Chapter 108: Striving to Improve (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Sha, sha, sha..."

In Fuqiu Temple, the young Daoist was carving a statue of an armored soldier.

Although he had already carved and finished refining a bean soldier before, that was made of relatively ordinary spiritual wood from the mountain, a material that the third senior brother usually didn't use, so it had a bit of a practice feel.

Now that he had the help of three righteous heroes, and Lin Jue happened to have three branches of Dan fruit wood, he used the Dan fruit wood branches to carve. Using the best materials he had on hand was the only way to be worthy of the heroes.

The Dan fruit wood was not heavy, but it was very hard.

It even felt three parts harder than steel.

Fortunately, the spell "Carving Beans into Soldiers" itself contained a method of carving, and every knife needed to use the spell's magical power, no matter how soft the wood was. It wasn't that strenuous or hard on the knife.

"Be careful, be patient, remember not to be impatient or distracted. You only have these three branches of Dan fruit wood in total. If you carve it poorly, it's not easy to make up for it."

The third senior brother was drinking wine on the side while giving him pointers. Beside him was a plate of snacks for wine, which was salt and pepper fish bones that Lin Jue had fried with the remaining fish bones after making fish fillets. It tasted very fragrant.

"Since bean soldiers are human-shaped, you should carve them according to the human body structure. You can change it, but you can't change it casually.

"The most important thing is reasonableness.

"We are humans ourselves, and we know the human body structure best. Based on this, we can also make some adjustments. But this depends on you.

"You first found the residual soul of the bean soldier, so you can make two choices: one is to carve according to the body shape of the residual soul, so that the residual soul is most suitable for integrating into the bean soldier, and it is the most sensitive and flexible; if you have confidence, you can also make some adjustments to their original body shape. After all, as long as they are ordinary people, flesh and blood, who doesn't have some body shape problems? Whose body proportion is the most suitable for fighting?

"Only bean soldiers!

"It's just that in this way, the residual soul integrating into the bean soldier needs to adapt more. And the residual soul's intelligence is incomplete, and the ability to adapt is also limited. So the scale must be grasped well.

"As for the weapons used, it is best to look at the residual soul.

"..."

Lin Jue was listening and carving attentively.

If he heard something that needed deep thought or questioning, he would stop temporarily, and then cut after clearing it up.

From morning to night, he carved three wooden embryos.

Still waiting for more fine carving.

The junior sister had already returned from building roads on the mountain. Seeing that the senior brother was doing handicrafts, she couldn't help but come over and say: "Third Shixiong brother, are you going to have your own bean soldiers too?"

"Soon."

"Then senior brother, have you started learning the stone-turning method?"

"I will practice for a while at night, what about you?"

"I have been building roads on the mountain these days. I was tired from building roads, or when I didn't have much magical power, when I stopped to rest, I realized the spiritual rhyme of mountain stones and practiced the stone-turning method." The junior sister said seriously, "I feel that it won't be long before I learn it."

"Opening mountains and breaking stones when building roads, and then holding mountain stones to realize spiritual rhyme after hitting them, right?"

"This..."

The junior sister was speechless, so she had to stare at him seriously.

"You learn it first. Your talent is in the five elements. Learning this will definitely be faster than me." Lin Jue said, "I will finish my 'bean soldiers' first."

"Good!"

A Great Ritual down the mountain increased a lot of knowledge, but also let the two know that the world is not peaceful now, and they will go down the mountain sooner or later.

The master and uncles don't necessarily find so many Daoist temples for this generation of disciples to settle down, and several senior brothers in front are not in the Jianghu in terms of temperament, and they don't like wandering. When they were in the Daoist temple, except for cooking, they were humble to him everywhere. Whatever he wanted to learn, they taught it without reservation, and the materials needed were mostly provided voluntarily. How could he let the senior brother give up this last thing?

How can that work?

Not to mention that Lin Jue was going to seek the Dao of long-term immortality.

Plus, he went to the mountain a few days ago and saw the style of the Yishan Mountain God. It seems that even gods like this have to be careful about the troubled times in the world. How can he not prepare more?

So the two practiced spells very diligently.

The junior sister learned the stone-turning method first.

Lin Jue prepared to make bean soldiers first.

On the one hand, because those three heroes had already decided to follow him. Those three were indeed heroes. Although only residual souls were left, without complete intelligence, Lin Jue was not willing to let them stay in the bottle for too long.

Second, bean soldiers are indeed easy to use, and it is a very good method of protecting the Dao.

It just so happens that he still has Dan fruit wood.

"The best material I have seen for making bean soldiers is this Dan fruit wood and the long-life wood in the mountains. Compared with the two, Dan fruit wood is hard and difficult to destroy. Although long-life wood is not as hard, after being damaged, as long as there are no missing arms or legs, similar to some scars and holes, they can repair themselves under the nourishment of spiritual power." The third senior brother continued on the side, "As for other spiritual rhyme mysteries, they are about the same. Maybe after going down the mountain, you can see better spiritual wood elsewhere."

"Long-life wood..."

"That can also be met but not sought."

Lin Jue nodded, stood up, and went to cook.

After carving is finished, it is refining.

However, bean soldiers will not occupy all the time, and Lin Jue also has to learn how to use metal armor and weapons. When learning, he must leave time for digestion, thinking, and letting go. If there is free time, or after practice, he will realize the stone-turning method in the mountain.

Or ask the fourth senior brother for advice on "Gathering Beasts and Adjusting Birds", rotating several spells to learn, having time to let go and rest, not thinking about the same thing all day, the efficiency is higher.

There are famous teachers in the ancient book.

