Yes, the master leads the way and it's up to the individual to cultivate themselves. Why be so fixated on who the master is? If you really can't accept Chang Tai as your master, then just switch to another one. With your own perseverance, I don't believe you won't be able to make the carving skills flourish.

  Lin Yuechong bowed deeply to He Chang and said sincerely, "Thank you, Master He, for your words. I have learned from them."

  He Chang and Zan Shang looked at Lin Yue with satisfaction, nodded and said: "Don't forget to go to Rong Le Xuan Antique Shop on Guwan Yushi Street tomorrow morning early, I'll be waiting for you there."

  Lin Yue nodded in agreement, and He Changhe left in his car with a wave of Lin's hand.

  Lin Yue went home before going to the vegetable market to buy a handy kitchen knife and a piece of ginger slightly thinner than his little finger. He started with the thicker ginger, not being greedy or rushing, and only switched to others after getting familiar with it, taking one step at a time.

  After returning home, it was just after three in the afternoon. Lin Yue first cleaned up the dishes that hadn't been washed from morning, then rushed into his own room to prepare for the daytime experiment.

  He first used the incense he had bought to hold down two piles of books on the table, then took out a kitchen knife. During the day, because it was visible, there was no need to light incense, but at night, because it was not visible, it was necessary to light the incense.

  After making all the preparations, Lin Yue aimed at the top of the incense stick with his eyes and made a cut. He thought that after two years of practicing stone carving, he had already mastered the force and angle very accurately, but he was disappointed. This cut not only didn't hit the mark, but also missed by as much as 2 cm. Moreover, he found that when he made the cut, it was actually biased. This is absolutely a major flaw for both carving and incense cutting. At the same time, this cut also made Lin Yue realize the difference between living things and dead objects. Carving stones only requires exceptional eyesight and skilled operation, but cutting incense requires not only exceptional eyesight, but also steady, fast, and accurate hands, increasing the difficulty by more than one level.

  Lin Yue did not give up and swung his knife again. Not in...

  Missed again...

  Missed again...

  ……

  He hacked fifty times in a row, Lin Yue's hands were so tired that they almost broke off, and as a result, he only managed to hack two knives, and these two knives were still accidentally hacked because the knife body was skewed and touched Xiang, it was not the blade that was hacked in the middle.

  It seems like I need to change knives.

  Lin Yue looked at the vegetable knife in his hand and suddenly sighed. The knife could cut vegetables, but it was far from cutting scallions. Not only did it feel uncomfortable in his hand, but it also obstructed accuracy. The only redeeming quality was that it was quite heavy, which could be used to practice hand strength and wrist strength.

  Lin Yue rested for a while, moved his wrists a few times, and then continued to devote himself wholeheartedly to splitting incense. By the time it was 6:30 in the afternoon and time to eat, Lin Yue had no idea how many times he had split the incense. His wrists and arms were completely numb. The only thing that excited him throughout the entire afternoon was that he accidentally split one perfectly, just once, while all the other times were accidental touches.

  Qin Yaoyao returned home to find Lin Yue lying on the sofa like a dead dog, and hastily walked to his side, anxiously asking: "Lin Yue, what's wrong with you?"

  "I'm so tired from doing household chores that my entire right arm has gone numb." Lin Yue said with a miserable expression.

  "Doing chores?" Qin Yuyao was taken aback and asked in confusion: "Is doing chores so tiring?"

  "Of course!" Lin Yue's tone was full of affirmation, "You know I swept the living room up and down three times, even sweeping the ceiling."

  "Oh? Is that so?" Qin Yuyao smiled playfully, reached under the tea table and then handed her hand to Lin Yue: "What's this?"

  Lin Yue's face changed slightly, but he was also a thick-skinned person. Seeing the thick dust on Qin Yaoyao's fingers, he said faintly: "I haven't even swept this place yet and I'm already tired. The main thing is that I'll leave some housework for you to do later, so that when you get married in the future, you won't not know how to do household chores..."

  Before Lin Yue could finish speaking, a white package smashed into his face.

  "Ah——"

  Ever since Lin Yue learned from He Lan's mouth that Qin Yaoyao had a little bit of interest in him yesterday, he changed his attitude towards Qin Yaoyao. Before, he treated her as a friend, but now he wants to create ambiguity.

  Create more and more ambiguity.

  Caw caw......

  Lin Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing from the dinner table.

