What I teach you is real stuff.

Chapter 358 Assembly Line

In the meeting hall of the Alchemist Alliance headquarters, Zi Chen and a group of senior executives finally relaxed their tense expressions a little after listening to the instructions of the ancestors from the upper realm.

The old man with white hair and beard heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Fortunately, fortunately, it seems that Lu Yuan may not really be a disciple of the Three Religions, otherwise..."

"Be careful what you say!" Zi Chen interrupted immediately, and looked warily at the shadow of the immortal gate that had not yet dissipated. "The ancestor only said that he was still investigating and had not confirmed it. We just need to wait for the news."

A middle-aged alchemist in a brocade robe twisted his beard and said, "If Lu Yuan is really a disciple of the three religions, what should we do?"

"What else can we do?" Zi Chen smiled bitterly. "You all know the status of the three religions in the upper realm. If this is true, let alone North Continent, we have to give up part of the interests of Central Continent, and we have to bite the bullet and accept it."

Everyone looked bitter when they heard this. They knew better than anyone that in front of the existence of the upper realm, they, the lower realm monks, had no power to resist.

"But..." Zi Chen changed the subject, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "If it is found that Lu Yuan has nothing to do with the three religions, hum! I will make him know the consequences of offending the Alchemist Alliance!"

At the same time, in various parts of the Qingtian World, discussions about the Northern Continent Alliance became increasingly heated.

"I heard that the Northern Continent Alliance seemed to have captured a seventh-grade peak alchemist from the Alchemist Alliance headquarters before this, and also captured three guest elders from the Alchemist Alliance who had transcended the tribulation. But the strange thing is that the Alchemist Alliance has not made any move so far."

"What's going on? In the past, if someone dared to offend the Alchemist Alliance, they would uproot them, but now they are being hit in the face and they still don't move?"

"Has the Alchemist Alliance changed its character? Are they also afraid of the Northern Continent Alliance?"

"It is said that after the establishment of the Northern Continent Alliance, Northern Continent has changed greatly. The Daluo Sect has produced a lot of elixirs that are of high quality and low price. Many sects in our Southern Continent also go to Northern Continent to buy them. The cost-effectiveness is extremely high. The current Northern Continent is no longer the Northern Continent of the past."

“It is said that the leader of the Northern Continent Alliance is extremely powerful. He fought against the four great tribulations alone, and he also had the help of the Northern Continent Martial God Sect and the Beast Land. He is not someone that the Alchemist Alliance can control just because they want to.”

"In this case, the Alchemist Alliance will no longer have a monopoly on elixirs in the future? This is good. It is better for two companies to compete than for one company to dominate. I hope that the two companies can bargain with each other on price, and we will be the ones who benefit in the end."

"No need to quibble about the price. The price of elixirs in Beizhou is already ridiculously low. You will know when you go and take a look."

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Nanzhou, Canglin Kingdom.

Inside the largest restaurant in the imperial capital, Zuixianlou, several elders of the sect were having a secret conversation in a private room.

"Elder Li, I heard that your Zixiao Sect has just purchased a batch of medicinal pills from Beizhou?" a red-faced old man asked in a low voice.

The white-bearded old man called Elder Li nodded and took out a jade bottle from his sleeve mysteriously: "Please look, everyone, this is the 'Nervous Mind Pill' produced by the Daluo Sect. The quality is comparable to the 'Pure Heart Pill' of the Alchemist Alliance, and it is even more effective than the Pure Heart Pill! But the price is only 30%!"

After everyone had passed it around, they all gasped and passed the pill in Elder Li's hand around.

After watching it, everyone gave it extremely high praise.

“This is really top quality!”

"With such quality and price, the Alchemist Alliance will probably be unable to sit still."

At this moment, Lu Yuan was sitting in the main seat in the meeting hall of Daluo Sect.

Xiao Huang, Jiang Ming, the five great ancestors of the Martial God Sect, the Beast Earth Golden Horn King and other core members were on both sides.

Yao Xuan and Old Man Long Guai were reporting on the recent sales of elixirs in the hall.

Yao Xuan held the jade slip in his hand and said respectfully, "Master, more and more sects have come to our Northern Continent Alliance to order elixirs recently, and forces from all six continents have come to negotiate.

The number of orders has tripled compared to the previous month, and sales have skyrocketed. "

Lu Yuan nodded slightly: "Not bad."

