Chapter 9: The Cornerstone of the World

Ah Chen took the thing over and looked over and over again to examine the pale green and somewhat transparent flakes. When pinched in your hand, it seems to have the same touch as skin, but it has the same hardness as a stone. But with the naked eye alone, there is really no difference in this green stone.

"What is this?" Ah Chen was very puzzled, indescribably puzzled.

"Go, get me a bowl of water." Chen Wentao didn't explain, just said so.

Ah Chen quickly ran into the house, and quickly ran out, with an extra bowl of water in his hand.

I saw Chen Wentao put the thin slice into the water, and it slowly emitted a faint light visible to the naked eye, and then the water surface in the bowl fell a lot out of thin air.

"Huh?!"

This aroused Ah Chen's interest, and he hurriedly took the flake and put it in the bowl, but it had no effect. There was no glow, and there was no letting the water level drop.

"Urge psionic energy to try again." Chen Wentao smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, when Ah Chen injected spiritual energy into the pale green flake, a faint light emitted, and the water level immediately dropped at a speed that could be seen. "Take it out and try again." Ah Chen fished it out of the water and injected spiritual energy into it again, and the water flowed out of it, as if there were countless tiny holes in it, which could store water in invisible places.

This can arouse Ah Chen's curiosity, this thing has no change in appearance after storing water, biting, smashing, shaking or anything can't let the water leak out. After trying a few more times, Ah Chen opened his big round eyes and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Chen Wentao smiled and said, "This thing, called a bamboo slip, is used to suck water in or release the stored water after injecting spiritual energy. Well...... Just think there's a space in there that you can't see. This is very similar to the lamp we use. The name of the lamp is Molten Simple, and its function is to emit light or extinguish when psionic energy is infused. Speaking of this, Chen Wentao patted Ah Chen on the back of the head and said, "Boy, psionic energy is an important way to communicate with this world, and you will know about its wonderful use in school in the future." ”

"Alright, now, let's go play." After hearing this, Ah Chen ran into the house with a bowl and a cigarette.

When Ah Chen ran in, Wang Xiulan happened to come out of it, "Are you back?" Seeing the green flakes in Ah Chen's bowl, he said, "That's ...... Bamboo slips? I remember that thing was precious, so it didn't matter if it was given to him? ”

Chen Wentao looked like I was just looking for you, waved his hand at her, and said, "It's okay, I picked up a piece of scraps, and I won't need it a few times anyway, so I'll play with him." When Wang Xiulan walked in front of him, the two sat on a chair in the courtyard, and Chen Wentao continued: "About their school......

Wang Xiulan knew that it was time for him to get down to business, so she immediately mentioned the spirit of the twelve, and said tentatively: "It's not going well? Chen Wentao didn't say anything, only sighed, but she knew everything.

"I want to run a school in the village." Chen Wentao looked into the distance, as if he was worried about his children's schooling, and as if he was missing his dead pipe.

But this sentence scared Wang Xiulan, but after thinking about it, this seems to be the best choice. "Okay, it's good to run a school, it's good......"

Ah Chen was playing in the water alone in the house at this time, unaware that a decision had been made outside that would affect the village.

"Yes, show them this thing called bamboo slips." After tossing and fiddling for a long time, Ah Chen thought of something fun to share with his friends. Hmph, why did you go earlier?

Sure enough, a group of children who grew up in the village had certainly never seen such a magical thing. Xiaoguang, Ah Shun, Yaya, and Niu Niu, who had just become lively in the past few days, were summoned by Ah Chen to gather by the small river at the entrance of the village. When Ah Chen mysteriously took out the green flakes in front of everyone, everyone's eyes revealed a sparkle of doubt.

"What is this?" Xiaoguang still took the lead in taking the thing, staring carefully at the smooth plane, as if it said "Guess what I am, I'll tell you if I guess right".

"Hmph," Ah Chen crossed his waist and let me explain to you, "you try to put him in the water." Ah Chen pointed to the river next to him.

Xiaoguang put the bamboo slip into the water under the eager gaze of the others, and Ah Chen squinted his eyes as Chen Wentao squinted his eyes and said, "Urge the spiritual energy to try...... It's like turning on the lights. ”

The bamboo slips glowed faintly in the water, and everyone else was waiting for what to happen, only Ah Chen knew that the water level had dropped invisibly with the naked eye. Ah Chen pursed his lips in his heart, and that's what this thing does.

Xiaoguang saw that nothing had happened, and waited patiently for a while according to the question in his heart, and when he saw that nothing had happened, he finally couldn't help but ask, "That's it, and then what?" ”

Ah Chen simply closed his eyes and said, "You take it out and try again." ”

"Oooh, it's working."

"There is water flowing out of it!!"

Ah Chen hugged his chest, shook his fingers with one hand and said: "This is called bamboo slips, which is similar to the lamps we usually use in our homes, as long as you inject spiritual energy into it, you can store water, and then inject spiritual energy to release water." Of course, the amount of water stored is limited, probably only about one bowl...... Hey, are you listening to me!!! ”

In the face of Ah Chen's tirade, several children who had just arrived at the toy listened to it. Each of them is trying to suck the water into the bamboo slip, then release the water from the bamboo slip and hand it to the next person when they are done. Although it was not discussed in advance, it seemed that there was a tacit understanding. While Ah Chen was busy finishing his magnificent tirade, the bamboo slips had already been handed from Xiaoguang to Yaya's hand, and then to Ah Shun's hand.

"Huh?" Obviously, the two people in front of them did it very easily and smoothly to absorb and release water, but when they arrived at Ah Shun, the light of the bamboo slips became very dim, and they couldn't even wet their palms when they released water. Confused, Ah Shun put it into the water and tried it a few more times, but now it was fine, and even the last bit of light was gone.

Ah Shun was even more puzzled at this time, and handed it to Xiaoguang and said, "You try?" Xiaoguang took it and put it in the water, took it out again, put it in the water again, shook his head, and handed it to Yaya to try, and the result was no different.

"Huh? Useless? I'll try again. Ah Chen took a few steps forward, took the bamboo slip, put it into the water with his own hands, and urged the spiritual energy, and sure enough, the light was already like a bird flying south, and it was gone.

"Ahh!!!h Ah Shun, you broke it!!!!! Ah Chen followed the voice and pounced on Ah Shun. Xiaoguang and Yaya hid to the side and snickered, only Niu Niu shouted in the same miserable voice: "I haven't played yet!!!!!!! ”