38 Zhang Wu Jis First Treasure 4 (1/2)
”Younger brother Tang Yuan, did master come back?” the three disciples, with the oldest name Li Jing, and the two younger called Li Yin, and Li Tong asked. After so many occasional conversation and cooperation, the seven of them, especially the one followed Zhang Wu Ji for the longest, Tang Yuan, is accepted by the seven as the big brother of the group.
Zhao Xiao Hua will be the big sister as she was the only female in the group, and the three disciples will take the three youngest spot among the seven of them. Of course, this seven positions that they created by their own also carried a very special meaning, which is the seven that received the ”Blessing” from Zhang Wu Ji in the period of their servitude.
”Younger brother Li Jing, Senior Master did return from his little trip to the Yun Village, but he's having his rest now to rejuvenates his fatigue accumulated after staying in the Tian Village and Yun Village for so long.” it was awkward for Tang Yuan to address Li Jing in such a way, but the three insisted that they were to be treated in such a way, this is a form of their respect towards those being with their master longer than the three, and also being the one that understand their master the most.
Meanwhile, Zhao Xiao Hua, Zhang Ya Pin, and Bai Hei Tie are reaching their important stage to enter their 1st Stage of Inner Qi Fighter, thus the three of them is still staying in their own room to break through. At this moment, only Tang Yuan is outside handling most of the matters related to the Ninth Courtyard. This is also the reason why Tang Yuan is the oldest brother among the seven of them.
It was because of his straightforward approach and dependable personality that made the other six to appoint him as their oldest brother. While they were busy discussing their master's condition, Zhang Wu Ji is busy with his own matters. It is accurate to say that, one after another, the task keep on coming and piled by his side.
The reason is that he finally noticed the pile of book that was stacked on a corner of his room managed to lure him into his Reading mode once again. Among the pile of books, Zhang Wu Ji found a very interesting book named;
[Jadeite And Nephrite Manufacturing Technique]
The content written in this book is extremely accurate, and before it was upgraded, the success rate when having this book as he refines the jade is increased by 30%, and the quality of the refined jade is at 55%. This is why instead of resting, Zhang Wu Ji made use of his time to process this book before he rewrites it again to increase their efficiency.
With over 7500 strands of Inner Qi, Zhang Wu Ji is currently a 1st Stage Inner Qi Fighter about a quarter more to the second stage. Although the advancement to 2nd Stage doesn't require the cultivator to went pass an enlightenment, it was still an important ritual for one to meditates until they break through the border.
The book of the Jadeite and Nephrite Manufacturing Technique is extremely thick, but that was because most of the content related to the material sources are mixed together to form this thick book. But under him, he separates the content into three parts before he begins his rewriting.
The Jade's composition, strength, and weaknesses.
The method and way to work with the jade, and also the stability of a jade.
The source and attributes of a Jade.
The three sections of descriptions are further repaired, their word is enhanced, and the meaning in the words on every step is then imbued with a source of confidence, because this soon to complete book may soon become his next most precious treasure, after the Bronze Grade Nourishment Art. In his own thought, Since the Bronze Grade Nourishment Art is only at the bronze grade, will there be a Silver, Gold, and even stronger grade?
But that was something to be answered in the future. The amount of Strands of Inner Qi in his body allows him to rewrite the whole book in a single night. And by the next morning, Zhang Wu Ji has already completed his first round of rewrite and was preparing for the second round. It did not take him to long to completes that because his memory about what he will write is already imprinted inside of his mind.
After comparing three version of his rewriting, Zhang Wu Ji finally agreed with the end results, but still, he hesitates to fuse them into one. He lands his finishing touches on the book the moment it successfully entered the +5 Upgrade. In fact, he did try upgrading the two remaining version of his new copy, but before it entered +6 Stats, the book disintegrated into a pile of Ashes of Failure.