The junior sister practices sword according to the score every day, very focused.

Lin Jue also went to practice.

However, she has been learning sword dance for more than half a year more than Lin Jue, and has a better foundation than Lin Jue, and the heart and time she spent on it exceeded Lin Jue, so Lin Jue can only beat her in strength so far.

Unknowingly, it was another winter.

The winter in Yishan is beautiful, but unfortunately it is too cold, and the weather is very bad, often with fog and snow.

Fortunately, it has been sunny for the past few days.

Lin Jue took advantage of the sunny day and the big sun to hang the persimmons on the mountain to dry into persimmon cakes, hanging out several long strings on the tree, like flattened lanterns, red and bright.

It's about ready today.

Lin Jue pinched it carefully, and broke one to taste.

The outer layer is slightly dark red, with sugar frost. Once broken, the inside is molten lava.

Fuyao still followed his side.

The fox has grown a bit bigger now, and its fur has completely turned white, but it is not snow-white, not so bright, and looks more natural. The tip of the tail is red, which looks quite strange.

Suddenly there were footsteps behind him.

The footsteps were light and fragmented, and he knew who it was without listening.

Sure enough, immediately after there was another sound:

"Third Shixiong brother, look!"

According to the conversation of the past few days, Lin Jue knew without turning around that she had probably learned the stone-turning method completely, and this was coming to show off.

Lin Jue turned around slowly while holding the persimmon cake.

It was really as expected—

Standing behind him was a stone statue wearing a Daoist robe. From head to hand, from neck to hair tip, it was all stone, only holding a long sword in its hand, standing straight two steps behind him, motionless.

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It can be vaguely identified as a young girl.

The fox had already cast its gaze on her, and beside her feet, there was a colored civet cat that was not surprised, sitting and lowering its head to lick its paws.

"Eh?"

Lin Jue was a bit strange.

Walked over and aimed at the forehead and knocked.

"Dong!"

The sound was dull, it was indeed stone.

And the stone statue stood motionless.

"Didn't you say that when you first learned this spell, you can only turn part of your body into stone, and you can only turn your whole body into stone after learning more?" Lin Jue asked in confusion.

The stone statue stood in the courtyard, motionless.

"..."

Lin Jue was helpless, so he had to turn around and continue checking the persimmon cakes.

"Third Shixiong brother, look!"

The sound came from behind again.

When Lin Jue turned his head, it was still that stone statue.

Just changed position.

"..."

Lin Jue was too lazy to ignore her.

"Third Shixiong brother, look!

"Third Shixiong brother, knock again!

"Third Shixiong brother, look!"

Seeing that Lin Jue didn't ignore her again, the junior sister changed back to her original appearance, walked over, stood beside him, and looked at the persimmon cakes hanging on the tree with him, always with a smile on her face.

"Third Shixiong brother, what did you ask just now? I turned my brain into stone, and it felt buzzing!"

"I asked you, didn't you say that when you first learned this spell, you can only turn part of your body into stone, and you can only turn your whole body into stone after learning more?" Lin Jue ate the persimmon cake and asked again.

"Oh! Because my talent is very high!!"

"Is it that high?"

"..." The junior sister smiled again, revealed the stuffing, raised her hand to scratch her head, "Lying to you, I can only change a part, but it's thick in winter, I only changed my hands and above my neck, but I stood still, and cleverly created an illusion of turning into stone!"

Her face was not red, and her heart was not beating.

Even if she boasted cleverly, she seemed to think it was really clever.

"So that's it."

"Third Shixiong brother, are your 'bean soldiers' done?"

"Almost."

"Are they completely done?"

"Only weapons and armor are missing."

"Oh..."

The junior sister nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking in her heart, bean soldiers are naturally harder to enter than the stone-turning method, and the power is also greater. However, senior brother had learned the bean soldier method before going to the Great Ritual. By the time he completely finished the bean soldiers, she would also have entered the stone-turning method. In this way, it can be considered about the same.

"Hmm, hmm..."

The junior sister nodded repeatedly, relieved, relieved.

Only then did she continue to look at the persimmon cakes, her eyes shining, and turned her head to ask knowingly: "Third Shixiong brother, what are you eating?"

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"Persimmon cake."

"Is your persimmon cake done?"

"Done."

"Eat it directly?"

Staring at the senior brother eagerly.

"Take it yourself."

The junior sister then took one, aimed at his hand, did not bite it casually, but learned from him, moved out a piece, looked at the molten lava inside carefully, and then sent it into her mouth.

"Hmm!?"

Squinted her eyes instantly!

The taste is different from fresh persimmons, more fragrant and sweeter.

"Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!"

The junior sister said without thinking.

But she saw the senior brother turn around, take a persimmon cake, bend down and ask the fox at his feet: "Can foxes eat persimmon cakes?"

The junior sister was stunned for a moment.

I don't know why, she was subconsciously vigilant.

"By the way, senior brother." The junior sister asked "casually", "Have you learned the fourth senior brother's method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds?"

"Just learned it."

"Ah?"

The junior sister held the persimmon cake and couldn't help but be stunned.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing..."

"Why this expression?"

"Fu... Fuyao... what did Fuyao say?"

"I can only vaguely perceive its thoughts." Lin Jue said with a frown, "It seems to think it is a cat?"

"Good..."

Didn't expect the senior brother to learn two spells.

The junior sister walked over in a daze, helping him collect the persimmon cakes, carrying the dustpan and walking into the house, but her mind couldn't help but float.

I thought that my hard work recently was enough, but now it seems that it is far from enough.

Must work harder! ===== CHAPTER 109 =====