The moment Cai Wei blurted out those words, Yan Lingqing couldn't help but to turn and glare at her. "What sort of solution can this buffoon have? He's barely spent any time on resonance artificering!" she spat out furiously. She did not continue her tirade because Li Luo had not even spent a month on this. It would be a fantastical story if he was able to reverse the dreadful situation they were in.
Li Luo smiled and did not speak. Instead, he beckoned for the two of them to enter Yan Lingqing's refining workshop, closing the door after them. Only then did he continue speaking. "I understand that the Suncreek Villa is responsible for half of House Luolan's Tianshu Province profits, roughly 150,000 pieces of skygold. Within the Suncreek Villa, the first-grade refining workshop contributes 30,000 pieces of skygold, the second-grade workshop 40,000 pieces, and the third-grade 80,000 pieces."
"If you understood the situation, then why did you go and shoot your mouth off? There's clearly a huge gap! How can we possibly catch up?" Yan Lingqing angrily thundered.
As she was managing two of the refining workshops, she was extremely clear of the facts. The third-grade workshop significantly exceeded the first-grade and second-grade workshops in value and also had the best performance each year. This was like the difference between heaven and earth, something extremely hard to bridge.
"More importantly, the Suncreek Villa's Azure Jade Spirit Liquid has been suppressed by the Pine Nut Villa's Wondrous Sunshine Light. This has directly reduced our sales of spirit liquids, and in this situation, forget turning things around, our performance will only get worse!"
Li Luo smiled again. "And so this is our top priority to fix! We need to first stabilize the Suncreek Villa's first-grade sales and improve its reputation in the market."
Yan Lingqing snorted. "As I previously explained, there are three aspects that affect the spirit liquids and purifying lights’ tempering strength. Materials, the resonance artificer, and the watersource or lightsource. The Azure Jade Spirit Liquid has a perfected recipe, and with our current abilities, we cannot make further inroads in terms of improving it, unless we can hire an expert resonance artificer. However, this requires a lot of time and capital, neither of which we have!”
"A slow remedy cannot address our current situation. I'm sure the Song family has prepared for quite a while for this, waiting for the perfect time to strike. As House Luolan is now struggling internally, they took advantage of the opportunity to deal this vicious blow!" Cai Wei mused.
"Our only response is to improve our resonance artificers’ skills and experience. However, with such a small period of time, it's impossible to suddenly expect everyone to explode in potential and for the standard to rise just like that. This isn't a fantasy story! Its unrealistic!" Yan Lingqing quipped.
Cai Wei continued to stare intensely at Li Luo, smiling. "Didn't the Young Lord produce an Azure Jade Spirit Liquid with 60% tempering strength?"
Yan Lingqing rolled her eyes at Cai Wei. "How many spirit liquids do you think a single person can produce? Even if we turn him into a cash cow, he can barely squeeze out any milk!"
Li Luo's handsome face turned a shade of black. Although he didn't mind refining first-grade spirit liquids and purifying lights, he was still a respectable individual! Why did they have to demean him like that? And a cow of all things!
"Well then, the only solution is to improve the watersource or lightsource," Li Luo continued, not willing to bicker with the two.
Yan Lingqing unhappily replied, "This is dependent on the resonance artificers’ resonance grades and affinities. Could it be that you're willing to improve the resonances of all the resonance artificers in the Suncreek Villa? If we had a secret art watersource or lightsource, it could allow us to improve the tempering strength of our spirit liquids and purifying lights. However, this is a closely guarded secret for even major powers! Our Suncreek Villa simply does not possess this."
Li Luo lightly chuckled upon hearing this. "That might not be the case."
The duo stared at him with a trace of bewilderment.
Under their careful scrutiny, Li Luo removed a crystal bottle from his robe. The bottle was half-filled with a deep-blue liquid.
"Do you want to give this a try?" he asked.
Yan Lingqing's eyebrows rose in suspicion. "As I told you before, you simply can't just use someone else's watersource. Only a secret art watersource..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Li Luo uncorked the bottle and a steady stream of pure energy wafted outwards. This was what caused Yan Lingqing to pause in her tracks, staring in astonishment at the crystal bottle.
As though possessed, she immediately snatched the crystal bottle out of Li Luo's hand and gently poured a droplet onto her finger. Carefully inspecting it, the shock on her face only grew more intense.
"There is no attribute or characteristic mixed into this. Could this be a secret art watersource? This sort of purity is even higher than what someone with a seventh-grade water resonance can produce. How could you have obtained such a high grade secret art watersource?" Yan Lingqing asked as she grasped Li Luo's hand crazily. It seemed as though she had lost all sense of rationality at this sight.
Secret art watersources were differentiated by grade. The one Li Luo had taken out had already reached the purity of a seventh-grade one. Such a pure watersource could definitely increase the success rate and tempering strength of spirit liquids when utilized, something truly rare.
Li Luo could feel a piercing pain due to how tightly Yan Lingqing was squeezing his hand. Seeing how agitated she was, he slowed down his words in an attempt to calm her down. "Elder Sister Lingqing, don't be too flustered. Can we use this watersource for refining spirit liquids and purifying lights?"
"Of course we can! A secret art watersource of this purity would definitely allow the Azure Jade Spirit Liquid to reach 60% tempering strength, at the least when used in the refinement process. This would be more than enough to beat the Wondrous Sunshine Light at its own game! The only problem is that the amount is too little. If we were to use it for refinement, it would only be enough for around 30 spirit liquids." Her beautiful pupils were firmly affixed on Li Luo, completely different from her usual, indifferent, and icy gaze. It seemed almost incompatible with the personality Li Luo knew her for.
"What if we were to use it on second-grade spirit liquids and purifying lights?" Li Luo asked after a moment of thought.
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