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Chapter 29 Artistic stone skills

At the beginning, Shao Xuan looked at Ke's reaction with a hammer. As he hit, he stopped paying attention to Ke and was immersed in the knocking.

The process of knocking is hard work, and it is not enough to just wave your arms. Every time you knock, you have to calculate a lot of things, such as angle, force, how to swing the hammer, where to hit it, etc., all have to be decided in a short moment.

For many people in the tribe, if you have more knocking, you can achieve the best knocking effect by relying on your experience. But Shao Xuan is just a novice now and cannot have the experience of an old stone tool master who has been knocking for decades. He can only rely on calculations and rough estimates, and then try again and again to improve.

Even if my body is much stronger and stronger now, the strength is not endless. When I first held the stone hammer, I didn’t feel too heavy. However, as the force in my body was lost, I felt that the stone hammer I held in my hand became heavier and heavier. But at this time, I couldn’t make any mistakes. Once the force of the knocking changes, the leaf-shaped stone flakes that were knocked out would completely exceed expectations and would produce a lot of waste.

Because of this, Shao Xuan did not have the energy to pay attention to Ke's reaction.

At the beginning, the time between the two hammers should be slightly longer, because Shao Xuan had to think about the shortcomings of the previous hammer within this moment so that he could improve the next hammer. However, as he knocked one hammer after another, Shao Xuan also had a clue and became proficient, and the time between the two hammers became shorter and shorter.

I don’t know how many hammers I hit, Shao Xuan felt that he was almost exhausted, but Ke did not stop him. Instead, he would point out the mistakes from time to time. It was like running for a long time. As he ran, he felt that he was almost at the limit and wanted to stop and rest, but at this time someone would urge him in the back, "Continue! Continue!"

Knowing Ke's temper, if Shao Xuan stopped at this time, he probably wouldn't have thought of learning the stone tools with Ke in the future. Even if he was tired, he could only grit his teeth and knock it down.

When the last trace of strength in his body seemed to have been exhausted, Shao Xuan gradually felt relaxed again. For a moment, he was still thinking, would he feel like this if he broke through the limit once?

What Shao Xuan didn't know was that when he felt relaxed and his strength recovered a lot, a totem pattern had appeared on his face.

Inadvertently, he had already used the power of the totem, but Shao Xuan used all his thoughts to knock, and did not pay attention to the totem that lit up in his mind.

Ke, who was sitting next to him, was surprised in his eyes. He had been a stone tool master for so many years, and many people came to learn how totem production from him, but few people would use the power of totem during the production process. Some people think that the power of totem is sacred and can only be used for hunting, and participate in tribe defense and other more "sacred" things. Although some people don't have this idea, it is not easy to control the power of totem accurately, unless some experienced old warriors can reach that level.

But young warriors like Shao Xuan or Lang Ga rarely control well. Once they use the power of the totem, they can easily knock the stone core into several pieces. It is not processing, but destruction. If you are impatient and a little irritable, you will just scatter your hands. It's too hard to do it. If you have this skill, it's better to practice hunting skills more!

It is precisely because of this that Ke was very surprised, because Shao Xuan not only used the power of the totem, but also did not directly knock down the stone core. Even the stone flakes that were knocked down were more perfect. Almost every stone leaf that was knocked down had further processing and would not become waste!

How rare!

But Shao Xuan didn't notice his "rare" at all. He was immersed in the knocking. He thought about the experience summarized by every knocking, and then performed the next knocking. This missed the surprised expression on Ke's face that lasted for several minutes.

It is quite difficult to show such surprise even if you talk to a familiar person.

Shao Xuan stopped when the line drawing part was knocked.

Look at the ground next to the stone core. Some of the knocked small pieces of stone leaves gathered into a small pile, and some scattered on the ground.

Look at Ke again, he still has no expression.

Shao Xuan put down the stone hammer and gasped beside him, waiting for Ke's evaluation. At the same time, he also sighed in his heart that it is not easy for a stone tool master!

No wonder there are so many disabled soldiers in the tribe who can no longer participate in hunting. Only a small number of them become stone tools. Even if they polish stone tools, they only provide stone tools for their daily lives, and provide stone tools for their descendants. In addition, they have other things in daily life, such as "logistics positions" such as Ge who is responsible for transportation, instead of treating stone tools as a profession to make a living, the technology of polishing stone tools is naturally not as good as that of full-time stone tools like them.

The surprised expression on Ke's face had long calmed down, and he had returned to his previous wooden face. He still sat in the original place. He raised his hand and took a slender wooden stick from the side, spreading the piled stone leaves and stone pieces piled up, and then shook his hand slightly. The tip of the wooden stick picked out a small piece of stone leaves. The raised stone leaves drew a parabola in the air and fell into a wooden box filled with various stone leaves to be ground. The "peeled" stone leaves can be made into scrapers or sharp objects, stone cones, stone heads, etc. according to their shape.

Although there were many stone leaves knocked down, Ke was also quick to provoke. Shao Xuan watched the stone leaves fly from the ground into the stone tray like beads connected, and he was overwhelmed.

Before Shao Xuan could take a few breaths, Ke had already finished picking.

