Pregnant Cultivator, Doted by Big Boss-Chapter 41 - 39: R&D Begins, Cultivation Phone Version 1.0 (Part 2)
"If we can develop it, wouldn’t it be super convenient if everyone in the Cultivation World had one? We’d have a never-ending stream of Spirit Stones coming in. We’d be absolutely rolling in it."
Although the others only half-understood what she was saying, they could tell it sounded incredible.
Nerida and the others nodded repeatedly.
"It sounds feasible."
Another elder voiced his opinion. "If such a thing really existed, it would be incredibly convenient. Sound Transmission Jade Slips can only send messages to specific people, and the inscribed arrays can only be used once or twice before the slip becomes useless. It’s a huge hassle."
"Exactly! The last time I went on a long trip, I used three Sound Transmission Jade Slips, and my pockets were empty in an instant." At this thought, he asked, "But can something like this really be made?"
Celeste Grant said, "I think so. There shouldn’t be a problem."
She looked at the others as she spoke.
"I’d say there’s more than an eighty percent chance we can create this."
’No electricity? But this is the Cultivation World; we don’t need that to generate power. As for video imaging, the magic and arrays here can already do that. If I just adapt them a little, it will definitely work. And the network... that could actually be created by inscribing energy pathways. It’s feasible.’
From what she said, Javier Sinclair and the others understood it to be a device that could replace Sound Transmission Jade Slips, but without a limit on uses. It would also allow them to see the other person from a thousand miles away.
Why had no one thought of this before? If they could really pull it off, it would be incredibly convenient.
Even Javier Sinclair was surprised when Celeste Grant proposed the idea. He probably never expected her to have a talent for this sort of thing.
’So she’s not just a pretty face.’
’She has a decent brain, too.’
Seeing their interest piqued, Celeste Grant continued to sell them the dream.
At this thought, she changed her tone and said, "Haven’t you all always wanted to surpass the Immortal Sect? This is a perfect opportunity. In fact, fighting and killing is too simple—they just die, and that’s not very satisfying, is it?"
Celeste Grant let out a mischievous chuckle.
"Just think about it. What if, in the future, even members of the Immortal Sect have no choice but to use products made by us? They’d hate our guts, but they’d still have to fork over their money to buy them. Wouldn’t that be satisfying?"
"Killing someone is over in an instant. The greatest insult is to make them hate us to the bone, yet be utterly unable to do anything about it. They’d have to eagerly hand over their money, and in the end, their hearts would ache and their Dao hearts would shatter. This is what’s known as a psychological kill."
’Hahaha, forgive me for spouting such serious-sounding nonsense.’
’Shattering their Dao hearts? That’s impossible. I wouldn’t do anything to actually harm people. Once I roll out all sorts of entertainment, everyone will be too busy having fun. How could their Dao hearts shatter? If anything, their spirits will be lifted.’
But for now, upon hearing her words, the two elders’ eyes lit up.
’As expected of My Lady! Her way of thinking is so different... so insidious. We love it!’
"Let’s do it! We’ll definitely support this. My Lady, just tell us what to do."
"We can start right now."
"My Lady, whatever you need, we’ll go and find it for you."
Only Javier Sinclair remained silent.
Celeste Grant turned to look at him.
"The Exalted One, what about you?"
’Why isn’t he saying anything?’
’Does he disagree?’
’After all, he’s the real boss, the chairman of the board, so to speak. If he doesn’t agree, my idea is dead in the water. I still need his financial backing.’
Javier Sinclair glanced at Celeste Grant. He felt this woman was certainly in high spirits.
He casually tossed her a token. "From now on, you don’t need to inform me about trivial matters like this. Just go to Nerida."
’That was exactly what I was waiting to hear.’
’After all, to make money, you need to secure investors. Otherwise, there was no way for a penniless person like her to do anything.’
"The Exalted One, you’re my hero!"
Celeste Grant pressed her palms together, stopping just short of bowing in worship.
"The Exalted One, you’re truly too kind! Thank you for supporting my work. From now on, you all can just wait for the profits to roll in."
Javier Sinclair: "..."
’Heh! I get the feeling I can’t count on her.’
’He hadn’t forgotten that this woman said she’d split the profits with him fifty-fifty, but that she would ’help’ him hold onto his half.’
Now that she had a general direction, Celeste Grant got busy. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Javier Sinclair appointed the elder from the Hall of Energy Refinement and the elder from the Formation Hall as the lead supervisors. They formed a research and development team and began working on the "Cultivation Smartphone v1.0."
In essence, it was a cultivation version of a smartphone; it just needed to have the basic functions.
Javier Sinclair entered secluded cultivation.
Celeste Grant had the token from Javier Sinclair, and on top of that, she was the nominal madam of the Bloodfiend Den, so everyone in the Demonic Sects, from top to bottom, followed her orders.
Celeste Grant was very satisfied with this point. She could go all out without anyone holding her back.
The first month, they failed, but they did make some small progress.
The Artifact Refining Elder, the most obsessed of them all, was caught in an explosion and suffered minor injuries. As he was being carried away, Celeste Grant tried to give him a break, but he adamantly refused to leave.
"No, My Lady, I can still work!"
"I refuse to believe I can’t refine this thing!"
’Elder Lawson, Employee of the Month number one.’
’A sight to make any capitalist weep.’
The second month, they still hadn’t succeeded, but they had found the right direction.
In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.
Celeste Grant still hadn’t succeeded.
She had already poured a lot of money into this project; scientific research really was a money pit. With the constant lack of success, she was starting to feel discouraged. However, looking at the semi-finished product in her hands, she felt she could hold on for a little longer.
As for her child’s biological father, he was still in secluded cultivation and had not yet emerged. In the Cultivation World, this was quite normal. Some people would go into seclusion for a few years, or even over a decade.
By this time, her research and development team had transformed into a group of old scholars. They hadn’t practiced their Cultivation in a long time, but incredibly, they had all broken through their bottlenecks and advanced their Cultivation.
Because of this, these people were now even more willing to throw their lives on the line for Celeste Grant, feeling that doing research was a form of Cultivation in itself. For this reason, they reveled in their work.
Winter snows fell thick and fast.
Snowflakes drifted down.
Aside from developing the cultivation smartphone, Celeste Grant also took care of her child.
Children grow up so fast.
From wailing cries to babbling words, in the blink of an eye, the child was already walking...
That afternoon, a deafening BOOM erupted from Celeste Grant’s research lab as it exploded. Covered in soot, she crawled out from the rubble alongside Elder Lawson and the others.
Despite being blown up, she was laughing heartily.
"Hahaha, we did it!"
"We succeeded!"
"Cultivation Smartphone v1.0 is online!"
The elders who followed her also felt that it hadn’t been easy at all.
So many of them had toiled away for over a year, getting blown up more than a dozen times, to finally refine this little box called a "smartphone." Every single step of the process had been meticulously recorded.
Now that they had created one, they could mass-produce them in the future.
"My Lady, you’re incredible! To think you could even come up with something like this."
"Hehe, let’s be modest, let’s be modest. It was mainly Elder Lawson and the others who put in the most effort. When the smartphones are released, you’ll be the first to use them."
They had already witnessed the functions of this smartphone. So, hearing that they would be the first to use them made them feel incredibly honored.
