Chapter 378: Really This Big

**Chapter 378: It's Really That Big!**

“Son, there have been some rumors circulating in the factory recently.”

One day, as Chen Mobai's family was having dinner, Tang Pancui suddenly brought up a matter.

“They say that after you started using automatons to replace human labor, a large number of people will be laid off. Many long-time employees with elderly parents and young children have come to me.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn't help but smile wryly.

Replacing manual labor with automatons was primarily for secrecy. The reason he assembled the experimental automaton factory in the Skysoar Talisman Factory was mainly to create synergy with the Dharma artifacts that produced talisman paper and ink.

He had no intention of keeping the automaton factory in the Skysoar Talisman Factory, a place with too many eyes and ears.

However, Tang Pancui's words also served as a reminder to him.

If widespread panic truly broke out, leading to many layoffs, even Qin Baipeng, the City Lord, would likely come looking for him.

“Mom, it's nothing like that. The Skysoar Talisman Factory will operate as usual. The automaton factory will move to a new location once the custom-ordered assembly line Dharma artifacts arrive.”

Hearing Chen Mobai's words, Tang Pancui felt relieved.

After she retired from the military and had a child, she worked in the Talisman Factory. Although she was now the owner's wife, she had many years of friendship with numerous long-time employees there. If automatons were truly used to replace manual labor and layoffs occurred, it would be very difficult for her.

After dinner, Chen Mobai left for the Immortal Sect Agency Building in Danxia City to find Qin Baipeng.

“You said you want a piece of land to build a new factory?”

Upon hearing this, Qin Baipeng opened the virtual map of Danxia City in his office. He then pointed to several scattered areas glowing white, indicating that these were still unsold land usage rights, and told Chen Mobai to choose for himself.

“The ones inside the city are too small. My new factory will use new technology, with fully automated mechanical automatons. It won't require human labor. However, it might need a larger land area.”

Although Qin Baipeng didn't quite understand the technical terms after hearing Chen Mobai's words, he understood that Chen Mobai wanted a larger industrial plot.

“Then it can only be outside the city. Which plot do you have in mind?”

The virtual map zoomed out, revealing the terrain outside Danxia City. At this point, large continuous swathes of white light appeared, indicating numerous land options in the city's outskirts.

“Is this one okay?”

Chen Mobai somewhat sheepishly pointed to the largest wasteland covered by white light outside the city. Although, according to the map, there wasn't even a main road leading directly to it, it could be said to be the most desolate plot within Danxia City's jurisdiction. Yet, its land area was extremely vast.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense and calculating proportionally based on the map, Chen Mobai estimated the plot to be around two to three thousand *mu* in size, which was equivalent to twenty Skysoar Talisman Factories.

“My wise nephew, are you sure you want this plot? It seems you don't know its history.”

Hearing Qin Baipeng's words, Chen Mobai looked closer again. He noticed that beneath the white light, the plot subtly glowed with a dark reddish hue, suggesting something was amiss.

Furthermore, it was precisely at the tail end of the Danxia Fire Vein, already bordering the Danxia Blessed Land. Beyond it lay the territory of the neighboring Yumul City.

“Although this plot is large, its soil fertility is almost non-existent. Decades ago, an underground fire vein erupted. Although the main areas suffered no major damage due to the suppression by the Jadeite Phoenix Tree and True Immortal Shiqing, because this plot was unused, neither of the two academies has sent anyone to clear the residual fire poison until now. Cultivators cannot even refine spiritual qi in such an environment.”

As Chen Mobai listened attentively, Qin Baipeng explained the reason and history behind the land's desolation.

Decades ago, Chen Mobai hadn't even been born. His parents were both serving in the military. Naturally, he wasn't aware of the fire vein eruption.

However, a place filled with fire poison might be a death trap for others, but upon hearing this, Chen Mobai's heart instead filled with joy.

