Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World

Maitreya Body stood to the side and said with a smile, "The main difference is the variety, and we already have a standardized process, even special cultivation methods."

"Variety?"

Qingnv looked carefully and indeed found that some spirit plants, while looking very similar to spiritual medicines she knew, were actually somewhat different, either with slight differences in leaf shape or the color being off.

She turned back to look at Maitreya Body, a curious expression on her face.

"The conditions here are limited after all, and we don’t have enough time, so the varieties we choose are those that can grow quickly and do not require stringent spiritual energy."

Maitreya Body explained.

The modern world also needs to talk about Immortal Law; many spiritual medicines still follow the rule that the longer they last, the richer the spiritual energy, and the better the efficacy.

But the modern world has one feature – there are many varieties of spiritual medicines.

This abundance of varieties does not just refer to a wide variety of herbs, but to different sub-species within each category of spiritual medicine.

This is similar to how rice has varieties resistant to salinity, pests, and lodging.

Maitreya Body and the others picked and selected from among them, combining the local conditions, which allowed the spirit fields here to develop so rapidly.

Qingnv slowly nodded, glancing around and finding that the spiritual energy here was already getting richer, knowing that the spirit vein’s restoration was complete.

As the spirit vein recovered, Maitreya Body set up an array based on the Seven Star Vein features—the array wasn’t strong, but it was sufficient to hide the entire valley and resist cultivators under Divinity Transformation.

Looking again at various parts of the valley outside the spirit fields, a stretch of houses, roads, and canals had already been established.

Three hundred modern cultivators were busy coming in and out of the buildings.

In just a few months, this colony had practically become climatic.

What piqued Qingnv’s curiosity the most was on the easternmost part of the valley, standing on a mountain by the sea, were two buildings.

With her eyes, she could, of course, tell that these two buildings were the core institutions of the place—they were the largest, most magnificent, and had the most people going in and out.

Seeing her appear curious, Maitreya Body smiled and started walking east.

Qingnv also followed, and after a short walk, the two arrived at a small building on the far left.

This building was seven stories high, with a plaque in the center of the first-floor facade, inscribed with two large characters: Bodhi.

"Bodhi?"

Qingnv silently mouthed these two words and followed Maitreya Body inside.

She couldn’t help but be stunned, as the interior was entirely unexpected—

The ceiling on this floor seemed to have been specially enchanted, allowing sunlight to pass through the six floors above, bright but not scorching.

Inside the room were rows of neat wooden chairs, each table with a strange lamp-like magic artifact on it.

On the wall opposite the door, four large characters gleamed in golden light: Wisdom Light Shines Everywhere.

In the lower left corner of the wall, several lines of black small print were inscribed:

First floor: Reading Room.

Second floor: Artifact Dao Archives.

Third floor: ...

Qingnv understood a little, turning to Maitreya Body and asked, "Scripture Pavilion?"

"That’s roughly the idea," Maitreya Body nodded slightly, "except here at the Bodhi Institute, cultivators can borrow books without any conditions, not even spending spirit stones."

Qingnv was startled.

This rule was fundamentally different from other sects.

In most sects, viewing the scriptures required spirit stones, and some sects even required special status or certain cultivation levels.

Such openness as here, Qingnv had indeed never heard of before.

"Aren’t you afraid of leaking sect secrets?"

"Confidential information certainly won’t be placed here."

Qingnv still felt a bit uneasy, and Maitreya Body added:

"Our Immortal Court has already implemented similar systems for many years. What knowledge can be made public we have a certain procedure for."

"It’s just that it’s not suitable to use Comprehensive Records here, and to distinguish from the Jiushan Sect, that’s why we established the Bodhi Institute."

Qingnv slowly nodded, then looked at the four words Wisdom Light Shines Everywhere on the wall, seemingly contemplating something.

"What are you guys talking about?"

Old Man Bai’s head peeped down from the second floor, curiously looking at the two.

"Just showing Fellow Daoist Qingnv around," Maitreya Body then pointed at Old Man Bai and said, "This is the curator of our Bodhi Institute."

Old Man Bai immediately waved his hand, "What curator, what curator, just call me the library manager, that’s more imposing!"

Seeing him muttering to himself, very particular about the title, Qingnv couldn’t help but feel a bit confused.

But she also knew that Maitreya Body actually respected this Bai cultivator very much.

Maitreya Body smiled, leaving the Bodhi Institute to Old Man Bai to manage was actually the original’s idea.

The Bodhi Institute represents a philosophy—that knowledge should be open, inherited, and updated from generation to generation.

This philosophy was instilled into the original by Old Man Bai through word and deed.

Old Man Bai took the two around the upper six floors, then sent Maitreya Body and Qingnv out of the Bodhi Institute.

Watching Maitreya Body’s figure gradually disappear into the distance, Old Man Bai turned around, looked at the four words Wisdom Light Shines Everywhere for a long while, and broke into a grin.

...

"This is the Great Compassion Hall."

Qingnv looked ahead; the Great Compassion Hall was indeed a courtyard, and a very extensive one at that.

Many buildings were stacked upon each other, leaning upward against the mountainside, with many people coming and going.

The two walked inside, and Qingnv understood that this, similar to the Jiushan Sect’s Administrative Court, was the management institution here.

Maitreya Body led her into the central hall of the Great Compassion Hall, where Tang Lingwu was standing, conversing with some cultivators. Though she noticed the two, she had no time to acknowledge them and only nodded slightly in their direction.

"Have the results of the breeding experiments come in? For now, let’s not consider the spirit energy of the staple, but focus on the yield first."