I found Master Sun, who opened a carving studio in the city, his studio is decorated with many beautiful carvings, and there is no shortage of gods, including God of Wealth, Goddess of Mercy and Rudra, each of which is very evocative and lifelike.
Master Sun, who is older, was a little surprised to see me and said that fewer and fewer young people are willing to learn carving nowadays.
I paid the money, Master Sun began to teach me from the most basic carving knowledge, he taught seriously, I learned hard, only a week, I finished the introduction, Master Sun praised me straight to have talent.
It takes a lot of time to practice carving, but I wanted to finish carving my first statue as a god as soon as possible, so I asked Master Sun to teach me to carve the statue first.
Master Sun taught me the skills he had summed up in his thirty years of practice without reservation. He told me that the most important thing is to practice a lot in order to carve a good idol.
I bought a lot of wood from him, moved back to the tavern, once the tavern was free, I picked up the carving knife and began to practice, sometimes obsessed to forget about sleep, Hu Mei shouted dinner I could not hear.
After another week, the idol I carved, has taken shape.
Ghost craftsman carving statue, different from the ordinary craftsman, need a special carving knife, named blood Yin knife.
This carving knife needs to be soaked in the blood of the ghost smith, the first day I went to learn carving, I asked Master Sun for a brand new carving knife, after taking it back to the tavern, I bought a test tube, filled it with my own blood, then soaked the knife in it, put it in the kettle with four ghosts, let them use the fatal temperature to raise it, now it has 14 days.
After practicing for so long, it's time to actually do it once.
I took the test tube out, the blood inside had disappeared, and the carving knife, it was stained bright red.
The carving knife into the hand, bone-chilling cold, like holding a piece of ice.
Ghost maker carving idols, to use acacia wood, acacia is the wood of the ghost, born with Yin, the older the year of old acacia wood, the better the effect of carving out the idol.
But after all, it is practice, so I use the ordinary wood.
The object of my practice was the God of Wealth, which I took pictures of in Master Sun's studio and could imitate.
I got into the spirit and started carving with full concentration.
Blood Yin knife than ordinary carving knife, much sharper, the blade into the wood, as if peeling rubber cement, very easy.
Throughout the morning, I kept my full attention, not daring to be the least bit careless.
But just when it was about to be finished, Hu Mei suddenly pushed the door.
"Chen Jiu, a guest is coming, come and help."
The sudden movement startled me, and the Blood Yin knife in my hand shook, leaving a shallow mark on the face of the God of Wealth.
The God of Wealth, who originally had an amiable face, became fierce and vicious.
I can't help but sigh, the work is lost ah!
The good thing is that this is just an exercise, and I didn't blame Hu Mei, I just reminded her.
"Remember to knock on the door in the future."
I put down the God of Wealth, put away the Blood Yin Blade and went forward to help.
Business at the tavern is getting better and better, and today it was busy until 3:00 pm.
Gathering my drinkware, I said to Hu Mei.
"I'm going to cook while you count the income."
When I made the meal and brought it out, I saw Hu Mei's cheeks puffed out in anger.
"What's wrong?"
Hu Mei handed up two red bills and complained.
"Unlucky to have received two counterfeit coins."
I took a look and the bills did not feel right in my hand, they were indeed fake.
Hu Mei was depressed.
"In the future, we still have to let guests scan the code to pay, and when it's busy, it's easy to receive cash in counterfeit money."
I reassured her.
"Tomorrow I'm going to buy a money detector ..."
As I was talking, I froze and the God of Wealth that I had carved up came to mind.
Is it possible that it has something to do with this?
I thought about it carefully and thought I was overthinking it.
But at night when I went to sleep, I had a dream.
In the dream I was in a vast red fog, no matter which direction I went, I could never find the end.
Just as I was about to lose myself, a figure came toward me in the fog, murmuring as he approached me.
"Why did you cut my face ... Why did you cut my face ..."
The next moment, a blood-soaked human face appeared in front of me, he was wearing the red robe of the God of Wealth, his face was hideous, a bloody mouth from between his eyebrows up to his chin, as if he had crawled out of hell as a severe ghost.
He fiercely stretched out his hands, a death grip on my neck, I immediately could not breathe, opened his mouth to call for help, but could not make any sound.
My mind was getting heavy, and the feeling of being on the verge of death gripped my whole body.
"Ah!"
I woke up with a jolt, my pajamas were completely drenched in sweat.
I breathed heavily and it took a long time for the fear to fade from my body.
I turned on the light in the room and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, two o'clock at midnight...
I got up and went to the bathroom. After opening the floodgate and letting the water out, I went to the sink and washed my face with cool water.
The bathroom light went on and off, followed by a brightening and a dimming of the light.
I subconsciously lifted my head and saw myself in the mirror.
This moment, the light just bright and dark, the room darkened the moment, the mirror in my face, suddenly cracked a mouth, from between the eyebrows until the chin, bright red blood, gushing out.
A current rose from the bottom of my feet, down my back straight to the top of my head, I just felt my scalp tingling, goose bumps up all over my body.
I was so shocked that I stumbled and nearly slipped.
But soon, the light came back on, and in the mirror, I was white skinned, where was the blood?
I couldn't wipe my face, rushed away to escape the bathroom and slapped the door of Hu Mei's room with force.
Hu Mei, wearing a sexy nightgown, rubbed her eyes and opened the door for me, she saw my nervous expression and inquired.
"What's wrong with you? Having a nightmare? Do you want to sleep with me?"
I didn't have the heart to joke with her now, and I stated to her, in the briefest possible words, what I had encountered.
Hu Mei listened and looked serious.
"You blaspheme."
Blasphemy? Is it because I carved the face of the God of Wealth?
Hu Mei pulled me into her room, turned on the light, and explained to me.
"I have heard people say before that some Yin people can communicate with the gods, and every move of such people will be felt by the gods, so they will never dare to do things that insult the gods.
By carving the face of the God of Wealth, you are blaspheming, and whether it's the fake coins you received today or the nightmare you had, it's the punishment the gods have sent down on you."
Hu Mei's explanation, some metaphysical, but have just experienced, I have to believe.
I just have doubts in my mind.
"This is the first time I carved a statue with a blood yin knife, and the wood used is not acacia wood, how can ..."
Hu Mei guessed.
"It should be related to Chen Tian, I guess he not only turned you into a nine-transformation Fatal Luck when you were very young, but also secretly changed your physique to facilitate the inheritance of the original means after taking over you.
In fact, you have long been a ghost smith, you just don't know it yourself."
Hu Mei's speculation is very reasonable, perhaps, this is the real reason why the master has not been able to teach me skills.
"What should I do?"
Hu Mei thought about it and gave me a suggestion.
"You carved the face of the God of Wealth, it was an unintentional act, I think you just need to patch up the idol and offer it reverently, and you should be fine."