Chapter 78

For two or three days, a heavy rain fell in Wulong Town.

Perhaps it was the damp and uncomfortable weather, or perhaps it was the atmosphere of change that the town felt after the appearance of the proxy shopper. In recent days, the number of pedestrians on both East Street and West Street had significantly decreased.

However, no matter how heavy the rain, Bailian Workshop always opened on time in the morning and closed on time at noon, as calm and rigid as a wound-up clock.

"Wait, wait a moment..." Just as Bailian Workshop was about to close at noon, an invitation was slipped through the door.

The craftsman closing the door frowned, picked up the invitation that had fallen through the door, and upon opening it, his expression immediately changed. He ran to the back yard.

Half an hour later, Mo Feng, the chief blacksmith of Wulong Town's Bailian Workshop, received the invitation.

His fingers gradually tightened...

The paper of the invitation was made from wutong wood pulp, mixed with xuanhe essence, and each sheet was handmade. The colored ink used was zijin sand ink from the Zijin City, which shone brilliantly at first glance.

As a blacksmith, his first reaction to any object was to consider its components and craftsmanship, not the object itself.

Just by touching it, he knew that there was no one in Wulong Town who could afford such an invitation!

On the invitation, in a somewhat peculiar handwriting, was a line of even stranger words...

To Master Mo Feng:

Tang Zheng, a humble person, invites Master Mo Feng and all members of Bailian Workshop to attend the "Dagger Appraisal Conference" at the second floor of Wufeng Tavern at the exact hour of You (3 PM) tomorrow, to fulfill the bet made half a month ago with [Sheathless]!

"Without a sheath... without a sheath..." Mo Feng coldly snorted, threw the invitation aside, and called a craftsman in, "Is the person who delivered the invitation still here?"

"Still at the door," the craftsman replied.

"Tell him, I, Mo Feng, will lead the 27 official apprentices and above from Wulong Town's Bailian Workshop to attend the meeting at the exact hour of You (3 PM) tomorrow!"

A one-star dagger with a star resonance degree of over 82 was not impossible to forge, but such a person would not exist in Wulong Town!

To forge a dagger with such a high star resonance degree, one must be a master-level blacksmith with skills comparable to Master Lu Huang. If this Tang Zheng could find such a blacksmith, why would he need Master Lu Huang to come?

However, after standing up, Mo Feng turned around and picked up the invitation from the ground again: "Hmm... the zijin sand ink on it hasn't soaked into the paper, it can still be extracted and used. This is a good material to increase the success rate of forging."

Immediately, he no longer paid attention to the "Dagger Appraisal Conference" but focused on finding water and a brush to extract the zijin sand ink from the invitation.

After Bailian Workshop gave its response, the invitations were sent out one by one...

The top ten customers who participated in the proxy shopping at Jubaoge, the top ten customers by spending, some shop owners on East and West Streets, Tang Family Castle, and even the Hidden Blue Manor, all received the invitations.

"Ah... phew... cheap... cough, Dagger Appraisal Conference?" The recipients of the invitations, who were unaware of the truth, almost choked.

Even the first man from the Zhao family who bought the Yan Sui Dan at Jubaoge couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.

Nine out of ten people love a spectacle, so the news of the Dagger Appraisal Conference at Wufeng Tavern spread throughout Wulong Town in just one day.

"I heard it's that Tang Family guest scholar who set up the proxy shopping at Jubaoge, and he made a bet with Bailian Workshop."

"Oh my, a bet with Bailian Workshop? And it's a 'Dagger Appraisal Conference,' it must be about forging!"

"Who knows, I see Old Ban from Jubaoge teaching that Tang Family Castle blacksmith every day..."

"If a few days of learning forging could challenge Bailian Workshop, everyone would go and learn forging."

Faced with the excitement of the entire Wulong Town, the pressure was greatest on Wufeng Tavern.

From the banquet arrangements submitted by Tang Zheng, the tavern's staff, from the manager to the waiters, were all jumping with excitement. Not only did the entire second floor need to be rearranged, but there were also some unheard-of requirements for the dishes, such as the ice cream, which they had already asked a master chef to research and prepare overnight.

"But, what kind of dish is this ice cream?" The chefs were all frowning.

"It's made from sheep's milk skin, eggs, sugar, and some fresh fruits..." They studied the ice cream recipe.

"It even requires an ice cellar!"

"Fortunately, we have an ice cellar at Wufeng Tavern..."

The chefs, despite their complaints, were delighted by the twenty tables, each costing ten taels of zijin, which made everyone at Wufeng Tavern smile.

Forget about Tang Zheng just wanting to eat ice cream; even if he wanted to eat tiger-striped shrimp from the Wuyou Sea or six-winged silver geese from Qianqiong Peak, they would have to find them without hesitation!

