Chapter 17: Virtuosity
"What......"
"What!"
Everyone was surprised to hear Zheng Lin's name.
Scorpion Thunder Flower, a kind of medicinal material known as a miracle medicine in Hualong Kingdom, in ancient times it was also an offering owned by the emperor, his medicinal value is extremely high, and it is also one of the medicinal materials that Zheng Lin wants to get the most, the Scorpion Thunder Flower only grows on the frozen soil with a very low temperature, and only in early May will it bloom, only the flowers bloom are valuable, so it is particularly precious, and there is also a special feature, which can be stored for a long time when picked and placed in a box made of jade.
Zheng Lin picked up the jade box and carefully placed it under the light to look at it for a long time, then put it down, put his nose up, and sniffed it carefully.
Every movement is especially gentle, I am afraid that I don't want the flower to be damaged in the slightest. Then he closed the jade box, glanced at Zheng Yuntian, and said lightly
"Is this little friend really willing to give such precious medicinal materials for the sake of the old man's jade?"
"Yes, the old man is what my Zheng family took out, the treasure at the bottom of the box, I don't know who the winner of this auction is?"
Zheng Yuntian glanced at everyone and said superiorly
"If no one comes up with anything more precious than these, then you are the winner"
Zheng Lin said
Long Yu didn't accept this result and immediately asked
"Wait a minute, master, I think the age of my wood stone lotus is obviously much higher than his flower, why did he become the winner, I don't accept it"
"The girl's words are bad, not all the medicinal materials are older, the higher its medicinal value, on the contrary, the best time for this scorpion thunder flower to be picked is when it is fully blooming, and the scorpion thunder flower is generally stored between 300 ~ 500 years is the best time to enter the medicine, at this point in time the scorpion thunder flower value is the highest, if this time period passes, the medicinal power will decline.
And this flower is precisely at this time period, so its medicinal value is better than that of your wood stone lotus."
Hearing what was said here, Long Yu was speechless.
"Then this little friend, this carving of mine is yours, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. ”
"Wait a minute, old man" Zheng Yuntian's eyes showed a delicate light, "I remember you said before that the winner of this third auction item still has a ghost stone carving to give, I wonder if you can carve it for me on the spot."
"Zheng Yuntian, don't go too far! How can ordinary jade carvings be completed so quickly, it usually takes several months to complete the design, so I am deliberately embarrassing this old gentleman. ”
"That's it, that's it, a boy like you really doesn't know that things are precious"
Bai Xiaohe and Long Yu rarely stood on the same front and began to attack Zheng Yuntian with words.
On the contrary, Zheng Yuntian squinted his eyes and said disdainfully
"What qualifications do you two have to say about me, I am the winner of the auction, and you don't have this jade, how can you point fingers at me, and besides, do I have to embarrass this master? The old gentleman said himself before the auction that he would make a jade carving for the auction winner, that is, with your Bai Xiaohe's ghost stone."
When the two of them heard this, they were so angry that they had nowhere to vent, so they could only stare at Zheng Yuntian with their eyes, imagining him a scene of a thousand cuts in their hearts.
"This little friend is not in a hurry, since you want to see the old man carving so much, then the old man will fulfill your wish and carve the ghost stone for you in front of everyone, do you have any requirements?"
Zheng Lin saw that the three of them seemed to be fighting again, so he hurriedly pretended to be kind and played a round.
"Ben Shao doesn't have any requirements, as long as he can carve that piece of jade beautifully."
Zheng Yuntian thought that he had achieved his goal, and he didn't have that respect for the old man, so he immediately turned back into that playboy and said lazily.
"In that case, the old man will carve a heaven-shaking bell for your ghost stone, this ghost stone is also very suitable for carving this kind of jade to play."
"Whatever, just tell me when you're done carving, I'll wait here, you, don't make me wait too long"
"Don't worry, the old man carves this kind of jade for at most a stick of incense"
When everyone heard this, they were shocked.
Long Yu said in disbelief: "Master, are you kidding, it takes two or three days to carve jade, you need painting, relief, and punching to start basic carving, how can you complete so many steps in this incense sticking time."
"Yes, master, you don't need to be angry because of this guy, for the carver, if you don't carve a piece of jade carefully, it is disrespectful to jade!"
Bai Xiaohe also thought that Zheng Lin was exaggerating, or he wanted to make a rough carving of the ghost stone and give it to Zheng Yuntian.
"It's okay, the old man has always been like this, let's start carving this sky-shaking bell by the old man himself."
After saying that, he walked backstage.
It didn't take long for Zheng Lin to reappear in front of everyone with the ghost stone of Bai Xiaohe, and there were two staff members with black crow masks behind him, one carrying a stone table, and the other holding out a red silk plate with some carving tools on it.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zheng Lin sat down on the Taishi chair again, then put the stone on the table, took out a carving tool in the shape of a fan-shaped paintbrush from the plate, and began to carve
I saw that the pair of hands with old makeup and calluses were beating gently on the jade like dragonflies, as if they were sweeping away the dust for the jade, and gradually the general body of a jade bell came out.
Everyone was amazed by Zheng Lin's amazing carving technique. Even Zheng Yuntian rubbed his eyes in disbelief to confirm whether he was dazzled.
Zheng Lin continued to carve, only to see that he had picked up a carved jade with a pointed cone, and began to carve the patterns and characters on the bell, only to see the Anlun flowers and two jade Buddhas sitting cross-legged back to back on the surface of the bell.
Before the time for a stick of incense arrived, Zheng Lin finished what he said, and a jade uranium carved from a ghost stone appeared in front of everyone.
The surface of the bell is engraved with two Buddhas with a smile on his face and a bowl in his hand, and a bead in his hand, as if he was chanting a sutra with words in his mouth. The inside of the bell is a naturally formed chrysanthemum tower.
When the finished product was completed, Zheng Yuntian almost couldn't wait to hold this jade bell in his hand and never let go.
"This ghost stone clock has been carved, please keep it safe."
After drawing the old makeup here, he reminded as kindly as an old man, but he said something completely different in his heart.
"My dear third brother, this is my funeral gift to you, you must hold it well, this is the clock I specially built for you, the meaning is also very good, send the bell, send the end! It is really very suitable for you in three years!"