One month later.
In the middle of the mountains in the central and western regions of the Xing Yao Federation.
A 'Killer Whale' -level carrier, emitting colorful brilliance, slowly passed the blue sky with a long exhaust flame and sailed into the depths of the hundred thousand mountains.
Inside the carrier, Li Yao browsed through the contract delightedly and whistled as if he had been relieved of a burden.
It was finally finalized!
Refining magical equipment on a large scale was not a trivial matter. Although both parties sincerely wanted to cooperate, when it came to specific matters, there were still a lot of tedious work to be dealt with.
In the past half month, Li Yao had made slight changes to the structure and array glyphs of the Demon Beast Detector, mainly to reduce the cost.
Because many of the algorithms and array glyphs were invented in the last ten to twenty years, they were still under patent protection.
It was fine to use them for study and research, but if he wanted to refine them on a large scale for profit, he would have to negotiate with the inventors and pay them a certain amount of royalties.
The solution was to find a way to replace them with array glyphs and algorithms that were invented thirty to fifty years ago.
These array glyphs and algorithms had already passed the patent protection period and could be used by anyone.
Of course, not all array glyphs and algorithms could be replaced. For some irreplaceable key elements, he would have to rely on the Mountain Sea Sect's business personnel to negotiate with the inventors.
In addition, if he wanted to refine the demon beast detector on a large scale, the crystal camera was an indispensable component. It would not be cost-effective to purchase them from the market at the retail price.
Although the Mountain Sea Sect was unable to refine their own crystal cameras, they had a few partners who were refining sects and had the ability to refine high-performance crystal cameras.
They had reached a strategic cooperation agreement with one of the sects, whereby they could purchase the crystal cameras at a relatively low cost.
And what Li Yao had to do was to fine-tune the refining process. He would use this new model of crystal camera to replace the "Super Falcon" -class crystal camera of the Holy Light Sect.
After completing this work, he personally made a trip to the Mountain Sea Sect.
On one hand, he was inspecting the refining technology and production scale of the Mountain Sea Sect. On the other hand, he was working with Jiang Wenbo to modify the assembly line that was originally used to refine spirit watches.
After the modification project of the 1st Generation Tai'e crafting furnace, Jiang Wenbo was 100% confident in Li Yao's "Magical Modification" technology. Many key parts were handed over to him.
In the Mountain Sea Sect, those who had been critical of Li Yao before were rendered speechless after witnessing his crazy refining skills and ideas. They were now confident in the Demon Beast Detector project!
After being busy for almost a month, the obstacles in the refining were finally smashed into pieces. After a series of bargaining, the final contract was finalized. The key clauses were:
First, Li Yao would give exclusive rights to the Mountain Sea Sect. The right to mass-produce the Demon Beast Detector and promise that it would not be authorized to another sect for three years.
Secondly, Li Yao still owned the patent of the Demon Beast Detector. He could refine the Demon Beast Detector on a small scale for research or sale, as long as the output did not exceed one Demon Beast Detector per day. Furthermore, he could engrave a clear mark on the Demon Beast Detector so that it could be distinguished from the Demon Beast Detector refined by the Mountain Sea Sect.
Three. The Mountain Sea Sect promised that within the next three years. No less than 50,000 Demon Beast Detectors had been produced. For every Demon Beast Detector sold, the profit would be split 30-70. Li Yao would get 30%, and the Mountain Sea Sect would get 70%.
Fourthly, Li Yao would provide the technical support. Once the subsequent models were developed, the Mountain Sea Sect would enjoy the priority of cooperation under the same conditions.
Li Yao was very satisfied with this contract.
He had also gone to the market and learned that this model did not involve the transfer of patent rights and only authorized the production of the Demon Beast Detector. Generally, the proportion of the share given to the owner of the patent was 20% at most.
Although the technology was his, the cultivation sect had to pay for it, provide the production equipment, and provide the marketing network. Hundreds of people were working on this project, and there was also the risk of losing money. Therefore, it was not excessive to take 70% to 80% of the profits.
In Li Yao's plan, his ambition was not just a little bit. What was the point of haggling with the Mountain Sea Sect for one or two percentage points?
The first-generation Demon Beast Detector was just the beginning. He would develop more advanced and powerful detectors in the future.
If the first-generation Demon Beast Detector sold well, he could slowly negotiate with them later.
His eyes fell to the bottom of the contract. Under his flamboyant signature, there was a very strange mark.
It was a small five-pointed star with a grinning mouth. The corners of the mouth were curled up, as if it was grinning evilly.
This was the exclusive mark that Li Yao had designed for himself.
Every refiner had a very unique mark, which was engraved on the magical equipment they refined. It was both a mark of identity and a special advertisement.
A magical equipment with a very common function, as long as it was personally refined by a master refiner and engraved with the master refiner's exclusive mark, would immediately be worth a hundred times more and become the most valuable treasure that everyone would scramble for.
Li Yao named this smirking little star "Fiend Star".
He had decided —
In the future, if he was on a battlefield where flesh and blood were flying everywhere, he would use the nickname "Vulture".
