The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

Sure enough, over the next few days he discovered several groups of people, all of whom were either at the Foundation Establishment stage or the Golden Core stage.

These people didn't enter the mall, but instead began investigating throughout Tianxing City, asking this person today and that person tomorrow. Seeing this, Lu Changfeng finally understood what the second manager meant by calling him over to find them.

The main problem is that these people don't follow the usual rules!

However, he could understand that shopping malls sell so many items that it's impossible to find the best-selling products just by looking; on-site investigation is also necessary.

For example, the fresh milk counter where he used to work would sell out of the most popular Zengling milk within half an hour every morning, and the rest of the time it would be idle. If they came in at that time, they would get the wrong answer.

In other words, Su Ziyuan didn't want to hide it, otherwise, with her presence, they wouldn't have been able to find anything out.

But to his surprise, as he walked, he followed this group of people to a familiar place: Wang Mang's psionic furniture factory.

After these people left, Wang Mang finally noticed Lu Changfeng standing at the door.

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, aren't you at work today? Why are you suddenly here?"

Hearing him say that, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but sigh, looking helpless.

"What else could it be for!"

"Manager Su told me that the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce headquarters sent a team here to learn, but the headquarters always likes to come secretly."

"Well, I just happened to have mastered the Eye of the Star, so they sent me to keep an eye on them!"

After hearing what he said, Wang Mang immediately realized what he meant.

"What? Brother Lu, you mean those guys were sent by headquarters?"

Lu Changfeng didn't try to hide anything and admitted it directly.

"That's right! It's them!"

"By the way, what did those guys want from you earlier?"

As someone who owns 50% of the psionic furniture, it's not necessarily a good thing if someone tries to take over the furniture business, so it's necessary to ask...

"Sigh, it's the same old story. They say their city is too far away, and it's not easy for them to come all this way, so they want to order a large quantity of furniture!"

"But I signed a contract with Manager Su, how can I break it so easily! So I refused them all!"

As a recent business newcomer, Wang Mang's spiritual furniture sold extremely well, so people often asked if he could spare a batch of stock.

Some of these people are real, and some are fake.

So Wang Mang once specifically asked me what to do in this situation.

Lu Changfeng only had one solution to this problem.

Payment in advance, delivery later!

Whether it's real or fake, we'll ship whatever price you pay.

However, after signing a distribution agreement with Luoyun Shopping Mall at the beginning of the year, Wang Mang's furniture factory sold about 10% of its furniture in the city to Luoyun Shopping Mall.

Most importantly, the contract was for 20 years, and 90% of the psionic furniture will be from Luoyun Mall during those 20 years.

This matter had both advantages and disadvantages for both parties, so I won't go into too much detail. In short, the cooperation was very pleasant.

After hearing Wang Mang's words, Lu Changfeng nodded in agreement.

"That's good, you resisted the temptation!"

However, Wang Mang gave an evil smile and then pulled Lu Changfeng into his office to secretly tell him the story.

"Hehehe, Brother Lu, I've recently developed something great, but there's a problem with it, and I can't figure out what it is."

"You have a good eye, could you help me take a look?"

Seeing how cautious he was to ask such a question, Lu Changfeng looked helpless but still agreed.

However, when he arrived at the innermost research and development workshop, he was immediately astonished by what was inside.

At this moment, a massive alchemy furnace, as tall as three people, stands in the center of the factory.

"Holy crap, don't tell me this is an alchemy furnace?"

Wang Mang's face immediately lit up with smugness.

"Ta-da! My latest invention, the fully automatic alchemy furnace!"

"I've studied alchemy in detail before. Simply put, it involves extracting the medicinal components, then allowing these components to fuse and sublimate under specific conditions, ultimately condensing into a pill!"

"So I divided the entire alchemy furnace into three parts: the top part extracts the medicinal liquid, the middle part sublimates the liquid, and the bottom part condenses it into pills, which are then expelled from the opening over there!"

"The process is smooth and efficient, but currently it can only refine Qi-Inducing Pills, and the success rate is less than 1%. Brother Lu, your mother is an alchemist, could you help me find out why this is happening?"

"If you say it's unsuccessful, I can accept it; I can just change it. If it succeeds, I'll be happy too, since it's a success. But if it's only 1% successful, that's just too upsetting!"

However, Lu Changfeng was not looking at the fully automatic alchemy furnace at this moment, but at Wang Mang, his eyes revealing a look of horror as if he were still human!

It's important to know that the cultivation world has existed for countless millennia, with countless geniuses skilled in alchemy and numerous treasures capable of automatically refining pills. However, these are all extremely high-quality magical artifacts.

But what on earth is Wang Mang doing here? He's only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, yet he's created a fully automated alchemy furnace. You can imagine Lu Changfeng's astonishment.

However, that look in his eyes made Wang Mang tremble, and then he looked at Lu Changfeng with a bitter expression.

"Brother Lu, just say it! I can handle it, but could you please stop looking at me like that?"

"I'm scared!"

puff!

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng burst out laughing on the spot.

"Fatty, what are you thinking about!"

"I'm looking at a monster!"

He then sighed and began to explain. Although he didn't know how to refine pills, his mother had refined pills for so many years, and her extensive knowledge of pill refining had permeated his own lack of knowledge, so he still knew a little bit about it.

"Alright, judging from your description, your alchemy furnace has succeeded. As for why the success rate is only 1%..."

"There's only one reason: the quality of the medicinal herbs."

"Although they are all the same medicinal herbs, each one has subtle differences. Alchemists can accurately distinguish these subtle differences between the herbs and make adjustments each time they refine pills."

"So it's obvious at a glance that your alchemy furnace followed a fixed process without any fine-tuning!"

"This is beyond your ability to resolve!"

Hearing this made Wang Mang even more heartbroken.

"Oh, does that mean all my research was for nothing?"

"I spent so many spirit stones on this alchemy furnace, is it all going to go down the drain?"

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, please think of something, otherwise we'll really suffer a huge loss!"

Hearing this, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but frown. What Wang Mang said was true. Investing a lot of money and succeeding but not completely succeeding was indeed a very disheartening thing.

But looking at this alchemy furnace, he quickly had an idea. Since this thing was involved in pill making, the preceding process must be correct. Perhaps he could make money from this.

"Fatty, listen to me. Later, modify this alchemy furnace so it doesn't produce pills, but instead produces extracted medicinal liquid!"

"If you can solve the preservation problem, I believe those alchemy apprentices will really like your half-finished product!"