My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

The favoured ones thought to win the championship of the Smithing Competition before were originally the pupils from the Heavenly Secret Palace and the Vast Mountain Sect, but Lou Mu Yan’s performance in the first match was so outstanding that all the pupils present were now biased towards her.

The two from the Heavenly Secret Palace and the Vast Mountain Sect smiled bitterly and took out the materials they had prepared for refining. No matter what, they had to fight. They wouldn’t necessarily lose to Lou Mu Yan.

The two were worthy of being the favourites to win this year’s championship, both in terms of strength and attitude, as they soon entering their own world of smithing.

Lou Mu Yan observed the contestants and discovered that the highest grade being refined right now was an Intermediate-Level Grade 5 Magic Tool from the pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect.

If he performed well, it should be a fine piece among Low-Quality Saint Treasures.

She thought about it and took out a pile of materials for refining Advanced-Level Grade 5 Magic Tools. If she refined it with her Spirit Flame, it should become a Middle-Quality Saint Treasure.

The main material used for this refining was the Tier 9 Jiao Dragon scale. She was going to refine a defence-type Magic Tool and ask the Headmaster of the Sword Sect to help give it to Lou Mu Bai to defend himself.

After the Grand Competition, she would then refine one suitable for Lou Mu Ting and let Miao Miao take it over.

With a thought, a large piece of Tier 9 Jiao Dragon scale landed in her hands, and a cluster of orange flames wrapped around the scale.

The smithing cauldron couldn’t hold such a large piece of scale, so she first refined it into a piece of leather armour that was only the size of a palm emitting a strong aura before tossing it into the smithing cauldron.

The other materials were also high-level Spiritual Items which were perfectly matched.

“Judging from the aura of the scale, the main material for Lou Mu Yan’s smithing is the scale skin of a Tier 9 Demonic Beast!” A pupil swallowed and said.

“Not only it is a Tier 9 Demonic Beast, but the pressure seems to be stronger than that red Jiao Dragon that appeared before.”

“Just where did Lou Mu Yan come from? She’s not a human!”

“She shouldn’t just be an ordinary Inner Sect Pupil. Such excelling talent may be because she’s a disciple of an Ancestor of the Eight Extremes Sect.”

“True, her background definitely is extraordinary.”

The pupils present all believed that the person behind Lou Mu Yan shouldn’t be inferior to Ancestor Bai behind Bai Fei Yao.

Seeing that Lou Mu Yan easily took out the scale of a Tier 9 Demonic Beast for smithing, the Headmasters of the various Sects above couldn’t be so calm anymore.

A Tier 9 was no longer a Demonic Beast, but a Demon Cultivator with intelligence not lower than that of a human. With a strong body, they could casually defeat human Sword Saints of the same level.

Of course, human Sword Masters had far more means than Demon Cultivators. It was a common occurrence to meet a tough opponent, but it wasn’t difficult for a Tier 9 Demon Cultivator to escape from a human Sword Master.

Although Lou Mu Yan had a Tier 9 Divine Beast, but it was obviously not as strong as the Demon Cultivator that owned that scale she took out, so it was a matter of course that the Headmasters all placed this on Old Man Tian Xuan.

Time passed bit by bit. Because this defence-type Magic Tool was for Lou Mu Bai, so Lou Mu Yan didn’t pursue speed, but worked slowly and meticulously.

When she began to fuse the essence of the materials in the smithing cauldron, the other pupils around her finished refining one after another.

When the two potential champions from the Heavenly Secret Palace and Vast Mountain Sect saw the materials she had refined, their expressions revealed some helplessness.

“She’s refining a defence-type Advanced-Level Grade 5 Magic Tool right.” The pupil of the Heavenly Secret Palace sighed.

The eyes of the pupil from the Vast Mountain Sect were filled with gloom, “Yes, if she succeeds in refining it, the first place would be hers again.”

This sentence contained unwillingness and resentment. The Vast Mountain Sect and the Eight Extremes Sect have had grudges for a long time. They originally thought that this time he, himself, could ‘bury the past with a snowstorm’, but who would’ve thought that Lou Mu Yan’s refining grade was higher than his.

