Chapter 3478 — The Modification of the Medicinal Cauldron
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Yes, yes, that is precisely what our Right family has set our sights on!" Right Panhu nodded. "Then I'll be off—you two enjoy your pill refining!"
After Right Panhu left, Wei Zhao watched Han Jingyi studying the medicinal cauldron and asked, "How is it? Can we refine third-grade pills with this?"
"With Brother Wei Zhao's current level of strength assisting Jingjing, there should be no problem. But since it means two people channeling true qi together, Jingjing fears something might go wrong! The materials for Qi-Gathering Pills are limited and very expensive—if they were wasted, Jingjing's heart would ache!" Han Jingyi said. "Jingjing was thinking—could we modify this third-grade medicinal cauldron into a third-grade automatic cauldron? Then Brother Wei Zhao could channel true qi on his own and refine third-grade Qi-Gathering Pills, without Jingjing needing to take part at all!"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao's eyes lit up at once. Indeed, it was so—if Han Jingyi modified the cauldron, then given Wei Zhao's level of strength, if he were merely made to condense dan fire continuously while the cauldron automatically adjusted the flame and temperature, Wei Zhao could well refine pills entirely on his own!
The former drawbacks had vanished completely, thanks to Han Jingyi's first- and second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons!
"That is a fine idea. Is the modification troublesome?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Not at all!" Han Jingyi said. "The principle is actually the same. The only troublesome part is substituting materials for the cauldron and writing the cauldron's firmware. But if we simply modify a third-grade medicinal cauldron without seeking substitute materials, it is quite easy—because Jingjing has already worked out some of the formulas for third-grade pills, and only needs to write them into firmware."
"Good!" Wei Zhao could not help but marvel at Han Jingyi's cleverness. If this worked, he truly could refine Qi-Gathering Pills in batches.
"By the way, Brother Wei Zhao, can your Shennong Cauldron be repaired? If it can, it would be even better to modify that one. In Ancestor Zhang Lifeng's notes on pill refining, there are also a great many fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and even higher pill formulas. So I think that in the future we may need to refine fourth- and fifth-grade pills as well. Rather than do it piecemeal, we might as well use the Shennong Cauldron for the modification—that way it can serve us far into the future!" Han Jingyi said.
"Repairing the Shennong Cauldron..." Wei Zhao suddenly recalled the incomplete volume on artifact restoration he had obtained earlier from the hidden Han family. At the time, Wei Zhao had not yet been a caster, so he had not taken it seriously and had simply put the volume away. But now, thinking back, he ought to be able to repair the Shennong Cauldron!
At that thought, Wei Zhao hurriedly brought out the incomplete volume and began to leaf through it. Sure enough, it contained a section on repairing medicinal cauldrons!
"Brother Wei Zhao, what is that book? It looks rather ancient?" Han Jingyi asked, somewhat surprised.
"A book on artifact restoration. It has a section on repairing medicinal cauldrons—let me see whether I can manage the repair," Wei Zhao said.
"All right!" Han Jingyi nodded. "Then I will first study the firmware writing for modifying the cauldron, and Brother Wei Zhao can go repair the cauldron. If it truly can be repaired, we'll use the Shennong Cauldron to refine, and I'll take this third-grade cauldron away to study and develop products from."
"That works too!" Wei Zhao agreed after hearing her out. "Then let us split into two fronts for our research! I will repair the cauldron, and you study that firmware."