Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 375: Trouble

Xu Jianghe, Guo Tianyou, and Liu Chengji—none of them understood weapon crafting.

In today's cultivation world, there are probably not many people who understand this.

Many of the magical artifacts used by cultivators are passed down from ancient times.

Some magical artifacts are not crafted, but rather nurtured in special places.

For example, many Buddhist ritual implements are derived from this source.

The same applies to feng shui ritual objects.

"Third Uncle, imprint your spiritual power on it, and then inject a trace of internal energy."

As the special metal was fused together, the magical artifact gradually took shape, and Xu Yue then spoke.

Xu Jianghe did not hesitate and immediately imprinted a trace of his spirit and injected a trace of his internal energy into the magic weapon.

The magical artifact then took shape, and Xu Yue activated the array patterns.

"Try it!"

Xu Yue handed the magical artifact in his hand to Xu Jianghe.

It was a small gourd, about the size of a thumb.

After all, it was an experiment, and they didn't have much special metal left.

Find a rope, and the gourd becomes a pendant that you can carry with you.

"Huh? There really is a space."

Xu Jianghe used his spiritual sense to perceive the gourd and suddenly connected with the spiritual imprint on it, thus discovering the space.

"Let's try channeling my internal energy and see if I can fit the item inside."

Xu Yue poured Xu Jianghe a glass of water and began to speak.

"It can happen!"

Xu Jianghe channeled his inner energy into the water and poured it into his spatial storage, then said with some excitement.

Guo Tianyou and Liu Chengji, who were standing next to him, also got excited.

If Xu Jianghe can succeed, then there's no reason for them to fail.

Did they succeed?

Successful.

They were overjoyed, and Xu Yue laughed too.

“Since you can use it, then keep it,” Xu Yue said. “However, don’t show it to others.”

Xu Jianghe and the other two nodded quickly.

They knew very well that if this thing were leaked, it would drive people crazy.

The key issue is that this is probably a state secret.

If it weren't for Xu Yue, they would never have come into contact with this, let alone possess it.

Xu Jianghe and the other two left excitedly.

Xu Yue calmed himself down and then called Xu Chengyang.

"Grandpa, come to the village lab. Something's up, good news."

Xu Yue hesitated whether to give one to his parents.

They don't seem to need it.

Moreover, knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing.

Xu Yue didn't want them to be exposed to too much of this, but his grandfather Xu Chengyang was different.

He had already entered the martial arts world, and this spatial magic item was useful to him.

Even his parents' spatial magic items were of little use.

"What's the good thing?"

Xu Chengyang arrived on his old tricycle.

Upon arrival, he immediately asked the question.

"I've prepared something nice for you."

Xu Yue smiled and briefly explained the matter.

"That is indeed a good thing."

Xu Chengyang was surprised but also a little excited, though he was much calmer than Xu Jianghe and the other two.

"Imprint it with spiritual power!"

"Inject a trace of internal energy!"

Xu Yue was very skilled and quickly crafted a gourd for Xu Chengyang.

The gourd was the size of a palm, with a capacity to hold half a jin of wine, and its space was comparable to half a room.

"Give it a try!" Xu Yue said with a smile. "This gourd is so big, it's actually not very convenient to carry around."

This is something you naturally carry with you; if it's too big, it's inconvenient.

Xu Yue prefers rings and the like.

Even just a pendant or a bracelet would be much more convenient.

"Why not just hang it on your waist?" Xu Chengyang said. "It can also be used to conceal half a jin of liquor."

Xu Chengyang tried it and his eyes lit up immediately.

"The space is actually quite large."

Xu Yue smiled. This gourd uses the most special metals of any gourd.

The reminder is also the most important.

“This thing is a powerful weapon for the country,” Xu Chengyang said. “How many can you refine? Can only you refine them?”

“This requires special metals, and the labs haven’t extracted much yet,” Xu Yue said. “Much of it is still in the experimental stage. As for whether it can be mass-produced using technological means, that’s still in the experimental stage. However, those below the third realm will probably find it very difficult to master this kind of magic weapon.”

A spiritual imprint and internal energy retention are necessary for its use.

Among those who cultivate martial arts and spiritual cultivation, very few can achieve this.

Perhaps it's simply impossible.

How many masters of the third realm are there in China?
Xu Yue didn't know, but it was definitely not much.

Compared to the entire population, it's pitifully small.

Leaving aside other places, even in Shu Prefecture alone, there aren't many experts at the third realm.

Within the Special Administration Bureau, experts at the third realm are basically capable of holding down a state.

