Chapter 34 Portraits of Twelve Lives
"Master Luo, I think you can try this sketch you drew."
Since working with Luo Ding's Shanyuanju, Zhang Gong no longer opened a store in the urban village. Now the magic tools he made every day have been directly traded with Shanyuanju, and the price given to him by Shanyuanju is quite authentic. Therefore, during this period, Zhang Gong has made a lot of money. He has even rented a house in the suburbs of the city and hired several apprentices to work for him.
I haven't seen Luo Ding for a while, because there is no need for Luo Ding to come forward with Ping Yue's transaction, and the people below have already dealt with it. So now that I see Luo Ding coming to find him, Zhang Gong immediately knew that something must be something else.
However, when he saw the design sketch that Luo Ding took out, he understood, and he also agreed with Luo Ding's idea quite well, thinking that this could be tried.
"Master Zhang, what else do you think does this sketch need to be perfected?" Zhang Gong spent his whole life working hard on making magic tools, and his understanding on this aspect is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people, so Luo Ding wanted to hear his opinions.
I met Ma Tiancheng at a drink party before. After a quarrel, Luo Ding told everyone that he was making a magic weapon, and this magic weapon was used to deal with the Feng Shui array set up by Ma Tiancheng. At the same time, Luo Ding also said that he would use his own magic weapon to break Ma Tiancheng's Feng Shui array in just two days, and also said that he hopes everyone can watch it on the spot.
Such an invitation naturally made everyone excited. Most of them had never seen Feng Shui masters competitions. Now they heard that they had the chance and would not let them go. They all said that they would definitely go and see it when they were.
After saying this, Luo Ding naturally had to hurry up and prepare the magic weapon he wanted, so he came to Zhang Gong immediately. He wanted to use Zhang Gong's carving knife to complete the magic weapon he designed!
Hearing Luo Ding's words, Zhang Gong thought carefully. Although he didn't know why Luo Ding had such a deep attainment in magic weapons at such a young age, Zhang Gong had completely treated Luo Ding as a real master of magic weapons. Now that Luo Ding raised such a question, it means that Luo Ding was not very satisfied with the composition of the pattern on this magic weapon.
"In general, I think this design is almost done, and the aura formed should be enough to cope with relatively powerful evil spirits. But if I can add something, I can really consider it, but for now, I have not come up with any good solutions."
Zhang Gong thought about it for nearly twenty minutes before he said such a sentence. In the sketch that Luo Ding gave him, he used the beast head to "eat" evil spirits; he also used the Bagua mirror to reflect evil spirits, and used the Bagua symbols to increase the strength of the aura of the beast head and Bagua mirrors. Based on Zhang Gong's understanding of magic tools, this is indeed a good combination.
Zhang Gong has been engaged in the production of magic tools for many years, but he has never tried to design magic tools himself. Over the years, he has always made magic tools according to the patterns of magic tools that have been decided. This is the first time he has seen such practices as Luo Ding. Therefore, once Luo Ding's attempt can be successful, the meaning will be quite huge, because it means that from then on, Luo Ding can choose to design different magic tools based on the strength or type of evil spirit in Feng Shui, which will make the magic tools more targeted and the effect will naturally be better. Instead of grabbing the eyebrows and beard like the current magic tools.
Thinking of this, Zhang Gong couldn't help but feel excited. He even couldn't wait to see if the magic weapon designed by Luo Ding was useful or how useful it was.
"Well~ My opinion is that overall, the design of this magic weapon is OK, but I feel a little unsatisfied with the problem..."
Luo Ding said, his eyes began to unconsciously sweep in Zhang Gong's room. Zhang Gong's place was the place where magic tools were made, and naturally it would be filled with various finished or semi-finished magic tools, which could be said to be everywhere.
He was still thinking about how to improve the magic weapon he designed, and Luo Ding's eyes naturally looked at them one by one from the magic weapon placed.
"Huh!"
