mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 5 The Elven Carving Knife for Carving Everything
[My words annoy the forest elves.But in order to keep the conversation going, the Wood Elf refrained. 】

[The forest elf said to me: Stranger, although your question is impolite, but to answer you, I don’t know if I will be invulnerable if I eat it, but I will definitely die!The forest elves here will skin him and tear him apart. 】

sweat……

This guy is scaring me!

Zhao Chuanxin wrote: "I smiled friendly to the forest elves, and sincerely said: I apologize for my rashness, I am just curious. But I still can't help but ask, the forest elves are invulnerable except for all poisons, Is it nothing but farming?"

[The forest elf looked annoyed at me, who was full of sincerity and thirst for knowledge! 】

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

[The forest elves suppressed their roar with their teeth, and said to me: The forest elves are a very good race. The entire Shadow Forest praises the forest elves. This is a good reputation accumulated over thousands of years. 】

Zhao Chuanxin knew that this elf spirit was actually a chatterbox.It may be here for a long time, except for the hard-working and taciturn clansmen, there are not many opportunities to see other intelligent creatures.

He continued to write: "My face was full of admiration, and I said to the forest elves in a tone of admiration: What an amazing race! That is to say, apart from farming, being invulnerable to all poisons, and being self-satisfied, there are no other advantages. Is it over?"

[The forest elves are going crazy!It has never seen such brazenness! 】

[Sylvan Elf finally couldn't help roaring: How could there be no other advantages?We, the elf clan, are the best artists in the entire Shadow Forest.Look yonder, those carved lifelike statues, of wood, of nuts fallen from the jungle, and even the most delicate designs we can carve in the thinnest of leaves. 】

[I saw shadows in every corner, there are indeed many sculptures and patterns.There are forest elves, beautiful flowers, smart and cheerful deer, and moths flying on lantern flowers, all of which are the most beautiful images of things that exist in the Shadow Forest. 】

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin had an idea.

He wrote: "This time, I showed a sincere expression of praise, and said to the forest elves: I also like art, and I admire your talents. However, I do not agree that our forest elves are the greatest artists in the Shadow Forest This matter. Because you will only carve things that exist in the Shadow Forest, and you will not create things that do not exist here and are only imagined."

[The forest elf said to me unconvinced: Maybe I can't carve the kind of thing you said, but can you? 】

This time, before Zhao Chuanxin could respond, the diary continued automatically.

[I have two choices. 】

[First, I feel sorry for myself, and walk away in despair.Reward: The forest elf gave me a lantern flower, which can illuminate my way forward. 】

[Second, carve out things that the forest elves have never seen.Reward: The forest elves marveled at my skills and gave you an elf carving knife. 】

Sculpture?

This is Zhao Chuanxin's natural talent!The skill tree is not full, but I have practiced it a long time ago to be able to sculpt whatever I want, and I can sculpt whatever I want!

Since the diary is written from the perspective of "I", then my technique, "I" can definitely be used.

He immediately wrote: "I choose two. I used nut skin to carve a round plate with the two Chinese characters of six-pointed star and "elf" painted on it, and the outer circle was decorated with bronze patterns. I also used a piece of wood to carve a car A lifelike car with a statuette on the front."

The medal carved from the nut skin and the decorations on it are actually nondescript assemblies.Zhao Chuanxin often did this kind of trick before, and it was quite bluffing.As for the car, he believed that the forest elves in the Shadow Forest must have never seen it before.

[The forest elves saw my carvings, and were overwhelmed by my genius-like imagination. 】

[The forest elf said to me with a full face of amazement: Well, stranger, you have won my respect.I will use the most precious nut skin of the Shadowwood, imitating your carving, as the emblem of our forest elf tribe.As a token of thanks, I'd like to give you a gift of an Elven Carving Knife.The elf carving knife is one of the greatest inventions of our forest elves. We did double slit experiments 1 years ago, which proved that matter can be affected by human will.Then we found the most easily affected metal in the Shadow Forest, and forged it into the head of the elven carving knife.Now, I teach you how to use it! 】

Zhao Chuanxin clenched his fist and said "yes" like a stick in his throat.

The artist doesn't talk about money, but fate, 8000 yuan... With a little trickery, an elf carving knife is for nothing!

