Scientifically Cultivating In An Unscientific World - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Hiss, Isn’t This a Coincidence?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

It was a well-known fact.

Among the five spiritual roots of the cultivation practitioners of the major sects, the water spiritual root was the least awakened one, which resulted in a very small number of alchemists.

However, the sects that had been battling with the heretics for a long time were in great need of elixirs.

This discovery could allow a large number of cultivators with metal and wood spiritual roots to refine elixirs, which could effectively solve the problem of the scarcity of elixirs.

This was a great achievement!

At the same time, the experience and techniques for Rank 1 alchemy appeared in his head.

After these contents appeared, Lu Ming was amazed at what “scientific cultivation” was and at the same time, he immediately materialized them:

[When refining the most basic Rank 1 elixir, the most important thing to pay attention to is the control of the proportion of the output ratio of the pill fire output and the precise control of the quantity of the basic medicinal herbs.]

[For example, when refining the spirit gathering elixir, one must accurately put in 135g spirit gathering grass and 380g hundred-year-old ginseng in the correct sequence…]

[After placing all the medicinal herbs, to completely extract the essence of the hundred-year-old ginseng, one must first adjust the proportion of the pill fire output to 45% of the fire spiritual root’s spiritual power output and 55% of the wood spiritual root’s spiritual power output.]

[At the same time, control the temperature of the pill fire between 60 degrees to 70 degrees.]

[…if the constant temperature of the pill fire is set to X, the concentration of the spirit gathering grass is Y and the temperature of the pill fire during the refinement is Z, the final formula can be obtained: spirit gathering pill = …]

As Lu Ming was a researcher in Physics and Chemistry in his previous life, after seeing such a simple and easy-to-understand explanation of alchemy, he instantly understood all the problems related to refining a Rank 1 elixir.

Science does not deceive me. This is the power of knowledge.

Just as Lu Ming was feeling sentimental, a voice suddenly came from outside the cave abode.

“Fellow Daoist, are you in the cave abode?”

Because the voice was mixed with spiritual energy, Lu Ming could hear the voice very clearly.

There was already someone looking for him so quickly?

A deacon of the sect?

No, since he addressed him as a fellow Daoist, he should not be.

If the sect had something or a mission to convey, they could use the disciple token.

Lu Ming immediately got up to walk out of the cave abode.

When he was near the cave abode, Lu Ming realized that it was already dusk.

He had unknowingly immersed himself in the sea of knowledge for a long time.

When he walked to the entrance of the cave abode, Lu Ming saw a medium-sized youth with an average appearance waiting for him.

“Fellow Daoist, who are you?”

Lu Ming stood within the cave abode’s restricted area and asked curiously.

“Junior brother, I am your Senior Brother Liu Feng, and I live in the cave abode on your left.”

The youth smiled and said to Lu Ming.

“Today, I learned that someone had suddenly moved into our Grade A cave abode, so I came to pay a visit.”

“Perhaps one day, when we are appointed to patrol, we will be assigned together.”

As soon as he finished his words, Lu Ming immediately realized what had happened. It was then that he remembered that Lin Ciyue had mentioned it at the registration pavilion.

Usually, the disciples of the Center Sect who lived near each other in the cave abode would find an opportunity to get acquainted together.

It was because they might be assigned together when they were out on patrol.

He had forgotten about it because he had been preoccupied with alchemy and refining elixirs.

In the Center Sect, the disciples would have conflicts over the distribution of resources or the number of patrols.

But in fact, few of them would have feuds with each other.

After all, the disciples of the Center Sect had contributed a lot to the outside world and the people around them kept changing frequently.

In addition, those who had made feuds with each other might become life and death teammates in the blink of an eye.

As a result, the disciples of the Center Sect tried their best to get along with one another.

“I see. Greetings, Senior Brother Liu.”

Lu Ming greeted him with a bow.

This person who was his neighbor should be a prodigy who had cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage within a year.

He didn’t expect this person to be a genius despite his plain appearance.

Then, Lu Ming looked at the Grade A cave abode on his right side subconsciously.

“Junior Brother Lu Ming, you don’t have to look at it.”

“You can look for your Senior Brother Gu Zecang after a few days…”

Seeing Lu Ming’s gaze fall on the Grade A cave abode on his right, Liu Feng opened his mouth and was about to tell him the reason why Gu Zecang didn’t come, but he didn’t finish his words.

“Bang!”

The sound of an item exploding came from Gu Zecang’s cave abode.

“This…This is?”

After the explosion, Lu Ming curiously asked Liu Feng.

Liu Feng revealed a bitter smile.

“It’s nothing, don’t worry. It’s just that Junior Brother Gu Zecang blew up the cauldron again.”

“Blew up the cauldron? Senior Brother Gu is an alchemist?”

Lu Ming, who had just unlocked his scientific alchemy experience and techniques, immediately understood the meaning of the explosion when he heard it.

“Yes.”

“This Senior Brother Gu is an amazing person.”

“When he entered the sect, he was tested to have talent in alchemy, but after his cultivation reached the Foundation Establishment Stage and he advanced to become an Inner Disciple, he rejected the invitation from the Pill Peak to go and cultivate alchemy there.”

“But you and I also understand that disciples who can enter the Grade A cave abodes like us have great talent in cultivation.”

Liu Feng’s temperament was very similar to his appearance, very moderate and amiable. Even when he spoke, he maintained a steady pace.

“Junior Brother Gu only wanted to cultivate and then go and kill the heretics. He didn’t need to waste time on alchemy and his cultivation improved very quickly. Last month, he broke through to the Core Formation Stage in one go!”

“But after he broke through to the Core Formation Stage, he regretted it. Because he found that the resources the sect provided for him were simply not enough, he went to the Pill Peak to ask for elixirs, but was directly rejected by the disciples of the Pill Peak.”

“Then Junior Brother Gu thought that he had the talent for alchemy, so he began to learn alchemy secretly. However, after being discovered by the disciples of the Pill Peak, he was ridiculed by them. In the end, he refused to give in to them and was forced to make a bet.”

“The disciples of the Pill Peak bet that if he could learn alchemy by himself within this month, then in the future, they would give him twice as many elixirs every month.”

“If he didn’t learn the alchemy technique by himself, then he would have to clean up the cauldrons’ ashes for the disciples of Pill Peak for a year.”

Liu Feng shook his head after he finished his last sentence.

“Isn’t that so? Alchemy is such a difficult task. How could he learn it on his own? He blew up more than ten cauldrons in a month and almost used up all the spirit stones he had saved up.”

“I think Junior Brother Gu has to clean the cauldrons for a year for the disciples of Pill Peak this time.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ming, who was listening by the side, had a thought.

Hiss.

Wasn’t this a coincidence?

Just now, he was still at a loss on how to complete the system mission.

This was a good opportunity that came knocking on his door.

“I see, Senior Brother Gu is really interesting.”

Lu Ming nodded his head in response to Liu Feng.

But this Senior Brother Gu also sounded like a fascinating person.

Now his system mission had something to work on.

“Mm, then I’ll go back first.”

“If there’s anything you need, as long as it’s not the end of the month inspection, you can just come to me directly.”

After saying this, Liu Feng turned around and left in the darkness of the night.

As for Lu Ming, he came to the front of Gu Zecang’s cave abode.