Suddenly, Luo Ding's eyes fell on a magic weapon in a cow shape. He was stunned for a moment and immediately walked towards the magic weapon. What Luo Ding saw just now was right. It was indeed a magic weapon in a cow shape, and it was a pendant. The horns of a cow were enlarged and engraved on a piece of peach wood, appearing vividly. This is clearly a pendant for zodiac signs to ward off evil spirits.
When Zhang Gong saw Luo Ding pick up this pendant, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why Luo Ding was suddenly so interested in this magic weapon. This magic weapon was made by himself. Although it was valuable, it depends on who to whom - for Luo Ding, such a magic weapon is no longer taken seriously and has insufficient level.
"Master Luo, what's wrong?" Zhang Gong walked to Luo Ding and found that Luo Ding was still looking at the magic weapon of the zodiac sign in his hand carefully. He couldn't help but feel even more strange. He remembered that in his busyness, Luo Ding was quick and accurate in identifying the magic weapon. Even if he was interested in this magic weapon, he would not have been watching it for the past half a day.
After a few minutes, Luo Dingdi raised the zodiac magic weapon in his hand, and smiled and said to Zhang Gong: "Master Zhang, I suddenly have an idea, I don't know if it works."
When Zhang Gong heard this, he realized that Luo Ding was talking about the design drawing of the magic weapon he mentioned before. It seemed that Luo Ding had now thought of a solution to the problem. Zhang Gong was excited and said, "Master Luo, come and listen."
"I think we can add the cow."
"Ah? This is not good, right? There is already a tiger head on this magic weapon, and a bull head is added. This is not a good thing for the aura of the entire magic weapon. I think this will cause conflicts in the aura."
Zhang Gong immediately rejected Luo Ding's idea without thinking. He had made magical instruments for so many years and had a much higher understanding of magical instruments than ordinary people, so when he heard that Luo Ding wanted to do this, he immediately refused.
Luo Ding was stunned for a moment, and immediately figured out why Zhang Gong opposed his opinion. He smiled and said, "Master Zhang, actually, I don't want to put this bull head in the center of the entire magic weapon, and I don't just want to put the bull head on it."
"Ah!?" Zhang Gong made Luo Ding's words so he couldn't understand what it meant. He stared at Luo Ding with wide eyes, obviously hoping to hear what he would explain next.
"Master Zhang, this is the case. Our magic weapon is mirrored, and this mirror is in the shape of Bagua. Therefore, I want to put all the twelve zodiac signs on this magic weapon. In this way, we will feel that the tiger's head is in the center of the Bagua mirror, and then the Bagua symbols. The outside is the twelve zodiac signs, and they are arranged according to the direction of the twelve hours. Do you think this is OK?"
The twelve zodiac signs are all beasts. If they are handled normally, it will naturally have an impact on the animal head that already exists in the center. However, now the animal head is just placed in the center. The twelve zodiac signs are in the outermost circle, and the tiger is the king of all beasts. With the tiger head as the center, it means that the "king" path is combined. Therefore, it will not only not affect the aura generated by the animal head in the center, but on the contrary, it will also strengthen this aura.
Zhang Gong thought about it for a while and understood Luo Ding's idea. This idea may be a little bold, but in fact, there is really a reasonable point to it. Therefore, this approach should work.
"I think it should be feasible to try it out. Since that's the case, then I see if we can start now?" Zhang Gong nodded and agreed to Luo Ding's point of view. Seeing that the entire plan had been decided, Zhang Gong wanted to start making it immediately.
"Okay, then I'll bother Master Zhang."
Luo Ding nodded. The next thing was to look at Zhang Gong, and Luo Ding couldn't help. The magic weapon designed by Luo Ding was not too complicated, and for Zhang Gong, everything was ready-made. In fact, one thing Zhang Gong had to do now is to combine what Luo Ding wanted in the sketch, so that a completed magic weapon could be formed.
For the Bagua mirror, Zhang Gong chose not a glass mirror, but a brass-grinded Bagua mirror. Although it is copper, under modern craftsmanship, the brass mirror can still reflect the figure after being polished and polished. The mirror is mainly used to reflect evil spirits. Generally, glass-plated mirrors also have a reflection effect, because they reflect evil spirits rather than light, so in magic tools, the brass mirror is much better than glass.
