Unlike fried foods, which are easily imitated and have few technological barriers, the complexity of making soft drinks means that the Star Gazing Sect will be able to open up a second path in the future.

"We have made initial progress by focusing on the fast food market of fried chicken and fries."

"To conduct in-depth research and refinement on beverages."

"Take advantage of the fact that the cultivation system is not yet perfect and ordinary sensory pleasures are still cherished, and seize enough wealth."

"If you want to stand out in a chaotic world, starting from this point is the safest bet."

Li Furan dared not neglect the wise man's advice.

Junior sister Wu Sitong is in charge of the kitchen, ensuring a stable production of fried chicken and fries.

Although her personal cooking often made the members of the Star Gazing Sect feel like their butts were on fire, if she was just "supervising"...

She has already tested the optimal oil temperature for dishes such as fried chicken and French fries, and has begun to customize more detailed marinating indicators and rules to ensure consistent flavor.

When experts learned about this standardized process, they praised it highly, saying that she was just the right person for it.

Wei Shen is a scoundrel, responsible for attracting customers and dealing with those with ill intentions.

He did a good job; the only disturbance so far came from the Fuxian Sect.

After Wei Shen managed to swindle them out of the money for 100 fried chickens by keeping his mouth shut, the visiting Taoist practitioners became very self-aware.

Li Furan was in charge of developing the soft drink, but until yesterday, there had been no progress.

The first edition of the materials that the master gave to the Guanxing Sect clearly stated the process of obtaining key materials, but the wording and descriptions were somewhat vague.

Some of the terms were completely new to them.

After Li Furan provided feedback, the second edition of the classic arrived as scheduled, but it was just as obscure and difficult to understand.

Considering the master's attitude of sharing all his knowledge, Li Furan immediately became solemn.

"If we can't learn it, understand it, or do it well, it's because we lack talent, and we can't blame anyone else."

The second edition of the reference texts states that the key ingredients for making soft drinks are closely related to alchemy and elixirs.

Most of them are byproducts of the pharmaceutical refining process.

This is an area that the Star Gazing Sect is familiar with.

Since the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became abundant, medicines imbued with this energy have undergone mutations. The combination of medicinal herbs has become a key focus for many cultivation sects.

Each family has its own secret recipes that are not passed on to outsiders, and their alchemy techniques are all different.

As a sect of pure water, the Guanxing Sect does not associate with worldly merchants, and its largest source of income in the past was the sale of elixirs.

Unfortunately, with the passing of his master and seniors, the sect could not find anyone capable of refining high-level pills, which is why Li Furan had to start from scratch as the senior disciple.

Dan Tang's three junior brothers, along with Li Fu Ran, studied the classic texts of the master, and used the money they earned from frying chicken and fries to buy a batch of minerals and medicinal herbs, which they then experimented with behind closed doors.

The alchemy furnaces were running around the clock, and after more than ten days of continuous testing, finally, hard work paid off!

The alchemy furnace exploded!

The explosion blew off the top of the alchemy furnace, and the heavy metal block was pushed by the airflow, smashing through the heavy wooden door and embedding itself in the pillar.

Fortunately, the three junior disciples of Dantang also had some martial arts skills. They managed to dodge and lie down on the spot the moment the explosion occurred, thus escaping unharmed.

Li Furan rushed over: "How did it explode?"

The three members of Dantang were completely bewildered. The smoke and dust from the explosion had blackened their faces, leaving only two shiny little holes. They blinked, as if their souls had been blasted out of their bodies along with the explosion.

Of the dozen or so alchemy furnaces, only one was destroyed.

Li Furan hurriedly ordered the three people to recall the materials for the alchemy furnace.

Upon verification, no abnormalities were found.

The combination of these elements also appeared in the furnace where the alchemy was being refined, but there were no signs of an explosion.

After a full day of investigation, a piece of yellowish-brown insect repellent ointment brought by Wu Sitong caught Li Furan's attention.

The three members of Dantang also recalled a detail that wasn't exactly a minor one.

They complained about the abundance of mosquitoes, so they threw some insect repellent cream into the fire.

"That can't be the reason, can it?"

"But after we threw it in, it was fine for quite a while."

Practice makes perfect. Using the same materials and the same type of alchemy furnace, we moved it to an open, deserted place to reproduce the refining process.

Add insect repellent ointment, and wait a long time...

"boom!"

The alchemy furnace is separated from the furnace base, much like a rocket launching into space.

For a moment, the people present were speechless.

Li Furan was the first to understand the situation and could not hide his excitement.

After half a day of repeated oven explosion experiments, he was convinced that they had figured out a completely new formula with a certain degree of destructive power.

It cannot be taken internally or applied externally, but it can explode!

Given that the expert had always been open and honest with everyone, Li Furan immediately sent out the good news.

The boundary between the virtual and real worlds is filled with enthusiasm for building a sect from scratch for their good brothers in another world.

Everyone's acting like a professional manager, eager to analyze the situation upon seeing the news.

Upon closer inspection of the description, all that remained in the chat group was a series of repeated question marks.

That's right, buddy. I told you guys to try and figure out a way to make something that could replace soda by using trial and error and local materials from the cultivation world. You discovered gunpowder, didn't you?

Through the texts that Wei Shen kept collecting, French Fries had learned about the general situation of the Three Domes Land.

This world, belonging to an agrarian civilization, has suddenly been interrupted by a script of spiritual revival.

After the recovery, the conflicts intensified, leading to disintegration and the emergence of an era of sectarianism where each faction operated independently.

Originally, their technological level was also increasing over time. However, the sudden appearance of spiritual energy directly led to the cultivation of Tao becoming an easy path that everyone yearned for, causing many ingenious crafts to stagnate.

