There was silence all around, except for some slight sounds from the burning flames.

Wu opened his eyes and mouth wide, revealing his gapped teeth. Stone opened his mouth wide, opened his eyes wide, and Lame opened his mouth wide...

The people who were watching the miracle were all stunned and in disbelief.

Of course, it was not the case that after Shi Tou let go, the Kongming lantern fell down and was burned directly.

The Kongming lantern did not fall down. After the stone was released, it basically maintained its original position, swaying slowly ten centimeters above the ground.

But it didn't fly either.

The ceramic bowl containing the fireball stayed on the ground, moved slightly twice, and then stopped moving.

Han Cheng had basically anticipated this result before conducting the experiment.

He didn't say this to hide his embarrassment at the moment, but he was really prepared for the Kongming lantern to not fly.

After all, this time, it was largely to prove whether the method he was thinking of was feasible.

The ball of linen soaked in rosin continued to burn, and when it was about to go out, a leather rope next to it was burned off.

Such a result was within Han Cheng's acceptable range.

Although the Kongming lantern did not fly and the rope burned, it proved the feasibility of this route.

What we need to do next is to continue to improve on this basis.

The solution is to make the bowl containing the flame larger and lighter.

The larger one is to hold a larger ball of linen, which will light a bigger flame and provide more energy, while also keeping the leather rope on the edge of the bowl away from the flame.

The purpose of making it lighter is to reduce the burden on the Kongming lantern so that it can inflate better into the sky.

Making the bowl larger and lighter may sound like a contradiction.

Because the bowl is made of pottery, its weight will inevitably increase as its size increases.

At this time, the skills of the pottery master Heiwa will be tested.

Han Cheng reached out and held the Kongming lantern, which had become slightly tilted after one of its ropes broke, to prevent it from being burned by the fire below.

It is not easy to find two such large snakes and skin them to make Kongming lanterns in a short period of time.

Looking at the people around him who all closed their mouths and tried to look calm, which resulted in their faces being distorted, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniffling.

"These guys..."

Shitou came to his senses and became extremely servile. He quickly came over to hold the Kongming lantern for Han Cheng.

Although he felt disappointed because the Kongming lantern did not fly into the sky as he had imagined, he saw with his own eyes the ceramic bowl on the ground being moved a few times.

It was these few times that gave him great hope.

Generally, people who can accomplish amazing things have strong personalities, and perseverance is a must for them.

Although I was overwhelmed and broke down in tears during this process, after wiping away my tears, I would still work hard in the direction I wanted.

Shi Tou is undoubtedly one of such people.

Ever since he had the dream of flying because of Han Cheng's story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl a few years ago, this guy has never given up the idea of ​​going to heaven.

Although I went through many twists and turns and endured a lot of suffering, I never thought of giving up.

I was able to persevere under such circumstances in the past, not to mention that now I see hope from Han Cheng!

Han Cheng was surprised by Shi Tou's reaction. He thought he would need to explain a few more things, but he didn't expect that he had already let it go on his own.

Han Cheng smiled with satisfaction. From Shi Tou's reaction, he felt that it was not impossible for him to see a hot air balloon floating in the sky of primitive society in his lifetime.

There was no need to waste any more time talking. After handing the Kongming lantern to Shitou, he grabbed two handfuls of soil from the ground and threw them into the ceramic bowl, putting out the fire inside.

Then he took Shitou and Wu, who had more free time, to ask Heiwa to make a new bowl.

Bo also wanted to go over and take a look, but after turning around to look at the broken farm tools, he decided not to go out, but instead stayed here to repair them with the other two.

Heiwa's craftsmanship is naturally impeccable. After hearing Han Cheng's request, he immediately patted his chest and promised that he would do the job well.

Then we started digging up the soil and mud.

Shitou, who originally had little interest in pottery making, watched attentively from the side and wanted to help from time to time.

The smooth stone slabs below kept turning in circles, and the shapeless mud quickly became regular under the action of Heiwa's hands...

The newly made clay embryos come in several sizes, including an enlarged and thinned version of a normal bowl, an open bowl that is half as shallow as a normal bowl, and a bowl that is directly like a small frying pan.

Compared with a bowl of the same weight, a frying pan generally has a larger area and can hold more linen stained with resin, which can provide more updrafts for the Kongming lantern.

After the clay embryo is made, it cannot be fired directly. Even if you are in a hurry, you need to dry it next to the fire before you can put it in the kiln to fire it.

Shitou squatted here and refused to leave, closely watching Heiwa's every move.

These are things that are directly related to Fei Tian, ​​so he is naturally very concerned about them. He even picked up mud and started to learn how to make pottery from Heiwa.

Han Cheng watched here for a while and saw that Heiwa and the others were doing a good job. Since these pottery could not be fired today, he turned around and went back to the tribe to dig a hole and build his stone flower bed.

Everyone has something to do, doesn't he?

The flame burned, transmitting a high amount of heat. The blue smoke mixed with the airflow that expanded due to the heat, flew upwards, and poured into the Kongming lantern.

The connecting rope was tightened, and the thin pan-like object connected underneath shook a few times.

Under the gaze of Shi Tou, whose eyes were wide open, fists were clenched tightly, and who almost forgot to breathe nervously, the plate, which had been shaking for a while, finally left the ground with difficulty and floated slowly upwards.

The eyes of the people around were firmly attracted by the Kongming lantern, and they moved upwards with the slowly rising Kongming lantern.

It took their gazes a while to move up to the level of their heads, and after staying there for a while, they began to move down again.

When his gaze reached the lowest point, without Han Cheng's instructions, Shitou consciously held the snake skin Kongming lantern in his hands.

Han Cheng on the side grabbed some soil and put out the lingering flames.

Shitou, Wu, Bo, Heiwa and other people who participated in this great experiment of flying were extremely excited. The things they helped to make really flew!

Han Cheng was not as happy as they were because he had flown a Kongming lantern himself.

Kongming lanterns can fly very high into the night sky, similar to the stars.

The one in the tribe was just above his head, the difference was really too far, and for him, there was really not much to be happy about.

He picked up a grass stem and pulled out the sackcloth that was still smoking.

This is one of the reasons why Kongming lanterns cannot fly high.