Chapter 103: Research
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Chapter 103: Research
This world had the technology level of an ancient civilization, mixed in with magical tools created and used by Cultivators. With their energy source being exclusive to those with great power, it meant the common folk had little to no access to them. Despite that, and unlike what many might think, basic types of plumbing were present. The common people here were very adept at digging wells and using bamboo to create pipes and plumbing. Unfortunately, that plumbing was mostly to supply water and a sewage system was essentially non-existent. People either kept large pots with special seat like lids, partially filled with water and cleaned every day, or they had latrines with pipes to collect their waste. Surprisingly, it was even a commodity, used for fertilizing fields along with many other uses for the liquids, which meant they used different pots or facilities for each.
It certainly wasnt as if it didnt work, but it sure wasnt fun. Sage had become used to quite a number of smells over the years. Sage didnt think he could create a sewage system for this immense world, but he could look into improving their water transportation, heating, and hygiene devices. With so many marvelous magical tools out there, it was a shame that they were only available to the most powerful people. Of course, they usually required qi or spirit stones to operate which made them impossible to operate for normal folks, but that was only half the reason.Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.
Powerful Cultivators could circumvent the normal bodily functions. As they became more powerful they would expel impurities from their bodies. With the ability to draw energy from thin air, they would of course become very efficient at processing the food and drink they consume. By the time they reach level fifty and form an inner core, they never again had to perform any of these bodily functions. They wouldnt even need to sleep or breathe air if they didnt wish to, gaining all they needed from their immense energy cores and from the world around them. Rank 5 is the level of Sect Elders in the largest Sects, just like in the Holy Flame Sect. That meant all the actual powerful people of the world couldnt care less about such issues of hygiene and cleanliness.
Other powerful Cultivators, with levels in the thirties to forties were very much removed from such concerns as well. They would still need to eat and drink, and their sleeping and breathing needs were reduced, but their needs to use the bathroom were very much reduced. As long as they had a half decent Cultivation Technique the things they consumed wouldnt be creating waste matter, theyd be broken down entirely to create more energy. This, along with an increased lifespan, was the reason that most rich people would purchase cultivation resources to force themselves into rank 3 and do away with such mundane and disgusting activities.
Sage had been in this world for more than forty years. When he was at the Lang Clan there were servants to draw them baths and he could sneak off to a nearby lake to swim. Later, when he was living as a caravan guard he woke everyday wishing he could take a shower. The times they passed a river or body of water became his favorite days as he could properly soak and clean off. It wasnt until years later and he became a Blacksmith himself that he finally got a real shower. Sage used a very basic fire rune to heat up sealed tank of water. A bamboo pipe on top met up with another pipe from a cold water tank and with a set of spigots he was able to have a real shower. Both tanks sat up high in the air on top of a scaffold in the backyard and water had to be pumped up to fill them, but it was a success. Currently, the bathroom in his house was made entirely of stone with a drain in the floor and the water tanks in the attic. He even created a basic water pump to lift the water up to fill his shower tanks.
On the bottom of the hot water tank was a very simple array formation. Given the size of the tank, Sage chose to use the simplest array he could, a pair of concentric circles with fire symbols between the two rings. It was the first array symbol a Blacksmithing Apprentice learned, and because of the size of the huge water tanks it was very simple to inscribe and he could fit quite a few of them. In the center of the ring of fire symbols was a trio of symbols that were essentially a temperature check. When the water was cold it would activate the fire symbols, when it was too hot it would turn them off. Around the outside of the insulated tank was the most basic energy gathering array. It was far more complicated than the fire array, but it was put on a huge surface so the difficulty was greatly reduced. A second sheet had another array to protect against water, aiming to stop the corrosive effects of water on the iron pots. Sage had even inscribed the arrays on flat sheets of metal before reforging them and bending them into cylinders so the inscribing was as simple as possible.
The energy gathering arrays slowly accumulate from the world around them which they send into the fire array. The amount of energy gathered and the simple array meant that this combination of large arrays was barely as powerful as a campfire showed why it was ignored by Cultivators. The final important piece was the insulation. Sage was sure there was a better material, but for now he used a thick piece of leather and engraved another simple array formation. This fourth and final array was for heat resistance. By blocking heat it would keep it trapped inside the heating tank.
The way it worked was the left tank was filled with cold water. The water would flow through the check valve at the bottom and fill the insulated tank till they were about equal. The fire array heated from the bottom. As the water warmed it rose up towards the top of the insulated tank and the check valve kept it from flowing back into the cold water tank.
It took some testing with the water levels and size for the cold water tank, but eventually Sage got it working and he build a couple follow up units to test ways to reduce the costs and complexity. Finally, he had a way to solve one of the problems and he calculating costs he could build one without spending a single spirit stone, requiring only gold coins to purchase iron and the leather insulation. He even found a way to cut out half the iron and use a wooden barrel instead of a cold water tank, but it was prone to leakage and would have a much shorter lifespan. Either way, it was an option.
One of the problems was solved. There was all sorts of uses that on demand hot water could have. It would surely be able to revolutionize the ease of cooking, cleaning and especially bathing.