...

Wulong Town, West Street, Jubaoge.

"Phew, done! Two thousand threads!" Tang Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and casually picked up a can of "Yaoshan Warm Dew" from the outer shelf and drank it.

Yaoshan Warm Dew, a mineral water he had discovered in a corner of the outer shelf of Jubaoge in the past two days!

Real mineral water!

Yaoshan Warm Dew comes from a hot spring area on the western slope of Yaoshan. If it were just an ordinary hot spring, Tang Zheng wouldn't be so fond of it, but this mineral water remains warm no matter how long it is stored or how far it is transported.

The most natural water source, the healthiest drinking temperature.

Tang Zheng drank it with great satisfaction.

But Ban Yilou was restless on the side: "Yaoshan Warm Dew is the best spring water for brewing fine tea, and you... you just drank it like that... it's... it's..."

The can of Yaoshan Warm Dew is exquisitely made, but its capacity is only about 800 milliliters, equivalent to a pot of tea.

Its price, however, is as high as two taels of zijin!

This is not a forging material, just a can of water!

To dig a well, an ordinary family would only need forty copper coins.

The price of a can of water at Jubaoge is five hundred times that of a well.

Generally, only clans and noble families would take out Yaoshan Warm Dew to brew tea for their esteemed guests. If a guest drinks tea made with Yaoshan Warm Dew at someone's home, they would feel extremely honored!

"Do you have any in your warehouse? Send a box to Tang Family Castle..." Tang Zheng said to Ban Yilou.

"Which eye did you see me having a warehouse?" Ban Yilou replied irritably.

Tang Zheng licked his lips and looked at the only twenty cans of Yaoshan Warm Dew on the shelf.

Such a magical and wonderful thing, if he didn't know about it, it would be fine, but knowing about it and not being able to drink it would be a waste of his hard-earned journey through time...

So, Tang Zheng looked up at Ban Yilou with great anticipation.

Ban Yilou, seeing his eager look, immediately understood: "Damn! I'll go and get some for you."

"Large quantity!" Tang Zheng emphasized.

"As much as possible!" Ban Yilou couldn't guarantee.

"Hehe..." Tang Zheng's face immediately turned joyful, and he patted Ban Yilou's shoulder, "Good brother!"

"Brother?" Ban Yilou sneered, "Aren't you my seventh great-uncle?"

"Ah, well, the weather is really nice today! The morning rain in Weicheng... la la la, moistening the light dust, the guesthouse is green and the willows are fresh..." Tang Zheng hummed an unknown tune and picked up his martial arts book, rolling to the side to avoid Ban Yilou's sarcastic remarks.

...

On the morning of the Dagger Appraisal Conference, the sky cleared up.

The continuous rain for several days suddenly disappeared, and the bright sun returned to the two streets of Wulong Town.

Wufeng Tavern closed its doors to customers from the morning and was busy until the afternoon.

From the manager to the waiters, everyone was like soldiers on the front lines of Turen Pass, in a state of high alert!

The two parties of tonight's banquet, one being the recently prominent Tang Family Castle in Wulong Town, and the other being the Bailian Workshop that they dared not provoke, made everyone repeat in their minds: "No mistakes, no mistakes..."

At the exact hour of You (3 PM), Tang Zheng arrived early at Wufeng Tavern and went upstairs to check the arrangements.

Although it was quite different from what he had imagined, the four words "Dagger Appraisal Conference" had a strong agricultural heavy metal style, but overall, it was still good.

He then went to the kitchen and tasted two bites of ice cream.

"Good, good, fragrant, soft, sweet, and sticky, just like a girl's kiss... that feeling." Tang Zheng licked his fingers and gave a thumbs up to the chefs.

Ban Yilou arrived a little later, and the waiters of Wufeng Tavern, drenched in cold sweat, led him to the seat of honor.

Subsequently, the guests who received the invitations arrived one after another.

"Where are the precious daggers?" Many guests, seeing Tang Zheng come out of the kitchen, joked with him.

"Right, let us have a look first..."

However, before they could joke much, they saw Tang Boyuan and his two brothers, Tang Xiaotang, Meng Fenghua, and others enter.

Some of the shop owners who came to the banquet immediately had complex expressions.

Fortunately, their awkwardness did not last long...

Just as the hour of You (3 PM) arrived, over twenty men with a fierce aura, dressed in simple coarse clothes, walked in on time!

The entire banquet hall fell silent.

Although these men were not dressed in luxurious attire and even had some stains on their bodies, no one dared to underestimate them...

Because they represented the highest forging technology in the Starlight Continent—Bailian Workshop!

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