

Of course, most of them were here for that fictitious supreme forging technique that he was said to possess.

During the period when the Odin clan kidnapped Avril, no Blacksmiths came to spar with him. Most of those who wanted to come had already visited him, while the others were influenced by the Odin clan.

Seeing that the Odin clan was making a move, the rest did not dare to do anything.

But now, people actually came to find him. He was even familiar with two of them, they were members of the Blacksmith Guild, they had sparred with him in the past.

"What is the matter?" Ye Feng looked at the four people at the door in peculiarity.

He was familiar with two of them, they were from the Blacksmith Guild, as for the other two, Ye Feng had never seen them and could not confirm.

But looking at their physique, they did resemble Blacksmiths.

"Sir Ye Feng, we are here to ask you about matters regarding forging techniques, you won't reject us right?" The leader smiled and said sincerely.

"Hmm, then come in." Ye Feng showed an indiscernible frown but did not reject them, he let them in.

Although the exchanging of pointers of forging techniques depended on the person, most people were willing to converse and exchange knowledge, as long as their own core techniques were not leaked, interaction often led to more gains than losses.

Although Ye Feng was suspicious of these people, he could not reject them outright, after all, he had no evidence, he was just feeling a little strange because this was a sensitive time.

If these four were really here to exchange pointers, he would not reject them.

'I just have to be careful...' Ye Feng thought to himself as he sighed lightly, bringing them into his forging room.

"Then let's get to the point." Ye Feng nodded and stopped talking.

No matter what they wanted, as long as he exchanged pointers with them while staying vigilant, it would be fine.

"Of course." The Blacksmith from earlier smiled as he said: "These are our new disciples, they have just joined us, they are here to learn from our exchange."

The two at the back nodded obediently, they seemed quite innocent.

Ye Feng looked at them in suspicion but did not notice any flaws, they did seem like disciples and masters.

Shaking his head, Ye Feng got these thoughts out of his mind as he started to speak before his forge.

...

"I think that by raising the temperature when we assemble the equipment, the fusion process will become smoother." The leader frowned as he said.

Once they started the discussion, they quickly got into a serious state, if not so, their forging skills would not have reached such a stage.

"Your temperature is too high normally, even if you can fuse them together, there are some flaws in the materials." The other person spoke, although they came together, they were not from the same lineage, so they had their respective forging techniques.

"Guys, we can't be so narrow-minded..." Ye Feng felt a little helplessly as he urged them: "Although most of the materials are suitable for fusing at a higher temperature, it will destroy the special traits inside them. As for higher grade materials, although they are hard to destroy, the temperature required is also varied."

He was talking about ordinary materials, not the rarer materials.

After all, rare materials were often 'hard to deal with', some were very fragile while others were very tough or flexible.

"So what if the material is destroyed, wouldn't it be fine if the end product's power is not affected?" The Blacksmith was unwilling to relent.

"Actually, there is no point in discussing this matter for us, after all, the core idea is that the equipment should not be affected. There is nothing much to discuss." Ye Feng interrupted them, this was purely a personal issue, it had nothing to do with forging techniques.

Like that Blacksmith who wanted to use higher temperature, it would only make the fusion process easier, but the strength of the weapon would not change. At the same time, the material itself would be ruined so the weapon's lifespan would be greatly reduced.

This was not a problem for Blacksmiths, after all, when they made weapons, they would not know how long the weapon could last.

As long as it was powerful and useful, that was all that mattered for the user.

"You two, take a look at this blueprint, I obtained it recently, but I think the core is not normal?" The Blacksmith stopped arguing, after looking at the person beside him, he took out a blueprint and handed it to Ye Feng.

"Let me take a look." Ye Feng was quite curious about this, he took the blueprint and started looking at it with the other Blacksmith.

"An armor?" Ye Feng was drawn to this blueprint at first sight, this armor's forging method was quite extraordinary.

But he did not notice that the Blacksmith who was beside him had taken out a dagger at some point.

The other three also noticed the Blacksmith's action, they tensed up but did not look at Ye Feng to not draw his attention.

'Hehehe, he is done for...' The Blacksmith's lips curled into a smile as he stabbed at Ye Feng's waist.

But at the next moment, his expression froze.

Clank...

This was not the sound of a dagger stabbing into flesh.

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Chapter 151: Instant Kill

This was the sound of metals clashing.

From what he felt, the dagger did not stab into Ye Feng's body, it came into contact with another hard material and was forced to slide off.

Ye Feng was wearing protective armor!

Once the Blacksmith developed such a thought, another thought soon followed: 'Oh no!'

He had not thought that Ye Feng would be this vigilant, or rather, they knew that Ye Feng would be vigilant but they did not think that his defense was so tight.

This armor was at least stage four! He could not even forge it with his own abilities.

He was not strong personally but his dagger was stage four superior-grade. Yet, his strength was not sufficient to break Ye Feng's defense as he could not reach Bronze Knight level strength.

"Oh? What is the meaning of this?" Ye Feng turned around and smiled while looking at him.

He was actually very suspicious of these four people, he could not be certain of their true agenda. After all, they had all interacted with him like genuine Blacksmiths.

And because Ye Feng knew that they were Blacksmiths in reality, he was not very alert against them.

Even though he was not guarded against them, when making equipment for Avril, he had not forgotten about himself.

After he finished Avril's equipment, he also made an inner armor for himself, it was not as comfortable as Avril's, but the defense was quite amazing.

As long as he was not sleeping now, he would wear the armor. Although it was not comfortable, because it was not bulky, it did not interfere with his daily forging sessions.

With his strength, this inner armor was of no burden to him, it was not a heavy piece of equipment anyway.

"Sir... Sir Ye Feng, listen to my explanation." The Blacksmith raised his head and smiled awkwardly.

But once he spoke, he heard the sharp sound of the wind.

Ye Feng knocked him out instantly, this was just a greedy Blacksmith, it was fine to spare his life. After dealing with the Odin clan, this person would not pose any threat to Ye Feng anyway.

Once Ye Feng had such a thought, he immediately turned around after knocking out the Blacksmith, targeting the two 'Blacksmith disciples'.

After getting attacked, he understood that the Blacksmiths had allied with the Odin clan, this was a plan that was simple but hard to predict.

Two genuine Blacksmiths brought two experts disguised as disciples to come and assassinate him.

Honestly speaking, if that disciple was swapped with a powerful Bronze Knight who had a stage five dagger, he might have succeeded.

But Ye Feng could easily tell if someone was a Blacksmith, in Aden City, there were no experts who fit this criteria.

Their objective was most likely to deceive him mainly. After all, if they got discovered, this plan would fail. By using a real Blacksmith, although it could fail because they were weaker, that was better than letting Ye Feng become suspicious.

"You are quite daring, just the two of you dare to come and attack me." Ye Feng smiled coldly and raised his fist at them.

These two did not seem to want to fight against Ye Feng, one of them went against his fist and dodged it with an agile movement.

Next, he attacked Ye Feng while the other person picked up the Blacksmith who had fainted.

The other Blacksmith had left long ago.

They were only in charge of bringing these two here to lower Ye Feng's vigilance, if there was a chance, they would sneak attack him. But if they had to fight him head-on, either would leave immediately.

Although the two experts had never fought against Ye Feng, they had an understanding of his strength, they would not waste too much time fighting against him.

In this narrow space, Ye Feng could not use his magic well, they were confident of stalling him in a drawn out fight. But because there was no way to win, this was pointless, they only wanted to escape with the Blacksmith.

"Let's go!" The other person carried the Blacksmith and shouted while trying to leave.

But how could Ye Feng let them go so easily?

