True Lord Tianya instantly calculated the result in his mind.
‘There are thirty households on the first floor, and there are 210 households on the seventh floor, but only seven households occupy land.
This is a thirty-fold difference.
If we really build residential buildings in this way, we will not consider other reasons.
Just the Banshanji area can add at least 300,000 more people!
And once this kind of private building expands to the entire sect, this...'
Even though True Monarch Tianya has always been steady, at this moment his heart is surging and it is difficult to control himself.
From this simple residence, he could already see the vast vistas of the sect.
However, Tianya Zhenjun immediately calmed down, and there was a crucial problem that needed to be solved.
"As expected, this idea is excellent.
But if you want to build a seven-story residential building, where can you find a large number of large logs and stones?
Moreover, ordinary people have little role in construction of this scale.
But with the power of the sect alone, I’m afraid it won’t be completed within decades, right?”
Zhang Ke smiled slightly and took out a jar from himself, which contained fine gray powder.
“This is a specially formulated lime powder made by grinding volcanic ash and limestone into powder.
It can be quickly condensed into a solid stone object through water and sand, which is extremely hard, no less than a stone.
Because when mixed with water, it will have properties like mud, so the disciple named it 'cement'!"
With that said, Zhang Ke took out some ordinary sand, mixed it with a little water, stirred it together, and kneaded it into a strip at will.
Then he stood aside and waited quietly with True Monarch Tianya. He did not perform any Taoist techniques during this process.
He wanted to use this to prove the powerful universality of this item.
About an hour later, the cement rods shaped into strips by Zhang Ke completely solidified.
Zhang Ke made a gesture and asked True Lord Tianya to check directly.
Tianya Zhenjun glanced at Zhang Ke and reached out to pick up the solidified cement rod.
Without the need for experiments, he could clearly see the characteristics of this object at a glance with Zhenjun Yuanshen's meticulous observation.
I bent my fingers and flicked it twice, and found that its hardness was the same as that of stone.
Zhenjun Tianya's breath was stagnant, and he asked in a solemn voice: "How much does it cost?"
Zhang Ke smiled brightly:
“It costs basically nothing, it just requires limestone and volcanic ash, which are available everywhere.
The value of some of the other matching materials is also very low, it can be said that this kind of thing has almost no cost."
Zhenjun Tianya only turned around in his mind and found countless ways to take advantage of it.
Such as city walls, secret rooms, bunkers, and various tall buildings.
Zhang Ke continued:
"If you want to enhance its overall sturdiness, you can also build iron bars or stones as a skeleton."
Tianya Evidence took a breath and asked:
"Can this substance be refined quickly and on a large scale?"
"Convenient, simple, easy to shape, easy to popularize, easy to use on a large scale, and low price, these are its advantages."
Zhang Ke said slowly and word by word.
"If we want to build seven-story residential buildings in a popular way, there is no such easy-to-shape cement.
It’s absolutely impossible to do it just by relying on huge rocks and trees.”
Zhenjun Tianya reached out and squeezed a handful of fine cement into the jar, and carefully explored it with his spiritual thoughts.
After a long while, he sighed and said:
"This thing is so simple, why has no one refined it in these countless years?"
Zhang Ke said calmly:
"For practitioners, this kind of thing has no meaning in improving personal strength.
Naturally, no one would research in this direction. Even if someone accidentally prepared this thing, they probably wouldn't take it seriously.
Ordinary people are limited in their horizons and cannot use both limestone and volcanic ash at the same time.
In addition, it requires a certain proportion of materials, so no one has ever discovered the secret.
Maybe someone in some place has refined this thing, but due to various reasons it has not been leaked.
As a result, until today, no one has popularized it.”
In fact, as early as Qingkongjie, Zhang Ke had already used cement extensively to build city walls and residences.
Now it's just a matter of using this method again.
After listening to Zhang Kezhi's words, True Lord Tianya couldn't help but nodded.
He didn't believe that no one would refine such a thing in these countless years.
Perhaps as Zhang Ke said, firstly, it did not attract attention, and secondly, there may be some other reasons that hindered it.
This is what the saying goes, "There are always horses with a thousand li in the world, but Bole is rare."
Selecting pearls and jade from gravel is the best expression of ability and vision.
After pondering for a moment, he asked:
"Then are you going to use this thing to replace the stone and giant wood to build a residential building?"
Zhang Ke nodded and said: "Exactly! However, before that, there is one more thing to do."
"What?"
"Of course you have to apply for a patent!"
True Lord Tianya was startled for a moment and asked a little strangely:
"With your current wealth, can you still afford such a small profit?"
Zhang Ke has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. It may be an exaggeration to say that he is the richest in the sect.
But to say that his wealth ranks among the top in the sect, no one would disagree.
What's more, Zhang Ke is now the True Lord of Yuanshen, and he still values this small profit, which makes True Lord Tianya a little confused.
