Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

Checking the time, it’s almost bedtime.

Some clever fox disciples are already "swishing" towards the bed, either burrowing into the master’s arms or running to the master’s pillow.

"Eeee!"

Big Flower Arm, this guy, dives into the master’s arms in advance, eyebrows full of excitement, head snuggling against the master’s chest.

Bai Mo grinned, seeing Big Flower Arm, and suddenly recalled the batch of Lake Bottom Fish Scale Grass he tampered with during the day.

"Hehe."

"I wonder if the Ancient Immortal’s disciples have tried to use that thing for ascension?"

He believed that his tampering would be completely undetectable to the Ancient Immortal.

In fact, the tampering with the Lake Bottom Fish Scale Grass is quite easy to detect. The surface of the grass has shallow gray spots that are usually hidden but can be revealed with sunlight. Just one glance in the sunlight and it becomes apparent!

In the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, any alchemist would know this common knowledge.

But in today’s Dream Immortal Realm, the sky is always cloudy, where can sunlight be found?

Bai Mo calculated the situation exactly right!

More and more fox disciples came running.

Bai Mo hugged Big Flower Arm, rubbed its chubby head, and lay down on the bed.

"Tomorrow’s matters will be dealt with tomorrow, today, let’s sleep first!"

...

At Meat Bottle Mountain, in the square, the alchemy furnace was extinguished, surrounded by junior brothers and sisters with flowers growing from their ears, lying all over the ground, panting and exhausted.

Gao Shou held the freshly brewed Fire Consciousness Soup, leaving the alchemy furnace and junior siblings behind, climbed the steps with fanatical joy on his face!

He ascended the final step, reaching the entrance of the grand hall, kneeling before Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal, raising his hands above his head, voice hoarse.

"Master, please grant the fire!"

Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal laughed heartily, very pleased with the disciple’s sense of ritual!

He extended his finger and gently pinched atop the Fire Consciousness Soup.

Then the steam from the medicinal soup instantly ignited, burning with... filthy black fire!

Wang E could not distinguish whether it was smoke or fire, but seeing the fire made his deep inner heart and mind suddenly churn with nauseating events and unpleasant memories! This fire... has issues!

If Gao Shou drank this Fire Consciousness Soup, wouldn’t it bring this fire to the real world?

Yet Gao Shou, without hesitation, raised his head, craned his neck, and drank the burning black fire’s Fire Consciousness Soup in one gulp!

Gulp gulp...

Clang clang.

The copper bowl fell from his hand, and he was stunned.

Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal waved his hand and said.

"Don’t be afraid, this is all quite normal. The medicinal soup is changing his body, opening up his Forehead Sea of Consciousness and Dantian Qi Sea.

"Once the transformation is complete, he will be Sequence Seven!"

On Ancient Immortal’s gaunt face, a pair of bulging eyes stared at Gao Shou, full of greed!

Rather than watching his disciple, it’s more like he’s seeing a stronger weapon soon to be at hand!

Behind Ancient Immortal, Wang E furrowed his brow, failing to control himself, inadvertently speaking out.

"When Gao Shou ascends to Sequence Seven, might there be others already ascending to Sequence Six?"

After speaking, he bit his teeth hard!

Is he stupid?

How could he say such things that would displease Ancient Immortal?

Luckily, Ancient Immortal’s mood remained unaffected, even amused.

"Hahaha, impossible!

"In this era, the path to becoming a Master of Communication has already been severed!

"In other areas, perhaps it’s negotiable.

"Especially Regenerative New Sprouts... For thousands of years, all Sequence Six Immortal Grass has long since died.

"No one can overcome this barrier!

"Not to mention Sequence Seven, even immortals already in high positions, using higher sequence knowledge and abilities, cannot resurrect withered grass."

The celestial tower of the alchemy dao, one floor is already broken.

This broken floor has become the ceiling for successors.

Successors can never surpass it, nor can they chase after Ancient Immortal already at the cloud-piercing height!

Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal looked at Gao Shou kneeling in front, having planned to let him immediately start Sequence Seven cultivation after ascension, using all means to swiftly reach the ceiling of this era!

