Chapter 293: All Hands on Deck

Starting from a water monkey, becoming a god from humble beginnings. Chapter 293: All Hands on Deck. The sky was dim, and the golden feather floated.

Dense small bubbles overflowed in strings from the pond water, floated to the surface and burst, exploding into a wisp of curling white steam.

Lu Gang sat leaning against the edge of the flower bed, the heat hitting his face, as if a large pot of boiling soup had been placed beside him, and for a time, he fell into silence.

Red Fire Golden Feather!

It really is a Red Fire Golden Feather!

Lu Gang finally remembered why the phrase "hot to the touch" was so familiar; last winter, he and Liang Qu had the exact same conversation!

Hot to the touch.

Hot to the touch in every aspect.

Even for him, touching it rashly without any protection could result in scalding off a layer of skin and flesh.

Lu Gang wanted to speak but stopped, searched his mind for a long time but couldn't find words, and instead laughed.

"Junior brother is really, the new replaces the old."

He had thought the Red Fire Mourning Feather last time was exaggerated enough, but never expected to see a Red Fire Golden Feather today!

The source essence of a Perfected Form great demon.

To this day, Lu Gang hadn't seen a great demon with his own eyes, let alone the supreme treasure after its death.

The scene of Liang Qu full of anticipation last year, asking if his mourning feather was a golden feather, was still vivid in his mind.

In just a year's time, he had grown too fast.

A gentleman changes like a leopard.

Lu Gang thought of the words Sixth Liang Shidi Cao Rang had said, and felt they were very appropriate.

The heat in the pond hit his face, and he broke into a hot sweat for no reason.

Lu Gang stopped his chaotic thoughts, turned his head to stare at the golden feather in the pond, and guessed: "The same one as last time?"

"It's one."

The Fire Bird is not a sparrow, not flying in groups, passing by the Great Marsh every day.

The toad had only killed one in total, so there couldn't be a mistake.

"Extremely tenacious; calling it an immortal bird is no exaggeration."

Lu Gang sighed; the junior brother didn't say where it came from, but he knew in his heart that it was mostly fished out of the Great Marsh again.

Then this golden feather in front of him had been soaking in the Great Marsh for a full small year!

Feeling the vitality within, tough and not leaking, it was clear it still had a chance of rebirth, just soaking too long, listless and dispirited.

"Not just the Red Fire Golden Feather."

Liang Qu dropped a sentence, turned and ran behind the hut by the pond, and hugged out a metal stone the size of a human head, tungsten gold light flashing.

Lu Gang, as a weapon forger, saw what it was at a glance.

Ink Dragon Gold!

Such a big piece of Ink Dragon Gold!

With the precedent of the golden feather, even if surprised, Lu Gang wouldn't be too uncomposed.

It's just...

Lu Gang took the stone block with both hands, his fingertips touched the winding patterns on it, and his brows frowned tightly.

Red Fire Golden Feather plus Ink Dragon Gold is not a simple spirit addition...

"Why is Cao Shixiong frowning? Is there a problem? Do the materials clash?"

"It's not a compatibility problem; Ink Dragon Gold's properties are similar to tungsten gold, with stronger tolerance, and in all aspects, it is superior to ordinary tungsten gold. It is one of the best superior metals, and it definitely matches the Red Fire Bird.

Hey, to tell the junior brother the truth, I have a problem; you want to add both into it in one go?"

"Can't they be together?"

"It's not that they can't be together; Fubo's spirituality source is the Red Fire Bird, and now the one to add spirit to is still the same Red Fire Bird, so there is no problem at all.

But adding Ink Dragon Gold is different from adding spirit; it needs to be re-forged. I have never come into contact with such good materials, and I'm worried I'll mess it up."

"But Fubo was forged by you, Cao Shixiong; no one should be more familiar with it than you, right?"

According to Liang Qu's knowledge, molding a spirit is much simpler than forging; theoretically, it shouldn't stump Cao Shixiong Lu.

Lu Gang hesitated upon hearing this.

Liang Qu immediately understood; it wasn't a craftsmanship problem, but Cao Shixiong Lu was worrying about gains and losses.

Lu Gang had never used such two good materials before, fearing he would make some mistake and destroy it all.

The two were not a simple interest exchange like a weapon seeker and a weapon forger.

That would be simple: you pay, I forge the weapon; even if it fails, at most we don't associate, or even have a fight, and spread some bad reputation.

The key is that they are senior and junior brothers; if they fall out because of failure, there will inevitably be complaints.

Lu Gang also couldn't afford such good materials; he was only a Wolf Smoke martial artist, where could he find good materials like the Red Fire Golden Feather?

