Chapter 41 Red Fate [Fate of the God of Craftsmanship]

The Danfang is located in a valley surrounded by several mountains, and is surrounded by medicinal fields with a strong medicinal fragrance.

In the center there are several alchemy rooms, distributed in the shape of the Eight Diagrams.

Heat waves are rolling in the alchemy rooms, and the fire in the furnace is never extinguished all year round. There are often special Taoist boys who light the fire and Taoist boys who fan the fire to keep the fire burning. The requirements for each Taoist boy who can gain a foothold here are extremely high. For example, the Taoist boy who lights the fire must have a fire life and a fire body, and a wood life and a wood body are also barely enough. If the birth date is not right, you are not allowed to enter the alchemy room.

At this time, outside the alchemy room, in front of one of the medicine fields, a tall young Taoist boy was checking the growth of herbs in the medicine field. Outside the medicine field, Mao Hong was standing far away with a smile on his face.

“Brother An, our wood carvings are selling quite well. The first batch of ten or so has already been sold out, but the price is a little low, which is a pity!”

Hearing this, the young Taoist boy smiled.

“It doesn’t matter if the price is a little lower!”

“This is only the first batch after all. For the second batch, I plan to produce hundreds of pieces and invest in them in large quantities. The price can be lower. As long as they can be sold, it will be enough to make up for the loss caused by the price difference!”

After a slight pause, his gaze fell on Mao Hong again, and he spoke with strong admiration in his eyes.

“Of course, I won’t let you run errands for nothing, Brother Mao. You will also get some benefits when the time comes!”

Mao Hong’s eyes lit up when he heard this, but he spoke modestly.

“I have never done anything for Senior Brother An, but I have received your gift. I feel ashamed to accept it!”

An Sheng just smiled slightly when he heard this.

He glanced at another separate alchemy room from a distance.

At this time, a Taoist boy about ten years old walked out, and saw many Taoist children outside bowing to Dao Kongzi when they saw him.

Mao Hong followed his gaze to Dao Kongzi, and seeing this he naturally lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

But I heard An Sheng say softly.

“One day, sooner or later, I will be able to freely enter and exit this core alchemy room! I will be able to serve you all and listen to your teachings!”

Mao Hong said hurriedly.

“Senior Brother An is proficient in Taoism and is also a favorite of the Chief Senior Brother. He will definitely have a seat in the Alchemy Room in the future!”

An Sheng’s expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, he just felt that it should be so. He had already begun to imagine the scene after he seized the Taoist temple’s wood carving business, his Taoism career improved, and his own status in the alchemy room was enhanced.

But suddenly his expression changed, and he saw a Taoist boy in moon-white clothes hurriedly coming from a distance.

“Brother An, something bad has happened. Several brothers from the Hundred Beasts Cave are looking for you!”

“What do they want me for?”

Looking at the Taoist boy with an anxious face, An Sheng suddenly had a bad feeling deep in his heart.

The Taoist boy seemed to be hesitant to speak at this time.

An Sheng suddenly became furious and shouted.

“Say it!”

The Taoist boy didn’t dare to offend this senior brother from the inner sect of the alchemy room, so he could only speak.

“They want to return the goods?”

An Sheng’s face suddenly turned cold and he said angrily.

“Return the goods? Who told them they can return the goods?”

After a slight pause, he asked again.

“Why would they return it?”

Hearing this, the Taoist boy lowered his head.

“I heard that the guy in the Slaughterhouse has come up with a new kind of cloud-patterned woodcarving. It’s said to be a composite craft, and contains several kinds of human king rhymes. It can even help senior brothers in the heavenly realm suppress their inner demons. It has a strong ability to restrain evil spirits. Now many senior brothers in the Taoist temple are vying for it!”

“what?”

An Sheng was struck by lightning when he heard this.

The Taoist boy then continued.

“And the price of the single-grained Human King wood carving has also been reduced. You can get it for just one thousand-year-old spiritual fruit. The only requirement is that the golden spiritual fruit is preferred, and the others are secondary!”

Hearing this, An Sheng suddenly felt as if he could vomit three liters of blood.

“He won’t give me any chance to survive?” He was so anxious that he was sweating all over. He knew very well that there was still a big gap between his own wood carvings and those of the other party.

Although he had comprehended the “Fire Chronicle Heavenly Heart Diagram” inherited from the alchemy room, his wood carving skills were indeed only at the level of a beginner.

