The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 784 Shen Le: So tired, I need to find someone to do the work.

Invisible ripples spread outwards in concentric rings.

It is very subtle and very gentle, sweeping over all the flowers, trees, houses, roads, and all the healthy, sick, or animals.

It does not disturb matter that is not inherently alive, or anything that is alive; it only extends a gentle call to those who have lost their lives but are temporarily residing in the world due to the revival of spiritual energy.

"Come...come...come here...this is the way home, this is home, this is a place where we can find peace...all Chinese people can find shelter here..."

Shen Le didn't know how Azi developed this ability, nor did he know how it came to have these limitations.

However, he thought the ability was good, and he had no objection to the limitations. For this reason, he was even willing to help Azi by providing it with energy.

"Come on, let's push ourselves harder. Let me see where your limits are..."

A surge of heat gushed out. Shen Le closed his eyes and focused his mind, generously channeling the heat from his palm into the pottery house, causing it to emit a faint glow.

Gradually, the rough, uneven glaze on the surface of the pottery began to gleam. At first glance, the glaze seemed to be transforming into the texture of porcelain or jade.
[A little more! A little more! A little more! I can do it! I'm still okay!!!]

Azi was extremely excited and shouted loudly in Shen Le's sea of ​​consciousness.

Instead, Shen Le was sweating profusely, withdrawing even his external senses. He used countless strands of spiritual energy to probe every corner of the pottery house, determined not to let it overload its energy and crack or even explode.
"Let's slow down! Don't rush! Don't rush! We're not in a hurry! Don't stuff yourself!"

Azi didn't think it would burst at all. Like a whale sucking in water, it greedily absorbed the heat Shen Le was sending it, turning it into its own power and sending it outward.

A group of experts specializing in weapon crafting surrounded it, some kneeling, some lying down, trying their best not to block the channel through which it transmitted power, while also carefully bringing up various instruments to get closer to it.

"The energy reading is increasing!"

"Yes, the rate of improvement is very fast! It's already in the single digits!"

"The energy readings and energy properties on its surface are not uniformly distributed; they vary slightly from location to location!"

"Burn incense! Shine a light! -- I see it! The talismanic patterns radiating from its surface have changed compared to the patterns I collected a few days ago!"

"Oh no, when it unleashes its full power, will the talisman pattern be different...? Oh no, does this mean all our previous research has to be scrapped and started all over again..."

Shen Le was thinking the same thing. Fortunately, he wasn't too anxious about having to scrap his research halfway through.

Information that others have to obtain through various means and instruments, he can naturally sense while sitting in meditation with his pottery hut.

In fact, when Shen Le probed the pottery house with his spiritual power, resonated with it, and infused it with heat, he already sensed layers upon layers of runes inside the pottery house:
On the foundation, on every wall, on every roof tile, on every railing, and even on the terracotta figures and animal figurines sculpted inside the pottery house.

Some are horizontal, some vertical, some diagonal, some symmetrical, some echoing each other. Their brilliance is ever-changing, flickering without end.

Shen Le controlled himself and did not immediately let go and rush to record all these talismans. Instead, he patiently and steadily input the heat flow to help Azi with her work.

As night deepened, the sky gradually brightened again.
As the Special Affairs Bureau's teams, spread out within 100 meters, 200 meters, 500 meters, and 1 kilometer of the surrounding area, gradually ceased to detect any fluctuations.
Inside Azi, in a certain room, a small cluster of soft, bluish-white phosphorescence gathered;
Until the Taoist priest from the Imperial Temple quietly came, lit incense, made offerings, and prayed in front of the pottery house, then held the phosphorescent light in his hands and carried it into the Earth God Temple, placing it in front of the altar...

The work and experiments of the night were finally over. Azi, beaming with pride, boasted to Shen Le:

[I did a great job, didn't I! In this entire area, I've brought together everyone who needed reassurance and guidance!]

"Hmm, hmm, you did a really good job, really impressive." Shen Le smiled and touched the roof of its corner tower, then touched its walls.

