Seemingly knowing that his attitude was too firm, Qian True Person immediately explained, "I, Thousand Grain Sect, have been living a lot better these days relying on your sect. If you, fellow Daoist Zheng, want to ask something else, I will tell you. But this matter is really not something I can reveal at will."
Zheng Fa nodded slightly, not feeling angry at all.
Inviting someone here is basically asking for advice, and it is normal for the other party to be inconvenient to disclose it due to the sect's inconvenience.
"Qian True Person, my two sects have cooperated well a few days ago. Yellow Sprout Rice, my Nine Mountains Sect disciple, also likes it very much... I intend to buy some more Spirit Plant Spirit Grain."
"... That's great!" Qian True Person said happily, "Although our sect is only famous for Yellow Sprout Rice, that's because Yellow Sprout Rice is unique in the sect, and the other Spirit Plant and I, Thousand Grain Sect, are also from the same family."
Zheng Fa smiled but said nothing.
Just watching the joy on Qian True Person's face slowly turn into a bitter look.
"Zheng True Person What do you mean..."
Zheng Fa nodded.
What he means is simple - I'll add money!
Buying more Spirit Grain and Spirit Plant is really not what Zheng Fa wants to do. Now that Thunder Pool Market has made more money than Nine Mountains Sect Market thanks to the favorable location, the food basket project should also be enriched.
But whether these orders are given to the Thousand Grain Sect, of course, depends on the other party's attitude.
Qian True Person is not stupid, he seemed to understand Zheng Fa's unfinished meaning at once.
His expression changed rapidly, as if he had been struggling for a long time, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "This matter... still can't be done."
Zheng Fa heard him continue, "Zheng True Person, I'll tell you the truth, earning more Spirit Stone from the Nine Mountains Sect will only be good for me."
This should be the truth.
Qian True Person was previously responsible for the Thousand Grain Sect Marketplace, who has always played the role of the Thousand Grain Sect's money bag.
His current position in the door should be highly linked to the Nine Mountains Sect's order.
"But if I want to tell everyone, then..." Qian True Person showed a wry smile, "What's the difference between me and a traitor?"
Zheng Fa couldn't help but feel a little respectful when he heard this.
When he first met this person, he always felt that this person was a bit slippery, but unexpectedly, he behaved in a different light now.
"Since Qian True Person you don't want to, then just pretend I never mentioned it."
Zheng Fa didn't force anyone to do anything, he just said with a smile.
"Okay... then Yellow Sprout Rice..."
"Everything is the same as before." Zheng Fa saw that he seemed worried about offending him, and said with a smile, "Qian True Person I am grateful that you are willing to take the trouble to come."
Qian True Person looked him over and over, seeing his sincere tone, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his feet and prepared to say goodbye to Zheng Fa.
Before leaving, he seemed a little unwilling and asked, "Then... other Spirit Grain things..."
"I not only hired you Qian True Person, I, Hundred Immortals Alliance, am nearby, and there is also a sect that specializes in Spirit Plant cultivation..."
Qian True Person's face froze.
"Dark Rice Sect?"
"Yes."
Zheng Fa nodded with a smile, seemingly unaware that Thousand Grain Sect and Dark Rice Sect were enemies.
"... What good things can they have?" Qian True Person didn't leave. Not only did he not leave, but he also stood there and said bitterly, "What little stuff they have, which one of us Thousand Grain Sect is not better than them?"
"Hmm."
Zheng Fa agreed upon hearing this.
"Then... how about..." Qian True Person said shamelessly.
"Oh, they should be more generous than you."
Zheng Fa's words left Qian True Person speechless. He didn't even feel that Zheng Fa was scaring him.
Dark Rice Sect is worse off than before Qianhemen - Qianhemen at least has a unique Yellow Sprout Rice, but Dark Rice Sect does not.
Therefore, facing a large order and the temptation to embrace the thigh of the Nine Mountains Sect.
Then it is very possible that Dark Rice Sect can say everything!
"This... it's not that it can't be said." Qian True Person's expression changed for a long time, and finally he said, "The relationship between Heavenly Thunder and Spirit Plant can be explained in just two words."
"Which two words?"
"Timing!"
"For example, melons and fruits Spirit Plant and Azure Spirit Fruit must be sown in the Awakening of Insects season when the spring thunder first blooms, and if they are watered with Spring Dew Talisman, they will grow very well."
"Xia Lei at the time of Minor Heat is most suitable for the growth of Spirit Plant. Sometimes without Xia Lei, many Spirit Plant would not even have Spiritual Qi."
Zheng Fa was stunned when he heard this. This sounds a bit like the problem he is facing now.
"Autumn thunder and winter thunder also have their own functions. There are many Secret Method in Lingnong. They talk about how to nourish Spirit Plant in conjunction with thunderstorms." When Qian True Person opened his mouth, he no longer hid it, but instead told Zheng Fa a few basic Secret Method.
After listening to what he said, Zheng Fa felt grateful and a little worried for him. "Qian True Person, after you said this, if you reply to the Thousand Grain Sect... will you be punished?"
"That won't happen!"
Qian True Person waved his hand and said calmly.
Zheng Fa felt a little relieved when he heard Qian True Person say, "I didn't say anything about my Thousand Grain Sect's Secret Method!"
"Ah? What about those before..."
"They are all Dark Rice Sect's." Qian True Person said frankly.
"..."
"Well, there's no need for them to be generous." Qian True Person smiled and said, "I'll be generous for them."
"..."
This guy is very... promising!
