Chapter 570: Play In Mud.

Leo was speechless because he had not expect that his daughter would throw him under the bus like this. So he asked, "Oh is that so?How about you tell me what it is that you all want to do?"

Lily thought for a bit before she said, and replied, "Baba, I was just joking with you, we don’t have any games here."

Leo narrowed his gaze and reached out to grab her and tickled her with the people. The children chuckled along because they had no idea what was going on. After a few minutes, they calmed down and then the young man replied, "Let’s go then, we will find the clay and make some toys out of it."

The children nodded and Leo stood up followed by the kids, and for some odd reason they followed him in a formation. Lily and Maya walked ahead of him holding hands, and behind him were the girls. They travelled around the village before they came to a few minutes, and they reached a shop where an old potter was smoking a cigarette.

Leo knocked on the door and when the door opened, Leo looked at the old shopkeeper, and asked, "Good Morning Uncle, can we have some clay?"

The old man was surprised, and then he looked at four small heads popping up from behind Leo, and he asked, "Are you the one who came to film the show?"

Leo nodded, and pointed at the camera crew in the background. The old man asked, "What do you lot in the clay for?"

Lily replied, "Grandpa, my Baba will teach us how to make clay articles."

The old man turned his gaze to look at the little girl, and Lily stepped over before she pointed at the small charm that Leo had made for her. She said, "This is what my Baba made for me."

It was the Daisy and Meadow charm that he had made for her and Snow when he had initially used pottery skills with the help of the system. The old man leaned closer a bit to inspect the charm and said, "Intricate detailing. Good control."

Lily smiled brightly and asked, "Grandpa, can we have some clay?"

The old man nodded and replied, "You can take some clay but you will need to pay for it. I am aware that you cannot use money to buy things, so, how about you make something for my shop before you take the clay?"

The old man looked at Leo and the latter asked, "Sir, how much for three kilos of clay?"

The old man thought and said, "If you can use three kilos of clay to make a sculpture for me, then you can take three kilo for it. Equivalent exchange."

Leo nodded, and the old man showed him the place in the yard where he used to prepare his own clay for work. Leo looked at the worn potter wheel, a long stick that leaned on the side, and a bucket of water, and a table on the side.

The young man asked, "Uncle, do you have any specific item in your mind?"

The old man thought and said, "Since our place is called Peach Town, think you can make a peach tree?"

Leo thought for a bit and nodded, before he rolled up his sleeves and moved to the side where the clay was stored inside a big drum. He leaned over the drum, scooped up the clay with his hands, and the camera crew recorded the entire sequence. The gasping children and among them stood a smug Lily who was basically looking down on the plebian around her.

After a few minutes, Leo placed three kilos of clay on the table, and began to wedge it. Yes, he was wedging it all in one go. While he was busy, Lily explained the steps to her friends, which caused the old man to raise his brows in surprise. He didn’t expect for Lily to know about all this, but then thinking about how Leo was her father, she must have leaned a little from him.

Leo took a few minutes, and then used some of his extra strength before he finished the wedging, and then he divided the clay into portions before he covered the left over with wet cloth.

The separated portion was placed on another table as Leo began to sculpt the big chunk into a tree trunk and a base with his hands only. Yes, he didn’t use any tool, but relied on his hands only to shape the trunk and the branches. His speed was quick, but the accuracy was also there, and it caused the old man to nod in approval.

Someone on the live stream recognized the old man and commented, "God damn, that is Grandmaster Oliver, he is one of the last practitioner of traditional pottery in the nation."

The comments went up like fire, the old man who seemed to be a nobody was actually the grandmaster and many people across the world recognized him. This was absolutely shocking. However, the target of the attention was focused on the artwork that was gradually shaping up in front of him. Leo made a trunk and branches and then he covered the item with the textures of the tree bark, he used a pin tool and that was all. Every single detail was carved by memory, and when he finished with the trunk.

He didn’t stop but took the second portion of the clay and began to shape them all like leaves and twigs. All these things were connected together and Leo was very precise in his movements. The slip was used in perfect proportions and after an hour, the tall peach tree was present in the vision of the people, and that was not all, it appeared as if the tree was moving with wind. Leo had used the power of perception to make it look like it was fluttering.

Then he carved a few small peaches and a few monkeys from the left over clay and attached them to his piece. It looked like a group of monkeys were after the peaches.

Lily titled her head and asked, "Baba, why are their only four monkeys?"

Leo smiled and said, "These monkeys are you four. This one with the glasses is Damon because he is very cautious, this one with a big stride is Lily, the shy one beside her is Maya, and then lastly, the big one who is looking out for threats is Hayden. You four are after the peaches."

The children were surprised, and OLiver finally couldn’t help but chuckle as he said, "Good, brilliant piece."

Lily was still busy pouting after being called a big stride monkey, while the rest were unaware of the value of this piece.

Oliver said, "You can take your three kilos of clay. I will watch this piece dry, and then put it in the Town hall after it is glazed."

The people nodded and thanked the old man.