Rebirth of the City Immortal Emperor

One month later, Shushui Ancient Town.

Shushui Ancient Town is located in Nanfang, a quiet and elegant town full of cultural atmosphere.

In an inconspicuous shop in the quaint town, a new owner has ushered in at this time.

The boss is very young and handsome. The most rare thing is that he has a unique temperament and is full of vicissitudes of life inconsistent with his age.

The shop is a newly opened wood carving shop, but the owner is very casual, and the shop opened without much fanfare, so it opened in obscurity.

The boss even slackens until he is sculpting and carving all day long, does not like to entertain guests, and never cares about the cold business.

Moreover, the price of wood carvings in his shop is too expensive, and he has never wanted to cater to the market.

This is so, it has led to this woodcarving shop that few people care about it.

The owners of the rest of the surrounding shops shook their heads, saying that sooner or later this woodcarving shop would close at a loss.

The owner of the woodcarving shop is still doing his own way, and he doesn't care about comments from outsiders.

The boss is not someone else, but Zhang Yi who has traveled here.

Zhang Yi came to this Shushui Ancient Town from Yue City randomly all the way, and planned to live here for a while, waiting for the trace of the opportunity to reappear.

He had a pot of tea every morning, and then he began to sculpt it until nightfall, and only took a break during the meal.

In his previous life, after Zhang Yi entered the world of comprehension, he taught himself woodcarving because he missed his hometown on the earth.

In his previous life, Zhang Yi has carved a total of hundreds of years, and he has carved all kinds of magical trees. His works have even reached the point where they have a deep sense of avenues. They were once enthusiastically praised by various sects, and he was proud of being able to obtain Zhang Yi's works.

Now that he is free, Zhang Yi will inevitably itch his hands, so taking this opportunity to return to his old career is also a remembrance of his previous life.

On this day, a few unusual customers came to Zhang Yi's shop.

The headed old man is about 60 years old, with thick reading glasses and long hair and beard. He smells of books, but his hands are very thick and have thick calluses, as if he was working all the year round.

Following him were a few young men and women, looking like college students.

Zhang Yi treats guests equally.

He still sculpted quietly, not willing to entertain guests, and still let them watch at will.

The old man in the lead was still quiet, but the men and women who looked like college students were chattering non-stop:

"Unexpectedly, there is a wood carving shop here, and it is still hand-carved! This is very rare in this era full of computer carving!"

"I don't know what the level of woodcarving here is, and whether it can be in the eyes of us students from the famous academy of fine arts."

"Look, the owner of this shop is very young, I am afraid that the level will not be as high as that."

"That is, this time we followed Professor Guo. Professor Guo is a nationally renowned woodcarver master who has won numerous awards at home and abroad! Who can be better than his woodcarving level?"

"Is there anyone in the woodcarving industry who doesn't know Professor Guo? Why doesn't the owner of this shop rush over to receive Professor Guo after he has been in for so long?"

"Huh, the little owner of a small shop in such a small place, I am afraid that he is not qualified to meet Professor Guo, so he didn't know him."

"You said, should we reveal the identity of Professor Guo to him, to startle him?"

"Stop making trouble, let's take a look at the wood carving first. If the level is too bad, then this shop is not qualified to let us stay for a long time."

...

Several college students from the famous academy of fine arts wandered around the woodcarving shop while discussing.

They came to Shushui Ancient Town to collect the scenery with Professor Guo today. They happened to meet Zhang Yi's woodcarving shop, so they came in and took a look.

The wood carvings in the store are large and small, the small ones are only as big as peanuts, and the large ones can even cover a wall.

When Zhang Yi was carving these wood carvings, he didn't make any plans. He did it voluntarily. Whenever he suddenly wanted to carve something, he would do it at will.

Moreover, Zhang Yi did not pay much attention to the choice of wood. He did not pay attention to the softness and hardness of the wood, nor did he value the texture of the wood. In Zhang Yi's eyes, there is no wood that cannot be carved, and every piece of wood has the most suitable carving.

This group of college students watched for a while, and finally couldn't help but talk again:

"What are these carvings? It's too abstract!"

"That's right, abstract sculpture is not like that, it's just sculpting indiscriminately!"

"Really, I can't feel any artistic breath at all from these wood carvings!"

"And this engraving technique has no skill at all. It's up and down, and erratic. At first glance, it is a novice who has just started but hasn't practiced the technique!"

"If you dare to open a woodcarving shop at this level, I think it's used to deceive those who are being taken advantage of!"

...

Common wood carvings include figures, gods and Buddhas, buildings, boats, landscapes, plants, animals, and so on.

Zhang Yi has also carved realistic wood sculptures. In his previous life, he had carved a portrait of a martial master in the world of cultivation. It is not only a shape but also a god, and it is vivid and lifelike.

Even after the immortal head of the martial art passed away, subsequent generations lifted the statue of this figure out, and a group of disciples knelt down and saluted as if the head was resurrected.

