The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 159: Let me support you? Guo Er, I won’t support you! (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Leader Extra 1)

"Take you in?"

Shen Le frowned and looked at him. Lao You bowed slightly, met his gaze and tried to smile and nod, his face sincere and urgent——

It seemed that the request for refuge was completely sincere, without any sense of compulsion or coercion.

Shen Le lowered his eyes slightly and did not speak for a while, but a hint of rejection appeared on his face.

He was born in New China and grew up in the new era. In his mind, there was no concept of personal dependence such as taking in servants.

The puppets and the oil lamps were different. He had repaired and awakened them with his own hands. These little guys had just begun to develop intelligence. If he put them outside alone, they wouldn't know how to survive.
Lao You is a senior monster. The time it took him to achieve enlightenment might be several times, or even dozens of times, his own age.

You want to keep a monster like this as your servant?

What a joke!
"Here I am—"

He tried to decline. After saying only three words, Lao You suddenly stood up, trembling, and began to shrink:

"Master! Master! -- Immortal! Please leave me here! You can be my servant or even my pet!"

Being a pet is definitely not an option. Shen Le sighed softly, sat down, and asked softly:
"You were originally a bird of prey?"

"Not very strong, not very strong!" When Lao You heard this question, he thought there was hope and took advantage of the situation.

Taoist masters like to raise cranes, peacocks, and at the very least, they will raise some golden pheasants or something like that.

As for birds of prey, they have never been welcomed. People dislike them because they kill lives, cause troubles, and are stubborn and difficult to discipline.

This is probably the reason why the boss doesn't want to bother with him?
This is something we must resolutely sever our ties with!
"I'm not a bird of prey! I'm a peregrine falcon! Look—"

He swayed on the spot, a cloud of smoke rolled up, and a bird flapped its wings and landed carefully next to the table.

It is not big. Compared with spiritual birds like cranes, it is much smaller. It is only slightly larger than pigeons and turtledoves. From the head to the tip of the tail feathers, it is only about one and a half feet long.

The color is also gray, the back is dark brown, and the belly is light brown with spots. What white as jade, what feathers like steel, what unforgettable divine horse, nothing...

"Peregrine Falcon." Shen Le's tone became more and more indifferent. He leaned back, crossed his hands, and casually placed them on the table:

"No. 2 in the country, no need to raise him."

"???"

The peregrine falcon tilted its head and looked over, a human-like expression of surprise appearing in its round eyes.

What?
Is there such a reason?

How could a cultivator refuse to take in a monster?!

According to what you said, if a cultivator is attacked by a monster in the wild, before killing the monster, should he ask "Are you a protected animal?" or "Are you a protected animal?"
This is the first time I’ve heard such a magical reason - Boss, if you don’t want to take me in, you don’t have to use this method to get away with it!
Shen Le spread his hands:

"Why are you looking at me? Can ordinary people raise a Guo Er? If I dare to raise one, the authorities will dare to arrest me!"

"No, I'm not asking you to raise me! No, no, no, I'm asking you to take me in, but that's not what I mean!" Peregrine Falcon was so anxious that he jumped up and down on the table:
“Boss, I’m flying around outside, selling things, buying things, and getting information for you, which can easily offend other monsters!

If I have bad luck, I will be hated, hunted, and hurt - even if you don't accept me as your disciple, can't you at least give me some protection~~~"

As he spoke, he stretched out his left wing and held it under Shen Le's eyes. At the tip of the wing, the third long feather was obviously broken in half, and there was a faint trace of blood underneath:
"Look, this is when I was trying to sell something, and I had a fight with a groundhog. I wasn't afraid of it, but to do business, I have to get down to earth!!!"

These words were so pathetic. It was clearly a bird of prey, but it was acting like a cuckoo crying blood. Shen Le sighed:

"How do you want me to protect you? Tell other monsters outside that you are mine and tell them not to beat you, or I will avenge you? Let me make it clear, this is impossible!"

Our country is vast and rich in resources. If you fly to the northwest corner today and to the northeast corner tomorrow, it would be too late for me to fly behind you in a plane!

Not to mention fighting those monsters for you, impossible!

“No, no!!!” The peregrine falcon retracted its wings and shook its head desperately, the feathers on its neck exploded:
"Just lend me a place to build a nest and sleep! In this world, who doesn't allow protected animals to build nests!!!"

Well, that's true...

Not only are protected animals allowed to build nests, but you also went and destroyed their nests - you'd better not be so stupid as to take a video and post it on TikTok to let the animal protection department know.

Otherwise, a reprimand would be the least severe punishment, but detention or something like that is not out of the question...

Shen Le thought about it and decided that it might not be impossible to allow a peregrine falcon to build a nest in his home.

However, a peregrine falcon demon was another matter. He was not ready to accept someone else in his home yet:

"But why did you build a nest in my house? Don't you have a place to live? You fly around all the time, and I can't follow you to protect you, and I can't preach to you..."

I don’t even have a systematic way of Taoism myself!

The little that I have gained through my own cultivation were all given to me in batches by copper pieces. I can’t just get whatever I want!
"Well, do we little monsters need a reason to follow the big boss?" As the smoke rolled away, Lao You turned back into human form and smiled apologetically:
"Even if you don't protect me, reward me, or preach to me, I feel very comfortable when I'm closer to you. My body and mind are at peace, and the chances of me going astray are much lower!"