He was not someone who would take this lying down!

"You want to leave? Not so easy!" Ye Feng snorted coldly, he punched while the other person was focused on leaving.

At the same time, the Numbing Dagger appeared in his left arm as he slashed at the enemy's neck.

If this was the old Ye Feng, the enemy would be able to block it. But Ye Feng had gotten much stronger now, after resisting his fist, the enemy felt an unstoppable force and almost got sent flying.

Undoubtedly, he took several steps back from the intense force.

In this process, he could not even react before Ye Feng's dagger killed him instantly.

The difference in strength was too high. Ye Feng did not even waste much stamina on him, he looked at the door and did not intend to chase the rest, he knelt down to deal with the corpse.

This was the absolute difference in strength, without any special methods to counter him, with just an overwhelming speed and strength, it was not hard to instantly kill the enemy.

After dealing with the corpse, Ye Feng looked at his forge and shook his head in pity, the blueprint seemed to have been taken by the escaped Blacksmith.

It was true that Ye Feng did not discover when the blueprint got taken, they were quite formidable. Ye Feng thought about this as he shook his head, removing his inner armor and lying down in bed.

He had thought that the Odin clan was too busy with their businesses recently to care about him, but to think that they still sent an assassin at him.

Even though Ye Feng was furious, there was nothing he could do. He was just one person while the Odin clan was an entire force, although it was difficult to kill him, they could easily create problems for him.

What if they managed to kill Ye Feng during one of these attempts? It was possible.

People get tired eventually.

'No, I cannot let this go on...' Ye Feng frowned, he felt that he could crumble at this rate.

Without Tiffany, he could not do anything to the Odin clan.

Ye Feng let out a deep breath and made a decision in his mind.

He was going to utilize his network.

The truth was, Tiffany was not the only person who helped him to sell equipment that impacted the Odin clan.

These Auction Houses were mostly backed by their respective forces, they were not afraid of the Odin clan. As long as they received sufficient benefits, they could do anything.

Of course, as businesses, they were trustworthy and reliable in transactions.

But that was just in comparison, without a middle person like Tiffany, these businesses could only be trusted to a certain degree.

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Chapter 152: City Lord

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When Ye Feng worked with Tiffany earlier, he had sold the equipment that the dwarf tribe made. That could bring them some revenue while also giving Tiffany the support to tackle the Odin clan.

But now that Tiffany was no longer around, he did not want to let the dwarf tribe continue with this. It brought too many benefits to the various Auction Houses, and because they had given him all their forged equipment, the City of Chaos was starting to lack their own equipment already.

Compared to the Auction House in the City of Chaos, his relationship with the one in Aden City was not as tight.

Except for Tiffany of course.

But this time, he intended to auction the large number of high quality equipment, including many stage five weapons. Before the Odin clan fully recovered in all their businesses, this should have quite the impact.

After all, his equipment were much better than those made by others, there was no competition for equipment of the same level.

Of course, he still needed the dwarf tribe's help, but he would reduce his dependence on them.

After deciding on this, Ye Feng did not hesitate to think of a measure while he prepared to contact the Auction Houses and the dwarf tribe.

Due to their earlier cooperation, he had learned some skills from Tiffany. Although he was not an expert, he would not get fooled by the Auction Houses at least.

Even though it was unlikely that the Auction House would try to deceive him, he had to keep up his guard.

What if the Auction House was related to the Odin clan?

Although they could not do anything openly, they could still create problems which did not break the rules secretly to hamper him.

They were experts at such things.

...

Because Ye Feng brought out a large number of equipment in this period of time, although the cost was quite high in Ye Feng's perspective, he still succeeded in dealing a blow to the Odin clan.

If it were the old Odin clan, they would be harder to deal with, but now, the Odin clan was too busy trying to recover. They simply could not afford the time to counter his actions.

Not to mention that they were much more inferior to Ye Feng in terms of forging ability.

"Sir Ye Feng, the City Lord would like to invite you to his manor."

Once he returned to the Blacksmith Shop, Ye Feng looked at the two people who visited him, thinking that they might be assassins sent by the Odin clan to kill him.

These two were not wearing uniforms of the City Lord Manor, he did not recognize their identification documents either—there was no way to make sure.

No matter how good their attitude was, it did not matter. The two Blacksmiths from earlier were polite as well.

Seeing Ye Feng's suspicions, one of them did not know whether to laugh or cry as he replied: "Sir Ye Feng, we understand your suspicion. But think about it, how can we try to assassinate you in broad daylight?"

"The City Lord wants to meet you secretly, we can't come here in uniform, furthermore, a uniform can be fake too."

Ye Feng thought about it for a while before looking at them and nodding: "Alright, I'll go with you."

They were not wrong about it, there was no way they could act in broad daylight. Also, if they led him on the wrong way, Ye Feng could escape immediately.

Without any ambush, these two were simply unable to threaten an alerted Ye Feng.

But they brought him to the City Lord Manor in the end.

"Sir Ye Feng, we will enter from the side entrance." The person leading the way spoke softly to Ye Feng whose face was concealed under a hat.

The hat was their idea, Ye Feng did not mind such a thing. The City Lord was a neutral party, he could be trusted to some degree.

But before coming, he still wore his mechanical armor and prepared to escape at any moment.

Right now, he was extremely vigilant. In fact, if this was not the City Lord's first invitation, he would not want to come here.

"Hello, Sir Ye Feng." The City Lord was much younger than Ye Feng had expected, he was around thirty years old and looked quite amicable.

"Hello." Ye Feng shook hands with him. Although the City Lord was gentle, Ye Feng could feel a huge pool of strength dominant in his body.

Seeing that there were no issues, Ye Feng still did not let down his guard, he asked: "What is the matter?"

"What else? Your conflict with the Odin clan." The City Lord laughed as he let go and went to sit down: "You are opposing the Odin clan as a single person, aren't you afraid that they will kill you?"

"Why should I be afraid? I am a Blacksmith who has painstakingly forged equipment for Aden City, won't the City Lord ensure my safety?" Ye Feng laughed as he sat down too.

"Hahaha, you are quite right." The City Lord shook his head: "In that case, you need to work hard and forge."

"Of course." Ye Feng smiled as he replied while squinting.

He understood what the City Lord meant, but it was worth forging equipment for the City Lord in exchange for safety.

He would not make any losses anyway, the forging attempts would even raise his own strength.

"I've already understood the situation, the Odin clan has gone overboard. All these years, they have caused a lot of problems in Aden City, they gave me quite the trouble." The City Lord sighed as he said helplessly: "But they are supported by the Capital City, there is nothing I can do to them openly. It will be great if you can be the one to deal with them."

"If I can deal with them, will you provide me with help?" Ye Feng squinted and asked solemnly.

"How will you do that?"

"Simple, I'll attack them!" Ye Feng smiled: "You cannot do anything because of the force backing them, but I can. I can directly attack the Odin clan and kill all of their higher-ups."

"Are you able to do that?" The City Lord frowned, the guards of Odin clan were not weak, although Ye Feng was not weak as a Bronze Knight, he was not good enough.

"Have a feel of this."

Ye Feng stood up as a powerful aura swept across the room, several guards took a few steps back subconsciously, they raised their weapons in alertness.

"This too." Ye Feng saw that the City Lord had asked his guards to step down as a fireball appeared in his hand.

While the fireball burned silently, its deep color and the distorted air around it showed that the fireball was extremely powerful.

Even though it was some distance away, the City Lord could feel that it had an incredible temperature and explosive power.

"Good, good, this should suffice!" The City Lord was sure now that Ye Feng was the strongest person in Aden City: "If you need help, come and find me, I will supply you with manpower."

