Primordial Era: The Witch Clan Reigns Supreme, Hongjun Begs Me to Become the Demon Emperor

Chapter 48 Automatic Alchemy Machine

Maitreya looked down at the pill in his hand, then at the pill room in the direction of Little Western Paradise, which was still emitting black smoke, and at the mountain of waste materials.

He was silent.

After a moment, he looked up, his expression complex: "So, have we been working too hard these past three days?"

Ksitigarbha nodded vigorously: "That's incredible! Six explosions in three days! Tons of materials used! And one success! This guy isn't here to eat him, he's clearly here to work for him!"

Maitreya's lips twitched.

The two stared at each other, unsure of what to say.

After a long while, Maitreya finally spoke slowly: "Then—should we still give you this pill?"

Ksitigarbha thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth: "I'll give it to you! But we have to put it differently!"

"How so?"

"Just tell me—this is the first time we've barely succeeded after three days and three nights of painstaking research, wasting countless materials!"

Ksitigarbha's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Let the Eastern King Duke know that this is difficult! Extremely difficult! It requires a lot of materials! It requires a lot of time! It requires a lot of trial and error!"

Maitreya suddenly realized: "You mean to package the 'success' as a 'bare success,' and then continue to waste materials?"

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"That's right!" Ksitigarbha clapped his hands.

"Give him a little incentive, but don't let him think it's easy! Otherwise, he'll keep pressuring us to refine pills every day, and how will we continue to eat and use his things?"

Maitreya gave a thumbs-up: "Junior brother, your insight is brilliant!"

The two exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.

After laughing, Maitreya remembered something else: "Oh right, that automatic alchemy machine—should we show it to him?"

Ksitigarbha thought for a moment: "Let's see! Let him see our research results! Anyway, he won't understand them, and the less he understands, the more impressive it will seem!"

"That makes sense!"

The two turned around and went back to the alchemy room, where they carried out the strangely shaped machine.

It's called a machine, but it's really just a bunch of copper and iron cylinders pieced together, covered with array patterns, with an opening on the side for feeding and a small drawer at the bottom for discharging the elixir.

At this moment, the surface of the cylinder still bears the charred marks left by the explosion, and half of the array pattern is already blurred.

Maitreya and Ksitigarbha carried this "masterpiece" and flew all the way to the Lingxiao Palace.

The Lingxiao Palace.

Dongwang Gongzheng sat on the imperial throne, idly flipping through the register of immortals.

The Star-Crowned Taoist stood to the side, spouting nonsense about the "Celestial Court's Recent Talent Recruitment Plan."

The Eastern King Duke was drowsy from listening.

Suddenly, an announcement came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, the Western Maitreya and Ksitigarbha request an audience!"

The Eastern King Prince perked up: "Please come in quickly!"

A moment later, Maitreya and Ksitigarbha carried the strangely shaped machine into the hall, huffing and puffing.

The Eastern King Duke stared at the thing, stunned.

What is that thing?

It's round and dark, and there's smoke rising from it. No, it was just taken out of the alchemy room; it's still a little warm.

The surface is covered with crooked runes, and some parts are clearly blasted, pitted and uneven.

"My two wise men, this is—" Dong Wanggong pointed at the object, looking completely bewildered.

Maitreya wiped his sweat and puffed out his chest: "Your Majesty! This is our latest Western invention—the automatic alchemy machine!"

Dong Wanggong: "—Automatic what?"

"An automatic alchemy machine!"

Dongwanggong stared at the pile of junk for a long time before slowly speaking, "This must be an automatic... machine, right?"

Maitreya's expression changed, and he quickly waved his hand: "Your Majesty! Let's not talk about this anymore, let's be civilized!"

Dongwanggong:

"————"

Star Crown Taoist:

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Ksitigarbha quietly tugged at Maitreya's sleeve: "Senior brother, where did you learn that from?"

Maitreya replied softly, "I don't know, it just popped into my head."

Dong Wanggong coughed lightly, deciding to skip the topic.

"Um—how do I use this automatic alchemy machine?"

Maitreya immediately perked up and began to speak at length: "Your Majesty, please look! This is the furnace body, cast from Tri-Talent Mixed Bronze, capable of withstanding an explosion of level eight or higher... cough cough, I mean, capable of withstanding high temperature and high pressure!"

"This is a Fire Source Array, inscribed with the Nine Yang True Fire runes. Theoretically, it can automatically regulate its temperature!"

"This is the material feeding port. It's currently manual, but it can be upgraded to automatic in the future!"

