Chapter 270 The Strongest Apprentice
After being informed, Zhang Ye met Deacon Wang, but this Deacon Wang did not look easy to approach, and there was a fierce look between his eyebrows.
Zhang Ye quickly handed over the recommendation letter from Fatty Zhou and prepared to introduce himself, but Deacon Wang interrupted him: "You are not qualified to let me know your name, but then again, you are quite capable, and you can let the fat guy recommend you?"
Zhang Ye did not know what Deacon Wang's attitude was, and said modestly: "Deacon Wang, thank you for the compliment."
Deacon Wang's face fell: "Do you think I am praising you? The person recommended by the fat guy can only mean that you are more annoying than him."
Zhang Ye's face was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to respond. This Deacon Wang and Fatty Zhou were both powerful earth immortals. Even if he was unhappy, he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to freeze on the spot.
After a while, Deacon Wang shouted: "Do you know what Lingbaosi is?"
Zhang Ye had already known before he came. This Lingbaosi is the official place for forging Lingbao. It is not only responsible for repairing and building Lingbao needed by immortal palaces and the army, but also occasionally accepts orders from scattered immortals. Because of the excellent quality, even if the fees are high, the immortals are willing to come to Lingbao Division to make Lingbao.
If we use the porcelain of the mortal world as an analogy, Lingbao Division is the official kiln, and the Lingbao shops on the market are the folk kilns. Whether it is quality or status, there is a world of difference.
Zhang Ye roughly recounted the contents he had mastered, and the steward Wang sneered: "It seems that you know a lot. Since you know that Lingbao Division is the highest standard forging place for Lingbao, you should know that not just anyone can come in!"
This steward Wang spoke very harshly and unpleasantly. Zhang Ye suppressed his anger: "I have made magic weapons for many people in the lower world..."
Just as Zhang Ye said this, steward Wang interrupted Zhang Ye again: "No matter what achievements you have made before, they are all zero in the heaven. Lingbao Division is not a charity. As an apprentice, you have to talk less and do more. If something goes wrong, I can't protect you."
Deacon Wang turned and left. Zhang Ye didn't react for a while. Deacon Wang shouted: "Why are you still standing there? Don't you want to be an apprentice?"
Zhang Ye was stunned, understood something, and quickly followed: "Thank you, steward Wang."
In fact, some people's unpleasant words do not mean that they have bad intentions. Steward Wang's fierce rebuke is actually to teach Zhang Ye how to survive in Lingbao Division. In fact, if you think about it, who would be willing to waste time talking to others if you don’t care?
Deacon Wang scolded Zhang Ye for a long time, but every sentence was a way of survival in Lingbao Division, and Zhang Ye silently remembered it.
"You stay in the apprentice dormitory first, and I will help you get your identity badge and send it to you." Deacon Wang arranged Zhang Ye to the apprentice dormitory, "Remember, don't cause trouble for me, be careful that I will break your legs, but if someone dares to bully you, don't be afraid!"
Deacon Wang is the kind of person who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although Zhang Ye was scolded all the way, he liked Deacon Wang more and more, and was about to thank him...
"After all, you have to look at the owner before beating the dog!" Deacon Wang shouted and turned away.
There were several apprentices in the apprentice dormitory. Zhang Ye knew that Deacon Wang's last words were to warn these people not to bully newcomers, but Deacon Wang said this as if he was afraid that others would like him, Zhang Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
After Deacon Wang left, Zhang Ye bowed to the other apprentices in the room and said, "I'm new here, please bear with me, seniors."
In the apprentice dormitory, there were old and young people, and they didn't even look at Zhang Ye. Those who should meditate were meditating, and those who should read were reading.
Zhang Ye knew why everyone ignored him, because where there are people, there is competition, and the competition among apprentices is particularly fierce. Deacon Wang had mentioned before that one of the apprentices would be promoted to the position of furnace master at the end of this month.
By the way, Lingbao Division belongs to the government office, and the hierarchy is strict. From low to high, they are apprentice, furnace master, deacon, chief, general manager, and general manager.
Apprentices are just helpers or temporary workers, while furnace masters are different. They are the bosses who are in charge of a furnace. They are formal employees of Lingbao Division. They not only have high salaries, but also a lot of benefits. It is a position that apprentices are trying their best to get.
