The road of the house owner of the pig in the Chanyuan

Zhizai has always kept in mind Lin Mingde's teaching to him - let the objects he sculpts have their own lives, instead of being a dead object with no appearance, what's more, what he wants to sculpt this time is ten shadows Jade dog in France.

However, he had some difficulties in choosing what kind of dog to engrave. Although the carving knife had already left a shallow incision on the solid shadow, he was still unable to carve it with the next knife. Just holding the carving knife and pestling the surface of the solid shadow like this, the whole person seems to be stilled, and there is no other movement.

"What are you... doing?" Finally, Wujo Wutiao, who had been waiting a little impatiently, couldn't help but ask, his brows were slightly frowned, and his eyes were a little confused, "Didn't you agree to try carving jade?" A dog? Why don't you do it yet."

"I..." Hearing this, Naoya put down the carving knife in his hand, no longer stuck it on the shadow in a daze, also frowned lightly, and said with some confusion, "I don't know what kind of knife to carve. Dogs are more suitable."

"Huh?" But after Gojo Satoru heard this, he raised his sunglasses to the top of his head and stuck them, revealing those inexplicable blue eyes, looking at Naoya incomprehensibly, "After a long time, you are struggling this?"

In this regard, Naoya nodded very calmly, "After all, there have been no people who inherited the ten shadows method in the Chanyuan family for hundreds of years. As you said, almost no one knows what the shikigami of the ten shadows method looks like. At this point, Naoya paused, originally he had the opportunity to see the ten shadows with his own eyes, but...

Recalling the knife that almost pierced his back, even now, that spot seemed to be aching, but then, Naoya took a deep breath and forced himself not to remember those terrible responses.

Everything he has to do now is to prevent those things from happening again.

"Naozai?" Gojo Satoru, who has been watching Naoya all the time, and will not let go of even the slightest changes, naturally found something wrong with his expression very easily. The shadow flicked away, grabbed his shoulders, touched his forehead, and asked in a low voice, "Are you all right, is the spell starting to feel uncomfortable again?"

"I'm fine, I just suddenly thought of something else, it's not a big deal," Naoya shook his head, took Gojo Satoru's hand from his forehead, and smiled reassuringly, "Let's continue talking about it just now It is because no one knows what the shikigami of the ten shadows method looks like, and the ancient books of the Zen Academy do not describe it in detail, so I am a little entangled, not knowing what to do. What kind of dog breed to carve."

"...You have used shadows to carve shikigami, and you are still struggling with what is there or not. I really don't know what to say about you." Gojo Satoru embraced Naoya's shoulders, and was speechless for a while.

He held his chin and thought for a while, and after a while, Gojo Gojo's eyes lit up, he snapped his fingers, looked at Naoya excitedly, and suggested, "Since you don't know what kind of dog to carve, then just imagine it yourself. It’s best to sculpt some cool and handsome shikigami, and show off how popular it will be, don’t you think?”

"I don't sculpt the Shikigami of the Ten Shadows to show off..." After hearing Gojo Gogo's nonsensical suggestion, Naoya forced himself not to roll his eyes, but in the next second, he suddenly remembered that if he wanted to To sit on the position of the patriarch of the Buddhist monastery, the shikigami carved out must be seen by everyone in the Zen monastery.

In that case, there seems to be nothing wrong with the description of 'showing off'.

"...All right, let's take it as a show off," Naoya sighed, and said helplessly, "But there must be a reference, there is no imagination."

"Well, that's true," Gojo Satoru thought for a while, then stretched out a finger and said, "Then why don't you try using Shiba Inu as a reference?"

"Shiba Inu?" Naoya frowned, and a funny photo of a very popular Shiba Inu suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help laughing for a while, "Why did you suddenly think of Shiba Inu? If I remember correctly, Shiba Inu is a medium-sized dog. Just now Didn’t you still say you should be cool and handsome? I thought you would say some big dogs.”

"That's the original plan." Gojo Satoru shook his finger, clicked his tongue twice, and grinned, "But, I thought about it later, isn't the Shiba Inu cute? There are dog breeds that existed in the past, and there are different colors, maybe the jade dog summoned by the Ten Shadows method of your Buddhist monastery a hundred years ago is not necessarily a Shiba Inu."

"That seems to make sense..." Naoya tilted his head and thought for a while, and the picture of two Shiba Inu dogs, one yellow and one black, surrounding him and wagging their tails appeared in his mind. I just used Shiba Inu as a prototype reference?"

"Yeah!" Gojo Satoru nodded affirmatively, patted Naoya's shoulder by the way, and urged, "Since it's decided, let's start quickly, we've already wasted a lot of time."

"Okay," Naoya lowered his eyes to look at the carving knife in his hand, and clenched it tightly. There was a darker color in his eyes, and he didn't know if he was responding to Gojo Satoru's words, or talking to himself, and murmured in a low voice, "There really isn't any more time to waste.

However, engraving is by no means something that can be easily done just by talking about it.

Not to mention that it is also the first time for Naoya to carve such a large object, and the material is so special, so it is inevitable to be a little more cautious in his behavior. The progress will inevitably be slower.

