Actually, Qin Gu wasn't in a hurry for the lab to produce results at first. After all, it was something from the underworld, so it was perfectly normal for it to be difficult to handle or completely unusable. He wanted to develop its uses, not to make things difficult for the researchers.
Once the arrangements were made and the experimental samples were sent over, he didn't pay any more attention to it. However, he quickly received a reply, and the lab was extremely excited.
Because Qin Gu remembered that the ghost messengers had put this silt in a furnace and burned it, he mentioned it when he delivered the experimental samples, saying that it could be used for high-temperature experiments.
As for why he delivered it personally, it's because this thing is too difficult to store. He had previously complained that the underworld was too poor, making ghosts dig roads with their bare hands. Later, he realized that there was nothing he could do about it.
This mud really doesn't stick to anything. He tried putting a bucket in it, and no matter how fast he lifted it, the mud flowed away just as quickly, leaving the bucket empty in no time. It completely defies the principles of mechanics.
Qin Gu then understood why the judge looked at him like a fool. The very act of transporting and processing the mud he bought was a huge problem. Did he expect cultivators to do the work for him? That would be far too costly.
Thanks to his clever little Bei, Xiao Bei figured that even if it didn't touch other things, it could at least mix things together.
He remembered that the ghost messengers used fire to burn it, and that fire was extraordinary. Ruan Bei tried to make some himself and used fire of different temperatures to burn it. He slowly baked the very thin mud until it could barely be shaped, then shaped it into a container and continued to burn it.
Throughout the entire process, his hands were always covered with spiritual energy; otherwise, they would not have been able to take shape at all.
Finally, some containers made from silt were successfully fired. When these containers were used to hold silt, it would not leak out.
After finding it feasible, he burned some other utensils. He was good with his hands, and the first few times he burned them were just average, but later they became more and more exquisite and neat.
The experimenters could only use the strange tools that Ruan Bei burned to conduct experiments, and then they discovered that at extremely high temperatures, these sludge could react with many kinds of materials to form a new composite material.
To be more precise, these silts are more like an additive or catalyst, which can greatly improve the toughness, ductility, and high-temperature resistance of materials, and the emphasis varies depending on the substrate.
The research institutes were ecstatic, and during their reports, they kept saying how precious and useful this material was.
It's important to understand that often the limiting factor for technological development isn't technology itself, but rather the lack of advanced materials. These composite materials made from silt, whether used in military or civilian applications, will greatly enhance the development of the industry.
Qin Gu instantly realized the value of this material. If it really was that useful, even if transportation and storage were difficult, he could earn enough money to hire cultivators as kiln workers to fire storage vessels and various processing equipment.
As for whether the practitioner is willing or not, firstly, he has money and can always hire someone by offering a high price.
Secondly, since this material is so useful, we will definitely need to cooperate with the government. We will have the Special Affairs Bureau solve the container problem. In addition to the cultivators from the Xuanmen sect, the bureau also has many legitimate public servants trained by various organizations. They will do whatever we ask them to do.
He told Ruan Bei the good news, and Ruan Bei's first reaction was: "It's even heat-resistant? Aren't these things afraid of being burned?"
The temperature he gets from burning utensils doesn't count; that temperature is definitely not comparable to the temperature of yin fire.
Qin Gu pondered for a moment: "The fire in the underworld must be unusual, or the standards must be different."
They didn't know that conducting high-temperature reaction experiments in the laboratory involved putting other materials into small buckets made by Ruan Bei, which was incredibly difficult.
Ruan Bei thought about it and realized it made sense. He had glanced at it then and noticed that the flames in the stove were blue and white.
"Then should we report it?" Ruan Bei asked.
"Yes, I'll go find my dad first and tell him."
Qin Gu quickly considered his plans for the future. Before leaving, he remembered something: "Xiao Bei, next time you see the Judge or the ghost messengers, ask them for me how to cultivate this mud, or what to add to make it grow faster."
Ruan Bei: "...???"
"You want to raise mud?"
Can you raise things from mud? Oh, right, these mud plants can even reproduce on their own. They don't need to be fed or excreted, making it much simpler than raising other things.
Qin Gu nodded naturally. His previous plan was to use up the products as soon as possible if they were not very useful or profitable.
Now that we know it's a good thing, we can't exploit it to the point of exhaustion. We need to follow a sustainable development path, nurture this mud, and let it continue to generate wealth for itself.
Ruan Bei: "...Okay, okay, I'll remember to ask for you."
Now the judge will probably think he's a fool too.
Qin Gu rushed to the capital again without stopping. After all, it was a laboratory under the Qin family, and Qin Zhengze already knew about it, so he couldn't help but sigh at his good luck.
Qin Gu smiled and said, "It's not good luck. In the future, when we cooperate with the underworld, this kind of situation will definitely happen again. Dad, don't worry, I will never let you down. I will strive to double the Qin family's assets as soon as possible."
Qin Zhengze: "..."
He's got a wolf's ambition! Isn't this implying that he'll surpass his father?
Despite his anger, Qin Zhengze couldn't let his unfilial son hold him back, so he stepped in to help him resolve the matter.
They submitted this material through Fu Zhao. Of course, it was only submitted after multiple repeated tests and confirmations.
