<h4>Chapter 554: A cksmith’s Treatment</h4>


    Ou Yangming was slightly stunned. A strange look could be seen in his eyes.


    “Your Excellency, are you mistaken?” He was confused. “Big Yellow’s pieces of equipment might not suit you!”


    The antelope was startled, so it asked, “What? Why?”


    Ou Yangmingughed and answered, “Your builds are too different. Even if you’d like to put on the pieces of equipment, I’m afraid you’ll be... Helpless?”


    Although the antelope was not as huge as the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard, it was much plumper than Big Yellow. Even if the big yellow dog was willing to remove its pieces of equipment for the antelope, it would be quite difficult for the antelope to squeeze into them.


    “Hey...” Nheless, before the antelope could say a word, the bigzy turtle made some noise. “Was the Wish-fulfilling y not incorporated into the equipment set?”


    Ou Yangming’s eyelids flickered, and he thought, ‘What’s the Wish-fulfilling y?’


    The antelope looked displeased. “Human powerhouse, it’s fine that you’re not willing to give them to me. Why did you have to lie to me?”


    When Ou Yangming gleaned at thezy turtle and the antelope, he vaguely guessed something. He waved his hand hard and said, “Big Yellow, remove a piece of equipment and give it to the antelope.”


    Big Yellow sulked as it was not resigned to the oue.


    Ou Yangming quickly added, “Don’t worry, out with the old, in with the new. Since we’re already here, are you still worried that you won’t have enough pieces of equipment?”


    The big yellow dog pondered for some time before it smiled and removed the equipment on one of its ws.


    Yes. After all, they were already in the Spiritual Realm, where Ou Yangming would definitely obtain more smithing materials. Since that was the case, would Big Yellow still need to worry about pieces of equipment? Perhaps its only concern would be having too many of them, so much so that it could not swallow them anymore.


    Ou Yangming picked out the greave and tossed it to the antelope. “Your Excellency, please take a look at it.”


    The antelope was dumbfounded. It used the tip of its hoof to kick up the greave, then it extended its other leg as it attempted to slot it into the equipment.


    Despite how hard it tried, it could not squeeze its leg into the greave.


    After some time, the furious antelope gave up trying and shouted, “This is impossible. How could this be?” It suddenly looked up and stared indignantly at Ou Yangming. “You humans are truly profiteering merchants. If you’re smithing magic tools for the Beasts, why would you smith something that can’t be resized?”


    “Your Excellency, please calm down.” Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows. He turned to face the bigzy turtle and asked through his mental conception, “What’s the Wish-fulfilling y?”


    “The Wish-fulfilling y is a kind of y in the Spiritual Realm.” Thezy turtle blinked. For the sake of the long green bamboo, which it would soon get its hands on, it revealed everything it knew with any reservations. “I suppose the lower realm doesn’t have anything like that, am I right?”


    Ou Yangming smiled bitterly. “I’ve never heard of it.”


    “The Wish-fulfilling y isn’t a precious item; it can’t be seen everywhere, but it can be easily acquired.” Thezy turtleughed, then it rolled its eyes as though it was thinking hard. After some time, it continued, “I don’t know anything about smithing art, but I heard from my seniors that the Wish-fulfilling y must be included if one were to smith pieces of equipment for the Beasts. It’s because the y allows the sizes of the pieces of equipment to be adjusted as we wish, so we won’t need to change them if we grow bigger.”


    Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up. He finally knew what the Wish-fulfilling y was for and why the antelope was so infuriated.


    The antelope did not know where Ou Yangming and Big Yellow came from; it thought they were local cultivators from the Spiritual Realm.


    Since the WIsh-fulfilling y was not a rare item in this world, it would definitely be incorporated in pieces of equipment smithed for spirit beasts.


    If not, judging from how fast a spirit beast would grow, one would need to change one’s equipment set every once in a while. As such, any materials umted would end up being fully consumed.


    In actuality, if Big Yellow had not met a wealthy cksmith like Ou Yangming in the lower realm, it would not have gathered a full set of equipment.


    Ou Yangming cleared his throat and responded with a smile, “Your Excellency, please don’t be mad. Frankly speaking, I was the one that smithed the equipment set.”


    The antelope was less angry, and it asked, “Y-you’re a cksmith from the Humans?” As it scanned Ou Yangming from head to toe, there was a subtle change in its attitude.


    Before Ou Yangming could answer it, Big Yellow went forward and said, “Woof, you don’t believe it? Hmph, Lil’ Ming, let’s ignore it then.”


    Big Yellow red at the antelope. It seemed like it had a bitter resentment toward the antelope after being hotly pursued by it. Upon seeing this, Ou Yangming was annoyed and amused at the same time. He pushed the dog’s head away and asked the antelope, “Do you not believe me?”


    The antelope shook its head. “So, you’re a human cksmith. If that’s the case, you can’t be med. Did a mountain lord invite you here?”


