return from cultivation

Chapter 8 God-like Carving
As Su Hang said, the bamboo he carved was perfect without any flaws.But anyone looking at it will only see bamboo and nothing else.

The qualities represented by bamboo itself are not reflected in any way.Such works are just dead things.Just like the finishing touch recorded in ancient books, what he lacks is the finishing touch.But now, in the words of Suhang, he suddenly realized that his previous decades of sculpture career were actually just copying, just like a child learning to walk, it is not considered entering the classroom at all!
As for the so-called hopelessness, he couldn't understand it, because he had never been exposed to such a profound level.

He looked at Su Hang in shock, not knowing where this old-fashioned young man came from, and why he could say these thought-provoking truths.Could it be that his research on sculpture has reached a level that even he can't match?

Of course, Suzhou and Hangzhou are incomparable to Tang Zhenzhong. He has done in-depth research on refining weapons, and he knows very well what spirituality is.A tool without spirituality is just a dead thing, unable to exert its due power.This is the case with utensils, and so is jade carving.Even in the world of comprehension, a craftsman must first learn how to carve. If he cannot carve something with spirituality, he cannot craft a craft!

The people around almost stopped talking, and many people showed thoughtful expressions.Although they are not master-level figures, they are either rich or expensive to come here, and at least they have studied sculpture.Suhang's words also made them feel a lot.Someone took out the jade he had bought on the spot, combined with Su Hang's words to look carefully, and suddenly found that it was indeed a dead object.It looks exquisite, but there is actually no spirituality at all.

However, there are still those stubborn people who muttered: "Who knows how to talk about war on paper? If you have the ability, you can carve one out and see."

At this time, Tang Zhenzhong suddenly sighed, and said: "I have been carving things for a lifetime, but I never thought that they would be worse than a boy in the end. Young man, what you said made me suddenly understand, but I really want to know, is this world? Is there really a sculpture that can see spirituality at a glance?"

These words have a hint of provocation.Tang Zhenzhong, as a master for many years, naturally cannot admit defeat just because of a few words.He must see the facts with his own eyes, otherwise, he will be unyielding!
Su Hang saw the plan of the other party, he did not refuse, said: "I can carve on site, but I need money, [-] at a time."

"What about stealing money?" said someone with good intentions.

"Okay!" Tang Zhenzhong waved his hand without hesitation, "Go, bring a piece of jade! And my set of carving knives!"

The store manager immediately ran to the warehouse. After working in the store for so long, it was the first time he saw Tang Zhenzhong's attitude like this.It's not that there were no ones who came to make trouble, and some of them spoke the truth like Suhang, but none of them could make Tang Zhenzhong so decisive.He vaguely felt that this time, it seemed that an extraordinary person had come to the store!
Soon, brand new jade was brought.Good quality suet jade, big enough to carve many flawless items.This piece of jade alone is worth hundreds of thousands.If a master like Tang Zhenzhong did it himself, the final product might even be worth several million!

When Suhang took the jade, he only glanced at it, and gave a low-grade evaluation in his heart.Such Hetian jade may be considered good in this world, but to Suhang, it is nothing more than ordinary.In the world of self-cultivation, it is basically used by apprentices of refining masters to practice their hands.

Then, he opened the set of carving knives stored in the safe and looked at it.The carving knives are very sharp, there are as many as dozens of them, which can be used for hooking, planing and painting.

Barely caught the eye, Suhang made another comment. He held the piece of jade, didn't look too much, picked up a carving knife, and started to work.

Its movements were quick, and with one slash, a large piece of jade fell directly on the ground.Many people grinned distressedly, cursing violently!Tang Zhenzhong sat on the chair specially moved by the manager, staring at Su Hang's hand without blinking.He could tell from the firmness of those hands that the opponent was not a novice.Although the strength of the palm is slightly lacking, it is not bad overall.

But, can this kind of technique carve out spiritual objects?
At this time, Suhang had already cut off the corners with a large knife.He had no machines to grind or cut, just his hands and those knives.This is the basic skill of carving. After all, there are no machines in the world of comprehension.

And Tang Zhenzhong, in fact, also meant to embarrass him.After all, the hardness of jade is quite high. Even if the knife is sharp, it will take a lot of effort to cut off the parts you don't need.If not, he wouldn't have carved a bamboo tablet for three days and four nights.

There were more and more people onlookers in the store, and many people who came later couldn't squeeze in, so they asked what happened.Knowing that a young man was carving on the spot and challenged Master Tang, those who didn't know sneered, "Is this kid out of his mind?"

This is the innermost thought of the vast majority of people. Being surrounded by so many people and putting it on ordinary people, they should have been trembling nervously.But Suhang didn't, he only had that piece of jade in his eyes, and the knife kept turning in his hand.He put down the large knife for a smaller one.Then, the action is even faster.

A lot of leftovers fell and sprinkled all over the floor. Soon, people gradually saw the outline.

It was a flower, and from the shape of the petals it seemed to be a rose.Use such a large piece of jade to carve a rose?This little bastard is really taking other people's money for money!

Everyone felt worthless for Tang Zhenzhong, no matter how good this rose was, how much could it sell for?Mr. Tang, what a loss.

But Tang Zhenzhong didn't think so, he kept staring at Su Hang's hand, and saw with his own eyes that a piece of jade turned into a flower.Although it was a little rough at the moment, he was still shocked in his heart.Because so far, Suhang has only changed one knife.This is the most incomprehensible to him. Carving is a delicate job, and it can be called the most complicated craft.Artists often need to spend a lot of energy and time in this process. Not only do they have to carefully carve the outline, but they also need to use various knives to describe the details.

However, Suhang almost completed all the work with a small carving knife.And how long?Tang Zhenzhong subconsciously looked at the watch on his wrist, less than 10 minutes...

When he raised his hand again, he saw that Suhang had completed 90.00% of the work.The whole rose has been completely carved, and the details are being processed right now.

For example, the angle, layer, pattern, branch and so on of the petals blooming.And these most delicate tasks did not slow down Su Hang's speed, he was still performing his performance at the most amazing speed.

Anyone who could see all this was stunned.Although they haven't seen the engraving scene too many times with their own eyes, even if they think about it with their toes, they understand that it is impossible for ordinary engraving to be so fast!

Suhang has already put his heart and soul into it, he forgot about jade, forgot about the knife, and there is only a blooming rose in front of him.In the whole world, nothing can disturb him.This state of mind is like enlightenment, let the knife in his hand, like an arm and a finger.

Especially the faint aura in the jade, which automatically outlines all the details in his eyes.What Suhang has to do is to follow the direction of the aura and cut off all the obstacles!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, watching Suhang's movement speeding up a little bit, not daring to blink.They were afraid that in the blink of an eye, they would see the knife cut the flower.

When the last knife fell, Suhang put down the knife.Facing the flower in his hand, he blew lightly, and the fine pieces of jade were blown away.What shocked everyone was that they clearly saw that the flowers were blooming!
That's right, the rose, which was originally a flower bone, slowly bloomed after Suhang blew away the scraps.Even, after finally opening, it was still shaking slightly.Its shaking made everyone's hearts tremble.

The pure and flawless Jade Rose appeared in front of everyone like this.It is not delicate, but clean and flawless, and the thin petals seem to be broken by light blowing.It was clearly carved from jade, but no one could tell that it was originally a piece of jade.In everyone's eyes, that is a white rose!

(End of this chapter)