However, sculpting with shadows is not without its advantages. One of them is that Naoya can control the softness and hardness of the shadow within a certain range, so that he can sculpt the details, especially after he is proficient, the hardness of the shadow The changes and transformations can be completed in a blink of an eye, which greatly improves his room for display.

During this period, Gojo Satoru didn't just stay here to guard Naoya all the time. After all, the attendants of the Chanyuan family would bring in three meals a day at a fixed time, and ask Naoya if he had any other needs, or bring some changes of clothes. Every time at this time, out of the consideration of hiding his strength, Naoya will stuff the jade dog that is still being carved, together with the dots of the shadow, into the shadow body that is as deep as a pool of water.

Yes, straight into it.

This is the trick that Naoya accidentally discovered by accident. At that time, Gojo Satoru temporarily left to find some reference books for Shiba Inu or other dog breeds for him. He was the only one left in the room quietly chiseling the outline of the jade dog. , but suddenly, he was interrupted by a crisp knock on the door, and a servant's respectful voice came from outside the door, asking, "Master, it's time for your meal, may I come in now?"

Probably because of the instructions from Zhibi people, no matter how many times, these attendants will always ask before entering the door, and they will never take a step inside without Naoya's permission.

This also gave Naoya time to deal with the scene.

Looking at the semi-finished jade dog that was almost the same height as him, he glanced at the empty surroundings, there was no place to hide, outside the door, the attendants were still waiting quietly, and Naozai looked at all corners of the room, In the end, he stopped his sight in the pool of shadow body behind him.

He did try it before, and he was able to stretch his arm into the shadow behind him. Although he encountered some resistance when he reached the depth, he never really touched the bottom. It can be seen that the space inside is definitely not small. Naozai thought to himself , but at the same time he was a little hesitant. After all, he didn't know whether the jade dog, which was still in a semi-finished state, could be put in, and whether it would be absorbed again after being put in, and whether it could be taken out intact afterwards?

The current situation does not allow Naoya to hesitate for too long. After thinking for a while, he still decided to give it a try, and the shadow behind him, at the moment of his decision, stretched out several thick and vine-like tentacles, and took the semi-finished product. The jade dog was dragged into the shadow, and the shadow, after rubbing Naoya's cheek, spread its wings and escaped into the shadow together.

Fortunately, Naoya's bet succeeded.

After the attendant left, he summoned the shadow again and asked him to release the semi-finished jade dog, and the shadow did as he wished, waving its tentacles, held out the jade dog firmly, and gently placed it in front of Naoya, and nodded, Standing on top of the jade dog's unfinished head, the moment he saw Naoya, he let out a cry of joy.

And Naoya's heart was completely relieved following the whisper.

"Your shadow can still be used like this?!" Afterwards, when Gojo Satoru returned to the room with the bibliography, after listening to Naoya's narration, his eyes widened slightly, and his raised eyebrows were full of excitement and curiosity.

No wonder he looks like an ignorant person. It is true that there are too many mysteries in Naoya's shadow, whether it is the characteristic that the six eyes cannot see through it, or the ability to conjure up an almost life and self-awareness, but infinitely protect the Lord. The 'shikigami', each of these piles, made him feel unprecedented novelty, as if even the boring and dull world in his eyes had become more difficult and somewhat different because of it.

"Can it hide other things, have you tried it?" Gojo Goto stared straight at the seemingly ordinary shadow under Naoya, his eyes full of eagerness to try, "Hey, you say, Can your shadow hide people?"

"I tried to put things like clothes and tableware in it, and I was able to take them out without any damage," said Naoya, who was still in the process of carving. Because of Gojo Satoru's problem, he had to temporarily put down the tools in his hand. After thinking about it, he replied, "As for whether it is possible to hide people... I don't know, I haven't tried."

Moreover, recalling the tactile feedback when his arm was stretched into the shadow, Naoya always felt that the inside of the shadow gave him a feeling more like dense silt or asphalt, and he doubted whether people could maintain breathing inside after entering.

"Then why don't we grab a bug and try it out?" Obviously, Gojo Satoru didn't intend to give up at this point, with high interest in his eyes, he kept urging Naoya to try with him, "Think about it, If people can also hide in shadows, wouldn't your shadow be equivalent to a fortress, a secret room?"

Gojo Satoru, who became more and more excited as he talked, was about to stand up and teleport to catch the bugs. Fortunately, Naoya was not completely led astray by him, so he calmly stopped him, and said helplessly, "Even if you want to try, you can do it." Don't have to do it now, let's talk about it after I finish the Jade Dog, how about it?"

"Why?" Gojo Satoru muttered dissatisfiedly, but after all he listened to Naoya's words, sat down obediently, and stopped trying to teleport away, "It's just trying to catch bugs, it's not a big deal."

"I don't know you yet?" Hearing this, Naoya raised his eyebrows, "If there is nothing wrong with the bugs in it, you will definitely be eager to try it right away. If there is something wrong, you will probably say, yes The relationship between the insects is too weak, and they may rely on their own infinity to force their way in. If I can't stop you at that time, in case something happens to you inside, at least the Jade Dog can save you come out."

