Chapter 1031: Entering the Lava
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Millman97
"Shut up!" Zhang Xuan's eyebrows shot up.
"Roger that!" Hearing the bellow from its master, the Golden Origin Cauldron immediately fell silent, not daring to say another word.
Even though it had halted its words halfway through, the content that it had revealed thus far was more than enough for the others to make sense of the situation. Their gazes couldn't help but drift to Zhang Xuan.
"Took in an apprentice as his blacksmith student on a whim?"
"Reforge the Golden Origin Cauldron? Principal Zhang, what is going on?"
As a Saint low-tier artifact, it would at least take the strength of a 7-star blacksmith to reforge it and raise its grade. Yet, an apprentice that he had taken in as his blacksmith student on a whim had actually reforged it? What was going on?
A blacksmith apprentice... was someone who hadn't even passed the 1-star blacksmith examination yet, right? How could such a person help to reforge a Saint low-tier artifact?
"Last night, I met an apprentice who was trying to end his life..." Noting everyone's gaze on him, Zhang Xuan began explaining the matter that had happened the previous night. It was no secret anyway, so there was no need for him to hide it.
"An apprentice who couldn't even smith a Mortal-tier weapon was actually able to upgrade the Golden Origin Cauldron with just an hour of guidance from you?"
"T-this... Surely that is impossible." Hearing the story, the crowd felt incredibly frenzied.
To actually guide an apprentice in reforging his Saint low-tier artifact... Just how confident did one have to be to dare do such a thing?
Just how deep of an understanding of smithing did one have to command to be capable of pulling off such a feat?
"I have long heard that Principal Zhang possesses incredible smithing mastery, but this... it seems like I have still been underestimating him."
"Indeed. Just by this feat alone, it can be seen that his grasp over smithing is on par with 7-star pinnacle blacksmiths."
"How can we ever expect to match up with that?"
The principals of the other three Master Teacher Academies couldn't help but sigh bitterly at this point.
They had learned from Zhao Bingxu's words that the young man before them possessed an astounding mastery of smithing. All along, they had thought that 6-star pinnacle would be the cap, especially considering the other party's young age. However, upon hearing this, they realized that they had been taking Zhang Xuan too lightly.
One must know that even a real 7-star pinnacle blacksmith couldn't possibly guide an apprentice into successfully reforging a Saint low-tier artifact!
Different from what the others were focused on, Luo Ruoxin looked at the young man before her with widened eyes and asked, "You... After parting from me, you saved a person and tore away the hypocritical mask of an elder of the Blacksmith Guild?"
Zhang Xuan nodded. "Un. I was intending to follow you after you left, but it was then that I saw someone attempting to end his life. It was due to this incident that I eventually came late!"
"I see..." Luo Ruoxin shook her head helplessly.
She had thought that the other party was pig-headed when he didn't pursue her the previous night, and she had even flown into a rage over it. However, it seemed like she had misunderstood the other party.
