Chapter 113 Insight in the Ice
Listening to the old man's gloomy tone, Ling Xiao's heart moved, "Old man, I see that you are a masterful and ingenious skill, and I am very envious in my heart, I don't know if I can have the honor to learn from you!"
"Oh, little brother also likes this ice carving skill, but you should also know that the Dada clan's craft can't be used for profit!" The old man heard that Ling Xiao wanted to learn, and he liked it in his heart, but his mouth was joking!
In fact, such a craft handed down by the Dada tribe is indeed as the old man said, and it cannot be used for profit, but now the Dada tribe has no station, and no one in the world walks and does business, but no one abides by this rule anymore!
Hearing that the old man did not refuse his request to learn ice carving, Ling Xiao immediately became excited, and promised that he really didn't need to use this craft to make a profit!
The old man saw that his people had already completed the construction of the camp, and beckoned a strong man to take over from Ling Xiao to barbecue the meat, and began to talk about this ice carving skill in detail!
Flat knife, side knife, round knife, inverted knife, rubbing knife, first the base and then the upper part, first the outline and then the fine, first carved its shape and then carved its god, all kinds of novel techniques, all kinds of techniques, at this moment from the old man's mouth one by one, so that Ling Xiao listened to it as if he was fascinated, and he couldn't wait to start the debut of his carving career immediately!
Finally, in the sound of those strong men fighting for wine, in the increasingly loud sound of wind and snow, the old man talked about the places that need to be paid attention to in the craft of ice carving, and the people who listened were certainly happy, and the people who spoke were also in high spirits.
No matter what kind of skill it is, it is difficult to find a good successor, and it is even more difficult to find a successor with extraordinary talent.
In the process of telling, the old man basically drank while talking, and finally finished talking at this moment, but the wine was also to ten points, and he was interested, and once again cut out a large piece of ice from the side and began to carve it with his hands!
This time, it was no longer a flower, but a bust of a woman! The ice chips flew wildly, and it was even faster than the ice flower was carved, but fifty breaths later, a weak woman with a slightly frowning brow appeared in front of me.
But the old man sighed, turned back into the tent, and fell asleep!
At this time, Ling Xiao was already enthusiastic, listened to the old man's story, watched the ghostly carving twice, and could no longer hold back the passion in his heart, learned the old man's method, cut out a small piece of ice from the side, and started his first carving!
I saw Ling Xiao concentrating, firmly comparing the knife to the ice, thinking clearly about the appearance of the flowers to be carved, and began to cut the knife!
It's just that there was a click, but the ice cube in his hand was torn apart! Looking at the shattered ice cube in front of him, Ling Xiao looked around with a weak heart, fortunately, those clansmen had all fallen asleep, otherwise they would not have to laugh to death for others! After a long time, the ice cube was cut into pieces with a knife!
After trying a few more times, it was still the same, and although Ling Xiao had been extremely careful to control the force to the tiniest Cheng dù, the ice cube still shattered into several pieces with a single knife!
Fortunately, because the bonfire has been turned into charcoal, only faintly emitting heat, keeping the fire intensifying, the bust carved by the old man for the second time is still intact. Ling Xiao couldn't help but step forward and start to take a closer look, trying to figure out what he was doing wrong!
Seeing the hair, it seems to have an understanding, seeing the texture of the clothes, seeing the eyelashes, it seems to have an understanding, and just like that, from the bust of the female statue, Ling Xiao can't help but cut out a piece of ice to test it!
Looking at the fragments of ice cubes on the ground, Ling Xiao lost his passion, faded his enthusiasm, and began to reflect on what went wrong!
Sitting cross-legged, he couldn't calm down no matter what, so he had to stare at the fragments in a daze!
After a long time, Ling Xiao's eyes turned, but he found that he had almost chopped more than thirty pieces of ice, and there were hundreds of pieces of debris on the ground, densely scattered!
Fragments, fragments, fragments, Ling Xiao finally realized that he had gone into a misunderstanding, thinking about what carving skills, thinking about how the flat knife and side knife should be used, but he ignored the basic element of this ice sculpture, that is, the ice cube!
And the fragments on the ground also reminded Ling Xiao, some of these fragments are big and some are small, but all of them are sharp and angular without exception!
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao cut out a piece of ice from the side again, but he was not in a hurry to move the knife, but took it in front of his eyes and observed it attentively!
I saw it, I saw it! It turned out that there were so many things worth observing in this seemingly simple ice cube! Not to mention the dense cracks carried by the ice cube itself, the bubbles condensed in it, and the various colors of light diffracted and refracted by the ice cube itself, which deeply attracted Ling Xiao's attention!
It's also thanks to Ling Xiao's abundant spiritual power, and it's only when he gathers his eyes that he gains something! In other words, I am afraid that I can't see anything in this snowy night!
