Chapter 838 Puppetry

Qin Shaochen continued practicing until the next morning before returning to the inn.

After breakfast, I went to the counter and asked the shopkeeper about learning the machine puppet.

"Sir, if you really want to learn, I know a pretty good puppet master."

"Although that puppet master is not very old, his level is very impressive."

"Moreover, he is also a puppet master who truly escaped from the Puppet Sect."

"If you are interested, sir, I can take you there myself."

"Then I'll bother the shopkeeper."

Qin Shaochen is still relatively new to Yunguang City.

Seeing the shopkeeper's enthusiasm, he didn't refuse.

The two left the inn and walked not far before arriving at a small courtyard.

Entering the small courtyard, I saw two people in the courtyard, standing outside a pavilion waiting.

Inside the pavilion, there was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, holding a large stone hammer in her hand and beating a yak.

But not a real yak.

It was a mecha puppet that looked like a yak.

Apparently, he was repairing the puppet.

"Shopkeeper, the puppeteer you are talking about is not the little girl, right?"

Qin Shaochen suddenly felt like he had been deceived.

There was a hint of embarrassment on the shopkeeper's face.

"Sir, I'm not lying to you."

"You may not look at that little girl's age, but her skills are definitely not bad."

"Her grandfather is a very famous puppet master in the Puppet Sect."

"That little girl has been learning puppetry from her grandfather since she was a child. She has a long family background, and all she has learned are the secret puppetry of the Puppet Sect."

"Those things can never be learned from other puppet masters."

Qin Shaochen was a little dissatisfied.

"Even if her family is rich in education, how much can she learn at such a young age?"

While he was talking, he suddenly heard a drum sound from inside the wooden pavilion.

After taking a closer look, I found a small doll dancing and playing drums on the stone table in the wooden pavilion.

The body is long, the legs are short, the expression is simple and honest, and it looks very interesting.

The drum beat "dong dong", crisp and exciting, not like the sound made by a little doll at all.

The little girl immediately stood up and said to the two people outside the pavilion:

"Wait a moment, you two. I'll take care of some personal matters first and will be back soon."

After that, he left the wooden pavilion and walked into a big room at the back.

Qin Shaochen's consciousness swept over and he could see clearly.

I saw the little girl lifting a medicine jar from a stove and pouring it into a porcelain bowl.

Then, holding the porcelain bowl, he walked to a hospital bed.

First, he blew the potion in the bowl to cool down a little, and then helped a middle-aged woman up from the bed.

"Mom, it's time to take medicine!"

After saying that, he carefully fed the bowl of potion into the mouth of the middle-aged woman.

When Qin Shaochen "saw" that scene, his heart couldn't help but move.

I immediately remembered the time when my mother was ill a few years ago.

That was the most difficult and hesitant moment in his life.

In order to earn some money for his mother's medical treatment, he even risked his life to hunt wild beasts and pick herbs in the deep mountains and forests.

If it weren't for good luck, he would probably be buried in Tianzi Mountain.

Of course the innkeeper didn't know what Qin Shaochen was thinking.

Still mumbling and persuading Qin Shaochen.

After the girl finished giving the medicine, she helped her mother lie down again, put down the medicine bowl, and returned to the small courtyard.

First I apologized politely.

Then he picked up the stone hammer and started beating on the yak puppet again.

After tinkering for half an hour, I stretched my hand on the inner wall of the yak and adjusted it a few times.

Enter a magic formula.

The yak, which had been motionless, suddenly raised its head and let out a low growl.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his hoof and began to step non-stop.

Although he was just walking in place, his movements were coordinated and his body was steady.

Apparently it's been fixed.

"Master Tan, you really fixed Dahuang."

"You are amazing."

The two people outside the wooden pavilion became excited.

“Rhubarb has been bad for ten years.”

"I thought it would never move again."

"Did you know? Our Wang family has been able to develop, and Dahuang has made a lot of contributions."

