Daily Flying Sword Output

Shaping, Fusion of Formations, over and over again.

Soon.

Five hours had passed.

"Hah!"

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Chen Daoxuan felt utterly invigorated.

In all his time refining artifacts, he had never felt as exhilarated as he did today.

He discovered that once he replaced the most complicated and time-consuming stage of material extraction with the Spirit-Melding Furnace, Artifact Refining became astonishingly easy.

It was like a burly man who had been carrying several hundred pounds of cargo suddenly shedding ninety-nine percent of his burden; at once, he felt light on his feet, swift as the wind.

Normally speaking.

Even with a cheat like the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture to assist his Artifact Refining, Chen Daoxuan would still feel utterly exhausted after refining a Magic Artifact. At the very least, he needed several days to recover.

Ordinary Artifact Forgers were even worse off.

As far as Chen Daoxuan knew, even a high-grade first-tier Artifact Forger could only refine one Low-grade First-tier Magical Artifact every seven days at best.

It was not that ordinary Artifact Forgers truly needed seven days to refine a single Magic Artifact. Rather, after refining artifacts continuously for three days and three nights, an Artifact Forger needed to meditate and recover their true qi and Divine Sense.

True qi was manageable enough, since pills that replenished true qi were fairly common. Divine Sense was different. Every kind of pill that restored Divine Sense was exorbitantly expensive, and if one was unlucky, they might not even be able to buy them.

All things considered, it was already quite good for an ordinary Artifact Forger to refine one Low-grade First-tier Magical Artifact every seven days.

Moreover, such frequent Artifact Refining would inevitably delay an Artifact Forger's own cultivation.

For cultivators, nothing was more painful than delaying their own cultivation.

Thus, Cultivation Families and sects in the cultivation world could only use pills and other auxiliary treasures to make up for the cultivation time their Artifact Forgers lost to refining artifacts.

By that calculation, it was another enormous expense.

This was why Cultivation Families and sects, despite clearly having the means to train more Artifact Forgers, would usually stop once they had trained enough to meet their own needs.

Because trying to make money by having Artifact Forgers refine low-grade Magic Artifacts was simply unrealistic.

The profits from low-grade Magic Artifacts were already low, the resources spent training an Artifact Forger were substantial, and an Artifact Forger's consumption during Artifact Refining was enormous.

So few cultivation factions were willing to do it.

The consumption here referred not only to raw materials such as Spirit Mine ore, but also to invisible expenses, such as pills used by Artifact Forgers to restore true qi and support their cultivation.

For Rogue Cultivators, becoming an Artifact Forger or an Alchemist was almost impossible.

First, they had no inheritance. Second, no one could teach them. Most importantly, Rogue Cultivators were so poor they could barely afford the spiritual qi needed for cultivation; where would they find spare wealth to dabble in such lofty arts as Artifact Refining?

Learning to become a Spirit Planter was far more practical. At least becoming a Spirit Planter did not consume such vast resources.

That was why the vast majority of Rogue Cultivators lacked Magic Artifacts and had no choice but to use artifacts discarded by others.

Yet this situation.

Had been utterly shattered by the Spirit-Melding Furnace, a product that transcended its era.

Today, in merely five hours.

The newly completed Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Factory produced five Flying Swords!

That was right. Everyone had performed even better than Chen Daoxuan expected. With so many people each working an average of four hours, not a single worker made a mistake.

The Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Factory had scored a splendid opening, producing five Flying Swords in a single day.

Compared to an ordinary Artifact Forger refining one Magic Artifact every seven days, Chen Daoxuan's production efficiency was exactly thirty-five times greater.

This was the power of industrial assembly-line production.

Chen Daoxuan knew that his current achievements did not even amount to scraps compared to the fully intelligent, automated factories of his previous life. But in this world, where Artifact Refining relied entirely on hands and Alchemy entirely on fire—

He was already a representative of the world's most cutting-edge productive forces.

Although the Magic Artifacts their Artifact Factory currently produced were still relatively low-grade and limited to a single variety.

