Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

“Woom woom woom!”

The Red Copper Melting Furnace began to tremble, its spiritual patterns gleaming with a red luster, their sound growing louder until they rumbled mightily.

“Open!”

Lu Xianzhi, continuing his Gesture Incantations, let out a light shout and opened the feed port of the furnace, unleashing a layer of rolling thermal waves.

He then slapped his Storage Bag and dozens of pieces of Kui Essence Ore flew into the Red Copper Melting Furnace.

“Bang!”

The lid of the feed port closed with a booming sound as the temperature within the furnace continued to rise.

Lu Changsheng observed the situation inside the furnace with his Divine Sense.

He could clearly see the Kui Essence Ore melting into molten iron, its impurities dissipating, while its spirit nature was burnt yet tightly locked within by the inscriptions of the furnace.

After a long while,

The furnace roared and flashed a golden spiritual light.

Seeing this, Lu Xianzhi quickly formed Gesture Incantations with both hands and cast a spell towards the furnace. Sёarᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The discharge port of the Red Copper Melting Furnace swung open, and a wave of heat flooded out, raising the temperature of the grand hall.

Blob after blob of purified Kui Essence iron juice flowed out, exhibiting a dark, spiritual gleam, then rapidly solidified.

“Father, this Kui Essence has been refined very cleanly; it is just that some of the spiritual essence is not entirely even. If it is to be used for crafting Magic Artifacts or Puppet parts, it might require some additional processing,” Lu Xianzhi said after inspecting the solidified iron and speaking up.

“Alright, I think I know what the issue is,” Lu Changsheng nodded.

He had observed the entire process and had already spotted some issues.

“How do you find the performance of this Melting Spirit Furnace?” Lu Changsheng continued to inquire.

“The efficiency is very high, but it cannot separately melt different types of spirit ores,” Lu Xianzhi replied.

“Moreover, melting too little spirit ore and continually operating for extended periods would be a loss,” Lu Xianzhi added.

“Hmm,” Lu Changsheng nodded, also realizing these issues.

The Melting Spirit Furnace he had casted was approximately a top-grade spiritual tool.

Excluding his labor costs, just the material expenses amounted to over ten thousand Spirit Stones.

With so much time and effort invested and the high cost, the resulting efficiency was seen as quite a failure in Lu Changsheng’s eyes.

“Father, currently we have several stable spirit mines in White Tiger Mountain. As long as we transport these spirit ores here for unified melting, we will be able to significantly reduce the cost and greatly improve efficiency,” Lu Xianzhi continued.

“Moreover, once the scale of our family’s workshop expands further in the future, the effect of this Melting Spirit Furnace will also greatly enhance,” Lu Xianzhi added.

While Lu Xianzhi thought the furnace’s performance was mediocre, somewhat lacking in utility, he naturally didn’t want to dampen his father’s spirits since he had invested so much time and thought into it.

“Alright, when I have time later, I’ll work on improving it. You can see in the mean time if there are any other issues that need to be addressed,” said Lu Changsheng a bit listlessly as he exited the Puppet Workshop.

At this moment, he further understood how difficult it was to industrialize the Cultivation World.

Even as a Third-Order top-tier Artifact Refiner like himself, crafting a Melting Spirit Furnace for just First and Second Rank spirit ores was so troublesome.

To keep optimizing and improving while spending time and effort for a result that only increased efficiency and saved a bit in labor costs.

With the time and energy, whether in Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or Talisman Making, he would earn much more.

For Lu Changsheng, this could only be seen as a hobby of pure interest, not wholly measurable by profit.

“Yes, Father,” Lu Xianzhi nodded in agreement.

After watching Lu Changsheng leave, he stood silently, gazing at the Melting Spirit Furnace before him, unable to help but admire his father’s creativity and hands-on abilities.

“If the Puppet Workshop could increase its foundation tenfold from now and have a continual supply of spirit ores, then the efficiency of this Melting Spirit Furnace could probably be realized,” Lu Xianzhi murmured.

Although Bihu Lake Mountain’s Puppet Workshop was doing well, its reach was limited to the surrounding area without further expansion.

Consequently, the workshop hadn’t grown much in size over the years; it had mainly increased the variety of puppets and the production of advanced puppets.

But the demand for puppets was only so high.

Unless they could expand the business throughout the entire Qingyun Region and even the Jiang Country Cultivation Realm,

Only then could the effectiveness of a Melting Spirit Furnace like this truly come into play.

“To expand the family business across the entire Qingyun Region, the Jiang Country Cultivation Realm is not without hope. I just wonder if I will live to see that day…” Lu Xianzhi thought of his father, the several aunts at home, and his siblings, Lu Qingshan, Lu Quanzhen, and Lu Wangshu.

With them, the family would most likely advance further, eventually becoming a top-tier family in the Qingyun Region or even a Nascent Soul Great Clan!

However, with his Ninth Grade Spiritual Root, this life was destined to be without Foundation Establishment. He didn’t know if he would witness that day.

“I may not see it, but Xuanyu will definitely witness it in the future,” mused Lu Xianzhi, his face lighting up with a smile.

He had a total of four children.

His second son, Lu Xuanyu, although only possessing a Seventh Grade Spiritual Root, had much greater talent in puppetry than his father.

He had the potential to become a Second-Order Puppeteer and perhaps would see the family reach that milestone.

…

Time flew quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a year passed.

After such persistent cultivation, Xia Zhiyue finally started her attempt at Foundation Establishment.

For Xia Zhiyue, Lu Changsheng had also taken her to the Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven for her breakthrough.

After all, she had followed him for over thirty years, had only a younger brother outside, and he trusted her greatly.

“Hmm, is this about to fail?” Lu Changsheng looked at Xia Zhiyue, who was in the midst of her breakthrough, with a slight frown.

With so many in his household having undertaken Foundation Establishment, he was all too familiar with the process.

He keenly sensed that Xia Zhiyue was running out of steam and on the verge of failure.