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Cao Ze's arrival did not attract the attention of the two. Sixth Senior Brother Chen Tianyi was still jumping up and down, muttering to himself, "How is it possible? I have clearly simulated the most suitable temperature and humidity for its growth, as well as the concentration of energy. The soil, water, light... There are no problems. There must be no problem with my formation!"

Chen Tianyi scratched his head and asked, "What went wrong?"

Fifth Senior Sister, who was examining the dead spiritual herb, couldn't help but roll her eyes. Her thoughts were completely interrupted by Chen Tianyi who was jumping up and down.

She was about to scold him, but when she thought about how Chen Tianyi had spent countless efforts to grow this Xuanling Tianqiong with her over the past few days, she couldn't bring herself to say the scolding.

"It's not a problem with your formation. The environment in which the Xuanling Tianqiong grows is extremely harsh. I just haven't figured it out completely yet."

The fifth senior sister reached out and stopped the jumping sixth senior brother, and tidied up his messy hair.

With just a simple action, the jumping up and down Sixth Brother suddenly calmed down. Especially after the Fifth Sister combed his hair, he seemed to be under some kind of illusion, with a silly smile on his face, and his whole body exuded a smell of being soaked in honey.

After Fifth Senior Sister finished all this, she turned around and looked at Cao Ze, "What kind of elixir do you want to refine, Junior Brother?"

Haha ...

Cao Ze, who was about to laugh at his Sixth Senior Brother, suddenly laughed awkwardly twice. Then he remembered that every time he came to see Fifth Senior Sister, it seemed that he had a request from her.

"Junior brother, I do have some spiritual herbs that need to be refined into pills, but don't worry, Senior sister seems to be in trouble, why not tell me, maybe I can help."

Cao Ze was not a shy person, so he admitted it generously and then looked at the withered spiritual herb on the ground.

In fact, when he heard the conversation between Fifth Senior Sister and Sixth Senior Brother, he already had some ideas, but he was not sure whether his method could solve Fifth Senior Sister's problem.

The fifth sister was stunned when she heard this, then she smiled slightly.

She probably guessed that her junior brother was a little embarrassed and wanted to help her do something.

But this matter has troubled her, a master of alchemy and cultivation of spiritual herbs, for several years. How could it be solved by her junior brother, a layman?

But since her junior brother had such good intentions, she didn't want to discourage him too much.

"Little Junior Brother, don't join in the fun!"

"Put down the elixir and go back to practice."

At this time, the Sixth Senior Brother finally woke up from the Fifth Senior Sister's charm and patted Cao Ze on the shoulder, looking like he wanted to drive him away.

As a master of formations, he can almost fully meet any requirements of Yun Danyao. The cooperation between the two of them can be said to be the ceiling of the spiritual plant world.

Why would Junior Brother get involved when even they can't solve the problem?

Of course, what annoyed him even more was that Cao Ze actually showed up at this time to disturb the world of two between him and his fifth senior sister. It was really abominable!
"Stay there!"

Fifth Senior Sister turned her head and glared. It turned out that she couldn't be too nice to this guy, otherwise he would start to show off if she wasn't paying attention.

Sure enough, with just a look, Sixth Senior Brother immediately shut up.

But he also pouted and looked at Cao Ze with grievance, as if he was enjoying a good show.

"Three years ago, my cultivation level broke through again, unlocking more knowledge in the inheritance. I learned that there is a kind of elixir that can heal damage to the soul and greatly benefit the soul, allowing it to reach a higher level."

"Its main ingredient is the Xuanling Tianqiong!"

The fifth senior sister began to tell the story. She had been trying to find a way to treat the eldest senior brother's injuries over the years. After all, the eldest senior brother was injured while saving her family. If it weren't for this incident, the eldest senior brother would have a brighter future.

She has been blaming herself for this.

Now that she had finally found a way to make up for it, she naturally spared no effort in studying it. Unfortunately, for the past three years, she had been stuck at the Xuanling Tianqiong level.

"This Xuanling Tianqiong itself is considered an extremely precious spiritual herb, but it is not too precious. Generally speaking, Xuanling Tianqiong can only live for twenty years at most. Xuanling Tianqiong that is over thirty years old can be comparable to spiritual herbs at the Dharmakaya level. Xuanling Tianqiong that is over fifty years old has not yet appeared.

In order to refine this kind of elixir that can heal the soul, one needs a Xuanling Tianqiong that is at least one hundred years old!

