26: Hot Weapon Project

When it comes to making money, it’s only possible to earn big in the Martial Arts circle. For Mortals, earning money from them requires a large volume of goods. However, in the Martial Arts circle, any item can potentially sell for a high price, and good treasures can fetch sky-high prices, allowing people to get rich just by selling a single item!

Therefore, in this Xuanwu World, the Martial Arts Market is the mainstream. Only by integrating into it can one truly earn big money. This is also the adjustment and transformation in thought that Long Yuan made after gradually understanding the information about this world.

Long Yuan had previously seen on the Martial Arts Home website that items like standard sabers, Profound Weapons, Xuan Guns, Mystic Cannons, Body Tempering Potions, qi and blood pills, Xuanqing Pills, beast meat, beast blood, beast hides, and Materials were all quite valuable. As for more Advanced items like Yellow Dragon Pills, Profound Treasures, beast Materials, and other Heaven And Earth Treasures, they were treasures that even ordinary Xuan Practitioners found difficult to obtain, each one valuable enough to stir one’s heart.

“Currently, I can’t access higher-value items, but for things like Profound Weapons, Xuan Guns, Mystic Cannons, Body Tempering Potions, qi and blood pills, and Xuanqing Pills, I can find their refining methods in the Treasure Pavilion’s books. If I can successfully refine them, won’t the money just come rolling in?”

Long Yuan’s mind became active. Last night, while reading in the Treasure Pavilion, he discovered several books useful in the Profound Qi era. According to the methods described, with his current conditions, he could indeed try to refine them. Once successful, it should help him earn a lot of money.

Moreover, the demand for these relatively low-end items is enormous. After all, the number of low-end Xuan Practitioners accounts for the vast majority of Xuan Practitioners, so there’s no worry about selling them. If he could refine them in large quantities, he could even create a bulk advantage, further reducing costs and thus increasing the profit margin.

While thinking, Long Yuan browsed on Martial Arts Home. He found that the items with the greatest demand were Acquired Stage Medicinal Pills and Profound Weapons.

Acquired Stage Medicinal Pills include Body Tempering Potions, qi and blood pills, and Xuanqing Pills. They are all in high demand, and usually, as soon as they are stocked, they sell out instantly. Among them, Body Tempering Potions and qi and blood pills have the highest demand, mainly because they are Cultivation consumables for students who haven’t yet become Martial Apprentices, as well as ordinary Martial Apprentices. Ordinary students like Zhu Deyuan and Duan Hu, if they have the means, would buy some Body Tempering Potions and qi and blood pills to enhance their Physique and Qi and blood, as these two aspects are the most valued Aptitudes in the Awakening ceremony.

The Xuanqing Pill is a Cultivation consumable for Martial Artists and Martial Masters, and it is quite valuable, but also in short supply. Martial Artists and Martial Masters already have the ability to go out of the city to hunt, and if they are lucky, their income is quite substantial, so they can afford to consume it. Similarly, Profound Weapons are also their main equipment for hunting outside the city. In addition to various official standard Profound Weapons, there are also works by Artifact Refiners from the Artifact Refining Guild, and custom-made Profound Weapons based on personal needs, each one a gem among gems.

As for Xuan Guns and Mystic Cannons, they are considered thermal weapons and are standard equipment for the Great Ming Empire’s official battle teams. These weapons typically use xuan stones as energy, firing bullets and cannonballs by activating Profound Energy, thereby achieving considerable destructive power.

However, after Long Yuan studied the books in the Treasure Pavilion and understood the current development of thermal weapons in the Great Ming Empire, he found a significant gap between the two: the power of the Great Ming Empire’s thermal weapons was too weak!

Although powered by xuan stones, their explosive power couldn’t even be compared to gunpowder-based thermal weapons on Earth. This situation was not unique to the Great Ming Empire but was also true for other Empires on Blue Star.

The main reason for this was that when the various Blue Star countries encountered the Heaven and Earth anomaly, gunpowder-based thermal weapons had not yet undergone systematic research and manufacturing. The country's main talents had all shifted to the Cultivation System, which was primarily based on Profound Qi. This meant that only a group of people interested in thermal weapons were researching them. Interest does not equate to talent, so the thermal weapons they developed were underwhelming in power. Besides threatening Mortals and ordinary beasts, they posed no significant threat to Martial Arts practitioners and tiered exotic beasts. Such thermal weapons were even more disliked.

