"Is this Melk's workshop? Although it looks simple,... you can feel the sharpness coming from it from the outside." Liu Maoxing said.
Melk's workshop is a three-story cylindrical fortress on the top of the mountain, which does not occupy a large area.
Just after the two came to the door, the waves of "sharpness" coming from inside paused, and then a woman dressed in men's clothes came out of Melk's workshop.
"Who are you? Are you looking for me, Melk?" Melk seemed to deliberately emphasize that she was Melk.
At this time, Melk seemed to be still working. Her hair was tied up and she was wearing men's clothes that looked very deliberate. You can see that there were circles of tight bandages inside her coat.
Her facial features are rare in the human world, but there are two scars on her cheek under her right eye, one horizontal and one vertical.
"Huh? Are you Melk? Really, it seems that the rumors on the Internet are not credible. What kind of fierce and lonely giant is she... She is obviously a very cute girl!" Guan Liyuan said deliberately.
Although Guan Liyuan didn't know whether the situation in front of him was the same as in the original work, but... at least in Guan Liyuan's opinion, her temperament as a master knifesmith was lacking. First of all, dressing up as a man was a manifestation of lack of confidence, as if to suggest to herself: girls can't be excellent knife sharpeners.
Moreover, Guan Liyuan had seen the temperament of a real knife-forging master, such as Master Wang, so it was easy to compare the difference.
"Who, who is a girl? Are you blind? Rude!" Melk was so angry that he drew his sword.
Guan Liyuan and Liu Maoxing couldn't help but whisper upon seeing
this... "Hey, so she's serious about dressing up as a man?"
"Who knows... But to normal people, it's completely obvious, right?"
"Yeah, except for idiots, no one would think that the other person is a boy just because he has a chest binder and tied his hair, right?"
"Then... should we pretend that we didn't notice and agree with her? It seems so difficult..."
Melk couldn't help but roared: "Shut up! I heard everything!"
"This... Mr. Melk... I actually want to order a set of kitchen knives..."
Liu Maoxing was interrupted by Melk halfway through his words: "Don't even think about it! You are not welcome here!"
Guan Liyuan was about to speak, but Liu Maoxing turned around and glared at him, as if to say: You see, it was you who made the knife sharpener angry!
While Guan Liyuan showed an expression of "blame me", he also felt that he should persuade Melk. After all, although he is not confident enough now, his skills are unquestionable.
"Well... Miss Melk, do you really hate him?" Guan Liyuan pointed at Liu Maoxing.
"No!" Melk said unhappily.
In fact, Melk wanted to say: He really hates him, and he hates you even more!
"Then do you want to skin him alive as revenge?" Guan Liyuan said seriously.
Melk paused for a moment, feeling puzzled, and then said, "Huh? Not to that extent..."
"No, no, no, I think you should be very angry. Hurry up, skin him alive to calm down, and then use his bones to make kitchen knives!" Guan Liyuan urged. "
How, how could you do that! Even the most terrifying knife sharpener wouldn't do that, right? Okay, you two can just leave!" Melk felt that these two guys were weird and didn't want to deal with them at all.
Liu Maoxing was also possessed by the spirit of drama at this time, and said righteously, "No, please make a set of kitchen knives with my limbs and torso. If you don't do this, I won't forgive myself!"
Melk: ? ? ?
"That's right! Master Melk, I'll help you get the materials!" Guan Liyuan said as he raised his hand knife and was about to chop at Liu Maoxing's arm.
Liu Maoxing was also shocked. I'm not ready yet!
The
knife energy formed by the appetite energy swung by Guan Liyuan's hand knife did not attack Liu Maoxing, but was blocked by Melk who rushed in front of him and pulled out the kitchen knife stuck in his waist... In terms of function, can it really be considered a kitchen knife?
"You... what are you doing!" Melk said as he exerted force suddenly, which shattered the knife energy that was in a stalemate with him.
Of course, this was also the result of Guan Liyuan's deliberate reluctance. Otherwise, not to mention that Melk could not react at all, even if she really let her block it, it would only destroy the knife and kill people.
Melk's heart was also broken at this time. Although she had waited for a long time, her adoptive father, the first generation Melk, had not returned, so she decided to inherit Melk's title. When she began to take over her adoptive father's work as Melk II, she warned herself that there were many strange kitchen knife users in the world, and she had to adapt... But she never expected that there would be such a strange guy!
