A ghostly black shadow flashed across again in the darkness.

  The knife falls again!

  The second red dot vanished instantly into the darkness, disappearing so quickly that it was as if it had never appeared at all.

  The second knife struck again!

  Lin Yue raised the Cold Moon Engraved Knife in his hand once again, his breathing still extremely fine and long, without any change. His eyes were fixed tightly on the third incense stick, making slight adjustments to its position and distance, and as soon as his foot stopped moving, the third knife struck out instantly.

  The third red dot flashed suddenly in the darkness, and several sparks scattered like a brilliant firework, but after the brilliance was forever extinguished.

  The third red dot has disappeared!

  The third knife hit again!

  ……

  The fourth knife hit again!

  ……

  The fifth knife hits again!

  Lin Yue finished his sixth stroke with an expressionless face, his eyes seemingly casual yet serious staring at the sixth red dot.

  The sixth red dot had yet to show its most brilliant side when it disappeared into the dense night.

  Six hits in a row!

  Six knives, all of which hit their mark. This achievement already met Chang Tai's requirements, but he still had four more knives to throw. No one knew what the situation would be like with the last four knives, but whether they all hit or not a single one did, Lin Yue had already succeeded.

  After splitting the six incense sticks, Lin Yue had not yet emerged from his tranquil state, his eyes still dim and divine. He turned off the lamp, tidied up everything, put away the Han Yue carved knife, took off his clothes, and fell asleep immediately.

  Replenish your spirit, tomorrow go to battle!

  The next morning, He Chang and was woken up by a loud ringing of the phone. Seeing the phone number on it, he couldn't help but feel some doubt and annoyance at the same time. He answered the phone and shouted at the other end.

  "I finally have some time to rest, why are you calling me? I won't even go play cards, chess or fishing with you, just go play by yourself."

  "Heh heh, who's looking for you to play with? Do you know what day it is today?" A full-bodied voice came out of the receiver, surprisingly it was the voice of Chang Tai, whom Lin Yue had only met once.

  He Chang thought for a moment, then said: "Today is not a special day or anything, don't try to fool me. If you can't give me a good reason why you're disturbing my sleep at the crack of dawn, I'll go to your house and lift off your roof."

  "Really don't know what day is today?" Cheng Tai's voice was full of doubt.

  "I don't know, it's not my birthday or yours, nor is it any important day. Just say it, what do you want by calling me?" He Chang was very impatient, he wanted to sleep. For a month now, he had been getting up early every day to teach Lin Yue ceramic knowledge. Finally, Lin Yue took a day off and didn't expect an old man to disturb his peaceful dream. In the dream, he was holding his own great-grandson, but before he could even hold him properly, he was woken up by the phone call.

  "Let me remind you, a month ago you brought a little kid to my house and asked me to teach him, you won't have forgotten that, will you?"

  "I haven't forgotten, but what does this have to do with today's date? Tell me clearly, or else we'll never be done!"

  "You can't have really forgotten, can you? It's been a month now, exactly one month today?"

  "You didn't take the wrong medicine and think it's a sleeping pill, did you? It's just one month, what are you repeating about one month for? What does one month have to do with me? No way!" He Chang suddenly woke up, sat up in bed, and said seriously into the phone: "You old man, are you regretting not taking him as an apprentice back then? I'm telling you, there's no such thing as a regret pill in this world. Back then, you didn't want him, but now he's my apprentice. If you dare to compete with me for my apprentice, I'll fight you to the death! Lin Yue has already given up on learning carving, and you should give up too!"

  "Is he your apprentice?" Chang Tai was very surprised that Lin Yue was He Cong's apprentice.

  "What's wrong? Surprised? That kid is incredibly talented, fortunately you didn't get the better of me for nothing. I'll tell you, it's no big deal, this past month he's been following me to learn about ceramic appraisal, and he's already mastered six or seven tenths of my skills. His character is impeccable, that day he spent all his savings, 260,000 yuan, to help a little girl's grandmother get medical treatment, not a single penny was left out. This kind of virtue isn't something ordinary people possess, how about it? Are you envious? Haha..."

  He Chang and De Yi burst out laughing, from young to old they were always competing with each other, comparing everything, but now he could finally win in the apprentice aspect, his own grandson was enough to make the opponent drink a pot, plus Lin Yue who had a natural talent, the opponent simply had no chance of comparison. He Chang and De Yi's heart was full of pride.

  "Hmm, such virtue is indeed rare." Chang Tai muttered to himself on the other end of the phone.

  "What are you talking about? Actually, you don't have to envy me, this is all fate. At our age, you should believe in fate. However, Li Qingmeng that little girl is not bad either, you can cultivate her as your successor. Although she's far inferior to Lin Yue, she's still better than ordinary people. You should be content and stop thinking about poaching from me."

  "Hmph! Don't be so smug, just because you have a good grandson doesn't mean you're superior. My grandson is no worse than yours, he's just not as skilled at carving, that's all. As for that little brat, don't get ahead of yourself, it's still unclear who will end up with the deer. Don't worry, when the time comes and you're crying, I'll definitely sell you a pack of tissues at a discount - good people get 20% off, but as for you... Hmph! You'll only get 15% off, and that's already a special favor because of our friendship."

  "What does it mean?" He Chang and Wen Yan were taken aback.

  "It doesn't matter, come to my place today if you have time, and I'll let you see just how excellent your good disciple is."

  "You're not going to trick me into playing chess with you, are you?" He Chang was obviously already too traumatized by his opponent's harassment and had to be on guard.

  "You're coming or not, I didn't force you. If you regret it that day, don't blame me for not reminding you!" He said and hung up the phone.

  He Changhe hung up the phone with a busy tone, thinking about "Dudu", and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He always felt that there was something hidden in the other person's words, so he might as well get up and go to his house to take a look.

  He immediately got up and put on his clothes, and in a flash he was dressed and ran downstairs.

  "Grandpa, why are you in such a hurry? Aren't you going to have breakfast?" He Lan asked He Changhe who was walking downstairs while eating her own breakfast.

  "Oh, I'm not eating anymore, it's too late. I'll go to your grandfather's house to eat and make him poor!" He Chang said with a resentful face.

  "Going to Grandpa Chang's house?" He Lanruo's eyes rolled, put down the bread, wiped her mouth, stood up and ran to He Chang's side, coquettishly saying: "I'm going too, I haven't seen Grandpa Chang for a long time."