The assessment place is a tall and old courtyard, with a carved wooden plaque hanging in front of the door. As soon as you enter the door, you can smell the smell of ancient wood.

There were people busy in the hall, with the elderly who were qualified to review and assess the assessment, the waitress who led the assessment, and the teenager who was waiting for the notice in the hall.

Lu Chong and Lu Chuanming also entered the hall to wait. At this time, a young man about twenty-two or three came over with a small wooden sign, came to Lu Chong and stopped, and said to Lu Chong: "You are here for the assessment. I really didn't expect to see such a young person coming to the assessment this time."

Lu Chong looked at him and smiled. Teacher Lu Chuanming said proudly: "Of course, we came from Lufang, Huanglong City. Xiao Chong is a genius among the wood-masters. He has reached the level of a master in just one year of study."

The young man said again: "It turns out that he is the junior brother. My name is Lu Kai. He is here to test the woodworking master. This is the first time I have come to take the assessment! Actually, it's nothing? Just like usual, you don't have to worry."

Lu Chong had some affection for this enthusiastic young man, so he replied seriously: "Thank you, senior brother, I will pass it smoothly."

Lu Kai was a little surprised by his confidence, and raised the small wooden sign in his hand and said, "Okay, then I'll go in and take a look first, and then chat later." After that, he followed a maid into the passage in the middle of the hall.

After waiting for a while, he heard someone calling Lu Chong's name. Lu Chong hurried forward and a middle-aged man with an audition look shouted: "Lu Chong, No. 13, a silver coin."

Lu Chong also knew that this was the assessment procedure. After the assessment master level had to pass the review, he would pay a silver coin handling fee. Lu Chong stepped forward to pay a silver coin, followed a female servant through the middle passage, and saw a row of rooms behind.

The waitress led Lu Chong to the door with thirteen numbers on the door and quickly left. Lu Chong pushed the door and saw three people sitting inside, an old man in the middle, and middle-aged people on both sides.

Lu Chong walked to the wooden bench next to the long wooden table in the middle and sat down. The old man said, "You are Lu Chong, you are only thirteen years old, and you are the youngest in this assessment. However, I'll just talk about the rules of the exam first."

"From the first time you come here to the assessment, if you fail, you will have to take the assessment again after two years. That is to say, after each assessment, it will take two years to re-assess until you pass. Do you understand?"

Lu Chong nodded, and the old man said, "Okay, let's start now! The assessment time is one hour. You are at the level of the assembly master. You must complete a seven-story machine wooden box within one hour."

No one said anything afterwards. Lu Chong picked up the knives on the long table and quickly carved, polished, assembled, and assembled them. In less than an hour, a very perfect seven-layer machine wooden box was completed.

The three examiners did not expect that Lu Chong's door would be completed soon. Looking at the exquisite machine box from the outside to the inside, they were so surprised that they couldn't speak. After a while, the old man said: "The No. 13 assessor, Lu Chong, the level of the assembling master, passed."

Lu Chong came to the hall with the passed document and was about to tell Teacher Lu Chuanming what had passed, but he saw the young man named Lu Kai walking towards him. Seeing the document in Lu Chong's hand, he immediately understood the result and said happily: "My junior brother has really succeeded. It's amazing. It's much better than me, my senior brother." After that, he showed a look of frustration.

Lu Chong hurriedly asked, "Has the senior brother not passed?"

Lu Kai nodded and said, "I also know it's difficult. Since I was a success as an assembly master at the age of fifteen, I have tried the assessment of the woodworking master every two years. This is the fourth time. I thought it would be possible this time, but I didn't expect that there was an error in the assembly of the last few pieces."

Lu Chong thought for a while and said, "It has been assembled to the end, which means there is no problem in controlling the thinking in the brain. It should be that the coordination between the hands is not coordinated enough."

Lu Kai thought for a while and suddenly said, "Yes! I felt my hand shaking for a while. It turned out that my fingers were not very skilled."

At this moment, a strange sarcasm suddenly came from the side: "I'm so arrogant. If I can be fully skilled in my fingers, I'll take the test of the assembly master."

