Chapter 644 The Silent Teacher, Nine Netherworlds Come to the Door
Watching the two senior and junior siblings talk, the jellyfish immediately knew that Mu Qingyan respected this senior brother very much, and the two senior and junior siblings had a very good relationship.
"Senior brother, have I delayed things?"
Mu Qingyan looked somewhat anxious and apologetic.
"No." Gu Chang shook his head and comforted him with a smile, "I saw you weren't here when I saw you weren't in the lab, and I sent you a spiritual message but you didn't reply, so I came directly here."
"Is everyone waiting for me?"
Mu Qingyan's expression became even more depressed.
"It's alright, they're all acquaintances, and everyone still has some preparations to make, so it won't matter if you go a little later."
Mu Qingyan was no longer listening to anything. She hurriedly walked out of the courtyard and flew into the sky.
Jellyfish watched from the side, knowing that this was the important matter Mu Qingyan had mentioned earlier. She couldn't help but wonder what could be so important that Mu Qingyan would not even want the secret realm she had left behind, and even want to give up the opportunity to become a true immortal.
What could Mu Qingyan possibly be unwilling to part with in the Nine Mountains Sect?
She followed Gu Chang and Mu Qingyan to a floating island in Qinglong Mansion.
As soon as she landed on the ground, Mu Qingyan hurriedly apologized to everyone: "Grandmaster Qian, Elder Jiao, thank you for keeping me waiting."
There are quite a few people on this island.
Qian Taishang, the head of Jiushan Agricultural Academy, was waiting here with Jiao Wuji and some disciples. Beside them were Elder Xiong and others from the former Qingmu Sect.
Upon seeing Mu Qingyan arrive, Qian Taishang didn't say anything else, but first asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
Mu Qingyan glanced at the jellyfish secretly and shook her head, saying, "It's nothing. I just had some insights while cultivating and forgot about the time for a moment."
"This is a good thing," Qian Taishang said with a smile. "Waiting a little while won't hurt."
The jellyfish looked on with increasing curiosity, while Mu Qingyan held this Qian Taishang in extremely high esteem.
However, this Elder Qian's cultivation level seemed to be only at the Nascent Soul stage, which was by no means high in this place. The Elder Jiao, whose species was unclear, had a much higher cultivation level.
But everyone looked at this person with respect.
This Nine Mountains Sect seems strange in every way...
As they talked, the group walked toward the center of the island and soon entered a large, plain white room.
Inside the room was a bed, and on the bed lay a person.
Next to the bed were various iron lumps that jellyfish didn't recognize, which only made her more confused.
But she recognized the person in the bed—how could the Primal Demon Ancestor be lying here?
...
As soon as Mu Qingyan entered the room, her expression turned serious. She looked at Elder Xiong beside her and asked, "How were the effects of the Spirit Enhancement Water from the past two days?"
Elder Xiong took out the Tongjian in his hand, seemingly looking at some document, and after a while said, "The effect is 37 percent stronger than the previous version, and the side effects are 50 percent less."
His tone was full of joy.
Mu Qingyan simply nodded: "Not bad."
Qian Taishang laughed: "This is only 'not bad'? Since its development, the Spirit Enhancement Water has become more than thirty times more effective than the first version, and its side effects are even less than those of the Supreme Dao Nourishing Essence Pill. This is only 'not bad'?"
The Peiyuan Pill is one of the unique pills of the Supreme Dao. It can help cultivators accumulate spiritual power with almost no side effects. It is extremely useful in daily cultivation and even when a cultivator breaks through a cultivation stage. It has always been in short supply and sells very well.
Mu Qingyan laughed somewhat embarrassedly: "Sir Qian, the sect has invested a lot in our project team."
"It's not just about having Elder Jiao lead you to cultivate spiritual plants specifically for our project."
"Even my senior brother put down what he was doing to help me."
"Not to mention that we can mess with this original Dharma body at will, and the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate can deduce it without sparing any resources."
"The effects of the Spirit Enhancement Water are not yet sufficient; in fact, even one Spirit Enhancement Water can only be considered a starting point."
After thinking for a moment, Qian Taishang nodded and said, "Pharmacy is indeed the weakest point of our Nine Mountains Sect, and it is also the problem that the Nine Mountains Sect most needs to solve in its development."
Among the four arts of cultivating immortality, the art of talismans has always been a traditional strength of the Nine Mountains Sect.
With the help of modern manufacturing concepts and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the Nine Mountains Sect is confident that it is the best in the Xuanwei realm. Moreover, they have almost completely inherited the legacy of Haori Mountain.
Not to mention the Dao of Formations, the Golden Immortal of Creation and the Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor used their lives as experiments.
The only area that has not developed well is pharmacology, or rather, alchemy. It was better before, as the Nine Mountains Sect and the Supreme Dao were allies.
The relationship between the Nine Mountains Sect and the Supreme Dao is not good, not even superficially harmonious—but there is still business, after all, the Nine Mountains Sect has made so many magical artifacts that it needs to sell.