And after carefully observing Ling Xiao for a long time, he finally began to move the knife, one knife, not broken, two knife, not broken, the speed is getting faster and faster, as the ice chips fly, the ice gradually becomes a "flower"!
It's just that this flower is too ugly, and I can barely distinguish the petals, not to mention the thin stamens, even the petals are also carved twisted and twisted, without the slightest sense of beauty. But Ling Xiao looked at the strange flower in his hand, but he smiled with satisfaction, he knew that he could carve this flower, he finally touched the door of the ice carving technique!
And the subsequent process is just practice makes perfect! Finally, Ling Xiao's heart calmed down, and he returned to the tent to start the daily compulsory spiritual power transformation exercise! And in the roar of the wind and snow, this small camp finally regained its calm!
The next day, the Dada people woke up from their sleep and began to pack their bags, but they were surprised to find that among the broken ice chips, a slightly ugly-looking ice flower quietly snuggled up to a bust of women, which began to slowly melt under the light of the Yangjiang River in the early morning, but it was a beautiful light!
And the old man in the team was also stunned when he saw this scene! In fact, when the ancestors passed down this craft, they also stipulated that only the skill should be passed on, not the method of ice viewing! This method of ice observation can only be slowly comprehended after a long period of experience, and as long as the clansmen who realize it, they will all slowly grow into ice carving masters!
But the ugly flower in front of him, although it still looks so immature, is indeed carved out by comprehending the method of ice viewing!
The biggest difference between the ice carving skills of the Dada clan and other ice carving methods is that the materials are used! The skills of the Dada tribe are to take materials from anywhere, and they also carve the image of what they think in their hearts, while other carving masters on the God of War Continent spend most of their energy on making zuò ice cubes!
Use special transparent crystal to make a container, and then observe the outside world, stir at all times, take out the bubbles in the ice water, and some even add some additives to make the ice cubes uniform and crack-free after forming!
Therefore, in terms of the introduction to ice carving, the skills of the Dada people can be regarded as the most difficult genre. But that little brother was only able to carve ice flowers overnight!
The difficulty of this, all the Dada people are well aware, most of the people are unwilling to learn this skill, the biggest reason is this!
Therefore, when Ling Xiao walked out of the tent in full spirit, all he saw was a group of strong men with red eyes, staring at him, and occasionally taking another look at the ugly flower that was about to melt!
To be honest, being stared at by so many strong men of the Dada clan, watching the various facial lines in his eyes swaying in front of him, Ling Xiao's heart was still a little empty!
Fortunately, the old man pulled everyone over and walked over, "Little brother, in fact, everyone wants to ask, have you really never learned ice carving before? Is it really the first time you carved ice? Did you carve that flower yesterday?"
Three questions in a row made Ling Xiao a little confused, but he still subconsciously answered the question, "Yes! It took a lot of effort yesterday to finally carve such a flower, it looks a little ugly, I want to ask you!"
I saw the old man, I didn't know whether he wanted to cry or laugh on his face, in short, it was very weirdly distorted, and finally squeezed out such a sentence, "There are so many ice sculpture inheritances in the clan, and more need to be comprehended by yourself! Little brother, you are really good!"
Then, as if he had been struck down, he lined up with his people who had packed their bags, but the bust and the ugly flower had completely melted in the sun!
Seeing the Dada clan camel team go away, Ling Xiao also began to pack his bags. I am still pondering the skill of this ice carving in my heart, and the core of it is essentially the word wait-and-see, but what is needed is meticulous observation!
When the words "subtle"!"subtle!"subtle!!!
I am at the bottleneck of improving my strength, although the transformation time of the ninety-seven spiritual power threads has been shortened to less than five breaths, but after the collapse, if you want to transform again, you need a hundred breaths of time!
And this subtlety is the key to solving this problem!
Its essence is to minimize the cost and cause the maximum attack strength! If you want to achieve such a goal, the "subtlety" of spiritual power control is a broad road!
Now that there is a way to break through his strength, Ling Xiao is no longer in a hurry to move forward, but settles down again, just sits in the sun, and begins to think carefully about the subtle methods of spiritual power manipulation!
In his hand, he stroked the snow surface, cut out the ice cubes, and began to carve them slowly!
Observing the ice cube in his eyes, slowly carving in his hands, but in his heart he was thinking about the "subtlety" of spiritual power manipulation!
Gradually, there was a trace of spiritual power contained in the carving knife, and gradually the carved ice flowers began to look good, and more importantly, Ling Xiao began to comprehend the method of "subtlety" of spiritual power manipulation!
Finally, when the sun was setting in the west, there was a trembling stamen in the ice flower that had just been completed in Ling Xiao's hand!