Chapter 380: Propaganda

The efficiency of the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact's cooperation increased by more than ninety percent!

Liu Canzhi's eyes widened as he tried to analyze the exact reason.

He looked carefully again and again, and finally discovered some clues.

Collective.

The collective formed Bing Qi, coupled with a method similar to a military formation, through different positions and intervals, just met the needs of different Qi, and the complex arrangement even produced an effect similar to a large number of layered rune groups.

Some were collective, some were individual, and in a subtle balance, the best effect was produced, just like a subtle and perfect topological refinement.

In essence, this was the same as the method Liu Canzhi had previously developed to improve efficiency, but it was much more subtle, similar to the complex comparison between single-digit area addition and subtraction and spatial analytical geometry.

If one were to try by exhaustive enumeration, it would probably take hundreds of thousands of experiments to arrive at this solution.

But with a formula, one only needs to input data and then perform calculations.

Coincidentally, Li Qi was also particularly good at calculations; the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy's personal transmission of divination methods made him extraordinarily fast in this area, and many of Li Qi's quick reactions were built upon this.

Therefore, it only took him less than an hour to complete a new round of Shamanic Silkworm Artifact compilation, and he directly improved it by ninety percent in one fell swoop!

A new understanding of the Dao could bring about such a huge change; although a pure understanding was useless on its own, as long as Li Qi was given some time, he could use these things to comprehensively improve himself.

By utilizing the complex ambiguity of the concept of boundaries, he could clarify many parts of his body, greatly improving the smoothness of the human body's small universe.

Returning to the topic, although the efficiency of the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact's gnawing was increased by ninety percent using the Military School of Thought's methods, this was only one modification, and there were many other areas where the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact could be improved, such as the carrying capacity of complex information, tolerance to advanced Materials, and the ability to process high-grade Spiritual Artifact runes, and so on.

However, this improvement represented one thing.

"The Shamanic Silkworm Artifact can now be used; this is definitely something that can be expanded on a small scale. Although the efficiency and cost as a handmade product cannot surpass mass-produced Spiritual Artifacts, we can promote it from the aspects of quality and the seamless integration of Shaman Dao Spiritual Artifacts."

"This thing already has practical value!" Liu Canzhi clapped his hands sharply, so happy he almost jumped up.

Having practical value meant that their efforts had achieved certain results and could be applied to reality.

"That's right, the current Shamanic Silkworm Artifact can already be launched! With the Sacred Flame, the quality can definitely reach the level of some ordinary alchemists, and it can also be mass-produced, and it has the 'natural' attribute of Shaman Dao Spiritual Artifacts. Someone will definitely want it; it just needs a promotion." Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Although he was full of confidence, before true success, his heart was actually somewhat anxious.

But fortunately, witnessing a high-Rank existence struggling between life and death, the patterns observed through pure mental power were indeed useful.

Boundaries, although there were still many unclear points, could indeed be applied in practice.

Moreover... besides techniques and the human body's small universe, Li Qi also planned to use this pattern on the question of 'I as I am'.

He still hadn't unraveled this mystery, but he was going to calculate the 'boundary' between mental entities and material entities. If he could succeed in the calculation...

Then, presumably, this problem could be explained.

However, Li Qi was still a little worried.

His Demonic Clone... he didn't know where it had gone.

It was truly worrying.

But... it wasn't something that could be resolved in a short time. For now, he should focus on the immediate important matters. As for chasing the Demonic Clone, he could entrust it to others.

Tracking was not Li Qi's strong suit, but there were always people who were good at it.

On the other side, upon hearing the words 'promotion', Liu Canzhi punched his hand and said excitedly, "Promotion, yes, we need a promotion! How about holding a lecture at the Imperial Academy? Or we two set up a stand in the square and promote it to the surrounding students?"

"Imperial Academy people have very wide connections. If a classmate is interested, then others will definitely spread the word, and maybe even create a topic on the terminal network, something like 'Imperial Academy Students Independently Develop Spiritual Artifact Product Line' or something. What do you think?"

Liu Canzhi's idea was quite good. If they didn't have other connections, relying solely on the two of them could indeed achieve it, and they might even be able to pull off their first promotion.

However, Li Qi had a better idea.

"Brother Liu, I have another option. We can go find the Flower Goddess, what do you think?" Li Qi asked.

"Flower Goddess?" Liu Canzhi was stunned for a moment.

He was quite familiar with the Flower Goddess.

