Chapter 179: Weave Press
After a brief moment of thought, Li Lang simply decided to call his new printer artifact, Weave Press. He never liked overthinking names, so he didn’t hesitate and moved on to other matters.
There was still a lot waiting for him to do. With the creation of the Weave Press, he needed to run multiple tests on it. He needed to examine the talismans it produced to see how it compared to the ones he handcrafted. Then, he wanted to study the nascent artifact spirit, so that in the future, he could evaluate if the programming method he used produced any differing results from the traditional methods.
The first thing on the list didn’t take long, as the mimeograph artifact only took a dozen seconds to print its first talisman. To those familiar with modern printing, it was on the slower end, but Li Lang wasn’t too concerned about that at the moment.
When he was designing the artifact, there were many challenges he had to overcome in order for the end result to be able to produce working talismans. Taking the extra few seconds to properly lay out the Qi channels on the talisman wasn’t anything to be concerned about.
The crux that solved his issues was the ink that had once saved him in his brushweaving trials. His research had shown that every attempt to incorporate the usual multi-element ink into the design had failed. He chalked it up to the operating system, the artifact spirit, not being able to separate the useful bits of energy like a human cultivator could with their will during the creation process.
That’s why every single stencil on his mimeograph machine had to come with a unique drum that had multiple compartments for various inks. Different parts of it were filled with a variety of inks, with the required elements in the relevant section of the talisman.
Li Lang found all that extra work he put into its creation had paid off when he found a seemingly average talisman coming out of the machine.
For the first talisman he planned to print, he decided to pick one he often used. It naturally led to the Warding Talisman being selected.
The freshly printed talisman was slightly darker in appearance compared to the regular ones, but Li Lang had enough experience with working with the tree sap inks to find it normal. Still, he didn’t hesitate to have Ruby take in the talisman for further examination. It wasn’t much of a loss at all, as a new one would be printed a dozen seconds later. He could try to activate the next one to observe its efficiency.
Like this, Li Lang continued deep into the night, testing out his new supply of talismans. He ran every test he could think of, recording every result, so he could compare it to the regular Warding Talismans.
Early the next day, he called out to his companions during breakfast.
“You’re up early,” Long Yi noted as he ate.