Excellent puppet system

Chapter 18 The Opening of the Puppet Contest

Today is the day for the puppet beetle refining competition, and the entire martial arts arena seems to be filled with a feeling of depression.

As the morning class bell rang, the 86 registered disciples who had been chatting in a small circle suddenly dispersed, found their own positions and stood up straight.

The moment the bell rang, Lu Xiang walked into the martial arts arena first, followed by two middle-aged men in traditional puppet master costumes.

From the badges on the chests of the two middle-aged men, it can be seen that the slightly fatter of the two is a second-level puppet master, and the thinner one is a third-level puppet master like Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang glanced across the martial arts arena, and seeing that everyone was in high spirits, he immediately showed a look of satisfaction, and said, "I think everyone already knows that today is the day of the puppet beetle refining competition.

First of all, let me introduce to you, the one on my left is Li Junfeng, a third-rank puppet master, and one of the judges of today's contest. "

What Lu Xiang was referring to was the slightly thinner puppet master. Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiang pointed to the fatter puppet master and introduced: "The one on my right is Li Changfeng, he is a second The super puppet master is another judge today.

Including me, there are three judges in today's puppet beetle refining competition. The three of us will uphold the principle of fairness and justice to make a fair judgment on the works of each of your registered disciples. "

As he said that, Lu Xiang glanced at the 86 registered disciples on the martial arts field again, and then continued to speak: "Now, you all adjust your state, the competition will officially start in half an hour!"

When Lu Xiang's voice fell, many handyman disciples had already started to get busy. I saw that the handyman disciples were divided into several groups, and some of them were responsible for setting up the judges' seats for Lu Xiang, Li Junfeng and Li Changfeng.

The rest of the handyman disciples are distributing the equipment for refining puppet beetles to each registered disciple.

Since it was a competition, it was natural to prevent cheating, so the carving knives used in the competition and the materials for refining the puppet beetles were distributed on the spot, eliminating the possibility of cheating.

The handyman disciples moved quickly, and after about a quarter of an hour, all preparations were completed.

The remaining quarter of an hour was left for the 86 registered disciples to adjust their status.

Many registered disciples were already sitting cross-legged on the ground, taking a deep breath and adjusting their state. Even so, many people still had lingering tension on their faces.

Among the many registered disciples, Zhou Chen is probably the easiest one, because he has succeeded in refining the first-order puppet beast, almost reaching 90.00% above nine point nine!

Of course, this is an implicit statement. If you say it directly, it has a 100% success rate!

Lu Xiang has been paying attention to the time, and when half an hour is up, he immediately cleared his throat and woke up many registered disciples who closed their eyes and adjusted their breath in the martial arts arena.

Seeing that all the registered disciples were looking at him, he said: "Now, the puppet beetle refining competition officially begins. The time limit is four hours. The competition ends when the bell rings in the morning. At that time, no matter how many puppet beetles you have If the refining is not completed, you all must stop what you are doing."

After saying this, Lu Xiang stopped talking.

On the martial arts arena, many registered disciples also picked up carving knives one by one, and began to carve the parts of the puppet beast.

Immediately, there was a continuous sound of carving on the martial arts arena.

Zhou Chen didn't start carving immediately, but picked up the carving knife distributed to him by the handyman disciple, and weighed it in his hand.

In fact, each carving knife is different. Even if the model of the carving knife is the same, the weight and feel cannot be the same.If you don't understand every attribute of the carving knife in your hand, it is difficult to make the best use of the carver.

And what Zhou Chen is doing now is to familiarize himself with the attributes of this new carving knife.

A carving knife is a complete set of tools. There are more than ten different types of carving knives in a set of carving knives. It took Zhou Chenguang nearly half an hour to familiarize himself with the attributes of these carving knives.

Half an hour, no more, no less.

Some registered disciples who are relatively fast have already carved out many parts.

Zhou Chen was not in a hurry, as long as he was familiar with the carving knife, he could guarantee that his speed would not be slower than any of the registered disciples present.

After more than a dozen carving knives of different models were used and put down one by one by him, Zhou Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became serious almost instantly.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chen moved, and the carving knife was flying, and he did not deliberately suppress his carving speed.

He has already figured it out, since he wants to win the top ten places, it is impossible to keep a low profile all the way.

When it's time to be high-profile, you still have to be high-profile.

And he remembered that Lu Xiang said before that the basic skills of carving are also included in the scoring criteria!
In his opinion, among all the registered disciples, there is probably no one who can surpass him in terms of basic carving skills!

Time is slowly passing by, and the 86 registered disciples on the martial arts field are all engrossed in carving.

Zhou Chen's carving progress has caught up, and even surpassed the progress of most registered disciples.

Time was still passing, Zhou Chen's hands were flying, and his sculpting movements carried a peculiar rhythm, as if implying some kind of mystery, which made people feel that the movements were graceful and unusual.

Moreover, his movements don't look fast, but the speed of carving is not slow at all. In terms of speed, none of the more than 80 registered disciples in the entire martial arts field can catch up with him!
Soon, the judges in the judging booth all noticed Zhou Chen.

The tall and thin third-tier puppet master Li Junfeng stared at Zhou Chen's movements without blinking. Following Zhou Chen's movements, Li Junfeng praised him from time to time.

"Yes, this registered disciple is very good. He has only been exposed to puppet art for such a short time, but he has honed his basic carving skills to this level." Li Junfeng praised.

Following Li Junfeng's voice, Lu Xiang also opened his mouth and said, "This named disciple is Zhou Chen. I noticed him very early on. He is among the top among many named disciples in terms of perseverance and comprehension." .”

Li Junfeng and Li Changfeng nodded at the same time, as they recognized Lu Xiang's words.

On the martial arts arena, Zhou Chen didn't know about the communication between the three of them. At this moment, all Zhou Chen's thoughts were on refining the puppet beast.

Soon, a small pile of parts was placed on the table in front of Zhou Chen. If you look closely at these parts, you will find that the parts he carved are very regular and placed very carefully. They were neatly arranged by him.

This is what System No. [-] requires of him.

(End of this chapter)