Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor-Chapter 518 - 267: Storage Space_3

The glass liquid gradually swelled, slowly becoming smooth.

However, it was still far from being a perfectly smooth bead.

Luo De gently placed it in the prepared damp wooden mold, continuously rolling and rotating it, and a "hiss" sound immediately surfaced.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the glass sphere gradually approached a perfect spherical shape, its surface flashing with a mix of golden orange and transparent light.

"Oh my!"

One of the slaves couldn’t help but exclaim.

The companion beside him reacted quickly, immediately covering his mouth.

Luo De selected clever and astute individuals for the learning process, everyone reacted very quickly, covering their mouths for fear of disrupting Luo De.

Seeing the bead’s shape being about right, after a slight cooling, Luo De handed one end of the iron rod to Labette.

Labette looked tense, "Lord, I, I can’t, if such a beautiful thing gets ruined, I can’t afford to compensate..."

"It’s okay, just hold it."

Luo De smiled and forcibly placed it in Labette’s hand.

Even though it’s uncommon in this world, in Luo De’s mind, a glass sphere isn’t considered a valuable item.

Moreover, it’s an experimental product, if it breaks, it breaks.

After saying this, Luo De used pincers to hold the end of the iron rod, picked up another iron rod and gently tapped at the contact point of the bead and rod.

With a soft "crack" sound, the glass bead fell steadily onto the wooden board.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, wide-eyed, staring intently at the glass ball.

As it gradually cooled, the orange-red glass ball slowly became crystal clear, like a crystal.

Even though it contained some small bubbles, it didn’t affect its beauty in this world at all.

"It’s so beautiful! Is this the legendary crystal?"

Labette bent down, asking softly.

With him speaking up first, other slaves couldn’t help but speak too,

"I really didn’t expect crystal to be burned out of sand..."

"Magic, it must be magic!"

"Lord, may I touch it?"

...

"You can’t touch it."

Luo De warned, "This glazed ball hasn’t stabilized, it might explode."

To truly create a glass product, it must be placed in an annealing furnace to cool slowly, otherwise nine times out of ten it will shatter.

"Alright, that’s enough looking." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Luo De’s gaze swept over everyone, "Now it’s your turn to make it."

"Labette, you go first."

"Me?"

Labette pointed at himself, looking at Luo De incredulously.

Just as he was about to speak, Luo De interrupted him with a gesture,

"In the future, this kind of thing will be handled by you. Don’t fear failure, feel free to try."

Mature techniques are accumulated from experiences of failure, moreover, the materials are not expensive at all.

"Choose two more, and get started."

"Alright, Lord."

Labette turned around, picked one of his clansmen, and then a slave, and the three of them immediately began practicing.

...

...

In the next five days, Luo De stayed in the kiln cave, leading Labette and others in glass making.

Making glass spheres isn’t much of a challenge, the key is glass container blowing — this is what changes life conditions.

This also greatly tests the technique, breath control needs to be very precise.

Blowing too strong would cause the glass sphere to explode due to the thin walls;

If the breath isn’t enough, the inside wouldn’t open properly and would be too heavy, leading to internal collapse.

Luo De himself practiced several times until he successfully blew out a small palm-sized glass bottle.

Then it underwent annealing cooling, after waiting a night this first not-so-attractive glass bottle was harvested.

"Lord, this should be worth quite a few gold coins, right?"

Having seen the glass sphere, Labette was much calmer but couldn’t help staring at the glass bottle.

Smooth, sleek, transparent, looking at the sun it can refract into layers of colorful halos.

Fingers tapping lightly on it, it can also produce a series of crisp, pleasant sounds.

If it were in his former tribe, Labette believed it would definitely be a treasure stored in the elder’s box.

"It might fetch some gold coins now."

Luo De nodded slightly, "But it’s just a bottle for holding water."

"Holding water? You’re saying you want to use this for holding water?"

Labette couldn’t believe it, "Such a beautiful bottle for water is a pity..."

In the previous life, there were even people who used it to hold urine.

Luo De couldn’t help but murmur in his heart.

Of course, Luo De also understood Labette’s astonishment, smiled and said: "When you make more in the future, you’ll find it’s not magical."

During ancient times, there was glass craftsmanship, but it wasn’t recorded in books.

Because wizards looked down on such simple techniques as well.

"You need to hurry and practice, quickly master blowing techniques."

Luo De took the bottle, wrapped it in cloth, and instructed: "Once you become proficient, there’s new work."

Although Luo De felt glass wasn’t valuable, other nobles didn’t think so.

Especially some glass crafts and jewelry, Luo De had to seize the time to make some to reap the benefits.

"Yes, Lord."

Labette reluctantly withdrew his gaze, saluted and then picked up an iron tube and ran back to the furnace to continue practicing blowing.

Luo De didn’t linger in the kiln cave, carrying the bottle, returned to the manor.

Avril had already learned from Vivian that Luo De was making glaze.

But when she saw it with her own eyes, she still couldn’t help feeling a bit excited.

"Is this what you just made, dear?"

Avril held it in front of the lamp, examining it closely,

"It’s really as beautiful as the glazed cups Man Xiu sent, and even more transparent."

"The glazed cup he sent probably had other metals added, leading to discoloration."

Luo De smiled, "The materials and process are not difficult, when their skills mature they can all make it."

Glass doesn’t involve any advanced techniques, but to make attractive products, artisan skills must keep up.

"Then can I have anything I want?"

Avril’s eyes were glowing with excitement.

"Of course."

"Then I want a complete set of glazed cups, also glazed bottles for magic potions, and the lamp shades to be glazed."

Avril pondered seriously.

"No problem, think slowly."

Luo De took out several glass balls and gave them to Avril.

These were the products of experiments, in order to let the slaves learn the complete process, they all underwent annealing and are considered finished goods.

Because Vivian liked them, Luo De thought Avril would too, and brought them back.

Girls are girls, there’s never resistance to shiny things.

Avril was the same.

While Avril was playing with them, Luo De changed the topic and asked, "Are the healing potions ready? Vivian and I should set off."

"They’re ready, but we could only make the most basic healing potions with our materials."

Avril sighed slightly, "Father’s body may be severely injured due to Cultivation Breathing Technique, I wonder if ordinary healing potions will be effective..."

"Just prepare them first, if there’s an issue we’ll deal with it specifically then."

Luo De comforted, "If it really doesn’t work, perhaps we can seek help from the Dawn Society."

"Mhm."

Avril nodded vigorously, "Then should I go prepare for you?"

Luo De saw Avril’s eagerness and patted her waist, "Yes, hurry along."

Avril nodded and immediately turned to busy herself.

Watching Avril’s back, Luo De couldn’t help but sigh silently.

Luo De wanted to take Avril to the Red Griffin Clan, but was worried about Avril’s safety.

Moreover, Black Pine Ridge needs someone to stay and guard it, either Avril or Vivian has to stay, allowing Luo De to have real-time information about the territory’s situation.

Comparatively, Vivian is more suited to go with Luo De to the Red Griffin Clan.

Even if there are occasions where Avril needs to make appearances, Vivian’s portrayal will suffice.

However, this is the most rational choice.

Emotionally, Avril also wants to see her father.

"Baron, sister seems a bit downhearted...quite complicated emotions." Vivian beside suddenly spoke.

"I know."

Luo De nodded,

"Before leaving, I’ll properly reassure her."