Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 78: The Despicable...Dagger Conference?
It rained heavily in Wulong Town for two or three days.
Maybe it was because of the uncomfortably wet weather, or maybe it was because the atmosphere in Wulong Town was changing after the emergence of purchasing agents, but the number of pedestrians on both East and West Streets decreased a lot in the past few days.
However, no matter how heavy the rain was, Bailianfang would always open on time in the morning and close on time at noon, as calm and rigid as a wound-up clock.
"Wait, wait a minute..." Just as Bailianfang was about to close at noon, an invitation was stuffed through the crack in the door.
The craftsman who was closing the door frowned, picked up the invitation that fell from the crack in the door, opened it, and immediately his expression changed and he ran towards the backyard.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Mo Feng, the chief caster of Bailianfang in Wulong Town, received the invitation.
His fingers gradually tightened...
The paper for the invitations is made from pulp made from phoenix tree agarwood, refined with the addition of crane fragrance. Each one is handmade, and the printed colored ink is purple gold sand ink produced in the Purple Gold City, which sparkles at first glance.
He is a foundry craftsman. Whenever he gets hold of anything, his first reaction is its composition and workmanship, rather than the object itself.
Just by touching it, he knew that no one in Wulong Town could afford such an invitation!
On the invitation, there was a line of even stranger words written in a strange handwriting...
Master Mo Feng:
I, Tang Zheng, invite Master Mo Feng and all the staff of Bai Lian Fang to go to the second floor of Wu Feng Tavern at 0:00 p.m. tomorrow to participate in the "Dagger Appreciation Conference" in order to fulfill the bet made by [Wusha] half a month ago!
"No sheath... No sheath..." Mo Feng snorted coldly, threw away the invitation, and called a craftsman in, "Is the person who delivered the invitation still here?"
"Still at the door." replied the craftsman.
"Tell him that I, Mo Feng, will lead all the craftsmen above the official apprentice level at Bailian Workshop in Wulong Town at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. A total of 27 people will attend the appointment!"
It's not that no one can forge a one-star dagger to a star power resonance degree of over eighty-two, but such a person will definitely not exist in Wulong Town!
The one who can forge such a high degree of star power resonance must be a master-level figure with similar strength to Master Lu Huang. If this man named Tang Zheng can really find such a caster, why would Master Lu Huang have to come here?
However, after Mo Feng stood up, he turned around and picked up the invitation from the ground: "Well... the purple gold sand ink on it has not seeped into the paper. It can be extracted and used. It is a good material to increase the chances of successful running-in."
Immediately, he no longer took the matter of the "Dagger Appraising Conference" to heart, and focused on finding water and a brush, and took out the purple gold sand ink for writing the invitation.
After Bailianfang responded, invitations were sent out one after another...
Invitations were sent to the top ten customers who participated in purchasing on behalf of others at Jubao Pavilion, the top ten customers in terms of spending, some shop owners on East and West Streets, Tangjiabao, and even Yinlan Villa.
"Ah... puff... bitch... cough, dagger-appraising competition?" The people who received the invitation and were unaware of the truth were almost choked.
Even the man from the Zhao family who was the first to buy the Medulla Extension Pill at Jubao Pavilion couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.
Nine out of ten people like to watch the fun, so the news of the dagger-appraising competition at Wufeng Tavern spread throughout Wulong Town in just one day.
"I heard that the guest of the Tang family who was doing purchasing on behalf of Jubao Pavilion made a bet with Bailianfang."
"Oh my god, a bet with Bailianfang? It's the 'Dagger Appraisal Contest' again, it can't be a bet on casting!"
"Who knows? I see Master Ban from Jubao Pavilion teaching the casting of Tangjiabao every day..."
"If you can compete with Bailianfang after learning casting for a few days, then everyone will learn casting."
Facing the uproar in the entire Wulong Town, the Wufeng Tavern was under the greatest pressure.
The banquet arrangements submitted by Tang Zheng made everyone from the owner to the waiters at Wufeng Tavern jump up and down. Not only did they have to rearrange the entire second floor according to the requirements, but there were also some unheard-of requests for the dishes. For the ice cream alone, they had already asked a master chef to come and study and prepare it overnight.
"But what exactly is this ice cream?" Several chefs frowned.
"It's said to be made from goat's milk, eggs, cane sugar and some fresh fruits..." They studied the instructions for making the ice cream.
“We actually need an ice cellar!”
"Well, luckily we have an ice cellar in Wufeng Tavern..."
Although several chefs were upset about the menu, the price of ten taels of purple gold per table with twenty tables in total made everyone in Wufeng Tavern smile.
Not to mention that Tang Zheng just had a sudden urge to eat ice cream, even if he wanted to eat the tiger shrimps in the Worry-Free Sea or the six-winged silver geese on the Qianqiong Peak, they would have to go find them without saying a word!