"All I need is information." Ye Feng chuckled: "This can prevent you from getting exposed too."

The truth was, he still felt some suspicion towards the City Lord. But if the City Lord gave him the information he needed, he could deduce if the City Lord was fishy or not.

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Chapter 153: Wedding News

"Heh, you are simply too weak." Ye Feng grabbed Odin's neck and snickered coldly.

The City Lord was quite reliable, the information that he provided was accurate.

In fact, he even found a chance to ask Odin out after some planning.

Odin knew about Ye Feng's strength, so even when he was in Aden City, he did not lower his guard. He had many guards around him, after all, Ye Feng was alone now, he could try to assassinate Odin in broad daylight.

He did not dare to risk his safety by trusting that Ye Feng would be logical.

Using this chance, Ye Feng sneaked into the Odin clan and killed all their higher-ups before he returned, he also laid an ambush for Odin.

After tossing Odin's corpse aside, he immediately left.

Other than the City Lord, nobody knew that he was the culprit, there was no evidence at least. But if he was caught, even the City Lord could not defend him, openly killing someone in the city was a huge crime.

But the Odin clan did not have friends in Aden City because of their attitude, so with the City Lord's help, nobody came out to accuse Ye Feng of this.

By the time anyone came to investigate it, they would be too late.

The City Lord was not without his own backers. Although the City Lord would make some losses in this situation, it was nothing compared to the fact that they got rid of the entire Odin clan, as well as gaining Ye Feng's cooperation.

...

After the Odin clan was destroyed, Ye Feng's life finally became relaxed again. Although many people suspected that he was the culprit, what could they do to him without any evidence?

The few Blacksmiths in the Blacksmith Guild who cooperated with the Odin clan also quickly escaped from Aden City.

Although they were members of the Blacksmith Guild, meaning that Ye Feng would not take action against them normally, he was a ruthless person who wiped out the Odin clan. If he suddenly thought of them and wanted to take revenge, they simply could not resist him.

After all, they could not stay in the Blacksmith Guild forever. Ye Feng could kill the entire Odin clan without making a commotion, they were much easier to deal with.

They were afraid of Ye Feng so they left Aden City, but naturally, there were those who did not fear Ye Feng and approached him.

"You are Ye Feng?" With a loud sound, the door of the Blacksmith Shop was forced open.

"Which fool is this?" Ye Feng frowned as he walked out, he looked at the few people who barged in and asked: "What do you want? Trouble?"

"You are Ye Feng? You don't seem impressive though?" The leader was a short man, he had a common face but his expression was arrogant and proud, he had a very punchable appearance. The man asked: "Hey, are you the one who killed the members of the Odin clan?"

"How could I have done that?" Ye Feng suddenly laughed, for some reason, he felt that this person was quite simple-minded: "Look at my small arms and legs, I can forge but how can I kill anyone?"

He could tell that these people were not native to Aden City, they did not have an understanding of the situation.

All he had to do was lie, even if they had heard rumors in Aden City, they would not believe those stories.

"Looks like it to me... I'm not sure why they said you're the killer too." The person nodded in agreement, he seemed to have agreed with Ye Feng: "Then do you know who did it? You have some enmity with the Odin clan, you must know something."

Because of the rumors, he came to Ye Feng first, he had no knowledge of the situation in Aden City.

"You can't say that, go ask around in Aden City, there are many enemies that the Odin clan had made, you can't say that everyone is involved right?" Ye Feng started to spout nonsense, he did not have to think to say these things: "I have been forging in my room the entire time, I have no idea what happened."

Ye Feng could tell that these people were related to the Odin clan, even though he did not know why they were asking useless questions, he still cooperated with them. They might be the ones from the Capital City backing the Odin clan that Tiffany mentioned.

The interesting thing was that the people who were standing behind started to frown, they seemed like they could not listen to this conversation anymore.

Evidently, the leader had high status and they did not dare to interrupt him.

"Is that so... fine." The person nodded before turning his head slightly: "I'll let you know, the Odin clan is related to us, since you have grudges with them, you are our enemy. If you want to live, you only have one option, that is to surrender and forge for us."

He had an arrogant attitude, in his perspective, everyone in Aden City were commoners, the fact that he was speaking to them was already their honor.

'So they are the ones behind the Odin clan after all, hehe, this person is quite interesting,' Ye Feng thought as he smiled.

"Forget about it, I am used to staying in Aden City, I do not want to leave."

"That is not up to you, I decide whether you come or stay!" The person said with an imposing aura: "If you reject me, we will bring you by force."

As he said that, several people stepped forward and prepared to take action.

"Are you sure?" Ye Feng was tired of acting now, he took a step forward and swept his aura towards them.

The experts were still fine but the leader was cleared flustered, he was quite a weak person but he could tell that Ye Feng was stronger than them.

Most regrettably, he did not bring many experts on this trip.

"Are you sure you want to oppose us?" Evidently, his tone had started to change.

"I am not opposing you, but you are forcing my hand." Ye Feng said plainly, he had a cold tone: "Since you want to bring me away by force, I will also try to see if I can make you stay here for good."

"Fine, you're Ye Feng right? I'll remember you! You'll regret this in no time!" The person said this before turning around to leave resolutely, he shouted: "Let's leave!"

After knowing that the enemy was stronger, he would not stay for further humiliation.

"Heh, boring." Ye Feng shook his head and went back to his shop, he had to repair the door now.

Regarding the enemy's threat, he was not worried, if this was the Capital City, he might be in danger, but this city was far away, would they waste so much resources and time on a single person?

...

This was just a tiny event, Ye Feng soon forgot about it and went back to his blacksmith life.

But he could not stay happy for long, his plain life was not going to last much longer.

Information from the Capital City broke his peaceful life.

Tiffany was getting married, her fiancé was the eldest son of the Miller clan in the Capital City, Kevin Miller.

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Chapter 154: Heading to the Capital City

After hearing of this, Ye Feng went to the City Lord Manor immediately.

After getting rid of the Odin clan, his relationship with the City Lord improved greatly. They had no need to conceal anything now, their cooperation was out in the open.

It was a logical thing for the City Lord Manor to work with an exemplary Blacksmith, this was nothing strange.

They had secretly met earlier to hide from the Odin clan, but now that the problem was resolved, there was nothing left to hide. The ones behind the Odin clan would not exert so much effort here.

After all, the City Lord was involved in this, and at a place like Aden City, investigation would take too much manpower.

"Sir Ye Feng." The guards recognized Ye Feng, after seeing him, they immediately greeted.

There were only a few groups of guards in the manor, after coming for a few times, Ye Feng became familiar with them.

Ye Feng was currently quite famous in Aden City, in fact, because he cooperated with the City Lord, many people in Aden City knew about his existence.

"There's an urgent matter, I'll have to meet the City Lord now." Ye Feng did not know why he was so anxious, but he felt an urge to find out what was going on.

"Don't worry, please go in." Ye Feng's frequent visit during this period of time made it easy for him to get inside.

But the truth was, even if they fought, nobody could stop him, the guards were only meant to alert the City Lord.

But if he wanted to go further in, he would need to get someone to call the City Lord. It was not a matter of safety, but the City Lord could simply be busy or attending to guests and could not be disturbed.

The guest would not know where the City Lord was either, a servant needed to lead the way.

"Sir Ye Feng, the City Lord is waiting for you in the study room."

But Ye Feng was slightly surprised to know that the City Lord seemed to be anticipating his visit.

Thinking about it, this information was given to him by the City Lord, he should know that Ye Feng was concerned about it. Thus, he only had to inform his servant to bring Ye Feng to the study room.

