Chapter 376: The Problem of the Pill
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Today's Yu Qingzong is no longer the three or two kittens in the past.
Although the second-rate sect is not a big one in the Shenhua domain, compared to when it was ranked third in the past, the Yuqing sect is now well-known in the northwest region. And with this reputation, more people will naturally be willing to worship Yu Qingzong's gate wall. Even though Yu Qingzong raised the standard for accepting disciples, the number of outer disciples was still growing rapidly.
From the perspective of the development of a sect, this is of course a good phenomenon. Except for the Great Freedom Sect, which sect would think that it has too many disciples? Under certain standards, the greater the number of disciples, the higher the chance of producing talents. To use the simplest analogy, if there is one Golden Core Grandmaster out of one hundred disciples, then if there are one thousand disciples, it means that there will likely be ten Golden Core Grandmasters.
However, as the number of disciples increases, there will be some corresponding problems.
Such trivial matters as basic necessities of life, food, housing, and transportation are all problems that can be solved with money, and they are not considered problems for the Taoist sect, so there is no need to talk about them. The real problem is still in cultivating disciples. To put it bluntly, it is a problem of resource allocation.
The so-called resources, one is the "teaching force" in the world of science and technology. If one person teaches ten people, and one person teaches a hundred people, the effect will definitely be different. The other is the actual material resources that are indispensable in cultivation.
In today's cultivation environment, when it comes to the most essential resources in cultivation, it is naturally none other than pills. Without elixir, if you only rely on your own ability to absorb the spiritual energy of the world, even the best aptitude will be delayed. For many people with average aptitude, stepping into the first level of the realm earlier may mean that the limited future has been extended.
Yuqingzong has jumped from a third-rate sect to a second-rate sect, and the number of disciples in the sect has also increased sharply, so the demand for pills has naturally increased significantly. Although, Ye Zan used the pharmaceutical methods of the scientific and technological world to produce basic elixirs in large quantities and quickly, and the quality was of the highest quality. However, whether it is alchemy or medicine, if there are not enough herbal materials, then everything is useless.
Although, Ye Zan also improved some herbal medicine planting methods, and opened up a large area of medicine gardens in that summer secret realm. But herbs are not crops after all, so it is impossible to harvest once a year, or even harvest twice or thrice a year. The result of harvesting in advance is that the medicinal power of the herbs is not enough, so to refine the same pill, more herbs will be consumed, which is simply not worth the candle.
Those disciples consume a lot of pills every day, and some of the herbs grown by Yu Qingzong need to be planted for at least two or three years before they can be used. In this way,
Here comes the problem. With Yu Qingzong's current resource allocation method, it won't be long before there will be no materials for the production of elixir.
People are very realistic, don't think that when someone joins your sect, they must have the great goal of making your sect great for you. One must know that the reason why so many disciples with good aptitude joined Yuqingzong was because of Yuqingzong's reputation on the one hand, but more importantly, Yuqingzong's welfare was good enough.
After all, Yu Qingzong has just been promoted to a second-rate sect not long ago, so why would they let those old-fashioned second-rate sects not go, and come to you, a sect that just popped up and nodded? That's because no other sect can give disciples the best pills as vitamin tablets like they do.
If we say that one day this top-quality elixir is really cut off, or the supply will be greatly reduced. Although, according to the rules of this world, it is almost impossible for those disciples who have already started to defect to other places, but I am afraid it will be difficult to receive new genius disciples.
As the head elder of the alchemy hall, Liu Qian saw that the consumption rate of the pills was becoming more and more terrifying. After counting the herbs planted in the medicine field, he knew that according to this consumption rate, he would run out of food in a short time, so he was in a hurry He ran to Ye Zan to find a solution.
Ye Zan flipped through the brochure Liu Gan handed over, and quickly saw the problem. He closed the brochure and asked, "It's best not to change the supply of elixirs at random. Can those herbs that are prone to gaps be removed from the supply?" Shop elsewhere?"
The current Yu Qingzong still has a big wallet, far from being as shabby as before. What's more, Ye Zan's own net worth is quite terrifying, so he also has the confidence to say something like this: just spend money to buy what you lack.
However, herbal medicine is a strategic resource for any sect. Moreover, in many sects, they are actually trying to maintain a balance, so how can they sell more herbs to others.
Liu Gan shook his head and smiled wryly, and said: "Elder Ye, we have been buying what we can buy, and what we can't buy, we can't buy it at a higher price!"
Naturally, it was impossible for Yu Qingzong to plant all the herbs. There are tens of thousands of herbs in the world, even if only one plant of a kind of herb is planted, I am afraid that Yu Qingzong will not find such a large space. What's more, if only one herb is planted, what's the use? It's not even enough to refine a batch of elixir. Therefore, the Yuqing Sect has always planted some and bought some, and most of the other sects did the same. However, everyone communicated with each other through transactions.
Ye Zan actually knew this, but he just wanted to save some trouble. After all, the problems that can be solved with money are basically not problems for him. It is a pity that this problem cannot be solved with money. Even if Ye Zan paid a higher price, for each sect, cultivating disciples is the most important issue.
Ye Zan shook his head helplessly, put the booklet in his hand on the table next to him, and said, "Okay, I'll think of a way to do this. At least adjust the rationing, don't do it for now, anyway, this herbal medicine is still available." It can last for a while."
In fact, at this time, Ye Zan had already thought of a solution, that is the small world of the fairy palace. After he deployed Skynet in the small world, he already had a fairly detailed grasp of the situation in the small world. Basically, the herbs that Yu Qingzong lacked now can also be found in the small world.
