Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 145: Tadpole Looking for Mother
As soon as Shopkeeper Wu finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Tang Zheng.
The first item of the competition - materials, can be said to be the forte of the Luo family of Bailianfang Star Hunters. Luo Fei has confirmed this to everyone.
Tang Zheng used a method that was almost tricky, but he still failed to defeat Luo Fei.
The second item of the competition - Fire Control - is Luo Fei's personal specialty!
Long before this gambling fight began, many people saw with their own eyes the "Sun-Chasing Fire Technique" that Luo Fei had recently mastered at the door of Bailianfang.
During the process of palm fire, there was a strange vision of a flying red dragon, which was something that people would never forget after seeing it once!
There is no doubt that Luo Fei's fire control skills have reached the master level.
Even if Tang Zheng used all his skills, he probably wouldn't be able to match him!
Except for the children of Tangjiabao, the only suspense of almost everyone present was -
Can Tang Zheng lose a few fewer points in the second item than in the first?
Despite the unfavorable gazes of everyone in the audience, Tang Zheng still sat there casually.
After Manager Wu announced the start of the competition, he did not even straighten up.
Seeing Tang Zheng's performance, the audience immediately started talking.
"Could it be that he knew he would lose in the Fire Control competition and planned to give up?"
"Haha, it seems a little late to realize your own mistakes now..."
Amidst the doubts, Xu Qingyan, carrying a zither and a furnace, slowly walked up from behind Tang Zheng.
The audience looked even stranger...
The furnace that Xu Qingyan brought over was the Qinglu Furnace. Although this furnace was considered a good casting furnace, compared to the batch of furnaces that Tang Zheng bought from Feishi City, the Qinglu Furnace was only a medium to low choice in terms of both preciousness and quality!
Luo Fei, who had been relatively relaxed from the beginning, became even more puzzled when he saw the foundry furnace that Tang Zheng had placed in front of him.
But, something even stranger is yet to come...
After Xu Qingyan placed the foundry furnace in front of Tang Zheng, he sat behind Tang Zheng with a swagger!
Moreover, the piano was right in front of him.
Clang...
Xu Qingyan moved his left hand, the strings of the zither shook, and the sound of music actually rang out.
Everyone in the audience was confused by Xu Qingyan's words: "What...what do you mean?"
"This is... a casting competition, right? The second item is... fire control, right?"
"I don't know... let's see..."
The sound of the piano started, but Tang Zheng was slow to put the charcoal into the furnace. Even the judges present were a little puzzled.
Wang Danyang's gaze was directed directly at Lu Huang.
After all, he is the chief judge of this competition!
Lu Huang didn't understand music theory, but what he was sure of was that casting... wouldn't require a musical instrument.
Just when everyone was puzzled, Tang Zheng smiled, raised his hands slightly, and held the Qinglu Luxu in front of him in a semicircle, and the star power slowly extended out.
Ding Dong...
Xu Qingyan just finished the prelude and entered the main song!
At the same time, Tang Zheng straightened his body, the stars behind him vacated again, and fire started in the furnace.
"That guy with expressionless face... can actually... play the piano?" This was not the first time that the children of Tangjiabao had dealt with Xu Qingyan, but in all the years of struggle, they had never heard that Xu Qingyan could actually play the piano.
"Of course he would..." Tang Zheng just smiled as he listened to their whispers - without even looking at where Xu Qingyan lived!
How could it be possible that he couldn't even play the piano when he stayed in the room of the top prostitute in the brothel day and night?
Moreover, the melody of the music accompanied by the jumping of the fire in the foundry furnace is not an ordinary effort!
The children of Tangjiabao were all a little stunned as they watched and listened.
However, Luo Fei breathed a sigh of relief: "The Moon in the Arms Fire Palm Technique, this entry-level Fire Palm Technique is quite well mastered."
Tang Zheng's fire-control method was what he had been using since he was five years old!
The furnace that Tang Zheng chose used the palm fire style, both of which were designed to increase the ability to control star power.
As for Luo Fei, his ability to control star power is already sufficient, and he doesn't need to use these to make up for it.
Xu Qingyan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly plucked the strings with his fingers, and a clear and beautiful sound rang out.
Just as Luo Fei shook his head slightly, the audience exclaimed in unison!
"this?!"
“Oh my god…”
As the music played, flames slowly began to burn in the Qinglu furnace in front of Tang Zheng, and gradually formed a picture!
In the picture, there were a few ink-black lotus leaves and several blooming lotus flowers rising up.
A corner of the pond...
The clear and bright water surface is covered with duckweed.
This picture, created entirely by the pale blue flames burning in the Qinglu furnace, is full of ink and extremely clear...
Combined with the sound of the strings gently stroked by Xu Qingyan, the sound is pleasant and melodious, like pearls falling on a jade plate.
There are songs and paintings.
Between the curves and the paintings, a fresh feeling of early summer permeates the scene.
