Chu Xinghe could completely understand the speechless state of the Great Elder and Sima Bian.
Because even he himself found what he just said to be utterly ridiculous...
As the inheritor of the Medicine Saint, Chu Xinghe could confidently claim that when it came to alchemy, if he claimed to be second, no one would dare claim to be first.
If someone else had told him that pills could be grown from the ground, Chu Xinghe would have slapped them on the spot and asked, "Are you kidding me?"
But when such words come from the mouth of the inheritor of the Medicine Saint, no matter how absurd, one has to wonder if there might actually be such an outrageous ability in the Medicine Saint's inheritance.
Regarding this matter, Chu Xinghe thought, there's nothing like that in the Medicine Saint's inheritance...
He had only thought of this idea after hearing Mu Bai and the others messing around with spiritual herbs recently.
The Great Elder remained silent. To be blunt, if anyone else had said this today, the Great Elder would have already dismissed them.
But since it was Xinghe who said it, there was a bit of credibility...
After all, when had Xinghe ever done anything that wasn't outlandish?So, the Great Elder thought that Xinghe's idea wasn't entirely unfeasible.
Sima Bian also fell into deep thought... Although Senior Brother Xinghe's words were somewhat outrageous, seeing the confident look on his face, Sima Bian felt that Senior Brother Xinghe must have some assurance.
Chu Xinghe was quite confident this time!
Very confident in his failure!
When it comes to other matters, Chu Xinghe might mess up, but when it comes to alchemy, he's damn professional!
As the inheritor of the Medicine Saint, would he not know if pills could grow from the ground?
The Medicine Saint spent a lifetime studying spiritual herbs and pills; if pills could grow from the ground, wouldn't it be recorded in the Medicine Saint's inheritance?
What? What if Mu Bai actually figures it out?
He had already summarized various past failures.
It wasn't that his methods were flawed; it was mainly that this group had an exceptional ability to overthink.
No matter how outrageous his ideas were, they always managed to extrapolate them into feasible directions, which eventually led to problems.
For this Northern Branch matter, Chu Xinghe decided he wouldn't say a word throughout!
As long as he kept his mouth shut, how could Mu Bai and the others overthink?
He would remain silent, and Mu Bai and the others could do whatever they wanted.
Want guidance from Senior Brother Xinghe?
Not a chance!
Moreover, not only would he not guide them, but others like Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming, those backstabbers, shouldn't even think about using him to do their dirty work!
He directly ordered the spiritual fields to be sealed off under the pretense that Mu Bai and the others needed to conduct research, preventing anyone from entering. How could they lose this way?
Soon, the Great Elder summoned Mu Bai.
Recently, Mu Bai looked quite haggard, mainly due to the excessive toil in researching spiritual herbs.
"Mu Bai greets the Great Elder and Senior Brother Xinghe..."
After Mu Bai politely greeted them, the Great Elder spoke, "Mu Bai, you've been working hard in the spiritual fields lately."
"Thank you for your concern, Great Elder. It's not hard to contribute to the sect."
"Hehe... good child..." The Great Elder beamed with joy. No wonder Xinghe chose him as a disciple; the disciples from Muyue Nation know how to be grateful.
Since the disciples from Muyue Nation joined the Grand Sky Sect, Mu Bai and the others had been diligent, and the Great Elder had witnessed the growth of each Muyue Nation disciple.
However, there was one downside: the Muyue Nation disciples often referred to themselves as weaklings, which somewhat hurt the morale of other disciples.
But those familiar with Muyue Nation knew that they weren't intentionally provoking others; it was mainly because they had been disappointed for so many years. Now, finally saved by Xinghe, they still lacked some confidence.
"Mu Bai, the reason I called you here today is that your Senior Brother Xinghe proposed a new idea. He believes that pills can be grown directly from the ground. Do you think it's feasible?"
Even as the Great Elder said this, he felt it was a bit absurd.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Mu Bai seemed completely stunned!
It was as if he had heard the most unbelievable thing in the world!
Chu Xinghe wasn't worried at all about Mu Bai's confused state!
Junior Brother Mu Bai, go ahead and question it... but no matter how you question it today, it won't matter!
Your Senior Brother Xinghe is the inheritor of the Medicine Saint, and when it comes to alchemical knowledge, he can make it up... no, he can speak it off the cuff!
No matter how outrageous you find it, today Senior Brother Xinghe will definitely make it clear for you.
Mu Bai was silent for a full half-minute, then looked at the Great Elder and then at Senior Brother Xinghe, who was full of anticipation, and slowly said, "Senior Brother Xinghe truly is a genius! We've been researching this for a long time in Muyue Nation and just started to see some results, but Senior Brother Xinghe already knew!"
