Chapter 104 Yu Sheng's Alchemy Experiment
I couldn't sleep, not without Irene beside me.
Perhaps it was because it was really exciting to have his first serious experience of exploring a foreign land, or perhaps it was because he had been exposed to too much information recently, and all of it popped up in his mind at this moment. Yu Sheng couldn't stop thinking about it, so after tossing and turning and barely sleeping for two or three hours, he finally got up, casually put on a coat over his pajamas, and quietly prepared to leave the bedroom.
As soon as he pushed open the bedroom door, the little doll on the bed suddenly sat up straight again, still without opening its eyes: "Going out, where are you going?"
Yu Sheng was startled. Just as he was about to answer the other party, he saw Irene fall down again. As she fell, she was still muttering: "Don't forget to bring a helmet when you buy money. You and the silly fox ate too much and didn't even take me to play games..."
Talking nonsense in sleep——Why does a doll like her not only need to sleep, but can even talk in her sleep?!
Yu Sheng felt a strange urge to complain, and after confirming that Irene was not awake, he quietly opened the door and walked into the corridor outside.
The sun had not risen yet, and it was still dark outside the house. It was the quietest time before dawn, and the house was so quiet inside and outside that the sound of walking in slippers on the floor seemed particularly loud and abrupt.
Yu Sheng looked around and first saw the door at the end of the corridor. He walked over, cautiously pushed the door open a little and took a look inside. Seeing that everything was normal in the room, he felt relieved and turned to walk towards the stairs at the other end of the corridor.
As soon as he reached the stairs, he saw the clothes hanging on the railing - that was the coat he wore when he went out last night. Because he came back very late, he didn't pack it up and just hung it here.
There were large stains of blood on the coat, and a large cut had been made where the giant wolf had bitten it, which looked very scary.
Yu Sheng picked up the coat and looked at it. He didn't take a close look at it when he came back, but now he felt that the coat was useless. It would be a lot of work to mend it, and the huge amount of blood stains might not be able to be washed clean. Besides, the coat itself was not a valuable one... He might as well just throw it away later.
I just don't know if throwing such a "blood-stained shirt" that looks like it was recovered from a crime scene directly into the trash can will scare people. I guess the neighbors will call the police then.
Yu Sheng had all sorts of random thoughts in his mind. He lamented that he had bled so much at the time, and regretted that he should have smeared the blood all over the exhibition hall before it dried. Maybe he could have gained more control over the "museum" or unlocked something new. He wondered what the giant wolf that emerged from Little Red Riding Hood's shadow was, and worried about the girl being chased by the wolf...
His eyes unconsciously kept looking at the bloodstains on the clothes, and gradually, the messy thoughts in his mind gradually converged into the same curiosity.
Blood, your own blood…what on earth is that?
This doubt has been lingering in his heart for a long time, but he has never had the time or the ideas to verify or research anything. At this time, Yu Sheng suddenly had some ideas. He couldn't sleep anyway, so after a moment of hesitation, he turned around and walked up the stairs to the attic.
The night sky poured in through the window, and the attic was quietly filled with a dark blue almost inky darkness. The large table that "Eileen" used as an "alchemy table" was quietly located in the depths of the darkness, and on the table were the tools used to make the body for the doll last time. Several old books were piled on the corner of the table, and next to it was the old desk lamp.
Yu Sheng did not turn on the headlights, but went over and turned on the old desk lamp. In the limited but more focused light, he slowly sat down at the table, thinking about something.
He used two pieces of lotus root to reshape Irene's arms, and the little doll turned into a little lotus root. Irene protested strongly, but putting aside her noise, there is one thing that is actually worth paying attention to.
That is, in the knowledge system of Irene, a "professional puppeteer", such a reckless operation would never be successful. Clay, flour, and even soil dug from the garden can be materials for making puppets, but "lotus root" is not.
After a little hesitation, Yu Sheng took out a disposable mixing cup from the drawer, picked up the paper cutter on the table, gritted his teeth, cut a cut on the back of his hand, and dripped his blood into the cup.
He had no knowledge of mysticism. Apart from the mechanized "operations" in the process of making puppets, Irene only taught him some superficial knowledge about spirits, guidance, and activation, and all of them were just casual knowledge.
But for Yu Sheng now, that superficial knowledge is enough to satisfy his curiosity.
After completing an expedition to a foreign land with Little Red Riding Hood, he is now very interested in the field of mysticism and is eager to increase his experience and knowledge in this area.