“My automaton factory won't have any human workers anyway, and the fire poison issue is simple; just plant trees. I can buy some Azure Parasol saplings from the Scarlet Mist Academy, or transplant a Vermillion Fruit Tree from the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy. I could also plant some Fire Spirit Trees. These are all ways to turn fire poison into resources. Perhaps in a hundred years, this fire-poisoned wasteland will develop into a lush forest.”

Chen Mobai happened to need to transform the abundant tree resources from the Divine Tree Secret Realm. He had originally planned to contract a forest farm in Yumul City.

This fire-poisoned land was perfectly suitable.

Firstly, his automaton factory could use this as an excuse not to hire any human workers, operating entirely automatically.

Secondly, the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy had extensive experience in regulating fire poison. Whether it was the Vermillion Fruit Tree or the Fire Spirit Tree, both could purify and absorb fire poison. Of course, the Jadeite Phoenix Tree was also excellent, even capable of reversing the process to regulate the earth veins.

Moreover, the characteristics of the Scarlet Sun Spirit Tree were not much different from those of the Fire Spirit Tree. In the future, he could use this to label the Scarlet Sun Spirit Trees from the Divine Tree Secret Realm as homegrown.

Because every plot of land was different, even if someone discovered that Scarlet Sun Spirit Wood and Fire Spirit Wood were somewhat different when they entered the market, they would only attribute it to the wood being grown in a fire-poisoned area.

“Since you put it that way, alright. I'll take you to process the transfer of this fire-poisoned wasteland's usage rights.”

On the Elemental Star, all mountain, river, and land resources belonged to the Immortal Sect. Even if ordinary people purchased land, they only obtained usage rights, which were also time-limited.

Land usage rights were divided into two types: sale and transfer.

Sale meant the Immortal Sect Agency sold it for financial merit points. Transfer meant granting usage, usually as policy support to attract investment or major cultivators and large factories to settle.

As the renowned First Foundation Establishment of the Immortal Sect, and having already settled in Danxia City, the support Qin Baipeng gave him was arguably the maximum extent permitted by policy.

With Qin Baipeng's personal assistance, Chen Mobai quickly obtained the usage rights for this fire-poisoned wasteland. However, the duration of these rights was tied to him personally.

If he were to move his household registration one day, the usage rights for this land would become void.

Wu Shangru was also bound to Danxia City in this manner initially. It was only after Chen Mobai took over that it was brought to a successful conclusion.

After signing the transfer agreement, Chen Mobai, accompanied by Qin Baipeng, went to the fire-poisoned wasteland for on-site inspection and acceptance.

With the help of the Land Management Bureau of the Immortal Sect Agency in Danxia City, a land-use demarcation array was set up, establishing the boundaries and scope of the transferred land.

“The fire poison is rooted in the earth veins. Even if spirit trees are planted, it will take about ten years to completely clear it.”

After Chen Mobai inspected the wasteland with his Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes, he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. Qin Baipeng, standing by, was a bit puzzled. However, he heard that Vermillion Fruit Trees grew by consuming fire poison, so he might be happy because this place was suitable for transplanting the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy's primary spirit plant.

“If you build new factory buildings and set up protective arrays, and if there are any issues connecting to the spirit vein's spiritual qi, you can come find me.”

After the matters were settled, Qin Baipeng finished his sentence and left with his people.

Chen Mobai, on the other hand, remained there. Standing on his Scarlet Mist Cloud Net, he surveyed the entire wasteland from beginning to end.

The map and reality certainly had some differences.

After his survey, he selected a small hill with the densest fire poison and decided to set up an array with it as the center.

It just so happened that he had obtained a Three Yang One Qi Array disc under Zhongli Tianyu's persuasion, which could be used here.

However, array formation was a specialized field. Especially, the larger the area covered by the array, the more it tested the array master's skill.

Chen Mobai could set up a Three Yang One Qi Array within a one-meter radius and evolve Prime Yang Sword Qi. But if it were to be applied to this nearly three thousand *mu* area, he was truly helpless.

