Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 75: Roll, Rain and Sun Furnace
No matter what, whether Ban Yilou was promoting the product for personal reasons or helping out of selfish motives, the one who benefited was Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng also returned the favor by launching a massive purchasing campaign, giving Ban Yilou a huge commission that he would probably never earn in his entire life!
Therefore, Ban Yilou had to endure this little bit of revenge for his selfish reasons, not to mention that there was no evidence. Even if there was evidence that it was Tang Zheng who spread the rumors, Ban Yilou had to endure it.
Who told him to have evil intentions and bad motives?
Ban Yilou went out angrily to take care of business, leaving Tang Zheng and Tang Boyuan alone.
Tang Boyuan smiled and looked at Tang Zheng: "Master, you are really a rare person! You even gave commissions to the children for a social practice. You probably don't know that the income brought to Tangjiabao by the social practice for a few days has exceeded the income of Tangjiabao in a whole year!"
When Tang Zheng led the children away from Tangjiabao, Tang Boyuan was actually still very worried, because it looked like they were going to have a fight with Yinlan Villa ...
But he didn't expect that the news he received in just a few days would shock him more and more.
It was completely the opposite of what he imagined!
Not only did Tang Zheng not lead them to cause trouble for Yinlan Villa, but he also started a massive purchasing event in Wulong Town!
Although no one from Yinlan Villa was killed, their making such a commotion on West Street was also a slap in the face to Yinlan Villa.
The shops on West Street that had been bought by Tangjiabao but had not yet paid rent to Tangjiabao, each and every shop owner had experienced unprecedented hesitation and struggle in these few days. Among them, two or three quick-witted people decisively changed sides and took the initiative to pay the rent to the new owner of the shop...
Tang Zheng's social practice not only brought Tangjiabao hundreds of taels of purple gold in apparent profit, but also made Tangjiabao's reputation in Wulong Town surpass that of Yinlan Villa for the first time.
"Well, it's just social practice, social practice..." Tang Zheng smiled. He had just casually led a purchasing event and had not intended to make money.
Originally, this social practice was intended to teach students while learning casting.
Making money was not something he considered at all!
"I received a letter from Xiaotang yesterday. Master, do you have something to discuss with me?" Tang Boyuan asked.
"Well..." Tang Zheng touched his nose, "I killed someone."
"..." Tang Boyuan's eyelids twitched, but he still asked, "Who?"
"Feng Le, the direct disciple of the leader of the Qintian Sect and the younger brother of Feng Yuan, the leader of the Qintian Sect." Tang Zheng did not beat around the bush and directly reported Feng Le's identity and name.
"You..." Tang Boyuan's lips slightly opened, "You killed him?"
"Yes." Tang Zheng nodded.
"But, I just received news this morning that Feng Le of the Qintian Sect disappeared on the way back to the sect, and almost all the clues left at the scene point to the Zhaixing Sect..." Tang Boyuan looked weird.
"Ah?" Tang Zheng felt like he had all the words in his heart to say and he choked them back in one breath.
He had clearly repaired Feng Le's sword with his own hands in Echo Alley, and with his life, he was ranked among the top 200,000 one-star warriors on the Shadow Power List!
There was no way that Feng Le was abducted by someone on the way back to Qintian Sect.
"How many Feng musics does Emperor Qintian have?" Tang Zheng asked.
"If he is the direct disciple of the leader of the Qintian Sect, the younger brother of Feng Yuan, the leader of the Qintian Sect, then there can only be one..."
Tang Zheng slapped the counter lightly: "That's right, I killed him!"
The clues to Feng Le’s disappearance must be a fake created by a “kind-hearted person”.
For some unknown reason, perhaps he didn't want Emperor Qintian to know that Feng Le died in Wulong Town.
"Good man!" Tang Zheng smiled and sighed. It was easy to guess who would be the first person to cover up the incident after Feng Le got into trouble in West Street.
Tang Boyuan nodded heavily when he heard Tang Zheng's words: "I understand. Once you enter my Tang family, you are a member of the Tang family! No matter what revenge the Emperor Qintianzong takes against you, the whole Tang Family Castle will stand by you!"
Although Tangjiabao is considered a local tyrant in Wulong Town, it is definitely not comparable to the clan-level forces.
However, the Tang Family Castle was able to stand firm in Wulong Town and fight against the Hidden Blue Villa, which was backed by two major clan-level forces, not because it did not have its own trump cards...
"Ahem..." Tang Zheng was choked by a mouthful of water. "No, no, that's not what I meant."
He knew Tang Jiabao's attitude from the beginning.
Tang Boyuan did not make any boastful statements, such as saying that the affairs of Emperor Qintianzong would be under his responsibility, but the simple and plain words "we will advance and retreat together" were enough for Tang Zheng.
If Emperor Qintianzong really wanted to take action against him, Tangjiabao would never stand idly by, just as he would never stand idly by if someone wanted to deal with his students.
Hearing Tang Zheng's words, Tang Boyuan was stunned.
That’s not what I meant…
What does that mean?
However, because things had changed, Tang Zheng did not express his "meaning" and continued to ask: "So now, the quarrel between the Zhaixing Sect and the Qintian Sect has no influence on the Yinlan Mountain Villa, right?"
"Fighting?"