However, the Supreme Dao was not so generous; some important elixirs were no longer exported to the Nine Mountains Sect.
Mu Qingyan looked at the others and said in a very serious tone: "Master said that relying on the Supreme Dao will ultimately leave us vulnerable to others. Our Nine Mountains Sect must be able to have its own substitutes for key pills, even if the effect is slightly worse."
"For this reason, Zongnei spared no expense and set no time limit, giving us the greatest possible assistance."
At this point, Mu Qingyan's eyes sharpened even more:
“I know that Master is afraid that I will be under too much pressure and does not want to set higher goals for me... but I am not willing to be worse than the Supreme Dao.”
"Why should my Nine Mountains Sect's alchemy be inferior to the Supreme Dao?"
"We are determined to create elixirs even better than those of the Supreme Dao!"
The people in the room looked at each other and nodded slightly.
...
Looking at Mu Qingyan's impassioned speech, Jellyfish felt a mix of emotions: some admiration, but mostly helplessness.
She could tell, of course, that Mu Qingyan was now focusing all her attention on developing elixirs.
The Nine Mountains Sect also seemed to have given her a great deal of trust and resources. Among so many departments here, Mu Qingyan was the person in charge of the project.
The jellyfish increasingly felt that among the seeds she left behind, Mu Qingyan had the highest cultivation, the most solid foundation, and even the most similar temperament to hers.
But she could also sense that it would be difficult for her to bring Mu Qingyan out of the Nine Mountains Sect.
She had no idea she was so stubborn!
Not to mention that Mu Qingyan would rather stay in the Nine Mountains Sect to do research than go with her.
More importantly, can the Supreme Dao be surpassed by simply saying a few words?
Yaochi and Taishangdao have a close connection, and the jellyfish has a much deeper understanding of Taishangdao than ordinary cultivators.
The Supreme Dao's advantage in alchemy has become deeply entrenched over these past few eras. In fact, Jellyfish believes that as long as the Supreme Dao remains, no one else can surpass it in alchemy.
In her opinion, Mu Qingyan, and even everyone in the room, were far too naive, even somewhat ignorant of their own limitations.
But Mu Qingyan didn't care what she thought.
As soon as she entered the lab, she seemed to put the jellyfish out of her mind and began to study them wholeheartedly.
The jellyfish had nowhere to go, so it just watched from the sidelines.
After observing for several months, Jellyfish gradually came to understand the research methods of this project team:
With the help of Qian Taishang's spiritual medicine, Mu Qingyan either extracted or refined it to cultivate new medicine... and then fed it to the Primordial Demon Ancestor.
Then these people would cut off a piece from the original demon ancestor for testing, and based on the test results, adjust the type of elixir, the refining method, and the dosage.
The jellyfish looked at the Primal Demon Ancestor lying on the bed, its eyes filled with sympathy.
Previously, she didn't understand why the Nine Mountains Sect placed the Primordial Demon Ancestor here. Then one day, she heard Gu Chang praise:
"Master's giving us the original Dharma body was a great help."
"The Primordial Demon Ancestor can be said to be the ancestor of the human race. Master said that his Dharma body is the greatest common denominator of the human body structure. Using him alone for experiments is equivalent to using tens of thousands of samples."
Jiao Wuji interjected, "Not only that, the greatest advantage of this Dharma Body is its resilience. Not only can it not die, but it can also grow back from anywhere on its own."
Hearing these words, even the jellyfish felt it was outrageous—is this how a top-level Golden Immortal's Dharma body is used?
Later, she heard Mu Qingyan laugh and say, "Master said that even if this person committed many evils in his life, he can still serve as our cadaver and help us develop spiritual medicines. That can be considered as doing good deeds and accumulating merit."
Did you ask Lu Yao if he wanted this merit?
Aside from that, she was quite impressed with the cultivators of the Nine Mountains Sect.
Mu Qingyan's senior brother, Gu Chang, has an extremely good understanding of human anatomy. It is said that he discovered the spiritual intelligence system and solved the mystery of spiritual roots.
They are currently studying the Dao Body, seemingly trying to figure out exactly what the Dao Body is.
Because of his profound understanding of the human body, Gu Chang was the one who led the analysis and interpretation of the original Dharmakaya reactions.
Elder Xiong's alchemy skills were just average, nothing special, but not good enough for the jellyfish.
It's just that money is too much...
Jellyfish looked at Qian Taishang with a very serious expression.
In the jellyfish's view, Qian Taishang's expertise in cultivating spiritual plants was astonishing, even in the Jade Pool.
But only those within the family know their own affairs. The cultivation of spiritual plants in Yaochi relies on the Ren Water Peaches and the Taiyin Laurel Tree.
But this Master Qian was just an ordinary cultivator. He didn't have any spiritual roots to help him, but his spiritual farming skills were extraordinary. Even she sometimes felt that she had gained a lot of insights from listening to him.
What's even more terrifying is that not only Qian Taishang, but many disciples in this room also have considerable insights into the cultivation of spiritual plants. They could be considered geniuses that only appear once in ten thousand years in Yaochi.