According to the method Irene taught him, Yu Sheng placed the candles for the soul infusion ceremony on the table. He placed his own blood on the "focus" of several concentric circles and connecting lines, and began to try to arouse his own "spirituality" and infuse this power into the blood that had left the body.
Irene said that "blood" is an excellent "natural alchemical wonder". The flow of blood symbolizes "life", the greatest miracle in the universe. It is the substance that is most likely to react in alchemical rituals. Even the most clumsy novice can use it to complete many tests.
But Yu Sheng encountered problems at the first step.
He didn't know how to activate his "spirituality" - although he had recently been able to feel the existence of "spiritual intuition" more and more clearly, he still couldn't perceive and control this "spirituality" that was said to come from the essence of the human soul as a concrete, controllable "element". He couldn't feel any supernatural "energy" appearing in his body, and naturally he couldn't infuse it into the blood outside the body.
He could only give full play to his imagination, and he almost fell asleep.
After ten minutes of trying, he saw that the blood in the cup had begun to coagulate, so he gave up testing in this direction.
Maybe some "auxiliary materials" are needed? Yu Sheng thought about it, opened the drawer again, and took out a bag of clay.
He bought this after the clay ran out last time. Considering that Irene might have an emergency in the future that requires limb repair, he now wants to always have this "material" at home.
After all, he couldn't use lotus root every time - although he really wanted to try it, Irene might go crazy.
Clay modeling is the only alchemical experiment that Yu Sheng has been able to successfully "operate" so far.
He mixed the blood in the cup directly into the clay and kneaded it evenly. Then he strictly added "auxiliary materials" such as tea powder and rose oil according to the ratio taught by Irene. After careful preparation, he began to carefully shape the clay into the shape of an arm.
Anyway, it's just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to practice the "skill" of making dolls, so that Irene doesn't have to complain about how ugly the things she made were every time she recalls the "reshaping" process.
Yu Sheng thought so in his mind, and used great patience and meticulousness to complete the shaping of the arm. He also used a scraper and knitting needle to make a small palm at the end of the clay ball. After working hard, he found that... it was still very ugly.
But at least it’s better than last time, after all, there are five fingers now.
He never dared to tell Irene that the first body he made for her was actually two six-fingered ones... Anyway, the doll recovered to normal after it completed its self-reshaping, and she didn't notice it herself.
After doing all this, Yu Sheng placed the arm back in the center of the alchemical array. While imagining the connection he had established with the arm through blood, he slowly moved his right hand, trying to make the arm on the table move like himself.
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But it didn't move.
Yu Sheng frowned and poked the arm with a scraper. When he found that there was really no response, he could only resign himself to putting it aside for the time being.
The faint morning light has begun to shine into the attic through the windows on the sloping roof, and the surroundings are gradually becoming brighter.
However, Yu Sheng was so immersed in what he was doing that he didn't even notice that the sky was gradually getting brighter.
He released more blood and prepared more clay.
Crafting is an addictive activity.
Since an arm has already been made, why not just make a complete body? Let's not worry about whether the alchemy can be successful or not. It's fine as long as I can practice the skill of shaping people. I can just prepare a spare body for Irene. Although she said that it would take several months before she could replace her new body, this time is just right for me to practice well.
Then give the little doll a little surprise.
As Yu Sheng thought so in his mind, his enthusiasm gradually rose. The continuous release of blood did not make him feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he became more energetic. He made a new torso, arms and two legs, then opened a new bag of clay and began to try to make the doll's head.
He felt that he had made great progress. At least compared to the last time, the body he made now could be said to be symmetrical on both sides, with all four limbs intact, and the arms and legs were arms and legs.
The head of a doll is more difficult to make than the body. Not only must the facial features be portrayed as delicately as possible, but the more complicated makeup process also needs to be considered. Yu Sheng doesn't know if he can do it - the first time he created Irene's body, he directly skipped the "facial makeup" step, and Irene eventually grew that face herself, but this time he wants to challenge himself to a higher level of difficulty.
Anyway, the last time I bought clay, I also bought a set of small tools for applying makeup to dolls and figurines. It would be a waste if I don’t use them.
Yu Sheng is very dedicated in his work.
In fact, he was so absorbed in it that he didn't even notice—
The fingers of the arm that he had originally made were trembling slightly.
The chest of the puppet placed on the edge of the table was rising and falling slightly at a level that was imperceptible to the naked eye.
(End of this chapter)
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