Not only did he take the initiative to come to her house to compete with her, but he also wanted to cut off one of his arms to make a kitchen knife... Does the master usually have to deal with such a difficult customer? Is he angry because he didn't speak?
"Not a bad knife." Guan Liyuan praised, but he only said the knife.
"You guy... are you looking down on me?" Melk said very sensitively.
Liu Maoxing took the opportunity to say, "Master Melk, as long as you say a word, I will go and chop him right away... Just help me sharpen the knife afterwards!" Obviously, he was still angry about Guan Liyuan's sudden attack just now. "
Get out of the way! I want to teach this guy a lesson!" Melk scolded.
Guan Liyuan's hatred has been firmly established. Speaking of which
... the kitchen knives in the world of gourmet food really don't mind being used to chop people!
Melk's level of gourmet cell evolution is similar to Rin's, both of them are only slightly stronger than the lowest level of true gourmet hunters, but not close to masters.
However, the kitchen knife used by Melk is first-class, and... although Melk is not the user of the kitchen knife himself, as a knife sharpener, he can also stimulate the power of the kitchen knife!
Some of the cooks in the human world also have combat effectiveness, and a large part of it comes from the ingredients they are familiar with and the kitchen knives that accompany them day and night. Not everyone can easily exert the power of other people's kitchen knives, and even forcibly using them will hurt themselves, but... as a kitchen knife sharpener, you can!
In a wave, the crescent-shaped horizontal half-moon blade energy chopped towards Guan Liyuan. Because many high-end kitchen knives are made of biological materials, it is not surprising that they can exert the "appetite" energy in them.
At the same time, when Melk was swinging his knife, a shadow appeared behind him, but it was obviously some kind of creature from the human world, not a gourmet demon. It seemed to be powerful but lacked agility. This was also a symbol of the power of the kitchen knife material.
In comparison, it was unreasonable for Liu Maoxing to host eight truly powerful gourmet demons in eight kitchen utensils.
But Guan Liyuan only stretched out his index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, three fingers, with the middle finger slightly raised, and the other two fingers below, with the fingertips clamping Melk's knife light in a triangular shape...
"A kitchen knife made of wolf shark teeth? The forty-second-level creature is used as a material, and the knife light it stimulates is very good. If the knife is not well ground, it will not be able to swing such a full knife light."
However, when Guan Liyuan spoke, he pointed his middle finger downward and crushed the knife light composed of appetite energy... After all, it was only level 42.
"Damn bastard..." Melk II felt more and more that this guy was mocking him.
Guan Liyuan sighed at this time: "Hey... Really, as a first-class knife sharpener in the human world, shouldn't my praise of your knife be the highest compliment to you? Why do you feel that I am looking down on you?"
Melk was stunned when he heard this, as if he saw Guan Liyuan's other intentions, but then he became firm again and said to Guan Liyuan angrily: "What do you know! A real knife sharpener must start from obtaining materials and do everything by himself, but, but I..."
"Don't be ridiculous! How can a knife sharpener have requirements for combat power? Cook over there, are you ashamed of your low combat power?" Guan Liyuan deliberately asked the master Liu Maoxing who was also "non-combat sequence".
However, after thinking about it, Liu Maoxing said: "Well... Actually, my combat power is not weak. I can live well without you."
Guan Liyuan: ???
Can you say it according to the words?
Is this to avenge the previous attempt to cut his arm?
What if the cook rebels?
Although interrupted by Liu Maoxing, Melk still asked Guan Liyuan and Liu Maoxing to come in and talk...
"You should have figured it out, right? I'm not Melk." Melk II said.
"That's right. Legend has it that Melk only accepts orders from true cooking masters, but as long as Melk thinks the other party is worthy of the specified materials and pays a commission, Melk will complete everything from collecting the materials to polishing the finished product.
Among the top 100 chefs in the world, there are many who use kitchen knives made of level 70 or 80 materials, most of which are ordered from Melk, but... you probably can't deal with prey above level 50 now." Guan Liyuan said.
But Guan Liyuan didn't think there was any problem...
Melk just couldn't hunt prey that was too high in level, but even if it was biological materials obtained from high-level creatures, she could still polish it very well, but... Melk herself was very concerned about this.
