Chapter 169
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Chapter 169: Alchemy
As dawn broke,
Yun Ye stepped out of his cultivation state, summoned the Moon Ring, and checked the condition of the Secret Realm.
Six months ago, there were already fifteen Yang Lingzhi at their maximum age, with a total spirit energy of 25,000.
This number just happened to be the accelerating multiplier, meaning that 25,000 spirit energy equated to sixty-eight years in a single day. Almost every seven days, one Yang Lingzhi could reach its five hundred-year limit.
After that, every new Yang Lingzhi at maximum age could provide 1,000 spirit energy.
Now, six months had passed, and the spirit energy density in the Secret Realm had been continuously increasing, causing the Spiritual Herbs to grow faster. By rights, there should be around seventy plants; however, Yun Ye used about ten plants to cultivate the Fire Transformation Secret Technique, reducing the yield directly to fifty plants.
Currently, the spirit energy density in the Secret Realm could produce a five-hundred-year Yang Lingzhi every four days. As long as Yun Ye had the patience to wait, the results would surely accelerate.
However, increasing spirit energy was not the main goal; achieving the complete Walking Law as soon as possible was what truly mattered.
Once he perfected the Walking Law, Yun Ye could quickly refine the Moon Ring and open the Crescent Moon Secret Realm.
The Crescent Moon Secret Realm was much stronger than the small Secret Realm provided by the Moon Ring, filled with thousands of Spiritual Herbs, even including High-level and Top-tier Spiritual Herbs. In comparison, stubbornly guarding the small Secret Realm brought too little benefit.
“One Yang Lingzhi can almost complete one-third of an energy meridian. So, if I gather six hundred, I can step into the perfect state of the Walking Law all at once.”
Yun Ye pondered.
Six hundred plants are not too many when considering the rate of increase in spirit energy concentration. It could be done in two years at most, which is far faster than his own cultivation.
Nevertheless, while this speed was fast, it did not satisfy Yun Ye.
The moment fire ignited in Yun Ye’s hand, spirit patterns flashed in the air to form the shape of an alchemy furnace.
This was an alchemy technique called the ‘Pure Yang Alchemy Furnace’ obtained from Chao Zizhong.
With this method and Fire Spiritual Roots, one could refine pills even without an alchemy furnace or earthly fire.
If there were an alchemy furnace and earthly fire, the success rate of pill refining would increase.
Yun Ye had mastered this alchemy technique and reached an introductory level in the Reverse Liberation state.
With a little practice, refining Yang Lingzhi into spirit pills would be no problem.
Spirit pills, without a doubt, had better effects than Spiritual Herbs.
According to the alchemy knowledge of this world, consuming a Spiritual Herb raw would only allow absorption of about thirty percent of its medicinal power, while seventy percent would be lost due to impurities, poor absorption, or incomplete activation.
Moreover, the most critical issue was that these impurities could form medicinal toxins, causing permanent damage to the body.
In his second life, with all three Major Techniques perfected, Yun Ye was supposed to have a vague sense of the Heavenly Path. However, due to the excessive medicinal toxins, his path had been severed, preventing him from making any further advancements for life, so he couldn’t even sense it.
Alchemy was the solution to this flaw, born precisely to eliminate impurities in Spiritual Herbs.
Even a simple extraction could considerably enhance the effectiveness of the herbs by removing about seventy percent of the impurities.
Yun Ye calculated that by following the knowledge of the Pure Yang Alchemy Furnace fully, the number of Yang Lingzhi he needed could fall to four hundred.
If he could add some auxiliary herbs to produce low-grade spirit pills, it could drop to three hundred or even two hundred.
From here, one can see just how significant the role of alchemy is; a low-grade spirit pill can be equivalent to three Spiritual Herbs of the same grade, with much less medicinal toxin—what about mid-grade, high-grade, or even top-grade spirit pills?
Yun Ye’s current level was insufficient to discuss these matters; the five levels of alchemy were the same as martial skills: introductory, proficient, minor achievement, major achievement, and perfection.
Even though Yun Ye had mastered alchemy through the Reverse Liberation state, he only reached an introductory level, making it difficult to perfectly refine a low-grade spirit pill, let alone higher ones.
Yun Ye glanced around the Secret Realm at the women and children, took a deep breath, and stood up to leave the courtyard.
…
Currently, Tomorrow Village had two main research directions.
One was how to increase crop yields.
The other was how to increase poultry yields.
Both were related to food.
Yet, even with these efforts, there was still a shortage of hands; even seven-year-old Tian Yu had to assist in the research.
Fortunately, the revival of Spiritual Roots in this world was quite extraordinary; no scientific background or specialized knowledge was required. As long as one had an idea, they could act on it—within a short time, they could help plants and animals grow faster for verification!
In modern times, this would be an incredible scientific artifact, saving an unimaginable amount of time!
Thanks to this, even though Yun Ye only offered a few scattered suggestions, the crop yield saw a remarkable increase after a year.
“The original yield was two hundred pounds per acre, and it has now stabilized at five hundred pounds. With careful tending, it could easily rise to six or seven hundred pounds; we probably only need one more year to meet your requirements.”
“The yield per acre will break a thousand pounds!”
The researcher reported, excitement shining in his eyes.
The more food there was, the more people could cultivate; contributing to such an important research project in the Tomorrow Society was a significant achievement, allowing the researcher or their descendants to receive a share of resource allocation!
As for Tomorrow Society, they ensured fairness; those who worked harder were rewarded more, and even Tian Jing and Tian Yu had to patrol and carry out tasks while assisting with the research to improve yields.
“Very well, let me see the records.”
Yun Ye reviewed the records from the past year and quickly summarized, pointing out a few issues. After the researcher repeatedly expressed gratitude, Yun Ye returned the experimental data and said, “Today is a day off; relax for a day. Tomorrow, I will plan the experiments to achieve the yield breakthrough as soon as possible.”
“You even trouble the young master to personally oversee the research; thank you very much, young master!” the researcher said, feeling both surprised and delighted.
The basic ideas for the experiments were provided by Yun Ye, and with a few days of intensive training he offered, the credit for the experiments was already largely his; having Yun Ye join the research to expedite the breakthrough would benefit them greatly!
“Dismissed.”
“Understood!”
Yun Ye left and headed to the classroom.
The once run-down classroom had gained several new buildings, expanding its size; Tian Jing was training the Ultimate Fire in the enlarged space and actually did not notice Yun Ye’s arrival.
Yun Ye chose not to disturb him and instead walked into the classroom, looking around.
The expanded classroom was still quite small.
Inside, there were only four classrooms, each teaching different knowledge to children of various ages.
Yun Ye looked through each room and saw a familiar yet new teacher in the first classroom.
It was a young girl dressed very simply, exuding vitality as she taught various general knowledge topics.
She had achieved a Minor Achievement in the Qi Cultivation Technique but had yet to awaken her Spiritual Roots; once the grain yield broke through, she would likely be among the first to receive resource allocation.
Yun Ye smiled as he watched for a moment before leaving; within the entire school, there were only two teachers.
One was Tong Huo Yang.
The other was her, a sixteen-year-old named Xiao Yu, who had no surname.
