Chapter 108: Ancient God Zhuangzi’s Destiny Crystal, Clear Blood Powder for Virility
Inside an office on the fifth floor of City Hall.
After Brother Bing helped open the door, Bai Yu poked his head in and saw an old woman with white hair sitting at the desk.
She wore a classic pair of metal-rimmed glasses, with a delicate chain hanging lightly on both sides, adding a scholarly air.
Indeed! Even without knowing, anyone who could be associated with Professor Kong Shen should be a woman of temperament and talent.
“Come in.”
Bai Yu walked in and quietly closed the door, afraid of making too much noise.
Old Yu smiled upon seeing this.
Then, she opened a drawer and took out a letter and a prism-shaped blue gem.
“These are things Old Kong left for you.”
Saying this, she pushed both items towards Bai Yu.
Bai Yu looked at the envelope and the blue gem, about the size of his thumb, with confusion.
Why would Old Kong leave something for me?
He glanced at Old Yu, who, with a faint smile, said, “This is a letter Old Kong wrote to you during the auction banquet. As for the crystal, Old Kong called it the crystallization of Fate from the Ancient God Zhuangzi in his letter to me. The specific information should be in the letter, you can take a look.”
“Okay.”
Saying this, Bai Yu picked up the envelope and the gem, and at the same time looked at Old Yu, wondering if there was anything else.
Old Yu asked first, “Do you have anything to say?”
“Uh, not at the moment.”
Encountering such a figure, his mind was indeed blank.
He couldn’t possibly say “accept my condolences,” could he?
He felt that with his current identity, saying such a thing would be incredibly tactless.
And what if he wasn’t actually dead? Wouldn’t it be awkward if he said it?
“Then let’s talk next time.”
“Ah? Okay.”
Judging by the situation, Old Yu clearly had nothing more to say to him, and he felt uncomfortable staying there, so he took his things and left.
At the same time, he became extremely curious about the contents of the letter.
Thinking about it, he put the letter and the gem into an inner pocket of his clothes.
“Brat, how many Big Bosses have you been secretly hooking up with!?”
Bai Yu looked speechlessly at Professor Wang Wen, this guy always spoke so indecently!
What do you mean hooking up?
It means the Big Bosses appreciate me!
Where can you find someone like me who has ability, temperament, and talent?
“It’s not my fault that you old guy always mention me in that group chat. Professor Kong Shen found me because of that at the last auction.”
Professor Wang Wen suddenly felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing this. It was mainly because he had said a lot of ‘bad things’ about Bai Yu in the group.
He immediately changed the subject, “Alright, alright, let’s go, let’s go! Hurry back and get back to research. I’d like to see what you’ve been tinkering with this time?”
“It’s definitely something good.”
Afternoon.
In Professor Wang Wen’s laboratory.
Bai Yu explained the recipe for Clear Blood Powder and the brewing process.
The only problem was the Spiritual Fire!
Professor Wang Wen, as a dual professor in biology and medicine, had some understanding of the properties of many Spiritual Medicines.
“Your ingredients do look like they’re for detoxification, can remove Evil Qi, and most importantly, can strengthen yang. Why don’t you try it after it’s done?”
Bai Yu rolled his eyes and said, “My yang energy is already overflowing! I’m incredibly potent, understand? I don’t need any supplements.”
“Tsk, no one knows, you might just be bragging.”
“Hey~!!! Look at my temper!”
“Haha~ Then I’ll try to work on it.”
“Alright, then I’ll go cultivate on the side.”
“Oh ho~! Am I really your assistant now?”
“Clear Blood Powder was researched by you, an elder. You, elder, are also a great contributor to fighting the Black Blood Case. The entire process, isn’t it all done by you, elder, personally?”
“Oh, oh, right, right! You’re quite good with your words, hahaha~!”
Professor Wang Wen was clearly pleased and immediately got busy.
As for Professor Feng, as a professor-level figure, even in a different field, he had some understanding of the properties of Spiritual Materials and joined in.
In the arranged Cultivation Room.
Bai Yu took out the envelope and the gem.
Taking a deep breath, he didn’t immediately check the contents of the letter but began to organize his plans for scientific research.
“Lightning Strike Talisman, Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup, Red Horse Grass Potion, and now Clear Blood Powder, I’ve handed them all over.”
“Once the Magic Scroll that restrains Blood Demons is handed over, I’ll only have the Blood Dissolving Talisman and the Open Acupoint Pill left.”
“The most important thing is this Open Acupoint Pill. If it’s industrialized, thousands of pills per batch, just like those Pills sold at the auction, it’ll earn tens of millions, tens of millions.”
