There were a dozen or so bamboo scrolls on the shelf, in varying states of preservation. Some had already cracked and would fall apart at a touch. Others could still be unrolled.
She took down a well-preserved scroll and carefully unrolled it.
Primordial Script. Densely packed characters.
She deciphered them one by one.
"...At the third transition of the heat, the molten metal must be guided back into the furnace by intent... This is the essential secret my master imparted to me personally... Respectfully recorded by his disciple, Su Yan..."
A disciple's record of insights.
Chen Siyao picked up another scroll.
"...The principle of mutual generation among the five elements must not be neglected within the furnace. Yang alone yields hardness but brittleness; yin alone yields flexibility but weakness. Master once said that an artifact of supreme quality must contain both yin and yang energies. Neither can be absent..."
Theoretical notes on artifact refining.
Chen Siyao carefully took down the bamboo scroll, gently brushed the dust from its surface with her fingertips, and focused on reading the Primordial Script inscribed on it.
After studying it briefly, a flash of delight and understanding crossed her eyes!
"These are cultivation insights and notes on artifact refining and alchemy from the Supreme Old Lord's direct disciple!"
She murmured softly, brimming with delight, "They contain so many cultivation methods lost since the Primordial Era, artifact-refining techniques, the essence of Alchemy, and insights into the Great Dao of the heavens. They're incredibly valuable."
Ye Chendong, Qin Xiaoyu, and the others primarily focused on cultivation, artifact refining, and Alchemy.
For them, these notes were a priceless opportunity that could only be encountered by chance, enough to spare them a hundred years of wrong turns! They would be of some help to her, too!
Without the slightest