Who told him to make the cards!

"Flame, as the key to unlocking the card civilization of mankind, is extremely sacred. People at that time were full of piety and respect for everything related to fire. Only true nobles were qualified to possess things with fire elements or that were fiery red."

"Its value also comes from this."

After listening for a while, Chen Zhi thought to himself, "Isn't this just like those bronze and porcelain artifacts on Earth?"

“And this too.” Zhou Keke put down the porcelain bottle and picked up the jade plate with a missing piece, saying, “Don’t be fooled by its broken appearance. Its value is much higher than that of ordinary collectibles, and it holds its value very well.”

Chen Zhi observed carefully for a moment.

I didn't find anything good about it.

They're not even as pretty as a young girl's hands.

"Didn't realize that, did you?" Zhou Keke blinked. "It's actually a card."

Chen Zhi: "Huh?"

"card?"

"correct."

Zhou Keke said, "Ancient cards were not as thin and square as our modern cards."

According to research, there were all kinds of cards back then, including round, triangular, irregular shapes, and even a stone.

“In ancient times, people did not have the conditions we have now. They often carved directly on the raw ore. Only highly skilled card makers would specially forge white cards for structural stability and aesthetics.”

"There are many intricacies involved in using a white card."

"I don't know the specific details, but I do know that the Vatican is still holding card forging competitions regularly in order to preserve this craft."

Do white cards also need to be hand-stamped?

interesting.

"You know quite a lot," Chen Zhi said.

"Of course," Zhou Keke scoffed. "I'm studying this major."

"Hmm? What's your major?"

"Archaeology."

Chen Zhi was taken aback.

archeology?

Yes, archaeology!

How could he have forgotten about that?

Old Man Meng wouldn't let him learn modern structures, but apart from the advanced Moon Crown Card Formation, he had nowhere else to find ancient structures.

Learning even a basic pattern requires repeated comparisons and deliberations, which is incredibly troublesome.

Furthermore, the Moon Crown spread has no annotations, so he might not be able to understand it.

However, if one can first learn and understand ancient writing and patterns, and grasp the relevant cultural customs, everything becomes much simpler.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhi's eyes began to sparkle.

"cocoa!"

"Huh?"

Why are you suddenly so loud?

"Where's your book? Let me borrow it," Chen Zhi said.

Zhou Keke was puzzled, but she still pointed to her bedroom: "It's in my bookshelf, you can just go and get it."

Chen Zhi turned and walked into the inner room.

But they turned back halfway through.

“By the way, this jade disc in your hand,” Chen Zhi said.

Zhou Keke: "Hmm?"

"You said it's a card, right?"

Chen Zhidao said, "But based on my observation just now, only half of the patterns on this are ancient structures, and the other half are just scribbles."

It can't even be called a pattern.

It looks like someone used modern techniques to deliberately imitate the structure of ancient paintings, but failed to capture the essence.

At first glance, it seems to make sense, but in reality, all the node patterns are wrong, and the closer you get to the gap, the messier it gets.

It's likely that the person who drew it knew they didn't understand ancient structures well enough, and the more they drew it, the less realistic it looked. So they simply broke off this part and used an antiquing technique to imitate the natural cracking of the card.

Although this was not good news, Chen Zhi felt it was still necessary to remind the girl to be more careful when packing her things in the future.

So he gave his own conclusion.

"Your jade disc is new."

"brand new."

"Undisputedly new."

"Okay, I'm going to get the book."

Zhou Keke: "???"

……

Chapter 34 Ancient Sayings

Zhou Keke's bedroom is quite refreshing.

The bed sheets and duvet cover were light green, and a small deer plush toy was placed next to the pillow.

The desk faces the window, where several small potted plants are placed, their lush foliage creating a forest-like atmosphere.

The wooden bookcase occupied an entire wall and was very large, which shows that Lin Yu was not joking when she said that Zhou Keke reads for two hours every day.

The books inside were neatly arranged and categorized, labeled with little bears like in a library.

Chen Zhi scanned the books from top to bottom and quickly found one about archaeology.

There are five books in total.

They're all very thick, at least a thousand pages.

The most outrageous one had a brown leather cover and looked like a brick.

"Old Sayings and Sayings of the Elderly" - Qingshu Publishing House.

"That's it."

This name is very appealing.

Chen Zhi has encountered quite a few old men recently.

One was surnamed Li, another surnamed Meng, and there was an old servant whose name I don't know, but who was incredibly fierce.

Moreover, he got benefits from all three old men.

What else is there to say?

Old man, you're lucky for me!

Chen Zhi took out the book.

After flipping through just two pages, I knew I hadn't taken the wrong one.

Because he actually saw this in the "Pre-reading Instructions":

"丿: pie (half human, four)"

It includes both phonetic symbols and definitions.

Below are two more example sentences:

①: You're not a complete person (a derogatory term)

②: I have four wives (I have four wives, how about you? This is a provocation).

This book presents its research on ancient artifacts through stories.

All sorts of things are bound to appear.

Chen Zhi originally thought that the notice before reading would include words such as "Those under the age of 16 should read with parental supervision".

The result is to teach people to read.

And they taught it in such detail.

Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't understand.

"No wonder it's so heavy."

Chen Zhi closed the book and took a light sniff.

Ah, the taste of knowledge!