Ye Zan conducted genetic research on a large number of herbs, and actually gained a lot. However, these gains are still not enough to solve the urgent needs of Yuqing Sect.
Although, Ye Zan also has a way to greatly shorten the growth cycle of herbs, and that is to use the time acceleration in the jade ball space. However, the cost of doing so is too high, which is equivalent to directly increasing the cost of an herb by hundreds or thousands of times. If there is a small supply, Ye Zan can bear it through gritted teeth, but the needs of Yu Qingzong cannot be met by dozens or hundreds of herbs.
However, during the study of herbal medicine genes, Ye Zan discovered a gene fragment that converts inert aura, which can convert inert aura into active aura that can be utilized by humans. This is actually not surprising, just as plants can absorb nutrients from the soil and convert them into nutrients that can be absorbed by animals.
It can be said that all herbs, no matter what type they are, have such gene segments and the ability to convert inert spiritual energy. However, this ability is also strong and weak, and the more precious and rare the herb is, the weaker this ability is, and the more common and ordinary herb is, the stronger this ability is.
This is easy to understand. In addition to their extraordinary effects, precious and rare herbs often have very strict requirements on the growth environment. And those common ordinary herbs often have good adaptability to the growing environment. This ability to transform inert spiritual energy is undoubtedly a manifestation of adaptability.
If you say so, doesn't it mean that the weeds that can be seen everywhere on the roadside will have a more powerful ability to transform inert spiritual energy? However, after Ye Zan collected several kinds of wild grass for research, he did not find that the wild grass had such an ability. After all, the growth of those herbs, even the most common herbs, requires a certain amount of nourishment, while weeds just grow wildly.
Ye Zan had no choice but to turn his attention back to the herbs. Through a large amount of data comparison, he selected several herbs with the strongest ability to convert inert spiritual energy. Later, after in-depth research on the genes of these herbal medicines, relevant gene fragments were intercepted.
So, what is the use of such gene fragments
Could it be that by enhancing this ability of herbs, the growth cycle of herbs can be shortened
That is obviously impossible!
The growth of herbs does not rely solely on aura, not to mention that it also requires the synthesis and transformation of various so-called "medicinal" nutrients.
So, what use is this gene fragment for converting inert aura, or this ability, to Ye Zan
At the beginning, Ye Zan really couldn't think of any use.
However, after considering the current problems faced by Yuqing Sect, Ye Zan suddenly had an idea. Why must he think about growing herbs to make elixirs
You must know that the current problem of Yuqing Sect is not that all medicinal herbs are lacking. The most consumed elixirs are just elixirs that assist cultivation in various realms, such as the Qi-nourishing elixir in the Qi-refining realm, the Yuan-condensing elixir in the Foundation-building realm, and there may also be gaps in the Spirit-accumulating elixir in the Golden elixir realm in the future. To put it bluntly, during normal practice, ascetics cannot absorb enough active spiritual energy from the outside world, so they need to use elixirs to fill this deficiency.
Then, if there is a way to prevent the disciples of the Yuqing Sect from lacking spiritual energy during their cultivation, then naturally there will be no need for the assistance of those pills.
For example, Ye Zan once built a quiet room with inert spiritual energy activation equipment for Wu Changsheng and others, which greatly reduced their dependence on elixirs.
However, the operation of activated equipment is not without cost, and it is still unrealistic to use it in large quantities. Moreover, Ye Zan did not hope that if the inert spiritual energy activation equipment was exposed, it would inevitably cause trouble for himself and the Yuqing Sect.
Therefore, from the beginning, Ye Zan never thought about using this inert spiritual energy to activate equipment to solve the current problems of Yuqing Sect.
However, this is not the only way to replenish spiritual energy. There is also the most common, most common, and most easily overlooked method, which is to eat spiritual energy. For example, some herbal spiritual fruits can be eaten directly and can also replenish a certain amount of spiritual energy, but it is more wasteful. Also, even if you eat the meat of monster beasts, you can also get a certain amount of spiritual energy from it, but it is more expensive.