He thought about it, but in the end, he couldn’t help but feel dejected. Even if he wanted to play tricks he couldn’t.

Lou Mu Yan used a Spirit Flame. Even if he wanted to use Bai Fei Yao’s method, he couldn’t do it. His own Beast Flame was far inferior to hers.

He could only secretly pray that Lou Mu Yan’s refining would fail, although it was unlikely with her smooth and experienced movements.

After an hour, the sky suddenly became densely covered with dark clouds and the Tribulation Clouds fell atop of Lou Mu Yan.

“What? Her smithing actually also attracted Tribulation Clouds, can she not be this thrilling!” Some pupils exclaimed.

“She didn’t make a Grade 6 Magic Tool this time! Why did it attract Tribulation Clouds?”

Countless pupils were filled with confusion. Under normal circumstances, whether it was pills or Magic Tools, it would only be possible to attract Tribulation Clouds at Grade 6. Lou Mu Yan was obviously refining a Grade 5 Magic Tool.

Seats of the referees.

The chief referee looked at the Elder of the Smithing Pavilion and asked: “Is she refining a Grade 6 Magic Tool?”

“No, she’s refining a Grade 5 Magic Tool that’s at the peak, but because she performed very well, and the merging when it was being formed was perfect, so it advanced from a Middle-Quality Saint Treasure to a High-Quality Saint Treasure which attracted the Tribulation Clouds.” The face of the Elder of the Smithing Pavilion was also filled with shock.

Although Lou Mu Yan’s grade in smithing wasn’t as terrifying as in alchemy, but with this level, she could already be regarded as a Great Master. Even an Intermediate-Level Grade 6 Smith might not have ever refined a High-Quality Saint Treasure.

“What? High-Quality Saint Treasure? Her smithing level’s actually this high?” The Elder of the Array Alliance was dumbfounded.

“Actually, she’s still a bit inferior to Chi Xiu. In the last Smithing Competition of the Grand Competition, Chi Xiu refined a Grade 6 Peak-Quality Saint Treasure.” The Elder of the Smithing Pavilion sighed and said regretfully: “Why are these two geniuses from the Six Sects?”

“But Chi Xiu is obviously not as good as Lou Mu Yan in alchemy. In short, they’re both versatile specialisation geniuses. Such geniuses are so rare one might not even be seen in a thousand years.” The chief referee sighed.

The other Elders nodded in agreement.

Other people like themselves being proficient in one specialisation was already amazing, but these two people not only knew five specialisations, but were proficient in all of them. Who knew what they ate growing up, their comprehension ability was actually this strong.

This time, the Tribulation Thunder was much smaller than the previous purple thunderbolts. Before Lou Mu Yan even acted, the Spirit Pets who had tasted the sweetness of the thunderbolts last time rushed out to occupy their respective places and waited for the thunderbolts to land.

One after the other, thunder and lightning fell and the Spirit Pets looked as if they were bathing in a hot spring, revealing a demeanour of enjoyment so much so that the people present could no longer describe their feelings with words.

What kind of freaks were these Spirit Pets of Lou Mu Yan’s!

It stood to reason that Demonic Beasts should be the most fearful of Thunder Tribulations, but these Demonic Beasts obviously regarded Thunder Tribulations as major supplements. Seeing the Demonic Beasts bathing in the thunder and lightning, they also wanted to go experience it a bit…

Lou Mu Yan stopped the steps she was about to take in time, and looked helplessly at the Spirit Pets who rushed to be struck by lightning.

Seeing how they all looked as if they were afraid that they wouldn’t be struck by lightning, even Lou Mu Yan couldn’t resist twitching the corners of her lips.

This scene was too beautiful, she couldn’t bear to look at it directly!

Soon, the Tribulation Clouds gradually dissipated, and a clear, pleasant bird’s cry sounded.

[BANG!!] Then Lou Mu Yan’s smithing cauldron exploded into countless pieces in an instant, obviously unable to withstand the birth of the Saint Treasure within.

A strong white light enveloped the entire competition platform, causing many people to shut their eyes.

After the white light dissipated, everyone saw that Lou Mu Yan had a silver belt glowing with a cold light and a strong aura in her hand.