"Is there a limit to cultivation level?" Xu Chengyang asked. "Then its uses will inevitably be limited."

"Perhaps we can solve this with technological means," Xu Yue said. "Let's take it slowly. We've only made a breakthrough so far, and there's still a lot worth studying."

Xu Chengyang nodded.

He just said it casually, and wasn't very interested in it.

He has his own research.

"How's your research going?" Xu Yue asked. "The pharmaceutical factory should be opening soon, right?"

"There has been some progress, and some pills that are beneficial to martial arts and spiritual cultivation have been developed," Xu Chengyang said. "However, those medicines have very high requirements for medicinal materials, so they are unlikely to be widely available and probably will not enter the market."

Where would it go if it didn't enter the market?
It was naturally purchased by the government.

“Those medicines shouldn’t be of much use to you,” Xu Chengyang said. “Every medicine has some toxicity. Ruoxi’s talent is so high, there’s no need for her to take medicine to advance her cultivation. However, we can recruit and train some people.”

"I'll discuss it with Li Zhuting later," Xu Yue nodded and said. "The desert greening project is gradually unfolding, and we'll need even more personnel."

Those landscaping projects are actually preparing the farm.

It also includes tourism programs.

There will definitely be a lot of security required.

Xu Chengyang left, and Xu Yue called Li Zhuting again.

We can't favor one over the other.

Of the three cultivators under him at the third realm, Guo Tianyou and Liu Chengji already possessed spatial magic treasures, so Li Zhuting naturally needed one as well.

After all, there was still some of that special metal left.

"This time, don't mention it to anyone, and don't show it in public," Xu Yue said. "By the way, what's the current situation with the farm's security personnel?"

Nowadays, Lee Joo-ting is basically in charge of the security personnel.

Xu Jianghe has already somewhat given up on his responsibilities.

Of course, Xu Jianghe is more inclined towards training.

Lee Joo-ting then began to introduce himself.

Besides Guo En, several of the twenty-odd veterans recruited earlier have also broken through to the second realm, and the rest are not far from it. This is due not only to their own hard work, but also to the fact that they spend most of their time training.

The key point is that so many resources were wasted.

Moreover, the second realm is far less difficult than the third realm.

“Go ask my grandfather for help later,” Xu Yue said. “He has some pills that are good for cultivation. They might not be of much use to us, but they should be quite good for cultivators below the third realm.”

“Okay!” Li Zhuting said, “Do you think we should hire some more people? A lot of people have been transferred from the desert farm, and the farm is constantly expanding. In addition, the pharmaceutical factory, mineral water factory, and winery all need people.”

"Go talk to Lao Tian later and see if we can set up a security company," Xu Yue said. "That would make management easier."

"If you're hiring, should you hire veterans or people from the underworld?"

Lee Joo-ting spoke first.

Veterans are better suited for management, but they are relatively more difficult to train.

As for people in the martial arts world, they are relatively poor at management, but easier to train.

"Either is fine," Xu Yue said. "It depends on their character. We've invested so many resources in training them; we can't let it go to waste, can we?"

Li Zhuting nodded.

However, with such treatment, who would be willing to leave?

He didn't want to leave even after he arrived, let alone others.

Putting aside the high salary, the food and accommodation alone are so good that you'd never want to leave.

However, people's hearts are unpredictable; he may think this way, but others may not.

After Li Zhuting left, Xu Yue made a phone call to Tian Yizhi and briefly mentioned it.

He was very supportive of the establishment of the security company.

Security management has always been somewhat chaotic.

Especially since there were people from the Special Administration Bureau before.

Nowadays, the Special Administration Bureau and the military are basically inclined to favor the Academy. Although Peach Blossom Village still exists, the priorities have changed.

"It's done!"

Xu Yue went back and said to Zhang Ruoxi with a smile.

"That's good." Zhang Ruoxi nodded and said, "Do you think that if something is mass-produced, can other people still use it?"

“Let’s try it later,” Xu Yue said. “However, I feel it’s a bit risky. Even if we activate the formation with internal energy or magic power, we probably won’t be able to sense the space without imprinting our spiritual power.”

"So you've gotten yourself into trouble again?"

Zhang Ruoxi spoke.

Xu Yue is still providing protective jade amulets to the Special Administration Bureau.

How much has been provided so far?
It's likely that even Xu Yue and his team didn't know.

I do this occasionally when I have free time.

However, it's not free.

They don't know how many jade tablets they have accumulated, but they no longer use the word "individual" to describe it.

That requires using a "heap".