At the very least, the spiritual energy in this house made him feel very comfortable! Especially comfortable!
In the mountains and forests where he lives, if you want to find such a spiritual place, you have to fight every fifty or a hundred years, until your feathers fly and two wing bones are broken!
"...Is this so?"

Shen Le pondered. He looked Lao You up and down carefully, but still shook his head: "I don't know you well, so it's impossible for me to take you in. But if you help me, I can't just do nothing. How about this——"

He pointed outside the mansion:
“I won’t care if you build a nest under that big tree across the street in the southeast corner of the house.

If you are in any danger, or someone is chasing you, you can hide in my house. I will tell Qingdeng and A-Lu. Qingdeng?"

[Got it! If there is danger, I will allow him to come in. If there is no danger, and he just barges in, I will electrocute him to death!!!]

The little oil lamp answered triumphantly. The lightning crackled and circled around the peregrine falcon, making his hair stand on end:
"Don't worry! Don't worry! Unless there is life-threatening danger, I will never trespass!"

God!

That is the power of thunder and lightning!

It’s the power of thunder calamity!!!

How can someone control such power! I'm so scared, so scared!
Is he really worthy of being called a big boss?

He didn't dare mention anything more about joining Shen Le's sect. He gathered his thoughts and began to inquire seriously about the matters related to the dressing box.

Shen Le explained in detail all the clues he had, focusing on the owner of the dressing box's residence in Lin'an and in Binhai a hundred years ago.

After Lao You took a bunch of photos and was about to leave, he reminded us again:

"You can investigate the situation, but don't contact Professor Lin. No matter what, you are not allowed to disturb her. The old lady is old..."

"I know that it is best for monsters and ordinary people to have less contact, so as to prevent the monster's aura from harming humans." Lao You nodded repeatedly.

If ordinary people occasionally come into contact with evil spirits, it is not a big deal if they are strong and healthy. They may feel uncomfortable for two or three days and then pass.
The old lady is nearly ninety years old. If she is attacked by evil spirit, something bad might happen!
"Then it's up to you!"

Shen Le smiled and bowed to him. Old You was overjoyed, his face flushed, and he almost turned back to his original form out of excitement:

Well, even though the boss didn't agree to accept me as an apprentice, he still gave me the right to asylum in an emergency - that's great, this is a good first step!
After we get to know each other, it may be possible to get in! Before that, every task given by the boss must be completed!

He bowed deeply, left the old house, then changed back to his original form, spread his wings and flew towards Lin'an, deciding to first find the rat spirit to inquire about the person from a hundred years ago.

Humph, for humans, a hundred years is a very long time. The world has changed dramatically. People who knew the target person may have died long ago, and even the house may have been demolished and rebuilt two or three times.

However, for monsters, it is only a hundred years, and they have experienced many things personally, and many people have seen them with their own eyes!
Shen Le watched him leave, feeling a little envious and a little apologetic - after all, Lao You had done a lot of work for him, but he couldn't agree to his request, even to let him build a nest in the mansion.

He looked into the distance at the blue sky for a long while before returning to the studio and sighing deeply:

"It's time to work again... it's time to do a lot of work again..."

Restoring this jewelry box required more work than restoring all the other objects combined.

Apart from anything else, the paint color alone was enough to make Shen Le drink a pot of wine:

Perhaps because it is heavier than a wooden comb, the paint used on the jewelry box is slightly different from that on the wooden comb, and the color is also different.

The wooden comb is pure dark black, as simple and honest as ebony. The black lacquer of this jewelry box presents different changes:
Under the scattered light in the room, it appears black like ebony, and under certain light, it appears faintly purple-brown.

Shen Le was puzzled. How could the color change?
It was not until I looked at it under a microscope in the laboratory that I discovered that its paint layer was divided into three layers: the bottom layer was black, the middle layer was brown, and the top layer was a thin layer of black paint.

On top of the black lacquer, there are layers of gold glue lacquer and gold.

Such rich layers can present rich color changes.

When it came time to repair it, it stumped him.

Black paint is easy to mix, but brown paint requires constant experimentation. Does anyone know what formula was used in the first place?
The materials used are not difficult, and previous scholars have discussed them.

In his Commentary on the Lacquerware Record, Wang Shixiang quoted the Ming Dynasty book Lacquerware Record, which was written by Huang Cheng and annotated by Yang Ming. The book described black lacquer, purple lacquer, and brown lacquer in this way:
"These colors are all due to the method of mixing cinnabar and black. Silver cinnabar and crimson alum have different colors. You should try them out and find the right one. And earth cinnabar is ochre."

Can you give me the recipe ratio?

Can you give me a color test card?
Can you, can you, can you?!
"髹饰录" is a work from the Ming Dynasty, and the two annotators were also figures from the Ming Dynasty. Even the great Wang Shixiang passed away in 09.

Shen Le didn't have the ability to go to the underworld and bring people back to life, so he had to roll up his sleeves and work with tears in his eyes.

Biochemical environmental materials, the four major tiankengs, to match the right color, you have to try God knows how many times.

As long as your liver is not dead, work as hard as you can.

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