Chapter 74: Chapter 74: What a System

Zhuang Yan, who was preparing for a meeting at the company, received a call from Lin Yi, and couldn’t help but feel amused, immediately thinking that Lin Yi was calling to tease him.

Because Lin Yi didn’t know that after he left Xuanrui Studio yesterday, Zhuang Yan had some jadeite rough stones cut, and it happened that these were the ones Lin Yi had looked at.

But that’s not the main point — the key is that after the stones were cut, they turned out exactly as Lin Yi had analyzed: two were empty and one contained only a fist-sized piece of the lowest-grade jadeite.

Moreover, the stone that did produce green jade was about 9% of the size that Lin Yi had mentioned based on the size of the stone and the jade produced.

This discovery made Zhuang Yan even more astonished. His view of Lin Yi had risen even higher.

If it weren’t for Lin Yi needing to take an exam today, Zhuang Yan would have dragged him over to help check more rough stones.

However, just as Zhuang Yan was viewing Lin Yi as a super expert, Lin Yi called to ask whether a 100-gram high icy jadeite was more valuable or a 400-gram icy jadeite was?

That’s like asking a top scientist what one plus one equals.

“Haha, little brother, don’t tease me. I’m thoroughly impressed. By the way, when you have time, can you come over and help me take a look?”

Uh, how did my earnest question become teasing?

Lin Yi naturally didn’t know what image he had in Zhuang Yan’s eyes now.

The main issue was that he genuinely didn’t know which was more precious.

After all, the chance to decompose and recreate only came once a day; he couldn’t waste it no matter what.

“Uh, I’m really not teasing you, Brother Zhuang. My understanding of jadeite is indeed limited. Someone brought me two pieces of jadeite to choose from: one high icy type and one icy type. Size-wise, it’s about a four-to-one ratio as I mentioned before.”

Lin Yi had no choice but to explain it this way.

Actually, this wasn’t incorrect; the system did indeed offer him two choices.

Upon hearing Lin Yi’s tone, Zhuang Yan was taken aback and believed him, then without thinking, blurted out:

“Do you even need to ask? Of course, choose the high icy type! Jadeite’s value isn’t judged by size. It’s like comparing a one-ton rock to a palm-sized jadeite — which do you think is worth more? Let me tell you this, little brother, even if a piece of glass-like jadeite is only nail-sized, it’s worth more than an icy jadeite as big as a soccer ball!”

With this explanation, Lin Yi understood. So that’s how it’s determined.

After chatting a bit more and agreeing to help Zhuang Yan with jadeite rough stones when he had time, he finally hung up the phone.

He tossed the phone aside again and prepared to communicate with the system, asking it to decompose and recreate the high icy jadeite.

But he suddenly remembered what Zhuang Yan had said earlier, that the glass type was more valuable than the high icy type?

Thinking of this, Lin Yi immediately spoke to the system in his mind:

“System, can we directly decompose and recreate a glass type?”

[Answering the master’s question, it is possible to create a quarter-sized glass type of lavender jadeite. Would the master like to proceed with decomposition and recreation?]

“Damn, that’s too stingy, only a quarter the size? How much is that? Probably just the size of a ping pong ball!”

But Lin Yi quickly figured it out. The system’s recreation halves the size for each level up, so he was okay with it.

Thinking of what Zhuang Yan said about how even a nail-sized glass-type jadeite is worth more than a soccer ball-sized icy jadeite, Lin Yi felt less distressed and decided internally:

“Okay, okay, then… uh, wait a minute system, can you directly recreate the jadeite into two product pieces? It would save materials wasted during carving.”

[Answering the master, the system can recreate according to the master’s desire. What form would the master like to recreate?]

Hey, the system is quite user-friendly.

Looking out at the classroom building, his mind raced over what kind of design to create. Aha, he got it.

“Transform them into a pair of pendants, preferably with complex, impressive craftsmanship that looks stylish.”

[Detected master’s recreation command, recycling master’s ordinary icy lavender jade. Decomposition in progress, decomposition complete; system screening and optimizing molecules, screening and optimizing complete; system recreation in progress, recreation complete. Congratulations, master, you’ve obtained a pair of glass-type lavender jadeite pendants.]

Listening to the system in his mind doing the decomposition without hesitation, Lin Yi was speechless. Can’t you at least discuss it with me…?

But clearly, that’s not going to happen.

Looking at the suddenly appeared very beautiful purple pendant in his hand, Lin Yi was puzzled and questioned the system:

“Uh, system, didn’t I ask you to recreate two pendants? How come there’s only one in the end?”

He originally thought of keeping one for himself since the item was so precious and giving one to Xiao Zihan, yet now there’s only one.

This was a bit of a problem. It’s not that he begrudged giving it to Xiao Zihan; he originally intended to make a couple pendant.

[Answering the master, this is a pair of fate pendants. The two small pendants are combined into one. The master can rotate it clockwise to open the affinity buckle.]

The system’s response left Lin Yi uncertain. He carefully examined the beautifully designed pendant but couldn’t find any seam.

However, he believed that the system wouldn’t lie, so he decided to try rotating it clockwise as the system suggested.

Crack.

With Lin Yi’s effort, the pendant in his hand made a very faint sound, and suddenly the pendant split into two elegant individual pendants.

But upon hearing the sound, Lin Yi was startled:

“Damn, did I break something?”

Lin Yi knew that jadeite was extremely fragile and could easily be damaged with a careless move.

What he wanted was a pendant to wear, not just a display piece.

[Answering the master, products made by the system are guaranteed quality. The slight sound is where the pendant’s hidden mechanism is. The master can rest assured, even if it combines and separates once every second, the system guarantees a lifespan of over a hundred years.]

Uh, combining and separating once per second sounds pretty suggestive?

Oh system, you really are quite the master!

[To be continued…]