Chapter 38: Mi Fa Source Water

The moment Cai Wei's words left her mouth, even Yan Yan Lingqing couldn't help but look over, then said irritably, "What solution could he possibly have? How long has he even been exposed to Material Refining Arts?"

More words were hard to say, because Li Luo hadn't even possessed an Affinity Rank for less than a month. Saying he could help reverse the situation was really somewhat fantastical.

Li Luo smiled, said nothing, but gestured for the two to follow him to Yan Yan Lingqing's refining chamber. After the door was closed, he said at his leisure, "I've looked into it. Before, House Luolan Mansion earned an annual profit of three hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Coins in Tianshu Prefecture, and Xiyang House accounted for half of that."

"And within Xiyang House, the First-Rank refining chamber earns thirty thousand Heavenly Gold Coins annually, the Second-Rank refining chamber earns forty thousand coins, and the Third-Rank refining chamber earns nearly eighty thousand coins."

"You know that, yet you still agreed recklessly. The gap between them is so huge, how could it possibly be caught up?" Yan Yan Lingqing said angrily.

She oversaw two refining chambers and understood the gap between them best. Third-Rank spiritual water odd light was priced far higher than First and Second Rank, so the annual profit was also the highest. This was an innate advantage, very hard to chase.

"Moreover, now Xiyang House's First-Rank 'Emerald Spiritual Water' has been ambushed by Pine Seed House's 'Sunshine Odd Light', which directly caused the sales of our Emerald Spiritual Water to plummet. Under these circumstances, the situation of the First-Rank refining chamber will only get worse, let alone turning things around."

Li Luo smiled and said, "So the top priority is still to stabilize the reputation and sales of our Xiyang House's First-Rank spiritual water odd light."

Yan Yan Lingqing said, "I've said before, the factors affecting spiritual water odd light are nothing more than three: the formula, the rank of the refiner, and the source water source light."

"The Emerald Spiritual Water formula is already relatively complete. With my ability, there's little room for improvement, unless we go invite some Material Refining Grandmasters, but that would also consume a lot of time and massive funds."

"Distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. The Song family probably prepared long ago, and now they're taking advantage of our House Luolan Mansion's internal and external troubles to launch these offensives." Cai Wei said, her red lips parting slightly.

"Then that leaves only improving the Material Refiners' strength and experience, but that's even more a matter of time. You can't forcibly demand that Xiyang House's First-Rank Material Refiners suddenly explode and exceed the average level—that's unrealistic." Yan Yan Lingqing said.

Cai Wei's beautiful eyes suddenly looked toward Li Luo and she smiled, "Didn't the Young Mansion Master refine a batch of Emerald Spiritual Water with a purification strength reaching sixty percent?"

Yan Yan Lingqing rolled her eyes at her and said, "How much output can one person produce? Even if you work him like an ox, you won't squeeze out much milk."

Li Luo's handsome face darkened. Although I don't mind refining First-Rank spiritual water odd light, I still have some status and position—how could I come here to be an ox?

"Then it seems only the source water source light is left." But this wasn't the time to quibble over that, so Li Luo directly ignored it and continued speaking.

Yan Yan Lingqing also retorted irritably, "Source water source light can only rely on the Material Refiner's own affinity quality. Are you planning to upgrade all the Material Refiners' affinities in Xiyang House?"

"Unless it's some Mi Fa source water source light, it can be used as a Consumable to enhance the purification strength of spiritual water odd light. But those Mi Fa source water source lights are the absolute secrets of every major faction—our Xiyang House simply doesn't have any."

Hearing this, Li Luo chuckled lightly and said, "This one, it's not necessarily so."

Cai Wei and Yan Yan Lingqing immediately looked over in shock and suspicion upon hearing this.

Under their gazes, Li Luo suddenly reached into his clothes and fished around, finally pulling out a crystal bottle containing roughly half a bottle of deep blue liquid.

"Want to try mine?" he said.

Yan Yan Lingqing's slender, moon-like brows rose and she said, "I've told you already, other source water source lights have no effect—only Mi Fa source water source light—"

Before her voice had completely fallen, Li Luo had already pulled out the bottle stopper. Faintly, an extremely pure aura seemed to emanate from within, directly causing Yan Yan Lingqing's voice to cut off abruptly. Her beautiful eyes stared somewhat shocked at the crystal bottle in Li Luo's hand.

The next moment, Yan Yan Lingqing snatched the crystal bottle from Li Luo's hand, poured out a drop of blue liquid onto her fingertip, sensed it carefully, and then the shock on her pretty face grew increasingly intense.

"There's no admixture of any attribute will. This is, this is Mi Fa source water?! And this kind of purity is comparable to Seventh Rank water affinity—how could you have such high-quality Mi Fa source water?" Yan Yan Lingqing, losing her composure, grabbed Li Luo's arm and said.

Even Mi Fa source water has grade distinctions, and this Yi Dao Mi Fa source water Li Luo took out had actually reached the purity of Seventh Rank, showing its rarity. Mi Fa source water of this purity could even increase the success rate of refining spiritual water—truly hard to come by.

The arm Li Luo had been grabbed by Yan Yan Lingqing ached slightly, showing how agitated Yan Yan Lingqing was at this moment. So he softened his voice a little and said, "Sister Yan Lingqing, don't get so worked up—can this Mi Fa source water be used?"

"Of course it can."

Yan Yan Lingqing immediately said, "If Mi Fa source water of this purity can be added to our Xiyang House's Emerald Spiritual Water, it will absolutely stabilize the purification strength at the sixty percent level, which is enough to crush Pine Seed House's 'Sunshine Odd Light'."

"But the only problem is, this Mi Fa source water is too little. If used for refining, it might only refine out about thirty bottles of First-Rank Emerald Spiritual Water."

