Even a Dog Wouldn't Believe the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord!

"Senior Brother Xinghe, this is truly a joyous occasion! Look, I made another breakthrough yesterday while refining the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate. Previously, I used materials like Myriad Sands, Silver Light Stone, and Water Essence to refine this high-grade spiritual artifact, the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate..."

"But now that I've improved the formula and replaced many of the originally extremely expensive materials, I've still managed to maintain the quality of a top-grade spiritual weapon... So this time I've successfully reduced the cost!"

Chu Xinghe: "..."

"I must thank Junior Brother Mu Bai for this. Junior Brother Mu Bai and his disciples from the Muyue Kingdom can use the medicinal properties to change the cost of pills. Now I can also use my ability to change the cost of crafting. Next, I will improve everything that our Vast Heaven Holy Land is crafting. According to my calculations, we can save at least 40% of the costs in the future..."

"This is just the beginning. If I continue my research, there's a good chance I could save 60-70%..."

Chu Xinghe: "..."

Chu Xinghe didn't want to talk right now. He thought to himself, "This is the first thing in the morning! I just finished breakfast and came to the Beast Taming Palace. I haven't bothered anyone today, and you, Ouyang Ming come up here and stab me with your knife..."

We're just talking about Ouyang Ming, are you being polite?

I Senior Brother Xinghe just starting to feel a little happy, and you pull this on me?

However, Chu Xinghe quickly came up with a solution!

"Well done, Junior Brother Ouyang, but I think that's not what you should be thinking about right now!"

Ouyang Ming: "???"

"Junior Brother Ouyang, let me ask you something: does our Vast Heaven Holy Land lack your resources?"

Ouyang Ming: "Replying to Senior Brother Xinghe, no... It's always the same: whatever I ask for, the fellow students in the Civil Engineering Department send me double or even ten times the amount!"

Chu Xinghe nodded and continued, "Then let me ask you a question. For our Vast Heaven Holy Land, do you think a Concept Level super weapon refiner is more important, or a weapon refiner who can save us costs?"

"Of course, Concept Level weapon refiner is more important!" Ouyang Ming replied without hesitation.

After saying this, Ouyang Ming suddenly realized!

Yes, Senior Brother Xinghe is right...

I accidentally went astray again!

I thought I got inspiration from Junior Brother Mu Bai, but it really wasn't inspiration!

It's important to know that throughout history, weapon refiners have been constantly improving various magical treasures during the crafting process. Thanks to these improvements, the cost of creating many magical treasures today is far lower than their earliest versions!

Therefore, under these circumstances, many weapon refiners can reduce the cost of weapon refining...

And I, Ouyang Ming, a Half-Step Concept Level weapon refiner, am actually here researching how to reduce costs?

Although the cost reduction I achieved was something other weapon refiners could only dream of.

But no matter how much I reduce costs, aren't I still just moving along the same old path?

As a half-step conceptual weapon refiner, my considerations certainly go beyond simply saving costs!

At this moment, Ouyang Ming realized that Senior Brother Xinghe had truly awakened him from his dream!

"Senior Brother Xinghe, I walked into this dead end on my own!" Ouyang Ming said, looking ashamed.

"Junior Brother Ouyang... you are Concept Level weapon refiner unlike any other in history. You are about to embark on a completely different path. Do you really need to personally handle this trivial matter of simplifying materials?"

"What you should be doing is figuring out how to improve the quality and function of your spiritual treasures. These silver plates you've made are only high-grade spiritual artifacts. Instead of thinking about how to use more precious materials to create sacred artifacts or even divine artifacts, you're here researching how to save money? Is that right?"

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Xinghe Ouyang Pixiu understands!"

As everyone knows, whenever Ouyang Ming refers to himself as Ouyang Pixiu, it shows that Ouyang Ming very seriously.

After all, the name Pixiu was bestowed upon him by Senior Brother Xinghe!

Therefore, Ouyang Ming assured Senior Brother Xinghe that he would definitely go back and use even more precious materials to create a higher quality Light of Xinghe Silver Plate... He would absolutely not let Senior Brother Xinghe down!

Watching Ouyang Ming leave with a resolute expression, Chu Xinghe laughed until his stomach hurt!

What the heck? What if Ouyang Ming actually forges a sacred artifact or even a divine artifact like the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate?

No need for a "what if" situation... Based on Chu Xinghe's understanding of Ouyang Ming's abilities, Ouyang Ming is absolutely capable of creating it!

But friends, don't forget... Even if Ouyang Ming forges a sacred artifact or even a divine artifact like the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate, there will only be one outcome: it will be sent to the Beast Taming Palace to serve as a food bowl for the monsters!

So, if Ouyang Ming uses more precious materials and more potent weapons, wouldn't that just accelerate the consumption of resources?

What the heck? What if a monster uses that kind of food bowl to become even more powerful?

You think I, Chu Xinghe, have just been grinning like an idiot all these past few days at the Beast Taming Palace?

Before I even came here, I even asked the Holy Mother of Wujiang for a complete set of the ancient book "Postpartum Care of Sows"!

