Chapter 858 - 454: Trial Production, Blood Tofu

Chapter 858: Chapter 454: Trial Production, Blood Tofu

Hoo...

The cold wind blows, yellow sand stretches endlessly.

The Elixir Skin Workshop in the pit has been equipped with a brand new roofing structure composed of metal frames and large leaves from the Giant Banana, shielding the workshop from the wind and sand, and casting a green glow inside.

"Ying ying ying?"

Hu Hufeng, wearing an engineer’s vest, stood next to a Nine-Curved Return Valve, carefully observing.

This valve is damaged on the left, intact on the right.

What a coincidence, this thing is symmetrical left to right!

The engineering team from Fox Mountain can completely reforge the left half according to the shape of the right half!

"Ao ao ao!"

Sugar Beans was holding a small bucket in one paw and a brush in the other, bending over and shaking his tail, applying adhesive to the newly repaired double-layer thermostatic bronze slot.

Brush brush brush...

With each stroke, a new layer of adhesive insulation is added to the surface of the bronze slot.

Once officially put into production, this insulation layer will protect the bronze slot from corrosion and keep the medicine liquid inside from contamination.

Bai Mo was holding a tablet, followed by his apprentices Nut Claw and Mianmian Fruit, explaining as they walked.

"Some facilities can’t be repaired and can only be put aside for now.

"But so far, we’ve figured out, understood, and repaired facilities, which can barely form a production line.

"It can produce the Danpi for Water Image Pills!

"The production process of the entire line is exactly the route we’re walking through.

"You see this mesh screen spiral pipe? This is the first step for material input..."

The two fox apprentices widened their eyes, pricked up their ears, tried following their master’s gestures and focused intensely on the facilities being explained, also trying to remember what was said... but... indeed found it quite incomprehensible.

"...Of course, you don’t need to understand too much.

"Just remember the normal working state of this facility.

"See this small window on the facility surface?

"After production starts, you just need to look inside from this small window..."

The two apprentices frowned and nodded heavily!

"Ying ying ying!"

"Ao ao ao!"

They understood when the master mentioned specific operations!

Although there was indeed a lot of content, easy to forget... but both were trying hard!

When the time comes, you remember a bit, I remember a bit, with more communication, more exchange, you teach me a bit, I teach you a bit, it’s like two foxes can remember it all!

"This Elixir Skin Workshop shouldn’t require too much Fox Power.

"Guo Kezhao, Night Cat’s Eye, Mianmian Fruit, Sugar Beans, just the four of you for the initial stages."

Bai Mo spoke whatever came to mind, leading the two apprentices along and talking.

"This Return Dragon Valve is a little bit more complex, needs touching and listening.

"Don’t be fooled by its robust appearance; it still vibrates when operating.

"When the time comes, you touch here..."

Bai Mo squatted down, grabbed Nut Claw’s paw.

"Just touch here, I’ll tell you about the vibration intensity..."

Listening to this point, the two foxes were getting dizzy, even somewhat afraid... isn’t there just too much content?

They tried hard to listen, tried hard to learn, feeling as if they had learned a lot, yet nothing seemed retained, with just a vague impression in their minds?

Will this work?

"Ying?"

"Ao?"

Bai Mo patted their heads.

"No need to remember too clearly.

"Just having an impression is sufficient!

"When the time comes, Master will further transform this production line for more stable operation.

"What I’ve taught, you just need to understand and have an impression."

The two foxes exchanged glances.

Even though Master said this, they couldn’t shake off the unease.

Looking back, the various diverse facilities connected through pipelines, each with its explanation, each with knowledge points.

Moreover, the two of them participated in alchemy at Fox Mountain, knowing this stuff can’t afford mistakes...

Brush...

Brush...

Yet there were two trucks driving past outside the workshop towards the material feeding zone at the entrance.

The two foxes could see the material feeding zone piled with various medicinal herbs forming a small mountain!

"Ying?"

"Ao?"

These herbs were all painstakingly grown by their fellow apprentices!

If there’s an issue in the production line, wouldn’t these herbal mountains be wasted along with it?

Thinking of this, the two foxes drooped their ears, feeling the mounting pressure!

...

Lunchtime.

Fox Mountain’s dining hall became lively again.

At small stone tables, fiery red chubby foxes were gathered, either boasting in chats or savoring the delicacies.

Big and Small Eyes inserted a small spoon into a piece of crispy fried honeycomb tofu, fox-speak bragging about yesterday’s achievements, boasting about shooting down that strange bird in one shot!

"Ying ying ying, ao ao ao ao..."

By the nearby small stone table, Nut Claw, Night Cat’s Eye, Mianmian Fruit, and Sugar Beans, all wore grave expressions!

"Ying ying ying, ao ao ying ying?"

The four of them will be responsible for feeding, supervising, maintaining, and repairing the Elixir Skin Workshop’s production line.

According to the master’s words, in just a few days, the line will begin trial production!

Piles and piles of herbs will start to be added in!

All were nervous, gesturing, fox-speak, recalling the master’s teachings.

"Ying ying ying, ao ao ao..."

...What was the vibration amplitude of the Return Dragon Valve that the master mentioned, and how many turns of the disk circle?

The four foxes tried hard to recall.

But...

None could remember; they had all forgotten.

Not just this, but much more, including the water level and temperature control of the bronze slot, the size of vent smoke on the distillation tower, the color of smoke from the pressure cellar overflowing... they only vaguely remembered these things, the specific details were entirely forgotten.

