Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 126: Red Spider Golden Silk, Fu Bi Broken Star Stone
As the confidential seal was stamped, Tang Zheng's design drawings completely disappeared from the drawing.
Once sealed, even Lu Huang himself cannot see it. Unless he uses star power to unlock the blueprint, no one else can see the contents of the blueprint.
However, Tang Zheng was the designer, so of course he remembered every detail, and Lu Huang listened to Tang Zheng's detailed explanation and remembered every detail clearly.
"To be honest, your fan dagger is an unprecedented challenge for me! Not to mention, your design requires that everything from the dagger's pop-up device to the silk thread hanging the fan pendant be replaceable, which undoubtedly increases the challenge..." Lu Huang was not being modest, he was just stating the facts, and Tang Zheng could see that a brilliant light was already shining in his eyes.
Then, Lu Huang took out a pen and paper.
He seemed to have entered another world.
Tang Zheng's fan dagger was exquisite and incomparable, and its imagination was something he had never heard of before. However, the more exquisite something was, the more difficult it was to make...
Not to mention anything else, the difficulty of achieving star power resonance among fourteen fan bones is dozens of times higher than the star power resonance among just one dagger!
The most difficult part is that Tang Zheng requires that every component can be replaced!
Of course, Lu Huang knew that he was considering upgrading this equipment to two stars, three stars, four stars or even higher stars, but replacement would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of maintaining the star power resonance!
However, Lu Huang did not mention any of these specific details.
Tang Zheng has already come up with the design structure, so the next difficulties will of course have to be solved by him. Otherwise, why would Tang Zheng look for him?
Tang Zheng has already solved the first step of casting, the drawings.
Immediately, Lu Huang took the second step - determining the materials.
"The materials are divided into nine parts. First is the main material of the fan bones, fan leaves, springs, hidden weapons, daggers, and silk strings..." Lu Huang picked up the pen and started writing on the paper.
He wrote the names of the materials one by one on the paper. He would look down at them every once in a while, cross out a few, and then write a few again. This process of deleting and revising lasted for more than an hour.
The 129 main materials that were finally confirmed by Lu Huang were rewritten onto another piece of paper.
When he had decided on the main materials, he found that Tang Zheng had been waiting for a long time and had started practicing martial arts on his own...
Lu Huang did not say anything. He continued to lower his head and took another piece of paper to determine the auxiliary materials and special materials.
This fan dagger can be used for both attack and defense, so it requires both sharp offensiveness and strong defensiveness. The choice of materials is far from as simple as the weapons he had forged before.
"It's time to challenge tradition..." Lu Huang thought for a long time and started writing on the paper again.
Looking at the materials he had written, even Lu Huang, who was used to seeing all kinds of precious materials, felt his heart beat a little faster.
expensive.
It’s too expensive.
It’s not that any one of them is expensive, but none of the materials are cheap.
However, he could not reduce the cost any further. Sharpness and Dunshou were two completely different requirements. It was not that he had high requirements, but Tang Zheng's design itself had too high requirements for materials.
It’s not like Lu Huang hasn’t seen priceless weapons before…
But he never thought that one day he would have to forge a weapon that would be priceless just in terms of cost!
Materials are the basis of casting.
Lu Huang pondered over the choice of materials from noon to dinner time, and he had devoted himself to the design and did not notice the passage of time at all...
Until Tang Zheng's stomach growled.
"..." As soon as Lu Huang raised his head, he saw Tang Zheng's aggrieved face.
"I didn't have lunch either." Tang Zheng thought for a moment and added, "And breakfast... and yesterday's dinner."
"..." Lu Huang looked embarrassed.
"How about I treat you to something to eat first?" Tang Zheng knew that this technical geek's mind was full of casting and he couldn't utter a word.
Lu Huang didn't hesitate and nodded directly.
The two of them went out to eat something, and Lu Huang came back in a hurry. After more than an hour, he finally decided on the materials...
"Okay." Lu Huang handed two full sheets of paper to Tang Zheng, "Considering your needs for star guidance, astrology, and fan dagger, I have determined these materials. The budget may be a bit high..."
Tang Zheng took them and looked at them. Among the hundreds of items, most of them had names he had never heard of before.
However, no matter how much money or effort is spent on this fan dagger, it is worth it!
Because the Tianluo Strange Needle Box, Jueying Dagger, Qiteng Lock of Love and Xiguang Shield are his regrets. If he lives his life again and still loses to others in equipment, it would be too unfair to himself.
"Don't worry, purple gold is not a problem." Tang Zheng put away the list.
Lu Huang nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
The price of most of the 566 materials he listed would not be lower than thirty taels of purple gold. It could be said that purchasing any one of them would be enough to bankrupt a middle-class family with slaves and maids.
Although he knew that Tang Zheng was rich, he was not sure to what extent he was rich.
Just when he heard Tang Zheng say that the money was no problem, Tang Zheng casually took out two bottles of water from his bag and said, "Drink some water, and we'll talk slowly."