The two looked up at the side and saw a boy about fourteen or five years old, looking at Lu Chong provocatively. These words were supposed to be directed at Lu Chong.

Judging from the boy's clothes, he must be a clan child. Lu Chong was unwilling to make enemies with his clan child easily, so he remained silent. Unexpectedly, the boy said again: "A lowly illegitimate child from the countryside feels that he has some skills, and he actually makes a lot of talk here, which is ridiculous."

Before Lu Chong could speak, Lu Kai said angrily: "Who are you? We said ours, what does it have to do with you? Get out of the way." Then he pushed him.

The young man ignored Lu Kai and said hatefully to Lu Tong: "Hmph, Lu Tong, I know you, my name is Lu Yuan, and I am also here to evaluate the master level, but it is not the assembly master level, but the carving master level. I heard that you have reached the master level in carving. Do you dare to compete with me? See who is the real genius in carving? Do you dare?"

Looking at Lu Yuan's look of despising people, Lu Chong's calm mind also became a little angry, and he said coldly to Lu Yuan: "How do you want to compete?"

Lu Yuan said: "Just compete for who can carve more qualified calendulas in one hour. The bet is a set of special knives from the Lu family. I know you have one, and I also have one here." As he said that, he took out a set of knives from his body, which was exactly the same as the set that Lu Chong obtained in the one-year test. Each knife had two golden words engraved on the surface: "Lufang".

Lu Chong already knew that the boy in front of him was not simple, but he had no fear at this time and said firmly: "Okay, I agree to compete with you."

The competition between Lu Yuan and Lu Chong was arranged in a large room, judged by five examiners from the "Wood Arts Workshop". There were two long tables for the competition, and there were many people in the distance to watch quietly.

When an old man announced the start of the competition, both of them quickly picked up their knives. Lu Yuan's carving skills were very exquisite. He skillfully rotated the wooden block in his left hand and the knife in his right hand brushed a few times, highlighting the buds, which were very beautiful.

Lu Chong ran his hands calmly, and the strength of each knife was controlled very evenly, and the streamlined movements were very coherent.

Lu Yuan carved very quickly. When Lu Chong carved to the sixth floor, Lu Yuan had already carved to the seventh floor. The rapid technique was maintained until the seventh floor of the entire flower was carved.

When it was time to carve the eighth floor, Lu Yuan also began to slow down, carefully controlling the distance and thickness of the flower sheets, striving to be complete and beautiful. When the time was just half past, Lu Yuan finally carved the eighth floor and saw that Lu Zong had already started carving the eighth floor.

Lu Yuan slid the knife downward and continued to carve the ninth layer of flower slices. This was also the limit he reached during his usual practice. He was very cautious at this time. Each knife seemed to use all the strength of his body, and it felt like he was crafting it carefully.

As time passes slowly, Lu Yuan's ninth layer of flower sheets are about to be carved, and only the last four or five flower sheets are left to form. Looking at the extremely exquisite flower that is about to be completed, Lu Yuan reveals the gratitude of success.

At this time, he looked up and glanced at Lu Chong, who was still carving seriously. His eyes immediately flashed with shocked eyes. He paused involuntarily. The carving knife instantly cut a piece of flower slices into pieces. It turned out that Lu Chong had not only completed the ninth layer, but also began to continue carving the tenth layer, and the tenth layer's flower slices had already been formed by more than half.

Although people saw that Lu Yuan did not continue to carve, everyone was still waiting for the final result until the time finally came to an hour and the judgment announced that the time was over. At this time, Lu Chong moved his hands away, revealing a ten-layer flower with extremely complex flowers.

People watching the competition from afar all looked shocked. At this time, there was no sound, and even the breathing seemed to stop.

All the five judges opened their eyes wide and could not believe what they saw. One of the middle-aged judges shouted loudly: "Oh my God! Ten layers, thousands of flowers, I have never seen in my life that there is a wooden cultivator who can complete such exquisite flowers."

Only then did everyone hear heavy breathing, then violent cheers. Only Lu Yuan lowered his head in frustration and stared motionlessly at the ninth layer of calendula in his hand that had not yet been completed.
Chapter completed!