Xu Xin refined some more steel and gave it to Li Wenxi. He also gave Li Wenxi some coal.
According to his observation just now, a piece of coal can keep the furnace burning for an hour, which is shorter than the burning time of a piece of green-grade wood.
But coal is easy to obtain. It is unknown when all the coal mines will be mined. Moreover, one pickaxe can produce more than ten or twenty pieces. Compared with a green-level tree that only produces five pieces of wood, it is indeed much easier to obtain.
Most importantly, coal can improve the efficiency of furnaces.
"This is coal!" Li Wenxi was also surprised. "It can actually improve the efficiency of the furnace! Have you found a coal mine?"
"Yes, it's near my tree house, buried five or six meters underground."
"So it's buried underground. I was wondering why I couldn't find the coal mine... and you've found it all underground!" Li Wenxi blinked. "Could it be that your alchemy abilities helped you find it?"
"It should be about the same as your ability to find minerals." Xu Xin said with a smile.
"...Hey, I'm going to help you practice the steel block!"
After hanging up the video, Xu Xin came to the art room and sat down at the carving and painting workbench.
At his current speed, he could produce a small carving in fifteen minutes and 40 points of decoration in an hour.
After eating an orange to keep his mental strength at its peak, Xu Xin picked up the carving knife and immediately got into the state.
Soon, the first sculpture, the small sculpture promised to Li Wenxi, was made. This time he carved a beautiful girl standing with her hands on her hips. The proportions of her head, body, and legs were perfectly restored, and even her figure was perfectly restored.
The prompt sounded, telling him to increase the decoration level by ten points. Xu Xin put the small carving aside, took out another green-level crystal, and continued carving.
Immersed in the carving, Xu Xin didn't feel the passage of time. Soon, small carvings were created from his hands. The images of the small carvings were all animals, blood-patterned rabbits, blood-patterned cats, and blood-patterned swordfish. These were the three intermediate mutant beasts he had killed.
After completing the fourth carving, the one depicting a blood-marked swordfish emerging from the water, Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, set down his carving knife, and leaned back in his chair. He checked the time: four carvings, exactly one hour.
That’s pretty good, one hour and 40 points of decoration.
However, this time the prompt tone has changed.
[A mutant swordfish red crystal carving has been detected in the treehouse. Treehouse decoration level +10. Current treehouse decoration level: 319.68]
[The number of crystal carvings in the tree house has reached the upper limit. Further additions will not increase the decoration level.]
...Sure enough, there is also a limit on the number of crystal carvings of the same level, but the limit is much higher than that of the unprocessed basic materials.
Art also has its limits.
Xu Xin calculated that before today, he had carved a statue for Coco, Mimi, Ah Fu, the Silver King, his beloved concubine, and the two little guys, for a total of six green-level small sculptures. Now he had a sculpture that he would give to Li Wenxi, and three sculptures of intermediate-level mutant beasts.
In total, there are ten.
The upper limit of the number of crystal carvings is ten. Each crystal carving can increase the decoration level by 10 points, so ten crystal carvings are 100 points. Combined with the 20% decoration level increase from the last event reward, these crystal carvings bring him a total of 120 points of decoration level.
A lot. After all, an unprocessed green-grade crystal can only add 6 points of decoration in total. His unprocessed purple-grade crystal can only add 5 points of decoration.
However, Xu Xin was still a little disappointed. He actually hoped that the degree of decoration could be increased infinitely. Now it seems that he still needs to use other materials and methods to increase the degree of decoration.
There is no need to worry at the moment. He can also use mahogany paper to paint to add decoration, and mahogany is also one of the carving materials.
Taking out another green-level crystal, Xu Xin began carving again. After all, one of these statues was to be given to Li Wenxi, so he naturally had to make up for it.
The carving was complete, a small wild boar. As expected, there was no hint of increased decorativeness.
Xu Xin placed the statue on the bookshelf and was about to contact Li Wenxi to inquire about the progress of the steel refining when suddenly, a prompt sounded in his ears.
[Engraving proficiency achieved, artist level raised to entry level.]
...Artist level has been improved?
Xu Xin immediately clicked on the [Artist] option and found that the small text about the level had changed.
Artist Level: Advanced.
The artist level has reached the next level and has been promoted!
The prompt stated that he had advanced due to his carving proficiency. Xu Xin calculated that, including the two sculptures he had given to Li Wenxi, he had created a total of twelve small sculptures, finally advancing to the entry level.
His own level is indeed entry-level, but with the blessing of deep-sea pearls, his artist level has been improved to the advanced level!
Can advanced artists already process blue-level crystals?
Xu Xin immediately pulled out a blue crystal. Compared to the green crystal, the blue crystal was much larger. The green crystal was only the size of an egg, but the blue crystal was as big as a fist.
The blue crystal still bore a few marks from his previous carving. That time, he had only carved a few strokes before running out of options.
When Xu Xin picked up the carving knife, that immersive feeling appeared again, which made him overjoyed.
He could indeed process blue-grade crystals and create blue-grade carvings! This completely dispelled the disappointment he had felt after learning that crystal carving had a limit, and he immediately immersed himself in carving.
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