bookrandom Chapter 1439 Are you willing to become my disciple?
Chapter 1439 Are you willing to become my disciple?
Even the King of Hell doesn’t dare to speak to me like this, so I can’t cure you, a stubborn old man.
Tan Tai Xiao felt sorry for the old man when he saw this.
Well, I talked to you nicely but you didn’t listen. Now I’m going to pull your beard and see if you still dare to say it can’t be built.
The old man's back was already hunched, and after being pulled by Xiao Yanbao, his waist was bent even more.
"It hurts, it hurts, let go, you little kid, what on earth are you doing?"
"Didn't I tell you already? Papermaking. I want you to help make some paper."
"Papermaking is not something that can be done in a short time. The process is very complicated. If you want to buy paper, wouldn't it be faster to go to a bookstore?"
"The paper I want is not available in the bookstore. It must be made now."
"Okay, okay, let go first. Tell me what kind of paper you want to make. Let me tell you first, all the steps will take five days to complete."
"So long? Can you go faster?" Xiao Yanbao pulled his hand down.
The old man felt pain and his waist bent again.
"The fastest it will take is three days, no faster."
Xiao Yanbao felt that this was still a bit long, "If I help you, can it be faster?"
"you……"
The old man wanted to say, how can you help? What can a little kid like you do? You are already capable of causing trouble, but he didn't dare to say it.
"You haven't told me what kind of paper you want to make yet. We don't even know if you can make it yet, so let's not talk about time yet."
Xiao Yanbao thought so and let go of his hand.
"There are no special requirements. Just add the sixteen herbs I mentioned."
"This? I'm afraid I can't do it." The old man looked embarrassed.
"Tan Tai Xiao said that you are the best papermaker in Zhouqiu City. If you can't make it, no one else can."
In fact, Xiao Yanbao only said half of the sentence. She didn't say the second half. Tan Tai Xiao also said that this old man also had the weirdest temper.
If it weren't for the old man's strange temper, with his superb craftsmanship, this small workshop would have been established long ago.
The old man said with a smug look, "Hmph! Don't think I can make paper for you just because you bring the city lord out."
"If I can't make paper, then no one in Zhouqiu City can make it. First, take out those medicinal herbs and let me see them."
Little Yanbao took out the sixteen medicinal herbs from the Ruyi bag and placed them in front of the old man.
The old man didn't react much when he saw the fifteen herbs, but when he saw the magic plant crystal core, he said directly, "No, absolutely not. This thing can't be added. Who would use stones to make paper?"
"This thing must be added. This magic plant crystal core is an indispensable medicinal ingredient."
"Even if you want my life, I won't add it. This stuff can't be made into a pulp."
"If I puree it, you can add it, right?"
The old man tilted his head and glanced at Xiao Yanbao, then at Tan Tai Xiao.
If he said that the masked man could turn the stone into pulp, he might believe it, but he didn't believe the little kid.
Tan Tai Xiao: Don’t look at me, I don’t have the ability to turn stones into pulp.
But he believed that the little princess would find a way.
"Don't look at him, he won't."
As Xiao Yanbao spoke, he picked up a magic plant crystal core and gently squeezed it in his hand. The colorful magic plant crystal core turned into a colorful slurry.
The old man was so frightened that he stood there motionless like a stupid roe deer.
Xiao Yanbao: It’s just a small matter, is it necessary to make such a big deal about it?
She is someone who can make pills with her bare hands, so how could such a small thing stump her?
After a while, the old man found his voice again, "Who are you?"
"I'm Tan Tai Xiao, and this is the little princess of Lan Country."
Little Yanbao added, "My name is Yanbao."
"Lord City Lord?"
When little Yan Bao mentioned the city lord just now, he felt that the identity of this little kid might be extraordinary, as he dared to call the city lord by his name directly.
But to him, royal nobles are the same as ordinary people.
Even if the royal nobles wanted to buy the paper he made, he was unwilling to sell it and he would not sell it.
"Yan Bao, can I ask what this kind of paper with medicinal herbs in it is made for?"
He had heard that the talisman paper used by talismans required the addition of some special ingredients during the manufacturing process. Could it be that this little princess was also a talisman practitioner?
Tan Tai Xiao also looked at Xiao Yan Bao. He didn't know why the little princess made this special paper.
But it is definitely related to clearing the demonic poison.
He was sure of that.
"Draw a talisman." Xiao Yanbao said.
Old man: The little princess is indeed a talisman practitioner.
Tan Tai Xiao: It is for drawing talismans, not for burning. Could it be that I am mistaken?
"Okay, I, an old man, will go make paper for you now. You just prepare these stone chopsticks." The old man was a little excited.
Tan Tai Xiao: No wonder everyone says this old man is weird, he is really weird. He was just forcing me, but now he is excited again.
"Do you need me to help you make a paste with these herbs?" asked Xiao Yanbao.
"Okay, if you want, you can go with me, old man."
"You don't have to wait here. I'll stay here and make paper." Xiao Yanbao said to Tan Tai Xiao.
Even if the old man didn't say it, he wanted to bring it up.
Now another idea came into her mind.
If I can successfully make paper this time, then I can improve the paper I use to draw talismans in the future.
She wanted to learn how to make paper from the old man.
"Little Princess, where can I go back? I can't go back to Splendid Street."
"Then go back to the City Lord's Mansion. I'll let you know once I've made the paper."
Tan Tai Xiao thought that it would take three to five days to make this paper, so there was no point in him staying here.
Then let’s investigate the whereabouts of Cao’s mother and son.
"Okay, little princess, I'll go back to the City Lord's Mansion first. Let me know when you return to Jinxiu Street."
Mainly, he wanted to see how the little princess cleared the evil spirit from the air.
After Tan Tai Xiao left, little Yan Bao followed the old man to make paper.
Although the old man said that the paper-making process would take at least three days, Xiao Yanbao felt that with his help, it shouldn't take that long.
The old man used steamed mulberry bark and pounded it into a flocculent paste.
Little Yanbao looked at the old man struggling to pound the mulberry bark and said, "How about you tell me what you want it to be like, so I can try it?"
"It's that slurry that looks like the rocks."
Little Yanbao used his spiritual power in his little hands, and the mulberry bark instantly turned into a pulp.
The main reason is that the slurry pounded out by Xiao Yanbao does not contain any impurities, and the step of removing impurities is completely omitted.
Old man: This little kid is really a good candidate for papermaking. If I can take him as my apprentice, then my craft will have a successor.
"Yan Bao, would you like to be my disciple? How about I teach you how to make paper?"