“……” Tang Zheng stroked his forehead.
"Well... Actually, the fight between the two sects... well, for Yinlan Villa, it's both a good thing and a bad thing." Tang Boyuan could probably guess what he meant, so he answered directly, "Yinlan Villa probably can't borrow the power of the two sects for a while, but on the other hand, the two sects won't ask Yinlan Villa to pay off its debts so badly."
"Oh, oh, oh..." Tang Zheng roughly understood the situation, and suddenly thought, "Are those three account books useful?"
"Accounts? I saw Xiaotang mentioned it in the letter, but I haven't read it yet. I'll go find Xiaotang right now... But, Master, do you know about accounts?" Tang Boyuan said.
"I don't understand." Tang Zheng quickly waved his hands.
…
Tang Boyuan called Xiaotang and found a teahouse on West Street to check the three account books that Tang Zheng had seized from Lan Yan.
After Tang Zheng drank the Deep Valley White Grass, Feng Le's blood energy in his body was diluted a lot. Coincidentally, someone had settled the matter. As long as he didn't seek death and get under the noses of the Qintianzong's people, the Qintianzong would not be able to find him for a while.
He originally wanted to remind Tang Boyuan that because of Feng Le 's death, Tangjiabao might be affected, and asked Tangjiabao to prepare early and not be caught off guard, etc. There was no need to say more for the time being.
Tang Boyuan is not like Tang Xiaotang and the other kids. He knows that Feng Le was killed by Tang Zheng, and he also has an idea about many arrangements.
Therefore, the only "good-hearted person" who knew about the whole thing was still Lan Shaoze...
Tang Zheng felt even more that if he didn't kill him, he would be sorry for the wind, the rain, and the sunshine that shines on the earth.
After a few days of purchasing on behalf of others, the long queue outside Jubao Pavilion finally became much shorter.
The social practice is almost coming to an end.
At night, after Tang Xiaotang and the others left, Ban Yilou brought Tang Zheng into the cabinet and directly opened a foundry furnace as high as an adult's knee...
"Is everything ready? Can we start casting?" Tang Zheng had been practicing martial arts these days while listening to Ban Yilou's repeated lectures on theoretical knowledge. He had almost finished understanding it, and all the materials had been processed, so he could start the furnace directly.
"Well, this 'Sunny and Rainy Furnace' is sold for twenty-five taels of purple gold, and it's on your account!" Ban Yilou carefully brought out the furnace and sat down on the ground.
"Okay." Tang Zheng already had a bag of purple gold coins at Ban Yilou's place, and he didn't even count them.
Although the items were charged to Tang Zheng's account, Ban Yiluo still used such an expensive stove with great care.
Tang Zheng watched as his star power turned, and the entire furnace suddenly floated up, and a layer of light star power enveloped the entire furnace...
Ban Yilou shouted at Tang Zheng, "Did you remember all the steps I told you?"
"Yeah!" Tang Zheng looked at the materials spread out on the floor and nodded.
"Let's get started!" Ban Yilou lifted the stove, "I'll control the stars!"
Controlling the Stars means providing uninterrupted and stable star power to the foundry. Tang Zheng had learned this before, but with his current one-star power, he could not achieve either "uninterrupted" or "stable".
After all, Ban Yilou was not a professional foundry master, and he could not steadily control the furnace while completing the other steps of casting...
Therefore, the addition and smelting of materials all need to be done by Tang Zheng!
"All parts that need to be cast for the same weapon must be made in the same furnace... um..." Tang Zheng took the notes placed aside and nodded. Fortunately, apart from the scabbard, the dagger only has two parts, the handle and the blade, and the area of both parts is not very large.
Tang Zhengxing extended his power, took the moonstone into the furnace, and turned it over.
Stone is hard but brittle, and must be cast first, then melted together with metal.
Then what was put in was the softened Wuji Black Iron...
The star power in the furnace jumped up, and when the moonstone was almost shattered, Tang Zheng held the bottle in his left hand, and the star power extended outward, directly pouring half of the faded fang bat blood in the bottle into the furnace.
"Oh my god." Ban Yiluo sighed, imitating Tang Zheng's tone.
Of course, the more fang bat blood you use, the higher and more stable the star power resonance will be, but generally only one or two drops are enough...
Tang Zheng is really foolproof.
The starlight in the foundry furnace keeps turning in various shapes and colors. When all the materials are melted to a certain degree, they can begin to be shaped.
"That's right! Now!" Ban Yilou saw that Tang Zheng still hadn't grasped it well, so he spoke up to remind him.
"No, wait..." Tang Zheng thought to himself that something was wrong. He saw a crack between the moonstone and the infinite black iron, which was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
Tang Zheng flipped his hand and poured in a bucket of water from the cold pond of Tianchi Lake.
After a while, there were a few more scoops.
"Xinghuo is old..." Ban Yiluo watched Tang Zheng's handling of the matter but did not stop him. He just gave a reminder.
"Well, I'll start shaping." Tang Zheng closed his eyes, gathered the star power in his palm, and directly grasped it on the rolling material in the casting furnace...
There was a slight burning sensation in the palm of my hand.
There is no fire in the foundry furnace, but the feeling is stronger than that of fire.
Tang Zheng heard Ban Yilou sighing, "I'm afraid this furnace has failed, right?"
