After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 55: Happy and proud, watching chess in silence

The spring breeze is warm and gentle, at least during the day.

The warm and nourishing mountains have their own unique flowers and plants. Even if you walk by the cliff or the roadside, you can smell the refreshing fragrance with just a sniff.

Before the war broke out, there were only two ways for the disciples of Nanzhu Peak to earn contribution points: going out to buy monster skins and processing monster skins in the cave.

And now.
It actually became a kind of: leather making.

This is very strange, at least what Song Yan originally thought should be "increased patrol tasks, night watch tasks" and so on.

"Patrol" and "night watch" are very necessary, and the fox demon he killed in the leather-making chores room is proof of that.

Just a simple soul search made him understand the "invasion of the fox demon."

It would be fine if Lu Haiyi, Shangguan Jian and others didn’t know about these things, but doesn’t the sect know about them?

How could I not know?

Since you know, why don't you make arrangements?
If he was only at the second or third level of the Xuan realm, he would still think, "Maybe it was arranged by the sect, but he didn't know." But he was at the ninth level of the Xuan realm, the highest level of the Xuan realm, with a strong sense. He had squatted so many times at night, but he had never seen "the sect's arrangement" once.

In the morning, the sun shines down from the irregular crystal skylight on the dome of the cave, casting blurry patches of light. However, this light not only fails to bring brightness to the cave, but makes the corners even darker.

Song Yan practiced shield skills outside in the morning, and then came here to make leather after practicing flying knife skills.

He was drawing the draft skillfully, and in his heart he was thinking about and analyzing what he had seen and heard since returning to the sect.

This slight abnormality made him feel inexplicably uneasy.

And just at this moment, he felt the sunlight suddenly disappear.

Then, a rustling sound came from the skylight, and the mountain breeze blowing in through the cave door contained a bit more moist water vapor.

It's raining.

The climate in the mountains is changeable, which is normal.

The rain hits the rocks, mountain paths, flowers, and forests, and turns into many sound sources, expanding into circles of ripples that intersect and make the heaven and earth sound the same.

Tick, click.
That was the sound of rain falling on the umbrella coming from the entrance of the cave.

A beautiful and pure figure in white gathered her little red umbrella, stomped her embroidered shoes lightly, then stepped in with her legs together, put her practice shield and flying knife on the side of the table, then came in front of Song Yan and called sweetly, "Senior Brother Song."

Song Yan turned his head and saw that it was Wang Susu.

Wang Susu has changed her "skin" and is dressed not only pure but also conservatively. If Song Yan didn't know what kind of person this Junior Sister Wang was, he would have thought she was a virgin.

Song Yan was really speechless. This witch had given herself a "purity" BUFF. Which normal young man full of vigor and vitality could bear this?

“The clothes are nice.”

He praised.

Wang Susu seemed to know that it was useless to seduce Song Yan, so she did not tease him in an overbearing manner. Instead, she sat opposite him like a good girl, took out the animal skin, and started making leather.

After working for a while, she suddenly said, "Brother, Nanzhu Peak seems to be completely transformed into a place to train leather craftsmen, but I think leather crafting is quite difficult."

As she spoke, she sighed and said, "Am I stupid?"

Song Yan said speechlessly: "Don't talk to your puppy the same way you talk to him here."

After saying that, he looked up at Wang Susu's drawing and saw the problem at a glance.

So he simply reached out, grabbed the drawing, and began to give simple instructions.

After a lot of "this and that and that", Wang Susu felt like she had suddenly realized something. She sincerely said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Song."

A few days later.
Leatherworking chores room.

Late night
A handsome servant pushed open the door and stuck his head out. The ghosts rushed towards him, but a layer of strange mysterious energy circulated around the servant's body, resisting the ghosts.

The servant was about to dash out when he was suddenly grabbed and pinched by a huge black hand.

Click.
The protective energy of the body began to crack, but it was not completely shattered.

The five fingers of the black hand clenched again, and the entire center of the fist became dark, which was the condensed evil spirit.

Bang.
With a slight explosion, the servant's protective energy completely shattered, his neck broke, and his head twisted and fell.

Looking again, this is no longer the handsome face of a servant, but a strange fox head with a bloody beard and flesh stuck in its teeth. The room still has the smell of blood that has not yet been dissipated, like a slaughterhouse.

The black shadow dragged the fox demon away skillfully, searched its soul, peeled its skin, took it back to the mansion, made its skin into a deformed shadow puppet, and then put it into the storage space. He secretly sighed in his heart: "This fox demon should have entered the level of a high-level demon beast."

He turned sideways and hugged one of the two women, and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, the sect distributed a batch of Xiaoxuanling Pills. As the eldest senior brother, Song Yan went to the top of the cliff to wait. After the puppet boat arrived, he took the pills and prepared to distribute them to his junior brothers and sisters.

The peak master's cave is on the top of the cliff.

But Song Yan had been carefully reminded that unless Master Shi wanted to see him, he must not come to see him on his own initiative.

He followed this rule, so even though he passed by Master Shi's cave, he did not go in. Many people saw that "he seemed like a disciple who was just there to make up the numbers."

But today, when he was going down the mountain, he saw a figure riding a "Blood Blade Elk" shadow puppet coming from afar. It was Shi Shi's adopted son, Shi Peng.

Shi Peng saw him from afar, grinned, and clasped his fists from afar.

Song Yan also clasped his fists in return, but did not stop and continued down the mountain.