He could only call upon his good brother.

Yun Yangbing remained at the Daoist Academy this year. Because he and a group of classmates from the Array Formation Department were going out to survey maps next year, their team was undergoing preliminary coordination and preparation. Jin Shuwei, another member of the Spirit Transformation class, was also part of it.

After Chen Mobai's call came through, Yun Yangbing thought about it and felt it was a good opportunity for his team to get some practical experience. So, after reporting to their lead instructor, he brought the entire seven-person team over.

One could only say that professional intervention was truly different. After hearing Chen Mobai's concept, Yun Yangbing first took the Array Formation Department students for an on-site survey, accurately mapping all distribution paths of the fire veins beneath the wasteland. Then, they modified the Three Yang One Qi Array, removing the restriction of needing three Yang-attribute flying swords, and maximizing the constant temperature power of the array disc.

The "Fire Yang Thousand Wood One Qi Array" that was finally set up, though only a mid-grade second-tier array, was designed according to Chen Mobai's requirements, with room for future upgrades.

As long as spirit trees were planted at the array's key nodes, and once they matured, the array's power would increase accordingly. Its functions of gathering spiritual qi, maintaining constant temperature, and regulating earth veins would become increasingly potent.

“My good brother, thank you so much!”

After the array was set up, Chen Mobai hosted the group from the Array Formation Department, opening his last small jar of cherished second-tier Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine.

“It's also because of your great influence. After I mentioned it was for your factory, they were all willing to come help.”

Yun Yangbing shook his head, not taking credit.

Hearing this, Chen Mobai felt that his decision to take over as Student Council President from Zuoqiou Shi back then was truly a wise one.

However, if he hadn't established his reputation in Little Scarlet Heaven and Jumang Daoist Academy, reforged the glory of the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy, and earned the title of the Immortal Sect's First Foundation Establishment cultivator, if it were any other chief disciple, these array formation geniuses might not have shown such deference. Not only did they travel thousands of miles to this desolate wilderness to help set up the array, they even built his factory buildings along the way.

“Old Chen, this wine is good. Do you have any more?”

Jin Shuwei, who was nearby, took a sip of the Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine, and his eyes lit up. He then called out.

“That was the last small jar. However, a new batch will be ready next year. At that time, I'll send each of you a jar.”

Chen Mobai had originally intended to pay merit points to these Array Formation Department students, but no one accepted. However, offering wine made many of them's eyes light up.

Primarily, this Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine was genuinely good. Brewed from pure, natural, and additive-free ingredients from the Giant Wood Ridge, its taste was quite different from what was generally available on the Immortal Sect market.

“It's a deal then! When we return from surveying at the end of next year, we'll come to the Student Council and ask you, Chief, for some wine.”

A freckled young boy from the Array Formation Department, seemingly a bit tipsy, with a flushed face, cheerfully said to Chen Mobai.

“Definitely, definitely.”

Chen Mobai patted his chest and promised.

The next day, Yun Yangbing and his group returned to Scarlet City Cave Heaven. Chen Mobai had originally wanted them to stay and tour for a while, but Danxia City didn't have many scenic spots or historical sites. Moreover, they had already been there for half a month setting up the array, so they had stayed for quite some time.

While busy with the wasteland array, Chen Mobai didn't forget to keep an eye on the progress of automaton production.

Chai Lun's team was still very reliable. With a continuous supply of Scarlet Sun Spirit Wood, chips, and other components, they quickly completed the production of the second batch of labor-type automatons.

After Chen Mobai inspected them, he raised a few minor issues.

After Chai Lun made improvements, the two of them also jointly modified the old equipment lines at the Skysoar Talisman Factory to enable them to link with the labor automatons. However, although they could barely use the Heaven Calculation Pearl to control the automatons to replace human labor, they found that the efficiency was actually worse than manual labor, and various unexpected errors appeared.

