Maitreya Body said with a smile, "The main reason is that the varieties are different. In addition, we already have a set of standardized processes and even special breeding methods."
"Variety?"
Azure Maiden took a closer look, and sure enough, he discovered that although some Spirit Plant looked very similar to the spirit medicine he knew, they were actually a little different, or the leaf shape was slightly different, or the color was wrong.
She looked back at Maitreya Body with a curious expression.
"After all, the conditions here are limited, and we don't have enough time, so the varieties we selected are those that can grow in a short time, and Spiritual Qi's requirements are not demanding."
Maitreya Body explained.
Modern World also has to talk about Immortal Method. Many spirit medicine still follow the rule that the longer it survives, the stronger the Spiritual Qi is and the better the efficacy.
But Modern World has one feature - spirit medicine has many varieties.
This variety does not only refer to the many types of medicinal materials, but also refers to each type spirit medicine, and they even have different subspecies.
This is just like there are various varieties of rice that are resistant to salt-alkali, insect-resistant, and lodging-resistant.
Maitreya Body and others picked and selected among them, and combined with the local conditions, this is why this spiritual field developed so rapidly.
Azure Maiden nodded slowly, looked around, and found that the Spiritual Qi here had gradually become richer, knowing that Spirit Vein had been repaired.
As Spirit Vein recovered, Maitreya Body arranged a formation based on the characteristics of Seven-Star Vein. The formation was not strong, but it could hide the entire valley and resist the monks under Spirit Transformation.
Looking again at the valley outside Lingtian, a series of houses, roads, and ditches have been built.
Three hundred modern monks were going in and out of various buildings, looking very busy.
In just a few months, this colony has become a climate change.
What makes Azure Maiden most curious is that there are two buildings on the mountain on the easternmost side of the valley, near the sea.
With her eyesight, she could certainly see that these two buildings were the core institutions of the place—the buildings were the largest and most magnificent, and had the most people coming in and out.
Seeing that she seemed curious, Maitreya Body smiled and walked east first.
Azure Maiden also followed him. After walking for a while, they came to a small building on the far left.
This building is seven stories high. In the middle of the door on the first floor, there is a plaque with two large characters: Bodhi.
"Bodhi?"
Azure Maiden recited these two words silently in his heart and followed Maitreya Body through the door.
She couldn't help but be stunned. The look inside was extremely unexpected -
The roof of this floor seems to have been specially coated with Law Technique. The sunlight directly passes through the six floors above and shines down, making it bright but not hot.
Inside the room are rows of neat wooden seats, and on each table is a strange lamp-like Law Artifact.
On the wall facing the door, there are four large golden characters written: Wisdom shines everywhere.
In the lower left corner of the wall, there are lines of small black characters written:
First floor: reading room.
Second floor: Artifact Dao Document Library.
Third floor:----
Azure Maiden understood a little bit, turned to look at Maitreya Body and said, "Scripture Repository?"
"That's more or less what it means." Maitreya Body nodded slightly, "It's just that we Bodhi Institute monks can borrow classics without any conditions or even cost Spirit Stone."
Azure Maiden was surprised.
This rule is very different from other sects.
Most sects require Spirit Stone to view the classics, and some sects also require you to have a special identity and a certain level of cultivation.
It's really unheard of for Azure Maiden to be as open as this one.
"Aren't you afraid that the secrets behind the door will be leaked?"
"Of course confidential information will not be placed here."
Azure Maiden was still a little worried, and Maitreya Body added, "We at Immortal Court have implemented a similar system for many years, and we have a certain process for what knowledge can be disclosed."
"It's just that it's not easy to use Comprehensive Mirror here, and in order to distinguish it from the Nine Mountains Sect, we built Bodhi Institute."
Azure Maiden nodded slowly, then looked at the words "Wisdom of Light" on the wall, as if he was feeling something.
"What are you talking about?"
Old Man Bai poked his head down from the second floor and looked at the two of them curiously.
"Take fellow Daoist Azure Maiden and look around." Maitreya Body pointed at Old Man Bai and said, "This is our dean Bodhi Institute."
Old Man Bai waved his hands suddenly and said, "Why don't you call me the dean instead of the dean? Call me librarian. This is so cool!"
Seeing him muttering and caring about this name, Azure Maiden couldn't help but feel a little confused.
