Today is the fifth watch, 10,000+, this is the first update. Please ask everyone who still insists on not sleeping to give Xiaobu a red ticket to support him, help Xiaobu rush to the list, thank you very much!!

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  Cutting it in half and leaving half can also explain why incense is not extinguished.

  Chang Tai and He Chang's hearts were racing with shock, their faces pale with astonishment no less than He Lan Yue and Li Qing Meng. However, they quickly regained their composure and rushed towards the remaining four burning incense sticks. Except for the tenth one which was intact, the other three had identical notches of the same size.

  A thousand truths and ten incense sticks, nine of them have been split in half.

  Nine out of ten knives!

  This far exceeded the limit of six knives in ten knife cuts set by Chang Tai.

  If six out of ten slashes can still make people dare to imagine a little bit, then nine out of ten slashes are not even worth thinking about!

  Something that nobody dared to think about was easily accomplished in Lin Yue's hands.

  It only took one month, just one month!!!!!

  Chang Tai was already unable to describe his current mood with words, except for shock, it's still shock.

  What I pursued as the ultimate four blades was just a joke to others. The boundary that I had been striving to break through my whole life was easily broken by a young man, and he even trampled it under his feet.

  Is it sorrow? Or is it joy?

  Sorrow for one's own foolishness? Delight in having a successor in one's school of thought?

  Chang Tai smiled wryly and shook his head.

  He Changhe and Chang Tai, who were playing beside them since childhood, naturally knew what was on Chang Tai's mind. He sighed and said in a tone that seemed to be comforting yet nostalgic: "We're all old now, it's the younger generation's world from now on."

  Upon hearing this, Chang Tai's body shook violently and the bitter smile at the corner of his mouth grew even more pronounced.

  Yes, we've all grown old.

  From now on, it's the world of younger generations.

  The Yangtze River waves push forward, and later generations will eventually replace earlier ones.

  His usual calm expression suddenly seemed to have aged him by over a decade.

  He Chang patted his old friend's shoulder and said, "Actually, you don't have to be disheartened. I've had this feeling for a long time now, and I've experienced it through my grandson. This feeling is quite helpless, but it must be endured. Actually, you don't need to be discouraged at all. Having a younger generation surpass us older folks is a good thing. You're always thinking about finding an apprentice, aren't you? Now that you've found one, shouldn't you be happy? At our age, we should just retire and let the younger generation take care of things. We can just live happily ever after, occasionally giving some guidance to the younger generation. Let it go, old buddy."

  Listening to He Changhe's words, Chang Tai's face changed constantly, unpredictable, and the last sentence "Let it go, old buddy" made his expression suddenly calm down, his whole body relaxed, the depressed state of mind was swept away, and his spirit was refreshed. A faint smile appeared on his face.

  Feeling the change in Chang Tai's attitude, He Chang couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Just now, he was really worried that his old friend would not come around and end up living a life of melancholy.

  But now it's fine. The old friend has regained his original state of mind, and Lin Yue also gained a teacher at the same time.

  Lin Yue's talent for ceramic appraisal left He Changhe in awe, but seeing that exquisite ten-blade today, He Changhe had to admit that Lin Yue's talent in carving was in no way inferior to ceramics and jade, and even far surpassed them.

  After untangling the knot, Chang Tai and He Chang came to Lin Yue's side again. At this time, Lin Yue's face had already added a hint of blush, and his mental state had recovered a lot.

  He Chang walked up to Lin Yue and gave his shoulder a hard slap, laughing loudly: "You little devil is quite capable, nine out of ten knives hit the mark, I really don't know how you did it, haha..."

  "Lucky, lucky." Lin Yue awkwardly rubbed his own head, the pain from his shoulder causing the muscles at the corner of his mouth to twitch involuntarily.

  What a heavy hand!

  Chang Tai looked deeply at Lin Yue for a moment, just about to say something but suddenly thought of something and said: "It's noon, let's go have lunch together."

  "It's already noon, I didn't think it would pass so quickly." He Changhe sighed, feeling like he had just eaten a meal at Chang Tai's house, played a few rounds of chess, and watched Lin Yue split ten sticks of incense before realizing it was already noon.

  Chang Tai fiercely stared at He Chang and said: "You ate breakfast late this morning, so you feel like time is short."

  Five people had lunch at Chang Tai's house, and after lunch, Chang Tai took Lin Yue to the study. Originally, He Changhe was not allowed in, but he insisted on following, saying that he wanted to keep an eye on his own apprentice, preventing him from being kidnapped by some ill-intentioned people, so he squeezed in stubbornly.

  "Take a look at this book." Chang Tai carefully retrieved an ancient book from the bookshelf and handed it to Lin Yue.

  Lin Yue sat in the chair, looking at the book in his hand, on which was written "The Legend of Fish Heart". The book was very thin, and the paper was yellowed, giving people a feeling that it would fall apart with just a little more force.

  The Legend of Fish Heart?

  Lin Yue was somewhat puzzled, looking at this book doing what?

  He Chang and others were also puzzled, Old Chang wouldn't think of using this ancient book to fool his own apprentice away, if so, he could immediately take out 70 or 80 volumes.

  Noticing Lin Yue's confusion, Chang Tai said: "Yu Xin is the ancestor of our school of carving, this is his name. Look at the records above, and you will know where the Han Yue carved knife in your hand came from." When mentioning Yu Xin, Chang Tai's face was full of reverence.

  Lin Yue carefully opened it, and on the surface was written in traditional script, fortunately Lin Yue had learned many ancient characters with He Chang over the past month or so, and could still understand them, but reading vertically was a bit awkward, especially without punctuation marks, which made it difficult for Lin Yue, but he could still make out some of it.

  "Yu Xin, a man of the late Eastern Han dynasty, originally surnamed Li, with the single character Qian, courtesy name Zhongde, and style name Yuxin..."

  Behind that is the introduction to Yu Xin Zong Shi's life story, although the narrative is very plain, Lin Yue can still see from the words how powerful this ancestor was. It says that he once walked through mountains and rivers with one knife, and finally understood the realm of moving with his heart from a fish in a pond, and then called himself Yu Xin. He was only 28 years old that year. After that, he accepted challenges from various carving masters, all of whom were defeated. But he had a special habit, every time he carved out a piece that exceeded his previous work, he would destroy it, the purpose was to prevent himself from being complacent and to move towards an even higher realm. Reading this, Lin Yue admired his Yu Xin Zong Shi with all his heart. This state of mind is not something ordinary people can possess, the higher the realm, the more Yu Xin Zong Shi felt that the knife in his hand could not match himself, so he went out again to find a fine iron to forge a new knife.

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