However, this method can only solve the urgent need. If we really want to completely solve the problem, Ye Zan still needs to find another way. After all, no matter where it is, the growth period of this herb has a certain number, and the fairy palace small world is no exception. What's more, the ascetics in the small world of the fairy palace also need the help of pills to practice. Using the herbs there to fill the holes of Yu Qingzong is basically tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall.
"This...well, I ask Elder Ye to take care of it." Liu Gan couldn't help it, Ye Zan said so, so he had to wait a little longer.
After talking about the herbal medicine, Liu Gan didn't stay any longer, got up to say goodbye to Ye Zan and Wu Changsheng, and went back to his alchemy hall in Lingwu Peak with a worried face. To be honest, he really didn't have much hope for Ye Zan to figure out a way. After all, Ye Zan is just one person. No matter how many magical methods there are, can those herbs mature in a blink of an eye after being planted?
Some things seem to be common, but no one can change them, because they are the decrees of the way of heaven. For example, the four seasons flow, even if someone can make it snow in June and thunder in winter, they can't really reverse the four seasons. In Liu Gan's view, the growth of this herbal medicine is also definite, and how long it takes to grow enough to have enough medicinal power is definitely something that anyone can easily change.
Ye Zan and Wu Changsheng sent Liu Gan out of the yard, and then returned to the living room together.
After sitting down again, Ye Zan asked Wu Changsheng: "I don't know what the matter is that the headmaster is here?"
Wu Changsheng bowed his hands and said, "My lord, the news of the three people you asked your disciples to investigate has just come back."
The three people Wu Changsheng mentioned were the three mysterious powers who intercepted Ye Zan and Mo Ruye on the way. At the beginning, after Ye Zan and others killed the three people, Ye Zan took the bodies of the three people and read some memories from the three bodies. It's just that those memories are not about mysterious forces, but some memories before the three of them became powerful primordial spirits.
Therefore, Ye Zan sent those information back to Wu Changsheng, and asked Wu Changsheng to investigate the real origins of the three people based on the information, to see if he could find any clues about the mysterious forces.
It's just that this Shenhua Domain is so big, even though the information has narrowed the scope a lot, it is not an easy task to find a result of the investigation. What's more, although the Yuqing Sect is a second-rate sect, its sphere of influence is limited to this northwest region, and it is difficult to do anything outside its own territory, let alone investigate these three dead people.
Fortunately, Ye Zan's status in Yuqingzong is extraordinary, and Wu Changsheng also gave the disciple in charge of the investigation a death order, which is why the news came back so quickly.
"Oh, what did you find?" Ye Zan asked.
Now that Ye Zan himself has become the target of mysterious forces, he naturally pays more attention to mysterious forces. After all, no one wants to be missed all the time, even if there is no loss all the time, but who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in the future. What Ye Zan wants to do most now is to quickly find out the origin of the mysterious force, and then smash all the nuclear bombs in his stockpile, completely erasing this **** mysterious force.
Of course, thinking so, Ye Zan also knew very well that it would definitely not be easy to find out the origin of the other party. If it was really that easy to find out, then the mysterious force would have ceased to be mysterious, and it would be his turn to investigate.
Sure enough, upon hearing Ye Zan's question, Wu Changsheng showed a bit of shame on his face, and said, "Forgive me, I didn't find many things, and two of them made no progress at all. The identity of the third person , The disciple in charge of the investigation found some clues."
Wu Changsheng was afraid that Ye Zan's expectations would be too high, so he gave him a vaccination first, and bluntly said that the information he found was not much, lest Ye Zan lose his temper in disappointment.
Ye Zan smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I know it's not easy to investigate, and if you can find anything, it's considered a profit, so you can just talk about it."
"Yes," Wu Changsheng was relieved, and then said: "According to the information given by the Supreme Being, the disciples sent people to investigate in many places in Yanzhou in the southeast Daqi Kingdom, but at first they did not find any information related to this person. Until not long ago, he found a local family and discovered a genealogy from its collection of ancient books, which gave him some clues."
Ancient books? Genealogy? Ye Zan was a little confused, but he didn't interrupt Wu Changsheng, but quietly listened to the other party's continuation.
Wu Changsheng was not showing off, and continued: "The ancestor of that family used to be an elder of a sect, but that sect had been destroyed hundreds of years ago. That elder escaped for some reason. In one calamity, that genealogy belongs to that sect. In the genealogy, according to the information given by the Supreme, he found a name, which is the same as the person mentioned by the Supreme in terms of realm."
Just a name, it certainly can't explain anything, there are more than hundreds of millions of people in the Shenhua Domain, and it is not uncommon to have people with the same name. However, since Wu Changsheng said that he had found some clues, it must be more than that.
Therefore, Ye Zan was not in a hurry at all, and continued to listen patiently.
"Afterwards, according to the information in the genealogy, he looked up the real names, and finally found two people of the same generation as that name, and those two were already in the Nascent Soul realm. They didn't put on airs, especially after hearing some information about the person he described, they were sure that the person was indeed the one they knew." Wu Changsheng paused for a moment when he said this. , and then said: "So, if those two people didn't lie, then you can be sure that the person Tai Shang asked to investigate should be this person without a doubt."
While talking, Wu Changsheng took out some things, including an old genealogy, and some notes, some of which were newly written.
"So, that person is a disciple of Luo Tianzong who disappeared hundreds of years ago?" Ye Zan took the few things, first picked up the genealogy, and saw that on the cover of the genealogy, it was written With the word Luo Tianzong. This sect that was exterminated hundreds of years ago is not a big sect, it can even be said to be a low-profile sect.
However, there is a problem here. If that person was a person hundreds of years ago, where are the memories of these hundreds of years? You know, from that person's memory, Ye Zan did not see Luo Tianzong being destroyed, which means that the other party disappeared before Luo Tianzong was destroyed, maybe Luo Tianzong's destruction was related to mysterious forces.
(To be continued.)