“We still need to custom-order mechanical Dharma artifact equipment specifically adapted for automaton assembly line work.”

After multiple experiments, Chen Mobai and Chai Lun reached this conclusion.

However, this was also expected. Chen Mobai had taken out a loan using the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror precisely for this reason.

There were many Dharma artifact factories in the Immortal Sect that produced talisman paper and ink. But only a handful—two or three at most—could accept custom orders, had independent design capabilities, and also understood automatons.

Fortunately, one of them was directly affiliated with the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy, named "Heavenly Artificer Works"!

Just like the relationship between the Patching Heaven Chip Factory and the Patching Heaven Daoist Academy, although it was nominally a private enterprise, the Daoist Academy actually held the controlling stake.

This was the home base. Although Chen Mobai wasn't familiar with the head of Heavenly Artificer Works, he had his teacher.

After Che Yucheng made a call, the chief engineer of Heavenly Artificer Works arrived with two technicians.

This chief engineer had also studied in the Automaton Department for eight years before graduating. Although he was poached by the Artifact Forging Department mid-way due to his outstanding talent, he still considered himself a disciple of Che Yucheng.

Chen Mobai immediately greeted him as Senior Brother.

This senior, Zhou Tiangong, was also at Foundation Establishment Completion. Before the age of sixty, he had led teams to overcome many difficulties in large-scale Dharma artifact machinery and equipment. He had long accumulated enough contributions and was just waiting for sixty years of service to exchange for a Core Formation spiritual item.

“Junior Brother Chen truly lives up to his reputation as the Daoist Academy's most outstanding Chief Disciple in the past century. The design concept for this automaton factory is very ingenious.”

After conversing with Chen Mobai, Zhou Tiangong expressed his admiration. He then picked up paper and pen and sketched a set of assembly line equipment compatible with the automatons. Chen Mobai offered his ideas as he watched. Later, he also called Chai Lun over. After all, Chai Lun had made the automatons, and he knew best what kind of equipment would bring out all their advantages.

The three geniuses from the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy brainstormed tirelessly in the room for two days and two nights, finally settling on a set of equipment blueprints that satisfied everyone.

“Junior Brother, the total is 7.8 million merit points. I won't charge you for the equipment design fees.”

After the technical aspects were settled, it was time for the price.

Heavenly Artificer Works, like Patching Heaven Chip Factory, would only begin material preparation and production after full payment was received.

While Chen Mobai lamented how quickly money was spent, he also understood that high-end, cutting-edge technology was the most profitable industry in the Immortal Sect.

When he established the automaton factory, nearly ten million merit points' worth of funds went to the Patching Heaven Daoist Academy and the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy. And this was only because of his extensive connections and sufficient influence, with all prices at the lowest possible discount.

If it were any other Foundation Establishment cultivator in Danxia City, the contract price would likely be at least two or three million more merit points.

Fortunately, after the equipment contract was signed, Chen Mobai's automaton factory had no other large expenditures.

Time quickly passed until the New Year's Day.

“Brother, how do I look in this outfit?”

In the warm living room, Wang Xinying twirled around in her Taiyuan Academy school uniform. Her white dress flowed gracefully, and her long sleeves billowed. Although her face still held the freshness of youth, her rosy cheeks, delicate nose, and picturesque features already showed the outline of a slender figure. Her fair, creamy skin flushed faintly in the ample indoor warmth, making her look exceptionally youthful and beautiful.

“My sister is beautiful; she looks good in anything.”

Chen Mobai was sitting on the sofa, chatting on his phone with Qing Nü and a few other friends, and said this without looking up.

“Hmph!”

Wang Xinying, annoyed, immediately pounced next to him, forcing Chen Mobai to look up.

“Alright, alright, stop bothering your brother. Come help.”

Aunt Chen Yulan, who was bringing dishes out of the kitchen, saw this scene and immediately pulled Wang Xinying away to help in the kitchen.