On the battlefield, it was a competition of who was stronger, fiercer, and more fearless.
The nickname "Vulture" sounded like a ruthless person. One day, even the Demon Kings and Demon Emperors of the Blood Demon Sector would tremble in fear if they heard it.
But in the refiners' circle, it was not appropriate to use such a fierce nickname as "Vulture". He did not sound like a good person!
Therefore, in the refiners' circle, his nickname was "Fiend Star". Haha, "Master Fiend Star", this name was not bad!
"Hum!"
The Killer Whale transport ship trembled slightly and began to slow down.
Among the passengers around, there was a slightly nervous discussion.
Li Yao's smile disappeared. He put away the hologram and instantly threw the matter of the Demon Beast Detector to the back of his mind.
Right now, he had more important things to deal with — the Refiners' Registration Examination!
Li Yao's eyes looked out through the crystal porthole.
He saw a few large basins surrounded by lush mountains and lofty ridges.
In the basins, there were countless silver-white towns, shining under the sunlight.
These towns located in the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the Midwest of the Federation were all military cities. They were composed of a series of munitions factories, military bases, and war magical equipment research institutes. They were the last line of defense for mankind.
When the Xing Yao Federation was first established, the situation was far from as stable as it was now. The Eastern Federation was ravaged by the Far East Demon Empire, and the Wasteland in the North was the paradise of demon beasts. The beast tide at that time was truly an overwhelming beast tide that could destroy everything!
Many people were worried that the beast tide on the Wasteland would converge into an ocean of demon beasts, which would break through the human's line of defense in a destructive manner. They would go all the way to the south and sweep through the fertile land in the Southeast.
And the lofty ridges in the Midwest of the Federation were the last base of counterattack.
Therefore, the Xing Yao Federation spent hundreds of years building in the Midwest of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Countless mountains were hollowed out and turned into enormous arsenals. Tens of thousands of underground caves were developed, deepened, and communicated with each other, turning into complicated underground shelters. Countless soldiers and their families lived here. Generation after generation, they evolved into military families, waiting for the arrival of the final battle!
The registered refiners were divided into more than ten categories. Li Yao applied for Category C, which was the small-scale military direction.
The refiners in this category mainly refined sabers, swords, firearms, and auxiliary magical equipment for individual soldiers. The peak of their profession was the "Armadominus", who could refine the Crystal Suit!
Because a large number of weapon designs and experiments were involved, the small-scale military refiners' registration exam would be held in the major military bases every year.
After drawing lots, Li Yao drew the No. 19 examination room, which was set up in the 8734 Military Base.
"Wow, what a spectacular sight!"
The carrier crossed over a mountain. The 8734 Military Base was right in front of his eyes.
This was a very large-scale military base. A large number of super-heavy magical equipment were deployed outside. Many crystal railguns were as tall as several floors, and the spiritual energy rails were even thicker than Li Yao's waist.
One could well imagine the power of a single cannon.
Before landing, several hundred crystal tanks were neatly arranged on the ground, which dazzled Li Yao.
Although they were all relatively old models, once the number of them increased, they would launch an overwhelming charge. They still appeared majestic and imposing. Even Li Yao, who was several thousand meters away, could feel the cold killing intent.
The carrier slowly landed. The examinees from several towns in the Wasteland filed out. Under the escort of a group of soldiers, they arrived in front of a silver-white giant building that looked like an inverted egg.
After verifying their identities, their private crystal processors were temporarily handed over to the military for safekeeping. They were replaced with a crystal processor specially used for the Refiners' Registration exam.
Li Yao walked into the silver-white "giant egg".
Inside the metal eggshell, which was like a dome of heaven, was a majestic hall that could accommodate several tens of thousands of people.
A red frame was drawn in the middle of the hall, which was sealed by a defensive array glyphs.
This was the examination room for the preliminary exam.
The Refiners' Registration exam was divided into the preliminary exam, the second exam, and the final exam.
The preliminary exam was a written exam. It tested one's theory and was extremely difficult. More than half of the examinees would be eliminated in the preliminary exam.
Thousands of examinees from dozens of towns were gathered in the hall.
Many examinees were still rushing over.
Because it was a national examination, time was not easy to arrange. Many examinees had been waiting here for several hours.
Therefore, many resting areas were specially set up around the hall, where exquisite food was provided.
There were also mock test papers in the special crystal processor used for the exam.
Examinees could eat and drink their fill in the resting areas and conserve their energy. They could also cram at the last minute and do their final sprint.
Looking at the time, there was still an hour and a half before the preliminary exam began.
Li Yao strolled toward a resting area, preparing to relieve his fatigue from the journey.
Unexpectedly, before he even sat down, he heard his name from the mouths of two examinees behind him who were whispering.
"Did you know? Our examination room 19 is the most special one among all the examination rooms. There are two different examinees who will be taking the exam here. "
"One is the genius newcomer of Deep Sea University, Jiang Shaoyang, who has the title of 'Tenth Star'."
"The other one is Li Yao!"
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