Chapter 58 (1/2)

Chapter 58: Let’s Play in Mud Together!

Only when one has experienced everything from civilized studies to rough labor can one claim to have seen the world as it is.

Hong Xiaobao was rather acquainted with managing mud — he easily moved a 1 jin pile of mud. Qingqing squatted by Xiaobao’s side and looked at his muddy hands with much curiosity.

Most would think that the Living Printing Technique was an impressive invention, but not many would believe it involved a pile of mud! However, Qingqing was slowly comprehending the true use of the mud. “Brother Xiaobao, do you mean to use these clumps of mud and have words carved onto them? Then you can apply ink on it and press it on a piece of paper to make a word, right?”

“Eh? Wow, you’re really smart! To think that you got it after only seeing it for the first time!” exclaimed Hong Xiaobao as he ruffled Qingqing’s head affectionately. “That’s right, do you know the stamping seals we have? The words are already carved onto it so there’s no need to rewrite the word every time right? The Living Printing Technique operates on the same principle, but it can print multiple words at once. To achieve that, simply arrange the words together and push a piece of paper over all of them at once. Right now, I’m working on the first step, which is carving the words onto the word blocks.”

“Hehe, Brother Xiaobao, you’re so smart,” said Qingqing. She looked at Jian Pu only to discover that she had an expression of astonishment on her face.

While the Living Printing Technique’s fundamental principle was rather simple and it wasn’t hard to create, not everyone could have thought of the application of such a simple principle on a scale like that. The fact that the stamp seal which had already existed for thousands of years in this world was testament to that. However, Hong Xiaobao actually managed to connect the dots. That signified that Hong Xiaobao was definitely not an ordinary person.

While Qingqing and Jian Pu were still stunned at that revelation, Hong Xiaobao sat on the ground as he picked out a clump of mud roughly the size of his finger and formed it into a cube before using a wooden branch to carve some words out.

The word on each word block had to be carved mirrored. Hong Xiaobao wasn’t too used to it at first so he took ten minutes or so before finally managing to carve the character for ‘Hong’ onto the block. He proceeded to carve ‘Xiao’ and ‘Bao’ before finally letting out a breath of relief.

“Hehe, these rough carvings will do for now,” said Hong Xiaobao as he looked at the crooked characters on the word blocks with much satisfaction. “En. After that, I’ll have to use fire to bake the clay blocks dry, hehe!” Standing up and stretching himself, Hong Xiaobao said, “Ah, all this work has left me tired. Qingqing, I’m going to rest for a bit so you can go play for a while. Remember, don’t go too far from here.”

He subsequently brought his guards into a nearby house and went to sleep instantly.

Within the bracelet…

“Hey, old guys…” Demon King Meng Xianji said as he looked at the sleeping Hong Xiaobao, smiling. “I didn’t think that this kid had this kind of luck with women. This Qingqing’s ident.i.ty is indeed not as simple as it seems…”

“That’s right,” said Xi Hong, “that girl is indeed not simple. It is quite strange how she approached our kid just like that. I think things are going to be more interesting.”