Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 244: Daily Life of the Immortal Sect

"How has the hall been doing lately?" Su Ming asked.

Wang Defa's smile faded a bit as he pulled an account book from his sleeve, his expression turning somewhat serious.

"Hall Master, our 'standardized parts' training method is indeed effective; new recruits are getting up to speed twice as fast. However..."

He flipped to a page in the book, pointing at a line of red text. "Material prices on the market have been rising sharply recently. Especially 'Mercury Sand' and 'Red Essence Copper'; their prices have gone up thirty percent compared to last month. I've heard it's because the front lines are tense, and the sect has diverted large quantities of resources there. Although our Repair Hall's income has increased, costs have risen along with it, so our profits have actually become thinner."

Su Ming frowned slightly.

Mercury Sand was the most commonly used spiritual energy conducting material for repairing formation circuits, and Red Essence Copper was an essential for forging formation bases. A price increase in these two items directly impacted the Repair Hall.

"Can we find substitutes?" Su Ming inquired.

"Difficult," Wang Defa shook his large head. "Among low-grade materials, these two offer the best cost-performance ratio. Others are either too expensive or have poor spiritual conductivity. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless we can find a way to utilize that pile of accumulated waste slag in the storage yard." Wang Defa pointed towards a small mountain of blackish rocks piled in a corner of the backyard. "That's waste material dumped here by the Artifact Forging Hall in the past. They said the copper content was too low, and the extraction cost was higher than buying new material, so it's just been sitting there gathering dust."

Su Ming followed his pointing finger.

It was a pile of uneven slag, its surface mottled and patchy, indeed looking rather worthless.

But at this moment, under Su Ming's "microscopic perspective" at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, what he saw was not merely rocks.

He saw that within the slag, dark red metal particles were scattered like stars, sparse but not insignificant in total quantity.

"Old Wang, go fetch a piece of that waste slag, and prepare a bucket of 'Metal-Eroding Water' for me." A glint flashed in Su Ming's eyes.

Although Wang Defa didn't understand why, his execution was extremely strong; he immediately scurried off with enthusiasm.

stood before the

of a fist in one hand, his

"Gather."

amount of the "Metal-Eroding Water," transforming into a

directly onto the rock. Instead, it seemed alive,

of Qi Refining allowed Su Ming

the hard rock structures, specifically seeking out the loose junctions where

"Dissolve."

Su Ming mentally commanded.

vapor that had penetrated inside began to take effect,

After roughly ten breaths.

Ming flipped his palm

fine red droplets seeped out from the surface of the black rock. These droplets rapidly converged, eventually forming a thumb-sized globule of

and brittle. With a gentle squeeze from

"This..."

popped out

materials for decades, he was an old hand and

globule of red liquid was clearly Red Essence Copper liquid with a purity reaching ninety percent! Even inner sect

Master did it in

of spell is this?"

copper liquid into a jade vial, a satisfied

Refining was indeed extraordinary. This move just now—if it were in the past, he absolutely couldn't have achieved such precise separation; at

is called 'Water Extraction

up a name and tossed the jade vial to Wang Defa. "Old

flushed with excitement. "This... this is at least three times the price of ordinary Red Essence Copper!

"That's good."

dust from his hands, his tone calm. "Starting today, select a few apprentices with meticulous divine sense. I'll teach

back, the awe in Wang Defa's eyes deepened even

to have an endless stream of methods, always able to turn dead situations

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