The Science of Cultivation

Chapter 135: Written and Affinity Test

Li Lang was taken aback by the things he had read for his artifice test. He expected the contents to pertain to blacksmithing, metallurgy, and the Qi method equivalent. He was even ready to make use of his advantage of possessing the Primordial Star Fire in this endeavor.

However, the artificing basics he read drew an entirely different picture. Artificers weren’t Qi blacksmiths. Instead of relying on the forge to smelt and temper materials, they relied purely on Qi techniques. No heat was involved. Simply by exercising these artificer techniques, one could extract their desired metal from the raw ores.

While it was alien to Li Lang, he was also mesmerized by it.

A clean energy-efficient way to extract ores! It would require no large facilities and produce no pollution. Even without the environmental and economic concerns, it would mean a lot for materials that would benefit from non-thermal extractions.

Li Lang’s mind was filled with various materials that came to mind. Materials like Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide and other high-temperature superconductors could help preserve their superconducting properties. Carbon nanostructure materials like graphene could retain their structural integrity and unique properties as well. It was even possible to create brand-new carbon nanostructure materials with the aid of this non-thermal extraction method.

Li Lang allowed his ideas to flow freely for some time before reining himself in. At the end of the day, he knew it would be difficult to obtain the materials he was familiar with. Combined with the presence of Qi, he would likely need to re

Li Lang instantly frowned upon hearing those words. He had an unpleasant experience with aptitudes already, and he suspected similar results might happen again.

“There’s no way to practice artificing in that case?”

“It’d be as impossible as someone with grade-one aptitude using the orthodox ways to reach Foundation Establishment. You’d need a lot of miracles to line up. Fortunately, there are ways to improve one’s affinity, unlike with aptitude, but we’ll talk about that when we get there.”

Li Lang skeptically listened on but knew he just had to do as he was told for now. It wasn’t time to investigate the underlying reason for what affected one’s affinity.

Under the watchful gaze of Elder Tie, he picked up the mallet and struck the bell.

Then, nothing happened.