The clay house swayed happily and rubbed against Shen Le's hand. Before Shen Le could input any heat, it shrank on its own, shrinking from a super-large clay house that was more than a meter long and a meter wide to less than a square decimeter, small enough for Shen Le to hold in his palm.

Then, it even jumped upwards with all its might:
【Hey!】

Shen Le quickly scooped it up with both hands, lifted it, and carried it out, then jumped into the car. Rushing home was out of the question for the time being; Gu Yulin pleaded with him to stay a few more days so they could conduct more tests.

Of course, without having to continue cooperating with various experts in their investigations, Shen Le no longer needed to sleep on the floor in the research lab. Instead, he could take a shower, wash his face, brush his teeth, and sleep in a soft, comfortable bed at the Special Affairs Bureau's guesthouse.

Although his cultivation was already very profound, and he could easily go ten days and ten nights without sleep when it came to actual work, he still retained his normal human habits. He would tidy himself up and go to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

After a good nap, I carried Azi to the outside office and placed her on the large desk, letting her stretch out comfortably. Then, while exploring, I started drawing and modeling on the computer.
"This stroke looks a bit like the cloud seal script...this stroke looks a bit like the Kun hexagram...this stroke...this stroke..."

A large portion of the runes inside Azi are quite similar to the basic runes inside the porcelain pagoda.

When Shen Le was restoring the porcelain pagoda, he had drawn it countless times in his memory, and he was so familiar with it that he could draw it on the computer without any difficulty.
The other half of the talisman, however, was rounded and gracefully curved. Although Shen Le had never seen it before, he could immediately sense a profound and subtle aura emanating from it.

...Don't tell me that the patterns on these talismans were created by heaven and earth!

"Azi, can you sense these talismanic patterns within your body?"

Shen Le painstakingly sketched on the computer graphics tablet, stroke by stroke. Even as a cultivator with exceptional control over his body, he still felt a little unsure about his drawings.

"Come here and take a look. Is the talisman in this position... like this?"

The pottery hut tilted slightly, and the pointed corner tower peeked out, "glancing" at the screen. This single movement made the researchers in the distance's hearts pound, almost prompting them to shout:
"No! No! Be careful it cracks! Be careful it breaks!"

Shen Le wasn't worried at all. Her little one knew itself well; if it could bend, it could control itself and wasn't afraid of breaking.

He simply focused on communicating with the little one:
"Do you see the location? Do you see the location clearly on the structural diagram? Don't understand? It's roughly... roughly here..."

She stood up, spread her hands, touched the surface, and gently tapped it with her fingernail. Azi shifted slightly again.
[Unsure...I can't see very clearly...Give me some strength! Just a little, and I'll be able to see clearly!]

Shen Le pressed her palm as instructed. Azi happily trembled, and its surface regained a slight sheen, becoming soft and smooth. After a while, it began to respond little by little:

[It doesn't look quite right... The innermost circle has a small, pointed tip that curves inward... The third outer circle should be slightly to the right... The fourth circle...]

Shen Le toiled away, head down, drawing for a full two hours. When the researchers finally entered the lab, munching on buns, bread, and sandwiches, ready to verify the previously recorded talismans, they were instantly half-defeated upon seeing Shen Le's drawing:
"Mr. Shen, when did you conduct the detection? What method did you use? What equipment? Do you need our help?" "Oh, I just started sensing today, with my mental energy... No equipment needed, absolutely no equipment! Help..."

He looked around blankly. Seven or eight researchers were staring at him expectantly, mice in hand, phones raised, practically ready to pounce on him and hug his legs. Shen Le racked his brains, trying to think for a while:

"Could you help me draw on the computer? I'm not very good at drawing..."

"I!"

"I!"

"I me me!"

Five or six hands were raised.

Shen Le was relieved of the most troublesome drawing work. He only needed to hold Azi, place his hands on the outer edge of Azi, and continuously send heat to it;
Then, his spiritual power probed into Azi's body, traced the shape of a rune, and then, maintaining that shape, moved it to the outside world, onto a special talisman paper:

brand!