"Wang E, was your face hit by someone?"

Ancient Immortal suddenly said casually.

But Wang E quickly shook his head.

"Hit?

"Who said that?

"Not at all!"

Ancient Immortal grinned.

"Good, as long as not, hahaha, good as long as not!"

Ancient Immortal extended his withered hand to Gao Shou’s shoulder kneeling in front, grinning, just about to check the ascension status.

But...

As his hands touched, Gao Shou’s body suddenly lost balance, falling backward with a thud onto the stairs, rolling like a gourd down the steps.

As Ancient Immortal was perplexed, he saw black smoke emerging from Gao Shou’s seven orifices, indicating fire within the skull!

In Ancient Immortal’s astonished gaze, and Wang E’s hidden surprise, Gao Shou’s body, with a "whoosh", ignited from within by black fire, gradually turning into a charred corpse, then into ash, scattered by the mountain winds of Meat Bottle Mountain.

Ancient Immortal twisted his face, contorted.

"This...this...this...

"This damn waste! Wasting my materials!

"How come he...

"Did he just now... incidentally hit you too? Wang E?

"Did he hit your face?

"Such an evil disciple, deserves to burn to death!"

...

[Announcement]

[Early this morning at five, a man in Sichun City died in a fire. Upon investigation, the man’s name is Gao Shou, 48 years old, unemployed]

The sunset glow spilled onto the office windowsill.

Fang Xiaoyu read the email addressed to everyone, feeling puzzled.

"A man died in a fire? Why is this an all-employee notification?"

Bai Mo was browsing the database, slightly lifted his head, and glanced, receiving the notification email too.

"Hmm?"

He went to open the big group, witnessing jubilant chatter within.

[Hahaha, we have intelligence here, the deceased Gao Shou was Meat Bottle Mountain’s Sequence Eight Soup Man!]

[In the burned-down rental house, lots of evidence of silencing was found]

[Looks like he ascended unsuccessfully, burned himself alive]

...

The usually calm Professor Zhang didn’t speak, instead sending a big red packet in the group!

Bai Mo grinned, quickly snatching the red packet, gaining back two hundred yuan.

It seems Gao Shou’s failed ascension resulted in his death, lightening Professor Zhang’s burden considerably, reducing much pressure.

Bai Mo closed the big group and continued browsing the database.

This time, he didn’t focus meticulously on certain specific domains, but rather browsed through the current achievements of humanity casually, hoping to find a different perspective, new inspiration, and ideas.

"Hey? This is... a cryo-electron microscope, analyzing protein structures?"

What is a cryo-electron microscope?

Bai Mo clicked into the paper, rapidly reading...

Not long after, he nodded, understanding.

The so-called cryo-electron microscope is an ultra-high magnification microscope, capable of clear molecular structure observation!

To put it simply, it first uses low-temperature freezing to reduce molecular thermal motion rate. Then, electron flows bombard the molecules, utilizing electron flow reflections to calculate molecular structures precisely.

"It feels very impressive!"

Among the expert tasks Bai Mo completed today, this thing was included... Using electron beam imaging to deduce the three-dimensional structure of proteins.

He raised his head, casually asking Fang Xiaoyu.

"Do we have a cryo-electron microscope in the Immortal Grass Building?"

Fang Xiaoyu was momentarily stunned.

"Let me check!"

She clattered on the keyboard for a while, then looked up.

"Nope!

"This thing is too expensive, currently only two units in Shangjing.

"But, Professor Zhang’s import plan list includes this.

"In a few more months, it should arrive. Do you need it?"

Bai Mo shook his head.

Sitting behind the computer, he reached out and touched the chubby head of the fox disciple White Bracelet next to him, rubbing its ears, slowly having an idea.

"Cryo-electron microscope?

"Seems like a good idea.

"This is cutting-edge human technology, a concept never seen in Ancient Immortal Dynasty, an idea never conceived by Ancient Immortals.

"Perhaps, by using this, I can decode the secret of Withered Grass Revives?"

Bai Mo grinned, and in the search bar of the database, he typed "cryo-electron microscope principle," and with a "pah," hit enter!