A genius that appears only once in a millennium, here's a whole room full of them...
...
"The Heavenly Evolution Array has yielded new results. This time, 830,000 new molecular structures for Enhancing Spirit Water have been designed." Mu Qingyan took out the General Mirror. "After simulation screening, 95% of the molecules have the problem of high toxicity and low efficacy. We need to verify the remaining 20,000-plus molecules."
The jellyfish was completely bewildered, having no idea what the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate or the simulated screening was.
But there was one thing she understood!
In just a few months, the Nine Mountains Sect actually designed more than 830,000 improved Spirit Enhancement Waters!
Then they directly selected 20,000 of them!
What kind of efficiency is this!
What she didn't know was that Jiushan pharmacology had been developing for over a hundred years, but with few achievements.
This is to be expected—in the Xuanwei Realm, alchemy is a complex matter; to put it simply, many alchemists themselves don't even know how they made the pills…
Turning to the ancient texts, one finds records of various elixirs, all of which describe how someone happened to create a new batch of elixirs, then found a few unlucky individuals to test them on. If they worked, the formula was recorded, passed down, and modified generation after generation.
This means that the development of Daoist alchemy requires the most time and accumulation.
The advantage of the Supreme Dao in this regard, to put it bluntly, is the accumulation of both genius and time.
However, the fact that the Nine Mountains Sect did not achieve many results does not mean that they gained nothing. On the contrary, their accumulation of knowledge and experience is quite profound.
After more than a hundred years of exploration, they have built a huge database on the medicinal properties of various Xuanwei pills, their understanding of the human body, and even their knowledge of various spiritual plants.
This doesn't even include the introduction of modern pharmaceutical research methods.
It was time for quantitative changes to lead to qualitative changes.
More importantly, Senior Sister Zhang created the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate.
With the help of array disks, drug molecule design, target discovery, synthesis optimization, and drug efficacy verification are all more than a hundred times faster than before.
This finally gave wings to the pharmaceutical research of the Nine Mountains Sect, setting it on a path of great progress.
It was precisely because of this that Mu Qingyan, Gu Chang, and the others truly saw hope of surpassing the Supreme Dao.
Several months later, Mu Qingyan looked at the test report and suddenly held up a test tube:
"The Spirit Enhancement Water No. 100096 has an effect more than three times that of the Supreme Qi Cultivation Pill, while its side effects are only one-tenth of those of the Qi Cultivation Pill... It meets the project acceptance requirements!"
The room was quiet for a moment, then one of the disciples cheered.
Elder Xiong ran around the room, as if nothing could vent his excitement.
Jiao Wuji danced with joy, patting Qian Taishang on the shoulder.
Gu Chang stood to the side, seemingly unaccustomed to the hustle and bustle, and simply watched with a smile.
Even the jellyfish couldn't help but be infected by the atmosphere, and the corners of their mouths curved up.
This success was not easy.
For nearly a year, most people here never stepped out of the laboratory. Experiments were conducted round after round, and seminars were held all night long. She had seen a lot of exhaustion, confusion, disagreements, and arguments.
Now that the fruits of our labor have been borne, who could not be overjoyed?
Just as she was lost in thought, Mu Qingyan suddenly held up a test tube and looked at her.
The jellyfish paused for a moment, then immediately understood what Mu Qingyan meant—this was the path I had chosen, and to me, it was something more precious than any treasure.
Looking at Mu Qingyan, who stood in the center of the crowd as if she were shining, Jellyfish lowered her eyes gently, feeling both love and hate in her heart.
With the successful research on the Spirit Enhancement Water, Mu Qingyan and others' project will have to be suspended for a period of time.
The Nine Mountains Sect will inspect the Spirit Enhancement Water, evaluate its effectiveness, prepare for its production, and distribute rewards.
The disciples in the project team also need to rest, and take advantage of the rewards issued by the sect to cultivate and catch up on the progress lost during the research.
A group of people walked out of the laboratory, said goodbye to each other, and Mu Qingyan walked alone towards her own courtyard.
The jellyfish landed beside her, and the two walked out of the yard without saying a word.
A figure stood at the entrance of Mu Qingyan's courtyard.
"Your Majesty!"
The jellyfish was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized the man's identity—the Taiyi Golden Immortal behind the Nine Mountains Sect, the Nine Nether Emperor.
Emperor Jiuyou nodded to Mu Qingyan and looked at the jellyfish.
"You can see me?" the jellyfish asked in surprise.
“Originally it wouldn’t be possible, but with some preparation, it’s not too difficult,” Emperor Jiuyou said with a shake of his head and a smile.
Are you prepared?
The jellyfish slowly looked at Mu Qingyan. Was it her who delivered the message?
Mu Qingyan tucked the Zizhi Tongjian into her waistband, looking completely nonchalant.
...Are you taking advantage of me because I don't understand these strange things from your Nine Mountains Sect?!
(End of this chapter)
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