This was quite logical.

Ye Feng quickly went into the study room.

Regarding the common areas of the City Lord Manor, he was already quite familiar with the layout.

"Oh, Ye Feng, you've arrived." The City Lord raised his head and looked at Ye Feng who entered, he smiled and said: "Take a seat."

He was not busy now, he was not surprised by Ye Feng's visit as well.

"City Lord..." Ye Feng sat down and was about to ask about Tiffany's matter when the City Lord interrupted him.

"You want to know about the matter regarding Tiffany's wedding?" The City Lord smiled as he asked, he looked towards Ye Feng with a meaningful gaze.

"Uh, yeah." For some reason, Ye Feng's face turned red but he still asked: "What is going on? There was no information about this earlier."

The City Lord's gaze made him feel uncomfortable, although he did not understand why, he could see some feelings of mocking in the City Lord's eyes.

"You act like you have a wide source of information." The City Lord looked at Ye Feng while internally rolling his eyes. This guy was not related to any force in the Capital City, how could he have learned of the information there. Regardless, he still answered: "The news has been out for some time, except that it was just confirmed earlier."

"Don't worry, I've already asked around for you, it is as you think, Tiffany is forced to do this."

It was natural that he knew what Ye Feng was thinking of, otherwise, he would not have collected the information.

If not for Ye Feng, who would care about a wedding in the Capital City, it was enough to know of this as a passing thought.

"What do you mean by 'it is as you think'..." Ye Feng muttered softly.

"It is quite normal that Tiffany's clan arranged this marriage for her, after all, an individual's own preference does not matter compared to the clan." The City Lord did not listen to Ye Feng's murmurs, he said solemnly: "The Miller clan is not weak, there are great benefits in being allied to them."

"Mm... this is all the information I have, I don't have anything more specific."

It was already a huge deal that he provided the information to Ye Feng.

"Thank you." Ye Feng stood up and did not speak anymore, he left after saying goodbye.

The City Lord looked at Ye Feng who was leaving as he shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"The life of young people..."

...

After returning to the Blacksmith Shop, Ye Feng did not have any mood to forge, he lay in bed and looked at the ceiling in a daze, hallucinating to himself.

"Will that young master give Tiffany happiness?"

"Is that young master handsome?"

"Did Tiffany cry when she heard about this?"

"How does Tiffany look like when she cries?"

"Are there many people in the Capital City?"

"What am I thinking!" Ye Feng sat up and shook his head intensely, trying to shrug off these useless thoughts.

"Why can't I accept this..." Ye Feng hugged his head and lowered his back, he shut his eyes while feeling some pain internally.

Scenes of his interaction with Tiffany started to surface in his mind.

When Tiffany spoke to him by his ear...

When he saw Tiffany playing with her hair in her room...

When Tiffany smiled and said she could get help...

When Tiffany was dejected and said she was leaving...

"No! I cannot accept this!"

Ye Feng raised his head and as the firm determination in his gaze was restored.

Although he did not say it out loud, it was undeniable that there were emerging feelings between him and Tiffany! He could not let her marry someone who she did not love!

"I'll go to the Capital City!" Ye Feng took a deep breath and jumped out of bed.

"Since I've decided, I need to act fast!"

Ye Feng muttered softly to himself.

He did not need to pack anything, he just needed to tell some people about this before he left.

For a Blacksmith, he could get forging materials from anywhere in the world.

Like this, Ye Feng decided to leave Aden City on the day itself and head for the Capital City.

But because Ye Feng was anxious now, he did not notice that there were several assassins trailing behind him.

Thankfully, Ye Feng had been vigilant ever since the conflict with the Odin clan, he had been wearing his inner armor all along.

When the sword stabbed towards him, Ye Feng realized it slightly late but his inner armor managed to block the attack.

The truth was, Ye Feng could detect them with his current strength, but he was simply too anxious and worried, he did not think of checking the surroundings.

"You are too much." Ye Feng looked at these five assassins who surrounded him coldly, he said with an icy tone: "You could have attacked at any time, but you chose to interrupt me now!"

"Even if you really want to die, this is not the way to do it."

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Chapter 155: Arriving at the Capital City

The five assassins showed no reaction to Ye Feng's words that were filled with killing intent, after a momentary pause, the five of them charged towards him.

"I guess you've chosen death!" At this time, Ye Feng did not think of holding back, these were five professional assassins, he could not get any information from them.

They might not even know the details of the person who hired them.

But Ye Feng had not intended to spare them, because he was in a state of anger, he could not be concerned with such things.

He used his full strength from the start, he stabbed towards the assassin in front of him while squatting down and pushing forward, attempting to get out of their encirclement.

Against absolute strength, the assassin could not react in time before he was stabbed in the heart by the sword.

Afterwards, Ye Feng turned around and sent four lightning bolts at the assassins, just because he used fireballs did not mean he could not use other spells. The reason why he did not try other spells was because the fireballs were very useful and there was no need for them.

Trump cards were meant to be hidden, moreover, when Donaru and the others surrounded him, he could not do anything even with this spell. It was simply better to save it for another situation.

Afterwards, when he was ambushed and almost caught, he had to use other spells to fight. But because of Tiffany's interference and help, he did not have to use them.

In any case, these five assassins were going to die, nobody would leak the information.

To speak the truth, having not used the other spells for such a long time, Ye Feng had almost forgotten that he was an all-rounded Magician.

The four assassins did not expect that Ye Feng could unleash lightning bolts, they were immediately hit and heavily injured after getting caught unguarded.

Ye Feng had not used lightning spells for too long, by now, the power of such spells had already risen immensely.

Ye Feng's spells were just too strong now, these Bronze Knight assassins were not his match. They were not skilled at frontal assault anyway, it was even worse against Ye Feng who surpassed them in strength.

"I'm sure none of you have anything else to say, let's end this here." Ye Feng looked at the four assassins who had smoke rising from their bodies, he said coldly: "I don't want to waste any more time."

As he said that, four fireballs flew out and killed them all.

Under such injuries, the assassins had no way to dodge the attack.

Ye Feng frowned slightly before continuing on his journey to the Capital City.

"These assassins are too troublesome. Logically speaking, the person who wants to kill me should know about my strength, why would they send such weak assassins who I can easily beat?" Along the way, Ye Feng considered the peculiarity of the situation.

'No, I need to change my route...' Ye Feng took out the map and went on another route towards the Capital City, because it was the central core of the entire country, there were too many routes that led to the city.

Ye Feng did not want to encounter more assassinations anymore, whether it was for safety or to save time.

He chose another route that was not too far from the original one, but it was much safer instead.

Unless of course, the enemies sent assassins along every single road.

That was nearly impossible, but if they did that, Ye Feng could do nothing about it but admit his bad luck.

The price to do that was just too high, Ye Feng was not worth it. These assassins who attacked earlier must have followed him from the city.

After all, Ye Feng's decision to go to the Capital City was made on the same day. Unless the person had a close understanding of his relationship with Tiffany, who would think that he was going to the Capital City now?

Of course, this was barring those with predictive abilities.

...

His following journey was much more peaceful, even though he detoured, he was only six hours later than intended.

The security of the Capital City were not as strict as he thought, after taking some money and confirming Ye Feng's identity, they let him in.

Now was not a special time, so what if anyone tried to sneak in?

With the strength of the Capital City, they could easily suppress any troublemaker.

Ye Feng observed the surroundings with a casual gaze, the Capital City was the core of the country, it was much more vibrant than Aden City. Be it the Blacksmith Shops, Auction Houses, or even hospital and shops, they were all large businesses.