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Wulong Town, West Street, Jubao Pavilion.
"Huh, done! Two thousand strands!" Tang Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up a can of "Yaoshan Warm Dew" from the shelf in the outer pavilion and drank it.
Yaoshan Wenlu is a mineral water that he found on a shelf in the corner of the outer pavilion of Jubao Pavilion in the last two days!
Real mineral water!
Yaoshan Warm Dew is produced from a hot spring area on the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain. If it were just an ordinary hot spring, Tang Zheng would not like it so much, but this kind of mineral water can not only be extracted, but it will always be warm no matter how long it is stored or how far it is transported.
The most natural water source, the healthiest inlet temperature.
Tang Zheng enjoyed the drink very much.
But Ban Yilou was fidgeting on the side: "Yaoshan Wenlu is the best spring water specially used for making good tea. You...you just drank it like this. It's simply...it's..."
The Yaoshan Wenlu jar is very beautifully made, but its capacity is only about 800 milliliters, which is the capacity of a pot of tea.
Its selling price is as high as two taels of purple gold!
This isn't casting material, it's just a can of water!
You know, it only costs forty copper coins for an ordinary family to hire someone to dig a well.
The price of a jar of water in the Treasure Pavilion is five hundred times that of a well.
Generally, Yaoshan Warm Dew is taken out to make tea only when clans and noble families entertain distinguished guests. If a guest drinks tea brewed with Yaoshan Warm Dew at someone's home, he or she will definitely feel extremely honored!
"Do you have any more in your warehouse? Send a box to Tangjiabao..." Tang Zheng said to Ban Yiluo.
"How did you see that I have a warehouse here?" Ban Yiluo answered unhappily.
Tang Zheng licked his lips and looked at the only twenty cans of Yaoshan Wenlu on the shelf.
It would be fine if he didn't know about such a magical and wonderful thing, but if he knew about it but couldn't drink it, it would be a shame for his hard work in traveling through time...
So Tang Zheng raised his head and looked at Ban Yiluo with great anticipation.
As soon as Ban Yilou saw his little eyes, he immediately understood what he meant: "Fuck! I'll go get the goods for you."
"A lot!" Tang Zheng emphasized.
"Try my best!" Ban Yiluo couldn't guarantee it.
"Hehe..." Tang Zheng's face immediately turned happy and he patted Ban Yilou on the shoulder, "What a brother!"
"Brother?" Ban Yilou sneered, "Aren't you my seventh uncle?"
"Ah, well, the weather is so nice today! Morning rain in Weicheng... la la la, it washes away the light dust, and the green willows in the guest house are new and fresh..." Tang Zheng hummed an unknown tune while picking up his martial arts book and rolling to the side, avoiding Ban Yilou's sarcastic attacks.
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On the morning of the Dagger Appreciation Conference, the sky cleared up.
The rain that had lasted for several days suddenly disappeared, and the bright sunshine finally returned to the east and west streets of Wulong Town.
Wufeng Tavern closed its doors to customers from the morning and remained busy until the afternoon.
From the shopkeeper to the waiter, each one is like a soldier on the front line of Tulun Pass, facing a formidable enemy and in a tense state of preparation!
The two parties at tonight 's banquet are Tang Jia Bao, the latest upstart in Wulong Town, on one side, and Bai Lian Fang, a company they would never dare to provoke, on the other side.
Everyone kept repeating in their mind: "Can't make any mistakes, can't make any mistakes..."
At the beginning of the You hour, Tang Zheng arrived at Wufeng Tavern in advance and went up to the second floor to check the layout.
Although it was very different from what he had imagined, the four words "Jian Bi Conference" also had a strong agricultural heavy metal style, but generally speaking it was still good.
He ran to the kitchen again and took two bites of ice cream.
"Not bad, not bad. It's fragrant, soft, sweet and sticky, just like a girl's kiss...that feeling." Tang Zheng licked his fingers and gave thumbs up to the chefs in charge of the food with satisfaction.
Ban Yilu arrived a little later, and the waiter of Wufeng Tavern invited him to the seat of honor with a cold sweat on his face.
Afterwards, the guests who received the invitations arrived one after another.
"Where is the treasured dagger?" Many guests looked at Tang Zheng coming out from the kitchen and joked with him with a smile.
"Yes, let's open our eyes first..."
However, before they could even crack a few jokes, they saw Tang Boyuan and his three brothers, as well as Tang Xiaotang, Meng Fenghua and others coming in.
Some of the shop owners who came to the banquet suddenly had complicated expressions.
Fortunately, their embarrassment did not last too long...
As soon as the hour of You arrived, more than twenty tough men, wearing simple coarse cloth clothes, walked in on time!
The entire banquet scene suddenly fell silent.
Although these people were not dressed luxuriously and even had stains on their bodies, no one dared to look down on them...
Because they represent the place with the highest casting technology in Xingyao Continent - Bailianfang!
