Chapter 187 (2/2)

After entering the room, he didn't pick up the heavy hammer to help Sixth Brother with his work at first. Instead, he went into the dim corner and found Fourth Brother, to whom he bowed to say something.

Fourth Brother slightly frowned. And then he nodded and stood up, leading him to walk out of the house.

Behind the house was a clear stream, where all kinds of fancy carp were swimming almost motionlessly, as if they were jade statues frozen in water.

The sky of the Academy was clear, and the fish of the Academy was happy. Although they needed to worry about those surprise attacks from birds, at least they need not work hard to find their food. And at regular time every day, a white goose would come to feed them. Therefore, such a carefree life had led to their fatness and laziness.

Waterwheel moved on with squeaks to continuously draw stream water into a bamboo pipe, which was then sent to the iron-forging house.

The two sat beside the stream not far away from the waterwheel. The bamboo woods had sheltered them from suns.h.i.+ne and endowed them cool and refres.h.i.+ng surroundings.

Fourth Brother took out a pile of delicate carving graver, foot line and pigment from the pocket, and picked up a round stone from beside the stream. And then he began to carve on the stone with carving graver attentively.

Ning Que imitated him to take up a round stone and carefully drew on it with a paint pen that had been dipped in stream water. With the movement of the tip of the pen, many complicated lines connecting the front and back part appeared on the stone. Suddenly he felt it intractable and didn't know how to continue, so he couldn't help looking up to see the stone in Fourth Brother's arms.

”Senior Brother, I think there is something wrong with the lines you drew. How can the Wind Talisman be carved so widely?”

Without raising his head, Fourth Brother said, ”The stone is too heavy. If you want to borrow the breath of wind to lift the stone, you have to carve more, deeper and wider lines, thus stimulating more breath of wind.”

Looking at the stone in his arms as well as those lines on that stone, Ning Que frowned and said, ”But more, deeper and wider lines also mean the breath of wind condensed in those lines will leak at a faster speed. How to solve the problem?”

Fourth Brother raised his head and asked after a long time of silence, ”Do you have suggestions?”

Ning Que hesitatedly replied, ”How about... using wood talisman to make a bridge to block it before hand?”

”If you block it first, then how to condense the breath of wind into the talisman later?”

”Open a small acupoint.”

”Open a small acupoint... After condensing the breath we block it completely. When it has to be stimulated, the acupoint of wood talisman will automatically open. It seems workable.”

”Then let's have a try?”

”Ok.”

Beside the clear stream, the waterwheel turned over with squeaks and the rhythm of beating iron was also heard from the house behind the stream. All these sounds, mixed with the soft-voiced discussion between Ning Que and Fourth Brother, contributing to a peaceful and tranquil picture.

It was unknown how long had pa.s.sed before Fourth Brother finished carving talisman in the round stone. Soon after, Ning Que also finished his work. The two looked at each other and put their stones on a flat ground beside the stream.

Then they slowly closed their eyes, starting to percept, touch and stimulate the talisman they had carved in the stone.

Then a gust of wind rose from above the two round stones by the stream, and under the stones, ants and bamboo leaves all rustled to move.

However, the stones remained motionless by the stream, which was as still as those lazy and fat fancy carps in the stream, which hid themselves in the shadow of waterwheel and bamboo leaves, reluctant to move an inch.

Ning Que and Fourth Brother almost opened their eyes at the same time. They just gazed at each other, stunned.

”We are just daydreaming.” Fourth Brother sighed, ”If you want to lift a heavy object, you have to draw array tacticals made of numerous talismans. Yet you should dream to achieve the same effect by using such a simple talisman, that's really... a daydream.”

Ning Que regretted to say, ”I was thinking that since we had so many keen men in the Academy, there would be some miracles.”

”But it doesn't necessarily mean your method is not workable.”

Fourth Brother threw his stones into the stream water, and indicated Ning Que to do so.

”b.u.mp! b.u.mp!” Water was splashed all around. Those fat fish which just eat and sleep everyday were scared to escape to all directions. They finally have the opportunity to do exercises. The stream water under the shadow of the waterwheel and the bamboo leaves became empty in an instant.

”Try it again.”

Fourth Brother said to Ning Que.

Ning Que stood by the stream and looked at the round stone at the bottom of the stream. Staring at the faint lines on the stone, he took a deep breath with his eyes lowered, and used his hands outside his sleeves to make a Psyche bridge. The Psyche Power in the Ocean of Qi was all integrated into the Breath of nature around him, which enabled him to clearly feel the round stone in the stream water.

Suddenly slight ripples appeared on the shallow stream. It seemed that tiny flows of Qi spouted out from around the round stone and slightly swayed the water weed. Then the round stone somewhat quivered, as if it were about to walk.

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