But she also knew that Maitreya Body actually respected this monk named Bai.
Maitreya Body smiled and handed Bodhi Institute over to Old Man Bai. This was actually my idea.
Bodhi Institute represents a concept - knowledge should be made public, passed on, and updated from generation to generation.
This concept was taught to me by Old Man Bai through words and deeds.
Old Man Bai took the two of them and walked around the six floors above before sending Maitreya Body and Bodhi Institute out.
Looking at Maitreya Body's back gradually disappearing, Old Man Bai turned around, looked at the words "Wisdom of Light" for a long while, and grinned.
"This is Great Compassion Institute."
Azure Maiden looked ahead, Great Compassion Institute was really just a yard, even an extremely wide yard.
There are many buildings among them, leaning upwards against the mountainside, and there are many people passing through them.
The two walked in, and Azure Maiden could see clearly that this was similar to Administrative Council from the Nine Mountains Sect, and it was the management organization of this place.
Maitreya Body took her into the central hall of Great Compassion Institute. Tang Lingwu was standing in the middle, talking to some monks. Although he saw the two of them, he had no time to pay attention to them. He just nodded lightly towards them.
"Are there any results from the breeding experiment? Let's not consider the staple food Spiritual Qi for the time being, but consider the yield first."
Azure Maiden is now very concerned about the word breeding. She listened carefully for a while and understood it.
This is selecting available rice seeds.
Tang Lingwu's idea is very simple, first ensure that everyone has something to eat, and then consider the Spiritual Qi issue.
Azure Maiden also understands this choice very well - they don't just need to feed more than 300 people here, there are more than 10 billion people in the world!
If we really want to fully transfer, the food production here must keep up.
Tang Lingwu After talking to the monk, he was about to walk towards Maitreya Body and the others when another monk came in. "Dean, the person who went to inquire outside is back."
Tang Lingwu was refreshed, and Maitreya Body the two of them walked over.
This is a big deal. Since they have settled here, they must understand the surrounding situation.
Before, they only knew the general situation around them, but they didn't understand the details deeply.
"Six hundred miles to the northwest, there is a Nalanda City, and nine hundred miles to the southwest, there is a Mirror City. These are the two closest cities to us."
When they got to know each other better, they discovered that Thunderclap Temple's system was very different.
In terms of power, Thunderclap Temple is unified, or in other words, they do not allow other forces to exist in terms of beliefs and methods.
But on the other hand, in terms of mortal management, they are relatively looser than Immortal Sect, who is free-range, of course, but not as hands-on as Nine Mountains Immortal Court, or even Divine Way Inspectorate.
The structure is very complicated. The simplest description is that they allocate part of the secular power to some city lords or country lords. Most of these country lords are relatives and friends of Thunderclap Temple disciples.
Therefore, the territory of Thunderclap Temple is divided into large and small states. The state city means capital city.
In other words, Nalanda City and Mirror City can be said to be the two largest cities nearby.
Judging from the population density of the Western Continent, the population of these two cities exceeded 200,000 - of course that was before.
It's hard to say now.
Maitreya Body continued reading.
"Within a thousand miles, there are eight small cities with a population of between 10,000 and 50,000."
"There are ninety-seven towns and four hundred and thirty-two villages——"
Azure Maiden watched from the sidelines, but couldn't help but marvel in his heart, the investigation conducted by these monks was so detailed.
The approximate population, location, and industry of each city and village are all written in the survey report.
Maitreya Body turned to the last few pages of the report and suddenly frowned, "Refugees?"
Azure Maiden also looked over and saw clearly written on it that there was already a gathering place for refugees nearby.
Some mortals who are unwilling to suck Blissful Incense but dare not resist Thunderclap Temple have escaped from major cities and wandered in the wild.
"Thunderclap Temple doesn't care?"
Maitreya Body is very surprised. You must know that for any Divine Way Method sect, believers are very important wealth.
When he saw it later, he realized that Thunderclap Temple was short of manpower.
Thunderclap Temple is not in harmony now. Four Direction Buddhas is divided into two factions and they are confronting each other.
The strength of both sides is similar, and the senior officials are reluctant to take action, but the disciples below are constantly misfiring their guns.
Both sides have been recruiting disciples. Their position is already at the rear of the forces of Eastern Glazed Buddha Ancestor and Southern Amoghasiddhi Buddha Ancestor. Here, the power of Thunderclap Temple is empty.
