Chapter 62 Research Conference 15 Why did the alchemy furnace explode? Because of the material…
Xin Rong realized she hadn't asked Xie Jiaoyue what she needed: "Jiaoyue, what kind of materials do you want to buy this time? Tell me so I can think of where to buy them."
If it were just ordinary materials, the Xie family, as a prominent clan in Jinling City, could easily provide them for Xie Jiaoyue. After all, Xie Jiaoyue was the only daughter of the eldest branch of the family. Even if some members of the Xie family disliked her, with Gong Shirao's fighting prowess, she would certainly secure the best treatment for her daughter.
The piles of ancient books at the academic conference are proof of this.
Therefore, Xie Jiaoyue must have wanted extremely rare materials, so much so that she couldn't obtain them from the Xie family and had to seek help from outside.
Xie Jiaoyue frowned, looking thoughtful: "I don't know what materials I need either. The plan we prepared for the research conference still has problems. When Xin Xiuying and I first tried it, we blew up the alchemy furnace."
Xin Rong knew about this. He asked, "Why did the alchemy furnace explode?"
This really touched on Xie Jiaoyue's blind spot. She wasn't sure if the basic laws of this world, or if the laws of physics still applied.
Xin Rong realized she had asked a foolish question. What else could cause a pill furnace to explode? There were only a few reasons.
The Xin family was a family of alchemists. Although he did not practice alchemy, he was very familiar with these things. He analyzed for Xie Jiaoyue: "Generally speaking, it is because the materials are not compatible and their energy does not blend in the furnace, so the energy breaks through the furnace and causes it to explode."
Xie Jiaoyue's eyes lit up: "So, because of the high temperature heating, some materials vaporized, causing the pressure inside the furnace to become too high, which is why it exploded?"
Xin Rong found Xie Jiaoyue's statement very strange, but upon closer examination, it seemed to make sense. Apart from the fact that the wording was not commonly used by cultivators, there were no other problems.
He nodded blankly.
Xie Jiaoyue was satisfied. It seemed that this world also followed basic physical laws. That made things easier to solve. Since the problem was caused by high pressure, she could solve it by using high-pressure-resistant materials to refine the alchemy furnace.
However, the current standard form of alchemy furnace probably cannot meet her needs. She can refer to the design of modern pressure cookers and tailor a new alchemy furnace for their product.
Xie Jiaoyue mentioned her idea to Xin Rong and even took out the paper and charcoal pencil she carried with her to draw a simple sketch for Xin Rong.
She prefers charcoal pencils to calligraphy brushes because they are more convenient to carry around, and they won't get her clothes dirty as long as she carries a small bag.
Xin Rong stroked her chin and began to think: "Jiaoyue, if that's the case, the materials are a minor problem. For example, the refined meteorite iron or the purple copper bamboo can withstand extremely high pressure and are not easy to crack. However, I have never seen this sketch you drew before. It is actually a more troublesome problem. We can go to various weapon-refining workshops to ask."
With the intention of saving Xie Jiaoyue money, he first took Xie Jiaoyue to the Xie family's weapon-refining workshop.
Since it was Xie's own weapon-refining workshop, they naturally treated their young lady with utmost respect.
"Miss Jiaoyue has arrived? What are your instructions, Miss Jiaoyue? The elders have all told us that if Miss Jiaoyue has any requests, we must fulfill them immediately."
Although the Third Elder had instructed Miss Jiaoyue that she was just a child who had just begun cultivating and that her affairs should not be taken to heart, Madam Gongshi could offer a large sum of spirit stones, saying that she would definitely handle Miss Jiaoyue's needs as soon as possible, allowing her to use materials freely and even take an extra 10% commission. Comparing the two, they would definitely listen to the one who supports their cause more.
After the weapon refiner took the blueprints from Xie Jiaoyue, he looked troubled and said, "Miss Jiaoyue, it's not that we don't want to help you, but I've never seen this before and I really have no idea how to do it."
Most of these weapon refiners who work for powerful families are of average talent and skill. They are already quite good at making swords, spears, and halberds, and they can't even make top-level spiritual weapons. They are all just low-level spiritual weapons.
They were just ordinary working people trying to make a living, without lofty ideals or pursuits. Over the years, they had only produced some standard magical artifacts and had long lost their creative abilities.
The rough blueprints provided by Miss Diana only described the basic principles and functions, and at most added an outline; they had no idea how to implement them.
Xie Jiaoyue sighed. She wouldn't make things difficult for the workers; she would just try her luck at the next place.
Ultimately, the blueprints she provided were too simple, but she didn't understand weapon crafting and couldn't provide detailed blueprints.
Next, accompanied by Xin Rong, she visited the weapon-refining workshops of various families throughout Jinling City, and the answers she received were all the same: without detailed blueprints, they couldn't figure out how to make such a thing.
Xin Rong comforted Xie Jiaoyue: "Let's go ask around at the weapon-refining workshops outside the three major families. Aren't they all said to have experts there? Maybe we can meet someone talented who can solve this thorny problem for you."
Unfortunately, even though there might be some skilled craftsmen among the common people, the two of them couldn't find any. They wandered all the way to the brother's weapon-refining workshop in Jinling City, only to find it closed for the day, and still couldn't find any shop willing to make a pressure cooker for Xie Jiaoyue.
