"We don't embarrass you. ”

It was the old man with a soft tone who spoke.

Just now, Lu Yuan finally remembered to introduce it, Xu Wen knew that his surname was Jing, and he was Lu Lihai's uncle, ranking third, and Lu Yuan was generally called the third uncle.

Banmen is mainly inherited by family, and Jing is one of the major surnames of Banmen, second only to Lu.

Xu Wen's heart moved when he heard this. The surname Jing is not common, is it a coincidence that this one from the class collided with Jing Cheng?

"You just got a piece of rosewood not long ago, and I heard that you are going to build a rosewood bed. In this way, you should be quite good at sandalwood. In this case, let's try red sandalwood. Uncle Jing smiled gently and gestured to the side.

He had a box in his hand, and in it was a piece of sandalwood, about the size of a child's head, and a rough look of a shape, which seemed to be a Buddha statue.

Such a big red sandalwood is really not small, and it can be said that he attaches great importance to him if he can take it out to test Xu Wen's level.

Xu Wen was surprised by this just now.

Of course, he could see the sandalwood piece, but the key was to look at the tools placed on the tray next to him, and he could probably guess what they wanted to test him.

That's a ...... It's a bit of a coincidence.

"Okay. Xu Wen nodded.

"There is a woodworking process that can be used in a variety of materials, but red sandalwood is used the most. It can completely polish and polish the wood carving with just one knife......" Third Uncle Jing made a further request, and Xu Wen and Lu Yuan's expressions became a little strange together.

“...... What?" Third Uncle Jing paused and asked suspiciously.

"Nothing. It's a knife cleaner, isn't it?

"You do. Uncle Jing smiled and gestured to the sandalwood and the tray next to it, "There is a Maitreya Buddha here, just laid a rough embryo, you can use the carving to refine it, polish it with a clear knife, and shape it." ”

Lu Wu touched the beard on his chin and laughed: "This process is quite time-consuming, you can take your time, food and lodging, we are all ready." ”

Xu Wen's gaze swept over them.

Under normal circumstances, knife cleaning is indeed a process that requires water grinding, which is much more time-consuming than ordinary polishing process, and is by no means an easy item that can be used for examination.

It can be said that these elders of the Banmen made such a request in itself.

However, he could also see that they didn't really want Xu Wen to lose face here, but wanted him to retreat and give up reading the Zongzheng scroll by himself.

is still the same sentence, if it is changed elsewhere, he will probably feel that the twisted melon is not sweet.

But this is Banmen.

"Okay, no problem, can we start now?" he raised his chin and looked at the people in front of him with clear eyes.

At this moment, the elders were a little hesitant.

Of course, they knew very well what kind of craftsmanship the knife was, although this Buddha statue was not too big, but even if it was a master craftsman, it would take at least three days to complete it.

This is the corridor pavilion of the wind and rain bridge, and the guests invited by the door owner are stopped in the corridor pavilion for three days, which is really too much, and the face of the class door has to be lost!

But the test items were proposed by them, and Xu Wen agreed, and they were really hard to ride.

Several people looked at each other, but the old man who wore gold wire glasses, the seventh uncle of the Lu family, and named Lu Cungao opened his mouth first: "If you don't mind, then let's start now." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward, picked up the statue of Maitreya Buddha, and handed it to Xu Wen with his own hands.

Xu Wen stretched out his hand to take it, and his palm suddenly sank. The best red sandalwood has this very down-to-earth sense of weight.

The test questions had already begun, and the elders had little room to maneuver, so they could only grit their teeth and stand aside and wait for Xu Wen to make a move.

Xu Wen didn't do it immediately, but held the Buddha statue and looked at it from beginning to end.

This Maitreya is just a rough embryo, that is, a slight shape for the Buddha statue. But even so, it can be seen that this embryo is not something that ordinary people can beat.

The one who beat the embryo is definitely a master, and has an extremely precise understanding of the shape and structure, and with a few knives, he can accurately determine the shape of the Buddha statue, and leave enough space for people to further carve and polish.

"Dare to ask which master's work this rough embryo is?" Xu Wen felt more and more interesting the more he looked at it, and couldn't help but look up and ask.

"It's a game under it. Lu Qi and Lu Cungao nodded to him. He didn't smile, but he looked more gentle and sincere than Uncle Jing.

"It's amazing. Xu asked back and nodded.

He didn't say anything more, but lowered his head again, staring at the Buddha statue, which was made up of the simplest of structures.

There was silence all around, not a single person spoke, and even the elders did not urge, but looked at each other with a look of surprise.

About ten minutes passed like this, and at this time, the two people hurriedly came out of the island and walked quickly to this side, and it was Pingtou who called Lu Lihai over.

Lu Lihai looked angry, strode into the pavilion, patted Uncle Jing on the shoulder, and was about to speak, but he was held down by Lu Cungao next to him, stretched out his finger and "shhhhh

Lu Lihai was stunned, Lu Cungao shook his head, and gestured to Xu Wen.

Lu Lihai squinted his eyes and looked over, just in time to see Xu Wen pick up the carving knife and "scrape" the Buddha statue without hesitation!

Suddenly quiet, after Xu Wen started to move, the sword light was like a torrential rain, falling piece by piece, and it became a piece.

Rosewood is fine and hard, and it requires good tools and a way to exert force on it.

Among the eighteen woods, sandalwood is the heaviest technique, and the emphasis on the way of applying force far exceeds that of any other kind of wood.

However, this Buddha statue is in Xu Wen's hands, completely out of their common sense of sandalwood. If it weren't for the fact that its color and texture were still very familiar, if it weren't for the fact that the embryo was made by Lu Cungao himself, they would even think that they had taken the wrong thing and brought something else!

Xu Wen is standing to do work, he is tall, standing on the ground is as tall as a pine, handsome as a bamboo. Fuchsia sawdust continued to fall from his slender fingers, like a rain of flowers.

He smiled, staring intently at the Buddha statue in his hand, his eyes looking serene and happy, as if he was communicating with the materials in his hand with all his heart.

Lu Lihai subconsciously took a step forward, then stopped and looked at Lu Cungao next to him.

At this time, a word flashed in the hearts of the two of them at the same time - "Changfa Realm"!

It is very rare for a master to enter the realm of the common law in this era, but whether it is in books or rumors, they have all understood the state of this realm.

Xu Wen's current appearance is exactly the same as this realm in the legend!

How old is he? Now he already has such a state?

Lu Lihai would ask Xu Qian to distinguish the authentic and authentic volumes, and he felt that his evaluation of him was extremely high, but this was really unbelievable......

Gradually, under Xu Wen's knife, the Maitreya statue gradually took shape as if it had been born out of wood flesh, and various details began to emerge.

It has a bowable smile, a cordial posture, a natural flow of Buddhist robe lines, and a strong sense of three-dimensionality.

At this time, Xu Wen put down the knife in his hand, and Lu Yuan immediately stepped forward and handed him another one—just like when Xu Zhai gave him a hand.

Xu Wen looked up and smiled at him, and lowered his head again.

Finer sawdust fell.

He began to polish with a knife cleaner.