  "What are you laughing at? Laughing so lewdly? Are you thinking of corrupting some family's daughter again?" Qin Yuyao picked up her chopsticks and tapped Lin Yue's bowl, then gave him a fierce stare.

  Lin Yuxin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately put on a wronged expression, saying: "Don't say I'm so despicable, okay? Do you know what they say about birds of a feather flocking together? Even if I am despicable, don't forget that we've been living together for several months now."

  "Please, don't be so ambiguous, okay? Cohabiting? At most, it's just sharing a house, and as for being with me for the rest of your life, you're not lucky enough, maybe in the next life, you'll have a chance."

  Qin Yaoyao picked up a piece of meat from Lin Yue's bowl and put it into her own small mouth, saying with a look of enjoyment.

  "Hey, that's food from my bowl!"

  "I didn't think you were such a petty person, it's not like I'm eating your flesh, why are you yelling so loudly?"

  “……”

  ……

  A meal was quickly spent in the bickering of the two, Lin Yue didn't feel uncomfortable, but instead felt that this was better, at least the two people could let go and truly communicate. No matter what the outcome was, this old bachelor also had to think about his future generations, it was time for him to find a mother for his son.

  After finishing dinner, Lin Yue brushed off the bowl with a look of grievance and returned to his room to continue his unfinished business. Although he also wanted to accompany Qin Yaoyao to watch TV together, he couldn't; he had to strive for his own dreams, at least for now.

  Qin Yaoyao looked at Lin Yue's back with deep meaning, a thread of emotion flowing out of her eyes. After Lin Yue closed the door, she slowly withdrew her gaze, and the scene on TV had become dull and tasteless.

  This time Lin Yue wants to try splitting incense in the dark, and judging from the situation during the day, you can imagine how difficult it is.

  After he lit the incense, he used a book to hold it in place, pulled up the curtains, and then turned off the lights. The entire room was enveloped in thick darkness, with only the burning red tip of the incense shining brightly in the black night.

  Lin Yue adapted for a while, and after fully adapting to the darkness, he slowly walked in front of Xiang, picked up the knife, stabilized his mind, and then struck.

  Split open...

  In the darkness, the kitchen knife was like it had merged into the darkness, without producing even a hint of sparkle. The red dot in the darkness remained bright.

  Lin furrowed his brow, he had already thought of the difficulty of splitting incense at night, but did not think it would be so difficult, there was no point of effort at all, even the direction of the knife was hard to control, let alone accurately split the incense.

  Lin Yue raised the knife again, this time he didn't rush to cut down, but first observed for a moment, calculating the distance between the knife and the incense, as well as the length of his arm, then mentally simulated the path of the slash. After everything was ready, Lin Yue made a decisive cut without any hesitation.

  Splitting the air once again...

  Lin Yue reluctantly raised his knife again, only to discover that this was something that couldn't be calculated, but rather a skill that came from repeated practice.

  Cut it. At worst, cut a few hundred thousand times, and one day I will practice it out.

  The knife in his hand fell again.

  Splitting the sky...

  ……

  Lin Yue was completely absorbed in his practice, his right arm holding the knife had completely lost all sensation, mechanically waving it once without hitting, twice; twice without hitting, three times; three times without hitting...

  Soon, an incense stick was completely burned out.

  Lin Yue put down the knife in his hand and wanted to use his right hand to turn on the light in the room, but as soon as he thought of lifting his right hand, a severe pain shot into his brain, making him groan. Immediately, the numbness spread throughout his entire body, originally he wanted to change the light bulb, but his right arm couldn't bear any other movement. Thinking about tomorrow's appointment with He Changhe, Lin Yue could only smile bitterly in frustration.

  It can't go on like this today.

  As soon as this thought emerged, Lin Yue, who was still lying in bed and hadn't even taken off his clothes, dragged his tired body into a dreamland...

  The next morning, if it wasn't for Qin Yaoyao waking him up, Lin Yue would have definitely slept until the afternoon. After hastily finishing his breakfast, he rushed to Kunming's Yushi Street.

  Kunming's Antique Jade Street is not comparable to that of a small county town. The street stretches far and wide, with houses on both sides decorated in an ancient style, giving off a grand yet solemn atmosphere. Walking into the Antique Jade Street is like stepping back in time, watching the changes of the era as an outsider, and witnessing the grandeur of that bygone age.

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