Li Qi might not know, because Liu Canzhi knew he hadn't mentioned it, but before researching the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact, he was a frequent visitor to the Imperial Garden, and even had close relationships with many Flower Goddesses.

"This is indeed possible. If we can invite a few Flower Goddesses to help us promote, it will indeed quickly build momentum, but... the essence of what we're selling is a product line. Although we can also retail some Spiritual Artifacts, retailing is just peanuts." Liu Canzhi stroked his chin and frowned, saying.

"I do know some Flower Goddesses, but most of them are small Flower Goddesses of Rank Eight or Rank Nine. Their social circles are mostly limited to this level, and no one would be able to afford a product line. If it's just for retail, then it's better to promote it at the Imperial Academy."

Li Qi shook his head: "Your concerns are valid. Although these small Flower Goddesses also have admirers, most of them are not of high caliber, so we are not going to start with the small Flower Goddesses."

Li Qi never intended to target these small Flower Goddesses from the start, because he also knew what Liu Canzhi had said.

Selling Shamanic Silkworm Artifacts was not about selling the things they produced. The Shamanic Silkworm Artifact itself was a product line, a production set that could continuously produce Shaman Dao Spiritual Artifacts as long as raw Materials were invested. The price of this thing was not calculated based on the price of ordinary Spiritual Artifacts.

Even a Shamanic Silkworm Artifact that only produced Rank Nine Spiritual Artifacts would have a price that went up to the Rank Seven Spiritual Artifact Rank, not to mention that Li Qi and the others had long since achieved the research and development of Rank Eight Spiritual Artifact Shamanic Silkworm Artifacts.

A Shamanic Silkworm Artifact that could mass-produce Rank Eight Spiritual Artifacts, this thing would have to be sold at the price of a Rank Six Spiritual Artifact.

But, he knew a Rank Five Flower Goddess, and one with scandals too, full of buzz.

"Not starting with small Flower Goddesses? Don't tell me you know those high and mighty great Flower Goddesses?" Liu Canzhi replied casually.

Li Qi nodded and said softly, "Mm, I do. lingxiao flower, ever heard of her?"

"lingxiao flower? Wait, a Rank Six Flower Goddess?!" Liu Canzhi's eyes widened: "How did you get in touch with her?"

"Rank Five. When she wasn't in Chang'an, she went to Baiyue, and in Baiyue, she achieved Rank Five based on the human Dao." Li Qi said.

"Baiyue... so, the Country Lord there?" Liu Canzhi raised his eyebrows.

Clearly, Liu Canzhi had also heard of the Baiyue Kingdom Lord.

"Mm." Li Qi nodded.

"Isn't that a dead end?" Liu Canzhi pouted: "To this day, I haven't heard of any Baiyue Kingdom Lord breaking through to Rank Four."

"To reach Rank Four, one probably wouldn't be the Baiyue Kingdom Lord, but the Lord of Baiyue instead." Li Qi shook his head.

The Baiyue Kingdom Lords based themselves on the Baiyue states, a region with over a thousand large and small countries. However, only a few dozen could truly rely on this to advance to Rank Five. The remaining countries were either still in the preparation stage or struggling to survive, far from being able to use their country as a foundation for advancement.

However, if one truly used a country as a foundation, then one's cultivation would naturally be closely related to the country. Your Dao foundation would be built upon that country, and to Breakthrough to Rank Four, you would have to work on that.

Expanding territory, increasing population, strengthening national power, and enhancing national fortune—this was the method of advancement for the Baiyue Kingdom Lords.

If one could transform from a Baiyue Kingdom Lord to the Lord of Baiyue, then Rank Four would probably be within easy reach.

Unfortunately, it was as difficult as ascending to Heaven.

But it could also indirectly show one thing.

Lingxiao Flower Goddess, perhaps she was truly desperate, which was why she chose this path.

On the other side, Liu Canzhi lowered his head and began to ponder: "A Rank Five Flower Goddess... a Rank Five Flower Goddess. If we can really persuade her to promote for us, then we'll make a huge profit. But a dignified Rank Five, I'm afraid she won't be so easy to talk to, right?"

"That's natural." Li Qi nodded, admitting this point.

Liu Canzhi was right about that. Although theoretically, both of them had very deep backgrounds, and according to popular thought, people would definitely come forward to get close.

But getting close was one thing; Rank Fives also had their own pride, and they wouldn't need to ask for help until certain critical moments.

