chapter 9 The wonder of spiritual patterns

This time, Derick took a group of guards to the Qingyang tribe three thousand miles away to exchange for goods and brought back some supplies that the villagers desperately needed. According to the usual practice, he should have these supplies one by one in the village ancestral hall. distributed to villagers.

Soon, under Rhodes call, all the villagers rushed towards the village ancestral hall.

Sherwin was also warmly invited, but he declined. He had only arrived in Feiyun Village yesterday, and it was not his turn to distribute supplies.

It was ten o'clock in the evening, and the setting sun was still shining.

Sherwin was sitting casually under a green weeping willow tree in his courtyard, holding the short green blade in his right hand and carving a piece of "stone pine and silver wood".

duh duh duh

The sharp blade is like a spring silkworm spinning silk. It uses a delicate and precise force technique to move on the surface of stone pine and silver wood like clouds and flowing water. Snowflake-like wood chips are scattered one after another, making a unique and rhythmic sound.

Sherwin's palms were slender, broad, and white, and he held a short green blade casually, fluttering like a butterfly through a flower, giving it a pleasing beauty.

For spiritual pattern apprentices, before learning to carve spiritual patterns, they must first practice their force-generating skills, which naturally requires training on both hands and fingers.

Whether the palm fingers are flexible and stable is the most critical part when carving spiritual patterns.

After all, seal carving is not just about engraving the spiritual patterns. It also requires guiding the spiritual power in the body to manipulate and control the shade, thickness, light and dark of the spiritual ink and the fit of the spiritual ink to the spiritual pattern. degree.

Take the most basic "Aoki Spirit Pattern" as an example. If you want to carve it, you need to prepare a seal pen, a plate of "Aoki Spirit Ink", and a carrier.

The seal pen is a tool for outlining spiritual patterns. It is controlled by the spirit pattern master. The manipulation and use of the seal pen tests the flexibility and precision of the palms and fingers.

It is worth mentioning that there are good and bad seal scripts. Good seal scripts are more compatible with spiritual ink and spiritual power, while inferior seal scripts are the opposite.

For example, the seal pen "Blue Qiong Burning Gold" that was broken by Mr.Briggs in Sherwin memory is an extremely precious and rare treasure with immeasurable value.

Spiritual ink is the ink needed to outline spiritual patterns. Spiritual ink is generally smelted from various spiritual materials. Different spiritual inks have different unique powers.

The green wood spiritual ink is composed of sixteen kinds of spiritual materials such as "green wood incense", "white spirit leaf", "spiritual ephemeral blood", and "red orioles tears", etc., according to different weights and proportions. Smelted in the middle, the essence of power is finally condensed.

Using this spiritual ink to engrave the "Aoki Spirit Pattern" is the best choice in terms of compatibility and chance of success.

The so-called "carrier" is the place where the "green wood spirit pattern" needs to be carved. Generally speaking, this carrier must also be a "spiritual object".

For example, the spirit pattern pattern can be carved on a weapon, armor, or utensils, such as houses, tea sets, carriages and horses, etc.

Like the "Light-Drawing Spiritual Pattern" that Sherwin carved yesterday, his fingertips replaced the seal pen, and the spiritual ink was made from the bone powder of the gold-eating rat. Its "carrier" is the spiritual field, which contains A trace of spiritual energy can naturally be regarded as a "spiritual object".

However, because this kind of "light-guiding spiritual pattern" carved in the spiritual field is too superficial and does not have a "spiritual power source", it can only be used once and cannot be preserved permanently.

The so-called "spiritual power source" is an item that continuously provides power to the "spiritual pattern". It can be a spiritual stone, a spiritual vein, or other treasures rich in spiritual power. In short, seal carving spiritual patterns may seem to only require a seal pen, a plate of spiritual ink, and a carrier. In fact, there are extremely complicated and rigorous steps involved, and it is by no means as simple as imagined.

It is even more difficult to become a qualified spirit pattern master. This is why the identity and status of a spirit pattern master are so noble.

A long time ago, Sherwin became a spirit pattern apprentice when he started learning seal carving spirit patterns from Mr.Briggs .

Until now, he is still a spirit pattern apprentice. The reason for this is that with Sherwin current cultivation and attainments, he can only skillfully carve the basic spirit pattern patterns.

Of course, except for Mr.Briggs, Sherwin has never come into contact with any other spirit pattern master, which makes it impossible for him to judge how good his seal carving skills are.

In the past, Sherwin had asked Mr.Briggs more than once, but Mr.Briggs's answer was always just one action, shaking his head and sighing.

Shaking your head is a kind of denial.

A sigh is a disappointment.

Denial and disappointment, one can imagine how many blows it has caused to Sherwin over the years. Fortunately, Sherwin has never been discouraged and has gradually become accustomed to Mr.Briggs's blows.

Even under such a blow, Sherwin was inspired to be fierce every time, constantly competing with himself, which made his level of seal carving spiritual patterns continue to improve.

What does it mean to become more courageous with every setback?

That's it.

At this time, the dusk was dark, and the sunset cast an orange-red afterglow, giving the green weeping willows in the courtyard a magnificent luster.

The breeze blows, stirring thousands of willow branches, whirling gracefully, rustling, quiet and leisurely.

The green short blade in Sherwin palm kept flying, and he soon carved out a lifelike image of an old man. His hair was disheveled, his face was wrinkled, and his body was as thin as a bamboo. He stood with his hands behind his back, his head slightly looking up at the sky, and his eyes were full of emotions. Unruly.

This is the image of Mr.Briggs.

Every inch of this wood carving is outlined with delicate and precise spiritual patterns, but there is no trace of the spiritual patterns. It has a completely condensed and clumsy flavor.

Staring blankly at the image of the wooden sculpture in his palm, Sherwin was silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed silently, picked up the short green blade again, and destroyed the wooden sculpture inch by inch.

Then, Sherwin stood up, his thin figure standing in the sunset, and a touch of determination appeared on his delicate and slightly pale face.

People cannot live in memories.

To live, you have to keep looking forward

When night fell, all the villagers in Feiyun Village received the necessary supplies one by one and returned from the ancestral hall.

Sherwin keenly discovered that although they had obtained the supplies, there was not much joy on the brows of the villagers. On the contrary, many of them had frowning expressions.

Even, a quarrel could be heard faintly coming from the direction of the village ancestral hall.

Sherwin could tell that it seemed that the village chief Rhodes and the guard leader Derick were arguing, but soon the quarrel fell silent.

As the night got darker and darker, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats sounded from the village, gradually disappearing outside the village and disappearing into the vast night mountains.

"It seems that Derick took advantage of the night and left again."

Sherwin thought silently for a while, then turned and returned to his room. He was about to meditate and practice as usual, when someone suddenly came to visit.

bang bang bang

The knocking on the door was loud, which seemed rather harsh and rude in the quiet night.