During normal times, Ye Feng might want to roam around and explore the city to find things he wanted to buy, but now, he did not have the mood.

He did not look for Tiffany rashly, instead, he found a place to stay and rested first. Although most of the journey was spent riding on a transportation tool, it did not mean that he was not tired.

Ye Feng found a nice place to stay, although ten gold coins were not much to him, for a normal family, it was too luxurious to rent a place for ten gold coins.

But Ye Feng did not care now, he was rich anyway, it was ridiculous not to spend on himself.

After resting and eating something, Ye Feng left the house and went to search for clues regarding Tiffany.

He was much calmer now, he knew that this could not be rushed, he decided to collect information.

But he was just one person, he was too insignificant against two huge clans.

Although Ye Feng did not enjoy going out, he still had his common sense, he was quite knowledgeable about ways to gather information.

All he had to do was to find places with many people, Ye Feng looked around the street.

He decided to go to the tavern.

Once he entered the tavern, the sound of talking and the smell of alcohol assaulted his senses, it was evening now so the place was quite packed.

This was the first time Ye Feng had visited such a place, he frowned slightly but did not show much of a reaction. The tavern was quite clean, there was no other weird smell except alcohol.

"Sir, is this your first time here?" Once Ye Feng got to the counter, the bartender smiled and asked.

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded, he did not feel strange that the bartender asked this, simply because his reaction when he entered was quite obvious.

He was a stranger to such places.

But this was nothing strange, Ye Feng looked decent and had tanned skin, his muscles were bursting with energy due to his forging sessions, nobody would find trouble with him if they were sensible.

"I'll recommend you this southwood ale, although it is a type of beer, it has a fragrant and intense flavor, most people will order it when they come here."

"I'll have it then." Ye Feng said nonchalantly, he sat at the counter directly.

In this rowdy environment, it did not matter where he sat.

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Chapter 156: Meeting

The gains that Ye Feng had in this tavern was quite expected, although there was a lot of information in this noisy place, there were few actual useful ones.

Others might have better gains, but Ye Feng was here mainly for Tiffany's marriage news, even if there were other useful things, he did not care.

For the current him, Tiffany's situation was the most important thing, everything else did not matter.

But thankfully, he still got some news about Tiffany's marriage, although the details were not specific, it was enough for him.

There was still some time until the wedding ceremony, he was not in a rush, but that did not mean he could relax now.

"I need to get more information during this period, I can't do anything yet." Ye Feng rubbed his temples and headed to the next location.

...

Two days passed quickly, Ye Feng became quite familiar with the Capital City. Now, he was preparing to attend a large auction.

The truth was, he did not need to look for information regarding this auction house, many people were talking about it recently.

It was quite a rare event as there were many valuable things getting auctioned, Ye Feng did not lack funds anyway, he could easily attend the auction.

The reason why he was attending this auction was because of Tiffany. According to what he knew, many of the clans in the Capital City were attending it, including the Miller clan that Tiffany's fiancé was part of.

He was unclear of whether Tiffany's clan was attending it, but since the Miller clan was confirmed to be going, it was likely that Tiffany would be there too.

Although it was unlikely, Ye Feng felt that it was worth trying his luck. In any case, even if Tiffany was not there, there was no loss in going to the Auction House.

But this time, he did not have a private room like in Aden City. To be honest, although everyone wore a mask, if one was familiar with you, the mask was completely useless.

This time, although Ye Feng was not in a private room, he could still see the entire venue. The room was not important to him, the thing that mattered was whether Tiffany could be found.

"Hello." The person beside Ye Feng greeted him politely.

Ye Feng was slightly taken aback, he felt that everyone in the auction was a competitor, it was the first time that anyone had greeted him in the Auction House like this.

But thinking about it, there were many people joining the auction, it was unlikely that they would compete over the same thing.

The competitors were the clans.

"Hello." Ye Feng nodded slightly. Although he was not an overly friendly person, when someone called out to him, he would still respond.

"Brother, did you see anything that you are interested in? The competition is just too intense, I want to get an ancient recovery potion, but I'm not sure if I brought enough money." The person was quite talkative, he started to speak like they were rather close.

It was a good thing to have someone to talk to, seeing that he was a native of the Capital City, Ye Feng could gain information from talking to him.

An additional friend was an additional help, because he was not familiar with anyone in the Capital City, meeting others was a good thing.

"I am a Blacksmith, I'm here to look for forging materials." Ye Feng smiled and said his actual profession as well as his purpose in joining the auction.

It was very logical that a Blacksmith would attend the auction for forging materials and blueprints.

Although his real motive was kept as a secret, there was no reason to say it.

The other party did not suspect his words, he nodded in realization, saying: "Brother, you have the stature of a Blacksmith, that is a great profession, you won't lack funds and will be able to buy anything you want."

"That is only relatively so, we need forging materials and blueprints to improve our abilities, the cost that we incur is also high." Ye Feng smiled as he shook his head. He felt that this person was purposely saying this, he did not seem like someone who did not understand the fact. Regardless, Ye Feng explained: "Sometimes, if our forging attempts fail, we need to pay for the cost ourselves."

But this was not a problem for him, his failure rate for forging was just too low. As long as he did not forcefully make higher grade weapons that he was not familiar with, he would usually not fail.

"Oh, so that's it." The person pouted: "As expected, every profession has its own difficulties."

Ye Feng did not have bad feelings for this person, he nodded in agreement and waited for the auction to start.

Once everyone entered, the auction began, Ye Feng looked around for Tiffany's location.

As a member of a large clan, Tiffany would not sit in the main hall, that meant that he would not be able to find her normally.

But thankfully, the private rooms here had open air platforms and most of the people inside stood on top of them.

Ye Feng looked at these platforms and eventually found a familiar figure.

He did not waste his time these few days, he quickly recognized that one of the platforms belonged to the Miller clan.

"This means that the person beside Tiffany is that young master..." Ye Feng squinted and looked at the man beside Tiffany.

The good thing was that Tiffany did not seem intimate with her fiancé, they were half a meter apart.

"It seems that they cannot force Tiffany to do anything before getting married." Ye Feng sighed internally, the moment he wanted to look away, he found that Tiffany and Kevin Miller were looking towards him.

Ye Feng did not avoid them, after all, he had expected this when he decided to look for them. As long as one had some strength, they would be sensitive to the gazes of others.

Although Tiffany was not strong, she was not weak either, she had gone through many battles.

Ye Feng did not know about Kevin Miller, but since he was the young master of a large clan, no matter how useless he was, he could not be a good-for-nothing.

After seeing Ye Feng, Tiffany's eyes lit up but did not show any reaction. Kevin Miller squinted instead, Ye Feng could feel some vague killing intent emitting from his eyes.

"We are not familiar with each other, but he recognized me?" Ye Feng was slightly confused but he soon realized an issue.

"Wait, no, he recognized me? He knows about my close relationship with Tiffany?"

This was something that Ye Feng did not expect. It seemed like Kevin Miller knew his information, that meant that the other party had informants over at Aden City.

Tiffany would not take the initiative to talk about it, or maybe, he was suspicious because of Tiffany's reaction?

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Chapter 157: Successful Bid

Kevin Miller looked towards Ye Feng with a mocking expression as his lips curled up, he made a movement of slitting his throat.

He did not wear a mask as he looked towards Ye Feng provocatively and arrogantly.

His expression was quite familiar to Ye Feng, his demeanor was the same as those lackeys who thought highly of themselves.

Ye Feng laughed to himself and turned around, ignoring the other party.

During this process, he did not make much eye contact with Tiffany, but that did not matter. The auction would last for some time, unless Kevin Miller paid attention to him all the time, he could not 'interrupt' his eye contact with Tiffany later.