Furthermore, considering that the spiritual energy in this world is still very weak, not even as weak as a single hair in Anna's worldview in Proof of the Stars.

After all, Li Furan also said that the most powerful person he knew, besides the "masters," was someone who could walk on water and cross great rivers.

However, doing so also carries certain risks.

Before the appearance of the Proof of the Stars, a group of sect leaders were competing to cross the barrier.

As a result, one of them nearly drowned.

Upon returning to his sect, whether from a cold or from feeling too ashamed, he was overcome with anger and died.

As for Li Furan's proud sword aura, it was nothing more than being able to shake the sword and slash out with a wound that could break the skin from a distance of 1 meter.

He might dream of taking lives remotely or flying on a sword, but that was just the imagination of storytellers in the Three Heavens.

Such a disgraceful level of cultivation makes them realize that the boundary between reality and illusion, which they thought was capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, is not as beneficial as the current level of cultivation.

After all, this amount of spiritual energy and cultivation method is at most only the early stage of tempering the body.

"Keep the news under wraps; those three disciples from the Pill Hall are definitely reliable."

"From now on, all information involving gunpowder must be kept secret."

"This is your Star Gazing Sect's reliance for the next hundred years; you can live off it for a lifetime!"

Li Furan has unconditionally accepted the hints given by the boundary between the virtual and the real.

Now, Li Furan wouldn't have any psychological barriers to calling someone a "master".

He even felt that this was a luxury, an aspiration.

Li Furan immediately explained the seriousness of the problem to the three people that day.

They were all people who refused to leave the sect even when they were fleeing, so their loyalty is beyond doubt.

They were quick-witted, and after receiving Li Furan's guidance, they immediately realized the wonderful uses of this power.

If something as hard as a cauldron can be blown apart, with thick metal and gold disintegrating, what about flesh and blood?

The two explosions differed significantly in power, which may be related to whether the environment was sealed or not.

The second internal eruption was significantly more violent, directly shattering the stable upper and lower tower-like structure of the alchemy furnace.

Does this mean they can design a miniaturized prop that can concentrate power?

Envelop it in a little spiritual energy, ignite it, and stuff it into the other person's pocket. Using the metal structure inside, the force generated by the explosion will turn the person into a hedgehog!

If you add a little bit of medicine that can rot wounds... tsk tsk!

Or... since the power of the explosion is so immense at the moment of impact, could this power be converted into the power of another driving device?

After all, the moment of the explosion, the image of the furnace lid being blown off looked exactly like boiling water making a "bang bang" sound, causing the lid to "crack crack crack".

The two are very similar in nature; the difference is that one is intense and the other is gentle.

Li Furan summarized the three people's ideas and informed the expert again.

Do you know anything about elixirs?

"Understood."

"Can you understand what they're saying?"

"I'm a little...out of touch."

"Then you just need to pay them, and give them whatever they want," Jiang Heyi instructed. "Make sure they guarantee the safety of the experiment."

"If they hadn't gone astray and had accomplished something... your sect could probably have survived for 1000 years."

According to Zhu Huo, the spiritual energy of the Three Heavens Land is exactly the same as what they call magic.

In the Three Kingdoms Land, where everything was still in its infancy, these three clever individuals were ahead of their time in realizing that combining magic with industry already made them far superior to those who only knew how to fly high and show off by crossing great rivers with spiritual energy.

"If such a day ever comes, the Star Gazing Sect will surely erect a monument and statue in honor of the eminent man."

"No, after a while, when the money earned from fried chicken and fries has enough surplus to invest in soda research, we can erect a monument first."

The group at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds was overjoyed.

This is truly an amusing and enjoyable event.

They weren't being modest; they were saying that as outstanding young people from Blue Star, how did they end up as part of the scenic spots of a famous immortal cultivation sect in the Three Realms?

It's clear that Li Furan is desperately trying to link the "expert" to the Star Gazing Sect.

This gentle and polite senior disciple strives to seize every opportunity in order to shoulder the responsibility of the Star Gazing Sect.

It's no wonder that after the older generation of the Star Gazing Sect passed away, even knowing the enormous risks and the possibility of starvation, dozens of people were still willing to stay and follow him.

The jailer said, "It's like that joke: Sima Yan entrusted his son to Zhuge Liang. If he had to choose between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, who do you think he would choose?"

The answer is self-evident.

French Fries suggested, "If doing this will make Li Furan feel at ease, feel that he has done right by our assistance, and keep encouraging himself, then let's agree."

The Four Primordial Bodies also laughed and said, "Don't you want to go to their Star Gazing Sect's main store and have a bite of fried chicken before you reincarnate in Anna? Maybe it will have a unique flavor?"

"And take a picture with your own stone monument statue and write 'I was here'?" Orange Tea said cheerfully.

The boundary between the real and virtual worlds provides an affirmative answer.

The weight lifted from Li Furan's heart.

The kindness of such a great person can never be fully repaid; at least he should be allowed to show respect and gratitude in these small matters.

"Has anything major happened in the Three Realms recently?"

This is already part of what experts ask every day.

As a result, the Star Gazing Sect has developed excellent information filtering capabilities.

"What might interest an expert is probably an unverified rumor."

"Oh?"

"It is said that yesterday at noon, the mountain gate where Fuxianmen is located was hit by torrential rain, lightning and thunder." Li Furan said in surprise, "The rain and lightning only fell inside the mountain gate of Fuxianmen, which was quite spectacular."

"Some witnessed a black sword, accompanied by lightning, piercing straight into the Fuxian Gate from within the dark clouds,"

Li Furan clicked his tongue: "First, the Tower World conquest was thwarted, then there were strange celestial phenomena. If there is divine punishment, the way the Fuxian Sect behaves will probably incur divine wrath!"

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