It seems that the reputation of Beizhou's elixirs has indeed spread. Now, in addition to doing business in Beizhou, their Daluo Sect has also started to do business in the other six continents.

In the past, we only did small internal operations. Only by truly expanding our business outside can we become bigger and bigger.

But with more orders, there will be more problems.

He turned his gaze to the old man Longguai: "How is the supply of raw materials and manpower?"

Long Guai stepped forward and said, "Alliance Master, Beast Soil is currently our main supplier of spiritual medicines, and can provide tens of thousands of tons of various spiritual medicines every day. Thirty-seven sects in the Northern Continent Alliance have responded to the call and switched to growing spiritual medicines. There is no need to worry about raw materials for the time being."

"But in terms of manpower," Long Guai said with difficulty, "Although Wanyao Mountain and Qilin Divine Sect have dispatched more than 300 alchemists to support us, this number of people is far from enough according to the current growth rate of orders. Just the order from Nanzhou Zixiao Sect alone will require us to work hard for two months to complete it."

Yao Xuan also frowned and added: "Master, the most important thing is that almost all the local alchemists in Beizhou have been taken away by the Alchemist Alliance. Now in the entire Beizhou, there are less than a hundred people who can refine pills above the fifth grade. Even if the disciples refine pills day and night, they can't meet the demand."

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "I understand."

"Since we are short of alchemists, we can train them ourselves."

Lu Yuan had already anticipated such a question and he was prepared for it.

The conditions simply weren't there before, but now the Northern Continent Alliance is unprecedentedly powerful and has a large number of talented people within it, so his ideas can be formally implemented.

Yao Xuan was stunned when he heard this and said, "Master, how easy is it to train a pharmacist? A qualified alchemist needs at least ten years of hard work, from identifying medicinal materials to mastering the temperature and then mastering various alchemy hand seals. Even if one is gifted, it will be difficult to become a great master without three to five years."

Lu Yuan raised his lips slightly: "Of course I know this, but I have my own ideas."

He explained in detail: "We can divide the alchemy process into multiple links. For example, controlling the fire, adding medicine, and condensing the pill are each done by a dedicated person. It's like making a magic weapon, letting different people be responsible for different parts, and then assembling them into shape."

Lu Yuan paused, thinking of the modern assembly line production on Earth.

It is too difficult to let one person completely produce and assemble a mobile phone alone. There are too many knowledge points to learn.

However, it is much simpler to break down the entire process into various steps and have each department complete it.

The same goes for alchemy. Making a high-level elixir involves extremely complicated steps.

It is difficult to train a mature alchemist, but if everyone is only responsible for a part of it, things will be much simpler.

He can train a group of people to specialize in adding medicinal materials, a group of people to specialize in controlling fire, and a group of people to specialize in cultivating mental power to control the condition of the pills in the furnace.

Cooperate with each other, each person only needs to learn a part, practice more, and you will naturally succeed.

Yao Xuan was stunned: "How can this work? Every link requires precise coordination."

"It may not work for high-level elixirs," Lu Yuan was confident, "but for elixirs below the fourth grade required for foundation building to spirit transformation, this method can be used."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the five great ancestors of the Wushen Sect and instructed: "You five, during this period of time, help find talents who are good at controlling fire, have strong mental power, or have precise techniques.

They don’t need to know how to make alchemy, as long as they have expertise in some area.”

The five great ancestors of the Wushen Sect looked at each other. Although they didn't quite understand what was said, the leading ancestor still bowed and said, "Teacher, don't worry. It's easy to find talents for one side. Just give us three days."

After saying that, the five great ancestors of the Wushen Sect withdrew and went to mobilize the power of the Beizhou Alliance to gather talents in Beizhou.

Three days later, tens of thousands of monks gathered at the North Continent Alliance Square.

Among them are powerful beastmen and human monks.

Their strength ranges from Golden Core to Refined Void, but they all have their own strengths.

However, the ancestors of the Wushen Sect were a little worried. They said to Lu Yuan, "Master, although these people were found according to your requirements, their strengths vary greatly. The lowest is only at the Jindan realm, and the highest is at the Lianxu realm. Moreover, they did not know how to make medicine before. Will it work?"

The ancestor of the Wushen Sect felt that this looked like a makeshift troupe.

Can these people make elixirs?

Lu Yuan assured them, saying: "Strength is not a problem, as long as you have the skills."

