The night was completely shrouded, and the moon was covered by thick clouds. Occasionally, a gust of wind drifted by, and some light light came out from the gaps in the clouds.

After Lu Chong left, he quickly passed through a small path, ran towards the right direction, and bypassed several small courtyards of Siheyuan, and saw a large area of ​​flat land not far away. There were dozens of big trees planted on the land. The branches and leaves on the trees were rustling by the wind from time to time, and the fragrance could be smelled everywhere. This is the rare and precious white sandalwood in the world.

Lu Chong came to a big tree, put aside his distracting thoughts, took a deep breath, waited for his mood to calm down completely, and began to practice movements in his mind as he thought during the day, controlling the rhythm, and exerting power from slow to fast.

Lu Chong guided his right hand little by little in the air, and trembled from fingers to wrists to arms, changing his hand shape from slow to fast, so countless handprints appeared in front of him, and the sound of qi breaking was constantly heard in the air.

Lu Chong tried his best to control the rhythm of movement and the balanced distance, and once again felt the existence of the warm current and the invisible line. Lu Chong let the line move back and forth with Lu's arm. He found that the number of lines running increased a lot more than before, and the time was much longer than before. Although the line finally disappeared slowly, it had made great progress compared to before.

Although he still failed, Lu Tong was not disappointed at all, but was a little excited because Lu Tong had a real feeling at this time. He finally found the right way. He firmly believed that as long as he persisted in this way, he would be able to achieve success as mentioned in the Maitong Technique Booklet.

Lu Chong sat habitually on the ground, quietly enjoying the fragrance of the trees and the joy that he had just realized, suddenly a sound of walking in his ears. Lu Chong immediately turned behind the big tree and climbed into the bushes in a few strokes.

Lu Chong looked up and saw a figure walking towards this side along the path. The figure came to the place where Lu Chong had just practiced. Only then did Lu Chong see clearly that it was a girl about thirteen or four years old. The girl stood under the tree and watched left and right for a while, then looked up at the tree and glanced at it for a few times. She couldn't help but sigh: "Where did you go if you heard a sound?"

After waiting for a while, the little girl didn't notice anything. She left along the way.

Lu Chong stayed on the tree for about a quarter of an hour before sliding down from the tree. He carefully circled around the big trees on the flat ground for a few times, and then quickly ran towards the path next to the courtyard. Lu Chong did not follow the path he came back, but walked along the path behind the school. Although it took a little more time, he could smoothly return to the rest room by just bypassing the main entrance of the carving workshop.

After passing the carving workshop, Lu Chong slowed down and then took a few steps. At this time, Lu Chong felt something was wrong and was about to listen carefully. Then he heard a "bang" sound. He saw a black shadow rushing out of the carving workshop. Before Lu Chong could dodge, the figure had already hit him, and the two of them fell to the ground at the same time.

Lu Chong thought to himself that it was a little unhappy. Fortunately, the other party's body was not very heavy, otherwise he would have been injured by this collision. Lu Chong got up from the ground and was stunned immediately after seeing it. The black shadow was the little girl who had visited under the big tree before looking for him.

The little girl was protecting something in her hand and slowly got up from the ground. She was a little panicked at first. When she saw Lu Chong was just a child, she immediately understood that this was a wooden cultivator and understood the reason why she had not been discovered under the big tree just now. Looking at Lu Chong, she felt a condescending momentum.

Lu Chong then noticed that the little girl was holding a carved flower. The flower had seven layers in total. Lu Chong remembered that this flower was the template that Lu Zhongliang deliberately carved for everyone this morning. There were more than one hundred pieces of flower sheets. According to the knowledge I have received during this period, a wooden cultivator could become a master-level expert as long as he could carve seven layers of calendula chrysanthemums.

Lu Chong also saw that this little girl must have sneaked into the carving workshop to steal the flowers. The flower was locked in a wooden box in a mechanism, which is difficult for ordinary people to open. For all the wood-storing boys, there is no need to do such things, because every morning there is a special manager to open the wooden box for the wood-storing boy to check it out, and lock the flowers again at dusk.