As night fell, the various shops along the street gradually turned off their lights, ceasing to receive the coming and going customers. With the spirit stones they had earned throughout the day in their hands, they happily went home to reunite with their families, leaving only the quiet and deserted streets of Jinling City.
Xin Rong looked around; they were currently very close to the Xin family.
He extended an invitation to Xie Jiaoyue: "The Xin Clan also has weapon refiners who are not usually in the weapon refining workshop. They are high-ranking retainers in the clan. Jiaoyue, would you like to come back to the Xin Clan with me for the night? That way, we can go find that weapon refiner together as soon as possible tomorrow. If we go back to the clan school today and come back tomorrow, it will take too much time."
He felt extremely embarrassed, as he had offered to help Xie Jiaoyue, but in the end, he hadn't been of any use.
Xie Jiaoyue had a fairly good impression of the Xin family, and hadn't encountered too many unpleasant experiences when she visited them before, so she said, "If it's not too much trouble, then of course there's no problem."
It's true that studying Hui studies nowadays is somewhat of a waste of time.
Xie Jiaoyue did not think that Xin Rong was trying to curry favor, nor did she feel that Xin Rong's behavior contained any ambiguity.
The way they interacted was different from how she interacted with Chu Xingjin. She had heard before that Xin Rong greatly admired her talent, so it was quite reasonable for Xin Rong to take the initiative to befriend her. It was a way of expanding their network among their peers in the aristocratic families. Perhaps in the future, they could join forces to take over the Wang family's share in Jinling City, and their two families could grow bigger together.
Since it's a network of connections, how can it be called a network if we don't help each other? We'll always have a chance to repay these favors in the future.
Xin Rong was quite surprised that Xie Jiaoyue had accepted the invitation: "Oh my, Jiaoyue actually agreed. I always heard Xin Xiuying talk about you before, saying that you are introverted and don't like to talk to people. You are usually aloof and always go your own way. Now I see that she must have been lying to me."
"That's probably based on past impressions." Since Xie Jiaoyue visited the Xin family and saved Xin Xiuying, Xin Xiuying would certainly not have that opinion anymore. "Do you two siblings not interact much on a daily basis?"
Xin Rong pouted: "Maybe she thinks I'm too talkative and annoying. Our Miss Xiuying is the next generation successor personally chosen by the Xin clan leader. She's very busy every day, so why would she want to talk to me?"
Xie Jiaoyue didn't feel comfortable interfering in other people's sibling relationships, but Xin Rong was indeed quite talkative.
Although her cousins Xie Xinghui and Xin Rong are both lively and cheerful, Xin Rong seems to be a more outgoing guy, while Xie Xinghui is more like a street urchin carrying a birdcage. The two are quite different.
Thinking of Xie Xinghui, Xie Jiaoyue suddenly remembered that her cousin was a weapon refiner.
In the time it took to say a few words, the two of them had already arrived at the Xin clan's territory.
Xin Rong was not one to follow the rules, and without notifying the gatekeeper, she went up herself and channeled her spiritual energy into the barrier outside the grand gate of the clan's territory. Under the moonlight, faint ripples, almost invisible on the water, spread out, and the gate opened in response.
The Xin clan's territory is quite different from the Xie clan's territory. Perhaps because they are a family of alchemists, the overall style is grand and magnificent. The clan emblem made of water-patterned alchemy furnaces can be seen everywhere, along with bronze-colored alchemy furnaces. From time to time, wisps of smoke can be seen from various courtyards, probably because a member of the Xin clan is refining elixirs.
Xin Rong explained to Xie Jiaoyue, "It might be a little different from your Xie Clan, because more than 50% of our disciples can refine pills, and each disciple's courtyard is equipped with a small pill refining room, instead of being gathered together."
He spread his hands: "There are many advantages to this. If someone's alchemy furnace suddenly explodes, it won't affect others."
Ha, hitting her sore spot.
"Brother Xinrong, I have a very good relationship with Commander Guo."
Xin Rong: "Huh?"
"Commander Guo told me that when you participated in the academic conference, your idea was to combine swordsmanship and cooking. As a result, you secretly sneaked into the clan school's dining hall in the middle of the night and directly peeled 100 catties of cucumbers and 200 catties of tomatoes for the clan school's dining hall. This caused the head chef of the dining hall to go directly to the headmaster of the clan school to accuse you of wasting food."
"I also heard that you were punished back then..."
Xin Rong was jolted awake and immediately raised her left hand to quickly cover Xie Jiaoyue's mouth, which was opening and closing: "Please, don't mention it, give me, your older brother and senior brother, some face."
He was punished by being forced to eliminate all tomatoes and cucumbers, which forced him to sell them everywhere. He even earned the title of "Eggplant Master," a thought that caused him immense pain.
What young cultivator of the right age would want to have such a nickname? It's a disgrace for life!
He had gone to great lengths to keep this a secret from his family, fearing they would find out even a little. He had even spent a fortune treating his fellow disciples studying at the clan school to several meals of spiritual food. He couldn't let Xie Jiaoyue's words ruin all his efforts.
However, the warm touch from his palm made him freeze in place.
His hand was on someone's mouth!
What has he done?!
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