Chapter 268 Breeding
Three days later.
Master Qian and several of his disciples were walking on the Rainbow Bridge, heading towards the medicine garden.
"Have you read the books that Master Zheng gave me?"
Master Qian seemed to have remembered something and asked several disciples.
Several disciples looked at each other, seeming to feel a little guilty.
“I saw it!”
"What do you think?"
Master Qian continued to ask.
“…”
Several disciples looked at each other, making eye contact...as if they were urging each other to speak.
"What? You don't have any idea at all?"
“…”
"Why did I accept such stupid disciples like you!"
“…”
"How are you going to teach others in the future?"
“…”
The youngest and most beloved disciple spoke up: "Master, the genes and heredity mentioned in the book are all things we have never heard of... We disciples really don't understand!"
"How about you teach us, Master?"
“…”
Master Qian's expression gradually hardened.
The disciple looked at him, and a look of realization gradually appeared on his face.
“Master, you…”
“…”
"If you ask me, we should just not read those books... We have been cultivating spiritual fields for our whole lives, but we still can't understand those books. Who knows if it's right?"
A disciple suddenly said, with a somewhat angry tone.
"Shut up!"
"Master...when did those Nine Mountain Sect disciples ever treat us as their own?"
The disciple continued.
Master Qian opened his mouth and looked at the other disciples, and saw that they all looked a little resentful.
He shook his head.
They knew in their hearts that they were latecomers after all, and although the disciples of Jiushan Sect did not reject them, they seldom interacted with them.
After entering the Nine Mountains Realm, they formed their own sect, and there was a subtle gap between them and the other disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect...
"At least Master Zheng treats us as his own..."
"Isn't it because of our secret method... We are also required to teach those people from Jiushan Sect what we learned in Qianhe Sect..."
The disciple said again.
“…”
"Master, if the things we know are learned by the Jiushan Sect, what should we do if they turn against us and chase us away in the future? Should we... keep some tricks up our sleeves?"
Master Qian was speechless, but his face looked slightly conflicted.
…
"Master Qian, did you understand the previous book?"
Zheng Fa asked as soon as he saw Master Qian.
Today, the Jiushan Realm is in a state of disrepair, with agriculture being the most basic industry. Zheng Fa also attaches great importance to Master Qian and his people.
Behind Master Qian, several disciples looked around, finally understanding why their master was so concerned about their studies...
"Understand……"
"real?"
Zheng Fa looked at his expression and suddenly said.
“…”
Master Qian looked ashamed and whispered, "I'm ashamed..."
"Why should you feel ashamed?" Zheng Fa unexpectedly said, "Master Qian, if you know everything, why do you need to read books?"
"……ah?"
"If you don't understand something, ask me. If I don't understand something, ask others... It's such a simple thing, why should I feel ashamed?"
Zheng Fa said these words and looked at the disciples behind him.
He thought about it and felt that these would be future agronomy teachers, and it was a matter of education.
Just say more.
"Everyone, when you become teachers in the future and teach your students, please remember that learning is always a process of not understanding to understanding."
"Your existence is meaningful only when students don't understand something."
"Don't discourage the disciples' desire for knowledge."
Master Qian's disciples were silent for a moment, looked at Master Qian who looked embarrassed, and knew that their master also thought of what they had said before.
Their expressions were different, but they all replied "Yes..."
…
Zheng Fa didn't say much. Education itself is an important subject, and he is just a layman.
He led them towards the medicine garden.
Senior Sister Zhang and Senior Sister Yuan were waiting in the medicine garden.
"Senior Sister Zhang?"
"It's planted."
Zheng Fa looked towards the medicine garden.
In a corner of the medicine garden, various rice seeds collected by Zheng Fa from the common people have been planted.
These rice varieties have hardly been domesticated.
From the taste to the yield, it is far from meeting the standards of staple food.
Zheng Fa’s goal this time is to use these rice seeds to cultivate rice seeds suitable for the Jiushan Realm.
He glanced at the Sun and Moon Clock and took out his golden seal.
The heavenly merit points—or incense in other words—that had been accumulated in the golden seal over the past few days poured into the Sun and Moon Bell.
The Sun and Moon Clock received nutrients and flew into the air. Time passed rapidly in the area where rice seeds were grown.
These rice seeds are not spiritual plants and consume very little incense.
Even the number of Tiangong points did not change.
The rice plants quickly grew into inconspicuous, densely packed rice flowers.
"Senior Sister!"
Zheng Fa suddenly shouted.
Senior Sister Zhang was well prepared. Her life-saving magic weapon, Feixian, appeared in front of her chest and in the blink of an eye, it turned into thousands and fell into the rice field.
The tips of these Feixian pens were placed on the stamens of each rice plant, and after collecting the pollen, they were placed on the pistils of another rice plant.
Zheng Fa nodded.
The sun and moon on the sun and moon clock began to rotate again.
In a flash, a year passed in the rice fields.
When the rice in the field matured, Sister Zhang collected the rice seeds and planted them in the field.
In the medicine garden, people like Master Qian looked a little dazed.
It seemed that he understood what Zheng Fa and the others were doing.
This breeding experiment is actually no different from modern ones.
First, various collected wild rices are used as parents, hybridized with each other, and the first generation of offspring is cultivated.
