Hidden Moth-Chapter 408 - 227: Purifying the Heart and Returning to Ordinary Life (Part 2)

The mountains within the Caiping Grotto Heaven are very high, and the terrain varies greatly, offering a variety of climate conditions that satisfy the growth needs of many different spirit medicines.

When there’s time in the future, one can also make Awakening Incense on their own. If Lan Jiwan and Ye Liangcheng break through Tier Four Cultivation, they can try making it, at least to meet their own cultivation needs first.

He Kao not only found Cold Needle Jade in the Caiping Grotto Heaven but also discovered a Coral Staff. To cultivate a Coral Staff in the Qihuang Spirit Garden, a Spirit Gathering Array needs to be specially constructed, whereas in Caiping Grotto Heaven, it grows naturally in a hidden valley.

The Caiping Grotto Heaven is vast, and He Kao has not fully explored it. There likely are more Coral Staffs elsewhere, as well as rarer spirit medicines.

So when He Kao "stole" a Coral Staff from the Qihuang Spirit Garden, he wasn’t worried afterward, because he could fully return Lin Qingshuang a better Coral Staff, though Lin Qingshuang didn’t want it.

Blood Coral, processed from the Coral Staff, is a precious healing spirit medicine. Not only are the materials precious, but refining it into Blood Coral is even more challenging, usually requiring a Tier Five Medicine Gatherer to step in... hopefully, when his cultivation is higher in the future, he can also refine Blood Coral.

After explaining everything, He Kao sent Ye Liangcheng away first and took out Xue Guanghan to dispel poison for Lan Jiwan.

Last time, He Kao had dispelled poison for her in this Martial Hall, but today Lan Jiwan timidly lowered her head and softly said, "It’s too open here, not conducive to calming one’s mind. Could Sect Leader Senior Brother cast magic in a quiet chamber instead?"

There was no one around, and Ye Liangcheng wouldn’t sneak a peek, but the open environment made Lan Jiwan feel even more embarrassed.

He Kao didn’t oppose, and together they went to the fifth floor, entering a quiet chamber. As before, he had Lan Jiwan kneel on a cushion; the light from Xue Guanghan in his hand shone on her forehead and "flowed" into her body.

With previous experience, they entered the state much faster than last time, and even through her clothes, the glowing aura of her body was visible in the dark chamber, bringing her a step closer to having Ice Skin Jade Bone.

Vaguely, wisps of gray mist dispersed again. Finally, He Kao withdrew his divine techniques and quietly left, without lingering or saying much to save Lan Jiwan from embarrassment.

While casting, one certainly cannot be distracted, nor entertained with odd thoughts, as the willpower they have is strong, but after retracting the magic, one immediately senses all lingering feelings.

After He Kao left, Lan Jiwan involuntarily slumped down on the cushion, unintentionally tightening her legs. She was drenched, covered in a fine sheen of sweat. This time, she didn’t suppress herself too much, softly moaning amidst the trembling.

It wasn’t pain, but rather too...! It took her several minutes to recover.

Two days later, on the last day of the holiday, Lan Jiwan went to Nanhua City District and privately found Li Chun to discuss starting a "startup" with another fellow disciple, seeking Li Chun’s advice.

Li Chun probed her ideas in detail and asked how much she planned to invest; learning it was about five million, he introduced her to a project.

There is a small manufacturing plant, not large, occupying a single workshop, with some equipment including CNC machines and 3D printing devices, employing two operators and four apprentices.

It’s been struggling lately, and the owner wants to sell.

The reasons the owner wants to sell the plant are quite complex; first, because a few years back he made some money but then got caught up in gambling, now unable to repay significant debts.

The factory shell itself holds little value; only the equipment is worth anything. If one wishes to acquire a whole new set, it would cost several tens of millions, but used equipment drastically loses value.

Another reason secondhand equipment fetches low prices is the processing industry downturn in recent years. Since it’s not profitable, who would spend money on purchasing efforts that might just go down the drain?

But if Lan Jiwan is willing to take over this plant, Li Chun can assure it has work. The Huishi Group has business resources enough to keep the plant fully operational.

Li Chun also shared some little-known truths. Why was the small manufacturing plant once lucrative, but since this year business has become difficult? The primary reason isn’t the industry’s downturn.

The plant’s main business is undertaking special customizations, such as special material components and parts, which often involve complex processing techniques and have high technical requirements, yet market demand is not high, and few manufacturers would produce them intentionally.

Things like these certainly don’t justify opening a dedicated production line, or if there once was a line, it shut down for various reasons, but not just anyone can process them.

For instance, this plant has undertaken overseas orders, once making "less crucial" spare parts for United States fighter jets. The client didn’t reveal the products’ true purpose, but the Huiming Shi Family found out.

This is real; the world is just so magical! Who would have thought spare parts for United States fighter jets are produced in a small workshop on the South Flower Suburbs of East Country?

Are they qualified? According to the performance requirements the client provided, they certainly meet them, though just charging a bit more.

There are many similar businesses; the order channels are varied. There’s no fear of having no work; the only worry is work coming in but not being able to do it... yet since the beginning of this year, the plant couldn’t receive such work anymore.