Don't order in a hurry
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Today's Yu Qingzong is no longer what it used to be like three or two kittens in the past.
Although the second-rate sect in the Shenhua Realm is not a very important existence, compared with when it was ranked third-rate back then, the Yuqing Sect is now well-known in the northwest region. And as this reputation grows, more people will naturally be willing to join the Yuqing Sect's door. Even though the Yuqing Sect subsequently raised the standards for accepting disciples, the number of outer disciples was still growing rapidly.
From the perspective of the development of a sect, this is certainly a good phenomenon. Except for the Great Freedom Sect, which sect would be dissatisfied with having too many disciples? Under certain standards, the greater the number of disciples, the higher the chance of talented people. To use the simplest analogy, if there can be one golden elixir master out of one hundred disciples, then if there are a thousand disciples, it means that there will probably be ten golden elixir masters.
However, as the number of disciples increases, some corresponding problems will arise.
Trivial matters such as food, clothing, housing and transportation are all problems that can be solved with money. They are not problems for the Taoist sect, so there is no need to talk about them. The real problem lies in cultivating disciples. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of resource allocation.
One of these so-called resources is "faculty" in the world of science and technology. One person teaches ten people, and one person teaches a hundred people. The effect will definitely be different. The other one is the actual material resources that are indispensable for cultivation.
In today's cultivation environment, when it comes to the most essential resource in cultivation, it is naturally pills. Without elixirs, if you only rely on your own ability to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, no matter how good your qualifications are, you will be delayed. For many people with average qualifications, stepping into the first level early may mean that their limited future has been extended.
The Yuqing Sect has jumped from a third-rate sect to a second-rate sect. The number of disciples in the sect has also increased dramatically, and the demand for elixirs has naturally increased significantly. Although Ye Zan has used pharmaceutical methods in the technological world to produce basic elixirs in large quantities and quickly, and the quality is also top-notch. However, whether it is alchemy or medicine, if there are not enough herbal materials, everything is in vain.
Although, Ye Zan also improved some methods of growing medicinal herbs and opened up a large area of medicinal gardens in the secret realm of summer time. But herbs are not crops after all, and it is impossible to harvest them once a year, or even twice or three times a year. The result of harvesting in advance is that the medicinal power of the herbs is not enough, so refining the same elixir requires consuming more herbs, which is simply not worth the gain.
Those disciples consume a large amount of elixirs every day, and some of the herbs grown here in Yuqing Sect take at least two or three years to be used. As a result, a problem arises. With the current resource allocation method of Yuqing Sect, it won't be long before there will be no materials for producing elixirs.
People are very realistic. Don't think that just because they join your sect, they must have some great goal of bringing glory to your sect. You know, the reason why so many disciples with good qualifications join Yuqing Sect is that Yuqing Sect is famous, but more importantly, the benefits of Yuqing Sect are good enough.
After all, the Yuqing Sect had just been promoted to a second-rate sect not long ago. Why should they leave those established second-rate sects alone and come to a sect like yours that only just nodded? That's because no sect can give their disciples top-quality elixirs like vitamin tablets like them.
If one day this top-quality elixir really runs out, or the supply is drastically reduced. Although, according to the rules of this world, it is almost impossible for those disciples who have already started to rebel and join other places, but it is probably difficult to recruit new talented disciples.
As the elder in charge of the alchemy hall, Liu Qian saw that the consumption rate of elixirs was becoming more and more terrifying. After calculating the herbs grown in the medicine field, he knew that at this consumption rate, it would not be long before he would run out of food, so he became furious. He ran to Ye Zan to find a way.
Ye Zan flipped through the booklet Liu Gan handed over and quickly saw the problem. He closed the book and asked: "It is best not to change the supply of elixirs at will. Can those herbs that are prone to gaps be removed from the booklet?" Purchase somewhere else?”
Nowadays, Yu Qingzong's wallet is still quite generous, and he is far less shabby than before. What's more, Ye Zan's own net worth is quite terrifying, so he has the confidence to say this: Just spend money to buy whatever you need.
However, herbs are a strategic resource for any sect. Moreover, many sects can barely maintain a balance themselves, so there are no more herbs to sell to others.
Liu Qian shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Elder Ye, we have been buying what we can buy, but what we can't buy, we can't buy even if we add the price!"
It is naturally impossible for Yuqing Sect to plant all the herbs. There are thousands of kinds of herbs in the world. Even if you only plant one herb of a kind, the Jade Qing Sect may not be able to find such a large space. What's more, if you only grow one herb of a kind, what's the use? It's not even enough to refine a furnace of elixirs. Therefore, the Jade Qing Sect has always planted part and bought part, and most other sects have done the same. However, everyone exchanges what they have through transactions.
Ye Zan actually knows this, but he just wants to save some trouble. After all, the problems that can be solved with money now are basically not problems for him. Unfortunately, this problem obviously cannot be solved with money. Even if Ye Zan offers a higher price, for each sect, cultivating disciples is the most important issue.
Ye Zan shook his head helplessly, put the booklet in his hand on the table next to him, and said: "Okay, I will think about this matter again. At least adjust the ration, don't do it for the time being, anyway, this herb is still there It can last for a while.”
In fact, at this time, Ye Zan had already thought of a way, which was the small world of Immortal Palace. After he deployed Skynet in the small world, he already had a quite detailed grasp of the situation in the small world. Basically, the herbs that Yuqing Sect is currently lacking can also be found in the small world.
However, this method can only solve the urgent need. To completely solve the problem, Ye Zan still needs to find another way. After all, no matter where it is, the growth period of this herb is fixed, and the small world of Immortal Palace is no exception. What's more, the ascetics in the small world of Immortal Palace also need to use elixirs to practice. Using the herbs there to fill the holes of Yuqing Sect is basically tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall.
