C25 An Inconspicuous Small Shop(1)

Commoner district was much better than Old Pig's original place. At least it had a lot more people. It was not so lifeless.

Qin Wen slowly walked on the slightly tidy street towards an inconspicuous small shop.

This was a wood shop carved with spirit tablets. There was only a lonely old man inside. He was focused on carving the spirit tablet in his hand. The messy wood was piled up on the ground.

Qin Wen looked at the opposite direction and his heart suddenly moved. He then looked at the things in the store. There were a large number of blank spirit tablets, and there were also some exquisite statues there. Among them were the statues of Soul Emperor. Each and every one of them was vivid and lifelike. They were filled with charm.

His fingers swept across the statues, and a thick layer of dust covered them. However, his gaze did not move. Instead, it was fixed on a wooden bracelet. There were simple patterns carved on it, but those warm lines... It gave him a familiar feeling.

He smiled faintly. People were really full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. It was the right choice to come.

After Qin Wen found out that he could not find the wood he wanted, he started to search for all the wood shops in desolate city. However, to his surprise, he did not find anything.

This made Qin Wen almost lose his confidence. He did not expect to find the wood he wanted here.

One should know that he came here today mainly to carve a statue for his master. However, he found out that this old man was different at first glance. Sure enough, he didn't let him down.

"Old man, how much for this bracelet?"

The old man in the carving raised his muddy eyes and looked at him. "Not for sale."

"Don't you need to buy everything on this bracelet?"

The old man snorted. "Don't disturb me while I'm sculpting." Saying so, he lowered his head and started sculpting the tablet in his hand.

Although this was only a simple spirit tablet, the old man carved it very carefully.

Qin Wen smiled faintly and sat cross-legged on the ground filled with sawdust. His eyes stared intently at the old man's hands.

This pair of nimble hands flew up and down, emphasizing the importance of being as still as a virgin and moving as a rabbit. The carving knife in his hands seemed to be heavily cutting down, but the strength of each slash was just right. This was the performance of controlling the knife technique to the extreme.

Qin Wen looked at the opponent's knife technique, constantly trying to figure out his own inadequacies. Although he had learned a lot of soul talismans from Geh Yin, he had now completed the carving. One must know that the carving of soul talismans was very important.

The soul talisman that looked like a tadpole changed direction from one angle to another. The size of the arc affected the success of the soul talisman. Even the slightest difference would cause the soul talisman to lose its function. It would affect the effect of the soul card.

And this was only a single soul talisman. The talisman formation that Geh Yin studied was even more terrifying. It was formed by the combination of soul talismans, one after another. One by one, any flaw would directly affect the success of the talisman formation.

When Qin Wen saw the old man's saber technique, the carving technique that he had imagined in his mind was completely displayed.

After the old man finished carving the memorial tablet, he reached out his hand and picked up the other one, completely ignoring Qin Wen who was sitting on the ground.

The sky slowly darkened. The old man looked up at the dark world in front of him and sighed. He got up and walked to the door and closed the door.

Qin Wen shouted, "Wait a minute, old man." As he spoke, he stood up, but the other party acted as if nothing had happened and closed the door as usual.

Qin Wen moved quickly and passed through the narrow crack in the door.

"Bang!"

The two wooden doors slammed shut without any mercy.

For the past three days, Qin Wen sat in the shop all the way until the sky turned dark. The two of them did not exchange a single word. One kept carving there while the other kept staring at him.

When the old man stopped, Qin Wen would stand up and bow. He would watch the old man slowly close the door.

For the past month, Qin Wen would go to the small shop on time every day. The two of them were still the same. However, the difference was that the old man would finish the food Qin Wen brought at noon and quietly take it away when it was dark.

Qin Wen found that his proficiency in drawing soul talismans was increasing every day. Every time he returned to his residence, he would lock himself in his room and imagine the old man's technique. He kept connecting the runes to the fine lines of his hair. It no longer made him feel difficult.

Sometimes, with a slight shake of his hand, those beautiful lines would have a natural curve. This was the importance of technique.

Old Pig greeted Qin Wen, "Boss, the Divine Statue of the Martial Saint Guan Yu has been placed. The Fragrance Hall has also been set up."

Qin Wen stretched and nodded, "Alright, let's go to the incense hall."

"Yes."

A sacrificial temple had been modified according to Qin Wen's idea into the Fragrance Hall's main hall. In the middle of the hall, there was the position of Emperor, and the plaque of "Tianji Sect" hung on it. In the middle, there was a table for the ancestral master's memorial tablets. In the front of the table, there were incense sticks and offerings.

Qin Wen brought Old Pig and the other three to kneel in front of the divine seat and offered incense to the ancestral master.