"Then I'll design it for you. It's been a while since I designed a spirit tool anyway." Old Wang slowly rose.
"Alright, thank you, Old Wang. When can I get it? Rongrong's birthday is in a few days." Xiao Ze asked.
"One day is enough. This kind of spirit tool is very simple."
"Alright, then this will be my payment." Xiao Ze took out a handful of spiritual herbs and medicines. These spiritual herbs and medicines were all quite old and would be very helpful for Old Wang to recover his spirit power.
"So many? No need." Old Wang waved his hand.
"Just consider it resources from me to you, Old Wang." Xiao Ze smiled.
"You little brat, are you trying to win me over?" Old Wang also chuckled.
"Maybe."
"Let's forget it. If you need any spirit tools forged in the future, just come to me directly." Old Wang was old now and didn't want to join any faction.
"That's right, I have plenty more of these things anyway."
"Okay, I won't be polite with you then." Old Wang didn't refuse again. After all, his relationship with Xiao Ze was really good now.
Xiao Ze had saved his future.
As long as there were no overly difficult things in the future, Old Wang would help Xiao Ze accomplish them, even if it was murder.
Repaying kindness was one of his few virtues.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Xiao Ze didn't go straight home.
Instead, he went to the entire dessert shop he had rented out.
Rongrong was going to have her birthday, how could there be no birthday cake?
There were no birthday cakes in this World, so Xiao Ze could only make one himself.
Fortunately, he had made them before.
He quickly arrived at the dessert shop. Today, there was no one else in the entire dessert shop.
Xiao Ze took out all the ingredients he had prepared over the past few days.
Because there were no cakes in this World, many things were missing and needed to be prepared by Xiao Ze himself.
This also consumed a lot of Xiao Ze's time.
As for the appearance of the cake, Xiao Ze had already designed it: a cake in the shape of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Xiao Ze divided the cake batter into 9 portions and baked them in circular molds of different sizes.
These were for baking the cake layers. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda naturally had nine layers.
After the cake layers were baked, Xiao Ze flattened them.
The smell was incredibly fragrant. The ingredients used for these cake layers were naturally not ordinary, and they also had Ning Rongrong's favorite scent.
Then, Xiao Ze spread a thin layer of raspberry jam and cream on each layer, and inserted chocolate sticks into the center of each layer for support, to prevent the tower from tilting.
Making such a cake was very difficult. If Xiao Ze hadn't focused intensely, it would have been very hard to complete.
Afterward, Xiao Ze made three colors of cream.
Deep purple, ice blue, and light gold, which were some of the colors of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Although not very realistic, this was the best he could do.
The original colors of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda were too difficult.
Starting from the bottom layer, he covered each layer, pressing down the edges with a smoother and trimming off any excess.
Xiao Ze also used a fine needle to carve the patterns of the Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Next was the mirror effect for the body of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Xiao Ze used pectin mixed with a small amount of pigment, brushed onto the fondant surface, to create the texture of glazed tile.
There were also sugar beads and rock candy used as jewels on the surface.
The overall appearance of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was already considered complete.
Finally, he added some atmosphere-enhancing elements to the base, such as some mini Spirit models.
"Phew… it's finally finished." Xiao Ze wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Making such a cake was truly exhausting.
This was actually Xiao Ze's first time making such a complex cake, and the difficulty was truly immense.
Placing the cake securely inside a spirit tool, Xiao Ze returned directly to the villa.
"Xiao Ze, why were you out for so long this morning?" Ning Rongrong asked, lying on the sofa.
"It's nothing, just went out for a stroll." Xiao Ze intended to give Ning Rongrong a surprise.
Although Xiao Ze wasn't a very emotionally intelligent person, he knew how to give surprises.
"Oh." Ning Rongrong had somewhat forgotten about her birthday.
After all, in the past, her father and two grandfathers celebrated her birthday, but after being with Xiao Ze, every day was so happy that she even forgot her own birthday.
Seeing that Ning Rongrong didn't suspect anything, Xiao Ze also breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the four people not far away.
Meng Yiran and the other three nodded.
They knew Xiao Ze was going to celebrate Rongrong's birthday, and they were also envious, but they knew that when their birthdays came, they would also receive such surprises.
The next day.
Xiao Ze received the crown from Old Wang.
The crown was entirely forged from mithril and intricately carved.
It looked like translucent crystal overall, and when spirit power was injected, it could glow naturally.
Nine gems were embedded on the crown.
The largest gem was in the center, resembling a glazed heart.
It refracted a rainbow of colors at different angles.
On both sides of the crown, extremely fine metal wires supported miniature hollow spirit ring designs.
Although it looked very flimsy, the strength of these metal wires was actually very high; it was impossible to break them unless intentionally damaged.
Around the entire piece, silver tassels were intertwined, with the ends adorned with tiny crystals.
Small Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda hung down on both sides of the forehead, like earrings.
"How is it?" Old Wang asked.
"It's excellent, very beautiful. I didn't expect you, Old Wang, to have such powerful design capabilities when making these headpieces?" Xiao Ze was quite surprised.
Old Wang didn't look like someone who could design such delicate spirit tools.
"Hmph! Back in the day, the people who wanted me to make spirit tools could form a line that would circle Heaven Dou City. And my design capabilities are quite good, much stronger than those guys in Gengxin City." Old Wang said confidently.
"That's true, Old Wang, thank you."
"Hurry up and go, you brat." Old Wang scolded with a smile.
Now that the cake and gifts were all prepared, he just had to wait two more days.
...
Two days later.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went directly into Ning Rongrong's room and took out her princess dress.
Ning Rongrong lay on the bed, watching the two of them walk around her room, looking utterly bewildered.
"What are you two doing?"
"Come on, Rongrong, get up and wear this dress." Dugu Yan smiled and placed the dress on her bed.
"Why do I have to wear this dress today?" Ning Rongrong still didn't understand what they were doing.
"You'll know soon. Don't you want to know what surprise Xiao Ze has prepared for you?" Ye Lingling said.
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up.
What day was it today? Xiao Ze had even prepared a surprise for her.
"I understand."
"Alright then, hurry up and come out."
With that, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left, leaving Ning Rongrong alone.
(End of Chapter)
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