One of the younger people even burst into tears.

"When grandpa died, he gave many instructions to us brothers to repair the rhubarb."

"Over the years, we have found many puppet masters, but there has never been one who can repair Dahuang,"

The two of them talked a lot of nonsense, but the emotions revealed in their words were quite real.

Qin Shaochen was secretly surprised.

Unexpectedly, people in this place would have so many feelings for a lifeless puppet.

It’s really a bit baffling!

The innkeeper noticed Qin Shaochen's confusion and took the initiative to explain to Qin Shaochen.

In Jokhang, the relationship between puppets and people is a bit unusual.

It’s even a bit like the relationship between livestock and humans.

Many people will habitually regard a puppet as a living thing.

Especially for some families, it takes several generations to own a machine puppet.

He even regards that kind of machine puppet as the treasure of the family.

There is hope placed on the machine puppet.

It also put a lot of emotion into it!

Qin Shaochen smiled lightly and nodded.

Act empathetic.

It was still hard to understand.

After a while, the two people outside the wooden pavilion handed over ten taels of silver and left with many thanks.

The innkeeper then walked into the wooden pavilion and whispered to the "Tan Puppet Master" about Qin Shaochen.

The little girl put down the stone hammer in her hand, looked at Qin Shaochen, and after a moment of silence, she slowly spoke:

"I can see that you are a cultivator."

"But I can't see your cultivation level. Can you tell me your real cultivation level?"

"Of course!"

Qin Shaochen smiled faintly.

Then, a layer of spiritual light appeared on his forehead.

The innkeeper was shocked.

"You, you are actually a great spiritualist!"

The innkeeper is also a spiritualist, but his cultivation level is very poor.

That is, the second or third level of Qi Refining.

He is the kind of person who barely opens his spirit, but has no cultivation qualifications.

It is estimated that he will never be able to cultivate to the middle stage of Qi Refining in his lifetime.

Although his cultivation level is low, it does not prevent him from seeing the spiritual light.

Seeing the spiritual light on Qin Shaochen's forehead, she was really shocked.

In Dazhao Kingdom, there are certainly many great spiritualists.

But there are definitely not many who can deal with a low-ranking spiritualist like him without airs!

The little girl also frowned.

"Looking at your age, it seems that you are only in your twenties."

"In your twenties, you have successfully established your foundation. You should be a first-class genius."

"No matter which sect you join, you will be highly valued."

"Why do you, a spiritual genius like you, want to learn puppetry from me?"

Qin Shaochen rubbed his nose and said helplessly:

"If I say that I just have nothing to do and want to learn some puppetry techniques purely for interest."

"Do you believe it?"

The little girl was stunned for a moment.

Soon a smile appeared on her face.

"I believe it!"

"Because I studied puppetry hard just for my interest."

"In my opinion, learning for interest is the best way to learn."

"However, the price of learning puppetry here is not cheap."

"It may be 20% to 30% more expensive than other puppet halls."

Speaking of this, the little girl did not forget to explain.

"Because, what I teach here is the unique method of our Tan family, and the foundation is the authentic puppetry of the puppet sect."

"Using those methods to learn, not only will the foundation be more solid, but there will be a lot of room for advancement in the future."

"You will never encounter a bottleneck!"

"As long as you are talented enough, there will be no problem even if you are promoted to a second-level puppet master!"

It can be seen that the little girl actually wants to accept Qin Shaochen as an apprentice.

Although she tried hard to pretend to be mature.

But her tone was very anxious.

She didn't know how to bargain at all.

I guess she was afraid of being poor.

Qin Shaochen couldn't help but smile.

He had already decided in his heart to learn puppetry from the little girl.

First of all, the little girl did have some skills.

Not a charlatan.

Secondly, when he saw the little girl taking care of her mother taking medicine, he felt a certain sympathy.

Decided to help her.

"Price is not a problem!"

Qin Shaochen looked relaxed.

"But I also have a condition."