In fact, there is no great difficulty in making low- and medium-grade elixirs, except that the process is a bit cumbersome, and alchemy relies not on combat power but on craftsmanship.

For example, among them is the Jindan Beast Clan. Although its strength is a little weaker, it is proficient in controlling fire. It has no problem controlling the temperature of the fifth-grade elixir.

A powerful person with a strong spirit can use his terrifying mental power to control the situation of the elixir in the alchemy furnace.

Those with weaker strength can also cooperate with those with stronger strength, each using their strengths, and there won't be any major problems.

After that, Lu Yuan asked the system to help him break down the alchemy method, breaking down the complex alchemy process into dozens of simple steps. Each cultivator only needs to specialize in the part he is responsible for.

These monks didn’t know what to do at the moment, but they knew that they could eat meat by following Lu Yuan, so they were all willing to follow Lu Yuan.

Soon a month passed.

Just one month later, Lu Yuan called the five great ancestors of the Wushen Sect, the Golden Horn King, Xiao Huang, Yao Xuan and others.

Yao Xuan and others came to the main hall of the Beizhou Alliance. When they arrived, they didn't know what the teacher wanted to do.

Yao Xuan asked: "Teacher, what is the matter that you called us here?"

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "The problem of manpower for refining pills has been solved."

Yao Xuan was surprised when he heard this: "Solved? How did you solve it?"

During this month they were also worried about the problem of insufficient manpower, because during this month, more people from the six continents came to visit Beizhou, and they were very satisfied with the quality and price of their pills.

If the products are good, naturally there will be more and more orders.

Seeing a mountain of gold in front of them, but the efficiency not keeping up, Yao Xuan and the others were anxious, but they had no way to break the impasse.

Although the teacher had said before that it was possible to train people to make elixirs on an assembly line.

But Yao Xuan himself felt that this matter was a bit unreliable, and they didn't know when Lu Yuan would be able to train these people.

But now, only one month had passed, and the master called them over, saying that the assembly line had been trained?
Everyone was surprised at this moment.

It's only been a month.

Lu Yuan said: "As long as there are talented people, the speed will be very fast."

It's just an assembly line, not training real alchemists, so why would it take so much time and resources? All we need is for them to shine in their respective positions.

Yao Xuan asked: "Teacher, can we go and take a look?"

Yao Xuan also wanted to see what the assembly line alchemy process his master was talking about was like, after all, he had never heard of it before.

Lu Yuan said: "Of course, I asked you to come here today to show you around. Come with me."

Afterwards, Lu Yuan took them to have a look.

He brought Yao Xuan and others to the newly built alchemy compound.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a fire crocodile in the Jindan stage working with six monks to make an elixir:
A golden elixir fire crocodile from the beast race that had not yet transformed, two human gods, and four human golden elixirs were working together in front of an elixir furnace to refine the elixir.

The fire crocodile spews flames, hot furnace.

The four human golden elixirs were accurately filled with medicinal materials, and each of them made thousands of alchemy hand seals.

These alchemy hand seals are extremely complicated and difficult to remember, and there are thousands of them.

In the past, it took an alchemist a long time to learn all these hand seals and master them.

But now Lu Yuan has divided it into four people to study. Each person only needs to learn a few hundred questions, and the difficulty has been reduced.

Finally, two human gods controlled the condensation of the elixir in the furnace, dividing the work and cooperating with each other in a very meticulous manner.

In less than an hour, a furnace of thousands of fourth-grade "Spirit-Concentrating Pills" were freshly produced.

Yao Xuan picked up a pill with trembling hands and examined it, and discovered that its quality was even purer than those made using traditional methods!
"This, this is simply..." Yao Xuan looked at the hundreds of identical alchemy teams arranged neatly, each team operating efficiently, and was so shocked that he was speechless.

Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and smiled: "Now, our production capacity problem has been solved."

Yao Xuan stood there in a daze, his eyes wide open, his mouth slightly open, but no sound came out.

His eyes were fixed on the furnace of fourth-grade elixirs that had just been refined, and his fingers were shaking unconsciously.

"How is this possible?" Yao Xuan's voice was as dry as if it had been sanded.

It was obvious that none of these people were real alchemists, and they had never even been exposed to alchemy before.

But it was these people who refined a furnace of fourth-grade elixirs?