From a physiological perspective, Chu Xinghe stated that there is actually no fundamental difference between sows and demonic beasts!

After these past few days of research, I, Chu Xinghe, can consider myself a semi-expert!

My research clearly shows that regardless of the level of the silver plate used on a demon beast, the result is roughly the same; the only difference is the degree of improvement in the demon beast's physique.

However, no matter how good the improvement is, the monsters must reproduce generation after generation before their physique can be completely changed.

It's not that after these demonic beasts were given divine artifacts, they suddenly all ascended to become even more ferocious!

Therefore, even if Ouyang Ming creates a divine artifact, it will be meaningless. At most, it will slightly speed up the process, but it will not have any fundamental impact.

What the heck? You're saying you're equipping demonic beasts with sacred artifacts and divine weapons? Does that mean the obsolete Light of Xinghe Silver Plate can be sold to the public?

In response, Chu Xinghe retorted, "Do you think I'm still the same Chu Xinghe I used to be?"

I, Chu Xinghe, have already calculated every possible opportunity to betray me!

This naturally includes that!

Therefore, I, Chu Xinghe, have already numbered all the silver plates in the past few days, and broadcast live the scene of the silver plates being used to feed the demon beasts in the Haotian Mirror!

Feeding these monsters is like feeding pigs; in this situation, who would want the discarded silver plates?

Is it appropriate for the silver plates we used to feed pigs in our Vast Heaven Holy Land to now be sold as treasures to various families?

Even if everyone wanted it, would we do something so unethical?

Therefore, in this game, Chu Xinghe completely blocked all possible backstab points.

Look at this, if it were in the past, if Ouyang Ming suddenly drew his sword and stabbed me today, I, Chu Xinghe, would probably have remained calm on the spot.

But things are different now. Today, when I, Chu Xinghe, faced Ouyang Ming's almost fatal blow, not only was I not stabbed, but I also successfully turned the tables and killed him!

That day, Ouyang Ming personally went to the Civil Engineering Department. It is said that when Ouyang Ming left, Huang Ritian and others sang and danced to send Ouyang Ming off, and said that if Ouyang Ming had any other brilliant ideas, he could come to our Civil Engineering Department anytime!

And Gui Li was said to be wiping away tears!

From this, you can imagine how precious the resources that Ouyang Ming took from the Civil Engineering Department were!

Can you imagine such resources that could make Huang Ritian sing and dance, and move Gui Li to tears?

It is unknown what resources Ouyang Ming took away, but Chu Xinghe's actions of numbering the silver disk and broadcasting live the raising of demonic beasts in the Vast Heaven Holy Land still caused quite a stir in the Four Continents!

"Holy crap... It has to be Chu Xinghe again... The Light of Xinghe Silver Plate is used to raise demonic beasts?"

"No, brother, you're being too nosy... It was built by the Vast Heaven Holy Land themselves, they can use it however they want!"

"What do you know... Do you even know the price of these Light of Xinghe Silver Plates? Everyone's waiting to buy them. I heard that Chu Xinghe paid out five times the purchase price to everyone involved for this batch of Light of Xinghe Silver Plates!"

Five times? Isn't it seven times?

"Really? I heard it was six times!"

"I heard it's eight times..."

"How many times did Chu Xinghe actually pay? What's going on? Why are the compensation multiples different for each sect? Isn't that a bit unfair? I heard that Martial Emperor City only paid five times!"

This guy, sometimes his thirst for gossip is even greater than his thirst for Chu Xinghe!

For a time, the discussion inside the Haotian Mirror was about the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate, but it quickly turned into a question of how many times Chu Xinghe should compensate!

In the past, everyone relied on the announcements from the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

However, Vast Heaven Holy Land did not issue a public announcement regarding this.

In this situation, everyone is just hearing rumors about compensation!

There are five times... six times... seven times... I've even heard of eight times...

But it's not ten times!

In response, various parties expressed their bewilderment at Chu Xinghe's move, questioning why the compensation multipliers were different for each party.

Zheng Yu immediately sought help from his master regarding this issue!

"Master... I'd also like to know the answer to this question!"

Regarding Zheng Yu's question, Cheng Xiaotian immediately stated that Chu Xinghe was going too far, giving others eight times the compensation while only giving Martial Emperor City seven times the compensation, which was simply outrageous!

"Then I'll go find Senior Brother Xinghe and ask him to get these resources back?" Zheng Yu looked at his master with a smile!

"That's so embarrassing, it's been so long, how can we get it back... Wait... who said eight times? What the hell, is that the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord's side! Yu'er! Can we trust the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord's words?"

"Take a look at the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division. They're a notorious charlatan clan. When have they ever told the truth while swindling and cheating across the Four Continents? So this time, it's definitely the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord deliberately spouting nonsense to sow discord!"

"Yu'er, go and find out. Even in the Evil Shadow Continent, let alone here, nobody would believe the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord's words!"

"As everyone knows, the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division's Heavenly Secrets Secret Arts are only good for predicting random, nonsensical things; they're absolutely inaccurate! So under these circumstances, we can't trust a single word the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord says!"

Zheng Yu: "Really?"