Liu Yumei picked up the wine jug and poured herself another glass of wine.
Once Alii recovers, to express her gratitude, she might pass on the "Liu’s Qi Observation Technique" to him.
After sitting back down, Li Zhiyuan felt relieved and started having lunch, but there were some matters he had to clear up with Grandma Liu, and his stance also had to be made clear.
After all, he still needed Aunt Liu to cover his back.
Although the incident would happen at Big Beard’s house, if he couldn’t manage it and things got out of hand, it might also affect his family. Then, he would have to ask Aunt Liu to go back home with Uncle Qin to take care of his elder uncle.
After lunch, Brother Runsheng, belly sticking out, didn’t plan to rest but wanted to continue working in the workshop.
Li Zhiyuan stopped him, handing him several drawings: "Brother Runsheng, please work on these items first, I urgently need them."
Run Sheng took the drawings without even looking at them and straightforwardly said, "Okay."
He believed that Xiao Yuan wouldn’t give him drawings that were incomprehensible or impossible to make.
Li Zhiyuan then went to the room with Qin Li.
He continued to sift through the ten prohibitions, while Alii held the carving knife and continued carving.
The desk was large enough to accommodate both the boy and the girl doing their own things, without interfering with each other.
Eventually, Li Zhiyuan chose two prohibitions.
In fact, among the books he had seen, there were many types of prohibitions, but many did not have the conditions to be actualized. Even from the ten carefully selected ones, at least half were discarded due to overly complex success conditions.
There were some necessary materials he could understand by name, yet he didn’t know what they actually were in reality, often prefixed by hundreds or thousands of years.
Then there were some special triggering tools, making them was like crafting cursed objects, even a human skin drum was included, specifying the selection of children under a certain age.
Some required him to build an underground palace in a special environment, gather Feng Shui of yin and yang, and then place Little Huang Ying inside.
Honestly, if he had such capabilities and conditions, would he still need to exhaust his wits to deal with those water monkeys?
The two chosen prohibitions.
One was to change the Feng Shui in a short-term, turning a corpse nurturing ground into an evil-eradication site, somewhat like sprinkling water into a pot of oil.
The other was using scripture banners, wrapped around Little Huang Ying, to trigger the surge of past resentments in her. This requires paying attention to the effects of the scripture banners; like how a strong wind can extinguish a fire, but a slight breeze could make the flame burn even more intensely.
However, with his current level, he only needed to worry about generating a wind, not how to handle it if it was too strong.
These two options, from a practical standpoint, were the easiest to achieve.
Also, their effects were similar to a stimulant, after being used on Little Huang Ying, she would immediately fall into a profound state of lethargy, keeping later stages of loss of control from occurring.
The materials for the array flag, Li Zhiyuan had already asked Runsheng to work on by hand; it was just that the specific application needed more planning and design, determining specifically which points of Feng Shui needed changing, which would require extensive modeling and calculation.
Opening a drawer, he pulled out a roll of large white paper and cut a piece according to the needs.
Li Zhiyuan picked up the pen and ruler, and began to draw, following the memories of that night, the pond at Big Beard’s house and the terrain around it.
He had been immersed in family teachings since he was young, coupled with a good memory, so it took about half an hour to complete the drawing.
Much more detailed than a sketch, also omitting many unnecessary details, he grabbed the edges and lifted it, giving it a slight camera-shot feel.
Li Zhiyuan used double-sided tape to stick it on the wall, then stood there, staring at it.
But as he watched, he gradually furrowed his brows.
The reason for drawing it out, just like using draft paper, was to reduce the burden on his brain, but unfortunately, this drawing... didn’t achieve much effect.
As Feng Shui atmosphere cannot be delineated with clear lines, when he calculated, he still had to form a real-life image in his mind, then add the Feng Shui atmosphere to it before final modeling and calculating.
This drawing, to be honest, turned out a bit...like taking off pants to fart.
He couldn’t use this drawing method; he needed to switch to the style of ink wash painting.
Li Zhiyuan went downstairs; his family’s business involved making paper offerings, so the first floor had all necessary pigments, palettes, and brushes. He picked out a set and ran back upstairs.
He cut a new piece of paper, placed it on the table, and Li Zhiyuan picked up the brush to start drawing.
But as he drew, he felt something was wrong again.
It wasn’t that this method was incorrect, the method was certainly right, the key was... he didn’t know how to paint.
Genius, he had seen plenty of those in his class, but they all just learned fast; none were born with innate knowledge.
In professional fields, skipping the learning process made no difference between a genius and a fool.
This was also why he always lost to Alii in Go; Alii clearly had learned it, while he had not.
Even though the most direct method was to check the site, now that the water monkeys were targeting Big Beard’s house, recklessly going there would undoubtedly draw attention.
And this wasn’t a matter of taking a quick glance; it required lengthy modeling and calculating, so the site was off-limits now, too risky.
Aunt Liu would definitely know how to paint; he had observed her skills when she colored paper figures, clearly possessing a deep mastery in painting.
Grandma Liu knew how to paint as well; she often liked to prop up a table and personally design clothes for Alii.
But unfortunately, neither of these two would help him with this drawing.