ragginovel Chapter 31 Wonders
Chapter 31 Wonders
As the Zhou Tianqing Huawen pattern was completed, a large amount of spiritual energy gathered from all directions and formed a spiritual energy network in the body's meridians.
Zhao Cheng'an, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes with a look of surprise on his face.
"It's done!"
He roughly estimated in his mind that the overall efficiency was nearly doubled compared to the previous use of the Azure Pattern.
Such growth can be described as immediate and remarkable.
More importantly, this method validates Zhao Chengan's long-held ideas.
The idea of improving cultivation efficiency and optimizing combat methods through rune synthesis is entirely feasible. As long as a suitable carrier can be found, there is hope to optimize the structure of the runes using the Qiankun Cauldron.
Zhao Cheng'an was immersed in the increased cultivation speed brought about by the Zhou Tianqing Huawen.
Before you know it, the whole night has passed.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, wisps of white mist swirled outside the window, the sound of roosters crowing drifted from afar, and the first rays of the rising sun cast a brilliant red glow down from Cangwu Mountain.
"Click."
Zhao Chengan stretched and moved around a bit before jumping off the bed.
With a slight stirring in his heart, the familiar clouds and mist reappeared, and the Qiankun Cauldron appeared in his consciousness.
Looking at the precious light bursting forth from the mouth of the cauldron, Zhao Cheng'an was in high spirits and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"Today is truly a double celebration, not bad at all."
Zhao Cheng'an took out a portion of spirit rice seeds that had just been synthesized from the Qiankun Cauldron and then activated his identification ability.
Like the Qingya Ling Rice produced by the Imperial Academy, the second-generation improved Ling Rice also has seven entries.
"Many children, many blessings, reabsorption..."
As Zhao Cheng'an twirled the spirit rice between his fingers, he muttered the words that appeared on it.
There are two terms used to increase production.
The former effect is to enable a single rice seedling to produce more spiritual rice, while the latter allows the spiritual rice to transfer nutrients from its roots, stems, and leaves to the rice ears when it matures, thus achieving a secondary development effect.
The terms "returning to green" and "sealing spiritual energy" ensure that the cultivated spiritual rice contains spiritual energy.
The remaining entries are two related to disease resistance and resilience: PUBG and disaster relief, and one negative entry: sick and weak.
This entry is bound to the "Spiritual Energy Sealing" entry; they are two different properties expressed by the same rune. Zhao Cheng'an had previously tried to fuse it with the "Disease Resistance" entry, but it affected the storage effect of spiritual energy, and in the end, it was counterproductive, so he had to give up.
Among the Qingya Lingdao rice varieties, there is a high-yield term "polyploid," but this term is associated with the negative term "disaster-bringing."
The second-generation improved spirit rice is a hybrid variety obtained by crossing green sprout spirit rice and wild spirit rice. Its rune domain has degenerated, and the number of runes it can accommodate has decreased, so the "polyploid" entry cannot be integrated into it.
The current second-generation improved spirit rice, although it still has seven entries in the Qiankun Cauldron's appraisal, actually only has four runes that are actually active due to the optimized rune structure.
In this way, although the spiritual energy contained in a unit of spiritual rice is reduced by about one-third due to the absence of a high-yield attribute, the disease resistance and disaster resistance are greatly improved.
"Based on this estimate, as long as there is no particularly extreme weather or pest infestation, it can be planted on a large scale in the ordinary environment around Cangwu Mountain."
Zhao Cheng'an was making plans in his mind.
In this way, even people like Chen Heng and Xiang Yunyuan will probably benefit a lot from him.
When he was studying under Qi Weizhao, Master Qi had said:
"While sword cultivators and body cultivators possess formidable combat abilities, in today's cultivation world of the East Sea, those who advance the entire cultivation civilization of the East Sea, such as alchemists, weapon forgers, or spiritual plant cultivators, are more likely to be respected."
There is indeed some truth to what this said.
Of course, the cultivation world is not without its crises, and essential combat capabilities are an indispensable part of it.
The long-term efforts have finally paid off.
Looking at the spirit rice in his hand, Zhao Cheng'an felt an indescribable joy.
However, after a moment's thought, he abandoned his plan to immediately inform Master Qi.
After all, even if rice seeds are cultivated, it doesn't necessarily mean they can be planted on a large scale; there are still some practical steps involved.
"The last leg of a journey is the hardest; the more crucial the moment, the less we can afford to be careless."
Zhao Cheng'an silently warned himself.
At the same time, they walked out of the bamboo house and found Xiao Wu practicing his martial arts outside.
"Xiao Wu, prepare the carriage," Zhao Cheng'an instructed. "I need to go to the market town below the Imperial Academy. Also, help me find some reliable farmers from the surrounding villages."
Xiao Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Okay!"
He immediately got to work.
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On the other side, there is the Floating Scale Cave.
Shen Yanshan stood on the deck of the Taiyi Transcendental Divine Ship, gazing at the scene below.
Although it wasn't his first time here, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression on his aged face.
Before us stretched a vast, orange-red sea of clouds, offering a wide and unobstructed view. Various celestial boats, magical vessels, and multi-storied ships crisscrossed the sea of clouds, interspersed with the graceful silhouettes of dragons. White cranes soared past, leaving long trails of spiritual energy, exuding an ethereal aura.
More importantly, amidst this boundless sea of clouds, there rise and fall enormous and majestic sacred mountains.
These sacred mountains do not grow out of the earth and pierce the sky, but are suspended directly upside down between the sea of clouds.
The mountain peaks face downwards, while the mountain's belly faces upwards, forming a huge, open platform.
The platform was filled with magnificent buildings and pavilions, and cultivators from all races came and went in an endless stream, making it extremely prosperous.
Even a single one of these upside-down mountains is awe-inspiring, for it is backed by unimaginable power.
However, there are a total of 108 such caves in the Floating Scale Cave.
These 108 inverted mountains, when combined, form the famous spectacle of Fulin Cave Heaven – the Hundred-Dome Hanging Mountains.
There are many similar wonders in Fulin Cave Heaven, such as Mirror Pool Sea, Crimson Gold Desert, and Void Sea Sky Curtain.
It was so overwhelming, like a mayfly glimpsing the blue sky.
"It is said that every grotto-heaven in the world was created by Golden Core cultivators through great perseverance, great aspirations, great magical power, and supreme supernatural abilities in the chaos."
Shen Yanshan leaned on the deck railing, muttering to himself.
"Not only is the concentration of spiritual energy inside far greater than outside, but it also contains the Dao principles and insights left behind by Golden Core True Monarchs when they cultivated and comprehended the universe. Cultivating within this grotto-heaven is incredibly beneficial, allowing one to progress by leaps and bounds..."
"It's such a pity, such a pity."
A slightly teasing voice rang in Shen Yanshan's ears.
Shen Yanshan's expression, which had just been slightly smiling, immediately tightened.
He looked at the middle-aged cultivator in green robes who had appeared beside him and snorted irritably.
"Lu Huaishuang, you bastard, just shut up already. Stop nagging me all day long. My ears are about to grow calluses."