The sea was very calm, with warm yellow sunlight that made the shore shimmer brightly.
The waves slapped against the coast, leaving behind white foam.
Bi Fang's palms were very slender; though calloused and rough, they appeared clean and beautiful. At this moment, those hands were gripping a wooden stick, vigorously rubbing it against another piece of wood, scattering a large amount of wood shavings produced by friction.
This was the second method that Bi Fang tried after his failure with Fire-Making by Wood-Drilling, the planing method. This method was the simplest and relied entirely on the user's arm strength, using a sharpened stick to rub back and forth in a groove on a piece of wood.
At the bottom of the groove, some very fine wood shavings would appear. These shavings would accumulate, and eventually, when the temperature reached a certain level, they would ignite.
