Chapter 3147 — Counterfeit Cauldrons
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Tianchan, for her part, was deeply worried. She wanted to speak up and stop them, but she had no sufficient grounds, and so she could only hope that Kang Jingming and Ancestor Xuanchen would fail in their cracking attempt.
Ancestor Xuanzhen, however, did speak up. "Xuanchen, you intend to counterfeit this first-grade automatic cauldron?"
"Yes, Second Brother. You surely know the business opportunity here as well. Above all, this cauldron sells for two hundred million for the single version and eight hundred million for the five-in-one version—an astronomical price! If we manage to counterfeit it, we could make a fortune!" Ancestor Xuanchen said.
"Xuanchen, we would be relying on the Xuandan Sect's name to sell these. As a leader among the ancient sects, don't you think it rather improper to have the Xuandan Sect engage in counterfeiting?" Ancestor Xuanzhen said. "This is a matter that will ruin our reputation!"
"Second Brother, I'll say it again: you're not the one managing the household, so you don't know how dear firewood and rice have become!" Ancestor Xuanchen said with a bitter expression. "You have no idea—earlier, we refined a great batch of first-grade pills and poured all our working capital into refining them. Then, when we delivered the pills to the Cultivators' Guild, they actually told us that this first-grade automatic cauldron had appeared, and that it was invented by Wei Zhao of all people! It was maddening—wasn't this plainly setting themselves against us? All those pills are stuck in our hands now. If we don't counterfeit this first-grade automatic cauldron, the Five Luminaries Sect really is on the verge of bankruptcy—where would we find the money to buy the pill-refining materials for launching the Cloud Terrace Island project?"
"Then why did you refine so many first-grade pills?" Ancestor Xuanzhen snorted. "Don't think I don't know—wasn't it just to keep Wei Zhao's pills from selling? Xuanchen, you really are petty-minded. Now that the pills won't sell, you've started blaming Wei Zhao again. When you finally counterfeit this cauldron, I expect he'll have come out with something new again!"
"Enough, Second Brother. You needn't concern yourself with these matters—just focus on refining pills. I'll take full responsibility for these worries!" Ancestor Xuanchen declared, settling the matter with a final word.
"Fine, I'm going back to refine pills! Silkworm Transformation, let's go!" Ancestor Xuanzhen waved his hand and said to Tianchan.
Watching the departing backs of Ancestor Xuanzhen and Tianchan, Ancestor Xuanchen smiled disdainfully. Something new? How could that be? This cauldron was likely already Wei Zhao's limit. Once he counterfeited it himself, he could seize Wei Zhao's market!
After all, in Ancestor Xuanzhen's understanding, cauldrons were extremely difficult to manufacture. Even if Wei Zhao had found titanium alloy to replace the material of a first-grade cauldron, a second-grade cauldron could not be substituted so easily as a first-grade one! (To be continued.)