Compared with the other party’s exquisiteness and naturalness, it is far inferior.

Not to mention that his comprehension of the “Fire Chronicle Heavenly Heart Diagram” seemed not as good as the “Suiren Spiritual Visualization Method” of the Slaughterhouse. The other party launched more than a dozen cloud pattern wood carvings in succession within just one month, which was the evidence.

In his anxiety, he was a little confused for a moment.

The Taoist boy in the moon-white robe looked at this scene and couldn’t help asking.

“Brother An, should we return the goods?”

Hearing this, An Sheng glared at him unhappily.

“Why return the goods? I have already refined those spiritual fruits and spiritual medicines. Where can I return them?”

The Taoist boy also felt a little aggrieved and whispered.

“But those brothers said that if we don’t return the goods, they said our alchemy room will never be able to survive in peace again, and they will not sell anything to Brother Bai again if there is any benefit!”

Hearing this, An Sheng’s face turned extremely ugly.

“How dare they threaten me?”

But he had to consider the feelings of Senior Brother Bai. If he really ruined the business of the Chief Senior Brother, how could he stay in the alchemy room?
“How hateful! It’s all that damned guy’s fault!”

At this moment, he could only transfer all his hatred to Qingli.

He completely forgot that he had the ambition to replace and completely dominate the Taoist temple’s wood carving business.

Mao Hong next to him had become a quail at this time, just lowering his head and not saying a word, for fear that An Sheng would stare at him.

But An Sheng was so anxious at the moment that he had no time to pay attention to him.

Those dozen or so wooden sculptures represent a dozen or so thousand-year-old spiritual fruits and elixirs. What can he use to compensate?
I can’t afford the compensation at all!
……

The kitchen door became unusually lively.

Many Taoist children gathered at the kitchen door to watch, and many Taoists in the Taoist temple heard the noise and rushed to watch.

At this moment, someone was heard shouting inside.

“Multiple composite craft holy elephants? First come, first served. Only three thousand-year-old spiritual fruits are needed, and gold spiritual fruits are given priority!
Or two 1,500-year-old or one 2,000-year-old gold-attributed spiritual fruit! Water attribute, wood attribute second, and other attributes third!”

“The quantity is limited, fellow brothers and uncles, please get them as soon as possible, otherwise they will be gone!”

“The price of ordinary single-grain wood carvings is temporarily reduced. After this batch is sold, it will not be available at this price again. Don’t miss it!”

At the door of the kitchen, a Taoist boy in coarse linen clothes was shouting, and under his feet were several extremely exquisite wood carvings with cloud patterns. Looking closely, they seemed to be the reincarnation of the sage king Suiren. Each one was like a bright holy image in the darkness, illuminating the way ahead and giving people infinite confidence and hope.

Just one glance and many accomplished Taoists were moved and couldn’t help but secretly praise the good craftsmanship.

“This kind of wood carving can be called a magical item, but it only costs three thousand-year-old spiritual fruits. It is indeed a good value for money!”

Many Taoists were somewhat tempted and went forward to check it out, walking past many Taoist children.

At this time, Yang Huai and Feng Ying were standing side by side. Feng Ying looked at this scene and couldn’t help but be amazed. At this time, he looked at Yang Huai with sourness.

“I didn’t expect you to have such a method to turn the tide. I was originally worried that you would go to extremes, but now it seems that it is not you who will go to extremes, but others…”

Hearing this, Yang Huai just smiled slightly.

But there was some joy in his eyes, and a sense of luck in his heart.

The ability to create this composite wood sculpture is not only the result of his small success in the “Suiren Lingxiang Visualization Method”, but also the result of changes in his main destiny.

Ever since he had absorbed that strange green energy from the unknown into his body a few months ago, his fate was no longer the ordinary white [Unique Craftsmanship], but red [Fate of the God of Craftsmanship] with a little bit of residual green energy.

The changes therein are not based on reason.

He seemed to be assisted by God in any carpentry work he did. There were countless wonderful ideas in his mind, and the wood sculptures he carved in his hands seemed to come alive, with an incredibly magical aura.

The wooden sculpture of Suiren seemed to be the descent of Suiren’s divine power, and seemed to be only one step away from attracting the attention of Lord Suiren’s bright thoughts.

Such changes naturally attracted many Taoists who knew the value of the product.

At the kitchen door, several Taoist fire workers were looking at this scene and looking at each other in bewilderment.

(End of this chapter)