However, if you eat the herbal spiritual fruit directly, you will also encounter the problem of the growth cycle of the herbal medicine. As for the meat of monster beasts, the problem is actually the same as the problem of medicinal herbs. Monster beasts are not fat pigs that can be put on the market in a few months, and they also have growth cycle restrictions.
"Then, I need to find something that has no other superfluous effects and can simply replenish spiritual energy. The key is that the growth cycle should be short!" Ye Zan sat on the chair, looked at the display screen in front of him, and muttered to himself. .
So, is there such a thing in today's Shenhua Realm
It seems not.
Then create it!
Now that you know what you need, then according to your own requirements, you can come up with something that meets the requirements! Ye Zan stood up, came to the row of machines with flashing lights, and started the experiment again.
This time, Ye Zan's goal was no longer to shorten the growth cycle of those herbs, so the first thing he chose was a plant with an inherently short growth cycle, a wild grass on the roadside. Weeds do not have the ability to convert inert spiritual energy, so add the gene fragments from the herbs to the genes of the weeds.
Of course, the experiment is not so easy to succeed, in order to find plants that can truly integrate the inert aura conversion gene. Ye Zan tried a large number of various types of weeds. After finally finding a plant that met the requirements, he found that a new problem had arisen, which was the storage problem of the converted active spiritual energy.
It is not easy to genetically modify plants, even with mature transgenic technology. Rejection collapse, self-repair, mutual devouring, all kinds of problems arise. When these problems are solved, new problems will arise during the growth of plants. Fortunately, in this jade ball space, Ye Zan has been able to speed up the local entry time, saving the waiting time for cultivation, and can quickly see the results.
After more than ten days of experiments, Ye Zan finally cultivated several plants that incorporated inert aura conversion genes, and the growth cycle only took three to six months. However, looking at the clusters of green grass in the culture tank, Ye Zan didn't have much of a smile on his face. He found that he had overlooked one issue, which was how to make people eat these green grasses. And due to the short growth cycle, each grass does not contain a lot of spiritual energy, so it needs to be eaten in large quantities to achieve an effect close to that of an elixir.
Humans are not cows and sheep. These fresh and tender grasses may be delicacies in the eyes of cows and sheep, but they are just a handful of grass in the eyes of humans.
"Hey, I made a mistake. I considered so many issues, but I forgot about this one." Ye Zan patted his forehead helplessly. Fortunately, after going through the previous experiments and accumulating experience in solving those problems, it is not very difficult to replace a few more plants.
As for what kind of plants to replace, Ye Zan has already thought of it. Since it is for consumption, it is better to replace it with things that people usually eat, such as grains.
The first is rice. After a series of genetic modifications, a new type of rice appeared in Ye Zan's laboratory. After growing to the maturity stage under accelerated time, the plants of this rice were taller and stronger than normal, and the rice ears also swelled several times. times. But more importantly, this kind of rice exudes a faint spiritual energy fluctuation, which is unmatched by the previous weeds, indicating that its spiritual energy content is already quite high.
Ye Zan gently pinched a few rice grains from the heavy ears of rice. The rice grains were also very large, nearly ten times larger than normal rice grains. Peeling off the outer rice husk, a crystal-clear and oily rice like a white jade carving was exposed, exuding a light and fresh rice fragrance. He directly threw the rice into his mouth, and with a slight click of his teeth, he crushed the rice. A wisp of spiritual energy and the fragrance of rice immediately filled his mouth.
Ye Zan nodded slightly. The aura of this rice is quite good. If it is used as a daily meal, three meals a day can replenish a lot of aura. But this can't be considered perfect, because this thing is actually bitter, and obviously it still doesn't meet the taste requirements.
Of course, the problem of taste can be easily solved. Even if it cannot be solved, what is the point of suffering a little for cultivation? Fortunately, after a series of adjustments, Ye Zan finally made the taste of rice more acceptable, and did not turn three meals a day into three meals a day.
Then, Ye Zan began to breed in the jade ball space. After all, the demand for three meals a day was huge, and it would really take a large area of cultivation in the future.
