Chen Ping tucked the Living Being Carving Knife at his waist and turned his attention back to the first piece of Thousand Refinement metal he had completed.
Thousand Refinement metals on the Douluo Continent did not require a particularly elaborate tempering process, or even a dedicated tempering furnace, and the time required was much shorter than on Blue Star.
Thus, after just a few short minutes, Chen Ping let out an exclamation of admiration as he lifted the piece of thousand-refined fine steel out of the furnace with his tongs.
At this point, rings of spiral fractals resembling complex functions had appeared on the thousand-refined fine steel before him. These were natural patterns nurtured within the metal under the compression of geological pressure, finally revealed on its surface after Thousand Refinement.
This further confirmed Chen Ping's idea, because he could clearly sense just how well the vitality within the metal harmonized with the power of the Living Being Carving Knife.
One stroke created life, another passed judgment. The Living Being Carving Knife seemed to possess an innate, special mastery over metal.
The crystal-like carving knife danced and flipped between Chen Ping's fingertips. After a few flourishes, he put the Living Being Carving Knife away.
He had no intention of using this piece of thousand-refined fine steel to make a Core Array.
Even without developing a high-temperature-resistant property through sublimation, fine steel strengthened through Thousand Refinement was sufficient to meet his needs for turbine blades.
Yet when he picked up this piece of Thousand Refinement metal with his tongs, intending to admire it up close, he did not feel the waves of heat that should have radiated from the thousand-refined fine steel after tempering.
Holding the back of his hand above the thousand-refined fine steel before him, Chen Ping's eyes flashed