I Studied Abroad in the Modern Times

Vol 2 Chapter 199: New Spiritual Plant, Golden Core Analysis

Beside the experimental field at the nursing home.

A group of people squatted at the edge of the field, looking nothing like cultivators, their eyes burning as they stared at that small plot of tomato seedlings.

These tomatoes seemed to have just ripened, the fruits bright red, water droplets still clinging to the skin, glistening proudly under the sunlight.

"So beautiful..."

Old Bai sighed softly.

Everyone nodded.

Tomatoes were, naturally, beautiful.

But what truly excited them was that this was the first spiritual plant created using modern technology!

Its significance wasn’t about how precious it was, but about the boundless imagination it unlocked for them! "We tried protoplast fusion with the spiritual pea we previously cultivated and various crops—only this tomato also carried spiritual energy, and its offspring traits were the most stable."

Protoplast fusion—in essence, was fusing two plant cells together.

Then through selection, breeding, and backcrossing, a new crop combining characteristics of both plants was chosen.

This technology was actually already relatively mature.

For instance, some salt-alkali-resistant wheat was bred by fusing salt-tolerant plant protoplasts with wheat.

Zheng Fa and his team had previously explored the cellular structure of spiritual plants and found that so-called spiritual plants had one more organelle-like structure.

Now, following the concept of protoplast fusion, they were transferring this organelle into another plant cell.

Elder Hou continued explaining: "From our observations, this tomato also carries a spiritual-energy organelle similar to that pea."

Old Bai furrowed his brow.

"Then from a spiritual plant perspective, do these two serve the same function?"

Elder Hou shook his head. "We still know too little about spiritual plants. That pea has very strong life-sustaining ability, but whether this tomato is exactly the same, we can’t say for sure."

"However, theoretically speaking, they should be about the same." Official source ıs novel[f]ire.net

Upon hearing this, some disappointment inevitably appeared on the faces of Old Bai and the others.

But Zheng Fa was still thrilled inside.

To the nursing home, this thing might be a bit redundant.

But for the Jiushan Realm, this technology had incredible prospects!

There were actually quite a lot of spiritual plants in the Jiushan Realm’s medicine garden—or rather, all the thunder-type spiritual plants from the Xuanyi Realm existed there.

However, thunder-type spiritual plants were relatively limited in variety, especially those suitable for lower-level cultivators.

For example, staple food-type spiritual plants were severely lacking.

Qianhe Rice, for one, lacked spiritual energy, and thunder techniques caused some harm—most lower-level disciples couldn’t even eat much of it in a day.

This lack of variety was quite understandable—thunder techniques were inherently violent, and even humans had to cultivate them cautiously, let alone plants.

But if this technology worked in the Jiushan Realm too,

then methods for cultivating new spiritual plants would multiply.

For instance, merging foreign spiritual grains with local rice varieties in the Jiushan Realm to combine the spiritual-energy organelles of the foreign ones with the local varieties' adaptability—this was previously impossible. Take Yellow Sprout Rice, for example—it couldn’t even grow in Jiushan Realm, so hybrid experiments weren’t doable at all.

Even spiritual plants from the medicine garden could be used for fusion, to create all sorts of cheap spiritual vegetables.

Or even to cultivate various economic crops—like mulberry leaves, or different types of wood for crafting magical tools...

One could say, this technology might just be a small step for modern science,

but for the agricultural development of Jiushan Realm, it was likely a giant leap!

...

"You guys made progress too?"

Zheng Fa looked at Cheng Yun, asking in surprise.

"Progress..." Cheng Yun scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed. "It’s not as good as the new spiritual plant."

Zheng Fa stood in front of Tang Lingwu’s computer, reading the research results he had sent—"Divine Thunder Golden Core Analysis".

As he read, Cheng Yun explained from the side: "Based on the process you gave us, Dean Zheng, this Golden Core should involve forty-one types of reactions and generate six main particles."

"Since we don’t really know what kind of particles the Divine Thunder Golden Core collects from Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend, we can’t confirm what those six particles are exactly."

"According to our calculations, the sequence and proportions of these six particles are as follows..."

Zheng Fa looked at the charts in the document and nodded in satisfaction.

After all, lacking actual Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend materials, they could only analyze based on the cultivation technique texts. Reaching this level was already commendable.

His reason for studying the Divine Thunder Golden Core first, of course, was because it was his main reference for forming a core.

On the other hand, the Divine Thunder Golden Core itself was already Jiushan Sect’s top-tier core formation method, relatively perfect, and provided a solid theoretical structure for everyone...

"Actually, based on calculations, generating the same particle proportions doesn’t need that many reactions."

Hmm?

Zheng Fa was taken aback and looked at Cheng Yun, who tapped on the screen to bring up a new flowchart:

"From the core formation process you gave us, Dean Zheng, it’s essentially a simple equation problem—how to use two different particles to generate six new particles in fixed proportions."

"By calculating proton and neutron numbers—you’ll see that out of the forty-one reactions, nearly thirty can be replaced by others."

"In other words, the same particle output can be achieved using just twelve reactions."

As Zheng Fa listened, he couldn’t help feeling delighted—

Each reaction in the Divine Thunder Golden Core actually required immense spiritual power and soul control.

Reducing it from forty-one reactions to twelve—what a huge reduction in burden for core formation!

This thing... wasn’t it essentially simplified production tech for manufacturing?

"Of course, without real-world validation, twelve is the ideal scenario—but forty-one is definitely excessive."

As Cheng Yun spoke, Zheng Fa happily said, "Your work is extremely valuable!"

"Professor Tang, don’t be stingy with their contribution points..."

Tang Mudaodao nodded with a smile.

"Um..." Cheng Yun stammered, "I..."

"Hmm?"

"Can I buy some more Jiushan No. 1 to bring back from the nursing home? You can’t get it in the market anymore..."

"..."

Zheng Fa, Old Bai, and Tang Mudaodao looked at Cheng Yun with pity in their eyes.

"My father..."

"..."

"No, I really do have a dad!"

...

"You’re saying the Divine Thunder Golden Core can be simplified?"

In the Jiushan Realm, Old Yuan flipped through the translated and annotated "Divine Thunder Golden Core Analysis" from Zheng Fa, his expression unreadable.

"It’s just an idea, needs verification. The Golden Core Engineering project needs to get moving quickly."

"Forty-one techniques, but you only need twelve?"

Old Yuan’s tone was full of disbelief, but as he looked at the Divine Thunder Golden Core Analysis, he felt a faint resonance with his own core formation experience.

"It might be a bit more than that," Zheng Fa remained cautious, "but overall, it should be fewer than forty-one."

"..."

Old Yuan set down the jade slip, looking at Zheng Fa with a rather aggrieved expression.

"Master?"

"I wasted a hundred years forming my core... what was that for, huh?"