Elders like Chen Xinglan and Chen Baolan saw this scene and chuckled happily.

Wang Xinying performed exceptionally well in this year's entrance examination. Although she didn't get into one of the Four Great Daoist Academies, she was admitted to Taiyuan Academy. For these elders, it was also a very gratifying matter.

Chen Mobai had already spoken to Shi Yuanqing, asking him to help look after his sister when school started next year.

Happy New Year!

After a joyful New Year celebration, just as Chen Mobai was planning to go check on Little South Mountain, he received New Year's greetings from Yan Bingxuan.

At that moment, Chen Mobai suddenly remembered that he had seemingly promised to use the Formless Puppet to help her deduce the Foundation Establishment process.

However, he had been busy building the automaton factory during this period and had forgotten about it.

“Happy New Year. Are you free on the first day of the New Year?”

Chen Mobai immediately tried to make amends. He arranged to meet Yan Bingxuan tomorrow at the cultivation and fitness gym where she had originally taught him the secrets of the Ice Art.

“My apologies, I've been busy with the new factory lately.”

As soon as they met, Chen Mobai apologized first.

Today, Yan Bingxuan was as radiant and captivating as ever. She wore a blue inner top, a buttoned black knit cardigan, and a matching mini vest skirt. Her elegantly curved legs, clad in black stockings, were tucked into knee-high white boots. Coupled with her cool, clear eyes and snow-white skin, she exuded an extremely refined and aloof aura.

“Young men should indeed focus more on their careers and cultivation.”

Yan Bingxuan shook her head and said something that deeply moved Chen Mobai.

However, for some reason, on their way to the spell training room, Chen Mobai couldn't help but secretly glance at the upper body of the beauty beside him.

*It's not that big!*

“Let me scan you first.”

After closing the door and activating the training room's protective barrier, Chen Mobai took out the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror. Yan Bingxuan bit her lip slightly upon seeing it, but still nodded and stood before the mirror.

After the mirror's light flashed, Chen Mobai, a person of integrity, voluntarily disconnected his spiritual sense from the Dharma artifact. He then imported the most detailed data of Yan Bingxuan's body, as reflected in the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, into the Formless Puppet.

In the spell simulation mode, the numerical dial in the Formless Puppet's left eye began to count from "one" and quickly reached "nine."

Chen Mobai and Yan Bingxuan stood side-by-side before the puppet. They watched as clear ice spiritual energy flowed through its now-transparent internal meridians. It quickly began to simulate the Foundation Establishment process. In the dantian and qi sea, spiritual energy formed a vortex, then continuously contracted and condensed. Soon, the first drop of pure white liquid spiritual energy appeared before their eyes.

After this sight, Chen Mobai heard Yan Bingxuan let out a sigh of relief beside him.

It seemed she was also very nervous about Foundation Establishment.

With this thought, the Formless Puppet's Foundation Establishment simulation quickly reached the end of the second step: condensing qi into liquid.

However, just as the ninth drop of ice spiritual energy condensed, all the spiritual energy began to lose control. Even the eight drops of liquid spiritual energy that had previously condensed began to disperse back into gaseous form. They then transformed into biting cold energy, freezing half the puppet's body and internal organs.

Chen Mobai frowned and stopped the Formless Puppet's simulation process. This indicated that if Yan Bingxuan attempted Foundation Establishment in her current state, she would not succeed.

“It truly won't work?”

Yan Bingxuan's slightly disappointed voice sounded. Chen Mobai saw a faint trace of dejection and gloom on her face.

If he remembered correctly, this was the first time he had seen such an expression on Yan Bingxuan's face. And honestly, it was quite novel.

“For your Profound Ice Art to achieve Foundation Establishment, how many drops of liquid spiritual energy do you need to condense?”

“Twelve drops.”

“That means you just need to put in a little more effort, and you can easily complete this step of condensing qi into liquid. After all, the Formless Puppet deduced that you can condense up to the ninth drop right now.”