The government was overjoyed, of course. They had only just begun cooperating with the underworld and hadn't even seen any results yet, but they had already discovered such excellent materials.
Of course, the state could not take advantage of Qin Gu, so after discussion, they decided to cooperate in development. Ruan Bei didn't know the specifics, as he didn't have much talent in this area, but he knew that Qin Gu must have made a lot of money.
As for how he knew, it was because he sent his father a yacht in return.
The boat was spray-painted with SpongeBob and Patrick, and SpongeBob's pants even had a ripped seam...
Yes, this matter has also become a trending topic. Ruan Bei heard Qin Gu making a phone call to ask someone to buy it. Her boyfriend is really petty.
I heard that Uncle Qin later dug out the old ruler that the Qin family hadn't used for many years and said he was going to teach his unfilial son a lesson. Qin Gu didn't think that he was young and strong and had practiced martial arts since he was a child, so he was no match for his father, who had needed his wife to protect him when he was young. But he couldn't really fight his father, so he decided to stay away.
Having had your fun is enough. As for saving face, there's no shame in admitting defeat to your own father.
Everything was going well until one day when Ruan Bei received a call from his senior brother, he realized that quite a long time had passed since he almost starved to death on the road to the underworld.
The senior brother informed them of the outcome of Luo Zikun's case.
After they returned that day, Luo Zikun and the other two were taken away by Xuan Ningcheng. He didn't ask what would happen to Ruan Bei and Qin Gu, as they believed that their sect wouldn't let them suffer any injustice.
They also knew that Luo Zikun's actions against them were a huge blow to their sect and elders, so they had better remain silent now, otherwise it would only make things more difficult for their master and elders.
Lu Sibai and Zou Na are relatively easy to deal with. Zou Na's actions not only violated the laws of the secular world, but also broke the rules of the cultivation world. Just her cooperation with the Ghost King alone is unforgivable.
So she was crippled and could no longer cultivate. The plan was to send her to prison once she had recovered a little. However, a few days later, she was found to have committed suicide.
Lu Sibai remained unconscious for almost half a month without waking up. Doctors couldn't find the cause, and the Special Affairs Bureau staff all thought he might never wake up again.
He eventually woke up, but he became an idiot, with a crooked mouth and drooling uncontrollably.
His sores gradually healed, but left behind thick, unsightly scars.
They learned from Zou Na's twin brother, Zhao Wen, that Lu Sibai had suffered a spiritual injury.
They already knew that Lu Sibai was a Japanese soldier, but it was said that most Japanese soldiers could not give birth, and even if they were, they did not live long.
Because the Japanese did not follow the normal reincarnation process; instead, they forcibly captured wandering ghosts and spirits to be reincarnated after the embryo had been conceived.
The reason why the King of the Underworld cultivated Lu Sibai as his own body was because when he captured a wild ghost to be reincarnated, he forcibly split off a wisp of his divine soul and merged it into the wild ghost's soul.
That's not enough. For a ghost to become human again goes against the natural order. In the end, it is still a ghost, and its attributes are different from those of a human.
The information about the Yin-Yang Eyes was given to Zou Na by Zhao Wen, and even the method of exchanging lives to obtain the eyes was his idea.
When he was very young, he was sent to the Zou family's laboratory. Everyone, including the cultivators who later sent him to the orphanage, thought he was too young to understand.
In fact, he was extremely intelligent. He was in the laboratory, where the people didn't guard against him. He overheard a lot of private information and gradually figured out everything that had happened to him.
He was unwilling to be blind and wanted to cultivate himself. Then he discovered that the path most suitable for him was to become a fortune teller, as he could learn all the related knowledge just by listening to it.
The Zou family fortune teller, who was being tricked into teaching him out of boredom, remarked that if he hadn't gone blind, he would definitely have become an outstanding fortune teller in the future.
But that's no longer possible. No fortune teller is blind before even starting out; he's ruined.
Zhao Wen was unwilling to accept this. He kept thinking about how to make himself see again. Later, he became obsessed with it and felt that his eyes were damaged because he was going to get a pair of yin-yang eyes. Perhaps only by getting a pair of yin-yang eyes could he be cured.
He was a genius, and a madman.
Zhao Wen told them that perhaps getting the Yin-Yang Eyes would be a good solution. The Yin-Yang Eyes can see through ghosts and are located on a human body, so in a sense, they span the Yin and Yang realms.
The Ghost King doesn't need any other function of the Yin-Yang Eyes; he only needs them to facilitate his fusion with his body.
Zhao Wen only used them as test subjects, and made a promise with them that if it was successful, they would find someone with the ability to see ghosts to replace them with him.
As for why the King of the Underworld insisted on becoming human, it was because his path was blocked.
The path of ghost cultivation is severed.
There must be other higher levels above the Ghost King, but he couldn't cultivate to that level. He was the same as the White Bone Ghost King, just like all ghosts. In the mortal world, the Ghost King was the pinnacle.
Unless they go to the underworld, which is where they belong, but given the sins they bear, who knows what kind of punishment they will suffer.
If they remain in the human world, their ultimate fate will either be destroyed by human celestial masters or be forcibly taken away by the underworld—the underworld will not ignore such powerful ghosts.
So he went all in and blocked the road to the underworld.
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