Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Are you interested in taking him on?" Jerrold asked in surprise. Looking at Zachary with a puzzled look, Jerrold had always known that Zachary was a discreet guy who didn't want to hog the limelight. Understandably, he wouldn't seize the initiative to flaunt his skills. But now, Zachary was offering to compete with Brayan, which surprised Jerrold.

"I'm doing this not because I find the competition fascinating. It's Kingston that caught my attention, who's supposedly a great Sage Level warrior," Zachary stated while simultaneously giving Kingston a deep and serious glance.

"I understand your point. You think that Kingston might have something in his possession that you want, right?" Jerrold, being his clever self, immediately got what Zachary meant.

"That's right, sir. However, I'm wondering if you could afford the possible loss..." Zachary teased in jest. He said those words in order to imply that if he failed to secure a win, Jerrold wouldn't have any choice but to grant Kingston's request of obtaining the manual of the Nine-diagram Weapon-refining Skill.

"What's there to fear? I trust you and even if you lost, I'm willing to take the consequences," Jerrold replied without showing a bit of reluctance. Clearly, he didn't mind anything at all.

"Grandpa, please tell me that's not true. You're kidding, right?" asked Susie at once.

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petition."

"Thank you. I will take this opportunity then," Zachary said after seeing Brayan treating him with respect. With a smile, he proceeded, "Let's have a contest in fast refining. The first who can refine an Imperial Level weapon within eight hours wins."

"Eight hours?" As Brayan listened, his face appeared stunned. It never crossed his mind that Zachary would suggest a fast refining competition. First of all, it was out of the question for someone to participate in a fast refining competition without amazing attainments as a weapon refiner. Next, a time limit of only eight hours was the minimum duration required to refine an Imperial Level weapon.

The crowd also heard the commentary, and they instantly clamored. They also felt that Zachary's proposition was too risky. In general, the time limit of eight hours was an impossibility for an average weapon refiner at the Imperial Level to create a weapon at the Imperial Level. Perhaps it was only feasible for weapon refiners at the premium stage of Imperial Level who had extraordinary attainments to accomplish this task. Zachary didn't look like a weapon refiner with such power at all, yet he was making such a bold proposal.

Hearing about Zachary's suggestion made Kingston smile menacingly with a look of victory because his disciple was extremely proficient in fast refining.