This specially made talisman paper is particularly sensitive to spiritual energy and mental power. With the slightest touch or input of energy, it can reveal its complete shape.
Then, it was carefully picked up by specialized researchers, moved over, scanned, entered, and resized...

"Mr. Shen, please take a look at the notes we've made..."

"Look at ours..."

"Ours!"

Shen Le breathed a huge sigh of relief. Thank goodness, he no longer had to painstakingly and diligently scan all of Azi's work by himself; he could finally take advantage of others' efforts and overtake them!

"No rush, no rush. Line up, one at a time. Have you analyzed it? Have you integrated all your research and pieced together a diagram? We'll make changes little by little based on that diagram."

Yes! Yes, yes!

Upon hearing Shen Le speak, everyone was overjoyed. Among the group of researchers, the youngest, with the thickest hair and the broadest smile, immediately stepped forward and pulled up a computer file:

"I'm in charge of coordinating the work, and all the previously integrated documents are here with me! Mr. Shen, you can come and see them here. I have records of what the measurement results were for each part, and how many different results there were!"

This document saved Shen Le at least 50% of his work. It should be said that the experts from the Special Affairs Bureau are quite skilled, especially in detecting the superficial parts of the magical artifacts; their level of expertise is quite impressive.

The walls, base, and roof of the pottery house, all the exposed outer parts, are filled with layers upon layers of talismans. Experts have detected over 80% accuracy in these talismans, and Shen Le basically only needs to make minor selections and modifications.

Once inside, the buildings and houses, layered upon layered, with furniture and furnishings so lifelike they seemed to be in the dead, created countless obstacles for the explorers, leading to many disagreements among the researchers.

At this point, five or six groups of researchers have reached five or six different conclusions, and even when their conclusions are combined, there are still many gaps.

These areas require Shen Lezai to carefully depict them, stroke by stroke...

"By the way, what's the purpose of this talisman that's bent three times and has a hook at the end?"

"I don't know... I'll have someone investigate! Mr. Shen, are you aware of this?"

Shen Le opened his right hand, his spiritual energy quietly condensing into the shape of a talisman, drawing upon the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Once, twice, he shook his head:
"It won't work on its own; it probably needs to be combined with other runes. Azi, can you sense it? Can you feel what this is for?"

[Uncertain... Let's take it slow...]

He would draw a few strokes, make some adjustments, draw a few more strokes, and make some adjustments again. He worked hard all day, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., but he only completed less than 1/5 of the workload.

Seeing the group of researchers working with great enthusiasm, seemingly prepared to work late into the night, or even in shifts, Shen Le couldn't help but yawn:

"I said...aren't you going to get off work? You have to work non-stop and get it done as soon as possible?"

"There's no other way, Mr. Shen. You know what's been happening lately; the Special Affairs Bureau is under increasing pressure. Let's act as quickly as possible and help out..."

Four out of six research teams had already left, leaving only the two teams on duty, struggling alongside the coordinator. The coordinator gulped down a cup of coffee, looking utterly exhausted, yet still tried to appease Shen Le:
"Please, please, Mr. Shen, let's speed things up a bit. A cultivator like you can definitely endure it!"

"It's alright, I can handle it too. I can hear what Azi is saying." The bracelet trembled slightly, her flowing skirt fluttered gently, and the smooth, warm silk wrapped around Shen Le's wrist.
[Leave it to me, I'll take over the shift!]

【And I! 】

[And me! I'm best at drawing!]

The women in their skirts were far more skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting than Shen Le. Even those who weren't famous for their painting skills could easily outshine Shen Le by leaps and bounds...

"Hmm, can I find a spirit to translate and do the typing for me? She can communicate with Azi and knows how to use a computer, so she'll definitely complete the mission! Just don't be scared..."

Shen Le tentatively made a request. The researchers immediately pounded their chests in approval:
"No problem, absolutely no problem!"

"It's just dealing with magical artifacts, right? We're experienced in that!"

"We absolutely will not be intimidated! Don't worry, we will respect them!"

"Ah...Sadako!!!"

Shen Le: "..."

You promised you wouldn't be scared?!

(End of this chapter)