Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Meng Yi Dan Cheng
The more Zhu Dan thought about it, the more excited he became.
But there was a problem. She took stock of the recipes she had, and found that none of them could achieve such an effect.
But it's not surprising. In the world of cultivation, techniques that can completely change species are forbidden, especially since these are seeds, which are living things. There are not many forbidden techniques involving this kind of techniques.
Although Zhu Dan is a casual cultivator, he has good talent and walks a steady path. He can achieve what he needs through honest means and has not involved many forbidden techniques.
Zhu Dan pondered for a moment, then returned to square one: "If there's one thing that's more relevant, it's probably the Transformation Pill. Can I use the Transformation Pill as a framework, adding or subtracting materials to transform the false into the true, fixing the shifting form, allowing a species to be reborn, a rebirth?"
She has always believed in a saying that when a person loses his memory, he will no longer be the same person when he is reincarnated, but a completely new existence.
Because memory constitutes a very important characteristic of the soul, when a person is reincarnated, his memory is erased, and everything starts over again, just like a program is formatted. He needs to start all over again and become a new person.
This concept can also be applied to species replacement.
She wanted to transform soybeans into peppers, and ordinary corn into sweet potatoes and potatoes with extremely high yields that could feed the people of Daqin.
"I'll design a new recipe for this pill and name it Nirvana Pill."
Now that he had an idea, Zhu Dan began to make preparations.
The Nirvana Pill is different from all the pills she had refined before. She had modified the existing pill formula before, but the essence remained unchanged. She just made it more localized and more suitable for the current situation of Daqin.
However, the Nirvana Pill has a process of turning the fake into the real based on the Transformation Pill, and it is a very important step. So the structure of the Transformation Pill has been disassembled, shaking its foundation.
This is not something that can be simply summarized as localization.
In the past, it would take Zhu Dan anywhere from a year to several years to create a new recipe for an elixir. This depended on the difficulty of the recipe she chose and her condition at the time.
If you have enough inspiration, you might be able to get results quickly, but if you hit a bottleneck...
Zhu Dan showed a bit of bitterness, but she had to do it no matter how difficult it was.
You know, she thought about building a big ship in Daqin and going out to sea in order to bring back sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers and other things.
No matter how difficult it is to design a pill formula, this is her area of expertise and is definitely easier than going out to sea.
After all, although she was lucky enough to be able to use spiritual power, she could not replicate some of the skills she had in the world of cultivation. It was impossible for her to fly overseas on a flying tripod. It was just that now that she had the Transformation Pill, the progress of shipbuilding could be faster, but the difficulty was not reduced much.
Because there is an indelible hurdle in shipbuilding, in addition to improving technology, materials also need to be improved.
The Nirvana Pill has not been designed yet, and Meng Yi and Meng Shangqing have arrived again.
That’s right, he also came to recommend himself to make elixirs.
When Zhu Dan saw Meng Yi, he thought of how the Meng family was favored by Zheng Ge.
Meng Yi was praised as a loyal and faithful minister. It was said that when he went out, he rode in the same carriage with Qin Shihuang, and when he was at home, he served Qin Shihuang. This shows how much trust Zhengge had in him.
As for his specific deeds, I'm sorry, Zhu Dan is not a professional historian, and she doesn't know about Meng Yi's strong characteristics, just like Li Si's change of fiefdoms into counties.
Of course, as a family of military generals, loyalty is the most important and distinctive quality of a military general.
The Meng brothers all had tragic endings, but the word loyalty was the key throughout.
Zhu Dan thought of the highest evaluation of loyalty - devoting all his life to a cause until his death, and he had an idea.
She wants to strengthen this point to the extreme, so... the scapegoat is you.
The principle of the death-substitution pill is somewhat similar to the mother-child Gu or the master-servant contract.
The Mother-Child Gu is different from the Mother-Child Pill. The latter is a mother giving everything just to make her children successful, just like many people in later generations who support their children from generation to generation, just so that their children can go further and stand higher.
The former is to sacrifice children to become a mother. Since you are the flesh and blood that crawled out of my belly, isn't it only natural to sacrifice you and become my strength?
Zhu Dan feels that both relationships are extreme and abnormal.
No matter what kind of relationship it is, it can only be maintained if there is give and take, but this does not prevent her from using this principle to design the recipe for the pill she wants.
Meng Yi is loyal to Zheng Ge and is willing to take the blame for him even if it means death. Zhu Dan therefore designs a death-substitute pill that can act as a meat shield, drawing away all the hatred and damage that can be pulled, ultimately keeping the main position intact.
Almost immediately, Zhu Dan thought of the insecticide pill that he had always regretted not being able to make.
