Published: February 12, 2025
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Although there were tasks to complete, this statistical report was still quite pleasing to the eye.
Before heading to the planet hunting grounds, Ye Zhongming had sold a total of twenty thousand pieces of weapons and equipment of various levels. After deducting costs, this brought an additional fifteen million Moon Age Gold into the pocket of the King of Cloud Summit.
Since these items were sold through the Star-Eye Clan and Su Clan networks, it was not a secret among the high ranks of the Star-Eye Clan. Upon learning this figure, the two lords of the Star-Eye Clan, along with others, expressed both excitement and helplessness.
Thinking back to when the Star-Eye Clan was struggling to cover millions in operational costs each year, even selling off their assets to make ends meet, ever since Ye Zhongming joined, discussions about Moon Age Gold had shifted to a base level of tens of millions.
This naturally left Jikesu feeling both amazed and deeply impacted.
With Ye Zhongming's help and guidance, he had been able to produce Crimson Condensation Equipment, showcasing his remarkable talent and solid foundation as the technical officer of the Star-Eye Clan—areas where Ye Zhongming could not compete. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gained recognition from the Old Dean of the Library Palace.
Although Jikesu's success rate was far below Ye Zhongming's, when he succeeded, the quality of his Crimson Condensation Equipment was slightly better.
The only problem was that while Ye Zhongming could produce at least ten successful items in a day, Jikesu could only manage one every two days, which left the old man feeling extremely frustrated.
Both being craftsmen, the disparity was simply too great.
Eventually, after some discussion, they decided that Jikesu would temporarily abandon the production of Crimson Condensation Equipment and switch to Kegang Equipment.
With the difficulty significantly lowered, Jikesu's efficiency improved noticeably, achieving a success rate close to sixty-five percent in a day and producing ten pieces without issue.
Of course, even with the level downgrade, compared to Ye Zhongming's ninety percent success rate in producing Kegang Equipment and the ability to casually create hundreds of pieces daily that still performed well the next day, the gap remained larger. Jikesu's limit was maintaining ten pieces daily, as pushing beyond that would strain his mental and physical capacities and affect the next day's output.
However, even if Jikesu was far behind Ye Zhongming, in these days he had contributed three pieces of Crimson Condensation Equipment and several hundred pieces of Kegang Equipment to the entire Star-Eye Clan, enough to fully equip fifty to sixty warriors.
This efficiency, if taken outside, would definitely be top-tier, even compared to the Tarros Red Dwarf side, but because of Ye Zhongming's monstrous output, people had somewhat overlooked it.
During this time, Jikesu also specially selected ten talented members of the Star-Eye Clan to learn from him and Ye Zhongming. However, in weapon and equipment manufacturing, factors like talent, effort, perseverance, mental strength, extensive practice, knowledge reserve, and experience are all indispensable. Although all ten made progress during this phase, none had yet mastered the manufacturing techniques of the Tarros Red Dwarfs; at most, they could barely produce a piece of ordinary-level equipment.
This left Jikesu feeling quite disheartened.
If he could cultivate some successors, perhaps the Star-Eye Clan could become the second Tarros Red Dwarf in the future, but unfortunately, this skill was ultimately not something anyone could easily grasp.
The Star-Eye Clan knew how much income came from weapons and equipment, but when it came to pharmaceuticals, that was a secret between Ye Zhongming and the Long Void Water Clan. After all, the sales channels for various levels of drugs weren't limited to just the Star-Eye Clan and Su Clan; Ye Zhongming had his own stores, Husky had private sales, and some people who knew of Ye Zhongming's relationship with the Long Void Water Clan could directly contact him to make purchases.