To carve a stone sculpture, one must first know the stone.
This was Xie Tian's first understanding.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Tian recognized an ordinary stone, and even its ancestors.
He was not satisfied. He picked up another stone sculpture and prepared to recognize the stone that the old witch had mentioned.
Under the evilness, the stone was extremely beautiful.
It was rough and beautiful, but also exquisite.
The weight was frightening, overflowing with a sense of heaviness.
Gradually, Xie Tian seemed to have a feeling.
The stone itself had the desire to be polished, as if it hoped that under the influence of external forces, it could break away from the scope of stone and become a weapon, a protective gear, a tool, a stone sculpture...
It could become anything.
This was worthy of the word "stone".
Putting down the stone, Xie Tian carefully savored the feeling that the stone gave him.
This feeling, ordinary stones did not have.
So he felt that at least he should make himself have a similar feeling.
Since ordinary stones did not have the desire to change themselves...
"Then, I should have the desire to change the stone into something..."
This was his second understanding.
Putting down the stone sculpture, Xie Tian slowly got up.
After a few steps, he picked up a round stone, shook it, looked at it, and walked back with satisfaction.
The old witch's sweet dream seemed to be even more delightful, almost to the point of laughing.
Later, he also found that the joke was no longer funny. If he continued to peep, it would only make him embarrassed.
"I, Later, have been ruined in his hands..."
Looking at the sky, Later, tears welled up in his eyes.
After picking up the second round stone, Xie Tian's second knife did not fall.
He was very clear that the first knife was laughable, in addition to his ignorance of the round stone, there was also his own reason.
He could not even walk freely, how could he control his own strength?
Not to mention that carving required at least a fine level of control.
So he knew that his second knife was destined to fail again.
But it did not matter.
The so-called second knife must be better than the first knife.
And so on, the third knife was better than the second knife, the fourth knife was better than the third knife...
Although he did not know how many knives he would make, this gradual improvement process was the process of his own carving.
This was his third understanding.
This was also the reason why he cultivated stone sculpting.
He believed that on the path of stone sculpting, it was very likely that he could carve the evil body, which was harder to carve than a rock, into what he wanted.
Puff!
The second knife cut into the stone.
Stone chips flew everywhere. A crooked line seemed to outline a mocking face on the round stone, laughing at Xie Tian.
After spending the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, Xie Tian slashed out the third time.
After another half an incense stick's worth of time, the fourth strike.
Until the ninth strike.
Xie Tian's hands were already trembling, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his face was pale.
The old witch opened her eyes a little, glanced at Xie Tian, and started talking in her sleep.
"Humans are iron, but rice is steel. If you don't eat your fill, how will you have the strength to work?"
The small stone knife was very sharp. Cutting the stone was like cutting tofu, effortlessly.
The most exhausting part was controlling his own strength.
Xie Tian, who could already replenish his body with the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, felt a strong sense of hunger because of the nine cuts.
But he thought that this was the side effect of trying to control the evil body, and not because he was not full.
"I'm hungry!"
Hou Yu wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, cursed something, and threw the thing in her hand into the sky, landing in front of Xie Tian.
After eating the wild beast meat, Xie Tian was full of energy.
Carefully recalling the feeling of the nine cuts, he smiled in satisfaction.
If the evil body that was tormented by Hou Yu for three years was a ten thousand feet tall stone, then Xie Tian felt that his nine cuts were equivalent to cutting a shallow mark on the ten thousand feet tall stone.
"At this rate, there will be a day when I can polish this stone into something I want …"
Xie Tian confidently started to carve again.
And the old witch, who was dozing off, had already closed her eyes.
"After nine cuts, I can't even control my own strength …"
From his point of view, Xie Tian's performance was not even as good as the little brat he casually grabbed from the tribe.
But who cares, as long as there was wine to drink.
As for Hou Xi, he really wanted to slap Xie Tian and that odd round stone into mush.
"What kind of rubbish are you carving …"
Sunset.
Closing up shop.
Dinner.
"The sun is setting …"
The old witch stretched and drunkenly went into the stone house.
Hearing this, Xie Tian frowned.
