Volume 1 Daoyan Chapter 1 The Craftsman in the Town
On the street, people come and go, endlessly, walk a little, and come a few more. At the end of the street, there is a small shop specializing in carving, the shop is not big, and the business is neither good nor bad. The seller is a middle-aged man, holding a carving knife and carving on a small piece of wood, the middle-aged man's surname is Li, and he is a well-known person in this town.
"Foolish Baby" went to make me a kettle knife and burner, and the real name of "Foolish Baby" is Li Ruoyu. Li Ruoyu is the only son of a middle-aged man, and compared to his age of ten years, what does not match his name is that he is slightly thinner. The facial features are not outstanding, but they can only be said to have some delicateness. Li Ruoyu likes to read, especially some books with strange ambitions. When Li Ruoyu heard his father's words, he put down the big demon in his hand, took the copper plate given by his father, took the wine jug and went to the tavern in the middle of the street to buy wine.
"Uncle Wang, the old one pound of knives and burners", this is a middle-aged man in his early forties, wearing a black robe, with attentive eyes, with the unique composure and stability of a middle-aged person.
"Come, catch it, fool." Uncle Wang said.
"Okay, then Uncle Wang, I'll go and see Fat Upset." With that, Li Ruoyu walked to the little fat man of Uncle Wang's house. The little fat man's name is Wang Bo, born in the same year as Li Ruoyu, but there is a difference in time, this little fat upset looks honest, if you look at his eyes seriously, you will find that a few fine lights occasionally flash in his eyes, showing that he is not so honest as he looks.
"Fat upset, how are you doing winemaking?" Li Ruoyu said. "It's not that you don't know me, half-baked," Wang Bo replied. "Find a time to go fishing again," Li Ruoyu said. "Then I'll go back and prepare some bait," Wang Bo said.
After saying goodbye to Wang Bo, Li Ruoyu went home. "Yu'er is back!" The one who spoke was a woman in her thirties, with a temperament of a blue heart, this is Li Ruoyu's mother Shen Lan, Shen Lan and Li Ruoyu's father Li Zhiheng have been in love for more than ten years, and everyone in this town has some friendship.
"Foolish baby, although you don't want to learn this wood carving craft, I don't force you, but I still hope that you can inherit our family's craftsmanship and not lose it," Li Zhiheng said. Li Ruoyu thought for a while and then said, "Okay." "This wood carving work, you want to carve something that satisfies you, before carving, you should think about what you want to carve, what to carve, how to carve, where to start, and where to end, wood carving is no better than others, you will not be allowed to have any mistakes, if you are not careful, then it will be wasted." This night, Li Zhiheng told Li Ruoyu a lot of things about wood carving, and for some reason, Li Ruoyu always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Time flies, the night passed quickly, Li Ruoyu got up in the morning and saw that his mother and father had already cooked and were about to call Li Ruoyu. "Foolish baby, in a blink of an eye, you are already ten years old, today the town is going to come to the immortal master, and some children who have a chance to learn the immortal method will be accepted, you should also try", Li Zhiheng said. After breakfast, Li Ruoyu followed Li Zhiheng to the center of the town, waiting for the arrival of the so-called immortal master.
When I arrived in the center of the town, I could already see many parents with children, some of whom were familiar to Li Ruoyu, and some of whom were from small mountain villages outside the town. Time passed little by little, the sun was in the sky, only to see a line of nine people in the sky, the first one was an old man, wearing a blue robe, a vigorous face, as if weathered, his eyes revealed a little nostalgia, his expression revealed some emotion; the old man was followed by eight men and women, five men and three women, one of whom was dressed in a purple dress, and the others were wearing white robes.
The nine of them, all stepping on their swords, slowly landed on the stone platform in the center of the town. The old man in the robe said, "Old man Ling Jiuyue, today presides over the talent assessment of this town, the talent assessment is once every nine years, and I hope that the family will have children over the age of nine and fifteen years old to seize the opportunity." After all, immortals and mortals are two heavens, and humanity is divided into yin and yang." After speaking, Ling Jiuyue conjured up nine transparent stones that were a bit like mirrors.
The stone is about one and a half meters high and about one meter wide. "This is a talent stone, you can roughly judge a person's talent, you only need to drop a drop of blood on the pit in the protrusion of the stone, and then put your hand on the stone," Ling Jiuyue continued.
After Ling Jiuyue finished speaking, parents took their children to test their so-called talents one after another, and there were many people to test, not to mention one to twenty thousand people, but the speed of the test was not slow. Slowly, one by one, the children were tested, and most of them returned to the audience with their parents.
Then, under the leadership of his father, Wang Bo walked up to the high platform, went to the Tianzi Stone, dropped a drop of blood, and pressed his hand on the Tianzi Stone.
"Huh, gluttonous body" Ling Jiuyue's eyes instantly lit up. "Little fat upset, come over and let me have a look," Ling Jiuyue said. Wang Bo walked in front of Ling Jiuyue, and Ling Jiuyue took Wang Bo's hand with his right hand, "Sure enough, it's a gluttonous body, I didn't expect to find such a physique in this place", Ling Jiuyue said.
"Little Fat Guy, what's your name, stand behind me," Ling Jiuyue continued. Wang Bo replied, "My name is Wang Bo, and I am ten years old this year." As he spoke, Wang Bo stood behind Ling Jiuyue under his father's eyes.
People walked up to the stone platform one after another, leaving only a very small part, and finally, it was Li Ruoyu's turn, and under the leadership of Li Zhiheng, he slowly walked onto the stone platform.
Li Ruoyu arrived in front of the Tianzi Stone, picked up a stone needle on the protrusion, and gently pierced the stone needle on the index finger, what did not match the stone needle, without much strength, the stone needle pierced the index finger out of a needle hole, and then Li Ruoyu dripped the blood into the pit, and then put his hand on the Tianzi Stone.
I saw a gray light coming out of the stone, "Remnant Body", looking at the few words on the stone, Ling Jiuyue frowned, and then looked at Li Ruoyu carefully. He said, "Stand behind me!"
Time passed slowly, and with the continuous change of people in the test, it was gradually coming to an end! Suddenly, I saw a few big characters on the Tianzi stone on the stage, "Born to be short-sighted." "Born with a close path, although it is not a special physique, but it is also a seedling that is rare to see in a thousand years, you can also come behind me" Ling Jiuyue said. I saw that on the stage was a young man who looked like he was about twelve years old, the young man's name was Chen Cang, and he was the heir of Chen Yuanwai in the town, Chen Cang's face was obviously a little arrogant, and he slowly walked behind Ling Jiuyue.
As the sunset approached the West Mountain, the test was finally over, and at this time, I saw twenty-nine qualified teenagers standing behind Ling Jiuyue.
"Tomorrow morning, twenty-nine of you will come here and wait for us, and the rest will disperse!" Ling Jiuyue said.