64 Second Progress - Blueprints 2 (1/2)
On the way back to his room.
Following by his side, Meng Ran is walking in a close proximity that can be said to be only practiced by couples. Keeping quiet as he walks, Zhang Wu Ji looked at her expression.
”Are you following me?” he asked.
”My room is just beside you, mister Think-a-lot,” she replied.
”Oh...” Zhang Wu Ji finally realized the person that stays beside him is actually this young lady he brings back from the Heavenly South County. No wonder there are buckets of soil and some weird looking items.
”What is those stuff outside of your room?” he asked. He might know some of them, but instead of guessing, he prefers to ask directly to know what are they used for.
”The bucket and the few pieces of stones? That's the ingredient to make the Formation Clay. Do you want to see how it was done?” she noticed that Zhang Wu Ji was asking about those thing littered outside of her door and answered him.
”Sure.” Zhang Wu Ji answered.
Heading to the same direction, the two walk until they reach the small open area outside of their room, and taking her lead, Meng Ran seated herself before the tool as she took a few stone slabs as thick as a cigarette box and insert a few strands of Inner Qi into one stone slabs to withdrew the item hidden inside.
Shuaa!” a stack of mineral ores in their powder form is taken out and forms a small mound on the ground. Repeating the same action, she continues until all eight pieces of Stone Slabs are used. Putting it aside, the stone slab that looked greyish in color turned whitish and decayed until it turns into ashes.
”The stone slab is gone. What happened?” Zhang Wu Ji asked.
”It is a temporary spatial storage. The process to make them is simple, basically, you need something like stone, clay, or gemstones that you can engrave the formation inscription into it. Look, I just got a few from the Blacksmith Department, so I will make one for you.” she shares the information with Zhang Wu Ji and taking out a few more pieces of Cigarette box size stone slab out from the last piece of usable stone slab.
Taking out a very special pen that was similar to a sculpting chisel, Meng Ran begin to follow the inscription she remembered in her mind. It wasn't too hard, but the work to get one done is not easy. It seems that in this world of Ping An Continent, the usage of Inner Qi in many parts of life is an important matter, like what she's doing now.
The chisel pen works like Qi absorbing tool that sucks her Strands of Inner Qi like water as it engraves the piece of stone slab until it was filled with inscriptions circling like a mosquito repellent ring. But that was from the eyes of an public and not fellow cultivators.
”Here you go. Let me give you this as a gift.” she toss that piece of the stone slab into his hand.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 10 Items | 1KG
-Usability: One-time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 1/1 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
-Warning: If the item weren't completely taken out before the stone decayed, the item will be lost in Spatial Realm Forever.
”I see... No wonder she took eight of them to collect the powder then comes back. Based on how many she got, most probably it cost her around 40 strands of Fighter Qi to craft one of them. I wonder what will be the differences if I put two sets of Spatial Formation Inscriptions into the rock? I should ask where to get those tools.” he speaks by himself in mind and considered about asking her a question.
But he was a little too late because the lady already started to work with her own things.
With her finger pointing at the tools before her, she delivers the strands of Inner Qi to the formation plate in the middle between the mineral ore powder and buckets of water. The formation started to activates when it receives the supply of Inner Qi, and begin its operation.
Like a clay mixer in the air, the powder and water came together evenly and mixed to create a small amount of white and beautiful clay. Although the mineral ores contain many like of metal substance within, it wasn't an issue for the formation plate, as it continues to mix the two together until it completely formed into a ball of beautiful white clay.
It was more beautiful than the whitish Kaolin Clay and softer than the raw Mined Bone. In fact, it seems to be like a dough made from fine flour with a good amount of water to make it so soft and pearly white. But it was still yet to complete the making process.
After rolling in the air without a support for a period of time, the water substance that kept the mineral clay wet started to dry up. Following from the drying process, the clay amazingly maintained their elasticity. Moments later, like a body that releasing its excretion, four pieces of stones is spat out from the dough before it stops rolling.
Meng Ran's attention is all at the piece of clay that falls into her hand, but Zhang Wu Ji was different. He stares at the four pebbles it spat and took them for an inspection.
Unfired Sentient Iron
-Weight: 11gm | Usage: To be used in Blacksmithing or Formation Profession.
-Durability: 14/14
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Unfired Pure Iron
-Weight: 19gm | Usage: To be used in Blacksmithing or Formation Profession.
-Durability; 19/19
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Unfired Crystal Iron
-Weight: 3gm | Usage: To be used in Blacksmithing or Jewellery Making Profession.
-Durability: 18/18
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Unfired White-Obsidian
-Weight: 1gm | Usage: To be made into jewelry that able increase the luck with opposite sex.
-Durability: 4/4
”Why are you playing with the waste? Come to help me, I'm teaching you how to create the Formation Clay.” Meng Ran said while paying her attention in separating the clay into four pieces. Soon, she placed them aside and picked one of them to be positioned in the clay turning wheel, where potters use them to shape their clay into pottery.
But the differences between the Formation Clay and normal clay makes them separated from one another. To shape a clay, they need to be wet, positioned in the middle of the turning wheel, and an ample amount of water. As for the Formation Clay, one needs to continuously inject Strands of Inner Qi into the clay to let them begun to take shape.
The water gives flexibility to the normal clay, while the Strands of Inner Qi hardened the Formation Clay.
One after another, Meng Ran created four circle plates in the size of her palm and put them right in front of Zhang Wu Ji for him to inspect. Without further ado, Zhang Wu Ji started to examine them one by one but noticed that...
Their quality is just tolerable through his evaluation. It can be utilized as a practice piece, but not worth to be sold in the store if any of them exist.
Basic-Quality Formation Plate (Formation Clay)
-Usage: Allowed a formation to be engraved into the plate to activates their inscription power.
-Limitation: One inscription only.
-Durability: 2/2
-Special: Shattered Formation Clay is a good replacement of fertilizer for Sun-Facing Fruit Tree.
”Their quality is tolerable. They made good practice but not considerable if it was to be used in battle.” Zhang Wu Ji gave her his honest comment. Since this Meng Ran is quite a stubborn lass, he decided to not run around the bushes with his words.
”Of course... Do you know how long a Formation Master has to practice with making the Formation Clay before they can make a proper Formation Plate? I barely learn for two years without teacher and resources, but if I grow up in our Meng Clan, my results will absolutely be better than this.” Meng Ran retaliates his words.
”Should we compete and see who can make a better Formation Clay?” Zhang Wu Ji challenged her in her most experienced topic.