High Martial Arts: Creating a Prodigy Character from Scratch

"I'm willing. Please, Teacher Wei, teach me how to create figurative sculptures!"

Upon hearing this, Qin He's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed, fearing that Wei Tongzhou might change his mind.

This is a sculptor!

If you can learn the art of creating figurative sculptures from Wei Tongzhou and become a true sculptor, you can sell any figurative sculpture you carve for a large number of Star Dollars.

After all, being a figurative sculptor is a top-tier profession; wherever they go, they become honored guests of various powerful forces, and they don't need to worry about money at all.

How could Qin He possibly miss such a rare opportunity? He even called out to Teacher Wei.

"I haven't taken you as my apprentice. You don't need to call me teacher. Just call me Master Wei."

"Besides, being a sculptor isn't easy, and I'm not sure if you can become a real sculptor; it all depends on your efforts."

"I took you on as a sculpture apprentice mainly to free up my hands. I just want you to help me with some rough sculptures."

Wei Tongzhou shook his head, refusing the title of "teacher," and instead told Qin He his purpose.

As he just mentioned, there are two steps to creating an image sculpture.

The first step is to carve out the rough shape of the sculpture, giving it its initial form.

Secondly, it imbues the sculpture with imagery, integrating the power of imagery into the sculpture, thus transforming it into a true image sculpture.

In some respects, the second step of imbuing meaning is the key and the most difficult. Only by achieving this step can one be considered a true sculptor.

Because Qin He awakened the intent of severing and cultivated the Sharp Metal Sword Technique, Wei Tongzhou felt that Qin He could take the first step.

However, Wei Tongzhou dared not guarantee anything regarding the second step of imbuing the meaning.

After all, countless sculpting apprentices fail at the second hurdle on the road to becoming a sculptor.

On the other hand, Wei Tongzhou's decision to take Qin He as a sculpture apprentice was not without its own selfish motives.

Processing raw ore and carving it into rough sculptures is a very time-consuming process.

When Wei Tongzhou was at the headquarters of Wanxianglou, there was a group of sculpture apprentices who were responsible for processing the rough blanks of the ore.

However, his trip to Jinghu City was somewhat rushed, and his sculpture apprentices who follow him did not come along for the time being.

Wei Tongzhou originally wanted to bring over a few sculpture apprentices, but he unexpectedly discovered Qin He's unpolished gem. He didn't mind giving Qin He a hand, as it would also be a way to find him some labor.

In this respect, Wei Tongzhou's idea is more in line with the ancient martial arts era, which teaches by taking in apprentices, but without the formal master-disciple relationship.

"To teach and impart knowledge is the duty of a teacher. Senior Wei is willing to give me this opportunity, so it is only right that I call him teacher."

Qin He's expression was sincere. He probably understood Wei Tongzhou's thoughts, but he still insisted on treating him with the respect due to a teacher, in order to show his attitude and create a persona of respecting teachers.

As for whether Wei Tongzhou would accept him as a disciple, Qin He didn't care.

Both sides held their own opinions, but Wei Tongzhou ultimately couldn't go against Qin He's wishes and could only ignore Qin He's way of addressing him.

From now on, Qin He will be a sculpture apprentice at Wei Tongzhou's workshop.

It was at this moment that Qin He noticed the attribute page had changed.

Name: Qin He

[Occupation: Martial Arts Student, Sculpture Apprentice (See details)]

[Entry: ......]

[Refining to Immortality: 1]

In the career section, in addition to the martial arts student career, Qin He obtained a second career.

This was an unexpected surprise.

Qin He never expected that after becoming a sculpture apprentice, he would be able to awaken a second profession. He had done many jobs before, but he had never awakened a profession before.

Is there anything special about the professions of martial arts student and sculpture apprentice?

Qin He seemed to be deep in thought, and had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't have time to study this matter now. Instead, he clicked on the job details to check the job effects of the Sculpture Apprentice.

[Sculpture Apprentice: You have entered the tutelage of a master sculptor, beginning to learn how to imbue images into carvings and sculpt them in stone; as you watch sculptors create imagery sculptures, your carving skills improve slightly; as you observe sculptors' imagery sculptures, your perception and understanding of those images improve slightly.]

"To improve carving skills and enhance one's perception and understanding of the imagery—this professional ability is incredible!"

Qin He's eyes lit up, unable to hide his joy.

The profession of "Sculpture Apprentice" has a very unique effect.

The first effect is self-evident: watching sculptors create figurative sculptures improves one's sculpting skills. This is the way apprentices learn, and it's an expected professional outcome.

However, the second effect is quite unique.

Viewing a sculptor's imagery sculptures can enhance one's perception and understanding of that imagery.

In Qin He's view, this was not like the ability to learn carving techniques, but more like the amplification effect of a martial artist learning the imagery of martial arts.

If Qin He could come into contact with enough imagery sculptures, wouldn't he be able to quickly master various martial arts imagery thanks to the special effects of this profession?

Theoretically speaking, this is highly likely, which is why Qin He is so delighted.

"Come on, I'll teach you how to process raw ore."

"The ore delivered from the mine is not entirely usable; much of it is mixed with various waste materials. The first thing you need to learn is how to separate the usable raw materials from the waste materials."

"Remember, try your best not to damage the raw materials..."

Wei Tongzhou could see Qin He's excitement, but he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that Qin He was just excited because he had become a sculpture apprentice. So he began to teach Qin He how to handle the ore.

Qin He focused his mind and studied diligently with Wei Tongzhou, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"Those ore materials are just scraps. You can use them to practice. Come back to me when you can peel off a whole piece."

Wei Tongzhou was clearly not a full-time teacher; he only taught Qin He the operating techniques once and demonstrated them himself before letting Qin He practice on his own.

This is also the path the sculptor took; he too relied on his own hands to accumulate experience little by little.

If there's any difference, it's that his workshop has a lot of useless scraps that Qin He can practice on slowly.

"Okay, Teacher Wei, I'll go practice right away."

Qin He nodded seriously, carried a large pile of scraps to a corner of the workshop, and began to try it out.

In Qin He's view, the process of processing raw ore is somewhat similar to the gambling on stones in his previous life. The master craftsman would peel away the outer layer of the raw stone little by little to reveal the stone inside.

For martial artists, this task is not difficult, but it is not easy to actually carry out.

Qinhe needed to use the power of the cutting imagery to empower the carving knife in order to peel off the outermost layer of stone.

This process requires both controlling the stable output of the cutting power and maintaining precise vision to accurately peel away the stone, which is far more difficult than imagined.

Fortunately, with the support of the "Insightful Eye" and "Calmness" attributes, Qin He held the carving knife and accurately cut into the stone.