Chapter 738 - 395: Burnt Fox Whiskers, Immortal Realm Bamboo Membrane, Separator Membranes of the Mortal World (Part 2)

Chapter 738: Chapter 395: Burnt Fox Whiskers, Immortal Realm Bamboo Membrane, Separator Membranes of the Mortal World (Part 2)

This engineer is quite honest.

"According to our chief engineer, this thing... He just wanted to see if you could provide a reliable reference plan, a guide for the technical route.

"So we don’t end up like headless flies buzzing around aimlessly.

"We didn’t expect you to be so straightforward and to directly deliver the plan!

"Ah, how effective your plan is actually doesn’t matter. Even if it’s not very effective, it’s okay. Our chief engineer can see your thought process and your designed technical route, that’s enough! As for specific parameters, we can slowly adjust them..."

Bai Mo chuckled awkwardly.

He understood that this bald engineer didn’t quite trust him?

This was normal; after all, it was their first interaction, and they weren’t familiar yet.

Even Bai Mo himself wasn’t entirely sure how effective the plan was.

After all, the plan was just theoretical and hadn’t been tested yet.

Right then, the engineer Pi Yijun’s pocket buzzed with a vibration.

He quickly pulled out his phone and saw it was the chief engineer calling.

He glanced at Bai Mo, answered the call, and swiftly held the phone to his ear, covering the mouthpiece with his hand, fearing the plan might have issues or he might overhear any potential criticism from the chief engineer.

But the voice on the other end was ecstatic!

"Haha, it’s amazing!

"Not a single issue! Absolutely flawless!

"This morning we completed the testing process, the packaging was finished in the afternoon, and by evening we shipped the equipment to West State!

"Your reputation precedes you! Expert Bai Mo truly deserves it! Resistant, no doubt!"

...

The days at the Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory seem unchanged from those at West University.

Except the office is slightly larger, but the daily activities are similar, just drinking tea and reviewing papers.

Bai Mo leisurely savors fragrant Dahongpao tea, holding his apprentice, sitting behind the desk, reading a paper related to "membrane separation technology."

While reading, he reflects.

"This is impressive.

"Did the Ancient Immortal Dynasty have such membrane separation technology?"

He frowned, thinking it over... seems like they did, but not as advanced as the modern world.

Bai Mo reads while pondering, occasionally nodding his head.

After finishing one paper, he opens another.

After reading a few papers by old renowned experts, he gained an understanding of the overall field of this technology.

After reading several top-tier papers from different periods, he understood the development of this technology.

Finally, after reading a few of the most popular recent papers, he grasped the direction of its cutting-edge development.

While reading, he remembered that Ma Huang Bamboo Film... choosing to synthesize that was driven by the intention to use "membrane separation technology"!

The raw materials for Ma Huang Bamboo Film were conveniently found on Fox Mountain. It’s sturdy and highly adaptable.

"Maybe spend a week or two personally refining a batch?"

Time flies.

The factory buzzes with activity.

In the workshop, Snow Lotus Qi Boosting Soup officially begins production.

In the laboratory, chemists conduct tests and write reports.

In the office, administrative clerks manage documents, make calls.

On the top floor, Bai Mo reviews some reports and signs several files.

He looks up at the window to see dusk falling, distant neon lights shining, and the cold evening wind whipping against his window.

"Time to clock out."

...

Breakfast at Fox Mountain consists of eight-treasure red bean buns, their sweet aroma wafting through the canteen!

"Ying ying ying!"

"Whoo whoo whoo!"

Foxes gather around small stone tables, speaking in their fox language, gesturing with buns, eating while bragging about today’s work content and plans.

Just like yesterday, Bai Mo sits in the corner of the canteen, munching on buns and contemplating the issue of Ma Huang Bamboo Film.

He opens his tablet, occasionally flipping to previous records, occasionally jotting down new notes, analyzing the feasibility of using this bamboo film for "membrane separation." The more he thinks it over, the more feasible it seems.

"But, a single-layer filtration is probably not enough. Multiple layers and covering large areas are necessary.

"The quantity of bamboo film needed might be quite substantial."

While calculating with his pen, more apprentice foxes zoom past him.

Among them, Little Chuifeng still wears his large bucktooth mask, seemingly reluctant to remove it.

Bai Mo grins, letting it be.

...

After clearing through the accumulated literature, Bai Mo leaves the Bronze Hall with Butterfly Knot and Small and Big Eyes, heading down the mountain path to the bamboo film extraction workshop.

Along the way, they passed by many abandoned halls, and many workshops.

