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The beam-lifting structure naturally forms a loft layer. Although Li Younan’s little attic is only about 30 centimeters high, he still climbed a ladder to stick his head into the loft to observe, ensuring that during rain there was a dual-layer protection of a waterproof cloth and birch bark, so not a single drop of rain would seep in, which reassured him.

He previously considered that if there was a possibility of rain leaking, he would just as well fire another batch of tiles to cover it. However, it seemed unnecessary now.

Today, he had a very important task to do, which was pottery making.

The pottery he made about a week ago had completely air-dried, as indicated by the sensation of the clay feeling almost at room temperature without any coolness.

Pottery making in the wild is not an easy task.

As he embarked on this task, Li Younan turned on the camera: ”Hey, folks, now I’m about to undertake a very important task, one that may overturn your understanding of the show ’Alone in the Wilderness’—the production of authentic porcelain.”

”In fact, I believe everyone has seen some videos of making crude earthenware pots in the wild, but those crude pots are worlds apart from the porcelain that we, the Chinese, exported to the world, earning the name ’China’ due to its fine ceramics.”

”We’ve already completed several crucial steps, and next up are two very important stages. First, we need to dig a clay kiln for firing pottery, and I’ve already completed this task.”

While speaking, Li Younan pointed the camera at the pre-dug clay kiln.

Additionally, the pre-prepared charcoal and firewood for making pottery had also been piled up over there.

Li Younan continued, ”The next step determines whether what we produce will be pottery or porcelain.”

At this point, Li Younan gently closed his eyes, seemingly making final preparations—of course, this gesture wasn’t necessary; he was just putting on a bit of a show for the foreign audience, pretending to have a sense of ritual and mystery.

He opened his eyes, feigning a glimmer of light passing through them.

”Please don’t blink, as I’m about to demonstrate this ancient craft passed down to China—the art of porcelain making.”

”The biggest difference between porcelain and pottery is the glaze.”

”The essence of glaze is glass, providing our porcelain with a smooth, thin film.”

”So, we’ll need these three things: first is the flux; anyone who’s studied chemistry knows that flux is used to lower the melting point—we need to lower the melting point of silicon dioxide.”

”These materials are easy to find in the wild, like plant ash, some snail shell powder rich in calcium oxide, and animal bone ash...which contains calcium phosphate.”

”Next are these materials: quartz stones, crushed stones, granite particles—these form the main body of the glass network, which is silicon dioxide.”

”Finally, we’ll need some pure clay, which acts as a stabilizer.”

Li Younan then began preparing his glaze.

Blending necessary materials like plant ash, quartz powder, and bone ash, Li Younan suddenly let out a subtle smile: ”Next, we need one more ingredient to give our pottery its spirit.”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of copper wire—this copper wire was naturally taken from a roll given by the production team when selecting equipment.

Not much copper wire was needed; Li Younan just took about a few centimeters, crushed and ground it into copper powder using a stone.

The copper wire served as a colorant, turning green after oxidation, giving color to the finished product.

Li Younan relied entirely on his innate sense granted by the system to mix the glaze, and once he completed this step, he started the actual firing process.

He mixed the dry powder evenly by proportions, slowly adding water to create a consistency similar to thick milk, which he then applied thickly onto the thoroughly dried pottery bodies.

As he glazed, Li Younan casually explained: ”This brush was crafted using the hair donated by my cute little sheep...so when this batch of porcelain is ready, it will have credit for its important contribution, haha.”

Following this, Li Younan placed the glazed pottery bodies one by one into the clay kiln.

He took a deep breath, and by this point, even Li Younan himself felt a bit nervous.

At this moment, he had no extra energy to talk into the camera, instead focusing all his attention inside the kiln.

In the wild, without a precise thermometer, he had to rely entirely on the color of the flames, the smoke, and the radiated heat from the kiln to judge the temperature.

Soon, Li Younan completely immersed himself, adding fuel by feel, letting flames envelop the pottery, lighting up the kiln to a glowing red.

After confirming that the conditions inside had stabilized, Li Younan finally let out a sigh, explaining to the camera: ”The official firing stage, also called high-temperature sintering, takes about 4 hours.”

”Fortunately, it’s still early in the day, and the weather looks good with no signs of rain, which greatly favors us in completing this critical step.”

The subsequent process was somewhat monotonous; Li Younan briefly showed it to the camera and then turned off the video.

He needed to patiently wait, adding firewood according to the kiln’s condition.

The entire firing process lasted four to five hours.

Li Younan stopped fueling, allowing the kiln’s temperature to naturally drop.

He hadn’t made a single mistake up to this point.

Letting out a slight sigh, he sealed the kiln and then turned the camera back on.

Gently wiping the sweat off his forehead, Li Younan said, ”Folks, I think we’ve succeeded. However, we can’t take anything out yet; we need to seal the kiln to let it cool slowly in the quiet night. Then, tomorrow, with anticipation, we can harvest our results.”

Although today didn’t involve much physical exertion, it was mentally exhausting.

In the afternoon, Li Younan coated rainbow trout with starch to make himself a meal of butter-fried trout, thoroughly enjoying the feast. He also expressed some sheep’s milk for Little Fire Dragon to make into butter before retiring early.

The next day, Li Younan rose only after the sun had risen, stretching before quickly becoming lively.

He turned on the camera and said to the lens, ”Folks, the moment of anticipation is here, let’s see if yesterday’s porcelain was a success!”

Li Younan stepped outside to the clay kiln and knocked open the sealed kiln.

In the next moment, he couldn’t help but feel his heart race.

Light seemed to seep out from the kiln cave.

Li Younan slowly took out a bowl first; the bowl’s color was a pale yellow tinged with green.

A gentle breeze blew, and a few bird calls echoed through the forest.

Li Younan set the bowl down, then used the camera to smoothly showcase its details.

Calming down, he earnestly said, ”Folks, how do you like this color? I think I’ll name it—Wilderness Green!”