Chapter 3123 — Han Jingyi's Invention
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Han Jingyi was thrilled. Fatigue forgotten, she grabbed the small stove from the table and dashed downstairs, making straight for Wei Zhao's villa.
Hearing the urgent knocking, Wei Zhao assumed Dongfang Ying had come looking for him. When he opened the door and saw Han Jingyi instead, he was taken aback. "Jingjing? Weren't you supposed to be in seclusion? What brings you back?"
"Brother Wei Zhao, Jingjing's invention worked! I hurried over to show you!" Han Jingyi held up the small stove, as delighted as a child who had scored full marks on an exam. "Brother Wei Zhao, don't you think Jingjing is amazing?"
"Uh... what is that?" Wei Zhao pointed at the little stove in her hands, puzzled. "It looks like a first-tier pill cauldron, but why does it have an LCD screen on it?"
"Hehe, that's right—it is a first-tier pill cauldron, but an automatic one!" Han Jingyi said proudly. "This is Jingjing's latest invention!"
"A first-tier pill cauldron? Automatic?" Wei Zhao blinked, eyes wide. "Am I to understand that this cauldron of yours can refine pills automatically?"
"Of course it can't refine pills on its own—an alchemist still has to operate it!" Han Jingyi explained. "But it's much simpler now. With this automatic first-tier pill cauldron, an alchemist doesn't need the wood attribute, only the fire attribute. It works just like Jingjing's scientific pill refining. The screen shows prompts for when the pill fire temperature needs to change; you just adjust the temperature accordingly for each time interval, and the cauldron automatically regulates the flame according to the formulas already stored inside, taking the place of the wood attribute. This way, the bar for becoming an alchemist is lowered considerably!"
"This... can actually produce results?" Wei Zhao stared at Han Jingyi in disbelief, utterly at a loss for words. If he could, he would have loved to pry open her little head and see what it was made of. An automatic pill cauldron—only she could have come up with such a thing.
"Yes, yes! Jingjing saw that Brother Wei Zhao is short on money right now, so she invented this cauldron. A cauldron like this could fetch a sky-high price if sold to those hidden families and ancient sects! You know, this is a high-tech product that lets their alchemists achieve a hundred percent success rate!" Han Jingyi said.
"Jingjing..." Wei Zhao drew a deep breath, truly unsure what to say. So this was what she had been doing all month in seclusion, vanishing without a trace? Because he was short on money, she had gone to such lengths?
Looking at her somewhat gaunt little face, Wei Zhao could not help himself. He pulled Han Jingyi into his arms. "Thank you for your hard work..."
Han Jingyi stiffened slightly at his embrace, yet a flicker of happiness crossed her eyes. She did not struggle, merely leaning against him. She truly was exhausted; the past month had nearly worn her to death. Had she not been a cultivator, she might not have endured it.
"It's nothing. As long as I can help Brother Wei Zhao, Jingjing is happy!" Han Jingyi said. "This first-tier pill cauldron can currently refine ten different kinds of pills, but Jingjing suggests making three models later: one cauldron containing five common pills, one for a single type of pill, and finally, a limited edition that can refine all ten—including two or three that aren't among the five common ones or available in the single-pill models. That way, rarity drives up the price, and we can put them up for auction!"
Wei Zhao suddenly realized that Han Jingyi's business sense was absurdly brilliant. What had started as a single product, with a few casual tweaks from her, had become automatic first-tier cauldrons in five-in-one, ten-in-one, and various one-in-one models. Money really was easy to make this way!