The ultimate cheating tool, the Sharingan

Hu Fei was rubbing the ring patterns on the Red Earth pendant. At those words, he smiled and said, "Hakka saber light reflected in ring patterns-here in the cave dwellings of northern Shaanxi, we should let saber light reflect in window lattices. Let's see whether paper-cut patterns and saber techniques can 'share their warmth'!" When the convoy entered a cave-dwelling village on the Loess Plateau, Grandpa Wang, a researcher of northern Shaanxi cave dwellings, was already waiting outside a century-old cave home. Pointing to the "Swastika Openwork Pattern" on the window lattice, he said, "These window patterns are our northern Shaanxi people's 'warmth-preserving charms'-the dense parts block the wind, while the sparse parts let light through. As for the 'diamond brick patterns' on the heated kang bed, each brick is angled to follow the lie of the loess slopes, locking the kang's heat firmly inside. But children these days-how would they know to look for wisdom about keeping out the cold in window patterns?" Hu Fei looked up at the openwork lines of the window lattice, the light and shadow of its patterns reflected on his blade. "The 'Warm Snow Melting Cold' move of the Hu Family Saber Technique emphasizes 'warding off cold with supple force and guarding warmth with firm force.' The dense and sparse parts of this window lattice pattern seem to set the balance of cold and warmth for the saber technique!" 1. Combining martial arts and cave-dwelling patterns to resist the cold: letting saber light "walk with warmth." Working together, Hu Fei and Lin Xiaowu combined the steadiness of the Hakka "Tulou Ring Formation Step" with the agility of Lingnan's "Arcade Pillar Step" to design the "Cave Dwelling Warm-Home Step": guided by the density of the openwork "window lattice patterns," the teenagers had to follow the shadows cast by the lattices as they walked inside and outside the cave dwellings. In areas with dense patterns, where the wind was blocked, they could take quick, long strides; in areas with sparse patterns, where light came through, they had to move lightly in small steps. At the same time, their hands imitated the diamond-shaped curves of the "Kang-Brick Pattern," their palms facing each other to simulate "gathering warmth." Incorporating the breathing rhythm of the "Heart-Cleansing Formula," they experienced the concept of "meeting incoming cold with warmth." Grandpa Wang added from beside them, "When our ancestors cut window decorations and laid kang bricks, they wanted life to be 'as warm as a kang and as flourishing as a window pattern.' Every step of this footwork learns from the patterns how to preserve warmth." Hu Fei also adapted the "Tulou Defensive Fist" into the "Cave Dwelling Cold-Resistance Fist": punches went out like kang bricks, "solid and heavy, gathering warmth," simulating the steadiness of resisting a cold wind, while the fists drew back like paper cuttings on a window lattice, "light and nimble," symbolizing the flexibility of adjusting how much light came through. Shitou, a sixteen-year-old boy from northern Shaanxi and Grandpa Wang's grandson, had grown up in a cave dwelling but had never paid attention to its window patterns. After practicing the fist technique, he touched the window lattice and marveled, "So these window patterns aren't just pretty. They're our grandfathers teaching us to 'keep out the cold while holding on to the light'!" 2. New creations in northern Shaanxi through cross-civilization craftsmanship: letting patterns "hold the soul of warmth." Inspired by the cave dwellings' paper cuttings, Soka and Marco mixed yellow clay from northern Shaanxi's Loess Plateau with Hakka Red Earth powder and Lingnan colored-glass powder to make the "Northern Shaanxi Cave-Dwelling Pattern Rubbing Kit"-one side was carved with "window lattice swastika patterns + kang diamond patterns," and the other with "Tulou Ring Patterns + arcade pillar patterns." The teenagers could place the rubbing templates against cave-dwelling walls or kang bricks, trace the patterns with yellow clay, then bake them into shape over a wood fire in the cave dwelling to make "Cave-Dwelling Warm-Home Ornaments." These preserved the simple warmth of loess while incorporating the imprints of patterns from around the world. Hu Fei personally made a rubbing on a cave-dwelling wall, dipping his saber sheath into yellow clay and tracing the interwoven paths of the "window lattice swastika patterns" and the "Blade-Mark Curve." A design of "saber light reflected in warm patterns" immediately emerged on the wall. He smiled and said, "Set this ornament on the kang, and it has both the everyday warmth of northern Shaanxi and the keen edge of saber light. It's truly 'civilizations meeting in a cave dwelling.'" These "Cave-Dwelling Warm-Home Ornaments" later became "tokens of a warm home" for cave-dwelling study tours, and visitors could learn to make rubbings with Shitou,