Feeling the bulging money bag, Ning Zheng checked the time, seven thirty.

There was still half an hour before the Sword Casting Manor would really start buzzing.

Making use of this half hour.

He sat at the entrance of the manor, basking in the sunlight, gazing at the distant verdant mountains, and began to ponder the matters ahead.

Currently, the manor had to confront three events actually.

Firstly, the weapon trade.

Having just completed the initial trade with the businesswoman, it was now on the right track.

Weapon selling was a long-term plan for the manor, and the real response could only be known after a few days.

Secondly, the Well Entrance.

The crows had dealt with it, but the point of the River Demon still had to be handled eventually.

It was, after all, an unstable factor blocking the doorstep, and the direction of that River Demon Leader was unknown.

A Five-Body Realm Great Perfection potentially raiding from the well entrance at night was truly terrifying.

But for this Well Entrance Dungeon, no help was needed.

After upgrading their gear from this trade, they would actively raid the dungeon, more eager than anyone to open a new building: a well, on the manor.

If successful, this dungeon would be the manor's first truly sustainable wild area, producing a large number of River Demons.

Thirdly, the ancestral rites.

This was the most urgent matter at hand, and everything else could be postponed.

"Procurement took three days, leaving eight days."

"It can't be delayed any longer. It's about time to start the ancestral rites."

When Ning Zheng used the Teleportation Array, he discovered it connected to three coordinates not far outside the manor.

The coordinates formed a triangle, which was likely the locations of the three ancestors.

If Ning Zheng guessed correctly, the manor's ironclad defense should be like this.

The three ancestors guarded the three corners outside the manor.

But due to the scarcity of personnel, the Three Ancestors' Tombs couldn't defend the entire area, so they used the tens of thousands of Resentful Ghosts from the surrounding Spirit Manor to form a large graveyard to assist in defending the three ancestral tombs.

"This issue needs to be resolved."

He looked at the sunlight, felt the Magic Coins in his pocket, and stood up with a smile:

"Today, all forging operations will stop. Kill the chickens and slaughter the geese."

"Begin the ancestral rites."

In the dormitory.

One by one, blacksmiths with stiff smiles walked out.

After confirming that the mature businesswoman was not around, most people were stunned.

"Before we went online, the goods were delivered and she left again."

"Wasted my smirk as a domineering presence."

"I vomit, couldn't she log in before seven?"

"We still don't know about the sales performance of yesterday's five blind boxes outside."

...

A group of young blacksmiths whispered amongst themselves.

Today they had hoped to see the pretty mature businesswoman.

Ning Zheng ignored them.

Directly calling over a few blacksmiths, he started lighting fireworks from the supply boxes purchased yesterday, celebrating the manor's "late year" event.

"Is it New Year's?"

"Can we set off fireworks?"

At this, the young blacksmiths stopped complaining at once.

Ning Zheng then tasked them to halt all manor work to focus on preparing for the ancestral rites, sewing clothes, having the Hairpin Ladies make Nether Artifacts, to make the upcoming ceremony more grand.

Then he called Jiucai Rong into the steward's room.

"Today, prepare fully. Early tomorrow morning, you all will go through the Teleportation Array to pay respects to the ancestors. There are three ancestors in total."

Ning Zheng said solemnly, "This matter is extremely important and cannot be taken lightly."

"Moreover, only the Human Race is allowed to perform the rites; Money Child, being a miner with no blood ties, is not allowed entry."

"Pay attention to etiquette. The ancestors are Demon Cultivators and are quite temperamental. If any unexpected deaths occur, like pulling out tendons or peeling skin, it is normal."

Jiucai Rong was startled.

The ancestors were Demon Cultivators, so our manor belonged to the Demon Faction.

No wonder that mature businesswoman looked so constrained.

But I guessed wrong. It wasn't Ember exclusive; it was Human Race exclusive?

Upon careful thought, it made sense.

Money Child is obviously not human, so how could he pay respects to the Human Ancestor?

Besides, this time, we could actually visit in person!

A new map is opening!

But this new map should be an ancestral tomb or residence, the area shouldn't be large.

It should be a small dungeon mode, three small maps.

But that's still good.

Jiucai Rong was overjoyed, going there in person was great...

He still wanted to ask something.

But how could Ning Zheng let him continue asking questions? He didn't understand himself.

He just threw him a specially acquired "Book of Ancestor Worship, Public Worship, and Divine Invitation", which contained some common rituals.

Then, after a few reminders, he left.

He mainly feared that the more he said, the more mistakes he'd make. Instead, he'd hide in the shadows, silently observing through the audience perspective of Blossoming Wealth.jpg.

He unconsciously thought of that meme again.

He always felt that twenty years in the future they'd have nothing but an abundance of memes, overflowing with irony, flooding each forum post with a whole bunch of them.

Jiucai Rong didn't think there was any issue, so he took the book and started reading.