"This... Okay, please take care of me, Elder Ye." Liu Qian couldn't help it. Ye Zan had already said so, so he had to wait a little longer.
After talking about the herbal medicine, Liu Qian did not stay long, stood up and said goodbye to Ye Zan and Wu Changsheng, and returned to his Lingwu Peak Alchemy Hall with a worried look on his face. To be honest, he really didn't have much hope that Ye Zan could come up with a solution. After all, Ye Zan is only one person. No matter how many magical means he has, can he still make those herbs mature in the blink of an eye
Some things may seem ordinary, but no one can change them, because they are the destiny of heaven. For example, the four seasons change. Even if someone can make it snow in June and thunder in winter, they cannot truly reverse the four seasons. In Liu Qian's view, the growth of this herb is also determined. How long it takes to grow to have sufficient medicinal power is definitely someone who can easily change it.
Ye Zan and Wu Changsheng sent Liu Qian out of the yard, and then returned to the living room together.
After sitting down again, Ye Zan asked Wu Changsheng: "I wonder what happened when the master came here?"
Wu Changsheng bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the news about the three people you asked your disciples to investigate has just come back."
The three people Wu Changsheng was talking about were the three powerful souls of the mysterious force who intercepted Ye Zan and Mo Rushi on the way. Back then, after Ye Zan and others killed three people, Ye Zan collected the bodies of those three people and read some memories from the three corpses. It's just that those memories are not about mysterious forces, but some memories of the three people before they became powerful souls.
Therefore, Ye Zan sent the information back to Wu Changsheng and asked Wu Changsheng to investigate the true origins of the three people based on the information and see if he could find any clues about the mysterious force.
However, this Shenhua Realm is so huge. Although the information has narrowed the scope a lot, it is not easy to find a result. What's more, although Yuqing Sect is a second-rate sect, its scope of influence is limited to this northwest land. It is difficult to do anything outside its own territory, let alone investigate these three dead people.
Fortunately, Ye Zan's status in the Jade Qing Sect was extraordinary, and Wu Changsheng also gave the death order to the disciple responsible for the investigation, so that the information could be transmitted back so quickly.
"Oh, what did you find?" Ye Zan asked.
Now, Ye Zan himself has become the target of mysterious forces, so he naturally pays more attention to mysterious forces. After all, no one wants to be remembered all the time. Even if there is no loss, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in the future. What Ye Zan wants to do most right now is to quickly find out the origin of the mysterious force, and then smash all the nuclear bombs in his inventory to completely wipe out this stupid mysterious force.
Of course, thinking this way, Ye Zan also knew very well that it would not be easy to really find out the origin of the other party. If it were so easy to find out, then the mysterious force would no longer be mysterious, and it would still be his turn to investigate.
Sure enough, after hearing Ye Zan's question, Wu Changsheng showed a bit of shame on his face and said, "My Majesty, I'm sorry, but I haven't found many things. Two of them have made no progress at all. But the identity of the third person , the disciple in charge of the investigation found some clues."
Wu Changsheng was afraid that Ye Zan's expectations were too high, so he gave him a shot first, saying frankly that the information found was not much, so as to prevent Ye Zan from going crazy in disappointment.
Ye Zan smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I know this matter is not easy to investigate. If you can find anything, it is considered earned. Just tell me."
"Yes," Wu Changsheng was relieved, and then said: "According to the information given by the Supreme Being, the disciples sent people to investigate Yanzhou in the southeastern Daqi Kingdom. At first, they did not find any information related to this person. . It wasn’t until recently that he found a local family and found a genealogy in their collection of ancient books, which gave him some clues.”
Ancient books? Genealogy? Ye Zan was a little confused, but he did not interrupt Wu Changsheng, but quietly listened to the other party continue talking.
Wu Changsheng was not showing off, and continued: "The ancestor of that family was once an elder of a sect, but that sect was destroyed hundreds of years ago. That elder escaped due to some reasons. One day, the genealogy belonged to that sect. According to the information given by the Supreme Being, he found a name that was the same as the person mentioned by the Supreme Being. "
Just a name alone can't explain anything. There are more than hundreds of millions of people in the Shenhua Realm, and it's not unusual at all to have people with the same name. However, since Wu Changsheng said that he had found some clues, it must be more than just this.
Therefore, Ye Zan was not anxious at all and continued to listen patiently.
"Afterwards, based on the information in the genealogy, he checked the actual name and finally found two people of the same generation as that name. Those two people were already in the Nascent Soul realm. However, I heard that they were members of the Yuqing Sect. They didn't make any excuses about it, especially after hearing some information about the person he described, they were sure that the person was indeed the person they knew." Wu Changsheng paused for a moment as he said this. , and then said: "So, if those two people didn't panic, then you can be sure that the person the Supreme Lord asked to investigate must be this person."
As he spoke, Wu Changsheng took out some things, including an old genealogy, and some notes, some of which were newly written.
"So, that person is a disciple of Luotian Sect who disappeared hundreds of years ago?" Ye Zan took those things and picked up the genealogy first. On the cover of the genealogy, he saw that With the three characters Luo Tianzong. This sect that was wiped out hundreds of years ago is not a big sect, it can even be said to be an unpopular sect.
However, there is a problem. If that person is a person from hundreds of years ago, then where have the memories of these hundreds of years gone? You know, from that person's memory, Ye Zan did not see Luo Tianzong being destroyed, which means that the other person disappeared before Luo Tianzong was destroyed. Maybe the destruction of Luo Tianzong was related to mysterious forces.
(To be continued.)