And the success rate is extremely high, with thousands of pills in one furnace?
It's like a fucking joke!
"One furnace contains thousands of fourth-grade medicinal pills," Yao Xuan muttered to himself, "and the success rate is so high. This is simply..."

Yao Xuan was no longer able to speak, and he didn't know how to comment.

The old man Longguai beside him was even more shocked, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. He recalled that in order to become a fourth-grade alchemist, he had spent a full three thousand years, experienced countless failures, and consumed countless precious materials.

And now, these cultivators who knew nothing about alchemy a month ago can actually mass-produce fourth-grade elixirs?

"Have I lived all these years in vain?" Old man Longguai muttered dejectedly, and then a glimmer of enlightenment suddenly flashed in his eyes.

He suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with joining the Northern Continent Alliance.

Suddenly I feel that the Alchemist Alliance has no future, and the future will definitely be dominated by the Northern Continent Alliance!
What can the Alchemist Alliance use to fight against the Northern Continent Alliance?
They train a large number of bulk alchemists in a month, and their alchemy efficiency is so outrageous. In comparison, the efficiency of the Alchemist Alliance is simply lame.

Lu Yuan looked at the two people's shocked expressions and smiled slightly: "Come on, I'll take you to see the production line of the fifth and sixth grade pills."

"Ah? There's more?" Yao Xuan's voice changed.

Isn’t the fourth-grade elixir the limit?
There is actually an area for refining fifth-grade and sixth-grade elixirs?
Are there any experts?

When they arrived at the higher-level alchemy area, the scene in front of them completely stunned Yao Xuan and Long Guai. They saw dozens of more sophisticated alchemy teams in operation, each composed of more powerful cultivators, refining fifth- and sixth-grade pills in an orderly manner.

"This..." Yao Xuan's hands clenched unconsciously, and a panic suddenly surged in his heart.

"If this assembly line continues to develop, will even the seventh-, eighth-, and even ninth-grade alchemists be replaced? Then what will I do in the future?"

Yao Xuan suddenly felt that he was about to be laid off, and suddenly felt that he was not far from retirement.

It only took the master one month to train a large number of fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade alchemists.

If we continue at this efficiency, after a year or even two years, wouldn't Master be able to train more seventh-grade, eighth-grade or even ninth-grade alchemists?

If such an assembly line really came out, wouldn't all the alchemists in the entire Qingtian world be eliminated in the future?
After all, the cost of training an alchemist is too high, but how much does it cost to train an assembly line?
They are not on the same level at all, not to mention that the assembly line efficiency is even faster!
Yao Xuan was worried: Will I have no food to eat in the future?

Lu Yuan seemed to see through his worries and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, with our current capabilities, we can only mass-produce pills below the seventh grade. Pills above the seventh grade require the cooperation of more powerful cultivators, and the efficiency will be reduced."

Because higher-level elixirs require more powerful monks to refine them.

Pills below the seventh grade are limited by their efficacy and the simplicity of pill refining, so anyone who has reached the Spirit Transformation Realm can refine them as long as their mental strength is a little stronger.

But the more advanced elixirs are beyond the control of the Divine Transformation cultivators.

With the current strength of these people, they can at most refine products below the seventh grade, and it would be too difficult to exceed the seventh grade.

Unless a stronger cultivator is found, such as a great cultivator who has reached the stage of fusion to refine seventh-grade elixir, a great cultivator who has reached the stage of tribulation to refine seventh-grade peak elixir, or a Mahayana cultivator who can refine eighth-grade elixir.

But that is too inefficient, and how could those who have reached the state of fusion or transcending tribulation be willing to come and make pills?
Besides, the pills they refined did not match their realm.

Yao Xuan nodded upon hearing this.

Indeed, what Mahayana cultivators need are ninth-grade elixirs; eighth-grade elixirs are completely useless to them.

And how many Mahayana cultivators are there in the entire Qingtian World? Each of them is a top-notch master who dominates one side.

Who would be willing to work on the assembly line and make elixirs in a factory?
This is simply impossible.

Yao Xuan was relieved at this, but looking at the subversive traditional alchemy method in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh: "Master, this assembly line alchemy method is really terrible."

"Now that the manpower problem has been solved," Lu Yuan looked around at everyone with a determined look, "Next, we must do our utmost to expand production capacity and promote Daluo Sect's medicine business to the entire Qingtian World."

(End of this chapter)