"You're actually painting in a furnace... using fire?"
"I didn't expect that! This is really amazing!"
The craftsmen in the audience were stunned by Tang Zheng's move!
Painting with the flames of a foundry?
How detailed is his control over the star power?
…
Luo Fei was stunned.
It’s not that he can’t paint with fire, it’s just that he has never thought about doing so!
The music matches the fire, and the fire is used to paint. The stage effect is simply shocking...
"No, it doesn't matter. It just looks good and doesn't have much use." Luo Fei immediately shook his head.
Ouyang Luoluo's eyes were fixed on the rising fire, and the smile of surprise in her eyes became more and more intense.
She was sure that this was the foundry master she wanted!
A foundry master who can make casting more colorful!
No wonder Tang Zheng said, "More exciting things are yet to come." Only then did she truly understand.
Master Lu Huang of Bailianfang and Mo Feng were neither happy nor worried, but had a slightly thoughtful look on their faces.
Wang Danyang frowned...
As for the native blacksmith in Wulong Town, Mr. Chen snorted coldly: "The purpose of controlling fire is to forge. How can you forge if you can't control the fire? It's just a show-off, a trick!"
After hearing Mr. Chen's voice, the amazement in the hearts of the audience gradually subsided.
That’s right, the master of fire was born for forging.
A still painting, no matter how beautiful it is, is useless if it cannot serve the purpose of casting...
However, just as everyone's enthusiasm died down and they sat down, Xu Qingyan's music suddenly changed!
Tang Zheng's mouth curled up slightly, and he flipped his palm slightly, and put the processed materials into the furnace...
The Yin and Yang stars in the first life palace behind him began to rotate rapidly!
“It’s moving, it’s moving!”
“That painting in the pond…moved!”
“Oh my god…”
Before the audience had even sat down, changes had already taken place on Tang Zheng's foundry furnace.
Once again, most people stood up and exclaimed in amazement!
“The painting made with the foundry furnace can actually move…”
"Uh, what kind of painting is this that moves?"
"Animation, of course!"
The scene on the originally motionless ink painting suddenly changed.
A breeze suddenly seemed to blow over the originally quiet pond, blowing the small white lotus flowers and causing the duckweed on the water to ripple slightly.
And a frog appeared in the picture.
It was squatting on the duckweed, looking down into the water.
And everyone can see that its two cheeks are bulging, looking so lifelike!
"This is... using the Deep Green Fire Method to lick the material, like a breeze blowing away, layer by layer, finally peeling off the impurities on the surface of the material!" After Lu Huang looked at it attentively for a few seconds, his eyes slowly widened.
"The ink painting that didn't move just now is actually the light ink fire accumulation method. Is it preparing for the licking material now?" Mo Feng asked blankly, recalling the motionless ink painting just now.
"Yes, you are right!" Lu Huang did not even turn his head, his eyes still staring at Tang Zheng's Qinglu Furnace with great concentration.
After hearing Lu Huang and Mo Feng's explanation, Ouyang Luoluo became more interested.
And Wang Danyang's tightly furrowed brows also relaxed a little.
Old man Chen opened his lips slightly, looking surprised.
Light ink fire accumulation method, dark blue fire accumulation method...
Accumulation and accumulation are the most basic and most commonly used techniques in casting!
However, they never imagined that one day, someone would be able to make the details of these two types of fire palms so perfect in such a smooth and natural way!
All five judges were moved at the same time!
But none of the craftsmen in the audience noticed...
Their attention had long been drawn to the contents of Tang Zheng's furnace.
Staring!
The picture created by the flames in the Qinglu furnace changed again.
The fire spread out like ink and gradually dispersed, as if forming a bottom of the water.
There were a few water plants floating in the pond, and on the water plants were a few transparent ribbons with black eggs clinging to them, like silver ribbons studded with pearls...
The frog climbed up the duckweed from the water, and then jumped from one duckweed leaf to another, jumping farther and farther.
The black eggs gradually separated from the egg band, sank one by one, and then slowly floated up, floating up and down with the waves of the water...
"Look, look, the toad has laid eggs!"
"Tadpoles, the tadpoles are out!"
"Oh my god, those tadpoles are moving!"
"Hey, what a cute little guy..."
"I see... Tang Zheng, he, he is using the foundry furnace to tell... a story. It seems that these tadpoles can't find the toad..." A big man who had been silent all the time suddenly seemed to have discovered some huge secret, and couldn't help sharing his thoughts with a stranger next to him.
However, all he got was a big eye roll: "You just realized that? Stop interrupting me from watching anime, okay?!"
Ink and wash are like rhythm.
The fire is rising...
Xu Qingyan's music accompanied the contents of Tang Zhengluo, which became deeper and deeper.
The entire audience seemed to have forgotten about the competition. They were drawn into the story little by little by the melody. What they were most concerned about now was whether these tadpoles could find their mother.