In each workshop, there were fox apprentices either busy processing medicinal herbs or busy forging tools.

From time to time, the apprentices could be heard making incoherent noises, "yip-yip-yow-wow" sounds.

Arriving outside the bamboo membrane extraction operation room, Bai Mo was just about to push the door open when he suddenly heard a noise inside?

"Huh?"

Who is in there?

Small and Big Eyes, along with Butterfly Knot, also furrowed their brows.

The three of them, with three heads and six eyes aligned vertically, peered into the operation room.

They saw several foxes surprisingly trying to extract bamboo membranes!

Some stood by the bamboo tubes, imitating their master’s appearance, adding various herbs.

Some hugged the bamboo tubes, imitating their master’s appearance, gently shaking, to make the liquid inside mix evenly.

Some had their backs to the door, holding a torch in their paws, grasping the Pill Fire left by Bai Mo, burning Dragon and Snake Grass!

What?

Bai Mo was slightly amazed.

That Pill Fire of his had been specially treated and could indeed disassociate Dragon and Snake Grass.

But...after disassociation, there were fibers, droplets, leaf veins, leaf flesh... a total of a dozen kinds of components mixed together, and without precise control of the Pill Fire and Divine Sense, these things couldn’t be separated.

Just about to push the door open to stop the apprentices, he saw that the Pill Fire above the bamboo tube had already burnt off the tip of the Dragon and Snake Grass leaf!

As the flames flickered, the leaf was disassociated into a jumble of fibers, droplets, leaf veins, leaf flesh... floating in the air all mixed together.

And the fox burning the Immortal Grass boldly stuck its head out towards the chaos floating in the air and began inhaling and blowing...

Phew...

Phew...

Phew...

Its movements were very light, cocking its head, sometimes adjusting the direction of its mouth, sometimes blowing lightly, sometimes blowing harder, sometimes blowing in this direction, sometimes in that direction.

Under its series of breaths, the varying weight components, like droplets, leaf veins, and leaf flesh, were blown away, all flying outside the bamboo tube!

Only the fibers were left, drifting in the airflow it created as if captured by the air currents, falling into the bamboo tube below.

Its burning of the Immortal Grass was very slow, the flame little by little burning the Immortal Grass, little by little disassociating.

Its blowing was also very slow, alternately inhaling and blowing out, blowing away all the impurities, leaving only the necessary fibers, allowing the fibers to fall entirely into the bamboo tube.

Gradually, a crumpled yellow and black interlaced film grew inside the bamboo tube!

The other foxes beside started cheering! Started swaying their heads and tails, dancing around the bamboo tube!

"Yip yip yip!"

"Yow yow yow!"

"Yip yip yip!"

They were truly happy; they helped their master solve this problem!

Without the master needing to do it himself, they could now refine the Ma Huang Bamboo Film!

A whole Dragon and Snake Grass leaf was burned up.

All impurities were blown away, every single fiber fell flawlessly into the bamboo tube.

A watermelon-sized mass of crumpled film grew out from inside the bamboo tube.

The fox apprentice responsible for blowing, holding a torch, sneakily glanced at the siblings dancing in circles, its sharp eyes capturing their admiration, it puffed out its chest and put on an air of the "Little Wind Master!"

That’s right, it was Xiao Chuifeng!

But the next moment, the operation room door creaked open.

Xiao Chuifeng hadn’t finished striking its pose before being grabbed by the neck and held into the master’s embrace.

"You little rascal..."

Bai Mo laughed, about to praise his apprentice, but noticed half of its whiskers on its face were burned off, the cheek fluff scorched with a patch revealing skin, even having a wound with a scab formed.

"Huh?"

Bai Mo instantly understood; this little guy, leaning so close to the Pill Fire Torch, to the burning Dragon and Snake Grass, was clearly burned by the flames.

No wonder it ate so hastily!

No wonder it always wore a mask!

"You... daring fool?"

"Luckily, this Pill Fire’s power had been adjusted or else you..."

Bai Mo holding Xiao Chuifeng was about to scold him but then saw the little guy quickly pulling out a mask and putting it on, looking at the master.

The mask had a big toothy grin painted on it, like it was flashing a bright smile at the master!

"Yip yip yip, yow yow yow?"

Its first job was in the herb field, blowing Profound Water Dandelions, especially adept at blowing air!

This time it originally wanted to succeed and then tell the master, not expecting to get burned twice, but it didn’t really hurt!

At this moment, its big toothy grin mask, along with its sparkling eyes, looked triumphantly at the master!