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Chapter 133 A Different Kind of Papermaking Technique (23)

Ever since this bamboo forest was destroyed by the arrival of the Xiaoyue.

Li Boyang's plan to breed an "artificial toothed pig" can basically be declared bankrupt.

At least in Xi Luo's eyes, this plan was unreliable from the start and was simply a waste of time.

However, Li Boyang clearly did not think so.

He first dug a huge pond next to the bamboo forest, and then specially obtained a lot of blue bricks from the brick factory in Lijia Village to reinforce it.

Then they dumped all the destroyed bamboo into the pond and soaked it with wood ash and quicklime.

This process lasted for a whole month.

The stench emanating from the area was so strong that Xi Luo, with her keen sense of smell, wanted to avoid it at all costs.

When Li Boyang finally managed to scoop out the rotten bamboo and put it into the prepared "steamer" to steam it.

The ensuing stench was so overwhelming that even the usually undemanding Sleepyheads couldn't resist fleeing the area.

It wasn't until Li Boyang took out the steamed bamboo and used running water to remove the remaining lime and impurities that Xi Luo vaguely realized what Li Boyang was doing.

First, the cooked bamboo fibers are pulped into paper pulp using a hydraulic pulping machine.

Then, stream water was added and stirred until it turned milky white.

What follows is a complete process of scooping, spreading, draining, demolding, pasting, and drying.

What finally appeared before Xi Luo were sheets of clean, white paper.

"You're making paper?!"

Xi Luo stared in shock, never having imagined that paper could be manufactured in this way.

Xi Luo keenly noticed that the paper Li Boyang made was whiter, smoother, and had better flexibility and extensibility than the books brought by E Tu.

"After all, I plan to teach the children in the village to read, so I need to prepare some teaching materials in advance!"

Li Boyang casually tossed out the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor, saying this with a smile.

"No, something's not right, there's a million things wrong with you right now..."

Having spent so much time with Li Boyang, Xi Luo immediately saw through the ulterior motive in his smile.

"If it's simply for papermaking..."

“I can understand these procedures, you can completely hand them over to the people in the village to do.”

"You must have some other purpose in mind, so stop playing games with me!"

Aroused by her curiosity, Xi Luo jumped off the bamboo chair and began to carefully examine the dried papers.

You wouldn't believe it until you look, and once you do, Xi Luo actually figured out the key point.

These papers may look similar, but in reality, each batch is slightly different.

The differences here include, but are not limited to, smoothness, flexibility, elasticity, and specific color.

"Did you add anything else when you made this paper?"

With undisguised curiosity, Xi Luo turned to look at Li Boyang, who was still smiling.

"When did you add them? What's the difference between these papers?"

Finally, Li Boyang stopped keeping everyone in suspense and began to explain.

"It's starch, alum, pigment, slag, and my blood essence..."

"In the final stages of these paper forming processes, I mixed different herbal and stone formulas in a certain proportion."

"These formulas, besides enhancing the quality of the paper itself, can also, to a certain extent, bear and strengthen the power of the proverbs."

In fact, as early as when he was planting the bamboo forest, Li Boyang learned through the Destiny Bone Armor that he could not obtain the "artificial toothed pig" he wanted in one go.

However, without doing some things yourself, you simply cannot know where you went astray by relying solely on divination.

Furthermore, the divination results told Li Boyang that he might have unexpected gains in the process.

So when the crushed bamboo appeared in front of Li Boyang, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of the papermaking technique from his previous life.

However, the simple papermaking technique clearly does not match the results of the divination.

The "unexpected gain" predicted by the divination results would bring huge benefits to Li Boyang himself.

After figuring this out, Li Boyang began to experiment with modifying the papermaking technique, and eventually obtained the different batches of paper we see today.

"The bamboo I planted wasn't ordinary bamboo; it was bamboo that carried its own wisdom..."

"Even if these bamboos are made into paper, it cannot change this essence—it is the best material to carry proverbs and incantations."

As he calmly explained to Xi Luo, Li Boyang casually picked up a piece of paper that had been specially cut into a square shape.

"Theoretically speaking, by simply adding some special materials during the manufacturing process, this property can be maximized..."

As Li Boyang spoke, he bit his finger until it bled.

Then, on this piece of paper, she drew a proverb or incantation that Xiluo had never seen before.

"Are you describing a formation?"

Her eyes widened in surprise as Xi Luo tried to understand Li Boyang's actions.

In Xi Luo's understanding, "array formation" is Li Boyang's unique application of proverbs and incantations.

Ordinary proverbs and incantations can only exert their effect of exorcising spirits and controlling demons when written in a specific way on specific materials.

These so-called "specific materials" are mostly genuine rare and precious materials, which are difficult for ordinary people to obtain.

However, by sheer chance, Li Boyang used the evil energy to refine five-colored glass.

These five-colored glazed tiles themselves contain the evil energy of the earth.

By simply simulating the terrain in a specific way, one can naturally draw upon the power of the earth's veins.

When these ley line powers flow according to specific mantras and incantations, a complete array is formed.

Because it does not require the power of gods.

This formation is more convenient and can be used more freely than a regular altar.

Later, Li Boyang discovered a way to draw upon other primordial energies of heaven and earth through a series of experiments.

Even so, the conditions for setting up the formation are still very demanding, and the materials used must be prepared and matched in advance.

But now, Li Boyang seems to have skipped these tedious steps and started drawing proverbs on a blank sheet of paper?

Xi Luo could clearly feel that as the proverb was continuously improved, there was actually a response from the primordial energy of heaven and earth to this simple "array".
This means that the paper Li Boyang made was itself a kind of man-made treasure, similar to rare natural materials or five-colored glass.

Of course, this was because I witnessed the entire papermaking process.

Xi Luo simply couldn't regard these mass-producible papers as some kind of precious or rare treasure.

"You little rascal, you really are a freak..."

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(End of this chapter)