Chapter 43: Let’s discuss it
As the eldest grandson, Qu Kan is not as strong as Qu Hua, and can only reach the Sixth Soul Realm.
Qukan was studying the formations in his room when he suddenly heard a movement in the house. After asking, he learned that someone had broken in. From the servants, he found out that he was a master of formations, and he suddenly became interested in competing.
Lu Feng broke through the illusion formation at the door with just one glance, and was naturally considered a first-rate master in the eyes of his servants.
Qu Qianli straightened up and said dotingly towards Qu Kan: "Kan'er, this little brother Lu Feng is my honored guest. You must not be rude."
Qu Kan looked at Lu Feng and said half-confidently, "Grandpa, is he the formation master that Xiaojie and the others mentioned?"
Xiaojie is a maid in Qu Mansion.
Qu Qianli nodded.
"I want to compete with him," Qukan said eagerly, eager to give it a try.
Hearing this, Qu Qianli glanced at Lu Feng with some embarrassment, with a bit of expectation, and wanted to take this opportunity to test Lu Feng's true ability.
Qu Qianli pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Can you teach Kan'er a lesson and let him know that there are people out there, so that he will not be complacent and arrogant?"
Lu Feng took a look at the sky. It was still early, and he also wanted to see the level of other formation masters.
When Lu Feng agreed, Jiang Ruoyun said: "This is unfair. Lu Feng is only in the third soul realm, but Qukan has reached the sixth soul realm."
Qukan heard this and said eagerly: "It doesn't matter, we can compete with the 'Star Array' and compare the speed, accuracy, and coherence of the inscriptions."
The Star Angle Formation is one of the most basic formations among the formations. The One Star Formation, the Two Star Formation, and the Seven Star Formation are formations between the Seven Soul Realm.
Lu Feng understood the meaning behind Qu Kan's words. The so-called fighting star formation refers to the hexagonal formation inscribed with the strength of the Six Soul Realm, and the triangular formation inscribed with the strength of the Three Soul Realm. This is extremely fair.
Lu Feng suddenly became playful and said, "Since we are competing, how about adding some bonuses?"
Qukan replied: "What kind of lottery?"
Seeing that the other party agreed, Lu Feng said, "I'll bet on three beast pills, and the grade must be above the fourth level."
The value of the fourth-level beast pellets is already more than ten thousand gold. Three of them are equivalent to 30,000 copper soul coins. As the eldest grandson, Qukan has accumulated a lot of savings over the years, but he can barely collect enough money for three beast pellets.
While Qu Kan was hesitating, he glanced at Lu Feng who was careless and thought, could a person in the Three Soul Realm not be able to win?
After making up his mind, he agreed.
After Qukan accepted the promise, he ordered his servants to bring a stick of incense, six pieces of jade, and two carving knives, and placed them on the long platform between the two of them.
"We each have three pieces of jade and a carving knife. Each of us has three chances to fail. We must stop when the incense burns out."
"Is there a problem?" Qu Kan looked at Lu Feng with a hint of fighting intent.
Lu Feng smiled lightly, "No problem, you pick first?"
"I am a guest, you go first," Qu Kan said politely.
"Me first?" Lu Feng smiled meaningfully, looked at the jade stones on the long platform, picked three pieces at random, picked up a carving knife, and nodded towards Qukan.
Qu Qianli came over to act as the referee and lit the incense between the two.
The patterns engraved in the Star Angle Formation are all 'Star Patterns', which have the effect of accumulating spiritual energy, but the effect is not obvious, so it is often used for introductory exercises.
After Qukan lit the incense, he concentrated on engraving it.
Lu Feng took a look and found that its speed was not very fast, and could only be regarded as average. He thought that the latter was pursuing accuracy.
After looking closely, the path of Qu Kan's sword was clearly visible, and Lu Feng couldn't help but retract his previous judgment of him.
Such an inscription technique... is really... unsightly.
When one-third of the incense was burned, the jade in Qukan's hand broke into pieces, perhaps because of nervousness.
But Qu Kan quickly adjusted and picked up the second piece without even looking at Lu Feng, and continued to devote himself to the inscription.
Lu Feng withdrew his eyes and finally moved the carving knife in his hand.
Qu Qianli felt a trance in front of his eyes, and he saw that the jade that Lu Feng had just picked up was put back down in less than four or five breaths.
Then he picked up the second piece and began to engrave it.
"What's going on?" Qu Qianli rubbed his eyes, thinking he was blinded.
Qukan successfully engraved the second piece of jade. He raised his head happily and looked at Lu Feng, only to find that the other person had already picked up the third piece of jade.
In shock, he quickly picked up the last piece of jade without taking a break.
The incense burns out.
Qukan put down the last piece of jade that still had a small part left and sighed with some regret.
He looked up at Lu Feng, only to find that he had already put down all the jade pieces and was looking at them casually.
Shocked in his heart, a sense of frustration arose spontaneously, Qukan said: "I lost, I only completed one and a half pieces."
He was a little out of sorts today. On a normal day, he would have been able to complete the engraving of three jade stones.
Qu Qianli approached Qukan and patted his shoulder, sighing feebly: "It's more than just a loss of one and a half yuan. Go over and see for yourself."
