I Studied Abroad in the Modern Times-Chapter 400Book 2: : Three-Party Cooperation Finally Bears Fruit
Vol 2 Chapter 400 Three-Party Cooperation Finally Bears Fruit
“Medicines that restore spiritual roots?” Lady Nishang looked at Zheng Fa and Zhenren Qian rushing over with surprise and asked, “Does someone in your Jiushan Sect have damaged physical bodies?”
Her misunderstanding was actually quite normal.
After all, Zheng Fa and the others’ spiritual root modification was basically two techniques combined:
One was guiding nerve growth direction with Lei Fa (Thunder Method).
But that alone wasn’t enough. The nerves that determine spiritual roots are extremely fine, requiring incredible precision;not even the slightest error could be allowed.
Lei Fa also causes some harm to the body, so the technical difficulty was very high.
Only by supplementing with spiritual medicines to maintain the environment that promotes spiritual root growth could it be perfected.
Mu Qingyan and her team researched back and forth and discovered that a certain medicine that restores spiritual roots seemed effective.
However, this medicine was not even 100% effective on spirit rats, let alone humans.
More importantly, this medicine had not yet been cultivated in the modern world, and the project had come to a halt.
Therefore, upon hearing that Yaochi had several medicines with the same effect, he hurried here.
Seeing his solemn expression, Lady Nishang also understood that this matter was of great significance to the Jiushan Sect.
“What does Alliance Leader Zheng want?”
“I wonder if Yaochi would be willing to sell us some corresponding spiritual medicines?”
Lady Nishang glanced at Zhenren Qian, her expression suddenly strange, and after some thought said, “If I didn’t know your Jiushan Sect’s breeding capabilities, of course it would be possible.”
This was bad.
Their side’s Zhenren Qian was too formidable, making Lady Nishang want to strangle their throat.
Zheng Fa and Zhenren Qian exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat helpless. Then they looked at Lady Nishang, whose expression was still gentle but firm, clearly not losing her stance despite her appreciation for Zhenren Qian.
Zheng Fa had also realized that Nascent Soul cultivators, regardless of good or evil, had their own personalities that were hard to alter by external forces.
He couldn’t force her either.
Not to mention Yaochi was stronger, or who was forcing whom.
Just the fact that Lady Nishang came all the way here to give Zheng Fa some pointers on the Divine Path method—although entrusted by Taishang Dao—was also a favor to the Jiushan Sect.
Zheng Fa kept that in mind.
But those medicines were indeed important to him...
Seeing Zheng Fa silent, Lady Nishang smiled and suddenly said, “I’ve lingered here too long;I should take my leave...”
“Lady Nishang.” Zheng Fa suddenly interrupted her.
“Hm?”
“What do you think of Jiushan Sect’s spiritual plant cultivation technology?”
Lady Nishang looked deeply at Zhenren Qian, her tone sincere:
“Putting other things aside, Jiushan Sect’s breeding ability is rare in the world.”
She paused, then said, “Yaochi... I’m afraid we are not as good as your sect in this regard.”
That was fair.
The strongest aspect of Jiushan Sect’s agriculture was indeed breeding ability.
This ability was actually the Xuanyi Realm application of modern gene theory.
From modern experience cultivating spiritual plants, many spiritual plants originally needed special environments, but Jiushan Sect managed, through various technologies, to cultivate many varieties that could grow in the Jiushan Realm. ŘαＮȎ𝐛ÊS
But as Lady Nishang said, in other aspects Jiushan Sect’s accumulation was insufficient.
According to Zhenren Qian’s report to Zheng Fa, Yaochi also had many unique techniques in spiritual plant cultivation—after all, agriculture couldn’t develop without gene theory.
Yaochi’s spiritual farming magic, the selection and breeding of spiritual plant varieties, and their understanding of spiritual plant growth had accumulated for three eras, making it quite rich.
Not to mention rare heavenly materials like the Essence of Wang Water, which sounded very powerful.
From Zhenren Qian’s report, Zheng Fa summarized the difference between Jiushan Sect and Yaochi’s spiritual farming technology:
Jiushan Sect could produce any bizarre spiritual plant.
Yaochi could nurture any delicate spiritual plant to survive.
Therefore...
“I wonder if Yaochi is willing to cooperate with my Jiushan Sect?”
“Cooperate?”
Lady Nishang was stunned for a moment, then asked, “You mean the business your Jiushan Sect wanted to do in our Yaochi before?”
“No, it’s more than that.”
Zheng Fa spread his hands on the stone table in the courtyard, signaling Lady Nishang to sit.
Once seated around the stone table, he carefully explained his ideas:
“I’m sure Yaochi knows, our Hundred Immortals Alliance has been developing some islands in the sea area.”
Lady Nishang nodded, “I’ve indeed seen many Hundred Immortals cultivators along the way.”
