A total of seven wells had been dug at the blacksmith shop, providing sweet and refreshing water.

It was said that Master Ruan, who had lived on Dragon Riding Alley for a while, was an immortal swordsmith, and even the imperial court held him in very high regard. The officials from the ministry of rites and Governor Wu had gone to visit him in person, so it was all but confirmed that Master Ruan was indeed an extremely important figure. 

Many people wanted to send their children to the blacksmith shop to work, but unfortunately, the blacksmith shop was no longer hiring. However, there was one time when Master Ruan had gone into the town to buy wine, and he had chosen two children to become apprentices of his. The next day, the wine shop was absolutely packed to the rafters, with parents and guardians dragging their children along. 

The problem was that no one was there to buy wine, and everyone was waiting for Master Ruan to show up in the hope that their children would catch his eye. However, the children didn't care about all of that. They were merely excited to be out of the house, and all of them were playing to their hearts' content, causing a massive commotion.

Prior to the arrival of Governor Wu Yuan, the residents of the town had been aware that they were citizens of the Great Li Empire, and that the dragon kilns were being used to produce imperial ware for the Great Li Empire's imperial family, but that was the extent of their knowledge. 

There were very few people coming in and out of the town, and there were virtually no cases of the town's residents leaving the town to visit extended family, seek out education, or marry to other places. Thus, there was no exchange of information with the outside world, and the only people in the four surnames and ten clans aware of what the outside world was like didn't dare to reveal these secrets to anyone else.

Only the fortunate children who had their bonded porcelain chosen were granted the opportunity to go and see the outside world, and prior to the collapse of Jewel Small World, it was impossible for anyone who left the town to return home as that was the rule stipulated by the four Sages many years ago.

According to the announcement posters put up by the county office and the explanations provided by those who knew how to read, the mountains of Dragon Spring County had previously been too precarious to traverse safely. 

The imperial court had gone to great...