In other words, furnace masters are like chefs in the kitchen, and apprentices naturally want to be independent.
Zhang Ye thought this was an opportunity, but with Deacon Wang's character, he poured cold water on Zhang Ye without exception: "Don't even think about it. Be an apprentice for three years first and lay a solid foundation."
Zhang Ye was timid at the time, but he was still determined in his heart. I'm just eyeing this position of furnace master!
After half an hour, Deacon Wang came back with the apprentice uniform and identity badge. There was a number engraved on the identity badge. Deacon Wang said: "From now on, 9527 is your name. Only by working hard and striving for progress, you are qualified to be remembered by others!"
After that, Deacon Wang threw a stack of jade slips to Zhang Ye: "The jade slips record the material catalog. There are more than 30,000 basic materials. I give you three days to study hard and start work officially after three days!"
Learning 30,000 basic materials in three days, even if the monk has good brain power, it is impossible to remember them all. The other apprentices looked at Zhang Ye with gloating.
Zhang Ye thanked him. In the next few days, he stayed at home and studied materials. In fact, most of these tens of thousands of basic materials were also available in the mortal world, and Zhang Ye knew them all. Only a few materials in the fairy world needed to be mastered again.
"Ding Dong, the forging system has been updated, and the heavenly mode has been turned on." On the third night, the forging system was upgraded and a prompt sounded in Zhang Ye's mind.
Heavenly mode? Zhang Ye asked: "What changes have been made?"
"Reply to the host, the heavenly mode is turned on, all rewards will be replaced with heavenly items or forging skills, the lottery format remains unchanged, with the current level of the host, you can pay one medium-grade sky stone to draw once a month."
Zhang Ye almost vomited blood, medium-grade sky stone, with his apprentice salary, only two low-grade sky stones a month, it takes fifty months to save!
It seems that the end of the month master furnace assessment must be obtained, otherwise there will be no money for the lottery.
On the fourth day, before dawn, Deacon Wang came to the apprentice dormitory to remind Zhang Ye that it was time to go to work today, but he was empty-handed because Zhang Ye got up early, got breakfast in the cafeteria, and went to the forging workshop to wait.
When Deacon Wang saw this scene, he did not praise Zhang Ye, his face was still livid, but his eyebrows were slightly raised. It is said that when a person is happy, his eyebrows are always raised.
Zhang Ye also saw Deacon Wang and was about to say hello, but Deacon Wang snorted coldly and turned away. He is really a person who is hard to like.
After the apprentices were on standby, the furnace masters finally arrived. Of course, if there was any blind apprentice working behind the furnace master, he should be ready to pack up and leave.
There were hundreds or thousands of furnaces in the forge, but not all of them were firing. Only more than 20 furnace masters were working, and there were no big orders.
The apprentices were public helpers, but the furnace masters also had their own skills. Before the furnace was opened, all the apprentices were ordered away.
The apprentices helped the furnace masters to get materials, control the temperature, or help to forge the treasure embryo. They were busy, but Zhang Ye was the only one who was not wanted. He stood there alone, neither leaving nor staying.
The apprentices took the time to look at Zhang Ye sarcastically, which meant that if he wanted to stay in Lingbaosi, he had to endure it slowly.
At this moment, a big bearded man wearing furnace clothes came to the forge with a fierce look. He did not order any apprentices, but walked straight to a furnace and started forging.
After a while, the bearded man seemed to have failed to refine something, and he was so angry that he screamed and shouted: "Is there anyone still breathing? Give me an apprentice!"
The apprentices trembled when they heard this, and pretended to be busy regardless of whether they really had something to do.
The bearded man was about to get angry, and at this moment, a voice rang out: "Master Furnace Master, can I have it?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and the person who raised his hand was Zhang Ye.
The bearded man frowned and looked at the badge on Zhang Ye's waist, hesitating for a moment: "Nine-five-two-seven, new here? Come over."
"Yes!" Zhang Ye ran towards the bearded man.
When the other apprentices saw this scene, their expressions became more and more gloating. They could only hear some voices rustling: "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. This Jiuwuerqi dared to help Liu Zhanglu."
"Last time, an apprentice was beaten to death by Liu Zhanglu because the temperature of the flame was a little higher!"
"This is going to be a good show."
