Who told him to make the cards!

Private savings account +5000.

What's given away doesn't count, and Chen Zhi felt heartbroken seeing it.

Little did he know, someone else was even more heartbroken than he was.

After seeing Chen Zhi off, the young man from the card forging shop returned to the workshop to continue correcting the shapes of the cards.

At the same time, he threw the source ore given by Chen Zhi into the white marrow mineral water basin, soaked it first to remove excess impurities.

After he finished dealing with the cards at hand, he took out the source ore and put it into the constant temperature furnace.

This process usually takes a day and a night to allow the ore's internal properties to reach the standard activity level required for forging, while also softening the ore for better shaping.

Then he prepared to go to the "steady-state layer".

This is a secondary material forged from white marrow powder of the same batch and with completely consistent particle size, with a small amount of rare metals added. The unit is a piece, and it is generally used to lock the magical power of the core material, preventing it from leaking out in the slightest.

Chen Zhi gave 7000, and the process must be fully optimized, requiring twenty pieces.

After the stabilizing layer is formed, the craftsman will manually mark its law flow direction with a pen. When using it, one piece is upright and the other is reversed, and they are stacked in equal amounts. Then, the core material is placed in the middle and welded into a whole piece to get a "three-piece combination".

Then, it is pressed into a rod shape and stretched using equipment, and then twisted vigorously to make the card blank reveal the pattern, which is one of the most noble crafts, "Mirror Twist Three-Piece Assembly".

The problem lies before this step.

The young man had prepared everything, but when he checked the next day, the piece of ore that Chen Zhi had given him was completely unmoved. The surface temperature had reached 1500 degrees Celsius, but it showed no signs of softening and remained rock hard.

He didn't believe in superstitions and burned it for another half a day.

The result was the same.

Now he dared not move.

He'd been working on white cards for years, and this was the first time he'd encountered something like this.

In order not to mess things up, he had no choice but to ask his master for help.

When the master heard him say on the phone that it wouldn't soften even at 2000 degrees Celsius, he knew what was going on.

"Take it out and put it there."

On the third day, the young man's master came to the workshop in person.

He picked up the cooled ore and observed it for a moment before entering the laboratory and determining its approximate age.

One hundred million years or more.

It was indeed an ancient source ore.

The master did not introduce the young man immediately.

They didn't ask any questions.

He simply said, "You can't do this white card for now, I'll have to do it."

"And you should know my fees."

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately covered his head, feeling as if the sky had fallen.

His master was a renowned craftsman in the Holy Order Empire.

They generally don't take action.

He spent 100,000 in one go.

Even if this raw ore only requires one-tenth of the master's power.

He only accepted 7000 from Chen Zhi!

They also promised Chen Zhi that they were an established business and would never make up the difference.

Help!

His wages for the past six months are going to be gone again!

……

Chapter 60 Master Luo (Please read on and vote!)

The young man's name was Han Mei, and because he was quite strong, everyone called him Zhuang Han (Strong Han).

This is not the first time he has made a mistake.

Because he was too straightforward, similar things had happened twice before, but he just didn't learn his lesson.

He tried to ask the customer for more money, but his master scolded him.

"The most important thing in doing business is reputation."

"Words spoken are like water spilled; no matter how great the loss, I will bear it myself!"

The first time, Zhuang Han lost two months' wages.

The second time it took four months, this time it took half a year.

It's just enough to make a round number.

Zhuang Han wore a pained expression on his chubby face, as if he wanted to cry but had no tears.

The master didn't care about any of that, picked up the hammer and shouted at him:

"come over."

"Watch carefully and learn well."

His master wanted to teach him something new.

This is probably the only consolation for South Korea after losing 100,000 towers.

The previous two losses did not involve this step, because the ore brought by the customer was not that difficult to process; it was just that he was careless and did not recognize it, which led to the wrong price quote.

This time, however, it's clearly different.

"This is the Heavenly Principle Source Mine."

The master told him, "Hundreds of millions of years have made their shells incredibly hard, but this hardness does not come from the source ore itself, but from the natural principles that have been saturated with the passage of time and are now dormant within it."

Actually, "sedimentation" would be a more accurate term.

But "sleeping" itself carries the image of being drowsy and asleep, making it easier for his foolish apprentice to understand.

"To soften this ancient ore, you must first awaken the natural principles within it, and to awaken the natural principles, you must rely on the laws of nature."

The "fire" in the furnace represents the law, which cannot contend with the principles of Heaven.

Only the principles of Heaven can move the forces of Heaven.

"Have you ever been to the mining area?" the master asked.

The burly man nodded: "I've been there."

The master continued, "Then you should know that the laws within minerals are most active at night."

"The same applies to the principles of nature."

"So your first step should be to simulate a nighttime environment."

"Low temperature, humid, dark, and without direct sunlight."

Throwing the ore into the furnace right away is completely counterproductive.

Zhuang Han suddenly realized and asked his master, "What about the moonlight?"

This thing is not easy to simulate.

“Don’t worry about it,” the master said. “Moonlight has no meaning; it’s just an appearance. What truly determines the laws of nature is the ‘moonlight’ that contains a variety of heavenly principles. It has always existed; you just can’t feel it.”

Zhuang Han seemed to understand, but not quite.

His master then instructed him: "Go and close the shop. It will be closed for the next few days. I will personally teach you how to forge source ore."

"How much you can learn depends on your ability."

“There’s more.” Master glanced at the “Stabilizing Layer” piled up next to him. “How many times have I told you that while the Stabilizing Layer can stabilize the laws, it can also restrict the laws and lower the white card limit. It’s not a case of the more the better.”

"Keep four pieces, put the rest back."

"okay."

……

A week passed quickly.

This has been the longest week of Zhuang Han's life.

During those seven days, he and his master stayed in the workshop and didn't leave the house even once.

Even their meals consisted of the simplest steamed buns.

I bought it on the way here and put it in my storage card.

When they got hungry, the master and apprentice would nibble on a piece of food, drink some water, and then continue eating.

The two of them sleep less than twenty hours a week combined.

Forging this card wouldn't normally take this long. If the master made it himself, with the help of equipment, he could finish it within two days.