Hu Hai was such a waste. The herbicide pills he made with his luck couldn't even kill the insects, so he could only let them run rampant.
These insects are much more difficult to deal with than the weeds growing in the fields. The weeds grow in succession, and at least farmers can pull them out immediately after seeing them, but the insects hide in the soil and are endless.
Kill it today and it will crawl back to another place tomorrow. It is impossible to guard against it.
But if there is such a pill that can attract insects to fall into the trap, making them voluntarily abandon the crops in the field and be caught like moths to a flame, wouldn’t it solve this major problem of crops?
Zhu Dan scratched her head. Maybe it was because she had been hanging around the farm recently. As soon as the death-substitute pill came out, she immediately thought of things related to crops and farmland.
In fact, the scope of the death-substitution pill is far more than just agriculture.
However, Zhu Dan felt that the follow-up could be considered further, and he should first come up with the insect-killing pill as a substitute.
Li Si's Nirvana Pill was still under design, but Meng Yi's insecticide pill could be refined immediately, so Zhu Dan asked Meng Yi to cooperate in a small trial.
She was used to having people watching her while she was refining the elixir, so this time she asked Yun Qiu to notify everyone as usual.
Soon everyone arrived.
Zhu Dan noticed that Li Si gave him a resentful look, as if to say, "It was me who approached you first, so why did Meng Yi take the lead?"
I have to say that Li Si is not really ugly. He is much older than Zheng Ge and is of the same generation as Wang Jian.
He has been the prime minister for many years, and although he has worked hard, he has not ruined himself as much as Wang Jian.
He had only a few white hairs and his appearance was well maintained. He lived longer than Zheng Ge in ancient times when life expectancy was generally short.
If he had not bet on the wrong horse and had his three clans exterminated by the wicked Hu Hai, he might have lived to see the third reign of Qin.
Even though he is not young anymore, he is still a handsome old man with elegant manners. His daughter Li Xueyao is a beautiful and gentle beauty. The old father must be good-looking.
No matter how good-looking she is, Zhu Dan felt goosebumps all over her body when she saw her looking at her with such a sad look.
But Li Si was obviously very willing to take the risk. After all, in his opinion, the national teacher himself said that she had lived for more than 300 years. Wasn't she much older than himself?
Secondly, who among those who sit in a high position does not have a thick skin?
Li Si was very humble. When he volunteered to make the elixir, he was prepared for bad luck, but it would be best if the degree of bad luck could be as mild as Wang Jian's.
Seeing Zhu Dan avoiding him, he wanted to run over and ask something.
He suppressed his thoughts only because he was worried that Zhu Dan was about to make the elixir. If his mood was affected by his actions, the king would definitely punish him. However, he had already made up his mind that he would definitely have a talk with the national teacher later.
It has to be said that Li Si still underestimated Zhu Dan.
Although Zhu Dan was somewhat affected at the beginning, once he was truly immersed in alchemy, he completely forgot everything around him and all his attention was focused on the alchemy cauldron in front of him.
The materials for the insecticide pill were not difficult to find, as they were largely similar to those for the weedkiller pill. In addition, as the map in his mind expanded, and with the help of other people to search for materials, it was easy to gather them together. All the materials were melted together in the cauldron.
——This is also the benefit of Zhu Dan’s spiritual power having recently increased to a certain level. Instead of extracting the same ingredients one by one, he can just choose to stew them in one pot.
At the same time, her spiritual consciousness can be separated, and after the two materials melt, they will be immediately fused.
Then it absorbs other melted materials in the alchemy furnace, thus saving time in refining the elixir.
Finally, the last step of fusion was completed. A ball of golden liquid quickly split into several balls, and then continued to condense in the accelerated rotation. Zhu Dan's consciousness noticed all this and was a little surprised.
She didn't draw too much of Meng Yi's luck, but she was able to refine six pills in this batch!
This is a number that has never been achieved in any previous alchemy efforts.
Not bad, not bad. Before, the maximum number was three, but this time it reached six.
Three, six, and nine, these are relatively vivid numbers in alchemy. Reaching six means that she has crossed a hurdle.
Zhu Dan was very happy. She took out the jade bottle and put the pills into it one by one. However, the bottle was too small. When she put in the fifth pill, it was just full. For a moment, she hesitated.
Should I use a new jade bottle to put this last pill in, or just use this last pill?
Before Zhu Dan could come to a conclusion, someone beside her quickly handed her a jade bottle. Zhu Dan looked over and saw Li Si smiling at her: "Master Imperial Master, please have some."
Zhu Dan was stunned for a moment before taking it and carefully examined the jade bottle. The material was excellent and the cutting craftsmanship was also very good.