After all, ‘cement’ has basically no cost and will not make much profit.
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"Has the Patriarch ever thought of carving Dharma patterns into the stone?"
True Lord Tianya shook his head and said:
"Stone is hard, so we can only use negative etching and positive carving methods to carve patterns on the surface. If you want to carve patterns into the stone..."
Having said this, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.
Lost his voice:
"You mean to use the guide pattern to enter the cement before it solidifies?"
He stood up suddenly, a flash of light flashing through his mind, and he finally understood Zhang Ke's intention.
Immediately, a ball of cement was mixed, and a spiritual light flashed between Tianya Zhenjun's five fingers and penetrated into the cement.
The spiritual light instantly exploded into thousands of strands, forming a pattern in the cement.
【Sturdy】
At the same time, the final shape of the mass of cement was fixed in a rectangular shape.
Now is the test time, so there is no need to wait for the cement to solidify like before.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In just a moment, the cement hardened rapidly under the catalysis of Tianya Zhenjun's magic power.
A stone brick covered with patterns appeared in front of the two of them.
True Lord Tianya took it in his hand with a solemn expression and carefully examined it inside and out with his spiritual mind.
After looking at it for a while, he raised his little finger and lightly scratched the stone bricks.
French-patterned stone bricks are cut in half like a knife cutting tofu.
However, it can be seen that the cross-sections of the spell-patterned stone bricks are still densely interlaced with layers of spell-patterned patterns.
From the feeling of obstruction when cutting, Tianya Zhenjun felt that the "sturdiness" characteristic of the French pattern stone bricks was at work.
As for this cement brick with the 'strong' Dharma pattern, I could easily destroy it because of the strength of Lord Dong Tianzhen.
If an innate monk wanted to destroy it, he would have to use at least several spells to do it.
He sighed softly and said:
"It's exactly the same as the natural Dharma Stone!"
In the world of cultivation, sometimes some strange objects with their own Dharma patterns are formed unintentionally due to the power of heaven and earth.
This kind of rare object often possesses some special power and is very popular among practitioners.
The magical tools and magic weapons used by practitioners actually all originate from this principle.
In the same way, runes and magic patterns are integrated into them to make them effective.
But how precious are the magic weapons and magical artifacts, and how much is this ‘cement’ worth?
True Monarch Tianya looked at the Dharma-patterned stone brick in his hand, with many thoughts in his mind.
Although he thought it was good at first, he only thought of using it in the secular world.
For practitioners, no matter how thick the city wall is, it will still be difficult to block the bombardment of spells.
But it's different now. This cement can actually be used to construct magic patterns at will, and the runes are among them.
If it were used for defense, wouldn't it be able to withstand attacks from practitioners?
If all the defenses of the mountain gate were constructed using methods like the 'talisman stacking technique', wouldn't it be impregnable?
You can even work out ways to construct array pattern bricks.
In the future, as long as you bring a set with you when you go out, it will no longer be a luxury to set up your formation at will.
The more Tianya Zhenjun thought about it, the more he realized that this cement had great uses.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly said:
"Ruyi! If we don't apply for a patent, how about we use it ourselves first?"
Once anything is patented, it means that it cannot be kept secret. It should be noted that the approval of the patent requires the review of the nine top-level sects.
Tianya Zhenjun's selfishness is easy to understand, but it doesn't make any sense.
Zhang Ke shook his head and said:
"There are no key obstacles to the refining of cement. You can figure out the refining method just by looking at it.
And even if we use it ourselves, we still need to refine it on a large scale, so we can't hide it from anyone who cares.
Rather than waiting for others to learn this method and then apply for a patent, we might as well apply for it first.
At least this can continue to bring benefits to the sect for sixty years.
It's just that it's certainly not worth much money for use in the secular world, but it's different in the spiritual world.
The patent I applied for is not just the formula of ‘cement’, but the construction of French pattern bricks is the big one.”
True Lord Tianya looked at Zhang Ke blankly, the man in front of him could always create miracles.
This move not only solves the housing problem of millions of people who have increased in recent years.
It also added a huge financial source to the sect.
At the same time, he also wanted to think further.
If this method can be used to connect countless magic pattern bricks to each other, the blue world can be built into a super large formation.
Then, against the invasion that may come in two thousand years, our realm may not be able to fight.
If you think so, then your mentality is a bit narrow.
It would be better to promote this thing to the entire blue world as soon as possible.
What if those sects that left come back early?
It would be good to make even a little preparation in advance.
Tianya Zhenjun stroked his beard and slowly paced on the spot, thinking about the various pros and cons.
After a while, he spoke again.
"As you wish! The area under our jurisdiction has two large cities and hundreds of villages and towns.
It is somewhat impossible to build a residential building at the same time. After all, the cement also needs to be refined.
And with such a huge amount of consumption, even if the sect goes all out, it may not be able to meet the requirements for a while."