"Brother, you know the people from the Miller clan?" The person beside also noticed Ye Feng's gaze and looked up as well.

After seeing that they were the members of the Miller clan, he retracted his gaze and asked Ye Feng after seeing that he had looked away.

He did not know about the intense killing intent between Ye Feng and Kevin Miller, otherwise, he would not even dare to talk to him.

"In a way, I know them. We've heard of each other, but this is our first time meeting in real life." Ye Feng smiled plainly but did not explain more.

"Brother, to think that the Miller clan actually knows about you, you must not be a simple person." The person was quite surprised but he lowered his voice and said: "Are you an important person in the Blacksmith Guild?"

"No, I am not." Ye Feng shook his head, replying: "I came from afar, I am not from the Blacksmith Guild. But now that you mentioned it, I do need to go to the Blacksmith Guild to take the examination."

When Ye Feng first succeeded in forging, he had undergone the examination and became a stage two Blacksmith officially, but he had not updated it since.

After all, Aden City's Blacksmith Guild was not impressive and could not give him much benefit. He was capable enough on his own, nobody in Aden City or the City of Chaos did not know who he was.

But in the Capital City, he could go to the Blacksmith Guild for an examination, there seemed to be a lot of benefits in doing so.

"You are not from the Capital City?" He asked before praising: "That's even more impressive, someone from outside the Capital City actually gained the attention of the Miller clan."

He did not ask about Ye Feng's level as a Blacksmith since this was their first encounter. He had praised Ye Feng earlier as well, if Ye Feng was not an impressive Blacksmith, it would get quite awkward.

He was not someone who would get awkward and could still talk but Ye Feng might get embarrassed.

Although he felt that Ye Feng was an amazing person, from their conversation, Ye Feng did not show any poor qualities, they had a pleasant talk.

"No, it's nothing." Ye Feng replied before asking the person: "Is the Miller clan very influential in the Capital City?"

"You will know about this if you ask around." The person nodded and explained: "The Miller clan is a large clan in the Capital City, if you can really become related to their clan members, you will make a fortune. I heard that the Miller clan's young master is getting married soon."

"This may be an opportunity to earn a sum..."

Towards the end, his voice became much softer. If Ye Feng was not concerned about the Miller clan's situation, he might not have concentrated on hearing everything.

Ye Feng shook his head and stopped speaking, the auction had started already.

Although the auction had started, Ye Feng did not have the mood to care about the details.

Once in a while, he would turn around to look at Tiffany, but he was quite vigilant, he tried to avoid Kevin Miller's gaze.

Right now, his advantage was that he was in the dark, he did not want the Miller clan to lock onto him so quickly.

Right now, he was staying in the Capital City, it was too easy for the influential force, Miller clan, to deal with him here. They did not even need to do anything personally, all they had to do was to frame him for some crime.

"Many forging materials appeared earlier, you don't want them?" The person shook his head and sighed helplessly: "It feels like you're here to watch a show, you did not even bid once."

"There's nothing that I want yet." Ye Feng said in an awkward manner: "I don't need to compete with them, it is a waste of time."

His words contained half-truths: It was true that the materials were not useful, because his concentration was on Tiffany, it was indeed a waste of time to compete with them.

"The following item is a stage six material, desolate rhinoceros spine."

Once the host said that, Ye Feng's attention was immediately drawn.

"Are you interested in it?" The person immediately noticed Ye Feng's reaction, he asked curiously.

At the same time, his evaluation of Ye Feng rose to a new level, someone who could buy and use a stage six material was not simple.

Even if he was just buying it, this still showed that Ye Feng was quite affluent.

"15000 gold coins!" Once the bidding started, Ye Feng became the first person to state his offer.

"16000 gold coins!"

"18000 gold coins!"

Bidding came incessantly, this material was much better than the stage six material that Ye Feng had obtained earlier, it could be used for many forging sessions. Because this was the Capital City, the price was higher than most places.

Soon, only two were left in the bid.

One of them was obviously Ye Feng.

"28000!"

The competitor was already anxious, he stood up and looked around.

In this auction, verbal threats were banned. The Capital City's Auction House was much stronger than the ones Ye Feng had been to, they would not allow such actions that could affect their profits.

"29000!"

Ye Feng continued to bid, this auction was meant to have competition, he was not afraid of anyone.

The person beside Ye Feng tapped him and said in a low voice: "I know your competitor, you need to be careful of this person called Patrick, his uncle is a higher-up of the Blacksmith Guild."

"I understand." Ye Feng nodded subtly, seemingly because this Patrick was competing with him, Kevin Miller did not interfere in the bid.

Of course, Kevin Miller might be trying to save money as well.

In that case, Ye Feng had no worry. The only issue was that it was hard to compete with the Miller clan in terms of funds.

"33000!"

At this moment, Patrick had already found Ye Feng, he stared at the latter and stopped bidding.

Ye Feng raised the bid by 4000, it seemed to have exceeded Patrick's limit.

"33000, going once."

"33000, going twice."

"33000, going thrice!"

"Sold!"

"Congratulations to this bidder, you have obtained the stage six material, desolate rhinoceros spine!"

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Chapter 158: Competition

Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction, using the stage six material he had obtained earlier along with this desolate rhinoceros spine, he could try to forge stage six weapons now.

The success rate would not be low either.

Although he had not forged a stage six weapon before, he had the ability to do so already. He had not tried so because he lacked stage six materials and could not afford to take risks.

After all, his first try would still have some chance of failure, with just a bit of stage six materials, and because they were so precious, he could not afford to waste them.

"Congratulations, the desolate rhinoceros spine is top tier even among stage six materials." The person beside him smiled and said.

Ye Feng was in a good mood after getting the material, he smiled as well: "Thanks."

The desolate rhinoceros was not particularly strong, but one could tell from its name that the material was very suitable for forging. Be it bones, tendons, or even skin, these were excellent forging materials.

The best part of its body was the spine, not only was it tough and firm, it also had the special trait of transmitting energy, it was definitely top tier among stage six materials.

"Stage six materials are really quite rare." The person said before his eyes lit up and he shouted: "13000!"

The thing that he was here for had appeared on the stage: ancient recovery potion.

Although the ancient recovery potion was powerful, there was a flaw in it, the quantity was too little.

If there was an ingredient list that was sold together with the potion, regardless of what ingredients were needed, its value would not be lower than most stage six materials.

Of course, it was too hard to keep a thing like the ingredient list a secret.

Through this auction, Ye Feng had to admit that the person beside him was even richer than him. He bought five to six things, spending around a hundred thousand gold coins.

After the auction ended, the two of them parted as they had to collect their items at different locations.

"I obtained a stage six material and saw Tiffany as well. If not for Kevin Miller's existence, this would have been a perfect auction." Ye Feng kept the spine away and left the Auction House.

But right when he was walking along the walkway, he suddenly stopped.

The two people in front of him stopped too.

"This is that guy called Ye Feng who has a close relationship with you?" Kevin Miller squinted and looked towards Tiffany.

He noticed Ye Feng even before the latter sensed him, after all, he had a lot of animosity towards Ye Feng.

"We were only working together, what relationship can a Blacksmith from a small city have with me?" Tiffany said with a cold expression, she looked at both Ye Feng and Kevin Miller: "We just had a pleasant cooperation."

Her words were quite hurting but Ye Feng did not mind it. In this encounter, Ye Feng placed his focus on Kevin Miller.

He was the biggest obstacle after all.

"Hahaha, that is right." Kevin Miller grabbed towards Tiffany's waist with one hand, but she dodged it agilely. He shook his head and looked at Ye Feng: "Did you hear that? She doesn't even want to be friends with you, why are you here?"

