Hearing Ye Li's words, Xiao Jin seemed very happy, and a cheerful hum came from his throat.
After patting Xiao Jin's forehead again, Ye Li rushed back to the imperial capital. He estimated that he might have to start the research plan of the Spirit Gathering Cannon blueprint in the next two days. In his opinion, the sooner he could finish the research, the sooner he could leave here.
Xiao Jin accompanied Ye Li all the way to the city gate, then reluctantly left Ye Li and went to stay alone in the nearby suburbs.
Ye Li quickly returned to the Yaxi family, and at this time the Duke of Wellington was also looking for him.
After several guards informed Ye Li, Ye Li quickly walked to the Duke's residence.
"My Lord Duke, are you looking for me?"
Ye Li asked.
Wellington nodded and said, "Ye Li, get ready. We will go to the palace soon. His Majesty will introduce you to other royal weaponsmiths when he summons you."
After hearing Wellington's words, Ye Li became interested. He also wanted to know what the casting level of this Miracle Continent was, how the weaponsmiths here cast weapons, and what runes they used.
After responding to the Duke of Wellington, Ye Li followed him all the way to the palace. This time they went to the back garden of the palace.
Arriving in the back garden, a melodious piano sound came, accompanied by Edwin Lucas's laughter: "Hahaha, sir, you are absolutely right. Sir, you must complete the plan carefully this time. It concerns the rise and fall of our Farant Empire. You can't be careless."
Another old voice came, saying: "Don't worry, my king. I will do my best to research this legendary treasure."
As they were talking, Wellington had already brought Ye Li into the back garden.
Ye Li saw Edwin Lucas sitting in the middle of the garden at a glance. The garden was now filled with tables and chairs, and fruits, snacks, and drinks were all available.
Next to Edwin Lucas, there were three old men sitting, talking with smiles on their faces.
Wellington brought Ye Li to Edwin Lucas and bowed respectfully, "Wellington Yaxi, I meet your Majesty."
Ye Li naturally followed behind and said, "Ye Li greets His Majesty."
Seeing the two coming, Edwin Lucas' face was full of smiles, and he said, "You came at the right time, Baron Ye Li, let me introduce you to these three royal family weaponsmiths." After that, Edwin Lucas paused for a moment, pointed to the left of the three people around him and said, "This is Mr. Pierre, a top-grade yellow-level weaponsmith, and also the deputy supervisor of my royal family weaponsmiths."
When Ye Li heard the other party's grade, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but wonder why the other party was only at the upper yellow grade.
His stunned expression made Pierre look unhappy. It was not only because Ye Li did not take the initiative to greet him, but also because of Ye Li's identity as Baron.
Yesterday, after Ye Li left, Edwin Lucas announced that Ye Li had been canonized as a baron, so much so that today the streets of the imperial capital were filled with rumors of this matter.
However, apart from the people of the Yaxi family, no one knew who Ye Li was. The reason given by Edwin Lucas for the title was that Ye Li had superb casting skills, so he was named a baron. Ordinary people did not think much of it, but just thought that their king loved talents.
When the Wang family's weaponsmiths saw this, they felt somewhat dissatisfied. To put it simply, they were filled with resentment.
Pierre has been in the imperial capital for nearly twenty years. Over the years, he has also forged many things for Edwin Lucas, but he has not been rewarded with a title until now. As a result, a young man in his twenties suddenly appeared and received such an honor. This is equivalent to a disguised announcement that Ye Li's forging skills are above all of them. How can he accept this
Of course, the other two Wang family weaponsmiths around him had the same feeling. After knowing Ye Li's identity, dissatisfaction immediately appeared on their faces.
Edwin Lucas naturally saw their expressions, but he had no intention of explaining anything, and pretended not to see it. He then introduced the person on the right, saying, "This is Mr. Lorenz, also the deputy supervisor of the Royal Family's weaponsmiths. He is also a top-grade yellow-level weaponsmith."
After saying this, he didn't wait for Ye Li to greet the other party, and directly introduced the person in the middle. This could be considered as Edwin Lucas' help to Ye Li.
After all, Ye Li was stunned just now and did not greet the first person. If he reacted now and greeted the second person, it would be awkward. It would be better for him to introduce the three people at once and then let them greet each other at the same time, which would cover up Ye Li's mistake just now.
"This is Mr. Kai Diwen, the general supervisor of our Wang family's weaponsmiths. He is a lower-grade Xuan-level weaponsmith and is already the most powerful among our Wang family's weaponsmiths.
Ye Li, you two can get to know each other, which will also facilitate future cooperation."
Hearing what Edwin Lucas said, Ye Li hurriedly saluted to the three people and said, "Ye Li greets the three seniors."
The three of them looked at each other and deliberately did not return the greeting. They just said "hmm" arrogantly and put on an attitude of a teacher.
Ye Li couldn't help but frown upon seeing this, in his opinion these three people were only slightly better than apprentices, he didn't expect them to be so arrogant.
Edwin Lucas did not say anything about this because he did not know what Ye Li's true level was. After all, what Ye Li said the day before was just "self-claimed".
The reason why he conferred the title of Baron on Ye Li was not because he could forge weapons, but to commend Ye Li for obtaining the blueprints of the Spirit Gathering Cannon, and to try his best to gain Ye Li's loyalty to the Farant Empire.
"Okay, Ye Li and the other three gentlemen, I have gathered you together today in the hope that you can communicate with each other, because in the next period of time, you will be responsible for studying the drawings together.
Being able to understand each other's capabilities beforehand will surely be of great help to future cooperation."
Edwin Lucas spoke up, implying that he wanted the three supervisors to test and evaluate Ye Li's strength.
Pierre glanced at Ye Li, a sneer appeared on his face, and said, "Baron Ye Li, I didn't expect that you claim to be proficient in casting at such a young age. I wonder who your master is?"
Ye Li could understand what the other party meant. He said that he only claimed to be proficient in casting, but he was not really proficient in it. Moreover, he was young, so it was obvious that he was just bragging and had no real ability.
Finally, he asked about his master, probably because he wanted to know Ye Li's background.
Ye Li glanced at the other party and said, "My skill in casting weapons was taught to me by my master, and was also passed down by my ancestors of the Black Eye Clan.
But my master may not be well-known among you, his name is Ou Qianxie."