Chapter 279 New Spiritual Plant, Temptation of Knowledge

Several of Master Qian's disciples walked together on the Rainbow Bridge, looking at the palaces on the Tiangong Island in front of them.

"The scenery of this Nine Mountain Realm is really a bit monotonous and boring."

One of the female disciples said.

The others couldn't help but nod.

"There's fog everywhere, there's really nothing to see."

"Aren't they building a house these days? I heard that Master Zheng has made a plan to set up an island specifically for workshops and markets, and also to put on plays."

"Is that the most important university island? Several Yuanying Zhenren have been busy there these past few days, saying they want to build some kind of laboratory... I don't know what it is."

"The Paradise Island is now much busier. A few days ago, Master Zheng sent his disciples to help and opened up a lot of new fields."

Speaking of this, a disciple mentioned another thing:

"I heard that Master Zheng is planning to build an agricultural guidance center on Paradise Island. We, the disciples studying agriculture, will also go there to help guide those mortals in farming in the future. He also said that he wants to collect some data..."

Everyone looked at each other with strange expressions.

"This Master Zheng really values ​​mortals..."

Some people even complained: "We didn't have these messy tasks before..."

"We didn't work for nothing. It's just that the work in the General Affairs Hall is different from before."

"...Anyway, I don't like it. I'm not the only one who thinks so...Aren't there disciples in Jiushan Sect who are not used to it?"

The other disciples were also speechless.

It’s not that they think there is anything wrong with the Nine Mountains Realm - Master Qian is willing to take them to escape together, and most of these people are people with some foresight: the Qianhe Sect has been destroyed, and they are lucky to be alive.

What's more, the Nine Mountains Realm is just a little monotonous in scenery, but it's safe to live in, at least you don't have to worry about life and death disasters.

Originally, there was some estrangement between them and the disciples of Jiushan Sect, but after entering the Jiushan Realm, it seemed as if they had experienced hardships together, and things were much better than before.

They also had some friends in the Jiushan Sect.

But there is no way to get used to it - many people have lived in the Xuanwei Realm for a hundred years, and suddenly moved to the Jiushan Realm, and felt that everything was different.

"In fact, if Master Zheng hadn't considered us as outsiders, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to gain a foothold so quickly."

The female disciple said again.

After hearing this, everyone was silent, but they had to admit that it was true: Although Zheng Fa was not strong, his will permeated the entire Nine Mountains Realm. His attitude towards the disciples of Qianhe Sect naturally influenced many disciples.

"Master Zheng..." This was the disciple that he had said he didn't like before. He couldn't seem to say anything bad about him now. He just muttered angrily, "He's too kind to mortals. Besides, we've been doing spiritual farming work recently. There's no future for us..."

"Don't get used to it." The female disciple said, "If you say you don't like it, our master is changing fast..."

“…”

After she said this, the others nodded.

…

While they were discussing, Zheng Fa was discussing the establishment of a laboratory with several Yuanyings.

It was called a discussion, but basically it was other people who were asking questions and Zheng Fa who was talking.

"So, the most important thing about this laboratory is actually the means of observation?"

Uncle Pang listened for a long time before he understood.

"That's right!" Zheng Fa said with a hint of appreciation, "In my opinion, your 'Dongxu Spirit Eye' is extremely suitable for experimental observation and is an indispensable spell in the laboratory."

"But my thousand-year-old purple bamboo seems to be having trouble adapting to the climate in the Nine Mountains Realm."

Uncle Pang sighed.

"My 'Eye of the Void' doesn't make much progress in terms of subtlety."

Zheng Fa also discovered this.

The magic spell "Dongxu Spirit Eye" is divided into three realms: observing qi, entering the subtle, and Dongxu.

Zheng Fa is in the realm of subtlety - according to his estimation, the Void Spirit Eye in the realm of subtlety can see the structure of organelles with almost enough accuracy, and can also vaguely see some structures inside organelles.

Uncle Pang was naturally better than him, but Zheng Fa needed much higher precision now: he hoped that he could see details at the atomic level or even the nuclear level.

"Dongxu Lingyan" still has some shortcomings.

Thinking about it this way, Zheng Fa had another idea: modern precision observation instruments, such as nuclear magnetic resonance or electron microscopes, are mostly related to electrons - can this be achieved through magic arrays or magic weapons?

Thinking of this, he felt a little headache - the Nine Mountains Realm was in ruins, not to mention that he still had a lot to do, and his talents, resources, and theories were all somewhat flawed...

There were so many things to think about at once that he actually felt a little tired.

As if sensing his emotions, Senior Sister Zhang suddenly looked up, stretched out her hand, and handed over a spiritual fruit - this spiritual fruit was also produced in the medicine garden, and was not worth many Heavenly Merits. Senior Sister Yuan had earned some Heavenly Merits in the lower realm in the past few days, so she exchanged some for a snack.

