"Is it impossible? Why did I appear like this? Why am I a perfect work?" Iron Man said in confusion.
Long Junhai looked at the other person and said, "You are not a work of art, but a life, a life forged from steel. I cannot create a life form like you, at least not with my current strength."
"My master said that creating a lifelike work is the entry level, creating flesh and blood is the minor success level, creating thoughts is the major success level, and creating a soul is the perfect level. My master said that I am already perfect, but I have abilities that many treasures do not have. Why do you say I am perfect? Moreover, I have practiced for so many years, why can't I even surpass the lifelike level?" Iron Man has always had many confusions in his heart, but no one has given him answers over the years.
"Where is your master now? Can you ask him to help you solve your problems?" Long Junhai asked.
"My master is dead." said Iron Man.
"Your master was so powerful, why did he die?" Long Junhai was a little confused, because he really couldn't imagine that a master who could create a perfect steel life would die easily.
"The master said that life is destined to death, and infinite life is a blasphemy and disrespect for life, so he died. He said he would live in a new way. I don't know what he meant by these words. He asked me to help him find a worthy successor, but so many years have passed, and you are the first person to come in." Iron Man said calmly.
Long Junhai nodded. From the other party's words, he could understand that the owner of this Iron Man was a master who had achieved great enlightenment and had seen through life and death. This was an insurmountable ideological obstacle for many people.
"What exactly is lifelike? Your works are indeed very lifelike, very realistic, very..."
At this point, Long Junhai was stunned, and then said: "I know where the problem lies!"
"Huh? You know? Tell me quickly!" Iron Man said excitedly.
"Precisely because of the resemblance, all your works here are dead objects, without any breath of life at all! I know a story that you can experience a little bit. A long time ago, there was a man who was good at painting. He painted a dragon on the wall, but the dragon had no eyes. Many people were very curious and asked the dragon painter why he didn't draw a pair of eyes for the dragon? But the dragon painter said that I can't draw a dragon, otherwise the dragon will fly into the sky! Many people didn't believe it and insisted that the dragon painter draw eyes. In the end, the man drew eyes, and then the dragon really broke through the wall and flew out! This is also called the finishing touch!" Long Junhai thought about it and told such a story.
"The finishing touch?" Iron Man muttered to himself, carefully pondering the deeper meaning.
Long Junhai looked around at the works again and said, "Why are all your works here so lifeless? There's no vitality at all?"
"Vitality? Lifeless? Do you have any way to change it?" Iron Man asked again.
"Well... let me think about it."
Long Junhai thought for a long time, then picked up a hammer and started carving on a piece of stone. Soon he carved out a palm-sized Xuanwu. In terms of carving skills, Long Junhai's Xuanwu was far inferior to Iron Man's other works, and even a little ugly, because he did not perfectly create the bones, flesh and blood of Xuanwu. However, the only advantage was that Xuanwu's eyes were very vivid. It looked silly, but it was actually full of vitality!
"What is this?" Iron Man was surprised to see the stone basalt, as he had never seen one before. However, he also felt that this stone basalt was better than any of his other creations because it seemed alive, as if it truly had vitality! This must be what the master meant by "vivid"!
"This is called Xuanwu. I created it based on my pet mythical beast. This is it."
After Long Junhai finished speaking, he released Awu. After Awu appeared, he slowly poked his head out, then looked around foolishly, and finally slowly retracted his head. He must be closing his eyes to rest.
"Is this Xuanwu? It looks so much like it! It's better than all the works I made! You are really talented! You are really amazing! After all these years, I finally found a new successor for the master!" Iron Man said excitedly.
"Then, can I leave now?" Long Junhai asked.
"Well... well, I don't know what to ask you to do next. You can leave now. This hammer is the inheritance of the master. I hope you can keep it well!" Iron Man looked at the hammer in Long Junhai's hand with some reluctance, and then with a wave of his hand, the stone door passage opened directly.
Long Junhai saw the reluctance and nostalgia in the man's eyes. He felt that this iron man was still very delicate at heart, so he said, "I'll leave this hammer to you. My ambition lies elsewhere. You are actually the most suitable successor."
"No, no! I'm not qualified yet! I haven't even reached the realm of being a god!" Although Iron Man liked the hammer very much, he chose not to accept it because he felt that he was not qualified.
Long Junhai smiled and said, "Then you will be my successor. I will give you my own hammer!"
"Ah? Can I become your successor?" Iron Man asked in shock.
"Why not? You call me Master, and I will accept you as my disciple, and then you will be qualified to receive my inheritance! I am different from your master. The standard he set is the assessment of martial arts skills, while the standard I set is the interest in forging. You are the person who likes forging the most I have ever seen, so I let you be my successor!" Long Junhai said with a smile.
"Master?" Iron Man still didn't quite understand, but he felt that Long Junhai's words were right.
"Haha, you are my apprentice from now on. Let's go, and leave this place together. If you don't go out and see the outside world, how can you carve out all things full of vitality? The sky, the earth, the flowers, birds, fish, insects, even steel and stones will be full of vitality as long as they stay with life for a long time. The reason why you can't reach the realm of conveying the spirit is because you have not felt so much vitality!" Long Junhai said with a smile.
"Master, can I go with you?" Iron Man asked nervously.
"Of course. By the way, what's your name?" Long Junhai asked.
"Name? I don't have a name. My master said that if someone gives me a name, then I can follow him forever." Iron Man thought for a while and said.
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