However, it is not fancy, the pattern is very simple and pleasing to the eye, which is exactly what Zhu Dan likes.
She nodded: "Prime Minister, you are thoughtful."
Behind Li Si, the ministers who did not have time to hand over the jade bottle withdrew their hands with regret. Why were they a step too slow?
However, looking at the distance between himself and the imperial teacher, he felt that the prime minister was really cunning.
He had clearly not been standing here before refining the elixir, and no one knew when he squeezed in quietly.
This was a decisive blow, providing help to the national teacher when he needed it most.
Li Si raised his head and smiled proudly. All the training he had put into his eyesight over the years was not in vain.
But soon he felt a chill on his back, as if someone was staring at him. Subconsciously, he looked in the direction and saw the king looking at him faintly.
The king also made a gesture to withdraw his hand.
Li Si broke out in a cold sweat. Oh no, he was trying to curry favor with the imperial teacher but forgot about the king?
Li Si wanted to cry. The national teacher always valued the king the most. It didn't matter whether the king sold the good ones or not. Why was he competing with his ministers?
Ying Zheng saw what Li Si was thinking and snorted coldly. It was precisely because Zhu Qing was so good to him that he had to take care of Zhu Qing in every way.
If Zhu Qing was only kind to him unilaterally, who knew that one day this kindness would be exhausted? Of course, he would not do such a stupid thing.
After calculating the distance between them, Ying Zheng made up his mind that when Zhu Dan was refining the elixir, he would stand on her left, and the person who provided her with luck would stand on Zhu Dan's right.
At this time, Li Si had not yet discovered Ying Zheng's thoughts, but when Ying Zheng later gathered a few people to talk about the standing rules for the national master to refine the elixir, he was completely confused.
He thought that the king had an aloof status in the heart of the national teacher and would not care about this small detail at all. Unexpectedly... when did the king become so stingy?
You should know that the king has always been generous. When Wang Jian asked for houses and land, he didn't even blink an eye.
So just because I handed a jade bottle to the imperial teacher before the king, he started to make a fuss about it?
Li Si took a deep breath and suddenly realized.
In the past, the national teacher was always nice to the king, and now the king has begun to respond. This is a two-way journey for both of them.
As a result, he would have to be careful when trying to please the imperial teacher and not go beyond the king's reach.
How could Zhu Dan have imagined that just this small action would lead to so many things happening later?
Since Li Si gave her the jade bottle, she did not rush to try the pill. She put it in the bottle and decided to go back and try it on a simulation first.
One day later, Zhu Dan suddenly said to Yun Qiu, "Do you know where to find those thin bamboos? I need a lot."
Bamboo grows fast and is easy to reproduce, making it suitable as a carrier.
Of course, the big bamboo that can pierce through the ceiling is not needed. What Zhu Dan wants is the small bamboo that can be planted as a potted plant.
She was a little worried that the bamboo would wilt in such a cold weather, but the place Yunqiu took her to turned out to be quite nice.
Although many leaves have fallen, they still look green, giving a sense of vitality when the ground is covered with yellow leaves.
"That's him. Let's dig some more."
Yunqiu bought a lot of ceramic pots to use as flower pots temporarily. Later, he could ask someone to specially make a batch of flower pots.
Zhu Dan had already experimented in simulations to see the scope of benefits a single pill could provide, so he simply began diluting it with water, watering the thin bamboo pots one by one.
Nothing could be seen of the bamboo for the time being, so Zhu Dan carried a pot into the house herself and asked Yun Qiu to take care of the rest.
Early the next morning, Yun Qiu calculated the time and brought the palace servants to help Zhu Dan wash up.
Zhu Dan was in a daze when she suddenly heard Yun Qiu let out a short scream. She was startled and woke up.
Seeing Yun Qiu's face turn pale, it was rare for her to show such an out-of-control expression: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Yun Qiu almost subconsciously took a step back in one direction. Before he could say anything, the palace maid holding the basin of water shook her hand, and the basin fell to the ground and broke into several pieces, spilling all the water.
The other palace maids holding the utensils also turned pale and huddled together.
Yun Qiu instinctively frowned, very displeased with their loss of composure.
These palace maids who served the imperial teacher closely were carefully trained by her.
At this moment, the anger in her heart overwhelmed her fear.
But before she could give them a lecture, those people were already pointing and screaming, "Bugs! So many bugs..."
In an instant, Yun Qiu's face turned pale again, and he trembled, unable to say a word of scolding. He stood there frozen like a clay statue.
"Bugs? What bugs?" Zhu Dan looked over in confusion.
After seeing the situation clearly, his expression changed slightly.
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