"Those orders..." Qian True Person asked cautiously when Zheng Fa was silent.
"Send some Spirit Plant who are good at it and let..." Zheng Fa looked at Senior Sister Yuan on the side and said, "Let Senior Sister Yuan taste it."
"Junior brother belongs to Senior Sister Zhang. Senior Sister Zhang can't be beaten. Calm down!" Qian True Person and Senior Sister Yuan repeated in a low voice as they watched Qian True Person walk away with great gratitude.
"..."
Modern.
Nursing Home.
"Professor Tian, I checked some information, and there is a saying that the key to the growth of Spirit Plant lies in lightning."
"Thunder and lightning?"
Professor Tian frowned, a little confused.
Zheng Fa briefly talked about the Qian True Person version of the Dark Rice Sect Secret Method.
"Thunder and lightning in different seasons?" Professor Tian thought for a while after hearing this, but nodded. "This is not impossible."
Zheng Fa's eyes lit up as he listened to Professor Tian's thoughts.
"Thunder and lightning are an important source of nitrogen fertilizer for plants." Professor Tian said his thoughts while thinking.
Zheng Fa nodded slightly.
He knew this, but it was not enough to solve Zheng Fa's doubts. "We Nursing Home are not short of nitrogen fertilizer."
If Spirit Plant was only determined by the presence or absence of nitrogen, Zheng Fa would have been cultivated long ago.
"Yes, there is also a well-known Miller–Urey Experiment here." Professor Tian continued, "They simulated the early atmospheric environment and used arcs to simulate lightning, producing several amino acids."
"Amino acids? Origin of life?"
"It's just a hypothesis, but it also shows that thunder and lightning itself may be related to life."
Zheng Fa can't help but think of the description of Thunder Method in Profound Subtlety Canon--Force of Life and Death.
It turned out to be particularly accurate in this experiment.
"Professor Tian What do you mean... lightning may produce some special substances in the Spiritual Qi environment, thus affecting the production of Spirit Plant?"
"Yes, this is a conjecture." Professor Tian nodded slowly, but then went in another direction. "Another thing I can think of now is the magnetic field effect of lightning."
"Magnetic field?"
"This is also a relatively new research direction, please wait."
Professor Tian walked back to his room and came back after a while holding a tablet computer.
"Look, here are several papers."
She pointed to several documents on the tablet and explained one by one:
"This paper uses cancer cells as materials and observes them in different magnetic fields. It is found that low-intensity magnetic fields will promote the development of cancer cells, while high-intensity magnetic fields will inhibit their development."
"This article uses Arabidopsis as the material to study the effect of static magnetic fields on its growth and development. It is found that magnetic field treatment of 6000 Gauss can significantly promote the growth of the main root of Arabidopsis. Further research shows that the magnetic field promotes the transport of auxin in root tip cells, speeding up cell division and increasing the number of cells in the meristem."
"There is also this article that studies the effect of magnetic field on the growth of Enoki mushroom mycelium. This shows that magnetic field not only affects the growth of plants, but may also affect the growth of other organisms such as fungi."
Zheng Fa looked through the papers given by Professor Tian one by one, and slowly understood the meaning of Professor Tian.
"Teacher, are you saying that it may be the magnetic field generated by lightning that affects the growth of the plants themselves, and even causes evolution?"
"Yes, this is what I think is most likely."
Professor Tian nodded.
Zheng Fa knew that what the two of them talked about here was just two conjectures.
To really understand whether lightning can produce Spirit Plant, more experiments and data are needed.
He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to see Old Man Bai.
This old man has been obsessed with Professor Tian lately.
"Where are Teacher Bai and Tang Lingwu?"
"Them? In front." Professor Tian explained, "It is said that Tang Lingwu's father introduced a chef from Capital City's high-end restaurant who is cooking in the front. He said that he also spent a lot of money."
"Cooking?"
"Yes, they are very professional. We bring all our own pots and pans. We can just provide the ingredients."
Zheng Fa was stunned.
Aren't they going to sell vegetables?
Why did you invite someone to cook?
He walked towards the main building of Nursing Home, and sure enough, there were several strange men having sex in the kitchen of the restaurant on the first floor.
Old Man Bai and Tang Lingwu were talking together in the restaurant.
"Teacher Bai?" He walked towards the two of them and saw Tang Lingwu waving to him. "Come here, we can eat it later."
"What's the deal with inviting people to cook?"
"Ah... this is Lingwu's little brain." Old Man Bai smiled and whispered, "If we want to sell vegetables, we are just talking nonsense, but we still have to owe favors - rushing here is not a business."
Zheng Fa I understand a little bit.
He glanced at Tang Lingwu. The girl had a smile on her face, and she didn't look like a fisherman at all.
In the kitchen, Zheng Fa watched a middle-aged man who looked like a chef stir-fry a plate of green vegetables, with a bit of disgust on his face - probably because he thought the ingredients were a bit simple.
He habitually stuffed one into his mouth.
... No, it's a bite!
The chef looked at his hands, and then looked around at the pots and pans he had brought, as if he had unintentionally become unrivaled in his skills.
After cooking a few more dishes, he understood.
After the meal was ready, the chef did not leave. He just stopped Old Man Bai who was full and drunk with a smile. He probably thought that the oldest old man was Nursing Home's boss.
The sound of the two people pulling and pulling could be heard.
"It's hard to talk about it. It's a secret in our courtyard."
"I understand, I'll pay more!" The chef said firmly, "This meal is my treat!"
"..."
(End of chapter)