After thinking for a while, he walked out.
Not long later, he came back with a few round stones.
The sleepy old witch saw this scene through the stone door, shook her head and went back to sleep.
From afar, Hou Yu saw this scene and sneered. Lying on the tree trunk, he started to snore.
Sunset.
Starlight.
Sunrise.
"Ah … hmm?"
The old witch stretched and walked out of the house. Looking down, she saw the nine stone sculptures on the ground.
"Senior, this is my …"
Poof!
Before Xie Tian could finish, the Great Witch stepped on the stone sculpture, turning it into dust.
Bang!
Fresh wild beast carcasses fell to the ground.
Both Hou Yu and the old witch ignored the nine stone sculptures, which were enough to make beginners proud.
Xie Tian was not discouraged.
Not to mention that the evil body was hard to control, even if he could control it perfectly, he felt that he would not be able to satisfy the old witch in one night.
But he faintly felt that the reason why the old witch ignored him was not just this.
For the next ten days, the days passed like this.
Xie Tian became more and more diligent, his appetite increased, the number of round stones consumed increased, and the wild beast carvings became more and more vivid.
But the old witch stepped on the stone sculpture with more and more force.
Bang …
Suddenly one day, Xie Tian, who was immersed in carving, felt the sound of a broken string in his body.
Looking inside, a corner of the array that connected the three thousand plus supreme beings to the evil body was broken.
Xie Tian smiled, he was a little excited.
"I was right …"
He knew that the more he controlled the evil body, the more the array would break.
When he could control it perfectly, the strange array that connected the evil body to the evil body would disappear completely.
The Nirvana Saint realm body refiner who was freed from the array was sucked into Xie Yue before he could even react.
When Xie Tian frowned, Xie Yue spoke.
"This person is yours now …"
"I see …"
Xie Tian found that there was a connection between him and the Nirvana Saint realm body refiner.
With a thought, he could decide the life and death of the other party.
This was definitely not done by Xie Yue.
"Then, it must be the person who saved me …"
Xie Tian was in disbelief. When the array was completely freed, wouldn't it mean that he had three thousand plus supreme beings under him?
And half of them were even Nirvana Saint realm body refiners?
"Is this a side effect of the array, or is it done on purpose by the person who saved me …"
"If it was done on purpose, it would be a great gift …"
…
Realizing that he could not figure it out, Xie Tian stopped thinking about it. But he was also looking forward to a group fight after he recovered.
Another half a month passed.
Two more corners of the array in Xie Tian's body collapsed. A supreme demon and a Rakshasa emperor were freed.
The small stone knife in his hand finally had a trace of life, and the stone carvings became more vivid.
The old shaman's stone carvings were finally sold, and he got drunk for what he thought was strong alcohol.
After waking up, he packed up and planned to leave.
"Where are you going?" Xie Tian asked.
The old shaman said, "I'm a merchant. I'll go wherever the caravan goes."
Xie Tian nodded, indicating that he understood.
The old shaman was a little confused. He turned around and looked at Xie Tian.
"I don't like your stone carvings at all."
"It's only right."
"Not only do I not like them, but I also want to crush them."
"I'll continue to work hard."
…
Seeing that Xie Tian was still shamelessly following him, the old shaman took a deep breath and said the words that had been lingering in his mind for a whole month.
"You're not suitable for stone carvings."
Xie Tian thought for a moment and asked seriously, "Why?"
The old shaman was stunned.
He found that Xie Tian was not angry. Instead, he was very eager for his answer.
This kind of almost devout desire made him unable to bear to say the hurtful words he was about to say.
"Follow me if you want, but I'll say it again, you're not suitable for stone carvings."
Looking at the old shaman's crooked back, Xie Tian touched his nose.
He was despised.
And he felt that the old shaman's contempt was not an excuse to drive him away, but a real contempt for his stone carvings.
"At least, it can solve the problem of the evil body …"
With a self-deprecating smile, Xie Tian turned around and shouted, then chased after the old shaman.
"I got a big headache from lunch. I didn't eat enough for breakfast."
Hearing this, the old shaman's face darkened.
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