Chapter 76

After receiving Ye Qingxuan's message,

a few days later, Ye Qingxiao hurriedly arrived at Ye Qingxuan's stone pavilion.

Looking at Ye Qingxuan, who was drinking tea, Ye Qingxiao asked in confusion, "Qingxuan, you haven't broken through yet; why have you been in seclusion for so long?"

Ye Qingxuan did not tell Ye Qingxiao about the nuclear explosion elixir for now; instead, he smiled mysteriously and said:

"You will know when the time comes. Qingxiao, when do you plan to go to the Outer Realm Battlefield?"

It was not the right time yet; Ye Qingxuan planned to wait until he solved the production volume issue.

Seeing that Ye Qingxuan was unwilling to speak directly, Ye Qingxiao stopped pressing further and simply answered casually:

"Probably wait another three years or so. Once the demon evil qi in my body is completely purged, I will go. By the way, I have finished the third-grade Calming Tea you gave me; give me some more."

The reason the demon evil qi in his body could be purged so quickly was largely due to the third-grade Calming Tea Ye Qingxuan had given him, saving him at least two or three years.

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan did not care much about the Calming Tea and casually handed Ye Qingxiao a large bag.

"Here, take it!"

Since the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven blessed land advanced to the second grade, the sprouting cycle of the third-grade Calming Tea, which had broken its growth limit, shortened once again.

Moreover, it was already showing faint signs of transforming again, so Ye Qingxuan was not short on third-grade Calming Tea now.

Seeing Ye Qingxiao happily accept the Calming Tea, Ye Qingxuan could not help but remind him again, "Before you go to the Outer Realm Battlefield, remember to come see me."

Facing Ye Qingxuan's repeated instruction, Ye Qingxiao looked at Ye Qingxuan, his eyes rolling, and grinned oddly, "Hehe, Qingxuan, is there something you need my help with? Being so mysterious... if you tell me now, I might have to think it over carefully!"

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes at Ye Qingxiao, "It is not confirmed yet. I will tell you once it is confirmed, and give you a surprise then!"

"Alright, then I will come see you before I go to the Outer Realm Battlefield."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan say this, Ye Qingxiao stopped pestering him.

He knew Ye Qingxuan's nature; if he wanted to tell him something, he would not beat around the bush, and if he did not want to say it, pestering him would be useless.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxiao drank a few cups of tea, chatted with Ye Qingxuan for a long while, and then left with the Calming Tea.

After Ye Qingxiao left, Ye Qingxuan did not stay in the stone pavilion long either; he returned directly to the Qingxuan Blessed Land and began a new round of seclusion.

During this seclusion, Ye Qingxuan mainly focused on solving the problem of mass-producing the nuclear explosion elixir.

In the following days, Ye Qingxuan often sent Ye Zhaoheng to purchase various spirit minerals and spirit materials, while he himself hid alone in the Qingxuan Blessed Land, nobody knowing what he was tinkering with.

Ye Zhaoheng did not ask questions; he simply diligently completed Ye Qingxuan's tasks and then hurried to refine the small elixirs to improve his cultivation base.

Time passed, and another two years went by.

Inside the Qingxuan Blessed Land, Ye Qingxuan looked at a set of special magic treasures before him, his face showing a rare expression of pride as he smiled, "Finally successful!"

This set of magic treasures was specially forged by Ye Qingxuan to mass-produce the nuclear explosion elixir.

It consisted of four magic treasure components linked together to form a complete set of magic treasures.

The four magic treasure components sequentially employed the rough techniques of artifact forging, array formation, elixir refining, and talisman inscribing to automatically complete the fixed operations Ye Qingxuan had set.

By inputting the corresponding materials and placing the demon core into the first magic treasure component, it could automatically fuse the materials into the demon core's shell to strengthen the demon core.

After forging the demon core, the first magic treasure component would automatically eject the demon core into the second component, allowing the second component to inscribe array patterns on the demon core's shell.