During this period of time, he wanted to make some intimate advances on Tiffany, but had not succeeded even once.

Although he wanted to, he could not force her now. Regardless, Tiffany could not run away, there was no rush at all.

Now that they met, the conflict could not be avoided, Ye Feng smiled coldly in disdain: "As expected of a young master of a large clan, you are really full of yourself. Do you really think I came to the Capital City because of you?"

No matter what, he could not show any weakness. Since they were enemies now, he could not admit defeat, there was no need to give in.

"Oh? It has nothing to do with me?" Kevin Miller rubbed his chin and nodded: "Don't tell me that you are envious of our lifestyle so you want to come and take a look?"

Although he did not think much of Ye Feng, he had to admit that Ye Feng was his greatest rival when it came to Tiffany.

"Do I need to report to you for why I am here?" Ye Feng did not relent: "Why? Does the young master of the Miller clan have such authority?"

"Alright, enough. Are you two crazy? What's the point of arguing here, if you want to do that, go elsewhere, don't bother me." Tiffany suddenly interrupted and showed an annoyed expression: "Kevin Miller, you are really free. Not only did you want me to attend this boring auction, you even wasted time arguing with this person. Do you really think my time is so worthless?"

It was clear that her attitude towards Kevin Miller was quite rude, although he was her fiancé, she still called him by his full name.

But her words ended this 'competition' between the two guys, they stopped arguing immediately after.

"Alright, alright, we'll stop." Kevin Miller slowly walked forward, he said in a low voice when he passed Ye Feng: "I'll advise you to leave this place, otherwise, I can't guarantee you what will happen later."

Next, he continued moving on the walkway with Tiffany following behind him, neither looked at Ye Feng.

Ye Feng stood on the same spot for a few seconds before smiling and shaking his head, he left too.

"The gains are quite abundant..."

Ye Feng ate food in his room while recalling their encounter.

Firstly, it was without doubt that Tiffany was acting earlier. She was likely trying to protect him, but it was uncertain whether Kevin Miller believed her words.

During the auction, Tiffany and Ye Feng made eye contact many times, although they were not able to communicate with just their gaze.

Afterwards, Tiffany pretended not to know him very well. This gave him an answer, in the Capital City, Tiffany had never mentioned Ye Feng, Kevin Miller must have investigated the details on his own.

Next was Tiffany's reaction about this wedding. It was certain that she hated Kevin Miller, and the fact that he brought her to the auction meant that she did not have much freedom, or at least, they could not show that they had a poor relationship.

Even so, Kevin Miller was unable to do anything to her now.

It seemed that Kevin Miller was treating Ye Feng as a competitor now, it was likely that Tiffany's hatred towards him came from the fact that he investigated Ye Feng.

"I am really thinking too much. Although I am pretty sure of the situation now, he is truly an unlikable guy."

Ye Feng smiled coldly in his heart, he thought to himself in disdain: "Of course, this is excluding the ones who are after his powerful background.

After eating, he cleaned up the place and left the room after stretching, he was making a trip to the Blacksmith Guild.

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Chapter 159: Forging Succeeds

In the few days that he stayed in the Capital City, Ye Feng had already seen the Blacksmith Guild, but because there was no urgent matter then, he did not go in.

He was looking for information back then, the Blacksmith Guild was not the place to go.

In any case, he had remembered the location so he could go to the guild anytime he wanted to.

Once Ye Feng entered the Blacksmith Guild, the lady at the reception counter smiled toward shim: "Hello sir, how may I assist you?"

"Hmm... I want to certify my Blacksmith level, how do I do that?" Ye Feng thought and answered.

He felt that it was more appropriate to do the certification now, otherwise, he might face some restrictions in terms of identity. After doing the test now, the procedures would get more convenient for him.

"Sir, please take out your Blacksmith certification, I will register you now."

Ye Feng took out his certification and handed it to the other party.

Alright sir, are you going for the stage three Blacksmith certification test?" The desk lady asked.

"No, I want the stage six certification." Ye Feng shook his head.

"Sir... are you sure?" The lady did not show anything on her face but her tone was quite confused.

She did not think that this person was a fool, but jumping from stage two to stage six was too absurd.

"Certainly." Ye Feng nodded and said helplessly: "I am not from the Capital City, after I advanced earlier, I did not go to the Blacksmith Guild for certification."

Before Ye Feng finished his words, he heard a familiar voice coming from behind him.

"Huh, who is this person, he wants to undergo the stage six Blacksmith certification test?"

Ye Feng turned around and saw that it was Patrick, the person who competed with him over the material. At that time, Patrick did not wear a mask in order to intimidate him.

"My certification test has nothing to do with you, right?" Ye Feng frowned.

"Wait... you sound quite familiar." Patrick stretched out his hand and thought about it: "You, you are that scoundrel who competed with me over the material!"

Ye Feng was stunned, he did not expect that Patrick could recognize him from his voice. Did this mean that Patrick was a really petty person or did he just have a good memory?

But since he was exposed, Ye Feng did not deny it, he answered frankly: "That's right, it is me."

"Hehe, to think that you are that person. Didn't you say this has nothing to do with me?" Patrick smiled coldly and said arrogantly: "I can tell you that this has something to do with me. If you want to undergo the stage six Blacksmith certification test, you need to get the approval of three stage five Blacksmiths or two stage six Blacksmiths, out of the four stage five Blacksmiths in the guild, I know three of them. I can make them disagree with allowing your certification test."

"But I am doing this for your sake, you can save yourself some humiliation."

"Is that so?" Ye Feng did not answer him, he asked the reception lady.

"Yes, I am sorry Sir Ye Feng, but he is right." The lady was quite apologetic.

"That's right, so scram now, don't waste our time." Patrick had just said that smugly when suddenly, he looked behind Ye Feng with a nervous expression.

"Vice Guild Master!"

"Vice Guild Master!" Everyone else also shouted together.

A pair of large rough hands patted Ye Feng's shoulders and said in a firm tone: "Little brother, your name is Ye Feng? The one from Aden City?"

Ye Feng turned around and looked at the middle-aged man with uncertainty: "You know me?"

Although he did not know the person, the others had exposed his identity.

This was the Vice Guild Master of the Blacksmith Guild.

"Hahaha, I've heard about you, you are a stage five Blacksmith right?" The Vice Guild Master laughed, he did not mention the details but said: "Inform them to prepare the certification test for him."

He said that to the reception lady.

"Thank you." Ye Feng expressed his gratitude.

He had a guess in his heart, there were only a few people in the Capital City who would know about him, the connection was likely Aden City's City Lord.

But it was just a possibility.

Since the Vice Guild Master said it himself, the preparations were quickly done, in just less than fifteen minutes, the required items and people arrived.

There were even some spectators.

The Blacksmith Guild did not restrict them regarding these matters.

True forging techniques and skills could not be learned by just observation.

"Ye Feng, are you prepared?" The Vice Guild Master asked.

"Of course." Ye Feng nodded and took out the desolate rhinoceros spine that he had already broken apart, he also retrieved the remaining portion of the wind-marked green rock and other materials he needed.

For stage four and above Blacksmith certification tests, the materials had to be prepared by the Blacksmith themselves.

After all, the Blacksmith Guild could not provide these precious materials for 'practice'.

The success rate of such certification examinations would usually be lower than forging in one's own place. On one hand, the environment was foreign, and on the other hand, there were also spectators.

But this tested the mental fortitude of the Blacksmith.

"I'll begin." Ye Feng looked at the three stage five Blacksmiths and nodded lightly.