Putting down the wooden stick, Ke said expressionlessly: "Waste!"

Shao Xuan's eyelids twitched, but he quickly realized that this "waste" was not talking about him, but refers to the stone flakes on the ground that were knocked down but could not be used for further processing. These were waste materials.

Obviously, Ke was not satisfied with the amount of discarded stone leaves that were knocked down.

"I originally planned to make a stone ball, but now it seems that I can only make an adze." Ke looked at the stone core that was knocked and peeled, and said a rare long sentence.

Shao Xuan felt relieved and was worried that Ke would let him leave directly, but since Ke said so, it meant that he was not opposed to teaching him.

"Take it." Ke pointed to the stone core that was knocked by Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan quickly put down the stone hammer, hugged the stone core that was a little terrible, and placed it on the stone anvil in front of Ke.

"I'm optimistic."

Ke picked up the stone hammer that Shao Xuan had used just now, picked up the stone core that was twice as wide as his palm with his other hand, held it firmly, and looked at the stone core.

Shao Xuan only heard the sound of the "cry" wind, and the shadow of the hammer flashed.

"bite!"

The stone hammer hit the stone core, making a crisp sound.

At the same time, a stone leaf has been knocked off the stone core and peeled off.

The knocked stone leaves did not fall directly to the ground, but fell into a wooden box hanging on the wall.

From swinging the hammer to hitting, it was very neat. It seemed that before swinging the hammer, I had already determined which piece of stone core would be knocked down. It was not as strong as when Shao Xuan was hitting it just now, as if he was on the battlefield, but when swinging the hammer, he had a kind of casualness of lifting heavy weights.

This is the real "stone-skinned leaves". It's not like Shao Xuan just now, it's just knocking on stones, and most of the scraps are left behind.

After one hammer, Ke did not give Shao Xuan too much time to think, followed by the second hammer, the third hammer, the fourth hammer...

The hammer shadow flashed continuously, and the jingling sounds were endless. As the hammer shadow became faster and faster, Shao Xuan even felt that the sound had been connected, and he could hardly hear the interval between the hammer drops.

The stone leaves that were peeled off from the stone core fell into the wooden box one by one. At first glance, it looked like a rainbow bridge, connected between the stone core and the wooden box.

Shao Xuan's eyes were straightened. He knew that Ke had a strong ability to make stone tools, but he still didn't expect that he would have far underestimated the old stone tools master who had such amazing skills!

This is not a stone leaf peeling, it is simply cutting the noodles with a knife!!

Obviously, when Shao Xuan came here to observe, he did not see Ke’s true ability. What he saw in the past was just the tip of the iceberg, and it was far from enough to understand the stone skills that Ke mastered.

So exquisite! So accurate!

When Shao Xuan came to his senses, Ke had peeled off the stone leaves, and the remaining stone core in his hand was already in the shape of a stone adze.

Then there are drilling and polishing, fitting wooden handles, and tool forming.

Perfect.

"Hold it." Ke handed the finished stone adze to Shao Xuan.

"Give it to me?" Shao Xuan took the Shi Adze and looked at Ke. Seeing that Ke had turned around to work on the other things, he waved the Shi Adze twice.

This stone adze myself has participated in the processing. Although the technology is rough and unsightly, it almost destroyed the stone core. However, it was the first time I had been involved in the production seriously and I rarely saw Ke's ultimate skills. For Shao Xuan, it is of great significance.

The stone core that created this stone adze is delicate, tight and hard, and it doesn't look obvious, but you can clearly feel the weight in your hand, which is of medium and upper stone. I didn't expect that Ke would give it to me like this.

"Stripping stone flakes, even if they are the simplest knock, it takes time to achieve the most satisfactory effect, and there is no shortcut. You must imagine the peeling of each stone flake, then think about the speed, weight, strength, consequences, etc., and associate them with the stone core and stone quality. The amount of force, the best angle, and the ever-changing situations from raw materials to finished products are incomprehensible. How to use force, what angle, and how to use strike... can only be understood by yourself through practice again and again." Ke said with his back to Shao Xuan.

Yes. Stone tools are different from iron tools. They cannot be restored if they make a mistake and cannot be reversed. With one hammer, they either succeed or fail. With one hammer, they will be final.

Shao Xuan took the stone adze and bowed respectfully to Ke, "Yes, I understand."

"But," Ke turned his mind and pointed his hand at the dead fishes staring at Caesar in the corner. "You must also know how to summarize when practicing. If you fail, you can, but you must know how to learn lessons. You can't be like these fish!"

"I understand." Shao Xuan could hear what Ke meant.

Ke means to let Shao Xuan not be like this piranha, with a stubborn and not a memory, and he will never look back if he makes a mistake to the end.

"Take one away." Ke said. This is going to drive people away.

"oh."

Since she asked Shao Xuan to bring a fish back, it was useless for Shao Xuan to refuse. Without saying too much, she brought a fish, took a stone adze, and asked Caesar to leave.

Walking out the door with the fish in his hand, Shao Xuan looked at the fish in his hand. Thinking of Ke's words just now, he couldn't help but smile and poke the fish head with a stone adze: "How stupid!"

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Fish: "Blame me?"
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