Chapter 9: Three-headed and six-armed spirit infant statue, mechanical sleeve crossbow
"You want to move into the woodcarving shop?"
"You are a woodcarver now, so of course you can... However, there are still some formalities to go through. I will ask someone to expedite the formalities for you. You can go and see the yard in two days."
The third shopkeeper Xu You admired Li Che's talent very much.
The carved wood carvings are full of meaning, and such talent... is extremely precious and desired for any wood carving shop.
Because of this, the woodcarver has the opportunity to grow into a woodcarving master! Therefore, he would naturally not refuse Li Che's request, and even wished for it.
A genius should be treated as a genius.
"Thank you, Third Shopkeeper." Li Che clasped his fists sincerely.
Xu You nodded, and together with Xu Beihu, he drifted into the wind and snow and disappeared.
Li Che let out a long breath of hot air and couldn't help but smile. After moving into the wood carving shop, the threat posed by the Lingying Cult would be much less.
He returned to the shop, took out his bamboo hat, and received his monthly salary as a woodcarver, a total of five taels of silver.
The third shopkeeper said that from now on, this day of every month would be the time to distribute monthly wages.
Amid the envious and awe-inspiring gazes of his fellow apprentices, Li Che packed his bags and prepared to go home to tell his wife and daughter the good news.
However, before leaving, he came up to Master Chen with a licking face.
"Master Chen, can I take some more scraps back to practice?"
Chen Dabao drank the gourd wine and said with a frown: "Ah Che, from now on, you are also the woodcarving master of the shop. We are friends, so don't call me Master Chen anymore. Call me Old Chen."
"You can take any of these materials you like. If you like, you can even go to the yard to pick them out. As long as they are not too big, you can take them home to practice."
Chen Dabao naturally saw Li Che's talent, and it was important to build a good relationship with him.
Being so old, he is naturally a shrewd person and will not offend anyone easily.
"By the way, when you choose a yard, call me and I will take a look at it for you. Then we can be neighbors." Old Chen said with a smile.
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People feel refreshed when happy things happen.
Li Che was in a very good mood. After becoming a woodcarving master, his salary increased and he had hope for the future. It was no longer a luxury for him to become rich and let his wife and daughter live a good life.
He walked along the long street of Feilei Outer City, stepped on the piled up snow, came to the shop, ordered two taels of wine, then went to cut some pork head and braised beef, and walked towards home.
The sky darkened and the lights on the road became sparse.
From a distance, Li Che saw the faint light of an oil lamp in his home's earthen house.
As if he thought of the sound of his lovely daughter Xixi babbling and learning to speak, the corners of his lips could not help but rise.
He returned to the adobe house and stretched out his hand to call his wife Zhang Ya to open the door.
But suddenly, Li Che seemed to catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, his breathing stagnated, and the air around him seemed to freeze.
The neck seemed stiff and twisted slowly.
My eyes fell on the lower left corner of the wooden door, where a small wooden sculpture the size of a palm was quietly placed on the thick snow!
A child with three heads and six arms sits upright on a lotus pedestal, his face looking half-smiling, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and his eyes flickering.
Watching for a long time...
Li Che even heard the sound of a child crying and laughing! "Spirit Infant Master?!"
Li Che's face darkened and he looked around suddenly, his angry eyes full of ferocity.
Are you targeting me now?! Xixi is only one month old!
Lei Chunlan! Where are you? ! Get out!
But there was silence all around, with only the sound of falling snow and Xixi's babbling voice in the house.
Reach out and grab the wood sculpture. It's just an ordinary wood sculpture...
But it sent a different signal to Li Che, and the joy in his heart instantly withered and froze.
Just like a thief who is going to steal something will mark the place in advance.
Perhaps, the other party has the same purpose.
Li Che had a gloomy face. After thinking for a while, he threw the spiritual infant wood carving into the woodshed and planned to take it to the wood carving shop tomorrow to inquire about the situation.
Only after finishing everything did he regain his happy expression.
Go home...always report good news, not bad news.
"Husband, are you back?"
Zhang Ya opened the door and Fengxue squeezed in. Seeing Li Che holding wine and meat in his hands, surprise immediately appeared in her eyes.
Knowing that her husband must have some happy news to share with her.
