Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 430

There were only a few days left before Bai Hao teleported away from Scott.

During the few months in Scott, Bai Hao discussed various magical theories with scholars almost every day. While broadening his horizons and knowledge reserves, he also expanded his network.

Bai Hao has exchanged mailing addresses with many scholars. If Bai Hao encounters any difficulties in the research institute in the future, he can still exchange ideas with Scott’s scholars like he is doing now.

Unexpectedly, Bai Hao actually became an honorary member of the Scott Forging Association. This was definitely a benefit brought by the hammer. You know, the average age of the members in the Forging Association are dwarves over two hundred years old.

There are very few humans who can be recognized by dwarf craftsmen, let alone a teenager like Bai Hao who has just started forging. However, the bonus brought by the hammer is too outrageous, and all the dwarf masters who have seen it are full of praise.

The president of the Scott Blacksmithing Guild is a nearly 500-year-old dwarf named Shiori.

Shiori is already at the age of death. He can no longer lift the heavy hammer, let alone perform forging magic. However, he has been pestering Bai Hao for the past few months.

Because Shiori can lift Bai Hao's small hammer, he can even use the small hammer to perform all difficult forging magic. Although Shiori is extremely old and mentally distracted, he was once the man standing at the top of Scott's forging field.

Many dwarf forging masters in their prime, such as Cook, respect Shiori very much. When they encounter some forging problems, they will come to ask for advice humbly, and Shiori can always give perfect solutions based on his rich experience.

Shiori has been trying hard and actively making offers to Bai Hao. He is determined to get the small hammer from the god of furnace and forge. Of course, Bai Hao did not tell the dwarves the true origin of the hammer, otherwise Shiori would not have been so gentle in spending money to buy it.

This god-made artifact brought Shiori back to the feeling of his youth. Three hundred years ago, he was a strong dwarf with bulging muscles. He could forge iron all day without sleep, food or water. Shiori enjoyed the mechanical movements very much. When forging iron, he felt that he was infinitely close to the great cauldron.

But time is merciless, and Shiori now exudes the smell of decay. His shriveled muscles and loose skin make him unable to do anything. He can't even remember the last time he forged iron, until Shiori held Bai Hao's small hammer.

At first, it was Cook who praised Bai Hao at a banquet. He said that this silver-haired noble boy from the Omo Empire was a forging genius. He showed amazing talent after only a few days of exposure to forging. Bai Hao's loyalty to forging also made Cook praise him endlessly.

Shiori didn't care too much about it. After all, any outrageous words could be heard from a drunk dwarf. Like most dwarves, Shiori didn't think that humans could be as loyal to forging as they were. Humans always liked to use various magics to replace manual work, and what they pursued was efficiency and profit.

Shiori has always believed that hand-forging is the only way to communicate with the spirit of Master Kama, and only through repeated hammering can a real ironware be forged, an ironware blessed by the god of furnace and forging.

Until the first time that Shiori saw Bai Hao forging in Cook's workshop, he still felt that the old man Cook was bragging to him again. It was obvious at a glance that the little hammer, which looked like a toy, felt terrible.

But when Shiori actually got his hands on the small hammer, he immediately fell in love with this toy that he once sneered at. Shiori almost immediately quoted a price of tens of thousands of gold coins to Bai Hao. You should know that the most expensive forging hammer in the Scott market is only in four figures.

Shiori was obviously not the first dwarf who wanted to buy the hammer. In fact, Bai Hao had rejected nearly a hundred dwarf blacksmiths who had come into contact with the hammer. No one could resist this creation of the god of furnace and forge.

After several unsuccessful bids, Shiori still did not give up. Instead, he came to Bai Hao to offer a higher price in various ways. If tens of thousands of gold coins were not enough, he would then try hundreds of thousands. If hundreds of thousands were not enough, he would then try millions. Shiori had been in Scott for hundreds of years and had already become a wealthy man.

But it was obviously impossible for Bai Hao to sell the cauldron's hammer, and Shiori thought that it was because Bai Hao was not short of money at all, so he began to think of other evil ideas.

For example, he could use several of his mansions in the inner city of Scott as collateral, or let several beautiful great-granddaughters seduce Bai Hao, or he could use his own reputation as a guarantee for Bai Hao...

Bai Hao felt amused and helpless at the many suggestions made by the 500-year-old dwarf. He could accept the elves and orcs, but he could never accept the dwarf beauties who were several feet tall. Especially when several of Shiori's great-granddaughters winked at him, Bai Hao even shook his body subconsciously.

Bai Hao has always felt that dwarf women are human women with dwarfism, with thick eyebrows, big arm muscles, thick waists, and short and thick legs... The words "slender" and "weak" have nothing to do with dwarf women.

But many dwarves envied Bai Hao very much. After all, several of Shiori's great-granddaughters were famous beauties in the Scott dwarf circle. Many dwarf bachelors dreamed of marrying into one of their families, but Bai Hao's aesthetic taste was unacceptable to him.

In the end, Bai Hao couldn't stand Shiori's enthusiasm anymore and could only propose a compromise, which was to let himself join Scott's Forging Association and become a member who could share knowledge and tools. In this way, Shiori could also use the small hammer at any time.

But unfortunately, all this is based on the premise that Bai Hao still has Scott, and Bai Hao and his group will leave here soon. This makes Shiori a little distressed, because he has become addicted to the small hammer, and he cannot lose the forging life he just got.

Today, Bai Hao did not come to Cook's workshop to forge iron, but chose to stay in the hotel to sort out the new inspiration he had gained in the past few days. He could always gain a lot of new things by chatting with scholars from the academic institute.

Early in the morning, Shiori came to the inn where Bai Hao was staying with many gifts. There were not many people who could get this legendary dwarf forging master who was famous in the Swart Empire to visit them in person, but the secret guards of the Campbell family were already used to it.

At first, even Bai Hao himself was a little flattered, but as each time Shiori's offer came back empty-handed, this old dwarf who was over five hundred years old came to visit every now and then, and each time he had a different excuse that was reasonable and polite.

Shiori was supported by the dwarf guards and came to the door of the inn. Seeing this, the Campbell secret guard in charge of the door said directly: "Master Shiori, what do you want to do with my young master today?"

"Oh, I came to see if Xiao Baihao has polished and waxed the hammer according to my request," said Zhuo in a serious tone, "Hammer maintenance is always very important, just like people will get sick if they don't take a bath. If that perfect hammer gets sick, it will be a loss for the entire forging industry!"

"Well, Young Master has to go to the Institute of Studies later, would you like to..."

Upon hearing this, Shiori interrupted and said, "That's perfect. Xiao Baihao probably doesn't have time to do the maintenance work on the hammer. I'm happy to do it for you. Now take me to see the hammer!"

The two secret guards in charge of the gate smiled bitterly at each other, and finally had no choice but to welcome Shiori in. After all, their young master had specifically instructed not to neglect this highly respected dwarf forging master.