Chu Xinghe: "???"
Whether Mu Bai was stunned or not, Chu Xinghe didn't know, but at this moment, he was the one who was stunned!
What the... Mu Bai, do you even realize what you're saying?
Did you not hear clearly what the Great Elder just said... that pills can grow from the ground!
Do you not realize how absurd that sounds?
And now you're saying it's completely feasible, what the hell do you mean by that?
Did you even consider Senior Brother Xinghe's feelings when you said that?
This time, Senior Brother Xinghe made up this ridiculous story about pills growing from the ground just to mess with the Northern Branch...
I had already decided... I wouldn't guide you guys... wouldn't give you any chance to overthink.
But before I even said anything... you just declared it feasible, what are you trying to do?
Before Chu Xinghe could recover from his confusion, Mu Bai had already started explaining the recent research results from Muyue Nation.
All along, the principle of alchemy was quite simple: categorize various herbs and then combine them into different pills based on their properties, using the earthly flame to remove impurities from the herbs, and finally fusing the useful herbs together to create pills.
However, during their research on spiritual herb fusion, Mu Xiaoqi proposed a brand new idea.
Why must we use a pill furnace for refining?
Could we possibly fuse the herbs during their growth process, so that the resulting herb would inherently possess the properties of a finished pill due to the fusion?
Who knows how the minds of the people from Muyue Nation work, but when Mu Xiaoqi proposed this bizarre idea, wouldn't a normal person think it's absurd?
But the people from Muyue Nation actually started trying it.
And to their surprise, it turned out to have potential!
After various herbs were fused and grown together, they indeed underwent a transformation in their properties. Although the medicinal properties of these grown spiritual herbs hadn't yet reached the level of finished pills, they were starting to develop in that direction.
Mu Bai was full of admiration for Senior Brother Xinghe!
It took the combined brains of three hundred people from Muyue Nation to come up with this, and Senior Brother Xinghe thought of it all by himself?
We from Muyue Nation really are trash... We won't even talk about our alchemy skills; Senior Brother Xinghe has the Medicine Saint's inheritance, and we wouldn't dare compare ourselves to him.
But we always thought we were outstanding in cultivating spiritual herbs, yet today we realized that Senior Brother Xinghe had thought of something we only managed to come up with collectively. We now know... even in spiritual herb cultivation, we are far behind Senior Brother Xinghe!
Mu Bai looked at Senior Brother Xinghe with a face full of admiration.
The Great Elder was also full of joy... When Xinghe mentioned growing spiritual herbs from the ground earlier, the Great Elder thought, isn't that nonsense?
Although Xinghe was always known for his wild ideas, this seemed a bit too far-fetched, right?
That's why they called Mu Bai to ask, since he was the expert in cultivating spiritual herbs.
But after hearing Mu Bai's words, the Great Elder realized that Xinghe wasn't just being whimsical this time; he actually knew!
Sima Bian was so excited that he almost wet his pants.
Senior Brother Xinghe truly is a genius!
After losing the Feng City Formation for alchemy, Sima Bian thought the Northern Branch was doomed.
Regarding Senior Brother Xinghe's suggestion to sell off the inventory, he had suspected that Xinghe was trying to sabotage the Northern Branch.
But now he realized... Senior Brother Xinghe wasn't sabotaging them; he had already thought of everything.
Just think... if spiritual herbs with pill effects could really grow from the ground... those herbs wouldn't even need refining, and with enough land, wouldn't the production go through the roof?
At that point, with the massive influx of these herbs into the market, wouldn't the low-grade pill market collapse?
And if they didn't sell the current inventory now, wouldn't they suffer huge losses later?
Senior Brother Xinghe had foreseen this step and wanted to quickly sell off the existing inventory to prevent future market crashes due to the influx of spiritual herbs!
Senior Brother Xinghe is truly a business genius; I, Sima Bian, misjudged you!
Rest assured, Senior Brother Xinghe, I'll arrange a big sale right away. As long as we don't lose money, we'll sell!
Someone wanted to buy a large quantity of our pills yesterday? Sell them all to that person...
Chu Xinghe didn't know what others were thinking at the moment, but he just wanted to say, what the hell are you all doing...
I'm the inheritor of the Medicine Saint!
This time, I was genuinely professional... and you all managed to make my nonsense sound feasible?
Do you know how many brain cells I used up thinking of all these schemes?
I almost thought myself into brain death!
And before I even had a chance to use any of my schemes, Mu Bai just declared it feasible...
Is it feasible? It's a damn nemesis!
So, were you from Muyue Nation born to counter your Senior Brother Xinghe?