Senior Sister Yuan looked at her empty right hand, then at the spiritual fruit in front of Zheng Fa.

She fell into deep thought - the fruit was given to her, and she... didn't dare to snatch it back, but it seemed that this favor was not owed to her?

This is a bit of a bully! "I'll return it to you when I get back," Senior Sister Zhang paused, "I'll return the expensive one to you."

Senior Sister Yuan suddenly became happy. She dug into her pocket and took out another fruit: "I still have some. Senior Sister, do you want some more?"

Zheng Fa took a bite of the spiritual fruit and was about to speak when he saw a disciple of Jiushan Sect running over quickly. After bowing to the few people, he said to him, "Master Qian invites Junior Brother Zheng to go to the medicine garden..."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fa's mind changed and a smile appeared on his face.

Although my business has expanded a bit, it seems that I am about to see results? ...

When he saw Master Qian again, Zheng Fa almost didn't recognize him.

The person is still the same person, the face is still the same face, and the belly is still the same belly.

But the expression on this person's face was very different from the past - Master Qian was originally in charge of the Qianhe Sect's market, welcoming and seeing off guests, and his personality tended to be lively and slick, so his expression naturally showed some of that.

When they met again this time, Zheng Fa actually saw some familiar temperament in him.

He actually looks a bit like Teacher Tian.

Master Qian was squatting beside a field in the medicine garden, carefully examining a rice plant there. His expression was solemn and focused, and he even looked a little dull as if he was thinking all the time. He didn't even notice Zheng Fa and the others approaching.

Zheng Fa never thought that the person who changed the fastest and most thoroughly after coming to the Nine Mountains Realm was actually Master Qian, whom he was not very familiar with.

"Master Qian?"

Zheng Fa spoke softly.

Master Qian came back to his senses at this moment. He turned around and saw Zheng Fa and Senior Sister Zhang and others coming. He was immediately shocked and the expression on his face immediately changed back to normal.

A slightly flattering smile appeared on his face, and he looked somewhat like his original self again, and hurriedly saluted to several people.

"Master Qian came to me, did you get any results?"

Zheng Fa waved his hand and asked.

"Results..." To his surprise, Master Qian looked a little confused, hesitating, "There are some results, but..."

Seeing him like this, Zheng Fa became more interested: "Master, can you tell me about it?"

Since Master Qian had invited Zheng Fa here, he naturally wouldn't hide anything. However, when he looked at Senior Sister Zhang and the others, he seemed a little embarrassed to speak.

After thinking for a while, Master Qian gritted his teeth, turned around and led a few people towards the depths of the fields.

"This matter has to start from the cultivation of rice seeds."

He said as he walked.

"At that time, Master Zheng, didn't you leave me a few books?"

Zheng Fa nodded.

These are some agricultural experimental plans summed up by Mr. Hou and Teacher Tian. They have tried modern concepts in the nursing home and recorded them once they were confirmed to be effective.

"I didn't understand it at first, so I thought I would learn while I was growing. Even if I couldn't grow anything, I would have learned something."

Hearing what Master Qian said, Zheng Fa couldn't help but praise: "This is the right way. You can learn by applying what you have learned, and learn faster."

When Master Qian heard this, he also laughed and his shoulders relaxed a lot.

"I don't understand the rest, but I do understand the hybridization experiment..." he said briskly.

"so?"

"I hybridized all the spiritual plants in the medicine garden with the rice we collected."

"Complete?"

Zheng Fa was stunned.

He stood still, looking at Master Qian, and finally understood the change in this man.

This workload is not small. There are at least several thousand spiritual plants in the medicine garden.

Plus, there are many varieties of rice, so this experiment would have to be done tens of thousands of times...

A person who is not crazy is not considered a big change...

Master Qian nodded, as if he understood what Zheng Fa was thinking: "This is a hard job, but I have a few disciples to help me, so it's not a big deal."

"Any results?"

"Yes!" Master Qian pointed forward, "That's it."

Zheng Fa looked in the direction he pointed, where a rice seedling stood tall.

The rice seedlings were neither thick nor tall, but there was one strange thing about them - they had faint blue-purple spots from top to bottom, making them look mysterious and dangerous.

"Is this grain a spiritual plant?"

Zheng Fa was overjoyed.

It’s not that grain-based spiritual plants are valuable, but low-level disciples cannot do without them.

You can practice fasting after reaching the golden elixir stage.

But cultivators who practice Qi training and build their foundation need to eat.

"I guess so..." Master Qian waved his hand lightly, and a disciple beside him brought over a bowl with a small bowl of rice in it, with blue and purple dots on the rice.

"Is this thing not poisonous?"

Senior Sister Yuan at the side suddenly asked.