Lu Huang had been concentrating on designing for the whole afternoon and was indeed thirsty, so he took a sip of the water...
After taking a sip of warm water, he suddenly lowered his head to look at the jar in his hand: "Yaoshan Warm Dew?"
Tang Zheng nodded: "Drinking warm water is good for your physical and mental health!"
"..." Lu Huang's tongue was not very good, so he couldn't complain like Ban Yilou did, but at this moment he really didn't doubt Tang Zheng's financial resources at all.
Lu Huang drank quite a lot of tea brewed with Yaoshan Wenlu, so he could taste the flavor of Yaoshan Wenlu at the first sight.
However, he had never seen anyone drink Yaoshan Wenlu so casually, just opening the can and drinking it directly!
"I've always felt that using Yaoshan Dew to make tea is a waste." Tang Zheng also saw what Lu Huang was thinking, and said casually, "The value of Yaoshan Dew lies in its perfect temperature. If it is boiled, it will be completely destroyed. Just like casting, you can't keep over-processing it just because the material is precious, which will destroy its essence..."
"..." Lu Huang's eyes suddenly widened, and even Mo Feng on the side opened his mouth slightly, but didn't say a word for a long time.
Overprocessing!
Destroy the essence!
These eight words were like an epiphany, as if they had solved the mystery of the failure of many of their previous failed products!
Lu Huang's gaze towards Tang Zheng also changed again and again.
The wisdom of casting is everywhere...
A truly dedicated caster can get to the essence of casting even from a small glass of water!
Lu Huang said nothing. He picked up the can of Yaoshan Warm Dew and drank it all in one breath: "No matter how precious the water is, it is meant to be drunk... Thank you for your advice, my friend!"
Tang Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "How can this be called 'teaching'? It's just a casual remark."
…
Time in Bailianfang seems to pass much faster than outside.
By the time Lu Huang had finished explaining to Tang Zheng the characteristics and uses of each material, why he should choose it instead of other alternatives, and where to buy them, it was already midnight.
Tang Zheng simply did not go back to Xinglai Inn and stayed overnight in Bailianfang.
After a quick breakfast the next morning, it was another full day of research and adjustments...
Of the five hundred and sixty-six materials, more than three hundred were available at Bailianfang and could be purchased directly. Two hundred could be transferred from Jubao Pavilion. Of the remaining six most precious pieces, two were brought back by Lu Huang directly from the Feishi City black market. The other two were from Lu Huang's personal collection, and he was ready to invest them in this unprecedented work without hesitation...
In the end, there were only two materials left, and even Bailianfang, which had the most complete range of casting materials, was helpless.
Red spider's golden silk, auxiliary and broken star stone!
"The blade of our fan dagger must be as light as a piece of gauze and easy to fold, yet as solid as a rock and able to withstand a heavy blow. Only one thing can do this - Red Spider Golden Silk."
"Hmm..." Tang Zheng nodded.
"Red spider golden silk is a hybrid of two very ferocious poisonous insects, the Fiery Red Spider and the Ice Crystal Golden Silkworm. The silk thread produced by the Red Spider Golden Silkworm is very tough and invulnerable to swords, water and fire. It also has a good resonance of star power. The reason why it is rare is that the Red Spider Golden Silkworm has a very small chance of surviving after hybridization. In addition, it cannot reproduce and has a very short lifespan, so the output of Red Spider Golden Silk is very small."
"Well, that's how it is..." Tang Zheng roughly understood that it was just like the mule, which was the cross between a horse and a donkey, and the liger, which was the cross between a tiger and a lion. They were species with excellent performance but were unable to reproduce.
Of course, Tang Zheng was not prepared to discuss biological issues in front of a craftsman...
Lu Huang continued, "As for the Fu Bi Star-Breaking Stone, it is rumored that when the Purple Gold Emperor 'smashed all the stars and respected only the main star', he single-handedly shattered all the stars on the Xingyao Continent that could generate star power except for the fourteen main stars. Zuo Fu and You Bi were one of them! The Fu Bi Star-Breaking Stone is the remains of stars that were shattered and fell. If you use one, there will be one less! The remains of these two stars can almost produce coordination and resonance with the star power of all the main stars. Even if you add a little bit of powder to the successfully cast equipment, it can greatly improve the star power resonance. It is the best auxiliary material for the ultimate weapons to impact higher grades, nothing else!"
"Fuck..." Tang Zheng couldn't help but be moved. Although most legends are a bit exaggerated, this stone is simply comparable to Nuwa mending the sky. "Why would they need such a thing?"
"Even if I can coordinate the star force resonance of our dagger when I cast it for the first time, without the auxiliary celestial stone, it will be impossible to coordinate the star force resonance every time I replace parts!" Lu Huang said with certainty.
"Red Spider Golden Silk, Fu Bi Broken Chen Stone..." Tang Zheng silently recited the names of the two materials, "Then, are there any clues about these two things... Although Bai Lian Fang doesn't have them, there must be somewhere that has them, right?"
