natural craftsman

"Let me add one more point." Jiang Shuai said, "Although Su Alfalfa's clothes are not very fashionable, but her clothes are original Italian ladies' clothes, which are not affordable by ordinary people. Xie Lang, you boy What a blessing, take good care of it.”

"Knowing your size, the more you say it, the more shameless you are." Xie Lang said, "The three of you have a bit of conscience. Knowing that I am hospitalized, you all rushed over to take care of me."

"Hey, conscience is one aspect." The fat man smiled, "but it's only one aspect. The important thing is that your ward is more comfortable to sleep in than a dormitory or a hotel. Why don't you sleep here? Besides, something happened yesterday. It’s a very strange thing, our Southwest University is infested with rats, there are wandering rats everywhere, even if you kill them softly, you can’t kill them cleanly, I don’t know if all the rats have been killed now.”

"Rat plague? When?" Xie Lang asked curiously.

"Just yesterday morning, maybe not long after you went out, many rats came out of the sewers around the student apartment and the teaching building, in groups, and these rats are a bit weird, not smart at all, you can kill them If you don’t run away, it’s like losing your soul.” The fat man said, “The three of us killed at least 20 rats, I really don’t know what happened to these rats. These rats were lured out, after all, rats are food for snakes."

"By the way, the three of you, haven't you seen that big snake?" Xie Lang asked suspiciously.

It stands to reason that the big snake tied itself into a knot and couldn't escape at all. There is no reason why the fat man and the three of them would not see it.

"I would like to see what that terrifying giant viper looks like, but unfortunately Su Mu said that the snake was taken away by a person. To be honest, if it wasn't because your kid was really poisoned by the snake poison, we would all I can't believe that you have fought a huge poisonous snake." The fat man said.

"It was taken away by someone, who took it away?" Xie Lang asked.

The big snake was more than three meters long and weighed at least several hundred kilograms, so it was a bit shocking to take it away by one person.

"We don't know who took it away, why don't you ask Su Mu yourself." The fat man said.

"Ask me what?" At this moment, Su Mu had already returned, holding a bag of bread, milk, and buns in his hand.She handed Xie Lang a bag of buns and milk, and asked, "What did you say you wanted to ask me?"

Xie Lang is not used to eating bread, so he was a little surprised and said: "How do you know that I don't eat bread? Oh, we just wanted to ask, who took that big snake away?"

"It's an uncle in his 40s, with many scars on his face, and he looks very fierce." Su Mu said, recalling the situation at that time, "It's a bit strange to say, that uncle only used a small toy to kill the old man. The snake was dragged away."

"What little toy?" Xie Lang asked curiously.

"Well, maybe it's not a toy. That thing's body is pitch black, maybe made of steel, and it looks like a mouse or a scorpion. It has a pointed head, and its body is only the size of a fist, but its tail is more than a foot long. That thing hangs its tail on the big snake's body and drags it away like that without any effort. If it's a toy, it can't have such a strong power." Su Mu said, obviously she was also a little curious.

"A tail more than one foot long?" Xie Lang murmured, suddenly recalling the day when he chased Wei Dao that day, that long steel tail is still fresh in Xie Lang's memory.

Could it be that the uncle Su Mu mentioned was the person who sat in the same car as Wei Dao that day, that mysterious craftsman?

"Why are you in a daze, hurry up and eat the steamed stuffed bun. The big snake is taken if it is taken, it's not a treasure, it depends on what you're thinking about." Seeing Xie Lang holding the steamed stuffed bun in a daze, Su Mu couldn't help urging.

Xie Lang quickly gnawed two mouthfuls of buns, chewed and said, "I just feel that it's a pity, if such a big snake is handed over to the zoo, maybe we can still get a generous bounty, and then we can all work together Good meal..."

"If you really have this idea, after you recover, I'll treat you to a good meal. The place is up to you." Su Mu generously said.

