The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 425 Shen Le: Lan Zhuang will give me hands-on guidance. I don’t believe I can’t handle the wooden boat!
In the end, Shen Le never waited for the arrival of the ship.

The black fog rolled and gradually receded. Shen Le came to his senses and found himself still standing in the studio. In front of him were flags that had been repaired, dried, and completed:

Well, so this time, the memory of the ship ends here. As for whether it was dismantled?
Or was it not demolished?

Sorry, there is no further news. Shen Le can only make a preliminary guess based on his exploration of the hull:
The ship was probably not dismantled. At most, a few planks were replaced.

Then, it might be...just...used for other purposes?
Then, after a series of processes, it became a collection in Long Jun’s Water Palace, and then became an item to be restored in his studio.

As for this "series of processes" and why a large amount of gloomy aura gathered inside the ship, Shen Le still didn't know.

So, he still has to continue repairing the ship?
"Well, at least I know why this ship has both local Chinese woods such as Masson pine and camphor, and Southeast Asian hardwoods such as sal and balsam..."

Shen Le tried hard to find a sense of accomplishment for himself. As for continuing the repair, he had to go back and ask the little guys:
"Lan Zhuang, how is your recovery of the talisman on the hull?"

[It has been partially restored! ] Lan Zhuang responded.

There was a flash of light in the factory, and the shadow of the wooden boat was projected. Then, the wooden boards were divided, moved slightly, and slightly distanced.
One by one, thick and thin lines swirled around and spread and grew on the wooden board.

Shen Le looked carefully. The talismans on the original components of the wooden boat were clearly visible one by one, and were restored perfectly by Lan Zhuang. The missing wooden boards that were added later were depicted by Lan Zhuang in another color.

Shen Le didn't quite understand the newly added lines, but the beauty, the feeling of completeness and fulfillment made him feel very comfortable:

"You've recovered well! Do you want me to verify it?"

[Of course! ]

Lan Zhuang's eyes flashed with excitement. Before Shen Le could ask, she started to talk non-stop, throwing out a lot of ideas:
[I feel like these talismans are powerful! But I don't have enough power! Can you use your power to build them and see the effect? ]

Shen Le: “…”

To be honest, if I had such strong mental power, I would probably be able to ascend directly, right?
"Let me give it a try. I'll transfer the power to you and you can build it?"

He asked tentatively. The light and shadow in front of him flickered a few times, and Lan Zhuang seemed to be hesitating and thinking. After a long time, she agreed straightforwardly:
[Okay! Come on!]

Shen Le took a breath, then sat cross-legged and held the dressing box in his arms. He placed both hands on the box, closed his eyes and concentrated, his mental and internal strength surged together, and slowly input it into the dressing box:

"May I?"

[Yes! More!]

Shen Le slowly inputted his strength. In the air, an inexplicable force rippled, and the five-colored light shone on Shen Le's eyelids, constantly changing.

He was a little nervous as he sensed the changes in power, and he only regretted that he did not have strong enough mental strength to see the progress of the talisman's extension:
Is the input power sufficient?
Would you like more?

Want it to be stronger?

Should he adjust the nature of the power? He doesn’t know how!
【More! 】

【Come again! 】

【Come again! 】

Lan Zhuang kept urging him. Shen Le concentrated his mind and tried his best to output his strength.

The light in the factory became stronger and stronger, and the fluctuations of power became more and more obvious. Shen Le felt as if he heard wailing and chirping sounds:
"Lan Zhuang, are you okay? Do you want to slow down the force a bit? I feel like the vibration is already very strong..."

【Stop! Stop!】

The dressing box suddenly screamed. Shen Le quickly stopped inputting power and opened his eyes.

In the void, the wooden boat outlined by light and shadow quietly hung there, half bright and half dark. In the bright half, all the lines of the runes were filled with an inexplicable power, and the glow was flashing;

As for the darker half, the lines of the talisman were dry and dim. Shen Le could see that there was a weak force flowing from the other side, but before it was fully filled, it leaked out completely...

"So the power is not enough? Do you need me to provide more?"

Shen Le lowered his head and patted the lid of the dressing box. The lid did not move, but the two small doors below opened and closed with a click, as if shaking his head vigorously:

[No! No! I can’t hold on any longer! And look—]

The faint wailing sound became louder and louder. Shen Le turned his head and saw a black wind rising from the wooden boards on the rows of shelves against the factory wall, rushing straight towards the virtual wooden boat.

