Chapter 3247 — The Second-Rank Automatic Cauldron
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"Oh? A second-rank automatic cauldron is meant for second-rank alchemists, isn't it? Don't tell me it can be used by first-rank alchemists too? That doesn't add up either!" Wei Zhao looked at Han Jingyi, puzzled, not quite following her meaning.
"No, Brother Wei Zhao. The thing is, you have to understand—the reason our first-rank automatic cauldrons sell so well is that the bar is low. Anyone who can condense alchemical fire can use a first-rank automatic cauldron to refine first-rank pills. But a second-rank automatic cauldron is different. The people who use it are second-rank alchemists, and the bar to becoming a second-rank alchemist is far higher than merely condensing alchemical fire!" Han Jingyi said. "Condensing alchemical fire alone can never make you a second-rank alchemist. Second-rank alchemists are all cultivators with dual fire-and-wood attributes, and most of these people are already quite skilled alchemists. I wouldn't say they succeed every time, but their reliance on a second-rank automatic cauldron is certainly nothing like their reliance on a first-rank one. And there's another crucial problem: the number of second-rank alchemists is limited—there are only so many of them. Once we've sold cauldrons to all of them, there'll be no more sales to be had, unless the cauldrons in their hands break."
"That's true." Wei Zhao was enlightened. Han Jingyi's reasoning was sound. Beneath Meng Jingjing's exterior lay the mind of Liu Jinghan, a business genius. She had analyzed all of it thoroughly. Wei Zhao had no head for business, so naturally he had not thought as far as Han Jingyi.
"So if our second-rank automatic cauldron could be used by first-rank alchemists—or even ordinary cultivators—sales would surely surge!" Han Jingyi said.
"The logic holds, but putting it into practice would be very difficult, I'm afraid!" Wei Zhao shook his head. "Not everyone is a Han Jingyi. You mean to have those who can condense alchemical fire cultivate up to second-rank alchemical fire, and then use this cauldron?"
"That's not a bad idea at all!" Han Jingyi's eyes lit up. "Brother Wei Zhao is more thorough than Jingjing! Getting them to cultivate up to that level isn't very hard—no alchemy success rate required, just the ability to condense second-rank alchemical fire is enough!"
"Jingjing... Hearing you say that, I'm almost ashamed!" Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile. "If I didn't know you were Liu Jinghan, I'd take that as praise for me. But you are Liu Jinghan—how could I possibly think of something you hadn't?"
"Jingjing isn't perfect; of course there are things she misses." Han Jingyi said it as a matter of course. "Brother Wei Zhao, this really is something Jingjing didn't think of. Jingjing's thinking had wandered into a dead end before. Jingjing wanted to let those cultivators who can condense alchemical fire use the second-rank automatic cauldron to convert their alchemical fire into second-rank alchemical fire, but that process is far too complex and very hard to achieve. If it could be achieved, then Jingjing refining third-rank pills would be just around the corner! So Jingjing was focused entirely on how to use the cauldron to raise the grade of alchemical fire, and never thought of having the cultivators themselves raise the grade of their fire!"