Of course, after such a long time, the research into thermal weapons by various countries has been slowly progressing. There are still many highlights now, especially in major countries like Snow Eagle Country, Flying Lion Country, and War Bear Country. A group of Geniuses specializes in developing thermal weapons. In some military fields, they have far surpassed Earth's level, not only producing extremely sophisticated guns and cannons but also making great strides in mechs and gene serums. These Advanced technological products have been equipped in their armies. It can be said that in this aspect, they are far ahead of Great Ming!

Thermal weapons can be widely used to arm Mortal warriors, which can deal with both Mortals and some untiered exotic beasts. They play a significant role in Mortal areas and are relatively low in cost. The Great Ming official government frequently makes large-scale procurements, so they are quite profitable. Otherwise, it is feared that Great Ming’s research institutions, companies, and personnel would all change professions.

“Hmm… this is indeed a great opportunity…” Long Yuan’s eyes lit up.

As long as those powerful gunpowder thermal weapons from Earth are refined, they should be able to inflict sufficient damage on Acquired Martial Arts practitioners. If there are High-Level Profound Energy thermal weapons developed by the Heavenly Dao Space’s Technology Dao, they could completely threaten Innate individuals, namely those Martial Ancestors, Martial Generals, and Martial Commanders!

Yes, according to the descriptions in those books, some Profound Energy thermal weapons could even kill Heavenly Gods!!!

Especially those super battleships, once a Heavenly God is locked on by them, there is almost no possibility of escape!!!

In front of those super war weapons, even Martial Commanders, Martial Saints, Martial Gods, and Heavenly Gods are mere dregs…

It should be known that the most top-tier Xuan Practitioners in this star field currently, on the surface, are at the Heavenly God Cultivation, which is equivalent to the early Golden Core Stage in the Immortal Realm. If Great Ming could possess High-Level Profound Energy thermal weapons at the Heavenly Dao Space’s Technology Dao level, it could greatly alleviate the pressure of invasion from powerful alien Xuan Practitioners. It could even resist the invasion of Cultivators below the Golden Core Stage for a while. Therefore, developing High-Level Profound Energy thermal weapons in the short term is sufficient. Of course, in the long run, Great Ming will inevitably face the threat of external Cultivator powerhouses. By then, Profound Energy thermal weapons must also evolve into Spirit Energy thermal weapons to threaten them.

However, High-Level Profound Energy thermal weapons and Spirit Energy thermal weapons are future plans. Currently, to avoid causing panic and targeting from Innate Martial Arts practitioners, Long Yuan decided to focus on developing gunpowder thermal weapons. Gunpowder thermal weapons can kill Acquired Martial Arts practitioners, such as Martial Apprentices, Martial Artists, and Martial Masters, and can even pose a certain threat to Innate Martial Grandmasters. This is already enough to allow him to earn immense wealth…

After careful consideration of this plan, Long Yuan found that its feasibility was quite high. This is because most of the Materials for developing gunpowder thermal weapons are almost ignored by the people here, belonging to ordinary goods, and their price in the Great Ming Empire is very low. This means that the overall manufacturing cost can be reduced. With his current financial resources, he can gather a large amount of Materials, and even setting up a small military factory would not be a problem. This idea is highly feasible and should be implemented quickly. By then, he can also ask Duan Hu to help…

“Oh, right, would setting up such a gunpowder thermal weapon military factory be illegal?” Long Yuan suddenly thought of this question, so he immediately inquired through Martial Arts Home. The result brought him a sense of relief, because in the Great Ming Empire, individuals manufacturing weapons was not a big problem, as long as they had certification from the Artifact Refining Guild. The Profound Energy thermal weapons sold outside were the works of certified Artifact Refiners, and after being refined, they could be legally sold.

Long Yuan immediately inquired about the Artifact Refining Guild’s certification assessment matters and found that this assessment was not too difficult for him. With his current knowledge reserves, coupled with the Artifact Refining knowledge from the Small World, the written assessment would be no problem. The only issue was the practical part, which required him to first learn some of the Great Ming Artifact Refining world’s refining methods. The Heavenly Dao Eye could quickly collect all these methods, and then after some practical training and familiarization, he could go for certification…

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