Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 167 Feasible Solutions

After taking Li Qing and his group away, Mo Yuming handed Huo Chengde a spirit stone that contained a replica of the image of the ambush of the Wu Ji clan elder in the Monster Mountain Range and another spirit stone that contained the image of Inspector Wei of the Feather Palace interrogating Eunuch Pao, saying:

"Tonight, hand these two spirit stones over to Li Qing and tell him to return to Zhongyuan City and immediately publish the images in these two spirit stones in the Refiner Association. He should also use his position as the vice president of the association to launch a gathering to condemn Wu Ji for colluding with the criminals."

I believe he will do as he's told, because he knows better than anyone that if he doesn't clarify his position and clear his name of any connection with Sima Wu sooner or later, suspicion will inevitably fall on him. And then it will be too late.

"Okay, I'll get ready right now."

Huo Chengde responded, and then turned to arrange the relevant matters.

"I'll take those weapon refiners to the weapons factory. I'd like to discuss the 'soul tablet' of Li Qing with Teacher Huo."

If it works, we'll have a powerful tool in the future, and we might be able to use it in this operation.

"Mo Yuming said. After arranging everything, he immediately drove the five weapon refiners he had tricked to the weapons factory.

Among these five people, one is a level three weapon refiner, two are level two weapon refiners, and two are level one weapon refiners.

They were brought to the weapons factory by Mo Yuming out of necessity, thinking they would be assigned to hard labor for the next few years.

But when they arrived at the massive weapons workshop, they were stunned to see the enormous, unknown machinery inside constantly in operation.

The molten iron that flowed out continuously like a stream did not require the blacksmith to use his internal energy to heat and refine it.

Moreover, it can be continuously and automatically molded. A black iron weapon can be shaped with just simple forging, and all the weapon refiner needs to do is draw enhancing spirit patterns and plate attribute ores on the finished product.

They discovered that the weapon refiners working here had the most relaxed jobs in the world.

It allows you to utilize your strengths without having to do hard labor.

As a weapon refiner, the most arduous tasks are refining ores and forging them into shapes, which are basically mentally and physically exhausting and thankless work.

Normally, as a low-level weapon refiner, it is rare to have the opportunity to process and make weapons from black iron. Every time I get a job that requires black iron to make, I cherish it very much.

Only by repeatedly refining Xuan Iron weapons can one rapidly improve their cultivation level and increase their weapon-refining grade.

Working here now, I can forge black iron weapons all day long, which is definitely the best job for a low-level weapon refiner.

They had originally planned how to get through these three years, but that idea had long been forgotten.

The five new weapon refiners were quickly assigned to work by Huo Chenggang. Not long after, Huo Chenggang's uncle came to Mo Yuming's room.

"Elder Huo, is the arsenal operating normally? Are the weapon refiners showing any signs of distress?"

When Mo Yuming saw Huo Chengde's uncle arrive, he quickly stood up to offer him a seat and personally made tea.

Currently, among all the weapon refiners in the entire arsenal, he is the one Mo Yuming trusts the most. Huo Chenggang and Huo Chengfang are just managers, and they certainly don't know as much about some of the most basic issues as their uncle.

He was a direct participant and knew best what the weapon refiner had done.

Although weapon refiners only play a small part in the weapon processing, it is the most important step and has the greatest impact on improving product quality.

Without the final addition of spirit runes and attribute-enhancing ores by the weapon refiner, the resulting weapon can only be considered a semi-finished product, not much different from a smelted iron weapon made from ordinary iron.

The reason why weapons made of black iron are much better than those made of refined iron is primarily because black iron weapons can be inscribed with spirit runes to enhance their performance and with attribute-enhancing ores. Refined iron weapons, on the other hand, cannot be inscribed with spirit runes.

"Hehe, they have no emotions. They're too happy to have time to be emotional. If there's any emotion they have, it's that they feel they don't have any good spirit runes to inscribe. Otherwise, their skills would improve even faster. But that's their own fault, not the weapons factory's."

Huo Chengde's uncle replied.

"How is the efficiency of weapons production now? Is the machinery functioning properly? Have any problems arisen?"

