X-Dragon Era-Chapter 487 355-357: The Three of the Men Family

Although this guy doesn't care about money, if you have good wood, he's even willing to work for you for free. Strictly speaking, he is a person who exists purely for the sake of art. In his previous life, Master Men Dou's highest achievement was building a Treasure Pagoda out of gold-threaded wood, carving it with magnificent patterns and symbols, as well as all kinds of birds and beasts. The most exaggerated part is that after the Treasure Pagoda was built, it was even refined by Artifact Refining masters into a magical artifact. Though it didn't qualify as a post-celestial Spiritual Treasure, it could be used to smash, cover, or defend people!

What moved Xin Yun the most was the fact that once it had been refined into a magical artifact, it could freely expand or shrink in size and be carried around. This was incredibly powerful, equating to carrying a palace around with you, with no fear of lacking a place to rest wherever you went, and the palace itself came with defenses, so there was no fear of danger while sleeping.

If a magical artifact made from gold-threaded wood was so powerful, one made from Gold-Threaded Purple Sandalwood combined with materials like purple gold, Green Silver, red copper, Blue Iron, and green tin would definitely create a portable palace with strong defenses.

After visiting several wood shops, Xin Yun looked very carefully, but still couldn't find any works in the style of Master Men Dou. Fortunately, there was plenty of time.

Throughout the morning, Xin Yun and Yi Luo Xiang wandered around the market. They didn't find Master Men Dou, but they did purchase many daily necessities, as well as girls' private belongings, clothing handkerchiefs, and the like.

In this incident, the original villa had been directly destroyed, and all the daily necessities hadn't been salvaged in time; they were reduced to dust. So, everything needed to be bought again. The items used by Master Xi Ming and others were easy to handle, but for Mother Lan, Yi Luo Xiang, and the Yizhong Maidservant, who were after all girls, they couldn't let the Five Rats go shopping for their belongings!

Persistence pays off, and finally... after wandering around for most of the morning, Xin Yun spotted a set of exquisitely carved Purple Sandalwood furniture in an inconspicuous wood shop.

Master Men Dou's works had distinctive features: first, they were finely crafted; second, the lines of his works flowed naturally with an antique charm, and third, he excelled at carving inlays, rendering birds, bugs, fish, and beasts incredibly lifelike... However, these were all secondary. Most importantly, Master Men Dou's works made one involuntarily think of the word "art."

His eyes shining, Xin Yun circled the furniture several times and finally found Master Men Dou's unique mark in a corner of the Purple Sandalwood table. There was no mistake... it was definitely Master Men Dou's Work!

After confirming several times, Xin Yun excitedly turned to the wood shop owner and said, "Boss, how much for this set of furniture?"

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Hearing Xin Yun's question, the wood shop owner beamed and hurried over, exclaiming, "Esteemed customer, are you interested in this wooden piece? You have great taste indeed; these are carved from Purple Sandalwood. This Purple Sandalwood..."

For the next two minutes, the wood shop owner went on and on about the advantages of this set of furniture, but from start to finish, he never once mentioned Master Men Dou's name. In the end... he quoted a price of one million gold for the set, of course... it was negotiable.

Looking at the furniture set before him, Xin Yun couldn't help but sigh. Now... Master Men Dou's fame had not yet risen; if this were the future, a price of one million gold wouldn't even buy a leg of one of the stools.

After pondering for a moment, Xin Yun decisively said, "Well, the price is a bit high, but not outrageously so. Here's what we'll do... if you let me meet the craftsman who made this set, I'll buy it!"

Faced with Xin Yun's request, the shop owner was initially taken aback, but then he nodded repeatedly to indicate it was no problem. He then turned and walked over to the counter, where he whispered a few words to a young boy around thirteen or fourteen years old. The boy nodded and quickly turned, running towards the back courtyard.

Soon, a burly man, exuding the scent of wood flowers and possessing a rugged physique, was led into the shop by the boy. Seeing this, Xin Yun furrowed his brow sharply; this was definitely not Master Men Dou!

As Xin Yun was contemplating, the wood shop owner grabbed the burly man by the arm and brought him straight to Xin Yun, declaring, "Esteemed customer, this is the master craftsman who made this set of furniture!"

"Oh!" Raising an eyebrow, Xin Yun said with a hint of a smile, "I wonder, what is the name of this master?"

Hearing Xin Yun's question, the burly man replied gruffly, "I'm Ah Tie, but this set of furniture isn't..."

Before Ah Tie could finish his sentence, the wood shop owner yanked him and blurted out, "All right Ah Tie, there's a lot more work to be done, hurry back..."

Glancing bewilderedly at the shop owner, the burly man dumbly nodded his head and turned to leave. Seeing this, Xin Yun sneered and said to the shop owner, "This isn't right. You're clearly deceiving the customer; he is definitely not the maker of this set!"

At Xin Yun's words, the wood shop owner's mouth fell open, wanting to make an excuse. Seeing this, Xin Yun raised his hand and interrupted, "Don't try to pull the wool over my eyes. I'll tell you the truth, I recognize the creator of this set, I've already found his unique mark on the woodwork, so..."

Pausing slightly, Xin Yun reached into his robe, pulled out a gold card, and said, "Here's what we'll do... if you can get him to come here, I will pay double the price for this set of woodwork!"