"That's a good relationship." Jiang Shuai said happily, "Xie Lang, you'd better recover and leave the hospital tomorrow, and then we can eat and drink together."

However, it was already the third day since Xie Lang was discharged from the hospital.

In fact, Xie Lang was mainly poisoned, but his injuries were not serious. After the poison was removed, he was basically fine. However, under Su Mu's strong insistence, he only stayed in the hospital for two more days. Otherwise, he might Already out of the hospital.

Fatty, Lin Qiang, and Jiang Shuai were quite kind, and they had already taken Xie Lang's hospitalization certificate to the department to ask for leave for him, lest he be expelled from the school due to too many absenteeism.

After returning to school, Xie Lang didn't immediately go to class with Fatty and the others, but asked for a week's vacation on the grounds that he needed to cultivate.

The loss of the mouse's soul was widely circulated in Southwest University, and it was even reported in newspapers and TV that day.In addition, Xie Lang also learned from the newspapers that not only the swarms of mice lost their souls, but also the cats in the school teachers' apartment. It is said that those cats saw the mice passing by, but they didn't react at all, and they didn't even bark. .It's just that because of the small number of cats, not many people noticed it. Most of the people were talking about the swarms of mice, but after that day, everything returned to normal, and the mice were still burrowing underneath, and The cat also resumed its original function.

It seemed that it was just a strange incident that happened by chance, but Xie Lang felt that there seemed to be some mystery in it.

Because on the day when those cats and mice lost their souls, his cat and mouse, the tyrant, suddenly had a "soul". Although it might just be a coincidence, Xie Lang always felt that it was not that simple.

But Xie Lang has no time to pursue the truth of this matter, because now Xie Lang only wants to find out the real secret of the ghost tower, and hopes to use the ghost tower to make himself stronger.

Only if you have enough power, you will not be looked down upon.

In the past few days, Xie Lang pretended to be nonchalant and deliberately kept himself from thinking about Ran Xixi, but Ran Xixi's painful expression at the moment he was hit hard seemed to appear in front of his eyes at any time.And Ran Ling's stern and realistic warnings rang in Xie Lang's ears at any time, reminding Xie Lang that he was still a person who didn't even have the ability to protect himself, and he was not qualified to talk about protecting the people around him. up.

It is precisely because of these that Xie Lang is more eager than ever to improve his strength and realm these days, even at the cost of skipping classes every day.Although Xie Lang's main purpose is not to study, after all, he doesn't want his college career to be short-lived soon.

At the beginning, Xie Lang was just curious about the ghost building and Zhou Xu, but as time went by, Xie Lang began to turn from curiosity into excitement and anticipation for the many benefits obtained in the ghost building during this period. Xu also admired him even more.

Most importantly, Xie Lang began to have a strong interest in those "secret weapons", because Xie Lang felt the need for a strong backing more than ever.Otherwise, just the craftsman behind Wei Dao would be enough for Xie Lang to drink a pot.

The ghost building will always be the quietest place in Southwest University.

Except for Xie Lang, probably few people would like to come to this place.

It is now mid-October, and the autumn morning light is already slightly cool. Xie Lang is sitting on the floor of the bell tower at this time, being blown by the cool autumn wind, and the thoughts in his mind are gradually clearing up.

In Xie Lang's hand was the scroll of Shu brocade sketches.

History has changed.

In Xie Lang's eyes, this is just a thin roll of Shu brocade, and the list of Bashu alliance on it is just a few grains of sand in the waves of history.But Xie Lang knew very well that it was this thin scroll back then, and countless people died for it. Even a genius like Zhou Xu died because of the secrets on this scroll.

Glancing over the names on the scroll, Xie Lang fixed his gaze on the sketch on the back.

The so-called sketches are actually a few thin black lines. If it weren't for the introduction in the article on the front of the scroll, Xie Lang really wouldn't be able to see that these simple lines are the so-called map.However, the simpler the map, the more difficult it is to find useful information, not to mention the passage of time, the appearance of Chengdu is completely different from that of more than 100 years ago, and it is even more difficult to find the correct location. One of the reasons why Xie Lang had little interest in finding these weapons at first.