But soon, Zhang Yi changed from realism to abstraction.

He wanted to carve out the emotions in his heart, and the indescribable avenue.

These things are invisible and cannot be described in words, so it is difficult to understand the natural strange shapes and abstractions carved out.

Zhang Yi never cared whether others could understand, he only carve the things in his heart.

At this time, a beautiful girl picked up a slap-sized wooden sculpture and asked Zhang Yi:

"Boss, how do you sell this wood carving?"

Zhang Yi continued his own sculpting and replied without looking back:

"One hundred million."

"What?" The girl was startled, the wooden sculpture in her hand almost didn't let go.

A group of students couldn't help but look weird.

Just ask one hundred million, isn't this just asking for a price?

Immediately a boy picked up another larger wooden sculpture and asked:

"Boss, what about this one?"

Zhang Yi still answered directly without looking back:

"Billions."

"I'm going!" The boy suddenly showed disdain, how can there be such a price.

A wooden sculpture in a mere mere mouth is called one billion. He has never heard of a wooden sculpture that sells for one billion in the literary and entertainment world.

In addition to the artistic price of woodcarving, a large part of it also values ​​woodcarving materials.

The most expensive are the small leaf red sandalwood and the big fruit red sandalwood, and then there are ebony, huanghuali, boxwood, mahogany, nanmu and so on.

The wood carvings in Zhang Yi's shop are mostly made of ordinary wood, so it is destined that no matter how high the artistry is, it is impossible to sell at such a high price.

At this time, all the students only felt that Zhang Yi was bragging, knowing that his work could not be sold, so he deliberately shouted prices.

Immediately another boy even joked:

"Then boss, I think this woodcarving on your side is bigger, maybe it's worth 10 billion, right?"

A crowd of students covered their mouths and laughed, and everyone could hear the sarcasm in the boy's mouth.

However, Zhang Yi still answered indifferently:

"Yes."

This answer immediately left everyone speechless.

The boy exaggeratedly exclaimed:

"You really dare to sell for 10 billion!"

The students couldn't help but chuckle.

They only think that this boss is really bragging. He can easily reach hundreds of millions, or even ten billion.

"It's no wonder that this broken shop doesn't seem to have any business. In my opinion, you don't want to sell anything in this shop."

"With his level of carving, he dare to ask for prices, I am also convinced!"

"If he sculpts some bodhisattvas, gods, buddhas, and beasts, maybe he can still have some business. And if he chooses to play these abstract art, then he is destined not to want to do this business."

...

The students laughed while discussing that the owner of this shop can be said to be the most unrecognizable person they met today.

At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded:

"Don't make a noise!"

This voice came from the leading old man, that is, Professor Guo.

Since entering this store, Professor Guo has been immersed in the wood carvings, and the students almost forgot about the existence of this professor as they chatted with themselves.

At this time, the professor yelled, and they hurriedly recovered.

However, the students are naturally free. Even if the professor yells, they still mutter in a low voice:

"Look, Professor Guo's face is very ugly. It seems that he also sees the roughness of these wood carvings, and he is going crazy!"

"Yes, Professor Guo is too decent, and there is no room for a little sand in his eyes. If he encounters such a black shop with high prices and scams, he will definitely speak a lesson!"

"As long as Professor Guo speaks, the boss's reputation will be completely stinky, and he won't even want to get involved in the woodcarving industry in the future!"

"Stop talking, let's see how Professor Guo admonishes this boss!"

...

Because of Zhang Yi's bidding all over the sky, a group of students have a lot of prejudice against Zhang Yi.

So now the students are happy to see Zhang Yi being trained.

However, the anger on Professor Guo's face quickly dissipated, and it seemed that the anger was not caused by rashness.

Professor Guo's face began to change with a solemn expression. He pointed to a few wooden sculptures in the corner and asked Zhang Yi:

"Boss, these wood carvings should be of the same kind. If you give them a name, they should be called'homesick'. Boss, what am I right?"

Zhang Yi, who had been immersed in carving, finally stopped at this time.

He turned his head to face Professor Guo and replied:

"The old gentleman is right."

This Professor Guo surprised Zhang Yi slightly, but he didn't expect that someone would understand his work.

This is the first time Zhang Yi has encountered this store in a month.

This woodcarving work was not created by Zhang Yi in this life, he just restored the work of the previous life.

At that time, he was full of longing for the hometown of the earth in the world of comprehension, so he only had this sculpture in his spare time.

Homesickness is full of subtlety, which can only be buried in the bottom of my heart. But it is so hot that it can even make people sleepless.

Zhang Yi's homesickness is expressed through sculpture, which is a twisted and tangled mass.

However, it was such an abstract emotion that was actually seen by Professor Guo.

At this moment, Zhang Yi couldn't help but look at this Professor Guo differently.