Chapter 91

【Everyone, have a happy Lantern Festival!】

Tang Zheng never expected that Mo Feng, a master blacksmith, would write much more beautifully than he did.

However, the content of the letter was quite simple—Master Lu Huang would be coming to Wulong Town in a month to return the favor, and he would invite Tang Zheng. Mo Feng would come to Tang Family Castle in three days to personally deliver the invitation.

"Three days later, I will await your arrival!" Tang Zheng immediately replied and had a servant deliver it back.

For Tang Family Castle, the master of Hundred Refinements Workshop coming to deliver an invitation was certainly a big event.

But the key was not here.

The next morning, everyone in Tang Family Castle learned that Lu Huang's return invitation was not just for Tang Family Castle.

How would Mo Feng, a craftsman dedicated to forging, know who to invite to a banquet?

Lu Huang's response was simple and brutal—just follow the guest list from Tang Zheng's last banquet for Hundred Refinements Workshop.

So, the entire Wulong Town was in an uproar!

This was an invitation from Lu Huang, who came from one of the thirteen core families of Hundred Refinements Workshop!

"Am I seeing things? An invitation from a six-star powerhouse."

"Treasure! Absolutely must be treasured..."

"Do you think I could get a good price for it in the black market in Feishi City?"

"Would you be willing to part with it? If you are, go ahead and sell it."

Tang Zheng listened to the servant's description of the townspeople's reactions in Wulong Town and was also stunned.

What kind of return invitation was this?

It was more like a concert ticket.

"I'll buy them at a low price and sell them at a high price, and make a profit as a scalper. I wonder if I would earn anything?" Tang Zheng subconsciously rubbed his nose and then quickly shook his head. "No, no, no, I promised to cut my hands if I made money again!"

Now was the critical moment for him to reach the peak of the first star.

How could he waste time making money?

After confirming that he had fully mastered "Chongguan," Tang Zheng began practicing the third move of the Dagger Technique, "Yuxie"!

"Defend to attack, store star power for release..." Tang Zheng carefully read the description of Yuxie, which seemed to be a defensive stance for a dagger.

The starting move and Chongguan were two progressive sharp attacks, equivalent to a prerequisite skill plus a quick burst.

The star power flow of Yuxie, although also a collision-style flow, required borrowing the force of the opponent's attack, similar to the blocking techniques Tang Zheng practiced in his previous life.

Such a technique could not be practiced alone.

Tang Zheng immediately went to find Meng Fenghua!

Although Azhi had more combat experience and might practice faster, her second-star star power was too robust. Instead, Meng Fenghua, at the peak of the first star, was the most suitable to help him test the move!

At the初级练武场 of Tang Family Castle, a group of children were diligently practicing with Meng Fenghua.

The first thing Tang Zheng saw when he came to the training ground was the intermediate training ground, where many of Tang Xiaotang's generation were still recuperating, making the intermediate training ground look a bit desolate.

Although it was said that it took a hundred days to recover from a serious injury, Tang Zheng was waiting for his "paper醉金迷" to bloom and for the flower king to grow plump and healthy.

He would never let his students really lie in bed for three to four months!

"Teacher, teacher." As soon as Tang Zheng arrived at the training ground, he was surrounded by Little Bell and the others. "Sister Fenghua said you reached the high stage of the first star in just one month. Teacher is so amazing!"

"Does Teacher have any secrets? Can you tell us? We also want to grow up faster..."

"We don't want Teacher to protect us anymore; we want to protect Teacher."

Tang Zheng never thought that he, a failure, would one day become a reason for others to strive.

He smiled immediately. "Have you finished the snacks I brought you last time?"

"We haven't yet!" Little Bell and the others said.

"Good, take your time." Tang Zheng replied with a smile.

Those candies were carefully made by Ban Yilou's friends, all using excellent foundational pills. Unfortunately, the shelves were already empty from his last visit.

The next time he went to Wulong Town, it was time to order another batch.

Unfortunately, because they were too young and their star meridians were not yet stable, they could not directly use the more effective auxiliary items like Tang Zheng's Brown Marsh Pills.

As for the Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant, it wasn't that Tang Zheng didn't want to buy a whole bag, but the Yao Mountain Tribe's productivity was too low. Such finely carved pendants were rare, and even if you had the money, you couldn't buy many.

However, the main reason for Tang Zheng's rapid star power cultivation was his practice of the Dagger Technique, which perfectly utilized his dual-star power. Each time he practiced martial arts, it doubled the surge of his star tide and the gathering of star power.

"Are you waiting for me?" After Meng Fenghua had the children line up and start practicing again, she came to Tang Zheng.

"Yes, the new move..." Tang Zheng explained the key points of the third move of the Dagger Technique to Meng Fenghua in detail.

"Understood, let's start." Meng Fenghua nodded after listening.

...

A bright star, half gold and half silver, shone on the Nine Heavens Mystic Star Chart behind Meng Fenghua.