Starting from the first generation of offspring, we begin to select offspring with full rice seeds and higher yields, and then carry out self-pollination, backcrossing and selection generation after generation.
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Until we find the most stable and most suitable rice variety for growing in the Jiushan Realm.
There is no difference in principle compared to modern times.
But with the sun and moon clock, it becomes much more convenient.
You know, it may take decades to cultivate a new rice variety in modern times.
But at this time, Zheng Fa only used about ten Tiangong points to complete the breeding.
There is only one kind of rice left in the rice fields.
The rice ears were so heavy that they even bent the stems and leaves of the rice.
Master Qian looked at the scene blankly and rubbed his eyes.
He glanced at Zheng Fa and seemed unable to resist walking towards the rice field.
Zheng Fa did not stop him. In addition to breeding, this was also an opportunity to educate Qian Zhenren and others - at least to make them understand the value of those agricultural books.
"This..." Master Qian pinched the plump rice, as if trying to confirm whether the scene was real.
You know, he really looked up the Qianhe Sect's books on breeding.
Monks have long lifespans, and new species are often seen being born—but few have ever thought about the most fundamental principles behind it.
Therefore, Master Qian understood the meaning of this more clearly - a stable method of cultivating new species was an unattainable secret method for the Qianhe Sect in the past! Even what Zheng Fa did was almost unprecedented in the Xuanwei Realm...
Most importantly…
“So simple?”
Thinking of what Zheng Fa and Zhang Wuyi had done just now, he seemed to understand, yet was a little bit incredulous.
"Master Qian, if you understand those books, some things won't be difficult."
Zheng Fa said softly.
"What are those books?"
Master Qian was startled and looked into Zheng Fa's eyes.
Zheng Fa smiled and said, "Of course, this is just the simplest application of the knowledge in the book... If we study it in depth, we can naturally do more."
Breeding this type of rice is indeed extremely basic.
Zheng Fa's next goal is to cultivate a spiritual valley suitable for the Nine Mountains Realm...
"More……"
Master Qian repeated blankly.
…
On the way back, Master Qian didn't speak for a long time.
Like thinking about something.
The disciples were also silent.
Finally, Master Qian spoke: "If any of you want to leave the Nine Mountains Realm, tell me and I will go and ask Master Zheng for help."
“…Master?”
"But if you are still in the Nine Mountains Realm, you don't need to mention the insider and outsider talk anymore, and you can't hold back." Master Qian looked at the disciples and said, "As Master Zheng said, today is just a small test of the knowledge in the book."
"Ask yourselves, in the past in Qianhe Sect, would anyone teach you this method so easily?"
“…”
"In front of this kind of method, who am I? Who are you? Even what is Qianhe Sect?" Master Qian's tone became more serious as he spoke. "I know you have also suffered some grievances. If you have any grievances, tell me. I will go and tell Master Zheng."
The disciple who had suggested holding back earlier said: "Master..."
"I'm not forcing you..." Seeing that his disciples looked uneasy, Master Qian continued, "Master Zheng asked us to teach agronomy to our disciples. But the agronomy knowledge he gave us is much more profound than that of Qianhe Sect."
"Is this our secret method?"
“…”
"This is an opportunity for us! If we become the teachers of those disciples, will we still be treated as outsiders?"
"If you want to stay, don't hide anything..."
Seeing that they seemed to understand, Master Qian nodded and said, "Go back and read those books more. If you don't understand something, come to me. If I don't understand something, go ask Master Zheng..."
Seeing their master say this, all the disciples agreed.
After they left Master Qian's residence, they began to discuss quietly, "Why...I feel like our Master has become a different person?"
"That's right. Master used to be so kind-hearted. How come he is so selfless now? He is not like him at all."
"..." A female disciple said, "I feel that Master is more like Master Zheng now."
When everyone heard this, they recalled the past and nodded in agreement.
…
Looking at the rice fields in front of them, Zheng Fa and Senior Sister Zhang also had smiles on their faces.
"The head of the sect sent a message saying that there are as many as 300,000 mortals preparing to move into the Nine Mountains Realm..." Senior Sister Zhang said, "I was worried about how to support these people before."
"Three hundred thousand is not a lot." Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said, "Based on the population of the Jiushan Sect in the past, the number of mortals willing to enter the Jiushan Realm is probably less than one percent..."
The Jiushan Realm covers a large area.
Moreover, although the agriculture in the Xuanwei Realm is relatively backward, the grain output is not very low due to the presence of spiritual energy.
The population that Jiushan Sect ruled before was probably around 20 to 30 million...
It is comparable to the total population of the mortal world in the Nine Mountains today.
That being said, there are really few people willing to migrate with the Jiushan Sect.
This was not unexpected to Zheng Fa. After all, the Jiushan Sect did not have any good governance...
In addition, the notoriety of the Great Freedom Demon Sect has actually only been circulated in the Immortal Sect: Zheng Fa had never even heard of this name before he entered the Immortal Sect.
Agricultural societies are even more attached to their land...
According to Zheng Fa's estimation, among these 300,000 people, most of them are probably related to the disciples of Jiushan Sect from past generations.
"Junior brother, I'm afraid you only care about two people..."
Senior Sister Zhang suddenly said.
Zheng Fa smiled, his expression extremely expectant—his mother and sister were coming.
(End of this chapter)