It pounced in again and again, and came out again and again, circling endlessly, as if confused and lost.

Shen Le was startled and quickly retracted his strength:

"What is this talisman for! Can it contain these strange energies?"

[It seems so... I don't know, I can't be sure... The problem now is that I can't hold on any longer, and I can't materialize all the talismans...]

Shen Le closed his eyes, focused his mental power into the dressing box, and immediately frowned.

The cosmetic box looked bright and beautiful, no different from when he restored it. The lacquer and mother-of-pearl on the lid even looked more lustrous.
However, when the spiritual power went deeper, some inconsistencies could be observed. For example, the insulation of the wires was cracked in some places, and the insulation was smoking in some places:
All in all, it looks a bit overloaded and about to collapse...

Obviously, as a spiritual tool, Lanzhuang has a very good research ability in learning and materializing talismans;
However, she is just a spiritual weapon, and moreover, it is a spiritual weapon with insufficient reserves and has been awakened for only a short time.

If she wanted to output powerfully, her strength was too weak. Even if Shen Le continued to input strength into her, she couldn't bear it...

"Forget it, I'll think of other ways to materialize these talismans." Shen Le sighed, patted the dressing box comfortingly, picked it up and placed it on top of the cabinet.

He opened the cabinet, took out a few jade stones, and placed them around the dressing box. He carefully adjusted the position of the spirit gathering formation so that it could soak in the high concentration of spiritual energy and slowly cultivate:
"You take a break, I'll give it a try... It's really hard to draw these things..."

[Not difficult! Not difficult!] Lanzhuang flashed excitedly. It painted another piece of light and shadow, outlining the process of a piece of paper being cut, folded, and made into a small paper boat:

[Get some talisman paper and draw talismans on it! Once you are done, cut it into paper boats and glue them together! ]

This simplified trial version of the talisman sounds very convenient. Shen Le rubbed his palms together, and began to spread paper, grind ink, and draw talismans:
“The painting is crooked!”

"It's crooked!" "Oh, this stroke is crooked again!"

Not only do I have to recall how to draw talismans, but I also have to output spiritual energy steadily and guide the power to flow on the talisman paper. This is too difficult!

If only there was a talisman printing press!
[It’s okay, try again! It’s not difficult! ]

Lan Zhuang watched with great interest and lent a helping hand in time. It cast a shadow on the talisman paper, and the pen moved like a dragon, restoring the pattern of the talisman in all directions:
【Just follow me! Come on! Let’s do it again! 】

Shen Le: “…”

My makeup box thinks I don't know how to draw talismans, so I give you technical guidance...

Well, I can't let the little guy down. He dipped the ink in the talisman and started drawing again. Horizontal, vertical, circle, and then a stroke...

Oops, it's blocked! The hand holding the pen blocked the light and shadow cast by Lanzhuang, and the next stroke was instantly covered!

Shen Le hesitated for a moment, wondering whether this stroke should be wider or narrower, and whether it should go up or down.

Before I could figure it out, there was a whoosh sound from the paper, a puff of black smoke rose up, and then it caught fire...

Shen Le was silent. This talisman is too difficult to draw. With such nanny-level guidance, how can I still not draw it well?

If you are not good at it, you have to practice more. There is no other way. Under Lan Zhuang's guidance and pressure, Shen Le used up two sheets of rice paper one by one, one stack after another, and finally drew a decent talisman.

When the talisman paper was cut, pasted, and pieced together, a new problem arose:

"Why can't these lines connect together?"

[Ah, sorry, I made a mistake in calculating the size of the talisman when projecting it...]

Lan Zhuang smiled, but was a little embarrassed. To draw the talismans of different parts on the same size of talisman paper, it was obviously necessary to do a certain degree of scaling.

The error in her calculation was not that big, only about 20%, and Shen Le's batch of talismans was wasted...

The only way to relieve the worry is to repaint. Shen Le rolled up his sleeves, started working again, and worked hard.

Practice makes perfect. This time, when he was drawing the talisman, he did not need Lan Zhuang's full-scale projection guidance. Only about 30% of the content required her to remind him in time.

