After True Venerable Zhu took over the piece of wood, he spent as long as a month and a half merely observing it.
Qu Jianlei even began to suspect that the man was using the opportunity to sense it to try to accept the infiltration of the Creation aura.
A month and a half later, True Venerable Zhu made his move. In just three short days, he completed the carving of the wooden block.
The Turtle Shell he carved was not especially regular; it was not even perfectly symmetrical.
However, even the true body of the Chaos Wood Spirit had not grown smoothly all the way, and the grain of the material was not absolutely consistent.
In short, he preserved the integrity of the grain to the greatest extent while still locking in a considerable amount of its charm, preventing it from easily dissipating.
True Venerable Zhu spent another two days on the subsequent refinements, but the polishing was not especially meticulous—this was no longer his job.
The nine chess pieces were much simpler. After all, with such a large piece of material, making nine pieces was too easy.
Even so, while each of the nine pieces was very regular, the different pieces were not exactly the same size.
When True Venerable Zhu finally handed the items to Qu Jianlei, he said he was not very satisfied.
In his view, this artifact could only be considered "acceptable." It had reached the passing standard, but it was still far from perfect.
However, if he had another piece like this, he had a seventy percent chance of forging it to a nearly perfect degree.
His final suggestion was that if there was a next piece, then True Venerable Qu need not Warm Nurture and Sacrificially Refine this set of tools too much.