ghost craftsman

Chapter 165
In less than a moment, I moved to the side of Old Wu's coffin, and Su Xiaoman also handed over a carving knife, and I hurriedly said, "Hold this small wooden barrel for me."

Su Xiaoman didn't hesitate, and immediately held the small wooden barrel for me with both hands, and I took the carving knife from her hand.

Holding the carving knife, I intended to open my eyes to find the center of the coffin, but I was afraid that once I opened my eyes, the feeling in my mind would disappear immediately, so I closed my eyes tightly and touched the coffin with my hand .

If you want to find the center of the coffin, you can do it without opening your eyes. That is to knock on the wood on the coffin, and judge the center based on the sound from the wood.

However, this method requires a keen sense of hearing and requires a quiet environment.

And the current environment, although it is quiet, there are still some noises coming, so I can only say: "Mr., can I trouble you to find the center of the coffin for the boy?"

The old carpenter didn't speak, but stared at me with straight eyes, tremblingly said: "Little brother, you...you...are you going to draw ghost craftsmen?"

I hummed softly and didn't speak.

When the old carpenter heard this, he almost didn't jump up, and immediately moved into action. In less than a minute, he grabbed my arm and said excitedly, "This is the center point."

I raised my hand to touch it, and it was a bit rough to start with. I raised my hand and knocked. The sound from the wood was particularly clear, and it should be the center point.

At that moment, I took a deep breath, tightened the carving knife in my hand, and started to move my left hand at that point.

It is also strange to say that the moment the carving knife in my hand fell on the coffin, my whole body seemed to become a lot easier, and the index finger of my right hand became extremely sensitive, and I could clearly feel the 'center' on the small wooden barrel. 'Any stroke of the word.

This made me look happy, my left hand kept carving on the coffin, and the index finger of my right hand kept rubbing on the "中" character. Slowly, the carving speed became faster and faster, and the speed of my right hand rubbing became faster and faster. Faster and faster.

Just like that, after about 10 minutes of touching, my right hand slowly released the character '中', my eyes suddenly opened, and my left hand was still carving on the coffin.

At this moment, I felt that my left hand was completely out of the control of my brain, but the carving knife in my hand was involuntarily carving on the coffin like flying dragons and phoenixes. It was extremely fast, even if it was my senior brother, I probably didn't have this speed.

This... this... Could this be the legendary Ghost Craftsman Jiwen.

At the moment I was carving, all those old carpenters surrounded me, even the third master, and stared at me dumbfounded, especially the carpenter who had been leaning towards me, his old face was a little red from excitement , a pair of eyes as deep as the sea stared straight at me, and his mouth kept squirming, as if he was talking about something.

After about 10 minutes of stroking, a complete "medium" appeared. My back was already drenched with sweat, and my left arm was extremely sore.

Don't look at the simple character '中', but I clearly know that at least a thousand knives have been carved on it.It wasn't until this time that I understood why ghost craftsman Jiwen, even if ghost craftsman wanted to learn it, it was extremely difficult.

The reason is very simple. It seems to be a simple word, but there are too many things mixed in it, too many to express in words.I can only say that there are not only my own perception of wood, but also the aura generated by the carving knife and wood, and even the influence of Yin-Yang and Five Elements on the coffin.

And the carved characters are not as simple as they appear on the surface. According to a sentence in the "Lu Ban Jing", it is sunny and rainy three times, and snowy and cold in three winters.In layman's terms, the "characters" carved out are not static, but change according to the growth environment of the wood.

The moment I finished carving the ghost craftsman's essay, there was a sudden noise in the originally quiet environment. I turned my head and saw some mice covered in black. There were about seven or eight of them. These mice were not big, about The two fingers are big, which is what we usually see in our daily life.

The strange thing is that these seven or eight mice seemed not to be afraid of strangers, and walked straight towards us, and finally stopped in front of the coffin, and even more strange things were still behind.

They...they...they stood on their hind legs, with their front legs hugging their chests, and slowly bowed towards the coffin.

This... this... what's going on?

I was a little confused, Ding Qing took a look, and found that seven or eight mice bowed three times towards the coffin, and then immediately walked towards the door of the room with a swipe sound.

After those mice left, before I regained my senses, I felt as if an arm was holding me tightly. When I looked up, it was the old carpenter from before. He tremblingly said: "Little brother, you...you really I have carved out the Ghost Craftsman Ji Wen."

I scratched the back of my head and said, "It was carved by mistake."

His complexion changed, and he stopped and said: "No, no, no, this kind of Jiwen is definitely not something that can be carved by mistake. The old man was lucky enough to see his master carving ghost craftsman's Jiwen. The situation at that time was exactly the same as now. After the engraving of Jiwen was successful, some mice also came out to bow to each other."

I was slightly taken aback, and I was also very puzzled about the mouse worshiping the coffin just now, so I asked him the reason.

He explained to me that once the coffin is engraved with the inscriptions, the coffin will become an extremely yang thing, and the mouse is a yin, so when encountering an extremely yang thing, it will naturally feel awe, plus most of the mice are psychic, When encountering an extremely yang object, it is also reasonable to bow down.

Having said that, at that time, I was still ignorant, and more importantly, I was still in the stage of groping for this ghost craftsman's essay.To put it bluntly, let me carve Ghost Craftsman Ji Wen again, I will definitely not be able to carve it.

Of course, I didn't say this in my heart, and the old carpenter treated me very respectfully after seeing that I carved the Ghost Crafts, and at the end he even invited me to walk over there and give me a punch, saying yes Let's discuss the changes of wood in different environments and the application of wooden furniture in ordinary families.

I politely declined, mainly because there are too many things at present, and I have to deal with the matter of Mr. Wu's corpse.

Seeing that I didn't agree, the old carpenter didn't say much. Before leaving, he stretched out his withered hand and shook my hand, and said, "My surname is Lu, and my name is Changchun. Next time you have a chance to come to Guangdong, remember to ask me." Let’s explore craft together.”

I nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely come to you when I am free."

The old carpenter smiled slightly, left me his contact information, and then led the other old carpenters away.

(End of this chapter)