Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

To understand, this was a full two thousand taels of silver, enough to buy the land of two Cai Lan Villages, with some left over.

This was a generous offer that anyone would find hard to resist.

Yet, the man before them didn't even bat an eyelid before refusing.

So, besides thinking Chen Tian was a fool, they couldn't find any other more reasonable explanation.

However, judging from the current situation, even if Shopkeeper Zhou doubled the price, Chen Tian still wouldn't agree.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Zhou finally gave up. He felt that instead of wasting his effort here, he might as well go elsewhere to search for rare and exotic treasures to replace this birthday gift.

With that thought, Shopkeeper Zhou put away the two silver notes on the table.

Seeing Shopkeeper Zhou take away the two thousand taels, Erwa and his father were somewhat disappointed. They all sighed that Chen Tian had missed out on an excellent deal.

At this moment, Shopkeeper Zhou had already turned around and was walking out of the house.

But just as he reached the door, Shopkeeper Zhou seemed to suddenly remember something, immediately stopped, turned around, and said to Chen Tian, "You said I could pick a kitchen knife, is that true?"

"Of course," Chen Tian picked up a piece of braised beef, not in a hurry to put it in his mouth, and said to him with a faint smile, "One hundred taels for a knife. If you want to buy one, just put down the money and go outside to choose."

"Alright, then I'll buy one."

Saying that, Shopkeeper Zhou took out two fifty-tael silver ingots from his pocket, placed them on the table, and then turned and walked out.

Shopkeeper Zhou felt that since he had already come, he couldn't leave empty-handed.

Although Chen Tian was unwilling to forge a longsword for him, his kitchen knives were also first-class and quite famous in the town. Since that was the case, choosing one as a gift would not be a bad way to make amends.

Thinking this way, Shopkeeper Zhou had already walked out of the house and arrived at Chen Tian's blacksmith shop.

He saw dozens of ready-made kitchen knives displayed on the north side of the blacksmith shop. Shopkeeper Zhou had seen some kitchen knives in the town before, so after careful examination, he confirmed that these kitchen knives were the Chen's Kitchen Knives that were widely praised in the town.

These kitchen knives were made to a very high standard. Whether it was the size, thickness, or sharpness, they were all exactly the same, making it hard to believe that they were made by hand.

However, looking at this magical phenomenon, Shopkeeper Zhou was quite disdainful. After all, even if these kitchen knives were magical, they were still just ordinary kitchen knives. How could they compare to the precious sword he had carefully designed?

But Chen Tian just wouldn't agree to make it. With no other choice, Shopkeeper Zhou had to use a kitchen knife as a substitute.

Annoyed, Shopkeeper Zhou really didn't want to choose, so he just randomly grabbed a kitchen knife and turned to leave.

But just as Shopkeeper Zhou turned around, he caught a glimpse of a pile of scrap iron in the corner of the blacksmith shop.

Curious, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but bend down to take a look. Suddenly, a delicately crafted longsword leaped into his eyes.

He saw that this longsword had a beautiful shape and a simple style. Although it didn't have too many decorations, an aura of looking down on the world was released from this longsword.

However, the flaw was that there were fine cracks in the hilt of the sword, obviously a defective product.

But after seeing this longsword, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but be happy, because this little flaw was not a problem for him at all. When the time came, he only needed to inlay a circle of jade pieces on the hilt, and then it would naturally be perfect.

"Eh, could it be that I'm overthinking it?" Looking at this unpredictable strange phenomenon, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but feel doubtful.

But he didn't think too much about it, and quickly took advantage of the fact that no one was around to stuff the longsword into his wide sleeve, and then hurriedly left.

But after only a few steps, Shopkeeper Zhou stopped again, took out a ten-tael silver ingot, and placed it on Chen Tian's blacksmithing stone platform: "Don't say I'm stealing. Since it's a broken sword that no one wants, ten taels is already the most I can offer."

Although Shopkeeper Zhou was a bit snobbish, his nature was not bad. If he just took the longsword like this, he would really feel a little guilty, so he estimated a price himself and 'bought' the longsword with these ten taels of silver.

After putting down the silver, Shopkeeper Zhou felt a little better in his heart. Then, without hesitation, he took the kitchen knife and the damaged longsword and hurriedly left this place.

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Three days later, the Tianzong Hall of the Wind Tiger Gang was decorated with lanterns and streamers, and the crowd was bustling.

The Wind Tiger Gang was a well-known large gang, controlling dozens of cities. The Tianzong Hall was a branch of the Wind Tiger Gang, and the hall master was called Feng Tianbao, nicknamed Second Master Feng.

Today was Feng Tianbao's mother's eightieth birthday, and the people coming to give gifts almost broke through the threshold of the Tianzong Hall.

Among them was Shopkeeper Zhou.

Although Shopkeeper Zhou was in charge of a town, he was not important enough to be seated at the big event. He could only sit at the lowest table in the yard, and at the same table with him were his 'competitors' who were competing with him for the position of branch leader.

Behind each of these people were piles of gifts of various sizes, obviously with the same purpose as Shopkeeper Zhou, which was to take advantage of this birthday celebration to please Feng Tianbao.

Shopkeeper Zhou looked around and found that everyone's faces were full of smiles, seemingly very confident in the gifts they had prepared.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but feel nervous. He touched the boxes behind him, his eyes flickering, wondering what he was thinking.

The banquet proceeded in an orderly manner. After a series of toasts and exchanges, the highlight of the event finally arrived, which was for the guests to present birthday gifts to Feng Tianbao's mother.

At this moment, the other town stewards sitting at the same table as Shopkeeper Zhou stood up one after another, rushing forward.

After hesitating for a while, Shopkeeper Zhou also seemed to have made up his mind, and walked forward with his gift!