After walking a few steps, he turned his head slightly and saw Senior Brother Shi knocking on Master Shi's cave with a proud look on his face. Then the door opened with a "rumble" without any cover, allowing Shi Peng to walk in.

A few days later, the spring rain was hazy.

Song Yan, Wang Susu and others were making leather in the cave when suddenly a figure appeared in front of the door.

"Senior Brother?!" Song Yan was the first to look up and stand up.

When the rest of the people looked, they saw a red-robed inner sect disciple of Shadow Play Peak standing in front of the door. He had a simple and honest face and a smile. Who else could it be but Shi Peng?
So all the disciples stood up hurriedly.

Shi Peng laughed and said, "Leather Master is an important talent of our Puppet Sect, and everyone in Nanzhu Peak is a future Leather Master.

I have made some progress recently, and my master asked me to come and see you all. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. "

However, no one dared to ask questions.

After all, who knows whether this inner disciple is just pretending.

Although Shi Peng was simple and honest, he understood what everyone meant, so he took the initiative to walk down and came to Song Yan first. He looked at Song Yan's draft, touched the monster skin, and said with emotion: "Junior brother, you are indeed very talented. When I was your age, I was not as good as you, haha."

Song Yan hurriedly said, "Senior Brother, you are too kind."

Shi Peng smiled and said, "But, there is a little problem here."

Song Yan looked over and saw that Shi Peng was pointing at the eyes of the "Blood Blade Elk", so he smiled embarrassedly and said, "The Blood Blade Elk is a mid-level monster. Junior brother may be aiming too high."

Shi Peng said: "The eyes are where the spirit of the shadow puppet lies. That's why 'If you don't add eyes to a painting of a demon, it will eat people' is a way to praise a good puppet artist. Without eyes, no matter how good the shadow puppet is, it will not come alive and its soul will not be summoned. Come, come, come and see how my senior brother paints."

After saying this, Shi Peng actually began to give Song Yan some serious instructions.

Song Yan felt a little amused in his heart, but he could also feel Brother Shi's sincerity, so he began to "learn" seriously, and then looked suddenly enlightened.

With Song Yan's introduction, the other disciples realized that Shi Peng was not here for show, so they started asking questions in earnest.

After all, "Leather Master" is a good person and he doesn't need to be on the front line when a war breaks out.

Wang Susu asked very seriously.

Shi Peng didn't seem to know the true face of this demon girl Wang, but he taught her very seriously. At the end, he said, "Junior sister, you look pure, and your heart must be pure. Pure people are the easiest to feel the divine appearance. However, you may need to experience the cruelty of this world more, so that you can integrate it into your writing and better grasp the divine appearance."

Wang Susu thanked him sweetly, then asked with a slightly blushing face, "How can one realize the cruelty of this world?"

Shi Peng thought about it seriously and said, "In a few days, Senior Brother plans to arrange a hunt in the Delphinium Forest to observe the monster beasts up close, but because it is just an experiment, the first group will only bring two or three people. Junior Sister, please come along."

"Thank you, senior brother." Wang Susu said softly.

Lu Haiyi immediately ran over and said timidly: "Brother, can I go?"

Shi Peng frowned and said, "You are a grown man, why are you so effeminate? How can you draw a good divine portrait?"

Lu Haiyi:
Song Yan:.
Suddenly, he realized that this Senior Brother Shi might have great talent, as he obviously had never been at the bottom of society.

On the other side, Wang Susu had a Senior Brother Shi on her left and another Senior Brother Shi on her right. They actually brought Shi Peng and sat down next to her to teach her carefully.

Of course, Shi Peng didn't just teach her. Whenever the disciples around him had questions, he would answer them.

a few days later.

Shi Peng took Song Yan, Wang Susu, Lu Haiyi, Shangguan Jian and others to the Delphinium Forest. During the trip, they also walked around the edge of the evil land, but did not encounter any ghosts, only some low-level monsters.

The three of them benefited a lot.

Since the trip to the Delphinium forest, Shipeng seemed to have become a frequent visitor to Nanzhu Peak.

In fact, most of these inner disciples are at the main peak of Piying Peak. How could they come to Nanzhu Peak so often?

One day, evening.

Wang Susu whispered, "I heard that Master Shi seems to have a secret technique, but he hasn't passed it on to anyone for a long time."

After saying that, she sighed softly.

The reason for the sigh is obvious.

There used to be many puppet masters at Shadow Puppet Peak, including geniuses like Lu Hong and Gu Rufeng. Unfortunately, now the talent is dwindling, with only two or three puppet masters left, and there are not many real puppet masters left.

Master Shi had no choice as his time was running out, so he chose to teach his son to his relative.

Song Yan said: "I have heard of this, but you can't force it."

Wang Susu said "That's right" and tried to please Shi Peng even more the next day.

But Song Yan felt something was strange.

It's even stranger when you think about what Master Shi said, "I rescued him from a pile of dead bodies. His life belongs to me. You don't have to make friends with him."

He had seen Shi Peng's character very clearly.

For those in a higher position with ulterior motives, this is a good chess piece.

But if this was Master Shi’s arrangement, what could he say?
Good intentions are like a knife. If it is destined to stab, blood will definitely be drawn. But if it fails to stab the intended person, then someone will always be unlucky.

Song Yan didn't want Master Shi to suffer any misfortune.

Although they didn't meet often and didn't speak when they did, he still remembered the words "I know your heart and you understand my mind."

A true friend is hard to find, and he hopes that Master Shi can spend his later years in peace.

(End of this chapter)