Hearing this, Yan Bingxuan forced a faint smile. Three years ago, she had already reached Qi Refinement Completion. Without achieving Foundation Establishment, there was no room for further improvement, no matter how hard she cultivated.

“Do you know the Spiritual Energy Vortex?”

Chen Mobai asked a question that made Yan Bingxuan tilt her head in confusion.

“Spiritual Energy Vortex? Is that a spell?”

“It's something I learned from watching True Lord Qingping's Five Element Arts instructional videos. It's very helpful for the qi-to-liquid condensation stage. I'll teach you.”

After Chen Mobai finished explaining the principle of the Spiritual Energy Vortex, Yan Bingxuan's eyes lit up. Clearly, she hadn't imagined there was a way to simulate the qi-to-liquid condensation process in advance.

“Thank you!”

Chen Mobai, hearing Yan Bingxuan's heartfelt thanks, smiled and shook his head, then pointed to the room.

“You taught me the secrets of the Ice Art here without reservation back then. If it weren't for you, I might not have gotten into the Martial Artifacts Daoist Academy. It's I who should properly thank you.”

After speaking, Chen Mobai had Yan Bingxuan sit cross-legged and began to guide her in cultivating the Spiritual Energy Vortex on the spot.

“Relax. Operate your cultivation technique as usual, refining spiritual qi into spiritual energy. Then, immerse your spiritual sense into it, imagining you're holding a cup of water and gently swirling it.”

“After the spiritual energy circulates through the meridians, send it into the dantian in a right-hand helix. Use your spiritual sense to guide your spiritual energy to swirl clockwise. It doesn't matter if the speed is slow or the vortex is crooked. First, let yourself remember this form of rotation.”

“Extend a hand. I'll channel my spiritual energy into your body and guide you through it once.”

Yan Bingxuan nodded and raised her right hand. Chen Mobai extended two fingers and pressed them onto her fair, slender wrist. Considering her cultivation of ice spiritual energy, he chose his own Longevity Spiritual Energy.

His cultivation far surpassed Yan Bingxuan's. Even this single thread of spiritual energy was of far superior quality than all the spiritual energy in her body. Thus, upon entering her body, it immediately took control.

Wherever the Longevity Spiritual Energy passed, it immediately took control of all the ice spiritual energy it encountered within Yan Bingxuan's body.

As it passed through a certain area, Chen Mobai noticed an unusually large amount of residual ice spiritual energy. However, he merely assumed it was due to Yan Bingxuan's cultivation technique not being perfected, and paid it no mind. He continued to guide her spiritual energy through a grand cycle with his eyes closed, then led it into her dantian and qi sea in the most standard right-hand helix manner.

Chen Mobai was exceptionally careful in this step. A Qi Refinement cultivator's dantian, compared to a Foundation Establishment cultivator's, was like the difference between a small bowl and a large vat. It was very possible that a subtle thread of spiritual energy he considered tiny would be an unbearably massive amount for Yan Bingxuan.

It took nearly twenty minutes for Chen Mobai to guide all the ice spiritual energy into her dantian in a right-hand helix. He then dispersed his Longevity Spiritual Energy, and only his spiritual sense entered, guiding the ice spiritual energy to slowly swirl, gradually constructing the initial form of the vortex.

This step was not easy, especially for Qi Refinement cultivators with higher cultivation, it was more difficult.

But after Chen Mobai's precise manipulation and guidance, the spiritual energy in Yan Bingxuan's dantian, which had been like a calm water surface, finally began to ripple, taking on the appearance of an initial vortex.

“Alright, remember this feeling. Once the spiritual energy vortex takes shape, your qi-to-liquid condensation step will essentially be problem-free.”

After Chen Mobai finished speaking, he withdrew his spiritual sense from Yan Bingxuan's body the way it came, and opened his eyes.

