Beast Summoner

Li Zhenbang pointed to a dressing table among household items, with confidence written all over his face.

Liu Zhengde's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Li Zhenbang in disbelief. What Li Zhenbang pointed out was absolutely correct, that was exactly his work.

"You...how do you know this is my work?" Liu Zhengde exclaimed.

"Because you said that your skills are second only to your teacher. But in my opinion, your skills are actually not inferior to your teacher." Li Zhenbang said in a sincere tone.

"Already no less than my teacher? Then why can you still distinguish my works? I know, you guessed! You found two almost identical works, so you took a gamble, and you bet

That's right, isn't it?" Liu Zhengde said with some excitement. He thought he had discovered the truth. He praised the young man that his skills were as good as his teacher, and he was no longer prepared to argue with him.

Seeing Liu Zhengde's excited look, Li Zhenbang sighed helplessly and shook his head.

"Although you have learned the skills, you have not learned the essence."

"Essence? Isn't skill the essence? When skill reaches a certain level, isn't that where the essence lies?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang strangely. He felt that there was something wrong with the young man in front of him because he was actually talking to him.

The debate lasted for a long time, which was really unbecoming.

"Oh! No wonder! I'm afraid your skills can only stop here! But it doesn't matter, you can live a comfortable life with this skill." Li Zhenbang looked at Liu Zhengde with some sympathy.

"What do you mean?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang warily.

"For example, if the things made by your master can be used by His Majesty the King, then the things you make can only be used by dukes and princes, and the things made by your brothers can be used by the great nobles.

Use. As for the things he made..." Li Zhenbang pointed to Wu Cai, who was sitting in the corner and resting.

"The things he makes can be used by the nouveau riche and the declining nobility who have no money."

Hearing Li Zhenbang's words, Liu Zhengde felt a little more comfortable. It was natural for him to be inferior to his master. Although his works were almost real, they were not real after all. It was enough for the Duke and the Prince to use them.

"But..." Li Zhenbang hesitated and raised a wooden jewelry box.

"The owner of this work may not be as mature as you in skills now, but as time goes by, his skills will be the same as yours. Even if his skills are worse than yours, his works can be used by His Majesty the King."

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"What? What do you mean?" Liu Zhengde asked angrily.

In his mind, although his works can now be used by people like Dukes and Princes, when his master is a hundred years from now, he will still have to carry the banner of the Lu brand. By then, his works will naturally replace his master's works and become the leader.

It is a royal possession of His Majesty the King.

But the boy in front of him actually said that his works were not as good as those of the last disciple that the master took under his sect, which made him angry.

"You didn't learn your master's true teachings, but the owner of this piece of jewelry did." Li Zhenbang casually placed the jewelry box on another dressing table, which was made by Lu Lianggong.

Liu Zhengde deliberately brought out a dressing table he made by himself and a dressing table made by his master. The two dressing tables were exactly the same, just to confuse the audience and prevent Li Zhenbang from recognizing his mistake.

"You're talking nonsense! I've always been by Master's side, and I've never left him when Master taught him skills. How could Master not give the essence to me, but to the last person who started?" Liu Zhengde shouted hysterically.

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"Do you think this looks a little awkward? No matter where you put it, it always feels a bit awkward." Li Zhenbang picked up the jewelry box, placed it casually on the dressing table made by Liu Zhengde, and then looked at it.

Looking at Liu Zhengde, he moved the jewelry box casually a few times.

"But if you put the jewelry box on this dressing table, no matter where it is placed, it will look so pleasing to the eye." Li Zhenbang picked up the jewelry box and threw it casually on Lu Lianggong's dressing table.

Liu Zhengde's eyes widened. As an outstanding carpenter, he naturally felt that what Li Zhenbang said was right, and he could not refute it at all.

"Do you know why this is? Why does the same jewelry box look so different when placed on two identical dressing tables?"

Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang and shook his head blankly.

"Because of the soul, because of life, because of love! What you made is a dead thing, while what your teacher and the owner of this jewelry box made is a living thing. All your heart is spent on studying skills, but you ignore it.

Life itself. All things have spirituality, not just people, but also these objects. You are a good craftsman, but you lack an ingenuity." Li Zhenbang looked at Liu Zhengde sympathetically. Considering Liu Zhengde's age

And experience, it is almost impossible to cultivate ingenuity again.

"Craftsmanship...craftsmanship..." Liu Zhengde's eyes were a little distracted and he muttered to himself.

