The Science of Cultivation

While cultivation deviation didn’t exist back in Li Lang’s old world, it wasn’t the first time he had seen damage to the brain like the deviator had.

Mother Nature was both beautiful and dangerous. Numerous things could kill you in countless ways. While Li Lang didn’t know the cause for now, he still had a few ideas on how to treat brain damage, particularly in the amygdala and hippocampus.

When he saw the results of the auto-analyzer, a certain neurological disorder came to mind, one by the name of Klüver-Bucy Syndrome. There were many causes for it, such as severe head trauma, herpes simplex encephalitis, strokes, or several neurodegenerative diseases. Either way, it didn’t change how it affected people suffering from this syndrome.

The compromised amygdala made the patient unable to properly regulate their emotions, fear response, and aggression. Damage to the hippocampus caused difficulty in forming new memories and navigating familiar environments.

Hmm, the Recovery Pills didn’t help restore the brain structure and regenerate the tissues. The scans show no DNA damage, but instead show this is how it’s supposed to be. Does this mean the anomalies in the meridians caused the change or something else?

While Li Lang didn’t know how to cure this condition, he did know the chemical synthesis pathway to create the drug that could temporarily stabilize the patient. Still, he usually still wouldn’t be able to synthesize it due to the lack of equipment and support of an entire industrial base, but he had been thinking ever since he had learned all five crafts.

He could now be regarded as a True Craftsman. Despite having a limited understanding of all five crafts, the hints he received from his five-element cultivation technique got him thinking. The relationship between the five elements was special. He was starting to suspect the title of True Craftsmen wasn’t just for show. There was a possibility it opened up the doors to new possibilities, something he wanted to explore.

To create Neuraflux, I’ll need a synthetic peptide analog that modulates limbic system feedback loops. Then, something to temporarily bind it to the damaged amygdala pathways and restore inhibition threshold. Lastly, something to allow the drug to pass through the blood-brain barrier quickly. So basically Syntheocetine-9, Fluxorin-B, and Nerualine Gel Suspension.

Is that something I can do with my current techniques?

Li Lang’s eyes wandered back to his lab. Now that he had more time to spare due to Ruby’s recent upgrades, he had more often indulged in his curiosities. He proceeded to test out his crafting techniques from the five life professions to see if they could synthesize what he needed.

Thankfully, he had already logged the material makeup of everything that had ever been recorded by Ruby. It wasn’t that hard to find the base materials. Even if he didn’t have exactly what he needed, the woodsmithing skills allowed him to alter the makeup of any plant or tree, given some time.

Brushweaving manipulated liquids with ease while artificing could shape metals as he liked. The usefulness of alchemy techniques was a given. The only issue he foresaw was the lengthy amount of time woodsmithing techniques required to bloom. However, formations could address this weakness, given they were on a powerful ley line. With adequate power, formations could not only create artificial realms, but also shorten the growth time of flora.