These old apprentices did not help Liu Zhanglu before because Liu Zhanglu had a bad temper and would beat people if he was not satisfied. He was very difficult to serve.
Zhang Ye ran to help Liu Zhanglu, and everyone thought he would die.
The big bearded man looked at Zhang Ye who came up to him with a bad look. After a long time, he said: "Three taels of Shenhuang bone, five taels of Xuantong jade, one pound of Baidu stone..."
The big bearded man said more than 30 kinds of materials in one breath. Seeing that Zhang Ye did not take notes, he ordered dissatisfiedly: "Repeat it."
The apprentices were busy with their own things, but they also paid attention to the movements of the big bearded man. After all, they made a bet privately and guessed how many incense sticks Jiuwuerqi could live.
Hearing the order from the bearded man, the apprentices were even happier. Asking them to immediately repeat more than 30 kinds of materials and their weights, even apprentices who have been in the industry for many years would find it difficult to do it, right? Jiuwuerqi had not taken notes before, so it seemed that he could not even pass the first level.
Zhang Ye did not take notes, but he started talking: "Three taels of Shenhuang bone, five taels of Xuantong jade, one jin of Baidu stone..."
The audience was stunned, but the apprentices quickly reacted and guessed that Jiuwuerqi was talking nonsense. In the past, an apprentice also wanted to get away with it, but was broken by the bearded man's leg.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the bearded man was also stunned on the spot, and after a while he said: "That's right, go to the material warehouse and get it for me."
The audience was shocked, damn, Jiuwuerqi really got it right?
Zhang Ye bowed his hands, and without delay, he ran to the material warehouse.
In a few breaths, more than 30 kinds of materials were neatly placed on the desk, not a bit more, not a single type less. Don't think it's easy. The material warehouse stores tens of thousands of materials. Only by memorizing the placement of each material can you get all the materials at such a fast speed.
Moreover, many materials are very similar. If you are not familiar with the characteristics of the materials, you may get the wrong ones. However, Zhang Ye did not make any mistakes in the more than 30 materials he brought back, which is very rare.
Even Zhang Ye arranged the materials in a gradient color according to their colors, which is pleasing to the eye and is really a blessing for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This surprised the other furnace masters. They looked at Zhang Ye with approval. It is estimated that next time, they will ask Zhang Ye to help.
But the big bearded man still had a dark face and did not approve. Instead, he said as if he was in a fight with Zhang Ye: "Shenhuang bone, calcine three breaths at eight temperatures; Xuantong jade, calcine five treasures at ten temperatures..."
Eight temperatures and ten temperatures are professional terms that describe the temperature. Not to mention that some apprentices can't tell the difference between the temperature, even many furnace masters can't accurately control a specific temperature node.
At this moment, all the furnace masters and apprentices stopped their work and stared at the bearded man. Some furnace masters even said, "Old Liu, you are too much!"
They believed that the bearded man was still angry because he had failed in the refining process before, and he was clearly making things difficult for Jiuwuerqi and preparing to kill him to vent his anger.
However, what no one expected was that more than 30 kinds of materials were hovering in Zhang Ye's left hand, while Zhang Ye's right hand was transmitting immortal power and accurately controlling the temperature. Whether it was eight or ten degrees, there was no difference or more!
Even under Zhang Ye's control, a furnace fire showed dozens of different temperatures. More than 30 kinds of materials were calcined at the same time, and refined to the right temperature.
"Master furnace master, the calcination is done!" Zhang Ye's words sounded, and the dazed bearded man came back to his senses, but he didn't hold the hammer firmly, and it slipped to the ground and hit the back of his foot. He grimaced in pain, but he held on without making a sound.
And the other furnace masters made a noise.
"Nine-five-two-seven, from now on, you follow me!"
"Nine-five-two-seven, if you follow me, I will accept you as my disciple and guarantee you a bright future!"
The faces of the apprentices were even more exciting, with jealousy and surprise, but without exception, they all showed disbelief.
"Stop making noise!" The bearded man yelled at everyone, then swallowed his saliva, "What's your name?"
Zhang Ye replied: "Nine-five-two-seven."
"No, your real name?" the bearded man asked.
"Zhang Ye."
In Lingbao Division, apprentices are not qualified to have their names remembered, and Zhang Ye officially announced his name. I believe that at this moment, everyone present remembered his name.