Suddenly, Liu Zhengde grabbed Li Zhenbang and shouted excitedly: "Ingenuity! How can I get ingenuity?"

"It's difficult, it's too difficult!" Li Zhenbang pushed Liu Zhengde's hand away and shook his head.

"Is it...is it difficult that there is still hope?" Liu Zhengde suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

"Yes and no. Whether you can do it or not depends on you."

"What do I need to do?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang with bright eyes.

"Put it down!" Li Zhenbang said softly.

"Put it down?" Liu Zhengde looked at Li Zhenbang doubtfully.

"Put down everything you have now, your skills, your abilities, your vision, your status, your honor and disgrace, and even your responsibilities. Put down everything you can and start over. And even so, there is no guarantee that you will

You must have ingenuity, because many things require not only hard work, but also talent." Li Zhenbang's voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderbolt from the blue to Liu Zhengde's ears, and Liu Zhengde stood stunned on the spot.

"Alas!" A sigh came from the crowd. At this time, everyone discovered that Master Lu Lianggong had appeared in the crowd at some point. The crowd was commotion at first, and then became quiet soon.

"Teacher, I...is what he said true?" Liu Zhengde hurriedly ran to Lu Lianggong and knelt on the ground. He hugged the teacher's leg with one hand and pointed at Li Zhenbang with the other, looking at him with a longing look.

Lu Lianggong still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He hoped that the teacher would completely deny what Li Zhenbang said. But he also knew that what Li Zhenbang said seemed to be true, and he could not find an excuse to refute it.

"Zhengde, let's go back!" Lu Lianggong hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and spoke in a heavy tone.

"Teacher, do I really have no chance to receive ingenuity?" Liu Zhengde looked at Lu Lianggong pitifully with a cry.

Lu Lianggong helped Liu Zhengde up from the ground. He did not answer him, but turned around to leave.

"Are you Master Lu Lianggong?" Li Zhenbang stood up quickly and went to greet him.

"You almost destroyed my disciple, but you also opened the door to his heart. What he will do in the future will be his own creation. I know your purpose, but you should also know that since I have ingenuity,

Then I won't have any intention of what you said. I will just say something original to you. If you come as a guest, I will welcome you at any time." Lu Lianggong looked back at Li Zhenbang and nodded at him,

Turned around and left.

"Master Lu Lianggong, I would rather obey your orders than I am respectful. I will go to your house now to make trouble. You won't object, right?" Li Zhenbang was not angry because of Lu Lianggong's words, but followed him.

Lu Lianggong's body stagnated. He was just saying polite words. He didn't expect Li Zhenbang to climb up the pole and choose this opportunity. He originally wanted to take Liu Zhengde back and give him some guidance.

Now in this situation, Lu Lianggong was in a bit of a dilemma. He had just said in front of so many people that he could come as a guest at any time, and he could not break his promise under any circumstances.

Lu Lianggong said helplessly: "Okay! If you want to come, come! But..."

Li Zhenbang hurriedly interrupted Lu Lianggong's words and shouted dissatisfied: "There is nothing wrong with it. You didn't say that just now. You won't regret it in front of all the young and old men in Luoye Town, right? If your credibility is so low,

Then I admit it."

"Huh! Okay! It's up to you! But your extravagant hopes will definitely fail!" Lu Lianggong said in a bad tone.

"How do you know you will fail if you don't talk about it?" Li Zhenbang's mouth slightly tilted to one side, revealing an imperceptible evil smile.

He can fail, but if there is no chance to talk, that is the real failure...

Lu Lianggong's home is simple but extremely luxurious. It is simple because there are no luxury accessories in the home, and all the furniture and furnishings are made of larch. Luxurious because everything in the house is made by his own hands, and every item is made of larch.

Everything is the best of the best.

"I'm sorry, the conditions are simple, and we can only entertain you with crude tea." Lu Lianggong was not polite. It was indeed crude tea, and it didn't even have the aroma of tea leaves. The tea seemed to be just a few leaves picked from the tree outside the house, but it was tender.

The leaves should be young leaves picked in spring.

Lu Lianggong's tea was no exception. He raised his cup and took a satisfied sip. Apparently this was what he usually drank.

Li Zhenbang raised the cup, took a sip, and frowned. The taste was really unflattering. Not only did it not have the aroma of tea, but it smelled like grass leaves. The other three people looked at their noses, their noses and their hearts, and they did not squint.

, with no intention of trying at all.

"Do you usually drink this?"