Chapter 53 53. Paper-making Skills
When Shi Liu returned to the courtyard, she found Grandma Zhao packing up her things and was immediately startled: "Grandma Zhao, are you guys leaving?"
"Yeah, we were planning to leave tomorrow, but they called again, so we had to leave today."
Shi Liu originally planned to send Grandma Zhao off, but unfortunately she had to go to school in the afternoon, so she had to give up.
After returning to her own cabin, Shi Liu plunged directly into the teaching space and followed Master Bai Luosang to learn paper-making skills. Thinking of Master Bai's request, she simply started the incense-making course at the same time, so that the two masters could chat with each other.
"Hello, Master Bai—"
Master Bai Luosang said seriously, "What's good about that? Why didn't you enter the teaching space last night? You can't study for three days and rest for two days. With your study attitude, how can you break through level 3 in ten days?"
Shi Liu pursed her lips awkwardly. She was so tired after coming back last night that she fell asleep right away.
Bai Luohuai smiled gently: "Okay, sister, Shi Liu didn't mean it. With your soul strength, the speed of time in the teaching space can definitely be improved. Do you want to upgrade first?"
[Host, you only need to spend 100 points of merit to permanently speed up for one day]
Shi Liu took a deep breath. One point of merit could temporarily speed up for a day, but 100 points would permanently speed up for a day. No matter how you looked at it, the latter was more cost-effective. "Does it cost 100 points of merit for each day of speeding up?"
[Yes, host, it is better to act than to be moved. Hurry up and speed up.]
Listening to the cheerful mechanical sound, Shi Liu's mouth twitched. This "system" was becoming less and less discreet. However, time was money. "With my current soul strength, how many days can I speed up at most?"
[The host can speed up by up to 3 days]
This meant the maximum speed in the teaching space was now 6 to 1. Shi Liu felt this was sufficient for now. "System, speed up by 3 days."
[Okay, host]
Looking at the merit points that suddenly decreased, Shi Liu felt sad for two seconds. Forget it, her luck is still pretty good now. As for the next life, she will talk about it later. After all, she plans to do good deeds and accumulate virtue all her life.
Master Bai Luosang nodded with a hint of reserve: "The boy is teachable."
Bai Luohuai glanced at his sister with amusement. He was obviously very satisfied with this little apprentice, but he acted like this. He was really as arrogant as ever. "I'm going to light a Qingxin incense. Sister, you start teaching first."
Bai Luosang waved his hand, and a pile of various colored papers and thin bamboo strips appeared on the ground. There was also a cute little maid standing beside them. Then Shi Liu saw the little maid skillfully sorting out the papers and bamboo strips and arranging them.
As Shi Liu looked at it, something in her mind lit up: "Master Bai, is this a spiritual paper figurine?"
"That's right. This paper figurine has a certain level of paper-making skills, and is responsible for helping me organize my belongings. When you reach level 6, you can also give the paper figurines some spirits. It's not a difficult task."
It really was a paper figurine! No wonder she always felt the little maid's smile was a little strange, stiff and rigid, like a fake smile. It turned out that it wasn't a real person at all. However, being able to achieve this level was already very impressive. No wonder the old man boasted that paper-making was a magical skill. There was really no water in his words.
Before Shi Liu could be happy, Bai Luosang continued, "I almost forgot. The spiritual energy in your outer world seems to be fading drastically right now. I'm afraid it's not easy to activate the spirit. If you don't have the opportunity, you might not be able to break through to level 6 in this lifetime."
"Master Bai, what level are you at? Why do I see a level of 5 99%?" No wonder there are so few real paper-folding shops nowadays. In addition to the interruption of inherited skills, it is also related to the dissipation of spiritual energy.
"This is a secret. Alright, quickly follow me and learn how to paper-fold. Stop overthinking." Bai Luosang picked up a piece of colorful paper and began to fold it. "Now I'm going to teach you how to fold a house. This is the foundation..."
After Master Bai's instruction, Shi Liu finally understood that these things would spoil over time, so descendants should occasionally burn some for their ancestors, otherwise their lives in the underworld would be difficult. She remembered that when the original owner's father died, burial with the deceased was no longer a custom. So how had he survived in the underworld all these years? Shi Liu suddenly realized that she wasn't a qualified filial daughter.
[As long as the host brings in raw materials from real life, the items folded in the teaching space can be brought into real life.]
The little devil behind the system really knows how to seize any opportunity to sell. Shi Liu curled her lips and opened the Yin Yang Pavilion. Sure enough, the familiar paper-making shop was having a sale again. She quickly placed an order and bought a bunch of yellow paper, colored paper and thin bamboo strips. The thin bamboo strips were just a small extra, and the real valuable thing was the yellow paper.
Master Bai Luosang's fingers were very flexible and his speed was very fast. If you weren't careful, you would not be able to keep up. Shi Liu didn't dare to be distracted at all. By the end, sweat was on his forehead, which showed that he was very tired.
"Okay, try it now."
Shi Liu's memory was quite good. It wasn't perfect, but it was close. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to study liberal arts in her previous life. Closing her eyes, Shi Liu took a deep breath, picked up the thin bamboo strips, and began to build a scaffold. While her speed wasn't as fast as Master Bai's, it wasn't slow either. Soon, a small courtyard appeared on the ground.
Putting the Siheyuan knot she made together with the one made by Master Bai, Shi Liu could tell the difference at a glance, but when asked to specifically describe what was different, she seemed unable to say.
Bai Luosang raised an eyebrow and said, "Why don't you see anything different?"
"Yeah." Shi Liu felt a little depressed. Her paper-making skills were better than the old man's.
"It's spiritual! The courtyard I built is more realistic. Yours has no texture at all and looks fake. If you put it in the underworld, your courtyard would only last a year or two at most. Mine would last three to five years without any problem."
Now Shi Liu understood, that is to say, theirs was a high-end luxury product, while hers was a defective product.
"Your craftsmanship is quite good. Both the paper-making and the paper-bending are well done. The only thing you lack is spirituality. You can't rush it. You need to slowly find the feeling. When you are paper-bending, don't always think of it as paper-made. You should treat it as a real house. Only then will it have texture..."
Shi Liu's head was filled with theoretical knowledge. In short, spirituality sounded very mysterious and it all depended on her feelings. Although she had no idea yet, she was not in a hurry. Maybe one day she would have a flash of inspiration and break through the bottleneck.
After opening her heart, Shi Liu stopped trying to imbue her paper-cuts with spirituality. She planned to make some useful items for Shi's father to improve his life. She wanted a few sets of clothes and shoes first, and a bed too...
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