For a veteran of magic weapons like Zhang Gong, he certainly understood this matter.
Zhang Gong also chose to make the tiger head, but when he saw Zhang Gong take out the tiger head from a tightly locked box, Luo Ding knew that it would definitely not be an ordinary thing, because Zhang Gong himself was a master of magic tools, and the things he could see would definitely not be much worse.
Without drilling, Luo Ding didn't know what method Zhang Gong used to "stick" the tiger's head onto the Bagua bronze mirror.
When the tiger head appeared on the Bagua bronze mirror, Luo Ding was shocked, because just when Zhang Gong "sticked" the tiger head on the Bagua bronze mirror, a powerful aura had been generated out of thin air. In other words, this semi-finished product now has a strong aura!
This surprised Luo Ding quite. If you didn’t see this with your own eyes, you wouldn’t believe it. From this, you can see that it makes sense that people like Zhang Gong have been involved in magical instruments for decades and have such a reputation in magical instruments.
"What a skill!"
Luo Ding couldn't help but exclaim. If you want to inlay things on copper, you have to drill holes or use special glue. However, if you use these two methods, it will have a certain impact on the aura of the entire magic weapon: if you drill a hole in the Bagua mirror, the aura of the Bagua mirror will be greatly affected because of the hole; if you use glue, the Bagua mirror will not be well integrated because of the barrier between the glue and the beast's head. However, under Luo Ding's gaze, Zhang Gong just knocked left and right; when he knocked front and back, he had already inlaid the beast's head!
This looks a bit amazing.
"Haha, I'm so skilled. After so many years, I've figured out something." Zhang Gong said with a smile.
After inlaiding the beast's head, Luo Ding saw Zhang Gong pick up the carving knife and start to carve images of the twelve zodiac signs outside the Bagua Mirror in the direction of the twelve hours. Because these twelve zodiac signs only serve as auxiliary and enhancement, they can no longer inlaid the beast's head of the twelve zodiac signs. If this is the case, it will definitely be overwhelming. This is because among the twelve zodiac signs, there are also legendary divine beasts like dragons, and in a magic weapon like this, the tiger head biting the sword in the center is the real protagonist.
When Zhang Gong was making magic tools, Luo Ding naturally would not make any sound, so the whole room was very quiet, with a very slight "rustling" sound. In such a quiet environment, the sound was quite clear.
Gradually, Luo Ding's expression became more and more serious, because he discovered a problem, that is, when Zhang Gong cut his knife to engrave a zodiac sign, as long as the knife was cut, it never lifted up again. At the same time, the sound continued to be sounded, and it kept scratching the bronze mirror at a constant speed!
This can only explain one problem, that is, every zodiac sign of Zhang Gong is engraved with one knife, and this process is not interrupted!
After discovering this problem, Luo Ding couldn't help but nodded secretly. As the saying goes, "Nothing is worthy of the reputation, Zhang Gong's hand is amazing just by this move!
If a magic weapon wants to generate aura, especially a powerful aura, the pattern must be quite accurate and exquisite. Among them, the lines that make up the pattern are continuous and continuous, which is a very important condition. At this point, Zhang Gong is undoubtedly quite outstanding. A vivid zodiac image is not a simple drawing, but Zhang Gong has achieved a one-shot shape!
This is really amazing!
Such a magic weapon may undoubtedly produce a powerful aura to the greatest extent! Luo Ding's idea is not wrong. With the ability of the right hand, Luo Ding even sensed that when Zhang Gong cuts his sword to carve those zodiac signs, each zodiac sign will start to form an aura at the moment of cutting, and this aura will gradually become complete with the operation of Zhang Gong's carving knife. When the last sword of a zodiac sign is carved, a complete aura will be formed!
"Master!!"
Luo Ding thought to himself. He had never seen humans making magic weapons on site. Now seeing the performance of humans and magic weapons masters like Zhang Gong really opened his eyes. At the same time, his understanding of magic weapons became deeper.
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!