It's getting dark, and the crescent moon is slender!

In the vast mountains, a huge black mouse is running alertly in the forest.

This mouse is the size of an adult cat, with sharp claws, a slender tail, and a faint metallic sheen all over its body!

It has to be said that this is a large rat with independent characteristics, which drinks dew, eats berries, hunts small animals, and even knows how to float across the stream on a tree.

In just a few days, the pheasants and hares that died in its hands were already uncountable, and two weasels tried to hunt him, but one was injured and the other died, and the end was extremely miserable.

"Twitter......twitter"

Passing through the valley, the mouse suddenly stopped at the bottom of the cliff, hovered around a pile of vines, and soon screamed excitedly.

I saw that its limbs, teeth, and tail moved at the same time, quickly cleaning the vines around it, and then used its two front paws to dig the ground vigorously.

The dirt splashed under the paws, revealing a lilac, ginseng-like underground stem.

It was a Polygonum multiflori, which had grown for hundreds of years, and it was still luxuriant, green and transparent, and its roots exuded a faint fragrance.

"Twitter!"

The big black rat seemed to be laughing excitedly, and quickly dug out this He Shou Wu plant, it was extremely careful, and its roots were not injured.

"Quack!"

As soon as the glittering metallic teeth were bitten, a strange fragrance suddenly came to the nose, and the big black rat jumped happily.

A hundred years of He Shou Wu, a good thing that is extremely difficult to find, the treasure of martial arts practitioners!

After eating a few bites, the big black rat hid He Shou Wu, climbed a boulder by himself, and lay on it on all fours.

It looked like a lazy cat basking in the sun...... Oh no, it's basking in the moon!

This guy spent the whole night in the sun, and only woke up slowly in the early morning of the next day, when the sun was rising and the yin and yang were in harmony.

At this moment, it seems to have been reborn, obviously it is still a big mouse, but it always gives people a different feeling.

If a person opens the eye of heaven, he will definitely find a faint light flashing on this strange mouse......

Dozens of miles away, Zhang Jiuxiao was on a whim, only to feel that a mysterious power came from the air, and it was transmitted to him from afar, which made him feel refreshed!

It's just that this feeling comes from the soul, and it seems to be something or nothing, so he can't be sure!

"What a strange feeling!"

The guy stretched and walked towards the kiln factory facing the rising sun.

In the past two days, he has been practicing in the kiln, and when the master's legs and feet have improved slightly, he will come over and personally guide him to carve.

There are many ways to carve on the polished pottery embryo, and Lu Changgen has mastered the most direct but most difficult carving knife.

This requires a very high degree of carving control, and a delicate control of the picture, even if Zhang Jiuxiao has studied for a long time, he still can't reach the point where he is handy.

"Wave!"

The wrist was too forceful, the carving knife pierced the mud surface, and another pot blank fell to the ground and shattered!

Zhang Jiuxiao took a long breath and tried his best to calm down, but there were still two broken on the ground, and only three were successful.

However, the three successful ones are far from being as smooth and casual as Lu Changgen's carving, but rigid and stereotyped, lacking charm.

Boss Fang paid a lot of money, and the four sets of landscapes, flowers and birds, plants and trees, and beauties were each nine pieces of fine products, which were by no means indiscriminate things like him.

"Carving is not a simple task! I am already the best in my brother's school, why is it still ......like this?"

Zhang Jiuxiao smacked his lips and muttered to himself a little discouraged.

"I can't stand it, you idiot...... Purebred human race is naturally close to the earth, why don't you first use your spiritual power to investigate the pottery embryo, and then visualize the appearance of the finished pottery pot with your soul, and finally go to carve, so that the heart, mind, and god are combined, and the hand will not be so stiff!"

"Use your mental power to probe the pottery embryo, and then visualize the appearance of the pottery pot in your mind?"

Zhang Jiuxiao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and soon the corners of his lips curled, obviously Xiao Shuling made sense, but he didn't know how to do it.

He immediately found a clay embryo of a pottery cup, first checked the appearance of the pottery embryo, and then began to visualize the appearance of the finished cup.

Among ordinary people, Zhang Jiuxiao's spiritual power is definitely super strong, coupled with the innate closeness of the purebred human race to the soil, he quickly knows the structure of the pottery embryo well.

"Phew!"

With his eyes closed, with the visualization in his mind, the carving knife lightly clicked over, accurately on the surface of the pottery embryo.

He prepares to carve a daffodil on the cup, and soon the image of a daffodil swaying comes to mind.

"Sneer......"

Zhang Jiuxiao quickly blinded the knife, but when he saw the carving knife waving, the mud chips flew up, and a lifelike daffodil quickly took shape.

If Lu Changgen is here, he will find that Zhang Jiuxiao's carving technique is a few points more proficient than him, completely with his eyes closed, his hands as he likes, and he naturally swings the knife.

This kind of scene is unimaginable to ordinary people, Zhang Jiuxiao is not using the naked eye, but spiritual power.