Even Qu Qianli, an old man who has lived for nearly a hundred years, felt extremely frustrated with the unforgettable strength displayed by Lu Feng, let alone Qu Kan. He knew that if it were him in his place, he would definitely not be able to do what Lu Feng did.
Qu Kan didn't know the meaning of Qu Qianli's words. He had been so immersed in inscriptions that he didn't pay attention to the situation on Lu Feng's side. He walked to Lu Feng suspiciously and picked up the first jade stone on the long platform.
"This... is such a perfect triangle pattern!"
Qu Kan exclaimed, even with his strength in the Six Soul Realm, he couldn't carve such a perfect triangle pattern.
Jiang Ruoyun has been watching quietly. She is not deeply involved in formations.
Just now I saw Lu Feng raising and lowering the knife with clean and neat movements; and then looking at Qu Kan, he was careful and meticulous in carving. The contrast between the two is really great.
For a moment, she thought Lu Feng was joking, and she was worried about the huge amount of beast pills after losing.
It wasn't until she saw Qu Kan's surprised look and shocked expression that she realized what Lu Feng was playing just now!
It's obvious that his methods are much stronger than the other party's.
A hint of secret joy flashed between Jiang Ruoyun's brows, and he smiled secretly in his heart: "I really found a treasure this time."
Qu Kan picked up the second piece of jade, and the surprise in his eyes instantly magnified. His whole body was shocked on the spot, and his hand holding the jade was a little unsteady.
"Hexagonal Star Pattern?"
"How can this be!"
"With your strength in the Third Soul Realm, you can actually carve a hexagonal star pattern so quickly?"
Qu Kan looked at it in disbelief. The pattern on it was incomparable to his own.
In terms of grades, the one he painted can only be regarded as a poor quality, while the one by Lu Feng is definitely a rare masterpiece.
Jiang Ruoyun looked at this scene and knew that Lu Feng must have won again. If she hadn't been worried about Dao Qukan's feelings, she would have laughed in surprise.
Qu Qianli sighed deeply. Qu Kan's character was really immature. He was so shocked by the second jade stone. If he saw this last jade stone, he might be in ruins.
The warning purpose that Qu Qianli wanted has been achieved, and Qukan will definitely be able to calm down after this time.
After hesitating for a moment, Qu Qianli stepped forward and held Qukan, not wanting him to see the last piece of jade.
Because the blow brought by this last piece of jade was so great, even he himself felt deeply frustrated.
"Grandpa?" Qu Kan looked at Qu Qianli who was standing in front of him in confusion, and reached out to pick up the last piece of jade.
"That's enough, let's stop here. Even if you don't look at this last piece of jade, you have already lost." Qu Qianli said.
A flash of surprise flashed in Qu Kan's eyes, and he responded stubbornly: "I want to see...how big the gap is with him."
Unable to resist Qu Kan's persistence, Qu Qianli stepped aside and stood aside, worried about Qu Kan's reaction, for fear of destroying this good seedling.
Qu Kan calmed down the shock caused by the first two pieces of jade and comforted himself. In just one stick of incense, it was already terrifying to be able to complete the first two pieces of jade. The third piece would be at best...
"This is impossible!!!"
Qu Kan's heart suddenly shook, and the hand holding the jade couldn't stop trembling, as if he had seen a ghost, and his legs were weak and he sat on the ground.
He glanced at the jade in his hand again, and then at Qu Qianli beside him, and saw the latter's eyes nodding in confirmation.
Only then did Qu Kan understand how big the gap was between him and Lu Feng. The slight sense of frustration in his heart turned into an inferiority complex involuntarily.
At this moment, he felt that he would never be able to surpass Lu Feng in the formation, and he was not even worthy of being his opponent.
Qu Kan looked up at Lu Feng, his voice trembling: "Isn't it true that the star array can only be attached with the seven-star star pattern at most?"
"But why are there nine stars in your formation pattern?"
Lu Feng said calmly: "Who can be clever? If you carve hundreds of times a day for a year and a half, you can do it."
Qu Kan was once again shocked when he heard this. He usually found it boring and irritating after engraving three or four times a day. Lu Feng actually said it so calmly hundreds of times a day?
What perseverance this is!
Only then did Qu Kan realize that the gap between him and Lu Feng was not just in the formation.
Although Qu Qianli was also shocked by Lu Feng's persistence and perseverance, he had more profound thoughts.
Engraving hundreds of times a day for a year and a half, these words reflect not only perseverance, but also an incomparable abundance of resources.
With such a huge consumption of jade, what is the identity of Lu Feng?
"Here are three beast pills, take them."
Qu Kan was willing to admit defeat and took out three ordinary fourth-level beast pills and handed them to Lu Feng.
Lu Feng reached out to take it. The purpose of his trip had been exceeded, and the general situation of Qu Mansion was understood.
After saying goodbye, he and Jiang Ruoyun returned to Xiaorou's residence, an inn called 'Ju Ke Lou', which was said to be the same owner as Juxiang Garden.
There were only two beds in the room. For the sake of frugality, Xiaorou chose the cheapest one. Looking at Lu Feng who was a little embarrassed, Xiaorou said sheepishly: "Because I don't have much money with me, I only have enough to open this room." between…"
"It's okay, I have somewhere to go in the evening." Lu Feng responded.
Hearing this, Jiang Ruoyun subconsciously wanted to ask Lu Feng where he was, but he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, "Why do you care so much about his whereabouts?".