If you want the best possible effect, the older the better. "

"Unfortunately, even if we simulated the most perfect environment that is most suitable for the growth of Xuanling Tianqiong, it still cannot survive for more than thirty years."

Cao Ze understood, and organized his words in his mind, thinking about how to explain this matter to Fifth Senior Sister.

He really couldn't help with this matter. He knew nothing about alchemy and spiritual plants. Maybe he could learn alchemy and then open up an alchemist career panel or something.

However, it will take time to reach the level of solving this problem, even with the help of a panel.

He has limited time, and his resources and love points are stretched thin. For now, he should focus on improving his cultivation. He is more interested in the ultimate path of martial arts than refining medicine and equipment. Even if he wants to study alchemy and spiritual plants, he should at least wait until his cultivation is maxed out.

However, after all, he came from the information-exploding world of Blue Star. He can indeed provide some inspiration for the problems encountered by Fifth Senior Sister. Whether she can grasp it depends on Fifth Senior Sister herself.

"What good things did Junior Brother get?"

"I have been studying Xuanling Tianqiong for quite some time recently. It is time to start refining pills and change my mind."

After Fifth Senior Sister finished speaking, she saw Cao Ze frowning and thinking hard, and smiled. Of course, she didn't really think that Cao Ze could give her any constructive suggestions.

"So the bottleneck for Xuanling Tianqiong to reach a hundred years is not the living environment, but the fact that Xuanling Tianqiong itself may not be able to survive more than thirty years?"

Cao Ze's thoughts gradually became clearer, and he asked.

Although he didn't know how to make pills, he had asked Fifth Senior Sister to make pills for him many times, so he knew some basic knowledge about the age of elixirs.

The age of the elixir mentioned by the alchemist does not really refer to how many years the elixir has been alive. The efficacy of elixir and herb is not completely equivalent to how many years it has been alive.

The same spiritual medicine, if grown for one year in a place with rich Yuanli, may have a higher efficacy than if grown for ten years in a place with poor Yuanli.

This situation is very similar to Cao Ze's experience on Blue Star in his previous life. The same rice will grow faster and produce more ears in places with fertile soil and suitable climate.

The growth of plants can also be accelerated through means such as fertilization. In the wild, wild rice, which is not seen by anyone, may take at least 4-5 months from planting in spring to harvesting in autumn. However, in a greenhouse, the planting and harvesting process can even be shortened to 2 months.

The growth rate is twice as fast as that of unattended plants, and it is entirely possible to achieve the effect of having two years of medicinal efficacy in one year of growth.

In this world, the growth of spiritual medicines can also be accelerated through various means, such as providing an environment with a higher concentration of energy, fertilizing the soil with certain natural treasures, etc.

So it is possible that a spiritual medicine may only grow for five years but have the medicinal effect of fifty years. It is also possible that a spiritual medicine may grow for ten years but only have the medicinal effect of five years. However, spiritual medicine cannot grow infinitely, just like rice in the previous life, which withers and flourishes every year. If you use fertilizers and other methods to speed up its growth, it will grow faster, but also die faster.

In other words, rice has a lifespan of only one year, and its medicinal effects can only last for one year.

This is the bottleneck of Xuanling Tianqiong!
"That's right!"

Fifth Senior Sister’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Cao Ze just asked a simple question, but it surprised her a little.

She figured out this principle only after studying Xuanling Tianqiong for several years. Before that, like Chen Tianyi, she had always been worried about whether there was a problem with the simulated environment or whether she had missed some important conditions for the growth of Xuanling Tianqiong.

But Cao Ze grasped the essence of the problem after just listening to her story once, which made her suddenly feel that perhaps she could really discuss it with her junior brother.

She also heard that the third senior brother was tinkering with some kind of curvature engine recently, and it was said that he was inspired by the youngest junior brother.

Of course, she didn't understand what the curvature engine was, nor did she think that her junior brother played a big role in it, but now, she suddenly wanted to hear what her junior brother had to say.

Chen Tianyi’s head was full of question marks.

Having been with Fifth Senior Sister for so many years, he certainly understood what Fifth Senior Sister's reaction meant.

It’s obvious that my junior brother just asked a very ordinary question. Is it worth taking it so seriously?
Cao Ze nodded and continued, "I was in Cape City and heard a sailor friend tell me that their hometown is very suitable for growing cotton, but cotton is easy to attract insects, so those farmers who grow cotton often suffer heavy losses if they are unlucky."