It's just that carving like this is extremely mentally draining, and before a daffodil is carved, Zhang Jiuxiao's face is already full of sweat.

"Ding!"

The last knife went down, and the bright daffodils clearly appeared on the pottery cup, although they had not yet been colored, they were already full of charm.

"Hahaha, not bad, worthy of my sweat...... It's a good idea to carve like this, but it's too draining!"

Zhang Jiuxiao was very satisfied with this carving, but because he had spent almost all his mental energy wholeheartedly, he felt sleepy as soon as he relaxed.

"I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep......"

"Don't sleep, definitely don't sleep! Now, continue to practice the Eighteen Introductory Forms!"

The little scholar jumped out and twisted his ears hard to prevent him from falling asleep.

"The body and soul can be honed at the same time to achieve the greatest training effect...... Cultivating like this once is better than eight times out of ten at other times. ”

"Isn't it—"

Zhang Jiuxiao screamed miserably, so he had to insist on getting up and start practicing the fifteenth form.

Before returning from hunting in the mountains, he used the vitality in the roe deer meat on the edge of the stream to refine the first twelve forms, reaching the late stage of the mortal realm, and with the power of the pure-blooded human race, he could easily defeat the peak of the mortal realm Erhei. And in the past few days, he has refined the last six forms into two more styles, and there are still the last four styles, as long as they are refined, they can be regarded as completely introduced.

It's just that this kind of cultivation is really difficult...... The weariness of the soul is far greater than the weariness of the body!

But Xiao Shuling is right, when the body and spirit are tired at the same time, it is the greatest tiredness!

Zhang Jiuxiao's upper and lower eyelids were constantly trembling, and his head didn't remember anything else, relying entirely on willpower to insist.

Persistence is a person's strongest talent!

Only those with strong perseverance can achieve ultimate success.

"Hey!"

After half a pillar of incense, Zhang Jiuxiao let out a low drink, the bones of his whole body were crisp one after another, and he sweated profusely.

He didn't have to hurry to express the joy of refining, and even if he didn't have to laugh, he fell backwards to the ground, and began to snore after two breaths.

His mental strength and body were extremely tired, and at the moment when he broke the limit, his mental strength was relaxed, and he fell into a deep sleep in an instant.

However, the fifteenth form of the introductory form has finally been refined!

Two hours later, Zhang Jiuxiao woke up comfortably, and his spirit was good, but he didn't eat, and his body was still tired.

He ran directly to his home, and ate three or four bowls of rice and more than three catties of roe deer meat in one go, before he felt slightly full.

Full of meat and food, and in good spirits, this guy returned to the kiln factory and began to try a second time, wanting to carve.

The spiritual power explores the shape and result of the pottery embryo, visualizes the picture to be carved in the mind, and finally uses the soul to control the carving knife in the hand.

Snort!

The mud crumbs flew, the clay plate in his hand flew, and a vivid carp appeared in the plate, as if it was about to come out of the plate!

After a stick of incense, the carp on the pottery plate was successfully carved, and Zhang Jiuxiao sweated on the top of his head and breathed rapidly.

Although he had the first experience, he didn't exhaust his mental power like before, but he also consumed nearly half of it.

"Again—"

He resolutely gritted his teeth, picked up another pottery embryo, and began to practice again.

This time, the carving is a landscape, which requires more mental energy, and if you stop halfway, there will definitely be two styles.

In that case, it would be a huge flaw for a fine piece of pottery.

So Zhang Jiuxiao insisted, he simply let go of all the pressure and completely immersed himself in the carving.

This is also an ability that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, and the more dangerous and stressful the situation, he can concentrate and calm down.

An hour later, Zhang Jiuxiao put down the carving knife!

His hands were already shaking, but instead of resting, he immediately stepped forward and began to practice the sixteenth form.

After half a pillar of incense, he fell to the ground, spread his limbs, and began to fall asleep!

This time, it failed!

But the purpose of the exercise has been achieved!

......

In this way, for three consecutive days, Zhang Jiuxiao spent time in busyness and cultivation.

But there is no doubt that his harvest is huge, he has been extremely skilled in pottery carving, and the carved flowers, birds, insects and fish are full of charm.

After showing it to Lu Changgen, even the master was extremely surprised, although Zhang Jiuxiao was full of talent in pottery, but he still couldn't believe that he was less than eighteen years old, he could carve such a charm of pottery carving, he had studied hard for thirty or forty years, and he didn't dare to say that he did better than Zhang Jiuxiao.

"Jiuxiao, you are out of school! Boss Fang's customized clay pot set, I can rest assured that I will give it to you to do. Lu Changgen smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Jiuxiao smirked, in addition to the progress in carving, Zhang Jiuxiao's spiritual power has also improved a lot, almost nearly thirty percent higher than before.

Moreover, he has already practiced the eighteen-style introductory exercises, and only the last one remains.

He practiced this last pose seven times, but he was never able to break the last limit, as if it was a kind of shackle, a threshold, preventing him from breaking through.