Rank Threes were strong, but would they really attack them for not actively fawning over a few juniors?

As long as one didn't make enemies or insult them, then ignoring these juniors was completely a matter of course. Li Qi and Liu Canzhi's elders were high-Rank powerhouses, not them themselves.

This point had to be clear.

So when Li Qi visited Lingxiao Kingdom Lord back then, he didn't dare to shamelessly go directly to her door, but instead chose to start with the E'zhou Prefect, first selling a favor and letting the E'zhou Prefect invite her.

Therefore, it was not that simple to invite a Rank Five.

"Then do you have any solution? Since you can say it, you must have an arrangement, right?" Liu Canzhi asked again.

"That's natural, but, this will require your help, Brother Liu." Li Qi said.

"If I can help, I certainly won't be stingy, after all, the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact is something we both worked on, but I don't know Lingxiao Flower Goddess, so how can I help?" Liu Canzhi asked curiously.

"I want you to come forward and talk to your uncle, asking him for a favor." Li Qi finally stated his purpose.

Before Liu Canzhi could question, Li Qi continued.

"This matter, we must start from a few hundred years ago... In the past, Lingxiao Flower Goddess was criticized by a poem from Layman Tianle..."

Li Qi began to tell the story of Lingxiao Flower Goddess.

He told the entire story, from the initial criticism by a famous scholar's poem, to the subsequent ridicule, then her angry departure, and finally her arrival in Baiyue, where she started from scratch to build a country, thus advancing to Rank Five.

Then it came to Li Qi, how he learned about the Celestial Eye, went to Lingxiao Flower Goddess to decipher it, and then thought of Lingxiao Flower Goddess's influence, so he made an agreement with her to invite her to promote the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact and Sacred Flame using Liu Donghe's rectification of his name, and to open up the upper-class social circle.

Liu Canzhi listened to these stories, stunned.

Especially when Li Qi mentioned using Liu Donghe's fame as compensation, Liu Canzhi's eyes almost popped out.

One must know that when Li Qi said this, the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact had not yet reached its current stage and could not be commercialized at all.

Under such circumstances, he dared to pat his chest and recruit a Rank Five Flower Goddess, and even paint a grand picture for her...

Although subsequent events proved his choice was correct, and planning ahead indeed brought huge benefits, his courage was simply too great.

If he had broken his word, and Lingxiao Kingdom Lord came to cause trouble, it was believed that even Li Qi's Master would not step in.

If his own student was out there swindling and talking nonsense, relying on his Young Master status to deceive a Rank Five, then if she taught Li Qi a lesson, she might even be thanked for it.

Although it wouldn't go as far as killing Li Qi, the cost would certainly be heavy.

But Li Qi dared to do it.

This was truly... playing with his life.

After hearing all this, Liu Canzhi fell into deep thought.

Although Li Qi was making arrangements, painting grand pictures for both sides, and now only needed to find his father to complete this picture, but... was it really that simple?

His father was very stubborn.

"Li Qi, my father might not be easy to talk to." Liu Donghe thought for a moment and said with a wry smile, "He doesn't like me getting involved with the Flower Goddesses; he always thinks it's not proper work."

Li Qi, however, shook his head and said, "No matter, that's why we have to bring in the matter of the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact. Look, the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact has achieved Minor Achievement, and your cultivation has also progressed, right? If you can refine a Rank Seven Shamanic Silkworm Artifact, your path to Rank Seven should also be paved."

"Although your uncle is strict, what father doesn't dote on his children? Doesn't he want your Dao path to go smoothly? Now that the Shamanic Silkworm Artifact has achieved Minor Achievement, he only needs to give you a push, and you can go a step further. He definitely won't refuse."

In this way, a closed loop would be formed, the picture would be complete, and everyone would be happy.

"What you said makes some sense... but..." Liu Canzhi looked troubled.

Li Qi looked at his expression and understood.

Liu Canzhi was still scared inside.

He probably hadn't been disciplined by Liu Donghe much as a child, and now he had psychological trauma.

"Then how about this: we'll sleep first, and tomorrow morning, I'll go with you to see your uncle. Even if he wants to reprimand you, he can't do it in front of me, can he? We'll reason with him and appeal to his emotions; he's not an unreasonable person, so he won't just tell you to get lost without a word." Li Qi suggested.

"Alright then, let's do that. Tomorrow morning, we'll both go and bring it up!" Liu Canzhi clenched his fists and nodded.