“But one day, someone discovered another plant in a cotton field that attracted almost no bugs.

So he thought, if I combine this plant with cotton, can I grow a cotton plant that is insect-free? "

Of course, it is impossible for Cao Ze to directly say something like GMO.

If it were a few months ago, Cao Ze would definitely not have had such a bold idea.

But since seeing the plane made by his third senior brother, Cao Ze started to think: since his third senior brother could build an alien version of the plane, why couldn't the fifth senior sister research an alien version of genetically modified organisms?
"Did he succeed in the end?"

Hearing the music and understanding the elegant meaning, the fifth sister looked at it with burning eyes and asked impatiently.

"Success!"

Cao Ze gave an affirmative answer.

"Is that person a Qi cultivator in the Dharmakaya realm?"

Before Cao Ze could continue speaking, Chen Tianyi asked curiously. He knew that Qi Refiners always liked to tinker with strange things.

"No, they're just ordinary people."

Cao Ze answered truthfully, and finally added, "In other words, they are not practitioners, ordinary, but extraordinary."

Chen Tianyi rolled his eyes, thinking Cao Ze was talking nonsense.

He didn't think that ordinary people could do such a thing. Even a Qi-refining practitioner at the Dharmakaya realm, he didn't think, could do such a bizarre thing.

Before Chen Tianyi could say anything in rebuttal, Fifth Senior Sister Yun Danyao couldn't wait to ask, "Little Junior Brother, where is your hometown? Can we go over and take a look now?"

She also thought that what Cao Ze said was very bizarre, but if it was true, then she not only saw the hope of cultivating the Xuanling Tianqiong to more than a hundred years old and curing the injuries of her senior brother, she even saw a bright road that would turn the spiritual plant world upside down.

"Well, this is actually a story I heard. I don't know where the overseas island that the crew member mentioned is."

Cao Ze really couldn't take Fifth Senior Sister to the place he mentioned. If possible, he himself would also like to go back.

Fifth Senior Sister looked gloomy and then shook her head.

Sure enough, she was desperate and tried all kinds of treatments.

The Sixth Senior Brother also shook his head, thinking that the Junior Brother shouldn’t joke with them about such things. They had worked hard on this for three years!

"But I heard some details from that crew member. I don't know if it can help you, Senior Sister."

Cao Ze was not discouraged. It was normal for people in this world to find these theories difficult to accept for a while, but he continued, "I heard from that crew member that the man extracted a substance from the insect-resistant plant and transplanted it into cotton, and finally cultivated insect-resistant cotton."

"So, is it possible to find a longevity elixir, transplant the substance that controls longevity in this elixir into the Xuanling Tianqiong, and then cultivate a Xuanling Tianqiong that is over a hundred years old?"

"Even beyond just longevity, cold and heat resistance, can these characteristics also be transplanted?"

Cao Ze continued to explore his ideas. He certainly knew that if some elixirs were truly resistant to cold and heat, they might not be as effective, but this was indeed an idea.

"This is impossible!"

Sixth Senior Brother did not continue to sneer, but after thinking about it, he shook his head.

If it is true as Cao Ze said, then can people become immortal by taking the elixir with longevity properties?
But that's not the case.

But the fifth senior sister fell into deep thought as she looked at the withered Xuanling Tianqiong on the ground.

Although what Cao Ze said was bizarre, it did not seem to be completely unreasonable. However, how could one transplant these substances with certain properties into another plant?
Although she had obtained the ancient inheritance in the secret realm of the cave, the knowledge that Cao Ze was talking about now was still a little too advanced for her.

Haha ...

Cao Ze smiled awkwardly again, "I just heard about this story, I don't know if it will be helpful to Fifth Senior Sister."

"Then, I'll leave first?"

Seeing that Fifth Senior Sister was still thinking and Sixth Senior Brother was also paying attention to her, Cao Ze didn't plan to disturb her any further. As for originally wanting Fifth Senior Sister to help him with refining the elixir, it seemed that Fifth Senior Sister might not be interested in this in the short term.

"Leave the elixir here. What kind of elixir do you want to make this time?"

However, at this time, the fifth sister raised her head and looked at Cao Ze with a smile, "No matter what, I still thank you for the idea you provided."

"Since previous experience doesn't work, why not try this bold idea of ​​Junior Brother?"

"But there is no need to rush." ​​(End of this chapter)