Dragon's Origin

"Do you think it will work?" Wang Sheng asked his little teacher.

"Although I'm just an apprentice and don't have a deep understanding of carving," the little teacher said to Wang Sheng with a serious look, acting like an expert, "but you're not even as good as me. I'm optimistic about the Old Lord Temple."

Looking at the little guy's serious attitude, Wang Sheng almost couldn't help but raise his middle finger at him. If he didn't know that he was a minor and shouldn't be corrupted, Wang Sheng would definitely despise him to the end.

Why? When it came to it, Daoist Ling Xu insisted that Wang Sheng must surpass those Taoists from the Old Lord Temple, but he didn't place his hopes on himself. Instead, he thought Wang Sheng could invite a grandmaster like Old Man Lu to take action.

The little teacher taught Wang Sheng the basics very seriously and didn't skimp on effort, but why did he think that he himself wouldn't work?

As an elite sniper, Wang Sheng had told Song Yan before that he looked forward to others looking down on him and ignoring him so that he could better complete his mission. But that didn't mean Wang Sheng didn't have a temper.

Wang Sheng's temper was initially expressed in his cultivation, which made Song Yan and others frequently stare in astonishment and take notice. Now that even the little teacher and the old Daoist didn't think highly of him, Wang Sheng would surprise them even more.

In his sleep, Wang Sheng seemed to return to Earth, watching a movie. The two huge statues of Argonath (Pillars of the Kings) in "The Lord of the Rings" appeared in Wang Sheng's dream, so glorious, so domineering. Then, Wang Sheng opened his eyes.

The scene in the dream seemed to guide Wang Sheng, pointing out the key to solving the problem. Wang Sheng lay down and pondered for a while, then a smile appeared on his face.

When performing missions on Earth, Wang Sheng had been to the Leshan Giant Buddha. "The mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain." Wasn't this a ready-made hint? Was there a more suitable idea than this? As long as the Buddha statue was changed to an Old Lord statue, wouldn't it be the best in the world?

Carving the world's largest Old Lord statue would attract more attention than the Old Lord Temple carving ten thousand small Old Lord statues throughout the Old Lord Mountain. It could completely suppress the Old Lord Temple.

That's it! Wang Sheng had figured out a countermeasure. He even had a countermeasure for the later changes requested by Daoist Ling Xu.

Early the next morning, when Wang Sheng went out to buy wine and food, he began to inquire about people familiar with the terrain around the capital, asking about the situation of the surrounding mountains.

If he wanted to carve a mountain, then at least the mountain had to be all stone. Wang Sheng also began to think about how to quickly improve his carving skills. He should try not to owe so many favors to grandmasters if possible, as repaying them would definitely be a big trouble.

"You've learned the shaping pretty well, it's time to practice with stone," the little teacher didn't waste Wang Sheng's time. Before Wang Sheng had completely inquired about the mountain situation around the capital, the little teacher had already sped up Wang Sheng's progress.

He still started with the simplest regular shapes like squares and circles, slowly transitioning to complex shapes. Of course, the tools used became hammers and chisels. Only at this step could it be considered truly starting to carve.

Not only the little teacher, but even Daoist Ling Xu's calligraphy had completed the most basic enlightenment and began to enter the stage of learning font structure and strokes. Simply put, he could use a brush to write something decent on animal skin, no longer the terrible scribbles of the past.

Wang Sheng found an old man in the suburbs who was very familiar with the area around the capital. He used to be a traveling peddler. When asked about the surrounding mountains, the old man knew them like the back of his hand.

When he heard that Wang Sheng was looking for a stone mountain, preferably a whole stone mountain, the old man directly gave Wang Sheng the most surprising answer.

The capital is known as being surrounded by six rivers, two of which are very wide rivers. At the intersection of the two large rivers and another relatively small river, there is a huge stone mountain. The part above the water is more than a hundred zhang high, making it one of the highest points around the capital.

The confluence of three rivers, a huge stone mountain – wasn't this almost the exact same terrain as the Leshan Giant Buddha on Earth? He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but Wang Sheng had found the most suitable location.

Just listening wasn't enough. With the old man's guidance, Wang Sheng rushed to the location non-stop. When he saw it, Wang Sheng didn't know what to say.

The location was really too suitable. Wang Sheng originally thought it was terrain like the Leshan Giant Buddha, but this mountain was simply a giant pillar suspended in the middle of three rivers at their confluence.

The entire stone mountain, eroded by the confluence of the three rivers, had formed three huge faces, as straight as cliffs. The fact that it had stood firm for so long despite being washed by water could only mean that the foundation was very solid.

With this kind of terrain, as long as Wang Sheng didn't start carving from the three straight cliffs near the river, but dug from top to bottom, leaving the three faces as barriers, outsiders would not be able to discover it at all.

However, this would make the carving several times more difficult. If a grandmaster like Master Lu were to take action, it might be possible, but Wang Sheng was still a newbie. It would be almost impossible to complete.

Out of caution, Wang Sheng personally climbed the hundred-zhang-high giant stone pillar to survey it.

The result was very good. This place was really suitable. The foundation was solid, and the stone pillar was thick enough to carve a huge Old Lord statue. But one thing made the difficulty multiply.

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The huge stone pillar had endured the relentless erosion of the three rivers, and its texture was very hard, several times harder than the stones Wang Sheng was currently using for practice. Not to mention ordinary methods, even ordinary tools would have to be replaced after only a few chisels. This didn't even take into account the extra effort required.

After finishing the on-site survey, Wang Sheng returned to the small village with the wine and food he had bought and continued to practice the basics with the little teacher and the old Daoist.

"Your cooking method is quite novel," the old Daoist was now used to the stir-fried dishes Wang Sheng cooked himself. He could no longer eat the previous inferior food. He commented while eating the delicious food, giving Wang Sheng a lot of face.

This was basically Wang Sheng's daily routine. Every day, besides practicing the basics, he ate, slept, and cultivated with the old Daoist and the little teacher. Life was very simple.

Just as Wang Sheng had surveyed the terrain and was thinking about how to start, Master Lu unexpectedly came to this small village.

Saying it was unexpected, it wasn't actually surprising. Wang Sheng's little teacher was Master Lu's closed-door disciple. Master Lu came here to guide his little apprentice.

And then, to see how Wang Sheng was learning. After all, he had promised the blacksmith old man, so he couldn't be too perfunctory, could he?