When she learned that Li Che became a woodcarving master in Xuji Woodcarving Shop, she couldn't help but cheering like a girl, hugging Li Che's waist and jumping up and down, rubbing Li Che... and making him distracted.
"Husband, we must celebrate tonight!"
Zhang Ya raised her smooth chin and smiled.
Li Che embraced her, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "How is my wife going to celebrate?"
When Zhang Ya saw Li Che's smile, she immediately understood his evil intentions and her pretty face flushed.
Li Che took out the five taels of monthly salary he had received today and told Zhang Ya about his plan to move into the wood carving shop.
Zhang Ya was stunned. Although she felt curious about the move, she did not ask any further questions.
Wherever their husband went, the mother and daughter would naturally follow him.
Moreover, Zhang Ya knew that the woodcarving shop must be much safer than here...
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
After dinner, Zhang Ya coaxed Xixi to sleep early, and then the couple carefully carried out some vigorous exercise.
On the bed, Zhang Ya fell into a deep sleep with her black hair disheveled.
Li Che, however, was in high spirits. He sat in front of the lit oil lamp and took out the "Tang's Agency Records" borrowed from Lao Chen.
The Dao Fruit [Xian Gong] trembled again.
Li Che's eyes were bright as he began to flip through the pages, observing them carefully.
It records a variety of ingenious mechanisms, many of which are extremely lethal...
As Li Che watched, with the understanding brought by Dao Fruit, he was instantly immersed in it and was completely conquered by the ingenious design and fantastic creativity.
However, the book only records a total of twelve mechanisms, nine of which require internal strength and divine blessings to be made.
Li Che now doesn't consider it.
He chose the remaining three mechanisms that could be made even without the need for internal energy and divinity, namely "Sleeve Crossbow", "Guanyin Blood Lotus" and "Thousand Silk Spider".
Li Che took out the scrap wood he brought back from the shop and planned to make a sleeve crossbow.
Mainly, this is somewhat similar to his original crossbow design, so... he can make it directly.
The rustling sound of the carving knife cutting through the wood and tearing the wood tissue lasted all night...
When the first ray of light from the east breaks through the haze and exposes the earth covered with thick snow.
Li Che finally completed the production of the small and exquisite sleeve crossbow! [Tao Fruit: Immortal Craftsmanship (lv2, 19%)]
The moment the production was completed, a large amount of skills and introductions on the use of the sleeve crossbow suddenly flooded into Li Che's mind. At the same time... prompts popped up in front of him.
Li Che's eyes suddenly brightened and his spirits doubled. He didn't expect that the production of the sleeve crossbow would give him 10% of the maturity of the Tao fruit!
Li Che called the percentage in the suffix the maturity of the Dao Fruit. After all, the Dao Fruit will be improved when it is full, which is similar to the maturity of the Dao Fruit.
"Is it given according to the difficulty of the mechanism?" Li Che couldn't help but become curious.
The improvement of Dao Fruit had become slow, which made Li Che feel anxious.
But now it seems that he has found another way to improve his Tao Fruit.
However, the number of mechanisms was a bit too few, and Li Che quickly calmed down, feeling a little regretful.
"However, this mechanism record records twelve kinds of mechanisms in detail. If I can make all of them, it will be enough to upgrade my immortal craftsmanship to level 3!" Li Che's eyes sparkled and his heart was excited.
There is still a chance!
Because he made the sleeve crossbow, Li Che also mastered the skills of using it. So Li Che was eager to try it out. If he could master the internal strength and blood, and activate the sleeve crossbow, the power would be even greater!
However, after taking a look at his sleeping wife and daughter, he resisted the urge.
He stood up and stretched, and his muscles and bones crackled.
Perhaps it was because of the Dao Fruit, after staying up all night, I felt refreshed.
He hid the sleeve crossbow in his sleeve. He made the crossbow body and arrows from wood. Its durability was not very good, but the sharpened wooden crossbow arrows were powerful and lightweight. What's more, he could make them at any time.
After arriving in the kitchen, Li Che prepared breakfast.
His eyes involuntarily fell on the wooden sculpture of a spirit baby that he had placed in the woodshed.
He frowned, thought for a moment, and shook his head violently.
"No, we can't leave Xixi and her daughter in the mud house... It's not safe."
(End of this chapter)