Chapter 588: The Blacksmith and His Seven Unlearned and Useless Apprentices
"Come into the store first."
The first impression the blacksmith gave to Li Zheng was that he was a taciturn type. He didn't talk much and his voice was very soft.
But he could tell that there was a terrifying explosive power hidden in the blacksmith's suppressed voice!
If it were completely released, perhaps just the sound of speaking could kill a group of beings with weak physical strength.
"Please go first." Li Zheng turned sideways, letting the master, the blacksmith, go in first, while he walked half a minute behind with Zi Shu.
"The teacher is here. The teacher is here. Everyone, sit down quickly!"
Icarus's panicked voice came out, and there was a brief commotion in the blacksmith shop because the blacksmith had returned.
When Li Zheng walked in, he only saw eight different-looking blacksmith shops with only a small open space in the middle of the originally spacious facade due to the huge amount of various equipment, equipment, props, counters, etc.
The aliens each sat on small benches, looking eagerly at the blacksmith standing in the center.
There is a sense of familiarity as if they are sitting in rows and eating fruits. They are extremely well-behaved.
The blacksmith glanced around. The atmosphere in the blacksmith shop was extremely depressing. Even the most active Icarus put away his cynicism and took it seriously.
"You should all know the purpose of calling you back this time." The blacksmith said solemnly: "During my absence in the shop, apart from the fact that your senior brother has to look after the blacksmith shop and occasionally make some new inventions, what achievements have you each made?
?tell me the story."
Good guy!
Is this a spot check of homework!?
Li Zheng looked at the blacksmith and his apprentice and thought to himself.
No wonder those eight apprentices all looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The teacher suddenly made a surprise inspection to check their homework. Who wouldn't panic if they replaced them?
Oh, there is really no need to panic.
Li Zheng looked at the calmest one among the eight. He was a foreigner who looked like a crane but had an old man's beard on his chin.
Wearing a uniform that was stained with oil, there was a sense of vicissitudes of life all over his body.
Presumably he is the so-called senior brother.
Having just been recognized by the blacksmith, it is no wonder that he is the only disciple who can remain calm.
"Don't even say anything?"
The blacksmith's majestic eyes swept across several disciples again, and finally landed on the man sitting opposite the senior brother: "Let's start with the youngest, Lao Ba. What new inventions have been made recently?"
The Eighth Disciple is different from ordinary beings. He does not have a standard flesh and blood body, but is a ball of human-shaped blue light, with only traces of his facial features exposed on his head.
"Teacher...I...have no new inventions..."
The eighth disciple stood up and did not dare to speak loudly.
The blacksmith frowned: "Old Qi, what about you?"
The Seventh Disciple is very similar to a blacksmith, except that the horns on his head shoot up to the sky, full of ferociousness. His appearance is even more sinister, and he is of the type that could stop a child from crying at night if placed on earth.
However, even such a guy is like a quail in front of the blacksmith, shrinking his head and saying quietly: "Teacher, neither do I."
"Lao Liu?" The dissatisfaction on the blacksmith's face became even stronger.
"I... didn't..." Lao Liu was a civet cat, and he was the shortest among the eight disciples. Sitting on a stool, he was hidden among the big men around him. You couldn't even spot him if you didn't pay attention.
Is this Paz Meow?
Li Zheng looked at him strangely, why was he different from the last time they met?
What about his cute mouth habit?
Or have you admitted the wrong person?
"Lao Wu..." the blacksmith asked in sequence. When it was Lao Wu's turn, he paused for a moment: "Forget it, shut up!"
Lao Wu: "...?"
Why don't I even have a chance to admit my mistake?
Isn’t this too humiliating?
Li Zheng watched with great interest. The fifth disciple was the most distinctive among them, because his appearance was blurry in Li Zheng's eyes.
In other words... Li Zheng could only see a mosaic at the place where the fifth disciple was.
Next was the fourth disciple. This disciple with a horse face also shook his head in shame, saying that he had no new inventions.
When it was the turn of the third child, Icarus, things finally turned around.