He painted until late at night and actually finished a lot of talismans. He cut and pasted the talisman paper into paper boats:
The paper boat was neither too big nor too small. Lan Zhuang tried her best to shrink the talisman, but due to the limitation of Shen Le's level, she could only shrink it to about 30:1.

Shen Le climbed up and down, busy for a long time, and finally glued a one-meter-long paper boat. He stepped back and observed carefully:

"This should be OK, right? Let me try and see if I can input power into it to confirm its effectiveness..."

He placed his hands on the deck and slowly moved his Qi to transfer the heat into the paper boat. Power flowed, lines lit up one by one, and gradually, half of the boat lit up.

The light continued to spread forward, and in a moment, 4/5 of the entire hull was illuminated, leaving only the part that Lan Zhuang later added still dim:

However, the dark power inside the wooden boat could no longer wait. With a sharp whistle, huge black clouds surged out from the wooden boards and rushed towards the paper boat.

Shen Le took a step back and watched them rush into the hull with amusement. He did not feel any danger, and those dark clouds were not coming towards him. In fact, those dark clouds made him feel extremely sad:
Just like pouring a bottle of black ink into talisman paper, soon, the lit hulls and the crystal clear lines dimmed one by one.

It wasn't that the power was sucked away, nor was it polluted, but a new power entered the ship. Their original existence was too heavy, and it made the hull dark...

In any case, the fact that these powers can travel throughout the paper boat unhindered means that there is no problem with the talismans that Lan Zhuang completed.

Shen Le stared at the hull. He had just dipped his brush in ink and was about to continue painting the talisman when he suddenly heard a "swish" sound:
The entire paper boat, like a balloon being blown up, expanded and expanded outwards. Finally, it exploded and turned into pieces of mottled paper scraps, flying all over the sky...

Shen Le closed his eyes helplessly and sighed deeply. Yes, the talisman paper was too weak, the paper boat was too weak, and the power it could support was too little.

The paper boat exploded after less than one tenth of the dark power had entered...

[Change to a higher-grade talisman paper to draw talismans? ]

Lan Zhuang suggested curiously. Shen Le said helplessly:

"Okay... wait for me to place the order..."

The talisman paper supplied by the Special Affairs Bureau is indeed divided into high, medium and low grades. However, Shen Le changed to the highest grade talisman paper, the highest grade talisman pen and talisman ink, and the paper boat he made still could not withstand the energy filling.

He had no choice but to turn to other materials:

"Bring some wood? Spiritual wood? Low-grade spiritual wood will do. We don't need high-grade ones. It's too wasteful..."

Carving talismans into spiritual wood is another ability. Shen Le used his mental strength to carve, carving one plank at a time, but failed.

Carve half a plank at a time, and fail again;
I carved a quarter of the plank at a time, but still failed...

Finally, he reduced the wooden board to 10*10 cm and 1 cm thick. His mental strength and concentration allowed him to complete it in one go.

After working hard and meditating for an hour, he finally finished carving a piece of wood. When Shen Le opened his eyes, he saw sawdust flying in the corner, and the little inkstone was busy:
[Left! Left! Left again! It's a little lighter here! Yes, just follow the line I projected. Great job!]

Lan Zhuang is responsible for projecting lines, while Xiao Mo Dou is responsible for leading its younger brothers to do carpentry work.

Shen Le stretched his muscles and walked over to take a look. In the corner, there were thirty or forty wooden boards with engraved seals neatly stacked.

While Xiao Modou was carving talismans, he even led his younger brothers to build a frame and put the wooden boards together in the order of keel, bottom plate and ribs!
Shen Le: "...To be honest, you guys are making me look really incompetent..."

Regardless of ability or not, work must be done and practice must be practiced. Shen Le concentrated and continued to carve his talisman.

After carving for a day and finishing more than a dozen wooden boards, he opened his eyes and felt someone pulling his trouser legs:
[Shen Le! We're done! Come and take a look! ]

Shen Le walked over quickly. In the corner of the factory, on a wooden miniature dry dock, a one-meter-long small wooden boat was parked steadily.

Except for the lack of flags, lanterns, puppets, and decorations, all the symbols were neatly carved on the surface:
[Shen Le! Come and give it a try! We have prepared five plans. Let's see which talisman can extend perfectly!]

(End of this chapter)