In fact, there is another problem with this kind of spiritual rice, which is genetic degradation. In other words, after two or three generations of planting, the spiritual rice will lose the ability to convert inert spiritual energy and become ordinary rice again. However, Ye Zan does not intend to solve this problem. Although it is not very difficult to solve it, why should it be solved
Ye Zan can already imagine what a huge sensation this kind of spiritual rice will cause when it appears in the Shenhua Domain. When the time comes, each sect will definitely try their best to obtain the seeds of this kind of spiritual rice and plant them in large areas to replace the original pills that assist cultivation.
It's not that Ye Zan really wants to be self-conscious, but it's not an exaggeration to have some advantages over the things he creates. If you just spread things out and others can use them without any restrictions, then who will care about you? Maybe, while holding a bowl and eating spiritual rice, they were scolding Ye Zan and Yu Qingzong for being idiots.
Ye Zan himself doesn't care much about reputation, but Yu Qingzong needs it. For a sect to develop, in addition to its own strength, reputation is also very important. Take this time, why does Yuqingzong want to hold a celebration? On the one hand, it shows the importance it attaches to the four great demon kings, but more importantly, it is to spread the name. Only if your reputation is bigger and spreads wider, will there be more geniuses who are willing to travel across thousands of mountains and rivers to join you.
Therefore, Ye Zan has no intention of hiding this spiritual rice from others, nor does he intend to not share any benefits with others, but the initiative must be in his hands. Anyway, as long as they can get benefits, they won't be so anxious as to harm Yu Qingzong. And now the Yuqing Sect is no longer the time to engage in Qianli Yuanzong. It has enough strength and qualifications to get the reputation it deserves.
Ye Zan put all the breeding equipment in the Xia Shi secret realm, and also opened up a large field in the secret realm to grow this kind of spiritual rice on a large scale. Of course, in addition to the Summer Time Secret Realm, Ye Zan will naturally not forget the small world of Immortal Palace, which is the place that can truly become the main production area.
However, in the small world of Immortal Palace, only Ye Zan can go out freely now, but this summer time secret realm is a place where the headmaster Wu Changsheng can enter and exit. If Ye Zan has to leave the mountain for a long time in the future and no one can enter the small world of the Immortal Palace, the disciples of the Yuqing Sect will run out of food.
After arranging the summer time secret realm, Ye Zan entered the small world of Immortal Palace again. Nearly twenty days had passed since the last time he left.
Coming to the small world of Immortal Palace, Ye Zan naturally wanted to take a look at the experience of Wu Changsheng and the others. In the past twenty days, Wu Changsheng's progress was not slow, and they had already entered the fourth floor of the underground maze. However, judging from their performance in the maze, if they want to get out of the underground maze, another twenty days may not be enough.
"Why are you here again?" Mr. Ta appeared next to Ye Zan.
"Mr. Ta, there's no need to embarrass them so much at this level." Ye Zan couldn't bear it anymore. But more importantly, he didn't think that walking through the maze had any practical effect on Wu Changsheng and the others.
"What do you know? Wu Changsheng is the contemporary headmaster of Yuqing Sect. If he doesn't have the ability to lead people out of the maze, what qualifications do he have to be the headmaster? He might as well die in this maze." Mr. Ta didn't He said angrily, seeming to be a little dissatisfied with Wu Changsheng's performance.
"What does running the maze have to do with being a headmaster..." Ye Zan said not taking it seriously.
"Since you asked me to supervise them, I have to make the decision in everything, otherwise you can hire someone else." Mr. Ta interrupted Ye Zan and said unceremoniously.
"Uh... Okay, it's all up to you..." Ye Zan was quite helpless and thought to himself: I asked you to watch them from the side to prevent them from having any accidents. How come you become the supervisor when you come to your place! However, facing the current Ta Lao, he couldn't say this out loud, and he could only suffer Wu Changsheng and the others...
"What else do you want when you come here this time?" Mr. Ta asked.
"It's nothing. I won't disturb you from practicing them. Let's go ahead and say goodbye." Ye Zan said quickly and escaped from the Tower of Babel as if running away. He was really afraid of Mr. Ta, who would include him if he disagreed. After all, when he first passed through the underground maze, he used cheating methods to get through. (To be continued.)