“The cooperation I speak of centers on this.” Zheng Fa looked at Lady Nishang and said, “My Jiushan Sect wants to establish a trade route connecting the eastern and western continents.”
Lady Nishang suddenly widened her eyes.
Zheng Fa pointed in the air;a light screen unfolded like a painting scroll, revealing a Xuanyi Realm map.
At the center was the sea area, and the most eye-catching were more than fifty islands marked in gold, glittering before Lady Nishang’s eyes.
“This is...”
“These are the relay stations initially established by my Hundred Immortals Alliance,” Zheng Fa said loudly. “It took over ten years for Jiushan Sect to select these islands.”
Lady Nishang looked at the islands and asked, “What’s special about these islands?”
“They have relatively abundant spiritual energy, suitable for cultivators to station, and not many dangers nearby...”
“Furthermore, every five islands have a Nascent Soul cultivator stationed, with two Nascent Soul Tribulation cultivators patrolling the route.”
At this, Zheng Fa felt a bit emotional.
This was no simple matter.
Since Uncle Pang’s Hundred Immortals investigation began, they had been exploring the sea area.
The sea was different from the eastern and western continents;the area suitable for human habitation was very limited and full of dangerous places.
It took over a decade to roughly identify a relatively safe shipping route.
Adding the resources spent on immigrating Hundred Immortals cultivators, it consumed a great deal of manpower and funds.
Lady Nishang suddenly recalled the Hundred Immortals cultivators she had seen when she left the Western Continent and muttered, “You spent over ten years just for this?”
Zheng Fa nodded lightly.
Lady Nishang looked deeply at Zheng Fa for a long time before asking again, “What does this have to do with cooperation?”
“Lady Nishang, why ask when you already know?” Zheng Fa smiled.
Lady Nishang was silent, seemingly pondering.
“Lady Nishang, we have calculated that if we use a faster method, we can deliver Yaochi’s goods to the Eastern Continent within half a year, and the transportation cost would be less than one-tenth of the original.”
“In half a year, we can continuously transport Taishang Dao’s pills to Yaochi.”
“And also transport Yaochi’s spiritual medicines to Taishang Dao.”
Their current plan was to use Divine Thunder Warships throughout the route, changing crews at each relay station but not the ships, traveling nonstop.
The Divine Thunder Warships had been updated, faster than before, and designed in a more modular way—
Meaning that even if problems occurred, repairs would be simpler.
“Half a year?”
Lady Nishang whispered.
Crossing the sea wasn’t difficult for her;it took less than half a month.
But she was a True Immortal.
No sect would let a True Immortal transport goods, let alone cheap goods.
For cultivators below Nascent Soul, even below Nascent Soul Tribulation, traveling across the vast sea for years was a grueling and dangerous task.
In other words, previous eastern and western continent trade was high risk and even higher cost.
Only Jiushan Sect, relying on external pills powering the Divine Thunder Warships and relay station supplies, could achieve such low-cost cross-sea transport.
Lady Nishang seemed to quickly grasp the key: “The three sects working as one?”
Zheng Fa smiled and nodded.
Lady Nishang reacted swiftly.
At first, Zheng Fa wanted to open a maritime trade route simply to make money.
But now with this situation, this trade route had great significance.
Taishang Dao, Hundred Immortals Alliance, and Yaochi could connect in a line through this route, strengthening ties.
Yaochi produced spiritual medicines, Taishang Dao specialized in pill refining, their industries complementing each other.
But before, communication between the two was difficult.
Now with Hundred Immortals Alliance as intermediary, it was different.
Lady Nishang stood and paced in the courtyard, extremely excited.
She had to admit, she was moved!
Zheng Fa’s cooperative proposal could achieve a win-win-win.
And this trade route would benefit Yaochi the most.
Jiushan Sect and Taishang Dao were both on the Eastern Continent, easily suppressing Haori Mountain, and with this route, they could just earn more spirit stones.
But Yaochi was different.
They faced pressure from Leiyin Temple and were truly struggling. Their previous self-sufficiency was probably also due to the harsh external environment.
Even a simple trade route could continuously bring materials from Taishang Dao and Jiushan Sect to Yaochi, creating an external supply channel.
Especially if Yaochi cultivated the Divine Path, this trade route would be even more significant.
Commercial profits might not be important to Taishang Dao, but a Divine Path sect that needed to nurture the people could not do without it.
“Alliance Leader Zheng...” Lady Nishang looked at Zheng Fa and suddenly sighed, “You really gave Yaochi a big surprise.”
“Xuanyi has produced countless geniuses.”
“But never a sect leader who acts like you.”
Zheng Fa could feel the vast difference in Lady Nishang’s gaze compared to when she first arrived.