Su Yuniang and the others also gathered around to study it together.

Half an hour later.

The group exhaled a breath.

"Ancestor worship is too complicated."

Su Yuniang, who knew the value of thrift, lamented, "These are breeding roosters and ducks meant for propagation, making roast chicken and duck out of them is too wasteful."

"What should we do then?" Jiucai Rong helplessly spread his hands, "We bought them for ancestor worship; we can't take too many for ourselves, leaving a few is already good enough."

"I don't think it's suitable. What kind of person is the Ancestor? A peerless Demon Cultivator, how could they eat ordinary people's chicken, duck, and fish? I have a better idea." Su Yuniang said in a low voice.

"What idea?" Jiucai Rong thought she had a clever plan to keep the offerings.

Su Yuniang said, "Why bother cooking roast chicken and duck? We'll be the roast chicken and duck ourselves, we'll turn into the dish. If it's possible to eat us, the Demon Cultivator Ancestor would certainly be happier!"

"Either way, we have to die. If we die, we can turn into Embers; our bones and scraps are the main materials to make a Magical Artifact, so why not kill two birds with one stone?"

"This duck is so cute, we can't eat it; the duck's life is more precious than ours as blacksmiths."

The crowd was shocked to their core!

The Medical Fairy nearby was also greatly shaken.

Because the merchant wasn't present today, they unleashed their true selves.

Jiucai Rong was also stunned for a moment, thinking her way of thinking was utterly outrageous, insisting on doing everything herself, right?

No Demon Beast, I'll become the Demon Beast myself.

No chicken or duck, I'll become the chicken or duck myself.

"This Sword Casting Manor is wasting your talents! My answer is...no way." Jiucai Rong immediately vetoed the proposal.

"Of course, I'm just kidding."

Su Yuniang sighed, "By the way, the Lower Grade Spiritual Root Meat Lingzhi we bought, isn't it meant for creating a Meat Field? No, to be precise, it's for a Meat Field Magical Artifact."

They had thought about it earlier.

The Meat Lingzhi, a strange Spiritual Root that Demon Cultivators tricked the common folk into planting, forms the most suitable Meat Field.

So they used this to plant the Meat Field Spiritual Root cultivator inside a Magical Artifact, its talent being an artifact that can grow meat?

Of course!

According to the rate of consumption of a Magical Artifact,

a Spiritual Root on a cultivator is the best talent. Once made into an artifact, the talent on it drops a little.

This Meat Field Magical Artifact might also be slightly inferior compared to the original.

But they could make up for quality with quantity!

The Meat Field Magical Artifact might help realize their dream: a meat-growing machine.

Isn't it somewhat similar to the most advanced current experiment, converting carbon dioxide into starch?

Meat Mountain.

This is simply a revolution for the Manor!

Ning Zheng watched in the shadows with a toothache, thinking: So they plan to use the Lower Grade Spiritual Root like this.

As various facilities appeared, the Manor became increasingly terrifying under their influence.

Man, more absurd than Ghosts, wanting to forge any sort of unorthodox Magical Artifact, how bizarre their imagination could be.

But Ning Zheng realized he was still too naive.

Because their thoughts didn't stop there.

"But that Meat Field Magical Artifact wasn't meant for blacksmiths to eat, wasn't it said to be prepared for a self-cleaning sewage system?" Jiucai Rong said with a heavy expression.

The Meat Field also needed to be fed to grow meat.

It's not as if meat appeared out of nowhere, which actually wasn't very effective for them.

They valued the waste-cleansing properties of the Meat Field more.

A plan was to plant a Meat Field under the sewage system in the dormitory, having it absorb the waste excretion flowing daily to realize an Otherworld version of sewage energy recycling.

Because recently they discovered a very practical problem: the sewage already began backing up, and piling it up wasn't a solution, sooner or later it would flood the dormitory. Everyone being clean-loving would not take on the role of a poop boy personally to clean the sewage, hence coming up with this idea upon seeing the Meat Field to have it absorb the sewage.

Su Yuniang said earnestly, "Though it's a Meat Field grown on the sewage system under the dorm, it can be used for ancestor worship, substantial and filling..."

"After all, the ancients used farmhouse manure to water rice, and now we're watering the Meat Field with this, essentially the same thing."

Su Yuniang said, "Just that one grows rice, and the other grows meat."

"Would you eat the Meat Field watered with sewage?" Jiucai Rong asked.

Su Yuniang shook her head like a rattle drum, "The taste might be fine, but psychologically I can't handle it, my stomach is weak."

Jiucai Rong really wanted to smack her, "No way, I strongly oppose it! How can the Ancestor eat... cough, that stuff."

Ning Zheng also watched through the observer perspective with a toothache!

Sure enough, these blacksmiths are unreliable. Luckily, I'm secretly watching, otherwise, they'd mess up this ancestor worship ritual sky-high.

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