At first, Shao Xuan would look at Ke's reaction every time he hammered. But after a while, he stopped paying attention to Ke and immersed himself in hammering.
The process of hammering required a lot of mental and physical effort. It was not as simple as waving one's arms. Every hammering required a lot of consideration, such as the angle, strength, how to swing the hammer, where to hit, and so on. All of these had to be decided in a short moment.
For many people in the tribe, after hammering for a long time and gaining experience, they could achieve the best hammering effect based solely on their intuition. However, Shao Xuan was just a beginner. It was impossible for him to have the experience of a stoneware master who had been hammering for decades. He could only rely on calculation and rough estimation, and then try again and again to improve.
Even though his body was much stronger now, and his strength had increased, it was not infinite. When he first held the stone hammer, it did not feel heavy. But after hammering for a long time, as the strength in his body drained away, he felt that the stone hammer in his hand was getting heavier and heavier. However, he could not make any mistakes at this time. If he changed the strength of his hammering, the leaf-shaped stone pieces that were hammered down would completely exceed his expectations, and there would be a lot of waste materials.
Because of this, Shao Xuan did not have the energy to pay attention to Ke's reaction.
At first, the time between hammering was slightly longer, because Shao Xuan had to think about the shortcomings of the previous hammering, so that he could improve on the next hammering. However, as he hammered again and again, Shao Xuan gradually got the hang of it. He became more proficient, and the time between hammering became shorter and shorter.
After countless hammering, Shao Xuan felt that he was about to collapse. However, Ke did not ask him to stop. Instead, he would point out his mistakes from time to time. It was like running a marathon. As he ran, he felt that he was about to reach his limit. He wanted to stop and rest, but every time he stopped, someone would urge him from behind. "Go on! Go on! "
Knowing Ke's temper, Shao Xuan knew that if he stopped now, he would not be able to learn stoneware from Ke in the future. Even if he was tired, he could only grit his teeth and continue hammering.
When the last bit of strength in his body seemed to have been drained, Shao Xuan gradually felt relaxed as he hammered. For a moment, he even wondered if this was the feeling of breaking through one's limit.
What Shao Xuan did not know was that when he felt relaxed and much of his strength recovered, totem patterns had already appeared on his face.
Unknowingly, he had already activated his totemic power. However, he was too focused on hammering and did not pay attention to the totem that lit up in his mind.
Ke's attention to attention, he was a lot of people's attention to stone crafting skills, but very few people would use their totem to use to use their totem power in the process. Some people thought that totemic power was sacred and could only be used for hunting and defending the tribe. Although some people didn't think so, it wasn't easy to control totemic power precisely. Only experienced old warriors could do that.
However, people at Shao Xuan's age, or some young warriors like Lang Ga, could not control it well. Once they used their totem power, it was easy to break the stone core into pieces. That was not processing, but destruction. Those who were impatient or irritable would just quit. It was too f * cking tiring. If they had the time, they might as well practice their hunting skills!
Because of this, Ke was very surprised. Not only did Shao Xuan use his totem power, but he also did not directly break the stone core. Instead, the leaf-like stone pieces were even more perfect. Almost every piece of stone could be further processed, and would not become waste!
How rare!
However, Shao Xuan did not notice it at all. He was immersed in hammering, and his mind was filled with the experience of each hammering. Then, he would proceed to the next hammering. Therefore, he missed the surprised expression on Ke's face for a few minutes.
It was not easy to make Ke, who usually kept a straight face and rarely showed any other expressions, show such a surprised expression even when talking to familiar people.
Shao Xuan didn't stop until he finished hammering out the lines.
He looked at the ground next to the stone core. Some of the small pieces of stone pieces were gathered into a small pile, and some were scattered on the ground.
He looked at Ke, who was still expressionless.
Shao Xuan put down the stone hammer, and breathed heavily, waiting for Ke's evaluation. At the same time, he sighed in his heart. It was not easy to be a stoneware craftsman!
No wonder there were so many injured warriors in the tribe who could no longer participate in hunting, but only a small part of them became stoneware craftsmen. The rest of the stoneware craftsmen only did it for their own daily life, and to provide stoneware tools for the younger generation. Apart from that, they also had other things to do. For example, Ge was responsible for the logistics of transportation, instead of stoneware craftsmen. Naturally, their skills in stoneware crafting were not as good as professional stoneware craftsmen like Ke.
The surprised expression on Ke's face had already calmed down, and he returned to his usual expressionless face. He was still sitting in the same place. He raised his hand and took a slender wooden stick from the side, and pushed aside the stone pieces that were piled up together. Then, with a slight shake of his hand, the slender wooden stick picked up a small piece of stone with a sharp tip. The small piece of stone that was picked up drew a parabola in the air, and fell into a wooden box full of stone pieces to be processed. The stone pieces that were "peeled off" could be made into scrapers, sharp tools, stone awls, stone arrowheads, and so on.
Although there seemed to be a lot of stone pieces knocked off, Ke's picking speed was also very fast. Shao Xuan saw the stone pieces flying from the ground into the stone plate like a string of beads, and was overwhelmed.
Before Shao Xuan could take a few breaths, Ke had finished picking.