"Ao?"

Can they manage the production line like this?

If so many herbs go to waste, what will they do?

...

In the dining hall corner.

Bai Mo sifted through a stack of Copper Plates, studying them carefully.

"First, let’s look at the experiences of the Marquis from back in the day.

"The pitfalls they’ve stepped into, I’ll try my best to avoid."

After finishing a Copper Plate, Bai Mo pondered for a long time, suddenly enlightened.

He then took out a tablet and added another annotation to the flowchart he had drawn for himself.

"There’s such a thing... Luckily, I read ahead."

The stack of Copper Plates beside him numbered in the dozens, a thick pile.

After reading one, he casually ate some crispy honeycomb tofu, crunching away while picking up the second Copper Plate.

"Ying ying ying!"

"Aooo aooo!"

It was the four apprentices, Guo Kezhao, Night Cat’s Eye, and the others, running up to their master, speaking in a fox-like language and gesturing.

Bai Mo watched for a while.

"Uh... Did I forget something?

"It’s alright.

"Did you understand when I explained earlier?

"As long as you understood then, it’s okay!

"Our production line is different.

"We require very little from you.

"Moreover, we’ll be installing pixel banana leaves to give you prompts.

"Remember the pixel banana leaves of the same model used in the medicine field?"

"Don’t be afraid!"

The four foxes were still uneasy, their eyes drifting around, glancing again at the towering stack of Copper Plates beside their master. 𝖿𝖗ⅇℴ𝑚

What is this?

"Aoo?"

"This, huh..."

This stack of Copper Plates was taller than the foxes and higher than the seated Bai Mo.

"Each of these plates documents all the experiences and lessons of failed trial productions by the Cyan Moon Pill Palace from back then.

"By looking ahead, we can avoid stepping into the same pitfalls twice..."

The four foxes felt even more unsettled.

"Ying?"

Did the Cyan Moon Pill Palace fail so many times on the same production line back then?

How much Immortal Grass must have been wasted?

...

Whew...

This winter, the wind and snow across Jiuzhou were particularly abundant.

Outside the Bai Mo Pharmaceutical Factory cafeteria’s windows, fluffy snowflakes floated and danced.

Inside the cafeteria, it was as warm as spring; every table had a hotpot arranged, emitting fragrant steam.

"Ah, this is delicious!"

Fang Xiaoyu used a slotted spoon to scoop up a few chunks of pig’s blood, placing them in a bowl of Black Tea Fruit.

"Look, there’re many pores on this pig’s blood.

"It doesn’t look great, but this further proves it’s real pig’s blood, with no added Hextech.

"Moreover, pig’s blood with pores absorbs flavors better, eat up!"

With a grin, Black Tea Fruit grabbed the slotted spoon with Fox Claw and began scooping from the pot.

"Aooo aooo!"

Retrieved two slices of radish and placed them on Fang Xiaoyu’s plate in return!

As for the beef meatballs in the pot, those are less healthy; scoop them for the master!

Bai Mo was nearby, eating while happily patting his apprentice’s head, simultaneously reading documents on his phone about modern industrial automation control theory.

...

The heavy snowfall covered half of Jiuzhou, blanketing and dyeing the land of West State, stretching south to cover the West Ridge Mountain Range, farmland plots, small cities, and towns.

Swoosh...

The town’s food market.

Cold chain trucks braved the wind and snow, rolling over two snowy tracks and stopping at the back door of the meat stall.

When the driver stepped off the truck, he saw the young, plump boss already waiting.

"Another truck of fresh pig’s blood is here!

"Half regular goods, half advanced goods.

"Does Boss Wang want all of it?"

The young boss, wrapped in a greasy coat, grinned.

"Want it all!

"Unload it for me!"

The cold chain van’s rear door opened, and crates of tofu-like pig’s blood were moved into the shop and stacked up.

The young boss, Wang Chonghui, lent a hand while remarking.

"On these cold snowy days, everybody loves having hotpot or stews.

"Whether it’s hotpot or stew, pig’s blood is a good thing!

"Hehehe."

Once half of the regular goods was unloaded, the driver and Wang Chonghui began unloading the advanced goods.

The crates of advanced goods looked like dark red blood tofu, seemingly indistinguishable from the regular goods.

Yet, Wang Chonghui sniffed a few times and was quite satisfied!

Finally, all the goods were unloaded.

Wang Chonghui settled the bill with the driver.

First with WeChat, settling half for the regular goods.

Then opened the "Dark World" software, using "points" to pay for the advanced goods.

After the driver left, Wang Chonghui returned to the store, gazing at the separated stacks of blood tofu folded neatly in crates.

The left pile of regular goods was all pig’s blood mixed with a bit of small technology.

"Sell them later."

However, the right pile of advanced goods wasn’t pig’s blood.

It was human blood.

"The taste really is authentic!"

Wang Chonghui deeply inhaled against it, savoring the scent.

"Hmm... It is genuine Jiuzhou blood tofu.

"Not the sour blood tofu from Sakura, nor the foul blood tofu from Lamp Eagle."

Blood tofu from outside Jiuzhou is cheap and worthless.

But his Gu Insect indeed has discriminating tastes, only favoring Jiuzhou’s blood.

"Perhaps... Jiuzhou’s blood tofu is purer? Sweeter?"

He grinned, reaching for the pile of human blood tofu, his palm conjuring a hazy mist at the border of the real world and dream, enveloping the human blood tofu and swallowing it into the dream world.