Guan Liyuan deliberately praised the kitchen knife before, which also exposed this point.
"Indeed, I lied. I'm not Melk... I'm just Melk's adopted daughter. I even learned the skill of knife sharpening from my master, and my master never recognized me!" Melk said dejectedly. "
I feel that your knife sharpening skills are already very good... And you stopped hunting high-level materials six years ago. At that time, you inherited the name of Melk and dealt with various orders, right? Although there have been fewer knife castings in the past six years, as a 'Melk', there are a lot of grinding and maintenance to deal with every day, right? So far, I
haven't heard of any chef who questioned Melk's decline in level, which shows that your knife sharpening skills are no less than the real Melk master!" Guan Liyuan comforted.
Indeed, Melk kitchen knives are not a one-time deal, but include subsequent maintenance and upkeep...
Every once in a while, kitchen knives from all over the world will be taken by the vampire. Although it's not as exaggerated as hundreds of knives a day in the original work, there are still three or five knives a day!
Even the maintenance of Melk kitchen knives is not something that ordinary people can do, otherwise it will make the precious knives covered in dust.
Moreover, the first generation of Melk's customers are all "experts", and some of them are even among the top chefs in the world. If there is even the slightest flaw in the result of polishing and maintenance, it will definitely be discovered.
However, Melk II has not received any negative reviews in this regard in the past six years...
It can be seen that his skills are no worse than those of the first generation of Melk, so he can handle the maintenance and upkeep of the first generation's works.
Liu Maoxing finally told the truth at this time: "That's right, there is no need to worry about hunting by yourself... For example, although I can hunt by myself, my job is cooking, and I will not take action in general hunting."
"It's different! Knife sharpeners and chefs are different. If knife sharpeners cannot hunt prey by themselves... they cannot forge new kitchen knives!" Melk denied excitedly.
Guan Liyuan also showed a look of astonishment. This is the first time I have heard of such a thing!
"You have rarely received orders for new kitchen knives in the past six years. Is this also the reason?" Liu Maoxing said.
"Yes, although I have tried it, but... it doesn't work at all." Melk said, and took out a package from the cabinet beside him.
There were seven or eight kitchen knives of various types in it. In terms of sharpness and strength, they were all better than the top-grade alloy kitchen knives, but... Guan Liyuan felt that the biological material part inside was "dead".
It didn't have the "fresh sharpness" of the wolf shark kitchen knife that Melk had just used, and the kitchen knives that were sent back and waiting for maintenance.
"Did Master Melk tell you this conclusion?" Guan Liyuan asked.
"No, Master didn't explain this to me. It's probably because I haven't reached Master's standards yet... It's just because I'm Master's adopted daughter that he allowed me to watch from the side." Melk II said dejectedly.
If the original setting is valid, there should be a huge misunderstanding here, and... this guy is indeed a genius among geniuses! He actually learned almost all the skills of the previous generation of Melk just by "watching"!
As for the inability to forge a new kitchen knife, it was not in the original work, and Guan Liyuan couldn't say the reason...
Was it because he didn't hunt in person, or was it because the knife sharpener lacked confidence and his mind was not pure enough, so he couldn't stimulate the power in the biological material?
"Didn't the predecessor Melk say anything when he left?" Liu Maoxing asked in confusion.
"No, Master rarely speaks. When he left that time, I thought he would come back soon as usual... But..." Melk said, his voice a little aggrieved.
"What? We didn't know where he went for six years?" Liu Maoxing was surprised.
"He should have gone to the Gravity Abyss. Later, I saw the book and map that Master read before he left. It seemed that he went to use 'Melk Stardust'." Melk II said.
"If he hasn't come back for six years, will he..." Liu Maoxing said hesitantly.
Melk II interrupted, "Master will be fine!"
Liu Maoxing felt that Melk II was lying to him, but Melk II explained, "I saw an order that Master had studied for a long time before. It should be a very important order. The knife on it is very large. Maybe... that knife needs a whole piece of Melk Stardust, so Master went to the Gravity Abyss to forge it.
When Melk Stardust is in the rock state, it is the best phantom sharpening material that Master has found, so it is named after Master. At the same time, the powder ground off when sharpening the knife is also a high-end seasoning..."
Guan Liyuan was deeply skeptical after listening, and asked seriously, "Will the powder of such a hard thing cause gastric bleeding if eaten?"