Such an examination had one advantage, it was hard to cheat. Not to mention that the Vice Guild Master was here, even if he was absent, with everyone watching, the examiners could not do anything to help or impede the person.

If any act of cheating was exposed, the examiner's future would be ruined.

The verification of forging success was quite easy, after all, the end product was there for everyone to see.

Once the fire was ready, Ye Feng took a deep breath before he started forging.

This was the first time he was making a stage six equipment, he could not help but feel nervous. But with his ability, it was not hard to succeed.

Ye Feng also decided to lower the difficulty by attempting to forge a relatively easier weapon.

A normal longsword would do, in fact, he might be able to use it.

The wind-marked green rock was just about the right size to make the body of the sword, it was not hard to add in some supplementary materials, but the remaining part would be troublesome.

He had to condense the desolate rhinoceros spine to a high degree before attempting to fuse the materials together.

It was just troublesome, the difficulty level to Ye Feng was really nothing.

Initially, many people were here to watch the show. They felt that this person was just a stage five Blacksmith who wanted to take a risk, the difference in stage five and six was just too huge.

But the more they watched, the more shocked they felt. Many different gazes filled with envy, amazement, and jealousy shot towards Ye Feng.

They were all Blacksmiths, they could tell that Ye Feng could succeed barring any accidents. Furthermore, this was not just a newbie stage six Blacksmith, he was on par with those old and experienced stage six Blacksmiths!

The time spent on forging passed very quickly, be it Ye Feng or the spectators, they forgot about the conflict earlier, they all waited for his forging attempt to end.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for forging a stage six inferior-grade weapon, Wind Spirit Demon Sword, you have obtained 12000 wind elemental points, and 3000 earth elemental points."

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Chapter 160: Stage Six Blacksmith

After confirming that the forging attempt succeeded, different people had different reactions.

The Vice Guild Master was surprised and overjoyed, although he was confident in Ye Feng from the start, it was a different feeling after seeing actual success.

The entire Blacksmith Guild did not have many stage six Blacksmiths in total, now, Ye Feng was one of them.

Patrick was shocked and furious, but his disdain and hatred vanished instantly. He knew that the stage six Blacksmith Ye Feng was not a person he could provoke.

Thus, after Ye Feng succeeded in forging the weapon, he left quietly.

As for the Blacksmiths who were present, most of them were happy that the Blacksmith Guild had a new stage six Blacksmith. They were all members of the guild, the stronger it became, the more benefits they would gain.

Of course, some were petty and extremely jealous at the moment.

How could such a young person become a stage six Blacksmith while they were still stage three or four with no accomplishments in life?

Life was too unfair!

But these were the minority, no matter how jealous they were of Ye Feng, they could only think about it but do nothing in reality.

Ye Feng was immersed in the feeling of having succeeded in forging a stage six weapon, he did not care about what others felt.

He quickly checked the information of the weapon.

[Wind Spirit Demon Sword]

Grade: Stage Six Inferior-grade

Special Trait: When attacking, three wind blades will shoot out which cause injuries that are hard to heal. Due to the material used, the weapon can also be used to cast spells and raise the efficiency of energy transmission by thirty percent.

The first two traits were not important to Ye Feng, but the final one was very powerful.

Raising the efficiency of energy transmission by thirty percent meant that whether he used the sword to unleash offensive skills or magic spells, the energy consumption would fall greatly, the overall power would rise too.

"Good, good." Ye Feng looked at the Wind Spirit Demon Sword and smiled in satisfaction.

At the same time, the Vice Guild Master and the three stage five Blacksmiths walked over.

"Can we see the weapon?" The Vice Guild Master asked politely.

"Please go ahead." Ye Feng smiled as he handed the sword to them.

This was a natural thing, although he succeeded in forging the weapon, the others could not see the information directly like him.

For a normal Blacksmith, they had to hold the weapon and observe it before testing to confirm the quality and grade, as well as any special traits it might have.

These four Blacksmiths did not waste time, they nodded after inspecting it.

"Indeed, this is a stage six inferior-grade weapon, it is also top tier among other stage six inferior-grade weapons." The Vice Guild Master smiled as he returned the weapon to Ye Feng.

The material came from Ye Feng, the product naturally belonged to him.

The Blacksmith Guild would not do something like pocketing the weapon, they had their integrity.

The higher level the Blacksmith, the less frequent such things would occur.

"From now on, Ye Feng is a stage six Blacksmith of our Blacksmith Guild!"

He did not speak loudly but the moment his words landed, everyone present started to clap.

Stage six Blacksmiths were quite rare, even in the entire Capital City, there were only a few of them.

"Thank you." Ye Feng had the same smile on his face as he kept the Wind Spirit Demon Sword away.

"Since you are now a stage six Blacksmith, why don't I bring you on a tour of the guild?" The Vice Guild Master suggested: "The certification will take some time, come with me and I will explain what benefits you can get in the guild."

"Sure." This was Ye Feng's plan to begin with, he immediately agreed.

It was much better to have a guide and run around on his own, not to mention that this was the Vice Guild Master himself.

"This is the archive, there are many forging blueprints here." The Vice Guild Master pointed at a room and explained: "With your status, you can take a look at them. Although these equipment are not high in grade, there are some interesting new ideas, you can make use of them to gain inspiration."

After Ye Feng nodded in response, he continued to explore deeper into the place.

"This is the forging room, many people come here to forge. The fees are low, the place is also safe and secure. Furthermore, be it the furnace or other equipment, they are all of the highest quality."

The forging room had many smaller compartments, it could be seen that the sound isolation was quite good.

Ye Feng might need to use this place in the future.

"And here, we have... oh, Gabriel?" Ye Feng was listening to the Vice Guild Master's words, he looked over towards the person upon hearing that.

This person looked quite familiar, he must be quite the person for the Vice Guild Master to react this way. Ye Feng was quite curious as he observed.

He knew that the Vice Guild Master would explain the situation.

"Gabriel does business, he specializes in those that involve Blacksmiths, thus, he has a good relationship with us. Our cooperation has a win-win outcome." The Vice Guild Master noticed Ye Feng's gaze and immediately explained.

"Is that so..." Ye Feng thought to himself.

It seemed like this person was worth knowing, he should be helpful in the future.

"Vice Guild Master?" Gabriel heard his name and turned around as well.

After seeing Ye Feng and the Vice Guild Master, he quickly ran over to them.

"This is..."

"Let me introduce you." The Vice Guild Master had a good relationship with Gabriel, he laughed as he interrupted: "This is Ye Feng, he is the newest stage six Blacksmith of our Blacksmith Guild."

"Hello, nice to meet you, my name is Gabriel, I am a businessman." Gabriel's eyes lit up as he stretched out his hand.

He did not know that the Vice Guild Master had already introduced him to Ye Feng earlier.

"Hello, I am Ye Feng." Ye Feng was not going to embarrass him, he also stretched out his hand while smiling.

"Brother, you sound quite familiar." After shaking his hand, Gabriel frowned as he muttered.

"So that's you!" Ye Feng suddenly remembered, if not for the word 'brother', he would not have noticed that Gabriel was the person who sat beside him in the auction earlier, he explained: "We met in the Auction House earlier."

Although they were sitting together, they were strangers after all. They could not observe each other carefully, so Ye Feng did not remember his traits.

He could only decipher the voice and body shape.

But the word 'brother' was quite iconic in his speech pattern.

"So that's you!" Gabriel understood immediately as he recalled: "Brother, we share quite the affinity."

"Haha, that is true." After seeing a 'familiar face', Ye Feng was quite happy.

"You know each other?" The Vice Guild Master asked curiously.

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