Chapter 135: Written and Affinity Test
Li Lang was taken aback by the things he had read for his artifice test. He expected the contents to pertain to blacksmithing, metallurgy, and the Qi method equivalent. He was even ready to make use of his advantage of possessing the Primordial Star Fire in this endeavor.
However, the artificing basics he read drew an entirely different picture. Artificers weren’t Qi blacksmiths. Instead of relying on the forge to smelt and temper materials, they relied purely on Qi techniques. No heat was involved. Simply by exercising these artificer techniques, one could extract their desired metal from the raw ores.
While it was alien to Li Lang, he was also mesmerized by it.
A clean energy-efficient way to extract ores! It would require no large facilities and produce no pollution. Even without the environmental and economic concerns, it would mean a lot for materials that would benefit from non-thermal extractions.
Li Lang’s mind was filled with various materials that came to mind. Materials like Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide and other high-temperature superconductors could help preserve their superconducting properties. Carbon nanostructure materials like graphene could retain their structural integrity and unique properties as well. It was even possible to create brand-new carbon nanostructure materials with the aid of this non-thermal extraction method.
Li Lang allowed his ideas to flow freely for some time before reining himself in. At the end of the day, he knew it would be difficult to obtain the materials he was familiar with. Combined with the presence of Qi, he would likely need to research materials from a new perspective.
This became even more evident when he reviewed the contents for his upcoming test. It was mainly basic knowledge about the process of Artificing. There weren’t any techniques included, as it focused more on identifying potential materials. These potential materials all had names that were entirely different from the ones in Li Lang’s old world.
Seeing these unfamiliar names, Li Lang couldn’t help but mutter them out loud.
“Starlight Gold, Ethereal True Steel, Moonlight Copper, Demon Steel…None of these were available in the stores I’ve been to.”
Finding a topic he hadn’t discovered was both a joyous and sorrowful event. Joyful about the new possibilities and sad about the missed opportunities. He had an inkling about these materials ever since he had Long Yi craft his spear. Back then, he had received some Aqua Night Iron from his friend.
From Ruby’s analysis, he found the structure to be similar to iron, but at the same time, had different properties. The Qi it had been exposed to had changed it into a new category of substance. One he had yet to fully test. To do so would require studying how it interacted with various Qi of different elements, and under different conditions. To just say it was a time-consuming project was an understatement.
While he wasn’t ready to lose himself to material science research yet, he still wanted to stock up on these materials.