"After all, even I myself haven't fully figured out what is going on with this shadow."

After finishing speaking, Naoya smiled helplessly. The runes on his body had gradually faded away with the passage of these few days, and seemed to be integrated into his body, revealing that Naoya had been out of the sun for a long time, getting better and better. His fair skin, against the background of his smile at the moment, showed a hint of paleness.

"...Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you." Gojo Satoru, who was the most uncomfortable with Naoya's appearance, had to wave his hand angrily, completely gave up the idea of ​​eagerness to try, and looked at Naoya's side The Jade Dog statue, which was almost finished, muttered, "Anyway, you'll be done soon."

"Well, it's basically the same, but there is still a pair of eyes missing." Seeing Gojo Satoru gave up, Naoya heaved a sigh of relief, then smiled and nodded, gently stroking the jade dog beside him, feeling the texture of its body, " But it won't be long, so don't worry."

And Naoya's phrase 'it won't take long' really did not break his promise.

The next day, when Gojo Satoru teleported again to the room where Naoya was, he saw beside Naoya a gigantic, scorched-yellow dog that looked like a Shiba Inu, but was much taller than Naoya.

Naoya even had a great time playing with it.

"Ah, you're here," Naoya, who had been playing with the big dog for a long time, glanced at the corner of his eyes inadvertently, and found Gojo Satoru who was standing not far away, staring at him blankly, and immediately said a little funny, "It's just right, I Let me introduce to you, its name is Caramel, how about it, it’s not bad.”

Probably because he heard Naoya calling his name, the big dog excitedly licked Naoya's cheek, which made Naoya itchy, and quickly stopped him with a smile, "Okay, caramel, eh, stop making trouble, good boy, don't trouble-"

"Caramel... No, this is the jade dog you were carving before? Did you give it a name?" Gojo Satoru asked in disbelief, looking at the caramel and then at it Naoya, "Why did it become like this? It doesn't matter if the fur color has changed, but even the body shape seems to be more than a circle bigger. I remember that you were not so big when you first sculpted, right?"

"Yes, that's it. After all, it's the first shikigami I sculpted, so I wanted to name it to commemorate it," Naoya said with a smile, "The hair color is probably because I kept thinking about it when I was sculpting. They are all burnt-yellow Shiba Inu, so it affects it? Anyway, after I sculpted the eyes for it, its coat color naturally turned into burnt-yellow, as for the body shape..."

Speaking of this, Naoya paused, frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "I don't know about it, after it came alive, it became so big before I could react. , maybe it has something to do with my spell power... and I don't know why, I always feel that it seems to be able to continue to grow."

"Isn't that just right?" Hearing this, Gojo Wu raised his eyebrows and suggested, "Then why don't you just try it out and see how big it can become." After speaking, he couldn't hold back his eagerly moving hands any longer, and stretched out his hand He touched Caramel's furry head and top-notch erect ears, but Caramel didn't have any special reaction to it, and almost let Gojo Satoru touch its head, but before Gojo Satoru had a good time touching it, it Then she rubbed her head into Naoya's arms, turning around as if coquettishly.

"It's much cuter than your bird." Seeing this, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but sighed, and looked around again, "By the way, where's your bird? It's not too early to chirp at me? "

"Caramel has a very docile personality and doesn't like to bark too much." Naoya caressed Caramel in his arms and smiled, "If it's a little bit, I'll let it go back into the shadow, and I'm going to carve the second jade." After the dog, help it perfect."

"Go back, save it from pecking at me all day long," Gojo Gojo snorted, then urged, looking more enthusiastic than Naoya himself, "Okay, try it quickly."

"Okay," Naoya had no choice but to agree, closed his eyes, carefully recalled the subtle touch conveyed to him by the magic power in his body when Caramel's figure changed, and took this as an opportunity to gently hold Caramel's furry body with both hands. head.

And Caramel also closed his eyes, feeling the power his master imparted to him, and let out a soft moan from his mouth.

1 minute passed without any change.

Just when Gojo Satoru was a little disappointed by this, he saw that the next second, Caramel's figure suddenly rose, and before he even reacted, Caramel's figure had almost touched the roof.

Seeing that the caramel was about to pierce the roof and create a different view of the skylight, Gojo Satoru hurriedly leaned next to Naoya, looked at the sweat on the other's forehead, covered his shoulders with his hands, and interrupted with a frown, "Naoya! Enough Come on, stop now!"

After being interrupted, Naoya suddenly opened his eyes, and the feeling of exhaustion from excessive consumption of mana flooded his limbs in an instant, which made his hands and feet sore for a while. If it weren't for Gojo Satoru to support him, he might be able to die on the spot. He fell face down on the ground.

However, before he could thank Wujo Wutiao, what caught his eyes was Caramel's four legs, which were almost as tall as him, standing in front of him like four pillars, and he fell into a daze for a while. It took a while to slowly raise his head, and then he saw Caramel's face, which had been magnified several times but still innocent.

At this time, there were anxious inquiries from the attendants and knocks on the door again and again, "Master, what happened inside? I heard a loud noise just now."

Naoya: "..." It seems that it has become a little too big.