"It's not poisonous... it's just..."

"Then let me try it!" When Senior Sister Yuan heard this, her eyes lit up and she grabbed a few grains of raw rice and stuffed them into her mouth.

"Forehead……"

Master Qian hesitated to speak.

"No, there are still a lot..." Senior Sister Yuan thought he was reluctant to give it up, and tried to comfort him, "I just want to taste it~"

When she said the last few words, Senior Sister Yuan suddenly let out a trembling sound, as if she was extremely ecstatic.

“…”

Everyone couldn't help but look at her face. Seeing that her mouth was crooked and her face was tilted, and her expression was a little twitchy - they couldn't help but look back at Master Qian.

Didn’t you say it’s not poisonous? “It’s not poisonous… but it’s electrified…” Master Qian was also a little embarrassed, and whispered, “Fairy Yuan ate it too fast, I didn’t have time to tell you…”

"…Is it numb…" Zheng Fa held back his smile and asked Senior Sister Yuan.

“…Ma~”

Senior Sister Yuan said with a big tongue.

Master Qian's expression on the side was also explaining: "This new spiritual plant does contain spiritual energy, but it also... carries a strong electricity."

“I’m afraid everyone is not used to it…”

As he spoke, his expression became a little depressed.

No wonder this person had been hesitating before.

The spiritual plants in the Xuanwei Realm are often either rich in spiritual energy or have a unique taste.

No lunatic is pursuing an electric feeling.

Eh? No!

Zheng Fa suddenly remembered an old friend named Yan...

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He's not the only psychopath there! Thinking of Yan Wushuang, he had an idea.

He took out a few grains of rice, put them into his mouth and chewed them slowly.

Well, it's a little electric, but not very strong!

After he practiced the "Five Thunder Body Technique", he was almost insensitive to this little bit of electricity.

but……

Zheng Fa looked at Master Qian, and saw that he looked a little uneasy, as if he really felt that he had done something useless.

"Master Qian..."

"Um?"

Zheng Fa suddenly cupped his hands and bowed gently towards him.

"Master Zheng, what are you doing..."

"This spiritual plant can be of great use to my Nine Mountains Realm!" Zheng Fa said with a smile, "Now the environment of my Nine Mountains Realm is special, and thunder magic is of utmost importance... This spiritual plant may help my Nine Mountains disciples cultivate thunder-related magic bodies."

The power of thunder cannot be ignored. In the Xuanwei Realm, any cultivator who practices thunder magic must use spiritual materials to cultivate resistance to thunder and lightning - such as the Xuan Lei Stone for the "Five Thunder Body".

But most spiritual materials are relatively expensive.

Even in the Nine Mountains Realm, it is difficult for ordinary disciples to exchange for it.

“If this spiritual plant can produce as much as rice and provide a certain amount of thunder power like the Black Thunder Stone, then it will be the most suitable thing for the lower-level disciples of my Jiushan Sect to cultivate their Dharma bodies!”

After hearing what Zheng Fa said, Master Qian's expression suddenly brightened.

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you..." Zheng Fa said with a smile, "Even if everyone doesn't like to eat it, for cultivators who cultivate the Lightning Body, this thing is cheap and easy to use, and it won't be bad to sell - it can even be sold to the Xuanwei Realm!"

When everyone heard this, they all thought it made sense and looked at the spiritual plant differently.

When Master Qian thought about it, he became even happier. He couldn't help but mutter, "I thought... I thought..."

Obviously, he was so happy that he didn't know what to say.

"Master Qian, why don't you give this new spiritual plant a name?"

Zheng Fa also said with a smile.

He was also quite happy in his heart.

On the one hand, this new spiritual plant is indeed useful. He has just felt the thunder power contained in this spiritual plant. There is no problem in practicing the first level of "Five Thunder Body". He even plans to see if he can continue to cultivate this spiritual plant in the future to see if he can cultivate more thunder power and a variety suitable for a higher level of "Five Thunder Body".

On the other hand, this was the first successful attempt of modern science in the Nine Mountains Realm - and it was an attempt initiated spontaneously by Master Qian.

The significance of this actually made Zheng Fa even happier.

"I choose a name?"

Master Qian was stunned.

"certainly……"

“Then…then…” Master Qian hesitated for a while, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, “Then let’s call it Qianhe Valley… Qianhe Sect has already perished, I hope this name can be passed down.”

Everyone was stunned, and couldn't help but show a bit of respect on their faces.

Only the disciple behind Master Qian had a slightly strange expression, as if he had thought of something...

…

Everyone studied the Qianhe Valley again and found that after cooking, the thunder power in it did not change much.

This spiritual valley is not without its shortcomings - there is not much spiritual energy in it, and compared to the mature spiritual valleys in the Xuanwei Realm, it is not as helpful for cultivation.

