Chapter 177: Imaginative Artificing
The Grand Cloud Mirror Art showcased to all those in Polarity City how the dignitaries gathered for the opening ceremony of the annual auction.
While that was exciting for some, to Li Lang, it couldn’t be more boring with no audio to go along with the visuals.
That was why he instead focused on crafting his long-awaited artifact printer. He had endured numerous failures within Ruby’s artifact space and spent countless hours designing something that he could make without any advanced tools.
Throughout all his experimenting, there was one notable thing he learned. Artificing required metal materials to use as a catalyst in order to work. It was why artificing techniques allowed one to shape metals efficiently without the need to use any heat. However, Li Lang wasn’t satisfied with just that.
He possessed a heavenly fire, and while he may not be familiar with the various Qi metals of this world, the auto-analyzer was especially efficient at analyzing material compositions. Li Lang just needed to put in the hours to test out how to draw out the properties he desired of the materials.
The main challenge left was the final touch of incorporating a beast core into the design. Each beast core was said to be unique, so repeated practice in his lab couldn’t assure him of success.
That was why Li Lang was surprised as well with how his first attempt turned out.
After forming the mimeograph machine with his artificing techniques, he proceeded to insert the beast core as he tried to attune it. Just like when he had done it in Ruby’s artifact space, the moment he placed it into the machine, he felt the core pulsating erratically, as if it was trying to communicate something to him.
He had to use the techniques he learned from Tie Qian to send out similar pulses of Qi in an attempt to control the wild core. It was as if he was building a collar for whatever consciousness was left in the core.
Normally, it would stop at that, and he would soon find out if his attempt would succeed or not. The start was the most crucial moment, as the spirit of each core reacted uniquely. However, his first attempt in reality had turned out differently. Instead of being able to concentrate on his techniques to form the figurative collar, a bestial roar suddenly sounded out in his mind. It made him flinch, alerting his companions at the table.
“Li Lang? What’s wrong?” Sima Xue asked.
She was about to reach a hand out to Li Lang if Long Yi didn’t stop her.