Lu Chong didn't understand what the use of this little girl stealing this flower. After all, for girls, girls in this world rarely learn wood carving, and they will be weirded by the world. Judging from the fact that this little girl can enter the South Courtyard at will, she is not a person without status.

The little girl seemed to know Lu Chong’s idea, and said in a disdainful tone: “Can you still manage my business as a wood-smiling boy? Tell you, I am the dignified eldest lady of the Zhong family, the niece of your eldest grandmother of the Lu Fang master. But you don’t go back to rest in the middle of the night, so why are you sneaking? If you don’t tell me honestly, I will tell your manager, saying that you went to the Siheyuan to steal things. It’s wrong. You should have stolen the marigolds and chrysanthemums for sale. This is just physical evidence.”

Lu Chong didn't expect her to turn around. What he was most worried about was that others would not have a chance to find out that he was practicing under the white sandalwood tree, so he wanted to avoid her, but he still ran into her. What's worse is that the other party was a person he could not fight against.

Lu Tong calmed down and said slowly: "What do you want?"

When Miss Zhong saw Lu Chong surrender, she smiled proudly. Although Lu Chong thought she looked very good at smiling, better than the blooming flowers, she had no feeling of appreciation at this time. At this time, she heard Miss Zhong say, "First of all, you can't tell anyone about the marigolds and chrysanthemums, otherwise I will definitely look good. Secondly, you have broken my good deeds. I want to punish you. What should I punish you? Well, by the way, I will punish you to give me ten small carving objects every month."

Lu Chong suddenly felt his head big, and he felt that he could not contradict her. He thought of the items he would hand over to Lu Yun and the others every month in the future. They all knew their situation. If they gave them less than last time, they were afraid they would not be able to say so, so they had to say helplessly: "I'm afraid that ten items are a bit difficult."

Miss Zhong thought Lu Chong was worried that it was for free for her, so she deliberately made things difficult for her, so she said, "I won't let you do it in vain. I will give you four black iron coins for each piece. If you can't make ten pieces, it can't be less than five pieces at least."

Lu Chong thought silently, if this was the case, there would be no pressure. With his current skill level, it would be not difficult to complete twenty or thirty pieces in a month. As for the coins, he had no extravagant expectations for this young lady. As long as he ensured that he could continue to study and practice, everything else could be tolerated. Nodding to Miss Zhong at the moment was considered acquiescent.

Seeing that he agreed, Miss Zhong planned to let him go, and suddenly remembered another thing, so she said, "There is another thing you have to do, so I'll do me a favor."

Lu Chong also knew that Miss Zhong was more difficult to deal with, and she didn't know what difficult things she would ask for, and she didn't reply indiscriminately.

Miss Zhong looked at Lu Chong carefully, seemed a little hesitant. After a while, she said: "Actually, I have loved wood carving since I was a child. I am the only daughter of the Zhong family. My father forced me to learn to run the wood business. I can't just learn carving skills like you. I really want to prove my talent in wood carving. Today I stole this calendula chrysanthemum from it, just to explore the intermediate and advanced skills of carving, and I can also carve hundreds of flowers in the future."

Lu Chong didn't expect Miss Zhong to say such words to him. Unexpectedly, a noble lady, could not do what she wanted to do. She sighed and asked, "Why didn't your father let you learn wood carving?"

"Because I have to give up my family business if I want to learn wood carving, and I have to marry into the Lu family by my father. If I inherit the management of the family business, I will have the freedom to choose my future. None of the Lu family's clan children are worthy of me."

Lu Chong had to remain silent again because this was not the world he imagined.

Miss Zhong paused for a moment, perhaps saying what she could not say to others at once, and she also had some good feelings for Lu Chong, and she no longer used that condescending tone, but her eyes were filled with a cunning light.

"Can you teach me the skills you have learned? I will pay you."

"I'm just a wooden cultivator, and I don't understand many things." Lu Chong replied quickly.

"It's okay, just tell me what you have learned."

"Okay, then." Lu Tong said for a while, because he thought of his mother.

Miss Zhong said happily: "Then I will come here once a month and notify you in advance. However, this is a secret between us and we cannot let anyone know, otherwise I will give you a good look." In the end, Miss Zhong showed off her arrogant attitude again.
Chapter completed!