"This is the alchemy inscription area, the very core! We inscribe the alchemy formula into this rotating disc, and with one spin, the formula is automatically imprinted!"

"This is the pill outlet; the pills will come out from here once they're refined!"

He spoke with great enthusiasm, pointing and gesturing at the pile of junk.

The Eastern King looked completely bewildered.

What is this Three Talents Primordial Copper? What is this Nine Yang True Fire Rune? What is this Pill Inscription Area?

He turned to look at the Taoist with the Star Crown.

The Star-Crowned Taoist also looked bewildered.

The Eastern King then looked at the other celestial officials.

The other celestial officials also looked bewildered.

After Maitreya finished speaking, he looked at the Eastern King Duke with anticipation: "Your Majesty, did you understand?"

The Eastern King Duke remained silent for three breaths before slowly speaking: "I didn't understand the beginning, and I don't understand the middle either—"

The smile on Maitreya's face froze.

The Eastern King continued, "But I understood the last few words—'The elixir comes from here.'"

Maitreya:

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Ksitigarbha: "————"

Dongwanggong stood up, walked to the machine, looked at it from left to right, up to down, but still couldn't figure it out.

"So, this thing can actually be used to refine pills?"

Maitreya hurriedly took out the Qi-Nourishing Pill from his robes and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, please look! This is the pill we refined using this machine!"

The Eastern King took the elixir and examined it carefully.

It is indeed a medicinal pill.

Although its appearance is average, it is indeed a medicinal pill.

His eyes lit up: "Great! Excellent! With this machine, wouldn't everyone in our Celestial Court be able to consume elixirs of immortality?"

Maitreya and Ksitigarbha exchanged a glance.

Maitreya coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, this—it still needs improvement. Look at this machine, it's exploded six times in three days, and we've used up a huge amount of materials, only managing to succeed once—"

The Eastern King waved his hand dismissively: "What's wrong with blowing it up? We can just repair it after that! What's wrong with the materials? The Celestial Court has plenty!"

Maitreya's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Ksitigarbha also joined in the flattery: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The Eastern King was in high spirits and patted Maitreya on the shoulder: "Do a good job! Just ask for whatever materials you need! I will fully support you!"

Maitreya nodded repeatedly, but he was secretly overjoyed.

Full support? Excellent!

From now on, we'll bomb it every few days. There will be plenty of materials. If it succeeds occasionally, it will give Dongwanggong hope and allow us to legitimately ask for resources.

perfect!

After leaving the Lingxiao Palace, Maitreya and Ksitigarbha carried the machine back.

On the way, Ksitigarbha asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, what should we do from now on?"

Maitreya chuckled: "Simple. Explode it once every three days, and succeed once every seven days. Ask for more materials when you expend it, and ask for more praise when you succeed."

Ksitigarbha seemed to be deep in thought: "What if the Eastern King Duke presses us too hard?"

"Urge?" Maitreya scoffed.

"Let him urge us. We'll just say that the art of alchemy is profound and cannot be rushed. Besides, it takes my master's uncle hundreds of years to refine a single batch of pills, and we've only been doing it for a few days!"

Ksitigarbha gave a thumbs up: "Brilliant!"

The two carried the machine, chatting and laughing as they flew back to Xiaoxitian.

Behind him, in the Lingxiao Palace, Dongwang Gongzheng flipped through the warehouse inventory list with anticipation: "Give those two Western brats more materials! Give them whatever they want! As long as they can successfully get that automatic alchemy machine working, everyone in the Celestial Court will be able to enjoy immortal pills!"

The Star-Crowned Taoist responded and turned to carry out the task.

As he walked, he muttered to himself:

Are those two guys really reliable?

But after thinking about it, I felt relieved.

Anyway, it's not like it's his money.

Let them fry it.

Little Western Paradise.

Maitreya and Ksitigarbha put the machine back in the alchemy room and dusted off their hands.

Looking at the dark, unremarkable machine, Maitreya suddenly laughed: "Junior brother, tell me, wouldn't you say that we're using the Eastern King's money to do our research?"

Ksitigarbha thought for a moment and said, "Fine."

"So, who ultimately gets ownership of what we've researched?"

"It belongs to us."

"What did the Eastern King Duke receive?"

Ksitigarbha thought about it again:

:"----hope?"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter at the same time.

After laughing enough, Maitreya clapped his hands: "Alright, let's rest for a day, and continue bombing tomorrow!"

Ksitigarbha nodded: "Alright!"