Perhaps that was why Master Qian looked so nervous before.

"As long as this method is effective, there will always be room for improvement in the future." Zheng Fa comforted, "And even if it is like this now, it is also extremely useful for our Jiushan Sect - in a few days, when Senior Sister Zhang improves the system of the General Affairs Hall, the sect will have its own rewards."

Upon hearing this, Master Qian couldn't help but show some joy on his face: "No..."

Zheng Fa ignored his modesty and just said, "There are two cultivation directions for Qianhe Valley. One is to reduce the power of thunder and increase spiritual power - that is, to cultivate it into ordinary spiritual plants."

"The other is to increase the power of thunder..."

"You should know the idea?"

This made Master Qian shut up all of a sudden, and he nodded repeatedly: "Master Zheng, I know the method in your book."

Zheng Fa was even more satisfied after hearing this. He looked at Master Qian and suddenly said, "Master Qian..."

"Um?"

"Thank you!"

Zheng Fa said solemnly.

Master Qian was stunned. He didn't know how to use all his past experience in welcoming and seeing off guests.

After Zheng Fa finished speaking, Senior Sister Zhang also nodded towards Master Qian with a smile.

Uncle Pang patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Not bad."

After Zheng Fa and others said goodbye, Master Qian still stood there with an inexplicable expression, as if he was a little dazed.

"Master..." The disciples behind him looked at each other, not quite understanding what he was thinking: "Are you unhappy?"

"Happy?" Master Qian turned around and said to the others, "I am happy!"

"Then you just now..."

"I was thinking... In the past, I was servile, humiliated, and smiled..." Master Qian actually looked as if he was in another world, "I have never seen a Yuanying Master pat me on the shoulder and say to me, 'Not bad'..."

"Now that I can stand up straight, I don't have to risk my life anymore... but I got these..."

“…”

After saying that, Master Qian turned and walked towards the field, humming a song.

His disciples looked at each other, pondered over what their master had just said, and turned around and ran to the fields.

Doing the boring farm work again seemed very hopeful.

…

The Baibao Hall on Tiangong Island in Jiushan Realm has now officially become the General Affairs Hall.

At present, Zheng Fa has not yet opened up secular business on a large scale - basically, Uncle Huang and Sister Yuan are still in charge of secular affairs.

But there are tasks in the General Affairs Hall. The most common task now is to build the Nine Islands of the Heavenly Palace - the construction speed is not very fast, because many talismans and spells cannot be used in the Nine Mountains Realm.

Zhou Qianyuan followed his senior brother Sun Daoyu to the General Affairs Hall, ready to take on some more tasks and exchange for some spiritual materials.

Sun Daoyu said: "The Nine Mountains Realm is most suitable for thunder magic. My fellow apprentices should cooperate with each other and complete more tasks to cultivate the magic body first."

Zhou Qianyuan nodded, and then he heard a cry of surprise from another side hall, the Sealing God Hall: "There is this, too?"

The two looked at each other and walked towards the Temple of the Gods.

As soon as they entered the Temple of the Gods, they found a light curtain standing inside with densely packed words on it.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Daoyu asked curiously.

"Junior Brother Zheng has come up with some kind of educational outline, saying that he plans to select students according to this outline and teach them immortal arts."

Someone explained.

"Then...why are they so excited?"

Sun Daoyu pointed at his senior brother in front of him, only to see him swiping back and forth on the light curtain with his fingers trembling.

Not only him, all the fellow disciples present were whispering, seemingly discussing something.

"There are too many immortal methods above..."

"Um?"

"There is the 'Talisman Foundation Building Method'..."

"ah?"

Sun Daoyu and the other fellow looked at each other and immediately felt that the excitement of these fellow disciples was very justified.

The reputation of "Taoism Foundation Building Method" became bigger and bigger as Zheng Fa became stronger and stronger.

Especially after Senior Sister Zhang broke through the Nascent Soul stage, many people believed that this was the number one foundation-building method of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

But this is Senior Sister Zhang’s unique secret method, and others dare not even dream of it.

Now it is included in this so-called "Education Outline", how can they not be excited? "And the master's talisman array method..."

"Master Pang's method of connecting talismans..."

“…”

"I even heard that there is a secret method to form a pill..."

Zhou Qianyuan and Sun Daoyu were both confused by what they heard...

They looked at each other, squeezed into the crowd, read the outline over and over for a long time, and asked:

“What does this subject requirement mean?”

This is when Senior Brother Yang spoke up: "I know, Senior Sister Zhang said that Junior Brother Zheng intends to conduct a major exam... Let's see if we meet the requirements based on the results."

“…”

“I don’t know how this test will work…”

"How can we take the test? Is it harder than our life-and-death struggle? We are not afraid of death, but we are afraid of taking the test?"

“That’s right!”

(End of this chapter)