Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 112: Equipment refining line, start work!
Not long after, the Taoist Huli came over covered in dust and dirt. He looked miserable, with messy hair, torn Taoist robes, and some blood stains on his body.

"Brother Jinjiao, you are looking for me."

Huli Daxian asked with two thick dark circles under his eyes and a tired face.

Recently, Silizhai's equipment refining business has been on the rise, but the production capacity cannot keep up. There are three to four hundred pre-sale orders that have not yet been delivered. He can only work day and night to find a way to fill this hole.

Xue Ji handed a cup of hot tea to Hu Li Daxian.

Huli Daxian drank it all in one gulp, breathing heavily.

"What are you doing?"

Xiao Chen looked at Hu Li's current appearance and asked with a frown.

Huli Daxian looks so embarrassed, as if he has lost a fight. Could it be that someone is trying to cause trouble again?

"Hey, Brother Jinjiao, please stop talking. I can't refine weapons at all right now. I have recruited thirty new Taoist children and am training them day and night."

"It's just that they are not very skilled in refining equipment and are clumsy. Just now, they exploded another furnace."

The Great Immortal Huli waved his hands and said cursingly.

"Tiger Power, thank you for your hard work."

Xiao Chen patted Huli Daxian on the shoulder and comforted him.

At the same time, the power of the Precious Lotus Lantern surged out from Xiao Chen's heart, flowed through his palms, and brushed across the body of the Great Immortal Huli.

The Great Immortal Huli only felt a gentle force passing through his body, and he felt warm and all his injuries disappeared.

After a dozen breaths, the Great Immortal Huli felt refreshed. He instantly felt energetic again and full of strength. He could practice for another ten days and ten nights!

"Brother Jinjiao, what kind of amazing magical power do you have?"

Huli Daxian felt the changes in his body and asked curiously.

"Just some small tricks."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and spoke casually.

The Great Immortal Huli knew that his brother Jinjiao had always had great magical powers, so he didn't ask much.

"I looked at the account book. At present, the progress of refining equipment in Silizhai is indeed a bit slow."

"Today, I called you here to discuss this matter."

Xiao Chen nodded.

Upon hearing this, Hu Li Daxian gritted his teeth and patted his chest and said:
"Brother Jinjiao, use the method you used to heal my wounds just now. Do it to me every ten days."

"I will teach these Taoist children as soon as possible and put them to use."

"I promise to deliver all these pre-sale orders this month."

Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard this, and burst out laughing, knowing that Immortal Huli had misunderstood what he meant.

He is not a heartless and black-hearted boss who wants to turn all his employees into slaves.

Xiao Chen patted Hu Li Daxian on the shoulder and chuckled, "Hu Li, what nonsense are you talking about? We are all made of flesh and blood, not iron. We can't do without rest."

After that, Xiao Chen took out a prepared blueprint and spread it on the ground, waving his hand and saying, "Come and take a look. I have a way to solve the problem of the progress of refining equipment."

"Oh? Brother Jinjiao, have you also learned the method of refining weapons?"

Huli Daxian scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

He actually didn't teach Xiao Chen how to refine weapons.

At first, in the beast-taming room of Xuankong Temple, he became a blood slave, and Master Xuankong sucked his tiger blood alive every month. It was Xiao Chen who helped him escape and saved his life.

Later, at Kanyuan Mountain, Xiao Chen gave him a magic weapon, so he had the money to seek the truth.

These were all great favors, so he was naturally full of gratitude towards Xiao Chen. Whatever Xiao Chen wanted to do, he, Hu Li, would do his best to help.

However, the method of refining weapons was taught to him by his master and was not allowed to be passed on to others.

"Fa" is the core secret of every school and sect. When learning and passing on Fa, one must pay attention to the inheritance of the master. This is the rule.

He accepted those Taoist children because he was ordered by his master to come to Xiniu Hezhou to preach and spread Taoism.

Those Taoist children in Yuntaishan all bowed three times and kowtowed nine times in a formal manner, went through the ceremony, burned incense, and swore an oath before becoming his disciples. They were considered his disciples and were part of the Taoist lineage in Zhongnanshan.

Only then did he have the status to teach some basic weapon refining techniques to his disciples.

Although Xiao Chen was his benefactor, he was not his fellow apprentice or disciple, and did not belong to the Zhongnan Mountain Taoist sect. Without the master's permission, he could not teach the weapon refining method to an outsider like Xiao Chen. If the master knew about this, he would be furious and would skin him alive.

"The method of refining weapons? That's not it."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and smiled.

"Come and see."

Xiao Chen took out pen and ink and started drawing on the paper.

Hu Li stretched out his big round head and looked over with curiosity.

"This is the alchemy furnace."

"This is the boy who specializes in making fire."

"This is the boy who extracts the materials."

"This is the boy who added the material."

"This is the boy who forged the weapons."

……

Xiao Chen drew a simple assembly line diagram on the drawing and showed it to Huli Daxian.

"This……"

When Huli Daxian saw this, his mouth slightly opened, his eyes widened, and his body shook as if he had been struck by lightning, and he stood still.

His entire expression and posture at this moment revealed his extreme shock and disbelief.

The Great Immortal Huli had been troubled by the problem of equipment refining capacity for a long time. Now when he saw the blueprint of the assembly line, it was as if a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and he understood.

It's actually possible!
The immortal Hu Li grabbed the blueprint and muttered to himself as if possessed by a demon: "Brother Jinjiao, this, this, this..."

“This assembly line is so ingenious!”

"Why didn't I think of that?"

"Why didn't I think of that?"

……

Xiao Chen chuckled. It is said that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

But sometimes, the most important thing is often that one percent of inspiration, which is even more important than ninety-nine percent of sweat.

When Lu Ban went into the mountains to cut trees, he slipped and his hand was cut by the leaves of some wild grass, and blood oozed out.

Lu Ban picked up a leaf and observed it carefully, and found that there were extremely sharp and densely packed small teeth on both sides of the leaf. Then he had an idea and invented the saw.

Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his own estate to rest when an apple suddenly fell right on his head.

Newton began to think about why the apple fell. Then, in a flash of inspiration, he discovered the "Law of Universal Gravitation".

If Newton had not been hit by this apple, the progress of mechanics might have been delayed by decades.

"Brother Jinjiao, you are such a genius!"

"From now on, with this assembly line, the Taoist children can just do their own job."

"For the new Taoist boy, I only need to teach him one of the steps of refining the weapon. I don't need to teach him all of them slowly."

"With this assembly line, our Silizhai's refining efficiency can be increased by at least four times."

"No, five times!"

"These pre-sale orders will be delivered this month!"

The great immortal Huli patted his chest and guaranteed it.

The Great Immortal Huli was an expert in refining equipment and could be considered an industrial master in the world of Journey to the West. What he lacked was this inspiration. As soon as he saw the blueprint, he immediately understood its value.

"Okay, okay, Hu Li, the rest is up to you."

Xiao Chen patted Hu Li's shoulder and smiled.

He is not a genius.

He is just a time traveler who has received nine years of compulsory education and has accumulated thousands of years of knowledge, so he is not limited by this era.

(End of this chapter)