Her beautiful eyes stared intently at Li Luo—that look completely didn't match her usual cool, aloof temperament.

"What if it's used on Second-Rank spiritual water odd light?" Li Luo thought for a moment and asked.

"Although using Mi Fa source water of this quality on First-Rank Emerald Spiritual Water is indeed somewhat extravagant, as I said, the quantity is too little. Used on Second-Rank spiritual water odd light, it probably won't refine out many batches. From a cost-performance standpoint, it's actually worse than refining First-Rank." Yan Yan Lingqing replied.

Li Luo felt awkward inside. These Yi Xie Mi Fa source water were precisely condensed by his own "Water Light Affinity." Because of his own Empty Affinity, this also caused the source water he condensed to possess a kind of emptiness, so the source water he condensed was extremely close to the so-called Mi Fa source water.

But what he had on hand now was only what he'd accumulated over three days. After all, his current strength was only at the Six-Seal Realm, and his phase force couldn't be considered abundant, so the Mi Fa source water he condensed wouldn't be too much either.

"Then let's use it on First-Rank Emerald Spiritual Water first."

"If I supply some of this Mi Fa source water every three days going forward, can the First-Rank refining chamber's performance become the highest in Xiyang House?" Li Luo asked.

Cai Wei heard this, thought for a moment, and said, "The First-Rank refining chamber currently produces one hundred and fifty bottles of Emerald Spiritual Water per month. Excluding various costs, the annual output value is ninety thousand Heavenly Gold Coins, while the Third-Rank refining chamber's annual output value reaches two hundred and ten thousand Heavenly Gold Coins. For the First-Rank refining chamber to catch up, the output would have to double, but given the First-Rank refining chamber's success rate, that seems somewhat difficult."

"If there's enough of this Mi Fa source water, doubling the First-Rank refining chamber's output isn't too hard! Mi Fa source water of this purity is really overkill for First-Rank spiritual water odd light, so its refining success rate can also be greatly improved." Yan Yan Lingqing said affirmatively.

Li Luo clapped his hands and smiled, "Then isn't the problem solved?"

Yan Yan Lingqing blinked her beautiful eyes, momentarily a bit lost. This problem... seemed to really be solved just like that?

How could it be this simple?

Yan Yan Lingqing exhaled heavily. Actually, it wasn't simple—it was because Li Luo had brought out something beyond normal human thinking. After all, if others knew he was using Mi Fa source water of this purity to refine First-Rank spiritual water odd light, those with bad tempers would probably point at his nose and call him a wastrel.

Cai Wei and Yan Yan Lingqing exchanged a glance, tacitly not asking Li Luo where this Mi Fa source water came from. In their speculation, it was most likely a secret the two Mansion Masters left for Li Luo.

"It seems the Young Mansion Master really is the lucky star of our House Luolan Mansion." Cai Wei beside them covered her lips and giggled, her pretty face brimming with joy.

"Although the quantity of this Mi Fa source water is a bit small, for our Xiyang House's First-Rank spiritual water output, it's actually temporarily sufficient."

Yan Yan Lingqing nodded slightly. Xiyang House only produced one hundred and fifty bottles of First-Rank Emerald Spiritual Water per month, and if Li Luo supplied Mi Fa source water once every three days, it would be enough to cover all the First-Rank spiritual water.

"Alright, I'm not going to keep talking with you. I need to get busy—I'll try to produce the first batch of enhanced Emerald Spiritual Water in the next few days, to first make a name for our Xiyang House's Emerald Spiritual Water and salvage the reputation." Yan Yan Lingqing gripped tightly the crystal bottle filled with deep blue Mi Fa source water, about to start shooing people out.

Li Luo and Cai Wei had no choice but to leave the refining chamber somewhat helplessly. Then he saw Cai Wei suddenly quicken her pace and quickly reached out to grab her arm.

"Sister Cai Wei, are you trying to shake me off?" Li Luo said resentfully.

Cai Wei looked at him innocently and said, "Young Mansion Master, what are you saying? I still have a lot of things to handle."

"Sister Cai Wei, I was just helping Xiyang House with strategy—you can't chill the heart of a meritorious minister." Li Luo looked around, then lowered his voice: "I still need A Batch of Fifth-Rank Items spiritual water odd light."

Cai Wei's beautiful eyes stared at Li Luo full of grievance and said, "Young Mansion Master, in less than a month recently, you've already burned through seven or eight hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Coins. That's more than two years of House Luolan Mansion's profits in Tianshu Prefecture. If you keep going like this, this sister really can't afford to keep you."

Li Luo felt a bit awkward. His money-burning speed was indeed a bit outrageous, but he had no choice—his Acquired Affinity was a gold-eating beast. At this moment he could only be extremely grateful his father and mother left behind a House Luolan Mansion foundation, otherwise he felt that reaching the Fifth-Rank Marquisate in five years might really only be found in dreams.

"This is the last batch of Fifth-Rank spiritual water odd light." Li Luo assured.

Cai Wei hesitated upon hearing this, and finally lightly bit her silver teeth: "Fine, then I'll... sell off two more properties."

Even saying it made Cai Wei feel a pang of bitterness. With her talents, when had she ever reached the point of having to maintain things by selling properties? But there was no choice—whoever ran into a bottomless pit like Li Luo couldn't fill it either.

Li Luo laughed dryly and nodded. He actually wasn't lying—if his Water Light Affinity smoothly advanced to Sixth Rank next, he indeed wouldn't need Fifth-Rank spiritual water odd light in the future.

Because by then, he would Require Sixth Rank spiritual water odd light.

But he didn't dare say that now—he was afraid Cai Wei would just throw in the towel and quit on the spot.

(End of this chapter)