Chapter 1137 - 1137 626 The Source of the Five Elements

Chapter 1137: Chapter 626: The Source of the Five Elements Essence Chapter 1137: Chapter 626: The Source of the Five Elements Essence Upon seeing Chen Mobai’s phone number, Lou Fengcheng felt a faint pain in his body.

He really didn’t want to answer.

But he couldn’t not answer.

After all, the other party was a council member of the Kaiyuan Hall of the Immortal Gate, a Golden Core Master!

Taking a deep breath, Lou Fengcheng answered the call and started with an apology.

“I’m sorry, Councilor Chen, I just went to brew a pot of tea and didn’t have my phone with me…”

After settling the matter of the patent, Chen Mobai and Yan Bingxuan began recruiting talent.

This step proved quite difficult.

Because the Yuanqi system was a niche field even within the Immortal Gate, only top Daoist Academies offered this subject, but those who graduated with achievements from these places wouldn’t give Red Sandstone City a second glance.

Aside from the lack of prospects for development, it was also because this was a place of trouble and strife.

Although the Immortal Gate had undergone several clean-ups from top to bottom, no one could guarantee that the Ascension Sect’s forces wouldn’t make a comeback, and getting involved in that would be asking for trouble.

Keep in mind that even Yu Tianguang, a Golden Core Master like him, had fallen into a trap in Danxia City, with his century-long Dao practice ruined in an instant.

Despite calling out for a long time, even when Chen Mobai called Fu Borong again, hoping that he would spread the word within the Repairing Heaven Institute, not a single Foundation Establishment Practitioner was willing to come.

They could only lower their requirements to the Qi Cultivating Realm, and finally, some graduates from the less popular Yuanqi system sent in their resumes.

Yan Bingxuan, through online interviews, hired six of them.

“To synthesize Green Wood Evil, these people will barely suffice, but if you intend to synthesize all the Earthly Fiendish Qi in the future, you’ll definitely need to find a solution for the talent issue,” she said.

Yan Bingxuan’s Evil Qi energy company initially started mainly to supply Chen Mobai with Green Wood Evil.

This was relatively easy because the raw materials were already available, and it could be accomplished with precision experiments and equipment.

But if they wanted to artificially synthesize other types of Earthly Fiendish Qi in the future, then the source of Five Elements Essence must be resolved.

“We still need to hire more employees!” Chen Mobai sighed after hearing this.

The Immortal Gate prohibited the sale and trade of Five Elements Essence, but there was one form that was exempt.

That was to start a company, hire employees, and under the guise of research, collect the employees’ Five Elements Essence to condense Earthly Fiendish Qi.

As long as a formal contract was signed and the relevant departments of the Immortal Gate had it on record, it would be considered an official job.

Sacrificing one’s Five Elements Essence for work and research was quite normal!

However, to avoid exploitation of this practice, the contract signed must be the standard one from the Immortal Gate, and the relevant departments could inspect the company at any time. If it was discovered that the contribution of Five Elements Essence from the employees exceeded the standard, the operation would be ordered to stop immediately, and the business license would be revoked.

Although Chen Mobai could be considered a king in his own right in Red Sandstone City, he would not do such a foolish thing.

Everything had to be done in accordance to official regulations.

Moreover, as society within the Immortal Gate became increasingly competitive, employees who only provided Five Elements Essence were no longer valued.

Yan Bingxuan needed elite talents who could not only provide Five Elements Essence but also had expertise in synthesizing at least three or more types of Earthly Fiendish Qi.

“Bing Xuan, what if I create more Formless Puppets and use the Five Elements Spiritual Power evolved by these puppets to replace the Five Elements Essence, would that be feasible?” Chen Mobai came up with a method.

“That seems feasible!” Yan Bingxuan’s eyes lit up at his suggestion, showing an excited expression for the first time as she had been worried about the future supply of Five Elements Essence.

Formless Puppets were the pinnacle of the Immortal Gate’s Puppetry Technique, with their primary function to help Cultivators deduce Cultivation Techniques. As long as there was sufficient Spiritual Energy, they could simulate the Spiritual Power needed for any technique.

Theoretically, given enough Spirit Stones, a Formless Puppet could provide any type of Five Elements Essence Yan Bingxuan desired day and night without rest.

In the entire Immortal Gate, although there were some other methods to transform Five Elements Essence, none was as intelligent and convenient as the Formless Puppet.

This was like having an alternative “person” who was not bound by laws and could work tirelessly all year round.

The more Yan Bingxuan thought about it, the more she found Chen Mobai’s proposal ingenious, and her gaze toward the young man in front of her inevitably revealed admiration.

Was this the most outstanding genius of the ten eras of the Immortal Gate?

With each word and action, he had brought an unprecedented and shocking breakthrough to the entire Yuanqi industry.

“Then I’ll arrange to make the Formless Puppets, starting with five, using the simplified version with fixed Five Elements properties, which will be much cheaper and faster,” Chen Mobai said, feeling an unprecedented satisfaction in his heart amidst the admiring gaze of the beautiful Yan Bingxuan beside him, yet he remained as nonchalant on the surface as if he had just done a trivial thing.

“Right, I’ll go and interview a few more people on different recruitment sites, trying to form a complete small team,” Yan Bingxuan responded.

After dividing the tasks, the two reluctantly parted ways to attend to their respective matters.

With Chen Mobai’s current level, he was capable of crafting Formless Puppets on his own.

But why do the labor himself if he could hire others to do it?

He immediately made a call to Chai Lun to share his idea.

Chai Lun also found this very interesting and thought the combination of Puppetry Technique with the Yuanqi system was fascinating and might lead to a breakthrough in the currently stagnant art of Puppetry within the Immortal Gate.