Mo Yuming was very worried that those complex power machines might malfunction. In this world where he was completely unfamiliar with mechanical principles, it would be very troublesome if something went wrong somewhere.

"Fortunately, nothing unusual has been found. Huo Chengfang is currently focused on studying the blueprints you drew, and he also has concerns about this."

"It seems we need to train some talent in this area, and some technologies will need to be developed vigorously in the future."

Mo Yuming thought about it and decided that they should set up a comprehensive college, recruit more students, and cultivate more talents.

After all, mechanical arts will surely develop in the Great Xia Empire in the future, becoming a powerful support for Mo Yuming to dominate the Tianxuan Continent.

"Elder Huo, I have a set of improved 'Soul Tablets' here. Take a look and see if you can make them with your current skill level. These are the improved spirit rune blueprints."

Mo Yuming gave Li Qing's set of soul tablets and blueprints to Huo Chengde's uncle.

Old Master Huo took the 'soul tablet' and the blueprints and examined them carefully before saying:

"The carving of these 'Soul Tablets' is quite good. The new receiving runes engraved inside the 'Soul Tablets' have further improved their quality and also given them a directional indicator function, which greatly increases their practicality."

In the past, I wouldn't have been confident about this level of difficulty, but now I can give it a try.

Old Huo put down the 'soul tablet' and the blueprints. Then he took out a piece of soul jade from his storage bag and tried to carve it.

"To be honest, my weapon-refining skills haven't improved much in almost thirty years, remaining at level three. This is due to both my own aptitude and limited resources."

My weapon-refining aptitude is quite ordinary, and there's nothing to be ashamed of about that. About 80% of weapon refiners have this level of aptitude. Without any opportunities, it will be very difficult to improve in the future.

The second issue is limited resources. To improve one's cultivation level, one needs to practice extensively, and drawing and carving spiritual patterns on tools is the most basic method for improving cultivation level.

The more runes you draw, the faster you improve. However, the best medium for drawing runes is black iron, which is the cheapest and most versatile of all materials that can be used to draw runes.

Although it is the cheapest material that can be used to make magical artifacts, it is still a very expensive material for ordinary people.

Therefore, it's very difficult for low-level weapon refiners to get orders for crafting tools using black iron. Without orders, they can't practice drawing spirit runes, thus hindering further advancement in their cultivation.

Working in the weapons factory now, if it weren't for our limited energy, we could draw spirit runes almost day and night.

In just two months, all ten of us have greatly improved our ability to draw spirit runes, and I feel like I'm about to break through.

The same goes for everyone else, especially my nephew, who has shown signs of a breakthrough.

While preparing the tools, Elder Huo explained to Mo Yuming the achievements that the weapon refiners had made in the past two months.

"The factory's production capacity has increased by nearly 10% since the beginning, and the quality of the products has also improved significantly."

It is estimated that in another month, at least two of our original ten people will improve their weapon-refining skills by one level, and at that time, production capacity will increase by at least half a percent.

Even without increasing the number of weapon refiners, daily production capacity could still reach nearly three thousand weapons at that time.

Old Huo was quite excited, his face beaming with joy and anticipation. His eyes shone with light, as if he could see an even brighter future for the weapons factory.

"The soldiers in the army have now basically changed their weapons. What they lack are consumables, mainly arrows, but most of the arrows are made of ordinary iron."

Therefore, some of the Xuan Tie weapons we produce can be sold.

In this way, our arsenal can be self-sufficient. When the time comes, we can try to produce some high-level weapons, which will not only improve everyone's weapon crafting skills but also increase income.

To create high-level weapons, more advanced spirit runes are required, and these spirit runes are mostly controlled by the Refiners Association and mid-to-high-level refiners, making them very difficult to obtain.

It seems we'll have to try contacting the Weapon Refiners' Association.

Mo Yuming said, his brows furrowing slightly.

"If you want to obtain high-level spirit runes, you can apply for a level assessment at the Refiner Association. After passing the assessment, you can purchase the corresponding high-level spirit runes from the Refiner Association."

Professor Huo provided Mo Yuming with a feasible solution.