Both of them opened their eyes simultaneously. Yan Bingxuan, with a serious expression, thanked Chen Mobai again.

“I told you there's no need to be polite… huh…”

Chen Mobai casually raised his right hand, which had been resting on Yan Bingxuan's wrist, but accidentally brushed against something incredibly soft and full. He looked down in surprise, his eyes widening instantly.

He saw that Yan Bingxuan's black knit cardigan, which had been buttoned up, had now burst open at the chest. Two buttons were missing, leaving only broken threads.

Chen Mobai's mouth fell open. He stared blankly at the two mounds of blue inner lining that filled his vision, stretched taut and bulging outwards.

He felt that the back of his raised right hand was touching one of the mounds, but he couldn't see his hand. These two mounds, fuller than he could have imagined, blocked all downward vision.

“Ah!”

Yan Bingxuan finally reacted at this moment. She let out a surprised cry, then jumped up and clutched her burst-open black knit cardigan. But her two hands simply couldn't cover everything.

Furthermore, due to her actions, the knit cardigan, which had originally fit her upper body perfectly, now, because her hands were pulling the chest area tight, caused two more buttons, one above and one below, to pop off.

Chen Mobai finally came to his senses at this moment. He spun around on the spot, his feet remaining still.

“Uh, I didn't see anything.”

Chen Mobai said something that only made his attempt at concealment more obvious. At that moment, he realized his right hand was still raised. He immediately lowered it.

Then he remembered that when he was guiding Yan Bingxuan's spiritual energy circulation, there seemed to be an excessive amount of residual ice spiritual energy in her chest area. He had initially thought she had overlooked something. Now, thinking about it, it must have been her using a spell to maintain her transformed appearance.

*It really was that big!*

Disbelief still clouded Chen Mobai's face. Unable to see his feet when looking down, it was probably for this reason that Yan Bingxuan used a spell to reduce her size daily.

“Alright.”

Just as Chen Mobai's mind was racing, Yan Bingxuan's voice, back to its normal tone, sounded from behind him.

He slowly turned around, and seeing the great beauty Yan, who had reverted to her "usual" figure, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

“Uh, I won't tell anyone.”

“It's fine. When I was little, I used to mind it a lot. I often felt self-conscious because my friends would comment on it, so I learned a spell to conceal it. But I don't mind it anymore. I've just gotten used to this form, so I transform every day before going out.”

Although Yan Bingxuan's tone had returned to normal, Chen Mobai could still tell from the faint blushes on her snow-white skin that she was, in fact, still a bit flustered.

“That big, it really must be inconvenient.”

Chen Mobai offered a dry chuckle, and then they both fell into an awkward silence.

“Thank you for teaching me the Spiritual Energy Vortex.”

Finally, Yan Bingxuan spoke up first. Chen Mobai immediately waved his hand, indicating it was nothing. They talked for a little while longer, then hastily concluded their meeting for the day.

What he saw today had quite an impact on Chen Mobai.

So, he didn't go home. He decided to use work to distract himself.

During the New Year, Chai Lun naturally wouldn't stay in Danxia City to continue working. He and his team members all had seven days off.

When Chen Mobai arrived at the Skysoar Talisman Factory, he was alone.

However, he was now somewhat of an excellent automaton master. He activated all the labor-type automatons that Chai Lun had produced and calibrated, then channeled his spiritual sense into the already refined Heaven Calculation Pearl.

Soon, Chen Mobai felt his spiritual sense, after permeating the Heaven Calculation Pearl, was divided into countless fine threads and precisely injected into the chip of each activated automaton.

After simultaneously controlling forty labor-type automatons, Chen Mobai felt as if he were holding forty playing cards in his hands. Although it was a bit much to keep track of, he didn't experience the dizziness, blurred vision, and lightheadedness that came from splitting his spiritual sense too many times before.

This Heaven Calculation Pearl was quite useful!

Chen Mobai immersed himself in the acts of single-handedly