Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

"A competition?"

Upon hearing Chen Tian's words, Erwa was initially stunned, but quickly, a hint of eagerness rose in his eyes, and he hurriedly nodded, saying, "Alright, let's compete. I won't be afraid of you."

After following Chen Tian to learn the art of blacksmithing, Erwa, due to his intelligence and talent, had already made a name for himself.

Coupled with a bit of vanity in his heart, he boasted to the outside world that he was the 'Little Blacksmith Prince,' which made his peers envious, and they all expressed their desire to drop out of school and learn blacksmithing.

Even Xiao Hong was fooled by Erwa's words, and secretly developed feelings for him.

As a result, Erwa became even more arrogant and conceited, thinking that he no longer needed to learn and could graduate early.

Therefore, when Chen Tian proposed a competition, he agreed without thinking.

At the same time, Erwa also wanted to take this opportunity to prove to Chen Tian that he had grown up.

Chen Tian naturally understood Erwa's thoughts.

In fact, earlier on, Chen Tian had noticed that Erwa was becoming somewhat vain and conceited, and Erwa was not listening to his teachings as attentively as before.

This made Chen Tian a little worried, so he wanted to give this kid a good lesson.

Thinking like this, Chen Tian pondered for a while and asked him, "What are you going to make next?"

"Uncle Li Er came to our shop yesterday to order a cleaver. I promised to deliver it today, so I'm about to start forging it," Erwa replied quickly.

Chen Tian nodded after listening and said, "Very good, then let's each forge a cleaver and use that as the subject of the competition."

"Okay! But I have a request. Can Uncle Chen agree to it?"

"A request?" Hearing Erwa's words, Chen Tian frowned slightly and asked, "Tell me about it."

A cunning smile appeared on the corner of Erwa's mouth as he pointed to the heavy hammer in Chen Tian's hand and said, "Can we exchange hammers? I want to use yours!"

"Hmm?" Hearing this condition, Chen Tian's expression became even more surprised, but he still handed the hammer to Erwa and took the slightly smaller hammer from his hand.

This small hammer was specially made by Chen Tian for Erwa, considering his young age and weak physique. Erwa had always used it comfortably, but he didn't know why he suddenly proposed the idea of exchanging hammers this time.

However, after Erwa took the big hammer from Chen Tian's hand, he suddenly became excited.

The current Erwa was no longer the Erwa of two years ago. At that time, he had a lot of trouble even lifting this big hammer, but now he was able to wield it with great power.

Erwa felt that he had learned almost all of Chen Tian's skills, and the reason why he had not been able to surpass him might be because Chen Tian had this big hammer in his hand.

When Erwa first saw Chen Tian, he was holding this big hammer, and he had never changed it in the past two years, and it was still undamaged.

Chen Tian, who was on the side, looked at the confident look on Erwa's face and suddenly smiled. Then, he also took out an iron block from the stove and hammered it.

For a time, both of them were silent, and the small iron shop echoed with the melodious sound of hammering, which seemed very peaceful in the quiet sky.

After about an hour, Erwa finally completed his work. After putting it in water for the final quenching process, a bright and shiny cleaver was displayed in front of him.

This was the most attentive Erwa had ever been. This cleaver represented his highest skill.

"Hiss..."

Along with a harsh sound and white mist, the cleaver forged by Chen Tian also completed the final quenching.

Erwa couldn't wait to turn his head to look.

He found that Chen Tian's cleaver was unremarkable, and its gloss was far inferior to the shiny cleaver in his hand.

Erwa's heart suddenly became excited. He felt that perhaps this time he could really win against Chen Tian and truly graduate.

Chen Tian didn't pay attention to Erwa, but gently wiped the cleaver to remove the remaining iron filings.

"Cleavers are used to chop firewood. Since it's a competition, we must determine a winner. Uncle Chen, why don't we compete to see who makes the sharper cleaver?" At this time, Erwa suddenly said.

Chen Tian had no objection after listening and nodded faintly.

Erwa became even more excited when he saw this, and immediately walked to the side of the iron shop and chopped down a bamboo tree as thick as an arm. With a "swish" sound, the bamboo tree fell to the ground.

Chen Tian smiled slightly when he saw this. He also chose a bamboo tree and gently shaved it downwards. As soon as the blade touched the bamboo tree, the bamboo tree immediately crashed down. The cut was neat and tidy.

Erwa was stunned when he saw this. However, unwilling to give up, he chose another camphor tree as thick as a bowl and chopped it down hard.

Unlike the hollow bamboo, the solid camphor tree had hard wood. Erwa chopped it seven times before he could cut it down.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Erwa said to Chen Tian, "Uncle Chen, you should also choose a camphor tree. If you can cut it down within seven strokes, then I'll admit defeat. Otherwise, I'll win. How about it?"

"Seven strokes?" Chen Tian smiled indifferently after hearing this and shook his head, saying, "Why need so many? One stroke is enough for me."

"What? One stroke! Uncle Chen, don't boast!" Erwa was frightened by Chen Tian's words and thought that Chen Tian was just boasting and talking big.

However, Chen Tian ignored him and walked straight towards a large camphor tree.

"Uncle Chen, that camphor tree you chose is much bigger than mine. Is there really no problem?" Erwa asked in surprise.

The camphor tree that Chen Tian chose was as big as a washbasin in diameter, much larger than the camphor tree that Erwa chose, which was only as thick as a bowl.

Chen Tian didn't say anything after listening, but instead waved his knife again and chopped at the washbasin-sized camphor tree.

"Crash..."

Only a loud noise was heard, and the washbasin-sized camphor tree instantly collapsed. The cut was also neat and tidy, indicating that it was done in one go.

Seeing this scene, Erwa opened his mouth wide and didn't recover for a long time.