Liu Tao didn't know that Lin Lao did not return to Mending City after saying goodbye to him, but went directly to the capital. He is in a very good mood now, and it is his luck to be able to receive an apprentice like Liu Tao, and it is also Liu Tao's luck. When Liu Tao said that it was by luck, he believed it. However, he doesn't think it's a bit of luck, or more precisely, it's a gut feeling.

For someone who has studied jade, intuition is quite important. Because in many cases, although it can be inferred from physical characteristics, sometimes when there is no way to infer it from physical appearance, the only thing to rely on is intuition.

With the trait of intuition, as long as you study hard over time, you can definitely become a master. Now that he has accepted Liu Tao as an apprentice, he has two purposes. One is to teach what he has learned in his life, and the other is to prevent Liu Tao from going down the evil path. After all, if a genius like Liu Tao does not take the right path, the consequences are unimaginable, and he is very likely to become a gambler. This is what he does not want to see.

When he arrived in the capital, Lin Lao went directly to his good friend, the carving master Xu Hongbo. Now that he has accepted Liu Tao's Smurf, he must find the best carving master to do this. Xu Hongbo can be called the top master in the carving world, but he has been sealing the knife for almost six years.

After hearing about Lin Lao's intention, Xu Hongbo looked at the Smurf material again, and finally agreed. If Lin Lao hadn't come to the door in person to talk about this matter, he would definitely not agree. Of course, there is another reason that the Smurfs are a relatively rare jadeite raw material, which is worth his investment.

However, when he saw that Lin Lao had accepted an apprentice, he was still stunned for a moment. He and Lin Lao have been friends for forty years, and he has never heard of who Lin Lao has a crush on. Although their old friends also advised him to find an apprentice quickly, otherwise one day he would pass away, and what he had learned in his life would be buried in the loess, which would make people feel sorry.

Now, Lin Lao has turned this advice of theirs into reality.

He couldn't wait to meet this Lin Laoshou's first apprentice. For Lin Lao, this is the first one. It could also be the last one.

It's a pity that Lin Lao told him that his apprentice is not in the capital now, and if he wants to see the other party, he will at least wait until the end of the college entrance examination.

Xu Hongbo had a trace of regret on his face.

"Lao Xu, can you think of a way to deal with the jade pendant and ring face made of the Smurfs. If these things were put on us, maybe they wouldn't have attracted too many people's attention. But I want to give them back to my apprentices. His family is all ordinary people. If you wear these on your body, it will cause them unnecessary trouble. If they can handle it, they can save them from these troubles. Lin Lao made such a request.

"No problem. These are all trivial. I'm going to put a layer on the surface so that it looks like a normal jadeite object. As for how to get rid of this layer of stuff on the surface, I'll tell you how to do it. Xu Hongbo didn't even think about it. I agreed directly. For a master carver like him, it is not difficult to hide something.

"That's it. I've called the media and reporters in the jade industry and will tell them about the Smurfs. And, I will declare that I have received my apprentice. Lin Lao stood up as he spoke.

"Lao Lin, wouldn't you be too high-profile if you say this?" Xu Hongbo was shocked after hearing this, and said his thoughts.

"I've kept a low profile for so many years, so what's the point of being high-profile once? For so many years, Chen Wuyan, Sun Siliang, and Jiang Wu have all been waiting to see my jokes. After all, they all already had apprentices, especially Sun Siliang, and two apprentices. According to them, in the future, after a hundred years of our gang, their apprentices will become the four major jade masters in China. It's ridiculous! I released the press conference this time to tell them that I, Lin Guorong, already have an apprentice! When Lin Lao said this, he was a little excited. Over the years. He also wanted to find an extremely talented and kind-hearted apprentice, but unfortunately he never met him. Originally, a few years ago, he met someone who was slightly less talented than Liu Tao. At that time, that person relied on luck to produce three pieces of glass in a row, which was also a miracle. It's a pity that that person is a gambler, thinking that he can be invincible in the world with his intuition, and finally lost a mess in the Pingzhou public market, and has been in a slump ever since. Lin Guorong regretted it for a long time after hearing about it.

"That's right. For so many years, Chen Wuyan and they have always competed with you. Lose every time. They were naturally unconvinced in their hearts, and could only hope for their apprentices. It's a pity that you haven't had any apprentices, so they've naturally been holding back their strength all these years. Even if you take in apprentices now, they won't necessarily be afraid. After all, their apprentices have all been accepted for more than ten years, and some have reached twenty years, and they have basically inherited their mantle, even if the apprentices you accept are talented, it is basically impossible to defeat their apprentices in a short period of time. Xu Hongbo said matter-of-factly. In the world of antiquities, intuition is important, but experience is even more important. After so many years of training, Chen Wuyan's apprentices have a very good level of actual combat, no matter who they are, they have all solved the glass kind of imperial green, and there is more than one. The most is Chen Wuyan's apprentice Sun Yizhou, who once opened two pieces of glass imperial green and three pieces of high-ice imperial green at a public market conference, which is definitely quite a proud record. Even Chen Wuyan and these people did not have these achievements at their most brilliant.

It was precisely because of these that Chen Wuyan had been holding his breath in his heart, and when Lin Guorong really accepted the apprentice, they would definitely send the apprentice to Lin Guorong's apprentice to take a good look at it, so as to avenge the revenge they had been suppressed by Lin Guorong.

"Whatever. I have a lot of confidence in this apprentice of mine. In time, he will surely become a being above me. A smug smile appeared on the corner of Lin Guorong's mouth. No one will understand Lin Guorong's mood at this moment, he has been lonely for so many years, even he thought that he would never find a satisfactory apprentice in his life, but when he was about to despair, Liu Tao appeared.

It's like a dying person suddenly grabbing a life-saving straw, the taste of which can only be known to the person concerned.

"Now that you've made your decision, I don't want to say anything more. When you, the apprentice, come to the capital, remember to inform me. Xu Hongbo said.

"Definitely." Lin Guorong readily agreed. (To be continued.) )