After reaching the realm of the Sealing Furnace, Wang Sheng once again had time to study Mechanical Techniques and forging.
Mechanical Techniques and forging had not been improved for a long time because of the previous need to increase his realm, and they were always of a lower grade.
However, Wang Sheng was very interested in some aspects of Mechanical Techniques, so he planned to spend some time creating some of these things and incidentally increase his level.
The first was the constant temperature device he had been craving for a long time.
In fact, when making the “Cloud Wings,” Wang Sheng had already discovered that although the “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter” was about Mechanical Techniques, since many devices utilized Qi-Blood Power, it was more like Artifact Refining.
Of course, there were also not a few things that utilized technical design, but unfortunately, there weren’t particularly many.
However, Wang Sheng thought this was pretty good; the entire book of Mechanical Technique appeared fantastical, and the content in the book clarified some important principles. Wang Sheng felt he might be able to create something of his own based on this content in the future, which seemed quite interesting.
But before Wang Sheng had started, the village chief had approached him to seek advice.
“Yun Sheng, aside from needing separate planting for those medicinal plants, are there any other requirements?”
“Village Chief, are you planning to plant those medicinal plants?”
Village Chief Zhou Zhengwen nodded, “Yes, now that the weather is warmer, it’s about time to plant them. Didn’t you say it would take a long time?”
Wang Sheng nodded and then replied, “There’s nothing else, what I mentioned last time was pretty much everything… However, if you really need to be careful, it’s about needing to spend time tending to the medicinal plants after the seeds germinate or sprout, so even though the planting needs to be separated, don’t plant them haphazardly, or you might end up not being able to find them yourself.”
In some cases, the instincts of beasts are stronger than those of humans.
He felt that perhaps some beasts could sense the special nature of the spiritual medicine or even the seeds, which could be troublesome if they were dug up.
The village chief nodded and remembered these matters.
“So, I need to choose a suitable place then!”
Wang Sheng provided his detailed opinion, “Actually, planting near the village is fine, just plant fewer in the mountains for comparison, and decide where to plant more based on the results later!”
If there’s no difference after comparison, there’s no need to deliberately separate the planting. This is a simple comparative experiment, but many people don’t understand this principle unless reminded.
After receiving the advice, the village chief left contentedly, seemingly ready to find people to plant the medicinal herbs.
After resolving the village chief’s issue, Wang Sheng planned to create some devices from Mechanical Technique, but he encountered a severe problem—
“Seems like there’s a shortage of metal?”
Although there were quite a few wooden mechanisms in Mechanical Technique, Wang Sheng had little use for them.
The mechanisms he wanted to create all essentially required metal.
But there wasn’t enough metal in Qingshan Village for his use, unless he dismantled all the villagers’ eating utensils and reforged them, which obviously was not feasible.
Of course, he still had some metal left over from making the “Cloud Wings” last time.
However, once these were used up, he would need to find new sources of metal.
“It would be best if I could find some iron ore!”
In Mechanical Technique, there were quite a few special metal smelting methods that could produce special metals for use in the creation of mechanisms.
Unfortunately, since he couldn’t obtain iron ore, he quickly gave up.
“Never mind. Let’s just make the constant temperature device first!”
The constant temperature device, in Mechanical Technique, was not a particularly emphasized device.
This device could only be used by a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, and moreover, unlike “Cloud Wings,” it could not play a significant role.
Its sole function was to maintain water temperature, simply put, a purely luxury device.
Wang Sheng did not know why Mechanical Technique would record it.
However, he himself thought the device was quite excellent; precisely such handy devices were needed to improve his quality of life.
“I remember there’s also a water heating device… How about just building an artificial hot spring?”
He was always willing to spend time improving his quality of life; it’s just that there was a bit of a shortage of metals, so he might need to find a way to bring some back.
Having made his decision, he wouldn’t just sit idle; he quickly found a suitable spot next to his house.
“Bai Yi, come here and dig a hole about this size…”
Bai Yi had nothing much to do that day; Wang Sheng occasionally found some tasks for it, and it was quite suitable for digging; its sharp claws could break through rocks.
Once the hole was dug, the next issue was the water source. The location Wang Sheng chose was not too far from a river, but the terrain was relatively high, making it difficult to handle.
“Use a water wheel!”
Using a water wheel to draw water from the river to a higher location and then channeling it to his place with bamboo tubes would solve the issue.
Even though there was no water wheel in Mechanical Technique, Wang Sheng remembered it from his memories, and using the methods learned from Mechanical Technique, he could easily construct a water wheel.
Of course, the water wheel also required materials.
“Let’s go chop down a couple of trees first!”
There were not many things near Qingshan Village, but there were plenty of trees, so getting some timber was easy.