Ice carving has a long history in the Dreadnought Empire, and its history can even be traced back to the early days of the Dreadnought Empire, and it has been in the bitter cold for a long time, from the imperial family to the peddlers and pawns, all of whom are obsessed with the art of ice carving, which can be said to be a popular entertainment project!

Different from the Dada people who specialize in carving, the carving of the Fearless Empire can almost be said to be carved without anything, there are palaces and pavilions, there are natural schools, there are human figures, of course, there are also animal schools, and even fantasy schools! It can be said that there is only the unexpected, and there is nothing that cannot be carved.

And just here, there are many ice carvers in the small city of Guan who show their works every once in a while, in order to make the imperial officials look at it, and be eligible to participate in the emperor's birthday ceremony and get ahead!

There is such a place not far from the inn where Ling Xiao stays, and there are many ice sculptures that he thinks are good exhibits displayed every day!

However, in three days, Ling Xiao had a clear impression of the level of these ice carvers in the Dreadnought Empire, and the ice carvers in the exhibition area gradually became familiar with this peer who came to cheer every day!

Perhaps out of concern for safety, a large number of ice carvers are basically robes and hats to cover their faces, which also makes Ling Xiao's outfit not stand out at all, and also hides his true identity very well! Even the imperial officials have shown a certain amount of respect for these ice carvers, after all, it is impossible to say that the one among them will be able to enjoy a high position with this skill in the future!

If you want to talk about the level of ice sculpture, Ling Xiao thinks that he is no less than any of these works on display, but if you want to say that you must win, Ling Xiao is only five points, I heard that in a few days there will be an official inspection team to select excellent craftsmen, these days Ling Xiao is also constantly thinking about his creativity, in order to attract attention, in one fell swoop to qualify for the ceremony!

You must know what an honor it is to participate in the birthday ceremony of the king of a country, and if you can't come up with a very good work, you must not be able to enter the eyes of those connoisseurs!

For this reason, Ling Xiao pondered for several days, and really came up with a few new tricks to catch people's attention. Of course, it is inevitable to keep it secret for the time being, you must know that those ice carvers are not vegetarians, they are all good at ice carving, as long as they can think of Ling Xiao's techniques, they can definitely bring forth the new, and even surpass Ling Xiao!

In fact, to put it bluntly, what Ling Xiao is pursuing is a strange word, and the clever tricks he came up with are all around this strange word, and he only relies on the ice carving technology and mechanical experience that he has learned and sold!

After observing other people's works for a few days, Ling Xiao couldn't help but want to test whether his ideas could be recognized by others, and the best time was when the official inspection team of the Dreadnought Empire arrived!

Having concentrated on verifying the imaginary ice carving technique several times in the inn, Ling Xiao was already very satisfied with his creativity, all he lacked was to get the approval of others, and when he learned that the official inspection team had finally arrived, Ling Xiao also began to march towards the work display area!

Although the inn was not too far from the exhibition area, Ling Xiao still underestimated the love of ordinary people in the Dreadnought Empire for the art of ice sculpture, and it was already blocked a few streets away!

And Ling Xiao, who didn't want to shock the world, had no choice but to squeeze forward step by step with the flow of people. I finally squeezed to the front, only to find that those officials were already concentrating on selecting the works!

And there are no works by Ling Xiao among those works, which means that if Ling Xiao doesn't hurry up and find a way to make zuò on the spot, maybe no matter how good his creativity is, he won't be identified by the inspection team!

Fortunately, the opportunity came soon, those members of the inspection team may be responsible, maybe the works on the scene did not find the desired ice sculpture, in short, the person in charge faced the crowd present and said, "In line with the purpose of making the best use of people's talents, if anyone here thinks they can surpass these works, you can try it on the spot!"

"Opportunity!" is not only Ling Xiao alone, but even the ice carvers who have already displayed their works are also thinking so, after all, the charm of ice sculpture is more reflected in the passion of the ice chips in the carving, and more reflected in the embodiment of the idea of the work in the moment after the last knife!

Fortunately, the inspection team is very experienced, and the officers and soldiers responsible for maintaining order have well controlled the commotion of the ice carvers at the scene, and have cleaned up a large area for those ice carvers to carve on site!

But the human heart is a rather strange thing, although just now so many people passionately wanted to show their ice carving skills, but now under the gaze of more than a dozen members of the inspection team, under the eyes of many imperial officers and soldiers, there was a cold scene on the scene for a while, and no one dared to stand up and perform live!

After all, carving needs a relatively quiet environment, and what is needed is the desire to express inner emotions and ideas, and it does not mean that you can carve good works if you want to carve.

Of course, for Ling Xiao, after seeing many big scenes, there is no possibility of stage fright, seeing that no one stepped forward, he immediately walked out, wanting to show his ice carving skills!

