Master of Strange Dao

A single plant is too few, too monotonous.

Let's start with ten kinds of spirit plants and add in a piece of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Leave this to me; you don't have to worry about it.

Also, don't go to the north of the Wilderness now.

Don't even think about it!"

Yang stared intently at Yu Ziqing, as if ready to break Yu Ziqing's legs on the spot if he dared to disobey.

Seeing Yu Ziqing remain silent, the sharpness in Yang's eyes slowly faded, but his resolve grew stronger.

He didn't want Yu Ziqing to take this risk.

"Okay, I won't go for now. I'll let you know before I go." Yu Ziqing agreed.

If he couldn't resist, he would have gone by now.

It's just that he feels there might only be one chance.

The success chance is low, and he doesn't want to waste it.

Last time, the Moon God casually lent a hand, augmenting the power of the Moonlight Divine Skills tenfold.

But even with such power, it is still not enough for the north of the Wilderness.

To succeed in one go, he needs the Moon God to fully assist, or even personally descend.

Yang initially thought Yu Ziqing was just messing around again.

But now he realizes things are different from what he thought, and he even scolded Yu Ziqing.

Back in the Big Island Cave Heaven, Yang immediately started gathering people.

First, he found Chu Ye, discussed the new project, and while Chu Ye looked at Yang, Yang didn't explain the reasons, and Chu Ye didn't ask, just pondered the feasibility.

"Absorbing Moonlight, spirit plants containing Moonlight are quite common, but for them to survive outside the current environment, there are none temporarily.

The difficulty is significant, but not impossible.

Ordinary spirit plants won't do, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are more suitable."

With Chu Ye joining first, Yang then roped in other deans.

After all, the scholars they brought, who are not too busy, just busy enough to lose hair, could use a change of pace.

Yang said it's to change their thinking; they've been stuck on formation problems, going in circles.

So, they changed ideas to tackle the conversion of Sun, Moon, and Star Radiance into Spiritual Energy.

Dealing with all at once is complicated, so they start with one.

The Great Sun is too intense, the stars too numerous, the Bright Moon is not as intense, yet pure enough and most suitable.

Researching spirit plants related to the Bright Moon to study Moonlight, and then feeding back into the main project, indeed shows creativity.

Everyone got quite interested, mainly because decades have passed and they all need a break, a change of mindset, to brew some inspiration anew.

Thus, a small project was initiated.

Yang initially claimed this was his whimsical idea, and he needed the spirit plants himself, so he'd fund it.

But everyone disagreed; it's a sub-project under a big project.

Funding naturally fell under the big project; how could they let an individual pay?

Thus, the topic Yu Ziqing proposed to Yang, with these funding experts' input, became a sub-project under the big project, reasonable and flawless.

Yu Ziqing didn't need to spend a single Spirit Stone.

Yu Ziqing was bewildered listening, utterly amazed.

The main purpose of this small project, through these funding experts, became the research of Moonlight.

Whereas the spirit plants or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures Yu Ziqing wanted were mere unimportant by-products.

Because typical cultivators simply don't need such spirit plants.

Even if they have them, they offer no advantage over ordinary spirit plants or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Merely unimportant by-products of small sub-projects under a big project.

Yu Ziqing counted as having been shown a new world.

Then, he stayed put, intending to thoroughly understand what subsidiary sub-projects had unreported, unimportant by-products over these decades.

Half a month later, Yu Ziqing stared at the dozens of items on the table, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

From materials to Magical Treasures, runes, to an assortment of random stuff.

Compared to the big project, the unimportant by-products of small sub-projects exceeded his expectations.

And the samples here were mostly good ones, considered valuable.

Some new materials could replace certain First-tier materials and are simple to create, yet cost-effective concerns led to their abandonment.

Just using the Mysterious Iron Ore as a base, over thirty alternatives were devised for raw materials.

Today, Yu Ziqing learned why the Big Island Cave Heaven burnt through money so fast.

So much so that neither Lihuo Institute nor Langya Institute dared claim full project funding.

Being able to fund is one matter, but forsaking other expenses for one project wasn't feasible.

These funding masters are utterly outrageous.

If allowed free rein, it's no exaggeration to say that even a Divine Dynasty's support might not withstand their spending rate.

Yu Ziqing reviewed decades of records, and the projects under the major project, counting the directory alone, could be compiled into a book.

Fortunately, the main project didn't heavily rely on his funds, so he could sponsor at will, more or less, and any contribution wasn't too little or too much.

Yu Ziqing felt heartburn just looking at the directory.

Establishing a research institute? Better postpone it for a thousand or so years; getting free labor is ideal. Chapters fırst released on novelfire(.)net

Let Lihuo and Langya Institutes continue supporting those deans.