Chapter 3324 — Overturning Common Sense
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But the scene unfolding before his eyes struck Kang Jingming like a thunderbolt from the heavens, leaving him dumbstruck and speechless.
What? Once these thirty second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons were sold, they would no longer be sold? An improved model was coming? But the technical difficulties had not yet been overcome? What did that mean? Release date unknown? In other words, whether it could even be released was uncertain?
If that technical difficulty was never overcome, then no more second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons would be sold? How could that be? What about the three hundred–odd second-grade medicinal cauldrons his family had just manufactured? What were they to do with those? Who were they supposed to sell them to?
Little One's breathing was likewise rapid and shallow; he well knew the principle that he and Ancestor Xuanchen prospered together and fell together. If Ancestor Xuanchen and Kang Jingming could not sell those second-grade medicinal cauldrons, then what were they to do?
"Brother Kang, we..." Little One drew a deep breath and turned to look at Kang Jingming.
"Don't panic!" Kang Jingming forced himself to calm down, then said, "Wei Zhao cannot possibly not need second-grade medicinal cauldrons—otherwise, why would he bother calling the hidden You family to inquire? As for the second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons he is manufacturing, though there are technical difficulties to overcome, the raw material is still second-grade medicinal cauldrons, and Wei Zhao is no fool. If the technical difficulties truly could not be overcome, would he be foolish enough to abandon this market? Obviously not—I don't believe Wei Zhao could be that stupid. He will certainly keep manufacturing the current second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons, so those cauldrons of ours will not go unsold no matter what; it is only a matter of time!"
"Brother Kang truly has great talent—to analyze Wei Zhao's thinking in an instant like that. No wonder the Master thinks so highly of you!" After hearing Kang Jingming's words, Little One felt as if he had swallowed a calming pill and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
In his eyes now, Kang Jingming was still a man of some ability—no wonder Ancestor Xuanchen had married Little Eleven to him. His cultivation strength might not be high, but his intelligence was considerable. Was the Five Luminaries Sect not short of exactly such a person right now?
The two of them set their minds at ease and returned to the Five Luminaries Sect. Kang Jingming related his analysis to Ancestor Xuanchen as well, and Ancestor Xuanchen was likewise reassured—after all, Kang Jingming's analysis made very good sense.
What they did not know, in fact, was that this second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron was merely a temporary substitute proposed by Wei Zhao, its sole purpose to trap Kang Jingming; Han Jingyi had already found a material that could replace the second-grade medicinal cauldron.
And the so-called technical difficulty was simply Han Jingyi's wish to further refine the second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron—after all, with the current design, the number of people who could operate it was limited. Only a second-grade alchemist could use it, and among the entire Upper Ancient stratum there were but a scant few second-grade alchemists. If you produced so many second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons, who on earth were you going to sell them to?
Nor would the things break down anytime soon; barring improper operation that caused the cauldron to explode, a single medicinal cauldron could last several years or even a decade or more. Keep producing such cauldrons, and they simply would not sell.