Shen Le tried blowing into the flute...
The flute obliged and made a sound, but it was extremely hoarse and strange, completely out of tune.
He tried blowing the xiao as well. That was even worse—it did not make any sound at all. Worse still, the crack around the mouthpiece nearly sliced his lip!
His skin had been reinforced several times by the Copper Fragment, and when necessary, it could withstand a certain degree of impact—but that did not include the mucous membrane inside his lips, okay?!
He had no choice. It seemed he could only repair it. As for how, Shen Le watched seven or eight videos, and they all unanimously recommended the same solution:
Pour 502 glue into the crack!
Well, if he poured glue into it, then maybe, perhaps, possibly, it could perfectly seal the crack.
But 502 glue and bamboo fibers were not the same thing. Their densities were different. The resonance chamber of a repaired bamboo flute definitely could not be exactly the same as before!
Not to mention that 502 glue was a modern chemical product. Based on experience, it would definitely affect the restoration of the bamboo's spiritual essence...
Fortunately, while watching the videos, Shen Le discovered something very useful: bamboo powder.
These days, bamboo had bamboo powder, wood had wood powder, rosewood had rosewood powder, stones had stone powder, and stone powder could even be divided into marble powder, sandstone powder, talc powder, quartz powder...
He promptly ordered a bottle of bamboo powder, ten of the cheapest beginner bamboo flutes, ten of the cheapest beginner xiaos, and a batch of flute membranes.
After pressing a crack into a bamboo flute, he followed the method from the videos: drip in 502 glue, inject bamboo powder before the glue dried, wait for it to