“The key is that the Open Acupoint Pill combined with the Red Horse Grass Potion has an amazing effect! It’s estimated to increase the proportion of people entering the Qi Gathering Realm by a few percentage points.”
“And with so many Pills, I definitely won’t be able to use them all myself, so I’ll have to sell them, which will earn a lot of money.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, other people’s research consumes tens of billions in funding, while I’m doing research with zero cost! I don’t need to consider recouping costs at all, so the pricing doesn’t have to be too high, making it easier to improve the overall strength of the Human Race.”
“Awesome!”
Besides this, Bai Yu also thought of Old Kong’s Eight Gates Spirit Gathering Array.
The information for this should be quite complete, but it would take a considerable amount of time for Old Kong’s students to fully digest it, which would definitely slow down the development progress of the Eight Gates Spirit Gathering Array.
But the Spiritual Spring technology!
“The Alien Race must have gone to great lengths for this thing, killing Professor Kong Shen.”
“Then this Spiritual Spring must be a very special technology.”
“Just like in sci-fi movies, where enemies try to block cutting-edge technology to prevent humanity from getting out of control.”
“It’s just… Purple Grade Intelligence might not even get this technology, right? But for Gold Grade, it’s hard to say.”
“And it takes me about a hundred days to get one Gold Grade intelligence.”
“Red Grade is even more outrageous, a thousand days!”
“Forget it, I don’t need to think about so much now. Let’s see what Big Boss Kong Shen wrote.”
He then looked at the letter, opened the envelope, and saw neat, regular script.
He envied people who wrote well; back in the day, because of his scribbles…
Sigh, let’s not mention it!
【 By the time you read this letter, you should have already attended my funeral.
From our meeting at the manor, I had already foreseen my Fate and saw you, a young man standing at a crossroads of Fate.
I told you, everyone’s life journey is unique, and every candle has its mission to illuminate the darkness.
My life journey is about to end, but I believe you will continue forward, perhaps bringing light to a region.
The gem in your hand is condensed from my Power of the Ancient Gods and a wisp of my soul. This item will shield you from some Heavenly Secrets, perhaps protecting you for a while.
The road ahead belongs to you young people. The path is right before you, walk it well.】
This is the letter, written with a pen, the characters are large, and the first page doesn’t have much content.
Seeing this, Bai Yu found it difficult to express his current feelings.
Up to now, everyone he had encountered had been very good.
If even one person had been bad, he would have been in mortal danger.
He had to admit that compared to these people, he was selfish and couldn’t be like them, selflessly illuminating those around him like a candle in the night.
But that didn’t stop Bai Yu from admiring and believing in such a spirit!
“Since you knew about the crisis in advance, why couldn’t you avoid it? Why… did you have to die?”
“And are you really dead?”
Emotions surged, his mind in turmoil, Bai Yu turned to the next page.
He saw it was written:
【 I chose death not because I was escaping, but because it was destined to be so.
The Human Race does not yet have the ability to alter predetermined Fate.
But I believe that our Human Race, our China, will surely defy the heavens! Just like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and the unification by the First Emperor of Qin, they all repelled the Alien Gods. Man conquering heaven has always been our spirit.
A single spark will eventually ignite a prairie fire, burning away all obstacles.
The pinnacle of Martial Arts, though it displays individual power, in this new era we are in, perhaps only this can break through everything.
You, perhaps, have a sliver of hope.】
Professor Kong Shen did not mention that if he hadn’t seen a glimmer of light in Bai Yu, he might not have been able to leave this world.
After all, the Human Race he saw before his death was still a hazy mess; how could he rest in peace or close his eyes!
More importantly, a large part of the reason he calmly chose death was that if the Heaven Yuan Realm powerhouses engaged in a full-scale war, less than one in ten people present would survive!
Even if Bai Yu unleashed his potential and survived, he would be heavily targeted by the Alien Gods, facing a destined death.
Since Bai Yu had more hope than him, he chose this path and followed the guidance of Fate.
Moreover, he had made multiple preparations, one of which was to condense that gem that shielded destiny, to shield Bai Yu’s destiny and leave behind a more hopeful seed.
And death does not mean the end; it can also be a new beginning!
However, he couldn’t write these words to Bai Yu, the person involved. Only his wife understood half the truth.
After reading the will, Bai Yu’s heart was filled with complex emotions.
He slowly folded the letter and put it away.
Bai Yu fell into a long silence, which finally turned into a deep sigh.
