"Xiao Yu!"
"He actually dares to come?!"
The moment Ouyang Ye saw Xiao Yu, his expression changed immediately. Especially after realizing that Xiao Yu was looking at him, he subconsciously took two steps back.
Just moments ago he had looked down on Xiao Yu, and now he was in an equally awkward position!
"How cowardly."
Xiao Yu chuckled, and only looked away after seeing that Ouyang Ye dared not meet his gaze.
Then he walked to Eunuch Wei's side, bowed and said, "I was delayed on the way, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"Your Highness is too kind. This old servant didn't wait long."
Wei Gonggong's usually composed face finally revealed some emotion, and he treated Xiao Yu very well.
"Your Highness!"
Smiles finally appeared on the faces of Xiao Zhan and the others.
"Then let's not waste any more time."
Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Zhan and said, "It's no fun cutting ordinary swords. Since it's a bet, we should clash with Master Ouyang's sword!"
After saying that, he looked at Ouyang Yu with a smile and said, "Master Ouyang, show us your work."
"good!"
Ouyang Ye feared Xiao Yu's lawlessness, but in the field of forging, he was not afraid of Xiao Yu at all.
So he instructed Li Wei to fetch a new knife.
"Junior brother, you fight him."
Ouyang Ye spoke up.
"good!"
Li Wei gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, then stared at Xiao Zhan and sneered, "Come on, let me test your forged sword. Let's see how many blows it can withstand... We've kept everyone waiting for so long, don't let it break before it can't even withstand one blow!"
"It's a Qi Family Sword, isn't it?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Wei's words caused Ouyang Ye and the engineers to burst into laughter.
"Why all the nonsense? We're not going to fight with your stinking mouth, let's settle this with our swords!"
Xiao Zhan retorted directly.
"Alright! Let me show you the difference!"
Li Wei said angrily.
The two men simultaneously raised their knives, ready to clash.
At the same time, Eunuch Wei and the others took several steps back to avoid being accidentally injured by the broken throwing knife.
As they retreated, everyone stared nervously at the two knives.
Although Ouyang Ye and his group underestimated Xiao Yu, they were still very worried before the answer was revealed, even if they were 90% sure.
The guards of Prince Xiao's mansion felt the same way. They believed that the Qi family swords they forged were hard and sharp enough, but compared to Master Ouye's disciples, they were still quite apprehensive.
Only Xiao Yu looked confident of victory!
"When I was practicing with the Dragon Gallant Spear at home, I already knew about Master Ouye's skill level... Although it was sharp, it was not as hard as fine steel."
"Ouyang Ye is merely a disciple of Master Ouye; the weapons they forge are several levels below Master Ouye's!"
"This time, Ouyang Ye is bound to lose!"
Xiao Yu thought to himself.
At the same time, Xiao Zhan and Li Wei used all their strength to grip the hilts of their knives and slash at each other.
"bite!!"
The sound of metal clashing rang out as the blades of two knives struck heavily, creating a burst of sparks in the air.
The next second.
"Ding-dong!!"
The broken knife fell to the ground.
Xiao Zhan and Li Wei were both martial artists, with strength dozens of times that of a normal adult. Their combined strength in swinging their swords against each other was enough to break one of the swords instantly.
Everyone's eyes were on the broken sword on the ground, then they quickly looked up to see which sword had broken.
Then, they saw Li Wei holding a broken knife with an extremely ugly expression.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could we possibly lose?"
Li Wei's face was deathly pale, his hands trembling uncontrollably. He stared at the broken knife in his hand, his face filled with grief.
Ouyang Ye and the engineers behind him also looked grim.
They never imagined that the sword they forged would lose to the strange sword forged by the Prince Xiao's mansion...
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Ouyang Ye couldn't accept this result either. He said angrily, "They definitely only forged this one knife. If it were mass-produced, even my master might not be able to produce so many hard and sharp strange knives! Xiao Yu, you actually put all your effort into forging such a knife in order to win. I'm not convinced by this defeat!"
Upon hearing this, Li Wei's face showed an expression of understanding.
Just like the poem Xiao Yu wrote, "Ten years to forge a sword"... The quality of a sword forged with all one's strength is completely different from that of a batch of swords mass-produced.
"That's ridiculous. You think just because you can't do it, I can't?"
Xiao Yu waved his hand lightly and said coldly, "Brothers, show them what you've accomplished these past few days."
"yes!"
Xiao Zhan responded loudly.
Then, the soldiers brought out all the Qi family swords they had forged in the past few days, totaling two hundred swords.
"If you're not satisfied, choose whatever you want, and we'll continue our duel."
Xiao Yu, looking completely unconcerned, said, "It's perfect to have Eunuch Wei as a witness. After our competition, he can go back and report to His Majesty."
Eunuch Wei remained silent, his expression seemingly calm, but his inner shock was no less than that of Ouyang Ye and the others.
No one believed that the weapons forged by Xiao Yu and his group could actually surpass those of Ouyang Ye and his group from Sword Forging Valley... It was simply unbelievable.
This is like someone who has never learned to drive going on a racetrack and immediately beating a professional race car driver.
Who could believe that?!
"good!"
After a few seconds of silence, Ouyang Ye forced himself to calm down and said, "I refuse to believe that you can forge two hundred knives like this in just over ten days! I'll choose... this one, this one, and this one!"
In order to prove that many of the two hundred Qi family knives were defective, Ouyang Ye selected more than a dozen knives to clash with.
At the same time, he also had Li Wei and his men prepare more than a dozen knives.
"What does Your Highness think?"
When Eunuch Wei saw that Ouyang Ye had chosen so many, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
These swords are meant to be used against the samurai of Japan in the future. It would be such a waste if they were worn out here now.
"It's alright."
Xiao Yu, with a calm expression, said, "I have confidence in my sword."
These words made Ouyang Ye's already pale history even uglier.
But now there's no turning back.
"Get ready."
Ouyang Ye swallowed hard and said softly, "Even if we have to cut off a few of his knives... as long as we can cut them off, we haven't lost, and there's still a chance for things to turn around."
"good."
Li Wei wiped the sweat from his palms and said, "As long as we can cut a few of his knives, we won't consider it a loss!"
His words restored everyone's confidence.
"Let's get started, don't waste time."
Xiao Yu said softly.
Then, Xiao Zhan, holding the knives that Ouyang Ye had chosen, walked up to Li Wei and said disdainfully:
"Let's get started. The sooner we finish, the better, so you bunch of spineless bastards who only know how to talk big will admit defeat wholeheartedly!"
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