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Chapter 103: Research
This world had the technology level of an ancient civilization, mixed in with magical tools created and used by Cultivators. With their energy source being exclusive to those with great power, it meant the common folk had little to no access to them. Despite that, and unlike what many might think, basic types of plumbing were present. The common people here were very adept at digging wells and using bamboo to create pipes and plumbing. Unfortunately, that plumbing was mostly to supply water and a sewage system was essentially non-existent. People either kept large pots with special seat like lids, partially filled with water and cleaned every day, or they had latrines with pipes to collect their waste. Surprisingly, it was even a commodity, used for fertilizing fields along with many other uses for the liquids, which meant they used different pots or facilities for each.
It certainly wasnt as if it didnt work, but it sure wasnt fun. Sage had become used to quite a number of smells over the years. Sage didnt think he could create a sewage system for this immense world, but he could look into improving their water transportation, heating, and hygiene devices. With so many marvelous magical tools out there, it was a shame that they were only available to the most powerful people. Of course, they usually required qi or spirit stones to operate which made them impossible to operate for normal folks, but that was only half the reason.Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.
Powerful Cultivators could circumvent the normal bodily functions. As they became more powerful they would expel impurities from their bodies. With the ability to draw energy from thin air, they would of course become very efficient at processing the food and drink they consume. By the time they reach level fifty and form an inner core, they never again had to perform any of these bodily functions. They wouldnt even need to sleep or breathe air if they didnt wish to, gaining all they needed from their immense energy cores and from the world around them. Rank 5 is the level of Sect Elders in the largest Sects, just like in the Holy Flame Sect. That meant all the actual powerful people of the world couldnt care less about such issues of hygiene and cleanliness.
Other powerful Cultivators, with levels in the thirties to forties were very much removed from such concerns as well. They would still need to eat and drink, and their sleeping and breathing needs were reduced, but their needs to use the bathroom were very much reduced. As long as they had a half decent Cultivation Technique the things they consumed wouldnt be creating waste matter, theyd be broken down entirely to create more energy. This, along with an increased lifespan, was the reason that most rich people would purchase cultivation resources to force themselves into rank 3 and do away with such mundane and disgusting activities.
Sage had been in this world for more than forty years. When he was at the Lang Clan there were servants to draw them baths and he could sneak off to a nearby lake to swim. Later, when he was living as a caravan guard he woke everyday wishing he could take a shower. The times they passed a river or body of water became his favorite days as he could properly soak and clean off. It wasnt until years later and he became a Blacksmith himself that he finally got a real shower. Sage used a very basic fire rune to heat up sealed tank of water. A bamboo pipe on top met up with another pipe from a cold water tank and with a set of spigots he was able to have a real shower. Both tanks sat up high in the air on top of a scaffold in the backyard and water had to be pumped up to fill them, but it was a success. Currently, the bathroom in his house was made entirely of stone with a drain in the floor and the water tanks in the attic. He even created a basic water pump to lift the water up to fill his shower tanks.
On the bottom of the hot water tank was a very simple array formation. Given the size of the tank, Sage chose to use the simplest array he could, a pair of concentric circles with fire symbols between the two rings. It was the first array symbol a Blacksmithing Apprentice learned, and because of the size of the huge water tanks it was very simple to inscribe and he could fit quite a few of them. In the center of the ring of fire symbols was a trio of symbols that were essentially a temperature check. When the water was cold it would activate the fire symbols, when it was too hot it would turn them off. Around the outside of the insulated tank was the most basic energy gathering array. It was far more complicated than the fire array, but it was put on a huge surface so the difficulty was greatly reduced. A second sheet had another array to protect against water, aiming to stop the corrosive effects of water on the iron pots. Sage had even inscribed the arrays on flat sheets of metal before reforging them and bending them into cylinders so the inscribing was as simple as possible.
The energy gathering arrays slowly accumulate from the world around them which they send into the fire array. The amount of energy gathered and the simple array meant that this combination of large arrays was barely as powerful as a campfire showed why it was ignored by Cultivators. The final important piece was the insulation. Sage was sure there was a better material, but for now he used a thick piece of leather and engraved another simple array formation. This fourth and final array was for heat resistance. By blocking heat it would keep it trapped inside the heating tank.
The way it worked was the left tank was filled with cold water. The water would flow through the check valve at the bottom and fill the insulated tank till they were about equal. The fire array heated from the bottom. As the water warmed it rose up towards the top of the insulated tank and the check valve kept it from flowing back into the cold water tank.
It took some testing with the water levels and size for the cold water tank, but eventually Sage got it working and he build a couple follow up units to test ways to reduce the costs and complexity. Finally, he had a way to solve one of the problems and he calculating costs he could build one without spending a single spirit stone, requiring only gold coins to purchase iron and the leather insulation. He even found a way to cut out half the iron and use a wooden barrel instead of a cold water tank, but it was prone to leakage and would have a much shorter lifespan. Either way, it was an option.
One of the problems was solved. There was all sorts of uses that on demand hot water could have. It would surely be able to revolutionize the ease of cooking, cleaning and especially bathing.