Based on their current results, he firmly believed that the direction he had chosen was completely correct.

After inspecting every Crimson Shadow Flying Sword and finding no problems whatsoever.

Chen Daoxuan's face was filled with smiles.

Inside the factory building.

Throughout the entire day, Chen Liangyu had barely rested as he handled logistics, work schedules, and other miscellaneous matters for everyone.

It could be said that Chen Liangyu deserved great credit for Chen Daoxuan's seamless coordination with everyone today and for the factory's smooth production.

Otherwise, if any link in the chain had gone wrong, it would have delayed the entire assembly line and affected production.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chen Liangyu stepped closer to Chen Daoxuan and said, "Young Clan Leader, you have worked hard."

Watching the Young Clan Leader personally fight on the front lines of production for the clan's development, Chen Liangyu felt heartfelt admiration.

Of course.

Chen Daoxuan had not wanted to transmigrate only to end up working in a factory, even if the factory belonged to the clan and the clan was under his control.

But once one became the boss, who would be willing to work for someone else?

Chen Daoxuan's personal presence on the front lines was simply the only option available.

After all, the entire Chen Family had only one Artifact Forger—him.

Seeing Chen Liangyu drenched in sweat, Chen Daoxuan shook his head and smiled. "It was nothing. By the way, how are the materials for tomorrow's Artifact Refining coming along?"

Chen Daoxuan asked casually.

"Everything has been prepared. It's just..."

After saying that, Chen Liangyu again looked as though he wanted to speak but hesitated.

"If you have something to say, say it. Don't hem and haw."

Chen Daoxuan frowned, a trace of displeasure in his voice.

Hearing this, Chen Liangyu steeled himself and said, "Young Clan Leader, our factory warehouse currently holds only a little over eighteen hundred catties of Red Copper Mine. At today's rate of consumption, it will all be used up in at most a little over a month."

As he spoke, he secretly raised his head and glanced at Chen Daoxuan. Seeing no change in his expression, he relaxed slightly.

"Alas."

Chen Daoxuan sighed. "There is no helping it. The clan only had a little over six hundred catties of Red Copper Mine in storage, and the Spirit Stones in our Clan Treasury are only enough to purchase twelve hundred catties of Red Copper Mine. That is why we are short on raw materials."

At this point, Chen Daoxuan frowned.

What a pity Guang'an Prefecture had no financial lending services. Otherwise, he would definitely borrow a huge sum and throw it into production.

"But this is also a good thing. It proves that our products will be sold in Guang'an Prefecture a month from now. Once the funds return, we will surely be able to expand production further."

After studying under Chen Daoxuan for a month, Chen Liangyu had not only developed strong immunity to the occasional strange new terms Chen Daoxuan blurted out, but could also roughly guess what they meant.

Human adaptability truly was terrifying.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this."

Chen Daoxuan waved a hand. "Have you recorded today's raw material consumption and Flying Sword output?"

"Reporting to the Young Clan Leader, I have recorded everything."

"Good."

Chen Daoxuan nodded in satisfaction. "Our operation is still rather small right now, but one day it will grow larger and larger. You must learn to keep detailed records of all material consumption, the number of qualified products, the number of defective products, and all other such data for future reference.

Remember! This concerns the clan's interests. You must not be careless."

"Yes, I will record all the factory's accounts and will not omit a single detail," Chen Liangyu promised.

Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan relaxed slightly. Chen Liangyu had served as the manager of the Red Copper Mine for so many years without ever making a mistake.

Chen Daoxuan was fairly reassured when Chen Liangyu handled matters.

Seeing the smile on Chen Daoxuan's face, Chen Liangyu bowed slightly and said, "Young Clan Leader, today is the joyous day our factory began operations. I have prepared a modest banquet at my residence. I hope the Young Clan Leader will honor me with your presence."

Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan glanced at him and nodded. "Then I shall impose upon you."

"Not at all, not at all. For the Young Clan Leader to visit my humble home would truly make it shine with borrowed splendor," Chen Liangyu said with a beaming smile.