The Undying Immortal System

With my ministers taking care of all the small details regarding distributing and selling the pills, all I had to worry about was being able to produce them. While the first production line was relatively successful, the goal was to have five complete production lines making Nutrition Pills, and that required far more than just five times the work.

Installing so many different formations inside the factory had caused a problem. Once we had three production lines up and running, the qi in the factory started to become turbulent. Instead of smoothly flowing from areas of high density to areas of low density, the qi formed eddies in the air that left some areas bereft of nearly any qi at all. This caused the most problems for the middle of the line in the center, but every formation suffered at least a little.

This reminded me of problems I had with my Rank 1 cultivation technique. I had to be careful about the size and locations of the acupoints I used. If I wasn’t careful, they would begin to interfere with each other and slow down my cultivation rate. I wasn’t even sure how to address this problem from a cultivation standpoint, much less how to handle it for a factory filled with formations.

These thoughts reminded me of the Earth Rank cultivation technique I had stashed away in my mental library. It seemed to have some method for controlling the turbulence, but without cultivating it, I couldn’t be sure how it worked. I could give the technique to a Hu clan youth with high earth affinity and learn from their experiences, but I wasn’t sure if that would be a good idea or not.

While I was pondering this option, the Hu clan representative walked up and broke me out of my musings.

“This turbulence is difficult to deal with. Our usual approach has always been to avoid putting so many formations in a confined area,” he admitted. “This floor alone is probably going to have at least forty or fifty of them by itself when we’re done, and that’s causing new issues.”

“Do you have any ideas for how to fix it?” I asked directly.

He sighed. “This was one of the reasons we suggested using the Rank 4 Qi Gathering Formation. We were hoping that by pumping the area full of qi, this wouldn’t be a problem. Don’t get me wrong, it has helped. Having the extra environmental qi means that even if it’s somewhat turbulent, there is still always enough to keep the formations functional. The turbulence is only stopping them from running smoothly, so they create a worse final product than they should.”

We walked around the factory floor together while he contemplated how to proceed.