    Ou Yangming found it odd, but he kept a straight face and asked the antelope in return, “How did you know, Your Excellency?”


    “Human cksmiths like you need rare and precious minerals while beasts like us need pieces of equipment to protect ourselves. Hasn’t this been the norm for countless years?” The antelope was proud. It blinked and looked at the unconscious Silver Ridge Giant Leopard, then it remarked, “That damn leopard must’ve been blind to attack a human cksmith. Heh, if word spread, even if you don’t call it to ount, it’ll suffer a miserable fate.”


    The young fellow was moved, and he thought, ‘It looks like human cksmiths are very popr in the Spiritual Realm.’


    He raised another question, “Oh, ording to what you say, can we leave this ce easily without Silver Ridge’s lead?”


    “Of course,” the antelope answered without any hesitation, “When human cksmiths and alchemists enter the 10,000 Beasts Ridge, while the rules don’t allow it, spirit beasts like us wee them. If any fe attacks them, they’ll surely be punished by the sirs.”


    Ou Yangming nodded as half of his doubt was answered. “If you want an equipment set, I can customize one for you, but you’ll need to provide me the materials.”


    The antelope’s eyes gleamed, and it questioned, “Can the equipment set be mentioned on equal terms with that fe’s?”


    Big Yellow red at it. If it was not certain that it could not defeat the antelope, it would have pounced on it long ago to bite it into pieces.


    Ou Yangming grinned. “You’ll find out once I’m done smithing.”


    Seeing how unconcerned but confident he was, the antelope was ted. Nevertheless, it stressed after a moment of hesitation, “I want a set of equipment that can be resized, not this, this...” It had a ratherplicated look in its eyes.


    Earlier when the antelope fought Big Yellow, it knew how tough the pieces of equipment were and was coveting them. Even so, they were tailored and would not be useful to it if it took forcible possession of them.


    Therefore, the antelope loved but hated them, and it felt very helpless.


    Ou Yangmingughed and said, “Your Excellency, you’re wrong.”


    “What?” The antelope asked as it was puzzled.


    The young fellow put his hands behind his back and responded with an unpredictable look on his face. “The smithing of the pieces of equipment are actually closely rted to their materials. If the Wish-fulfilling y isn’t one of the materials you’re about to prepare for me, even if I have a divine ability, I won’t be able to smith pieces of resizeable equipment.”


    Upon hearing him, the antelope was overjoyed. It nodded and said, “Smithing master, don’t worry, I’ve prepared the Wish-fulfilling y already.”


    Following that, it turned its wrist to return the spiritual herb to its body. It was weird because once the herb was covered by its dense coat of fur, not only would it not be seen, but even thezy turtle and Big Yellow could not sense it anymore.


    Ou Yangming was rather intrigued when he looked at the antelope’s fur. Without needing to ask, he knew there was something mysterious about its fur.


    Having said that, the young fellow was not a fool, thus he would not ask about its fur’s origin and functions.


    The antelopeter swayed and ran far away, but its voice echoed in the air. “Human master, please wait for a brief moment while I go to retrieve the materials.”


    Ou Yangming turned to ask thezy turtle after the antelope left, “Lazy turtle, have human cksmiths entered the sea before?”


    Thezy turtle shrunk its neck and answered, “Of course.”


    “If that’s the case, you were already aware of the unspoken rule.” Ou Yangming looked hostile.


    Even though the antelope did not exin it clearly, Ou Yangming understood what it meant. Human cksmiths and alchemists had always been able to enter and leave the Beasts’ territory. Furthermore, the beast powerhouses would not harm them after finding out their identities and would secretly protect them too.


    This was because the Beasts could not smith pieces of equipment and could only obtain them from human cksmiths.


    Needless to say, human cksmiths would not anyhow smith pieces of equipment for them. Without materials that would move them, they would not work for nothing.


    Ou Yangming could not understand why such a rule existed, but he believed that there was a purpose in everything. Since it had been going on for generations and was approved by both parties, it must be reasonable.


    This also meant that he could arrive at the Humans’ boundary even if he strutted through the ridge; he did not need the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard to guide him.


    Thezy turtle made an unnecessary move when it pretentiously put a restraining order on the spirit leopard.


    Perhaps it was looking for a way to take away the Tree of Splendour righteously.


    Sure enough, thezy turtle became unusually embarrassed. Itughed and expressed, “Master Ou, why are you clinging to such a trivial matter? Don’t worry, I won’t leave even if you shoo me away next time!”


    Big Yellow was confused because it could not understand the riddle between them.


    However, after hearing thezy turtle’s pledge, it looked strangely at Ou Yangming.


    ‘Lil’ Ming is really amazing. How did he fool that dumb andzy turtle just now? It actually became dead set on following him now. I should probably learn this from him.’


    “Woosh...”


    A strong wind blew all of a sudden. The antelope was indeed a... An animal of its word. It had asked Ou Yangming to wait for a brief moment, and it really returned after a short while.