Putting down the wooden stick, Ke said expressionlessly, "Trash!"
Shao Xuan's eyelids twitched, but he soon realized that the "trash" was not talking about him, but the stone pieces that were knocked off from the ground and could not be processed further. These were considered as trash.
Obviously, Ke was not satisfied with the amount of stone pieces that were knocked off.
"I originally planned to make a stone ball, but now it seems that I can barely make an adze." Ke looked at the stone core that had been peeled off with disdain, and said a long sentence, which was rare for him.
Shao Xuan suddenly felt relieved. He was worried that Ke would directly ask him to leave, but since Ke said so, it meant that he did not object to teaching him.
"Give it to me." Ke pointed at the stone core that Shao Xuan had knocked off.
Shao Xuan quickly put down the stone hammer, took the stone core that was in a terrible state, and put it on the stone anvil in front of Ke.
"Look carefully."
Ke picked up the stone hammer that Shao Xuan had just used, and with the other hand, he picked up the stone core that was twice as wide as his palm. He held it firmly and looked at the stone core.
Shao Xuan only heard a "whoosh" sound of wind, and the hammer flashed by.
"Ding!"
The stone hammer hit the stone core, making a crisp sound.
At the same time, a stone piece was knocked off from the stone core and peeled off.
The stone piece that was knocked off did not directly fall to the ground, but fell into a wooden box hanging on the wall.
From swinging the hammer to knocking, Ke was very neat, as if he had already determined which piece of the stone core would be knocked off before he swung the hammer. He was not like Shao Xuan when he was knocking just now, as if he was on a battlefield, but when he swung the hammer, there was a kind of casualness.
This was the real "peeling stone", unlike Shao Xuan who was just knocking off the stone, and what he knocked off was mostly waste.
After the first strike, Ke did not give Shao Xuan too much time to think, and then the second strike, the third strike, and the fourth strike …
The hammer flashed continuously, and the sound of "ding ding" was incessant. As the hammer moved faster and faster, Shao Xuan even felt that the sound had become one, and he almost could not hear the interval between the hammer strikes.
The stone pieces that were peeled off from the stone core fell into the wooden box one by one, and at first glance, it looked like a rainbow bridge, connecting the stone core and the wooden box.
Shao Xuan's eyes were straight. He knew that Ke's ability to restrain stoneware was very strong, but he still did not expect that he had underestimated this old stoneware craftsman. He actually had such uncanny workmanship!
This was not peeling stone, this was simply cutting noodles with a knife!
Obviously, when Shao Xuan came to observe in the past, he did not see Ke's real ability. What he saw in the past was just the tip of the iceberg, and it was far from being enough to describe Ke's stoneware skills.
So exquisite! So precise!
When Shao Xuan came back to his senses, Ke had already finished peeling the stone pieces, and the stone core in his hand was already in the shape of an adze.
After that, he drilled and polished, installed the wooden handle, and shaped the tool.
Perfect.
"Take it." Ke handed the completed adze to Shao Xuan.
"For me?" Shao Xuan took the adze and looked at Ke. Ke had already turned around to do other things, so he took the adze and waved it twice.
He had participated in the processing of this adze. Although his skills were rough and unsightly, and he had almost destroyed the stone core, it was still his first time seriously participating in the process. It was also rare for him to see Ke's ultimate skills. For Shao Xuan, it naturally meant a lot.
The stone core used to make this adze was fine, compact, and hard. It did not look obvious, but when he held it in his hand, he could clearly feel its weight. It was of a medium quality. He did not expect Ke to give it to him just like that.
"Peeling stone pieces, even if it's the simplest way, takes a lot of time to achieve the most satisfactory result, and there is no shortcut. You have to anticipate the peeling of each piece of stone, and then think about the speed, weight, strength, consequences, and so on, and relate them to the stone core. The amount of strength, the best angle, and the thousands of changes in the process from raw material to finished product are all things that cannot be described in words. How to use strength, what angle, how to hit … You can only understand these through repeated practice. "Ke turned his back to Shao Xuan and said.
Yes. Stone tools were different from iron tools. One wrong step could not be repaired, and there was no way to reverse it. Once the hammer hit, it was either a success or a failure. The hammer was the final word.
Shao Xuan held the adze and bowed respectfully to Ke. "Yes, I understand."
"But," Ke changed the topic and pointed at the dead fish in the corner who were staring at Caesar. "You have to know how to summarize when you practice. If you fail, you can, but you have to learn from your mistakes. You can't be like these fish! "
"Understood." Shao Xuan could understand what Ke meant.
Ke meant that Shao Xuan should not be like these piranhas, who were stubborn and did not learn from their mistakes. They would not turn back even if they were killed.
"Take one of them away." Ke said. He was driving him away.
"Oh."
Since Ke asked Shao Xuan to take a fish back, it was useless for Shao Xuan to refuse. Without saying anything more, he took a fish, the adze, and called Caesar to leave.
Carrying the fish out of the door, Shao Xuan looked at the fish in his hand and thought of Ke's words. He could not help but laugh and poked the fish's head with the adze. "Stupid!"
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Fish: "Are you blaming me?"
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