One Red Fire Bird has only one golden feather, and not all great demon remains are as full of spirituality and vitality as the Red Fire Bird; they are the best kinds of spirit-adding materials, and even for the master to seek one is strenuous.

Liang Qu bowed: "Cao Shixiong, rest assured, I am not a person who doesn't know right from wrong. If there is really a mistake, that is also my problem.

Not being polite, to tell the truth, I actually only spent a hundred taels of silver to get this golden feather, but how I got it is inconvenient to say."

Lu Gang: "?"

"Junior brother... don't try to deceive me?"

"Absolutely true, so Cao Shixiong, just go ahead; if it fails, it's just losing that hundred taels of silver; if you really feel sorry, just compensate me a hundred taels of silver." Liang Qu chuckled.

Lu Gang was speechless.

It was too outrageous to sound like a fabrication.

He racked his brains and couldn't understand who would sell such a supreme treasure for a hundred taels of silver?

Did the junior brother go to cheat a fool?

But it's impossible for someone who possesses a Red Fire Golden Feather to be a fool...

The only explanation is that the other party's wealth or strength is so great that they don't care about a golden feather.

Lu Gang didn't dare to think deeply, and after a battle between heaven and man: "Since that's the case, I'll take it."

Liang Qu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Cao Shixiong!"

Good alchemists and weapon refiners need achievements; being able to withstand such materials is also a rare and precious qualification for Lu Gang.

"Red Fire Golden Feather and Ink Dragon Gold are hard to come by, and the golden feather is so special; I'm afraid I can't handle it alone, so I need two people to help."

"Which two? I'll go invite them right away!"

"That's not necessary; one is the master, and the other is my father."

"Good! Then I'll go find the master."

"No time to lose."

Lu Gang looked up.

Yesterday was a fish-scale sky, now the sky was dim and gloomy, obviously it was going to rain heavily.

Too much is as bad as too little; the golden feather belongs to fire and needs to be suppressed; a rainy day is a great opportunity to melt the golden feather.

If it were a Bing-Fire day, it's hard to say if the Red Fire Bird would be reborn on the spot.

Jianghuai Great Marsh.

The beaver floated on the water surface, basking in the sun, squinting to catch up on sleep.

Having soaked in the hot spring for a whole night, its head was dizzy, and having played too late, no matter how much it slept, it wasn't enough.

Compared to it, the otter family was very energetic, swimming around catching fish.

The big otter bit a big grass carp, saw the fat catfish resting at the bottom of the river, and its eyes rolled.

The otter and the fish fought fiercely last night; even if it was it, it had to admire this fish for being fat and strong, a good fighter.

If it could get its help, wouldn't it be able to take back its home from the otters that occupied the nest?

At this thought, the big otter let go of its mouth, grabbed the fish, dived to the bottom of the water, and shook the fat catfish awake, which was sleeping soundly.

The fat catfish flicked its fins, opened its eyes to see it was an otter, very impatient, turned around, and continued to sleep.

The otter scratched its head, pondered for a long time, and found Fist again, gesturing with the grass carp.

Fist understood the otter's story, its two eye stalks swayed, went ashore with it, and found many withered branches and fallen leaves to build a bonfire.

The otter took out two flints, bang, bang, bang, struck out sparks, which fell onto the fluff and ignited the bonfire.

Fist used its giant pincers to tear open the fish belly, hollowed out the internal organs, skewered it on a wooden stick, and placed it on the bonfire.

As the only general among the water beasts with "two hands," when the Heavenly God's mount was still a covered boat, Fist followed him to learn barbecue; now it had learned a good craft, and the whole grass carp became charred on the outside and tender on the inside under the roasting of the flames, fragrant and nose-tickling.

The otter put its paws together, thanked it repeatedly, took the wooden stick with the fish, and dived to the bottom of the water again.

The aroma of the roasted fish drilled into the nostrils in wisps; the fat catfish secretly opened one big eye, and took advantage of the otter's inattention to pounce forward.

Splash.

Silver bubbles floated out in the water flow.

The fat catfish ate a mouthful of water and sand.

The big otter held the roasted fish high, standing on a stone.

The fat catfish was furious, seeing it as a provocation, and was about to pursue, but the big otter hurriedly offered the roasted fish.

The fat catfish hugged its fins and looked down at the otter.

The otter gave the fish a New Year greeting, harboring evil intentions!

The big otter saw this situation, immediately complained about the tragedy of its home being taken, requested the great Fierce Tooth General to provide assistance, help the poor and helpless otter family take back their home, and guaranteed that after success, it would offer a thousand portions of delicious roasted fish to the Fierce Tooth General! ===== CHAPTER 294 =====