“The second level of Qi Refining might still be usable,” Xu Yue said. “As for martial arts and spiritual cultivation, it’s probably the third level. Even if trouble comes their way, it probably won’t be too serious. How many third-level experts does the country have? Besides, extracting that special metal should be quite troublesome. This kind of thing is probably still difficult to mass-produce. At least not in the short term.”

"By the way," Zhang Ruoxi asked, "can special metals only be incorporated into other metals? What about others? Like jade?"

"I've never tried this before," Xu Yue said. "I still have some left, I'll try it tomorrow."

Can subterranean fire melt jade?

Zhang Ruoxi asked, "If you can't even melt it, you naturally can't shape it, so how can you forge it?"
"It should be fine," Xu Yue said. "Jadeite has a lower melting point than gold, let alone steel. However, the melting point of hard jade is higher than that of steel."

Jadeite has a melting point of around 1,000 degrees Celsius, while some types of jadeite can have a melting point of over 1,700 degrees Celsius.

The melting point of steel is around 1,500, while the melting point of gold is only slightly over 1,000.

As for silver, its melting point is even lower, only around 900.

"I'll try it tomorrow," Xu Yue continued. "I'll forge you a storage bracelet later."

Zhang Ruoxi smiled and nodded.

Xu Yue used the special metal in his possession to refine many magical artifacts.

However, some things have remained.

Although he didn't get much, Xu Yue was only making small items, which didn't require much special metal.

The reason it was kept was for Zhang Ruoxi.

Does anyone know how long it will take to extract the special metal in the lab?
Can jade be refined?

can!
However, relatively speaking, the time required depends on the hardness of the jade.

A few days later, Xu Yue returned to the college laboratory.

In the laboratory, in addition to researchers such as Liu Guoxing, Jing Guohua and Yan Tian also came.

Xu Yue wasn't surprised at all by their arrival.

The Special Administration Bureau couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

"Is it done?"

Jing Guohua couldn't wait to ask Xu Yue.

If they had such a thing, they could retrieve the sealed items.

As for other uses, there are too many to list.

“It’s done,” Xu Yue said. “If you imprint the spiritual power of martial arts practitioners and spiritual practitioners, as well as their internal energy and magical power, on the material during the refining process, then it can be used. If I refine it alone, no one else can use it.”

As Xu Yue spoke, he then demonstrated his research findings.

There are various kinds, but the reminders are all relatively small.

"If you activate the magical artifact created in the laboratory, wouldn't only you be able to use it?"

Jing Guohua frowned and asked.

This kind of magical artifact is unusable by ordinary people or those with lower cultivation levels, so there's nothing unacceptable about that.

That's normal.

But if only Xu Yue can use it, then what is the significance of the research?

"Why don't you try to activate it with your internal energy and magic power?" Xu Yue said. "If you can't, we'll probably have to refine it again, and the user will have to cooperate."

"Internal energy and magical power can be activated?" Yan Tian asked. "How?"

"Whether it can be activated or not, we'll find out by trying," Xu Yue said. "I'll teach you the activation method."

The activation method is actually quite simple: just link the runes together, but there is a certain pattern to the linking.

That pattern is actually the method of activation.

That was also obtained by Xu Yue from that bushel.

Upon opening the container, Xu Yue naturally became very familiar with the runes.

Xu Yue passed on his technique to Yan Tian and Jing Guohua.

The two then picked up the original magical artifacts made in the laboratory and tried them out, and the result was self-evident: they all failed.

"No!"

Yan Tian looked at Xu Yue with some regret.

"Let me try!"

Xu Yue then picked up a rune, strung it together, and easily activated it. Moreover, Xu Yue could easily sense the space.

"Do you mean you have to imprint your spiritual power and inject a trace of internal energy during the refining process to establish a connection?" Xu Yue said. "Then why don't I have these restrictions?"

“Perhaps this is a magical artifact from your farming family,” Jing Guohua said. “Perhaps you practice Qi cultivation, while we are martial artists.”

"Should we try these out with a Three Realms Spiritual Affinity?"

Xu Yue offered his suggestion.

Yan Tian and Jing Guohua are both martial arts practitioners.

"Alright!"

Yan Tian nodded.

Xu Yue then called Guo Tianyou and Liu Chengji and asked them to give it a try.

The two arrived quickly.

However, like Yan Tian and the others, they were unable to activate the rune or even sense the space.

Just as Zhang Ruoxi said, they've gotten themselves into trouble.

At least for now, only the spatial artifacts crafted by Xu Yue can be used by others.

(End of this chapter)