However, for Ling Xiao's appearance, the crowd and those ice carvers were quite disappointed, because they were more familiar with Ling Xiao, but this person had not taken out a single work for so many days to display, and many people already believed that Ling Xiao belonged to the kind of person who had low eyes, and commented on other people's works, but if you want to do it yourself, you will be helpless!

"This kid has a very good eye!

"I know, this guy hasn't shown a single work, can there be any amazing expression when it comes out at this time?"

"On this occasion, if you don't carve everyone, you can't even calm down, how can you carve a good work!"

"Just let this guy come out and try the doorway of the adults of the inspection team!"

After Ling Xiao appeared, the noisy environment seemed to be a lot quieter, but some whispering voices were still spreading.

But Ling Xiao's first sentence after appearing on the scene was followed by an uproar, "I don't know if you can prepare a set of carving knives for me, and another piece of ice!"

At this time, even the adults in the inspection team began to whisper, after all, a master carver will always have a set of carving knives that he uses very easily, and some of them will make ice by themselves in order to obtain the best carving materials.

Even with the experience of these bosses in the inspection team, they have never seen an ice carving master who needs someone else to prepare a carving knife, if it weren't for Ling Xiao's calm look at the moment, and the strong self-confidence he revealed, he might have been kicked out of the scene a long time ago, and even punished for disrupting the order of the selection!

A set of eighteen standard carving knives was placed on the table in front of him, and a one-meter-square standard first-class ice cube was also placed in front of Ling Xiao, although there were still many discussions just now, but in front of him was quietly waiting for Ling Xiao to start carving! This is the respect for the art of ice carving, at least until Ling Xiao completes the work, no one will make any noise!

However, what puzzled everyone was that at this moment, Ling Xiao was standing calmly in front of the ice cube and looking at something seriously, but he couldn't see it! Only the well-informed old people in the inspection team had a faint flash of light in their eyes!

After these days of hard work, Ling Xiao has been able to enter that kind of microscopic realm relatively proficiently, although he has not yet started carving at this moment, but in Ling Xiao's eyes, that piece of ice has already changed!

There are too many small gaps in this piece, so we need to give it up! Well, this small piece is well formed, and the structure is strong enough to make a petal! Although it can also be made of petals over there, there are always some flaws, and the shape of the petals needs to be corrected a little! As the so-called confident, although I haven't done it yet, a lotus flower on ice has already appeared in Ling Xiao's mind!

And with the gradual formation of the petals and stamens in his mind, the most critical parts of Ling Xiao's ideas began to be conceived one by one, the core of which is the physical structure, each petal, Ling Xiao will carve it out independently, except for the stamens, the eight petals will be an independent part!

Finally, the form of the ice carved into a flower had been completed in Ling Xiao's mind, and those key points were solved one by one, his eyes lit up, and Ling Xiao suddenly picked up the most difficult to control flat knife among the eighteen carving knives and began his carving!

Seeing that Ling Xiao finally made a move, the crowd of onlookers also began to focus on Ling Xiao's hands, but how could it be?

After Ling Xiao made his move, everyone began to exclaim again and again, and began to collapse the inherent thinking of engraving technology in their hearts, and more admired and admired!

How could he carve so fast, you must know that if the speed is too fast, it is difficult to control, and it is extremely easy to over-carve and damage the work.

Isn't the flat knife the most difficult to control, thinking that the first introductory course of their carving master has said, the key to ice carving is to master all kinds of carving knives, and use a wide variety of knife methods!

And the carvers who had already entered the carving technique were staring intently at Ling Xiao's hands, trying to steal some techniques. Just this familiar knife technique made them understand that the carving skills of this person in front of them did not know that they had surpassed them several times!

And the eyes of the elders of the inspection team are getting wider and wider, and people can't help but worry about whether they will stare out of the eyeballs! And only this group of people in the inspection team can see that this person in front of them has some movements in the carving process, and even they don't know what his intention is!

Finally, the carving of the clouds and flowing water came to an abrupt end, and an extremely beautiful lotus flower had appeared in front of Ling Xiao! A cloud pattern, a main stem about the thickness of a finger naturally bent up, under the background of a few crystal leaves, a lotus flower was about to bloom, and a small drop of dew on the tip of the flower will not fall, reflecting the colorful sunshine!

And this is not the end, at this time, Ling Xiao calmly looked at the inspection team, and said softly, "Please pay attention to it!" Then he turned around and let go of the sunlight that had been deliberately shielded with his body!

As the sun shone on the flower, the little dew drops and the little ice chips connected to the tip of the flower melted in a moment, and with the admiration of everyone, the dew fell gently on the petals, as if touching some switch, when everyone looked again, they found that the budding flower had slowly bloomed, revealing the three stamens in the middle!