Next, it would eject the core into the third component, using elixir refining techniques to gather spiritual energy and infuse it into the demon core, intensifying the already wild energy within the demon core.

Finally, using the fourth magic treasure component, it would imprint the runes of the detonation talisman onto the demon core, completing the refining of the nuclear explosion elixir. This set of magic treasures looked simple, but it actually required considerable effort from Ye Qingxuan to finally take shape; Ye Qingxuan named it the Nuclear Explosion Production Line.

Currently, the Nuclear Explosion Production Line magic treasure could only be used to refine crude nuclear explosion elixirs and could not refine normal elixirs or magic treasures.

This was because the energy contained within the nuclear explosion elixir was inherently wild; unlike normal elixirs, it did not require fusing all energies, eliminating the wildness, and compressing and solidifying the energy.

The nuclear explosion elixir only needed the respective energies to be simply infused into it, so the difficulty was not high.

The artifact forging techniques used were merely low-level methods for smelting materials, and the durability of the refined demon cores was not high.

Furthermore, the array patterns and runes inscribed by this method were relatively crude, making them suitable only for this type of single-use nuclear explosion elixir.

Therefore, this automated production magic treasure had great limitations and could not be used to refine normal elixirs, magic treasures, or array discs.

"However, I wonder if talismans can be produced using this method?"

Examining the special magic treasure he had forged, Ye Qingxuan's mind turned to talismans.

After all, talismans were also single-use items; if they were refined a bit more crudely, it should not affect their effectiveness, right? Thinking this, Ye Qingxiao acted again, preparing to research a set of magic treasures for the automated production of talismans.

However, half a month later, Ye Qingxuan ultimately failed.

It could not be considered a complete failure; some first-grade talismans could be produced by this method, though they were relatively crude and their power was somewhat reduced.

But for talismans above the first grade, the higher the grade, the lower the success rate of refining them by this method.

For third-grade talismans, they would often explode during the refining process, directly destroying the automated production magic treasure.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan finally realized it and said to himself with a touch of self-mockery, "I was indeed a bit delusional. Talismans are nowhere near as simple and crude as the nuclear explosion elixir; automated production is completely impossible."

First-grade talismans were fine; their requirements were relatively low, relying mainly on the technique of drawing.

But for second-grade and above talismans, the drawing relied not only on technique but also on the cultivator's essence, qi, and spirit, as well as their comprehension of the spells.

These things could not be achieved relying solely on magic treasures.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan could only give up the idea of automated talisman production.

Ye Qingxuan was not disappointed either, because being able to achieve automated production of the nuclear explosion elixir was already enough for him.

After the mass production of the nuclear explosion elixir, the benefits it brought him were far greater than those of low-grade talismans.

After the first Nuclear Explosion Production Line was forged, Ye Qingxuan did not stop.

The one before Ye Qingxuan was merely a first-grade Nuclear Explosion Production Line; he still needed to upgrade it to second-grade, third-grade, and fourth-grade Nuclear Explosion Production Lines.

Moreover, the daily output of one Nuclear Explosion Production Line was only about forty-eight nuclear explosion elixirs, which was far from enough.

Therefore, besides needing to upgrade the Nuclear Explosion Production Line, Ye Qingxuan also needed to forge a large number of them to prepare for the market after the nuclear explosion elixir was promoted.

Seeing many people complain, the author clarifies: the nuclear explosion elixir series is merely for the protagonist to gather resources in the early stages and serve as a transition.

The protagonist does not intend to develop in this direction; everything is for the protagonist's own growth.

Everything the protagonist does now is preparation for gathering resources outside after he condenses his clones in the future.

The two treasure-devouring beasts in the grotto-heaven and blessed land are crying for food; the spirit stones spent afterward will be even more numerous. Once they reach the Gao Jie realm, promoting a grotto-heaven and blessed land is no longer so easy.

(End of this chapter)