Distinction Jade Manufacturing Art +5
-Usage 1: Enhanced the separation of Jadeite and Nephrite by 100%
-Usage 2: Promote Jade Quality to 75%
-Usage 3: Reprocessing allows the basic jade to be reworked again
-Usage 4: Manufactured Jade can be named to obtain Distinction
-Durability: 7/7
-Special 1: Increase the luster of the jade by 15%
-Special 2: Increase the price of the Jade worked by this Manual by 50%
”I guess it should be time for me to go and process the materials.” Zhang Wu Ji changed to a new set of clothing before he went out from his room. It was a little late in the afternoon, making the center courtyard is void of people walking or resting for a tea.
Unobstructed, he walked into the Blacksmithing room. He arranged the powder from the Melting Crystal to be positioned near his Furnace for easy access before he started. But it wasn't the starting of his Refining Works, but Zhang Wu Ji actually executed the New Firestone Upgrading Technique. With a large amount of Firestones in his Blacksmithing Room, Zhang Wu Ji upgraded them one after another, until the amount of firestones in his room is completely replaced by a total of 50 Flame Rocks.
The Flame Rock usage is practically similar to the Firestones, but the only differences are the heat generated by the rock can reach 1,000 Celsius at starter and can be increased until 2,200 Celsius maximum. Although this amount of heat was over the melting point for the Jade, they were also can be used to force the jade to enter their maturity stage. A matured Jade have to went through numerous amount of molten and heat to increase the strands of Jade Crystals in their composition.
The more the strands of Jade Crystal is formed inside of the crystal's body, the sturdier and stronger it will be. To achieve this reason, Zhang Wu Ji decided to imitates the strength of the flame stronger than lava to promotes the building of the Strands inside the jade body, and that will be before he splits them into their own respective Jadeite Rock and Nephrite Stones.
Although the two jade were equal when they were mixed together, the fact Jadeite's gravity differences are much higher than the Nephrite. With one lighter and another heavier, the molten Jade can be divided from one another easily without too much effort is required. And in between, the Distinction Jade Manufacturing Art also promotes the separation speed, allowing him to completely separates the two from one another.
In the following, Zhang Wu Ji process each of the blocks of jade arranged neatly in the shelf and separates them into two parts. The procedure took him half a day to complete before he focused on refining the piece of jade, only accepting the top quality jade and reprocessing the jade again. This procedure again too him another half a day, as he falls asleep inside of the Blacksmithing room after a while.
In the next morning, the sound of Slave Disciples moving the Firestones wakes him up, as he was completely exhausted during his attempt to process the Jadeite and Nephrite. But his end product does attract the attention of the Slave Disciples especially one of them who was staring at the total of twenty pieces of beautifully processed Jade blocks.
”Di's Jade! This is the Low-Earth Quality jade!” the slave disciple kneeled before the piece of Di's Jade and absorbed into what he was doing as he stares at the jade-like it was able to suck a person's soul into the jade. But before that happened, Zhang Wu Ji called him back into his mind as he stands up and bows at the Master Senior for his atrocious act.
”Did you mentioned that this is the DI's Jade? Tell me where you learned about it.” Zhang Wu Ji asked. The reason is not that of his action irritates Zhang Wu Ji, but the fact the Slave Disciple know about this Di's Jade is a wondrous matter because he was still trying to decipher why is this quality of the jade is called Di's Jade? And what is the Low-Earth Quality Jade?
”Dear Master Senior. This junior name is Yue Juan, my family background is professional Jade seller and engraver, thus I know many kinds of jades,” he explains his identity first, in case Zhang Wu Ji are not reprimanding him but rewarding him? This was his bet before he continues.
”From my father's record, there was a total of four type of Jade in this world that is known to be the top grade amongst all the jade in this Ping An Continent. The first one is the Di's Jade, which carries the mark of a creamy green color, and when one look at the jade before a fire, the jade will become semi-translucent like the creamy part of fat of an animal is melted and become a layer of oil. This Jade is graded as the 75% Quality.”