Tang Zheng's Purple Gold Star Chart, with its flowing black and white fish, was even more eye-catching!

Clang, clang, clang.

As soon as the two of them engaged, they immediately began testing martial arts techniques.

A heavy sword without a sharp edge, the weighty sword momentum surged forward, the sound of star power crackling already extending to the tip of the sword!

Tang Zheng did not retreat using footwork but directly gathered his star power. "Yuxie."

The heavy sword and the light dagger, their star powers intersecting in a collision, burst into a deafening roar. Tang Zheng felt his star power drained, and when it collided with Meng Fenghua's star power, it directly extended to her heavy sword.

Then, a counter-push!

Meng Fenghua's martial arts technique was not only pushed back, but the remaining momentum of Yuxie, carrying both Tang Zheng's and Meng Fenghua's star power, formed a crescent arc, directly aiming at Meng Fenghua's throat...

Clang!

Meng Fenghua quickly raised her sword, and the thick star power of the peak first star immediately pushed Tang Zheng back three steps.

"Attack within defense, defense within attack..." Tang Zheng finally understood. The key to Yuxie was not the flow of star power within the body but the timing of the move!

The collision of dual-star power and the opponent's attack force was the crucial moment.

If the timing was right, it could turn defense into attack. If the timing was average, it could only serve as a block. If the timing was poor, it was almost as if the move was not used at all.

What Tang Zheng had just done was only slightly above average, not the best.

"Again." This time, Tang Zheng started from the starting move, using the first three moves of the martial arts technique in succession.

This time, Meng Fenghua used a blocking technique first, and a wave of star power was pushed back.

Tang Zheng was blocked as soon as he started, so he had to skip Chongguan and directly use Yuxie after the starting move.

Meng Fenghua swept her sword diagonally, taking advantage of the gap when Tang Zheng skipped Chongguan, just as she was about to knock him away, Tang Zheng's star power surged, and he used Yuxie along the dagger, countering her diagonal sword.

From Meng Fenghua's perspective, his move was slightly late. If it was any later, the effect would be zero.

But precisely at that moment, when Meng Fenghua's star power reached its peak, Yuxie took advantage of the momentum to counterattack!

"Amazing!" Although Meng Fenghua was not injured, the result was completely opposite from the previous time. She had to retreat to dissipate the force to deal with Tang Zheng's counterattack.

In the past, every time Tang Zheng sparred with them, he mostly relied on footwork.

But this time, he did not pay any attention to his footwork, discarding all combat techniques to focus on mastering Yuxie to the maximum extent!

Starting move, Chongguan, Yuxie...

Starting move, skipping Chongguan, Yuxie...

Facing an attack head-on, directly using Yuxie to counter...

Tang Zheng and Meng Fenghua practiced these moves back and forth until the sun set in the evening.

As Tang Zheng had expected, because Yuxie did not have a skill barrier, it was much smoother to practice than Chongguan. In just one afternoon, he had basically mastered the key points of using the starting move, Chongguan, and Yuxie in sequence.

Consolidating it a bit more tomorrow, he estimated that in about ten days, he could start practicing the fourth move of the Dagger Technique—Yanshao.

"Come again tomorrow. I find this martial arts technique quite interesting." Meng Fenghua, holding Little Bell's hand, seemed a bit reluctant to stop. "I've seen many blocking techniques in martial arts, but I've never encountered one with such strong counterattack power!"

"Sure." Tang Zheng was also reluctant to stop.

"When I started sparring with you, I thought your second move, Chongguan, might have a weakness if used improperly, but... now I think it might be a deliberate weakness, just waiting for me to exploit it, and then your Yuxie can counter naturally..." Meng Fenghua touched her forehead and suddenly blushed. "Uh, sorry, I get a bit... when I talk about martial arts."

"It's fine." Tang Zheng shook his head and smiled at Meng Fenghua's face. When she talked about martial arts, she was particularly serious, and although her face became cold and distant when she was immersed in the world of martial arts, to Tang Zheng, she looked especially cute at such times.

"It's a bit late today. Let's try again tomorrow." Meng Fenghua said.

Tang Zheng, of course, readily agreed. After all, he could now use Chongguan freely, and whether to use or expose a weakness was entirely up to him!

Tang Zheng picked up Little Bell, kissed her forehead, and said goodbye to Meng Fenghua.

"The intensity of today's afternoon training was a bit high. My star power is now over 3,100 strands. Before Lu Huang comes to Wulong Town, I must reach the peak of the first star..." As he walked back to his courtyard, he looked up at the starry sky and suddenly stopped.

For some reason, the sky in the direction of Wulong Town seemed one or two degrees brighter than the opposite direction?

Unfortunately, Wulong Town was too far away, and even with his keen eyesight, he could not clearly determine whether the mysterious red light illuminating the sky was just an illusion...

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I wasn't in the best state today, so I rewrote this chapter from scratch. I'm sorry for the late update.

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