At this moment, in the three-party cooperation among Taishang Dao, Hundred Immortals Alliance, and Yaochi, the Hundred Immortals Alliance finally had its own value:
Previously, whether Taishang Dao or Yaochi cared about Zheng Fa personally, they didn’t really value the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
Whether Immortal Li or Lady Nishang, coming to Jiushan Sect was inevitably like going to help the poor.
That was natural, and as long as they truly helped, Zheng Fa was willing to be the little brother.
But if the trade route was established, even if Jiushan Sect remained the little brother... it would be an indispensable little brother.
He smiled and added, “The second cooperation is that Jiushan Sect wants to jointly establish new medicinal fields with Yaochi.”
“Using Jiushan Sect’s breeding methods and your sect’s spiritual field secrets to cultivate new spiritual plants together.”
Lady Nishang looked at Zheng Fa strangely, somewhat puzzled: “Compared to the trade route, what are those spiritual plants worth?”
She understood well that Zheng Fa circled around the topic, saying medicinal fields, but it was all for those spiritual plants that could restore spiritual roots.
Zheng Fa smiled without answering.
For him, the significance of these spiritual plants might be no less than the other two cooperations.
“Star Moon Sunflower, Yin Condensing Fruit... Dot Star Branch...” At the modern nursing home, Teacher Tian looked at the series of spiritual plant patterns, trait analyses, even gene images listed by Zheng Fa and asked, “Can these spiritual plants be used to create pills that restore spiritual roots?”
“Yes, Teacher Tian, please check if the seed bank has corresponding species, and see if they can be cultivated in the major spirit veins.”
Teacher Tian stood and nodded to Zheng Fa, “I’ll arrange it immediately.”
After some thought, she added, “It seems that more than one kind of spiritual plant is needed to restore spiritual roots.”
Zheng Fa agreed.
Only now was he certain why the project kept getting stuck: simply put, creating an environment for cultivator spiritual root growth required multiple spiritual plants working together.
Previous research was like blind men touching an elephant. He had guesses but no better research direction.
Until confirming this with Lady Nishang.
As Teacher Tian hurried out of the courtyard, Team Leader Yang arrived hurriedly and said to Zheng Fa, “Director, when will you set the graduate student entrance exam?”
Two workers followed behind her. They respectfully glanced into the nursing home and brought out a sign from the cart behind them, nailing it to the nursing home’s entrance.
The sign read: Federation Research Institute Rainbow Mountain Headquarters.
Zheng Fa nodded to Team Leader Yang, looked at the calendar, and circled a date.
“Half a year?”
“Mm...” Zheng Fa nodded, “The branch offices in the major spirit veins are not yet completed, so there’s no need to rush.”
Team Leader Yang smiled bitterly, “It’s not that we’re in a hurry, everyone else is.”
Zheng Fa was speechless, then suddenly looked up at the sky and asked, “Team Leader Yang, what do you think lies beyond the starry sky?”
“Ah?”
Team Leader Yang didn’t expect Zheng Fa to suddenly ask her this.
Zheng Fa shook his head and fell silent.
Unexpectedly, Team Leader Yang suddenly understood, “Director, you want to... explore the universe?”
“Not yet.”
“Not yet...”
Team Leader Yang understood that Zheng Fa really had that idea, but she didn’t know why.
Zheng Fa still gazed at the sky, deep in thought.
He had long realized the modern world’s close connection to Xuanyi.
And the Xuanyi Realm’s space-time was highly significant and shrouded in mist.
From Lady Nishang’s secret method, the Tongtian Method’s cultivation was closely related to space-time.
The Sun and Moon Bell’s power of time.
Taishang Dao’s Tai Chi Diagram’s yin and yang creation.
Even the origin of heart demons and ancient immortal awakenings were all vaguely connected to space-time.
But the Xuanyi Realm was sealed off by a fetal membrane, isolating the starry sky outside the realm;even observing the starry sky was like looking at flowers through fog, very inaccurate.
But the modern world was different...
Naturally, he was curious, but as he told Team Leader Yang, not the time yet.
Even using the Rainbow Transformation Method, traveling beyond the solar system would take an extremely long time;he really didn’t have that time.
But that didn’t mean he couldn’t learn space-time secrets.
He just needed more observation, more data, and more talent.
“Team Leader Yang, the Federation Research Institute will be very useful to me.” After thinking for a while, he instructed Team Leader Yang, “Graduate exams should be slow rather than rushed.”
Team Leader Yang nodded solemnly and said, “I’ll keep an eye on it.”
.....
Months passed quickly. The Federation Research Institute graduate entrance exam was about to begin.
Teacher Tian brought good news first:
“Discovered!”
On the phone screen, Teacher Tian’s face was full of excitement and joy.
She held up a beaker containing a cluster of blue liquid and exclaimed, “We extracted this from the reactive substances of two kinds of spiritual plants!”
“Preliminary animal experiments have succeeded!”
“It can transform glial cells and promote nerve growth!”