Chapter 103: ResearchThis world had the technology level of an ancient civilization, mixed in with magical tools created and used by Cultivators. With their energy source being exclusive to those with great power, it meant the common folk had little to no access to them. Despite that, and unlike what many might think, basic types of plumbing were present. The common people here were very adept at digging wells and using bamboo to create pipes and plumbing. Unfortunately, that plumbing was mostly to supply water and a sewage system was essentially non-existent. People either kept large pots with special seat like lids, partially filled with water and cleaned every day, or they had latrines with pipes to collect their waste. Surprisingly, it was even a commodity, used for fertilizing fields along with many other uses for the liquids, which meant they used different pots or facilities for each. It certainly wasnt as if it didnt work, but it sure wasnt fun. Sage had become used to quite a number of smells over the years. Sage didnt think he could create a sewage system for this immense world, but he could look into improving their water transportation, heating, and hygiene devices. With so many marvelous magical tools out there, it was a shame that they were only available to the most powerful people. Of course, they usually required qi or spirit stones to operate which made them impossible to operate for normal folks, but that was only half the reason.Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Novl--B1n.Powerful Cultivators could circumvent the normal bodily functions. As they became more powerful they would expel impurities from their bodies. With the ability to draw energy from thin air, they would of course become very efficient at processing the food and drink they consume. By the time they reach level fifty and form an inner core, they never again had to perform any of these bodily functions. They wouldnt even need to sleep or breathe air if they didnt wish to, gaining all they needed from their immense energy cores and from the world around them. Rank 5 is the level of Sect Elders in the largest Sects, just like in the Holy Flame Sect. That meant all the actual powerful people of the world couldnt care less about such issues of hygiene and cleanliness. Other powerful Cultivators, with levels in the thirties to forties were very much removed from such concerns as well. They would still need to eat and drink, and their sleeping and breathing needs were reduced, but their needs to use the bathroom were very much reduced. As long as they had a half decent Cultivation Technique the things they consumed wouldnt be creating waste matter, theyd be broken down entirely to create more energy. This, along with an increased lifespan, was the reason that most rich people would purchase cultivation resources to force themselves into rank 3 and do away with such mundane and disgusting activities. Sage had been in this world for more than forty years. When he was at the Lang Clan there were servants to draw them baths and he could sneak off to a nearby lake to swim. Later, when he was living as a caravan guard he woke everyday wishing he could take a shower. The times they passed a river or body of water became his favorite days as he could properly soak and clean off. It wasnt until years later and he became a Blacksmith himself that he finally got a real shower. Sage used a very basic fire rune to heat up sealed tank of water. A bamboo pipe on top met up with another pipe from a cold water tank and with a set of spigots he was able to have a real shower. Both tanks sat up high in the air on top of a scaffold in the backyard and water had to be pumped up to fill them, but it was a success. Currently, the bathroom in his house was made entirely of stone with a drain in the floor and the water tanks in the attic. He even created a basic water pump to lift the water up to fill his shower tanks. On the bottom of the hot water tank was a very simple array formation. Given the size of the tank, Sage chose to use the simplest array he could, a pair of concentric circles with fire symbols between the two rings. It was the first array symbol a Blacksmithing Apprentice learned, and because of the size of the huge water tanks it was very simple to inscribe and he could fit quite a few of them. In the center of the ring of fire symbols was a trio of symbols that were essentially a temperature check. When the water was cold it would activate the fire symbols, when it was too hot it would turn them off. Around the outside of the insulated tank was the most basic energy gathering array. It was far more complicated than the fire array, but it was put on a huge surface so the difficulty was greatly reduced. A second sheet had another array to protect against water, aiming to stop the corrosive effects of water on the iron pots. Sage had even inscribed the arrays on flat sheets of metal before reforging them and bending them into cylinders so the inscribing was as simple as possible. The energy gathering arrays slowly accumulate from the world around them which they send into the fire array. The amount of energy gathered and the simple array meant that this combination of large arrays was barely as powerful as a campfire showed why it was ignored by Cultivators. The final important piece was the insulation. Sage was sure there was a better material, but for now he used a thick piece of leather and engraved another simple array formation. This fourth and final array was for heat resistance. By blocking heat it would keep it trapped inside the heating tank. The way it worked was the left tank was filled with cold water. The water would flow through the check valve at the bottom and fill the insulated tank till they were about equal. The fire array heated from the bottom. As the water warmed it rose up towards the top of the insulated tank and the check valve kept it from flowing back into the cold water tank. It took some testing with the water levels and size for the cold water tank, but eventually Sage got it working and he build a couple follow up units to test ways to reduce the costs and complexity. Finally, he had a way to solve one of the problems and he calculating costs he could build one without spending a single spirit stone, requiring only gold coins to purchase iron and the leather insulation. He even found a way to cut out half the iron and use a wooden barrel instead of a cold water tank, but it was prone to leakage and would have a much shorter lifespan. Either way, it was an option. One of the problems was solved. There was all sorts of uses that on demand hot water could have. It would surely be able to revolutionize the ease of cooking, cleaning and especially bathing.
