Patting his chest, he let out a long sigh.
Goodness, that was really scary!
But fortunately, the system didn't have any issues; otherwise, Lin Yi would have surely gone mad.
As Lin Yi calmed down, a sudden flash of inspiration hit him when he thought of the system's response, and he instantly had a new idea. He just didn't know if it was feasible or not.
So, Lin Yi directly reached out, grabbed a broken porcelain piece next to him, and called out to the system in his mind:
"System, system, can you help me see which dynasty this thing belongs to?"
With Lin Yi's question, the system's voice echoed in his mind:
[System scanning... Scan complete. After the system's analysis, the current item provided by the owner is a fragment of a 19-centimeter-high rejected double-eared white porcelain vase, produced in Jingdezhen on October 15, 2020. Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
"Uh... didn't they say there was no fake among these porcelain fragments? How did you come up with a piece that hasn't even 'expired' yet?? What the hell..."
Although the system's analysis left Lin Yi speechless, it confirmed one thing: this system could now be used for item identification!
With this ability, he could truly call himself an appraisal expert!
"Haha, isn't this an unexpected surprise? Now, I've added another skill to my repertoire!"
[Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
While Lin Yi was lost in his thoughts with excitement, the system prompt sounded again, pulling his attention back as he quickly said in his mind not to proceed with reconstruction.
Joking aside, even if this thing is reconstructed, at best, it'll be a modern piece of porcelain. No matter how pretty it is, it's only worth a few tens of thousands at most.
How could I waste a reconstruction opportunity just to create a modern piece?
However, in order to make sure his assumption was accurate, Lin Yi didn't rush to reconstruct, but instead started testing the system's stability with various items.
[System scanning... Scan complete. With the system's analysis, the current item provided by the owner is a fragment of a small bowl with broken branch lotus pattern, produced in Jingdezhen on June 1, 2018. Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
[System scanning... Scan complete. With the system's analysis, the current item provided by the owner is a fragment of a large open bowl, produced in Guangdong on January 3, Year 13 of the Republic. Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
[System scanning... Scan complete. With the system's analysis, the current item provided by the owner is a ballpoint pen produced by Qinhuangdao xx Stationery Factory on March 1, 2020. Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
...
Testing one item after another, Lin Yi even picked up the pen on the table for the system to assess during the later stages.
No matter what Lin Yi provided, the system always gave detailed information about it.
After more than an hour of testing, looking at the porcelain fragments on the table, Lin Yi had already separated them into dozens of small piles.
Not only that, on top of each small pile, there was also a note written by Lin Yi clearly stating the production year of those fragments.
"Oh yeah! Awesome!"
Lin Yi's mood was beyond thrilled; he was almost jumping for joy.
But after the excitement faded, when his gaze landed on the desk, Lin Yi wore a wry smile, one more difficult than crying:
"This is just frustrating; with such a big pile of fragments, there isn't even one piece older than the Ming Dynasty?"
The best small pile had only four fragments, which were from the late Ming period, and they were too tiny, the largest barely the size of a peanut, with no value for reconstruction at all.
This pretty much dashed his hopes of reconstructing a Yuan dynasty blue-and-white piece.
With this, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to reconstruct anything tonight, and might need to wander around the Antique City tomorrow.
Now that he had this unparalleled system identification ability, getting his hands on some significant porcelain fragments should be a breeze, right?
Thinking this way, Lin Yi decided to get some sleep first, but just as he stood up, his gaze swept over his dad's teacup on the desk.
Not only that, to get his dad's help in selecting fragments earlier, he had also brought his dad's large tea canister along.
Suddenly, Lin Yi had an interesting thought.
"Hey, I wonder if with this system I can deconstruct and reconstruct these tea leaves into some fine teas?"
Yesterday at Boss Zhuang's, he drank some pretty fine tea. Although he wasn't used to it, his dad loved it.
Tonight Sun Zhi also brought his dad a pack of good tea, but his dad didn't accept it.
If these tea leaves were reconstructed into excellent tea, wouldn't giving them to his dad be delightful?
After all, barring unforeseen circumstances, this system would be with him for a lifetime, and there's plenty of time to make money; he's not in a rush.
Especially thinking of the way his dad and mom worried for him, Lin Yi felt even more compelled by this thought.
So, he picked up his dad's box of tea leaves worth more than four hundred bucks, and began communicating with the system:
"My dear little system, come out quickly and help me see if this box of tea leaves can be deconstructed and turned into some top-tier tea?"
That's right, Lin Yi picked up the tea leaf box. Truth be told, calling it a box may not be right; it should be called a tea leaf barrel instead.
This tea leaf box was the size of a formula can; after all, it held a full three pounds of tea leaves.
[System scanning... Scan complete. Analyzing provided material: Ordinary Mingqian Longjing produced in June 2020. Do you require immediate reconstruction?]
"Reconstruct, reconstruct, give me some good tea!"
Lin Yi's personality was such that once he decided on something, he would do it promptly without any hesitation. So, upon hearing the system's response, he immediately responded.
[Recycling owner's ordinary Mingqian Longjing, weighing 2 pounds 9 ounces 3 drams, system is deconstructing, deconstruction complete; system is screening and optimizing molecules, screening and optimization complete; reconstruction in progress, reconstruction complete; congratulations to the owner for obtaining...
[To be continued....]
ps: Thanks to our 'Lingdian O_o' bro for the consecutive rewards. Bro, you're about to take your college entrance exams. I wish you the same success as Lin Yi, achieving a grand slam in your exams!
Also, happy Women's Day to all the ladies in our family!