Help!
Shen Le had never imagined that he would plunge headfirst into... porcelain-firing research in the distant ancient past, rather than in the modern age with its abundance of instruments and equipment.
Fortunately, the Daoist sect gave his ideas its full support. Though they lacked precision weighing equipment, composition analysis equipment, temperature-control equipment, kiln temperature-measuring equipment...
The Daoist sect assigned him ten of its finest disciples, each with their own specialties, as his assistants:
With the sect's strongest combat power and fastest movement speed, Lou Yun was responsible for traveling across the country to acquire all kinds of materials for him.
Clay, quartz, moonstone, all manner of strange and exotic glazes—he brought them back in huge bundles from the Taihang Mountains, Jingdezhen, Coral Tree City, and every place Shen Le could think of:
"This... won't do." Shen Le rested his fingertips on the large sack of clay lumps Senior Martial Brother Lou Yun had carried back, shook his head, and gave him an apologetic smile.
"This clay isn't fine enough. Senior Martial Brother, look—the porcelain clay I need to fire Translucent White Porcelain has to be extremely, extremely fine. Fine enough to be used directly as face powder—"
"Even after washing and settling, the porcelain clay you brought back still isn't fine enough. It can only be used to fire coarse porcelain."
"This... is fine enough, but it isn't white enough. There are too many impurities."
"This..." Shen Le pinched up a piece of porcelain clay and silently ran his true essence through it, then shook his head regretfully.
"Senior Martial Brother, you can feel it too, right? It's far too sluggish. Spiritual energy can't pass through it at all—materials for firing Magic Artifacts must at least be able to hold a little spiritual energy!"
Lou Yun flew back and