“Sigh.”
If he had encountered this situation, he would have fought to the end and refused to accept his Fate.
Let the heavens flood!
Even if the Alien Gods were to launch a full-scale invasion of the entire world, he would not give up resisting and let the Alien Gods kill him.
He only believed that he was the only variable.
After taking a deep breath, Bai Yu tightly gripped the crystal formed from Professor Kong Shen’s Power of the Ancient Gods and soul.
“Shielding destiny?”
“Are the Alien Races locking onto variables within the Human Race and planning to eliminate them selectively?”
“Regardless, the item condensed from Professor Kong Shen’s life must be worn!”
“I need to find a place to package it, lock it in glass, and hang it around my neck.”
Composing himself, Bai Yu began to circulate the Great Heavenly Cycle, intending to complete today’s task.
His meridians felt almost fully recovered now.
Now, circulating the Great Heavenly Cycle only takes about 21-22 minutes, and he would soon be back to under 20 minutes.
Thus, he cultivated quietly.
Around six in the afternoon.
Cycle complete!
【 Obtained 1 Red Intelligence Fragment】
Bai Yu’s expression stiffened, Red!
Thinking about it carefully, it was just good luck to get a Red one now.
But according to average probability, he would still have to wait 1000 days.
“But at least, if I’m lucky, I might get it in seven or eight hundred days! If I’m unlucky, I won’t even consider it.”
“Red intelligence is so rare, I should get something beyond imagination, right?”
Anyway, his current Intelligence Value wasn’t enough to buy Purple Intelligence, so whether he got a Purple Fragment today or not didn’t matter to him.
He glanced at the time.
“It’s already past six in the afternoon. I’ve been busy for three or four hours, it should be done, right?”
He stretched, feeling refreshed.
“Haha, let’s go see how those two old guys are doing.”
He walked out of the cultivation room and was stunned.
Why was the laboratory filled with smoke? Was it on fire?
Damn! You didn’t even notify me about a fire? How annoying!
But upon closer inspection, the air was filled with a strong medicinal scent.
Following the scent, he walked towards the laboratory, and the smell became even stronger.
But the smoke also became thicker.
Bai Yu looked closely and realized that two figures in white coats were like ghosts in the mist, busy with something.
“No, what situation have you two created?”
Professor Wang Wen turned around, his expression unexplainable, perhaps a mix of excitement and shock?
“Quick, quick, quick! Come see the Clear Blood Powder you wanted! The recipe you gave is truly magical, this Clear Blood Powder really has something!”
Bai Yu walked over speechlessly, thinking what did this have to do with Clear Blood Powder being magical?
“No, what’s going on with all this smoke and haze you’ve created?”
“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Come and see first.”
“Alright.”
Saying this, Bai Yu walked over and looked at the brownish-yellow liquid in the medicinal pot, emitting smoke like sandalwood.
This seemed to be the reason the laboratory was in such a state.
“Why is this medicinal liquid smoking like sandalwood?”
Hearing this question, Professor Wang Wen excitedly said, “You wouldn’t understand this! The smoke emitted by this medicinal liquid is a type of Spirit Incense mixed with special Spiritual Energy. Just smelling it can have some effect.”
“For example, the Spirit Lake Agarwood on the market, when lit, releases a fragrance that promotes cultivation.”
“Besides that, have you read cultivation novels? When refining pills, pills with celestial phenomena, their pill fragrance can even allow one to break through realms!”
Bai Yu was amazed upon hearing this.
There were actually such intricate twists and turns!
However, as Wang Wen spoke, a hint of doubt arose, “Your recipe, although it uses more than a dozen Spiritual Materials, isn’t particularly high-end. How could it produce such medicinal fragrance? Strange!”
“No, is this Clear Blood Powder considered made?”
“Of course! Your Clear Blood Powder doesn’t necessarily require Spiritual Fire. It was initially boiled with liquefied gas and it was already done. I just didn’t expect that boiling it with Spiritual Fire would produce this medicinal fragrance! This new world truly has many mysterious phenomena waiting to be researched.”
Bai Yu: Liquefied gas???
You are truly something else!
Couldn’t you just follow my steps properly?
Previously, it was said that for every 1000 Average Orders, there would be an additional 300, plus 10, which is three chapters of mine. Yesterday, the conditions were met, meaning an extra update for 1300 Average Orders. Starting today, there will be four updates for three consecutive days. With more updates, Average Orders actually drop, because the follow-up orders definitely cannot exceed the Average Orders. If it reaches 1900 later, it might be six consecutive days of updates.
