After receiving Ye Qingxuan’s message, Ye Qingxiao hurried over to Ye Qingxuan’s stone pavilion just a few days later.
Looking at Ye Qingxuan, who was drinking tea, Ye Qingxiao asked, puzzled, “Qingxuan, you haven’t broken through, so why did you go into seclusion for so long?”
Ye Qingxuan hadn’t told Ye Qingxiao about the Nuclear Explosion Pills yet. Instead, he smiled mysteriously and said, “You’ll find out when the time comes. Qingxiao, when are you planning to head to the Domain Battlefield?”
Now wasn’t the right time. Ye Qingxuan planned to wait until he had solved the production issue.
Seeing that Ye Qingxuan didn’t want to say directly, Ye Qingxiao didn’t press further and simply answered, “Probably in about three more years. I’ll go once I’ve completely purified the demonic baleful aura from my body. Oh, by the way, I’ve finished the third-grade Calm Mind Tea you gave me. Give me some more.”
The third-grade Calm Mind Tea Ye Qingxuan had given him played a significant role in purifying the demonic baleful aura from his body so quickly; it had saved him at least two or three years.
Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan didn’t think much of the tea and casually handed Ye Qingxiao another large pouch.
“Here, take it!”
Ever since his Qingxuan Cave Heaven had advanced to the second rank, the sprouting cycle of that third-grade Calm Mind Tea, which had broken its growth limit, had shortened again.
Moreover, it was already showing faint signs of another transformation, so Ye Qingxuan currently had no shortage of third-grade Calm Mind Tea.
Seeing Ye Qingxiao happily accept the tea, Ye Qingxuan couldn’t help but remind him again, “Remember to come see me before you head to the Domain Battlefield.”
Faced with Ye Qingxuan’s repeated reminder, Ye Qingxiao glanced at him, rolled his eyes, and chuckled slyly, “Hehe, Qingxuan, do you have something you need my help with? Being all mysterious… tell me now, and I’ll have to think it over carefully!”
Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan shot Ye Qingxiao a look. “It’s not certain yet. I’ll tell you when it is. I’ll give you a surprise then!”
“Alright, then I’ll come by before I go to the Domain Battlefield.”
Hearing Ye Qingxuan say this, Ye Qingxiao didn’t press any further.
He knew Ye Qingxuan’s personality – if he wanted to tell you something, he wouldn’t beat around the bush; if he didn’t want to say it, pestering him was useless.
Afterwards, Ye Qingxiao had a few cups of tea, chatted with Ye Qingxuan for a long time, and then left with the Calm Mind Tea.
After Ye Qingxiao left, Ye Qingxuan didn’t stay long in the stone pavilion either. He directly returned to Qingxuan Cave Heaven and began a new round of seclusion.
The main goal of this seclusion was to solve the problem of mass-producing the Nuclear Explosion Pills.
In the following days, Ye Qingxuan often had Ye Zhaoheng go out to purchase various spirit ores and materials. He himself stayed hidden away in Qingxuan Cave Heaven, tinkering with who-knows-what.
Ye Zhaoheng didn’t ask any questions; he just diligently carried out Ye Qingxuan’s tasks and spent the rest of his time frantically refining the Small Spirit Pills to improve his own cultivation.
Time passed, and another two years went by.
Inside Qingxuan Cave Heaven, Ye Qingxuan looked at a peculiar set of magical artifacts before him. A rare look of pride appeared on his face as he smiled, “Finally succeeded!”
This set of artifacts was specially refined by Ye Qingxuan to mass-produce the Nuclear Explosion Pills.
It was composed of four artifact components linked together, forming one complete set.
These four components roughly incorporated the methods of artifice, formations, alchemy, and talismans in sequence, allowing them to automatically perform the fixed operations Ye Qingxuan had set.
By inputting the corresponding materials and placing a demon core into the first component, it would automatically fuse the materials into the demon core’s shell, strengthening it.
After forging the core, the first component would automatically eject it into the second component, which would inscribe formation patterns onto the shell.
Then it would be ejected into the third component, which used alchemical methods to gather spiritual energy and infuse it into the core, amplifying the already turbulent energy within.
Finally, the fourth component would imprint the talisman pattern for a detonation talisman onto the core, completing the refinement of the Nuclear Explosion Pill.
This set of artifacts seemed simple on the surface, but it had actually consumed a considerable amount of Ye Qingxuan’s effort before finally taking shape. He named it the Nuclear Explosion Production Line.
Currently, this kind of artifact production line could only be used to refine the crude Nuclear Explosion Pills; it couldn’t refine normal pills or artifacts.
Because the energy within the Nuclear Explosion Pill was inherently violent, there was no need to fuse all the energies and eliminate their violent nature, compressing and solidifying the energy like with normal pills.
For the Nuclear Explosion Pill, one simply needed to pour the respective energies into it, so the difficulty wasn’t high.
The artifice techniques used were just low-level methods for smelting materials, resulting in demon cores with low durability after refinement.
Furthermore, the formation patterns and talismans inscribed this way were relatively crude, suitable only for this kind of single-use Nuclear Explosion Pill.
Therefore, this automated production artifact had significant limitations and couldn’t be used to refine normal pills, artifacts, or formation plates.
“But, I wonder if talismans could be produced using this method?”
Gazing at the special artifact he had refined, Ye Qingxuan’s mind turned to talismans.
After all, talismans were also single-use items. If they were refined a bit crudely, it probably wouldn’t affect their effectiveness, right?
Thinking this, Ye Qingxuan sprang into action again, intending to research a set of automated production artifacts for talismans.
However, half a month later, Ye Qingxuan ultimately failed.
It couldn’t be considered a complete failure; some first-grade talismans could be produced this way, but they were rather crude, and their effectiveness was somewhat reduced.
But for talismans above the first grade, the success rate of this method plummeted the higher the grade.
With third-grade talismans, the production process often resulted in an explosion that directly destroyed the automated production artifact.
Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan came to his senses and chuckled wryly at himself, “I was being a bit overly ambitious. Talismans aren’t as simple and crude as Nuclear Explosion Pills; fully automated production is completely impossible.”
First-grade talismans were manageable because their requirements were lower, relying mainly on drawing techniques.
But drawing talismans above the second grade didn’t just rely on technique; it also involved the cultivator’s essence, energy, and spirit, as well as their comprehension of related spells.
These were things that artifacts alone could never replicate.
So, Ye Qingxuan had no choice but to abandon the idea of automated talisman production.
Ye Qingxuan wasn’t disappointed, though. Achieving automated production for Nuclear Explosion Pills was enough for him.
Once Nuclear Explosion Pills were mass-produced, the profits they brought him would be far higher than those from low-grade talismans.
After refining the first Nuclear Explosion Production Line, Ye Qingxuan didn’t stop.
The one in front of him was only a first-grade production line; he still needed to upgrade it to second, third, and fourth-grade versions.
Moreover, a single production line could only produce about 48 Nuclear Explosion Pills per day, which was far from sufficient.
So, besides upgrading the production line, Ye Qingxuan also needed to refine a large number of them, preparing for the market demand once the Nuclear Explosion Pills were promoted.