After being called by the blacksmith, Icarus said with a proud face: "Teacher, I have it!"
"Tell me about it." The blacksmith's already gloomy face was about to drip with tears for the first time. It seemed that these useless apprentices were not useless.
"I am currently developing something that can transform laziness. As long as the research and development is successful, the laziness in the Land of Seven Sins will be destroyed!" Icarus held his head high and looked down upon his junior brothers.
"Crack laziness?" The blacksmith's expression turned extremely cold: "It's just you?!"
Even the blacksmith himself didn't dare to say such big words. How could Icarus be able to solve the problem that countless geniuses have been unable to solve for endless years?
"Teacher, Icarus just said that thing is still under development." Paz Miao rolled his eyes, pointed at Icarus and shouted: "Semi-finished products, and semi-finished products with almost no possibility of success, can also be used as...
Results?"
"Shut up!" Icarus was furious: "Mind yourself!"
This damn cat doesn't know how to do anything but cause trouble.
Do you have the ability to speak with your results?
Didn't he look like he was about to die when he was asked the honest question just now?
Icarus really wanted to bite this sixth junior brother to death. Ever since he became a disciple of the blacksmith, the two of them had been at odds with each other.
"Shut up and sit down!" the blacksmith shouted angrily, and his suppressed voice released a trace of power, instantly making everyone in the room breathless.
Icarus's face turned as pale as if he had been struck by a hammer. He no longer looked as energetic as before and collapsed on the stool.
"You are all my blacksmith's direct disciples. During my absence, all of you were unwilling to make progress and were lazy and slippery!" The blacksmith said solemnly: "If you tell me, it will ruin the reputation of my blacksmith shop!"
"teacher."
At this time, the eldest disciple who had been silent stood up: "You can't blame me for this matter. In fact, the outer city has developed for endless years, and everything that can be invented has been invented. If you want to break through the technological process, it is almost impossible."
Very possible."
"Yes..." Icarus muttered feebly: "We also want to come up with some new tricks, but if I come up with something like a ham stick again, you will definitely shoot me to death..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This time, Pazmiao did not destroy Icarus.
Because this is not a dilemma faced by the blacksmith shop alone, but a headache faced by all shops focusing on R&D and manufacturing in the outer city.
Icarus was not the only one who made an unreliable ham stick weapon. Who among the others present didn't come up with something unreliable to make up for it?
When they invented things like salty spear guns, technology cups, and resonance technology sticks (also called technology sticks), didn't they know that these things couldn't be put on the market?
But there is no way!
The outer city has developed for so many years, and the only types of resources that can be found are those that need to be studied.
It’s really powerless!
If not, teacher, if you don't stay in your own shop, why would you go to the matrix and become a businessman?
Don't you also want to rely on the new races to provide some specious ideas in order to achieve more invention breakthroughs?
"I think you have gone into a misunderstanding in your thinking."
An inappropriate voice suddenly sounded, and everyone turned their attention to the stranger next to the Zishu brothers and sisters at the door.
When Paz Miao saw him, her eyes suddenly shrank.
It's him?
Icarus heard Li Zheng's different views and asked loudly: "Then what do you have? Let us learn from it?"
"Learning or something..." Li Zheng said with a humble smile: "You have such a good teacher as the blacksmith, what knowledge can't you learn? I'm just a layman, just giving some layman's views."
"You also know that you are a layman, why are you interrupting?" Icarus frowned, feeling very unhappy.
If he hadn't taken into account the presence of the blacksmith, he might have gone crazy and caused the incompetent guy in front of him to suffer a little.
"I told you to shut up, have you forgotten?!" the blacksmith yelled angrily, and an invisible sound wave targeted Icarus, knocking him backwards.
After getting up, his face became paler.
After teaching Icarus a lesson, the blacksmith turned to Li Zheng and asked: "What are your opinions? Speak freely. If anyone dares to offend you again, I will punish him severely for you!"
"Takashi is out of the question." Li Zheng suggested: "Since it is difficult to find a breakthrough point in new props, is there a possibility...I mean maybe...maybe there is room for improvement in things invented before.