The feeling of knowledge pouring into his mind hit him, and there was a carving knife with a leather-wrapped handle in his palm.

This is a flat knife!

Back then, when Zhao Chuanxin first started to practice carving, the teacher once told them that a good carver often walks the world with a flat knife!
It can be seen that the flat knife is a universal knife in a certain way.Of course, later they basically replaced the carving knife with the time-saving and labor-saving dental machine engraving.There are even those who learn to make round carvings, and use five-axis engraving machines to automatically engrave the whole process.

With the carving knife in hand, Zhao Chuanxin also figured out one thing.

Only the diary asked him to do multiple-choice questions and mentioned rewards, which were the items that could be brought to reality.Otherwise not.

For example, next...

【On the road, the forest elves bid farewell, expressed their reluctance to give me up, and gave me a lantern flower, hoping to see you again someday. 】

Sure enough, the lantern flower did not appear in reality.

【Then, the forest elf smiled at me meaningfully, and said something inexplicable to me: Stranger, the soft light from the lantern flower will guide you on the right path in this dark forest. 】

【Then, I left the elf tribe without looking back. 】

Crack, Zhao Chuanxin closed the diary.

He didn't care about this talkative chatter.

Instead, he looked at the carving knife in his hand with great interest.

The Eagle Bone Whistle and Devil Vine that I got before actually didn't have many chances to be used.

But this carving knife is different.

For a long time, the craft of carving has been firmly engraved in his bones.If he didn't do anything for a few days, his hands and heart would itch.It's an addiction, just like smoking.

Liu Baogui's family was poor and poor, and could not find suitable materials.

This kind of flat knife is suitable for carving bone products, or nuclear hard materials.

But for veteran craftsmen, these difficulties can be overcome.

He looked at the door frame, grabbed the flat knife, and started to do it.

According to the method taught by the forest elves, the tip of the flat knife seemed to melt, and he didn't use much force, and the sawdust fell down.

The engraved stubble is neat!

hiss……

Regardless of whether it is an electric dental machine crane, a pneumatic tool with thrust, or a traditional carving knife, he has used it all.

Even if it is a fully automatic round carving machine that costs tens of thousands of yuan, he has tried it.

However, what surprised him was the elf carving knife in his hand.

Because the door frame of Liu Guigui’s house is not made of expensive hardwood, but ordinary softwood, the wood fiber structure is relatively thick and loose, and when carved, the knife edge will not be so neat, and it is easy to produce barbs.This is one of the reasons why hardwoods are worth more than softwoods.

But for the elf carving knife, the blade seemed to melt away, more like it turned into molecules and penetrated into the wood, and then solidified and became sharp, shaving off the sawdust.

He simply carved a circle, and carved layers of waves beside the circle to make the circle three-dimensional.Then engrave the word "Fu" on the round surface.

The efficiency is simply higher than that of a fully automatic round carving machine.

The tip of the knife can be wide or narrow, and can be converted into a flat knife, a round knife, a corner knife, a smooth knife, or even a meat knife according to one's will.

This is the real way to go around the world with a flat knife!
When Liu Guigui came out of the room to see what Zhao Chuanxin was doing, his eyes widened.

On the broken door frame of his house, rows of exquisite patterns appeared,
It was not that there were no skilled craftsmen in ancient times, otherwise there would not be the idiom "carved beams and painted buildings".

However, ancient carvers did not pay attention to three-dimensionality.

For example, the wave pattern carved by Zhao Chuanxin is combined with the coin-shaped round surface, and "Fu Lu Shou" is simply engraved on it. It is actually very simple, but it has a strong three-dimensional effect.

"You still have this skill?" Liu Guigui envied and hated.

Craftsmanship represents jobs.

In the village, whoever knows how to blacksmith and whoever knows how to do carpentry often has a meeting in the whole village, and everyone asks for help when they have something to do.

Zhao Chuanxin straightened his waist, passed the handle addiction for a while, and said indifferently: "It's a small thing."

Liu Baogui stroked and studied the door frame in amazement. Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Chuanxin went to take off the kitchen knife from the snack loader, and tried it with the elf carving knife on the back of the knife.

hiss……

What is cutting iron like mud?

Let alone wood, carving metal is just as easy.

On the back of the kitchen knife, he engraved the words "Liu Baogui".

(End of this chapter)