Xie Lang studied it for a while, and finally saw that there were two thin lines representing a river on the map, but it did not indicate what kind of river it was.In addition, on the left side of the line representing the river, a word "turtle" is written, and on the right side of the river, a simple key pattern is drawn.

These were all the clues Xie Lang got, but even Xie Lang felt that trying to figure out where the weapons were buried from these few clues was simply a dream.On this so-called sketch, even the location of the batch of things was not marked at all.

In fact, Xie Lang had seen this sketch several times before, but he was also clueless.He originally thought that he would be able to get some substantive clues out of this careful study, but the result disappointed him.In the end, Xie Lang had no choice but to think that the lines and icons on the sketch were probably some kind of hidden symbols, rather than a real map. Only the members of the League at that time might know the meaning of these icons and lines .

This should have been the most reasonable explanation, but Xie Lang was a little unwilling. This feeling was like a piece of meat hanging from your mouth, but you just couldn't eat it.

The wind is getting stronger, and the coolness is getting stronger, but the morning light is gradually dimming, and it looks like it is going to rain.

"It's rainy in the morning and sunny at night, it really is like this." Xie Lang looked up at the sky and said to himself.

After a while, the raindrops drifted into the bell tower with the cool wind.

Sitting alone in the attic in the autumn wind and slanting rain seems to be quite a good feeling.When he was at home, Xie Lang liked to sit in front of the door, listening to the raindrops in the woods, listening to the waterfalls in the mountains, and watching the rain and mist rising in the mountains... Whenever these times, Xie Lang's mood would be extremely calm, and his hands Also extraordinarily inspiring, always produce something amazing.And the campus in the rain and fog seems to have a special charm.

Xie Lang's eyes moved away from the puzzled scroll, looking at the dead leaves falling in the falling apricot forest in the wind and rain, then at the students running around in the wind and rain, and the looming school building.

Suddenly, Xie Lang's mood calmed down, temporarily put aside the previous troubles, and devoted himself to the autumn rain scenery.

The rain was not heavy, but it had been pattering down for more than an hour, and it didn't seem to stop at all.

In the rain and fog, the campus was unusually quiet.

Xie Lang suddenly felt something, and took out a piece of ebony from his backpack. This ebony was exactly what Su Mu used to make him a statue.

But Xie Lang was not in a hurry to start carving, but first stroked the surface of the ebony with his fingers, as if he was stroking the white jade.This method is called seeing, which is to use hands to feel the softness, smoothness, density, etc. of the material, so as to determine the position of the knife and the severity of the method, so as not to make mistakes, so that materials are wasted and wasteful. .

However, this method was understood by Xie Lang himself, and even the name was chosen by him.

Sex, nature also.Visibility is to understand the basic composition of materials. [17K literature network, happy genuine reading]

Those who see sex will know.Xie Lang feels that only by fully understanding the material itself can it be possible to fully control the material and make perfect works.

However, this time when Xie Lang's hand caressed over the ebony, it felt a little different from before.The touch of these hands became more intense and clear. Xie Lang not only accurately grasped the various physical properties of the material, but also felt another characteristic of the material, or the so-called "spiritual consciousness" of the material.Because ebony is regarded as a divine wood with spirituality, this kind of spirituality is clearer for other materials that Xie Lang has come into contact with.

But Xie Lang can only perceive the existence of spiritual knowledge, but cannot communicate with it, let alone use and control this spiritual knowledge.

However, this alone is enough to prove that Xie Lang's skills and realm have made a new breakthrough, and even crossed the most critical step.

Wood is good wood, and Xie Lang wanted to test his own skills and realm to see what breakthroughs he had made, so he decided to carve it into a near-perfect work.

[Your flowers and VIP tickets have always been the original motivation for my codewords]