Maitreya Body put down the report, looked at Tang Lingwu and said, "What do you think?"
"We can't just stay in the valley." Tang Lingwu said, "Whether we want to feed so many people or prevent Earth Emperor Corpse from escaping, we have to get out."
"These refugees are also our future believers."
Having said this, Tang Lingwu added, "Speaking of which, I always feel that Earth Emperor Corpse might wish that all Thunderclap Temple believers would die."
There is some truth to this.
Apart from anything else, if you want to support tens of billions of people, such a small valley cannot do it.
On the other hand, believers of Thunderclap Temple can indeed provide Incense Power faith to Pure Land.
"Not yet." Maitreya Body frowned, "Our status is still very embarrassing."
After all, Western Continent is Thunderclap Temple's territory. It's okay for them to hide here and no one notices them. If they want to recruit people in a big way or even occupy the territory, they are seeking death.
"You have to have an upright identity." Maitreya Body thought, "I actually already have an idea," "What?"
"Tianyun is the host." Maitreya Body said, "In other words, we need the power of Thunderclap Temple behind him."
Azure Maiden I understand.
Maitreya Body wants to pretend to be a Western Continent local force, enter Mysterious Alliance, and have a semi-official status.
Maitreya Body even had an idea - that the powerful person who worked so hard to run such a secret force might also want to prevent Earth Emperor Corpse from getting out of trouble.
"No wonder you are Bodhi and compassionate." Azure Maiden understands, "Have you thought so long ago?"
Maitreya Body smiled and said, "I contacted the host Tianyun before. Even if we can't get into their camp, we still have to trade spirit medicine externally."
Tang Lingwu nodded and agreed, "The resources in this place are indeed insufficient, and we don't dare to do business with Four Direction Buddhas. Finding them is really the only way."
A few people talked about Tianyun's hosting for a while, and then Tang Lingwu asked, "What should we do about those refugees? Their situation is not very good."
Maitreya Body has also read the report. Tang Lingwu said it was not very good, but that was all euphemism.
This group of people escaped from the city, had no livelihood, and did not dare to show their faces.
This is nothing like the refugees in Modern World history books who can bring trouble to all directions. Although those Thunderclap Branch Temple have no time to pay attention to them, it does not mean that they are unable to pay attention to them. They are afraid that it will be too late to hide, so how can they dare to be arrogant?
Maitreya Body thought for a while and said, "Letting them in is not possible for the time being."
Tang Lingwu and Azure Maiden both nodded slightly.
They have just laid the foundation now, so of course they have to be cautious.
"In this way, you send Great Compassion Institute monks to take care of one or two, and say that you are a traveling Rogue Cultivator." Maitreya Body ordered, "As a result, the decrease in the Western Continent's population may have some adverse effects on Pure Land."
"Secondly, they also help us get out of the valley and make some preparations. With them here, we have a group of our own."
Tang Lingwu thought for a while, called two monks and said, "Bring some food and medicine to distribute to the refugees."
"I'm not in a hurry to come back. Let's first see if we can help them find some unobtrusive places, cultivate some acres of land, or teach them some skills to find an industrial livelihood for them."
"You have investigated the nearby properties before. You can combine these and adapt to local conditions to see if there are any suitable industries."
"For example, this place is rich in----"
Azure Maiden looked on in shock.
To be honest, she had seen a lot of monks who did good deeds and accumulated virtues. But this was the first time she had seen monks and sects who wanted to help people reclaim wasteland and teach people skills.
Forget about reclaiming wasteland, Western Continent has fertile soil, and Thunderclap Temple has been doing it haphazardly, so there is a lot of wasteland.
Seeing that Tang Lingwu was busy, the two walked out of Great Compassion Institute. On the way, Azure Maiden couldn't help but asked, "Why do you want to teach them skills?"
Maitreya Body looked at her in surprise and said, "Is it possible to feed them and feed them all your life?"
Azure Maiden understands this, but she still finds it weird. These methods are really unheard of for Xuanwei. She murmured, "Why do you think you are so skilled?"
"This is also the experience of Modern World." Maitreya Body does not take credit, "We all followed the previous practice."
Azure Maiden fell into silence. After a long time, Maitreya Body heard her say, "I believe it now."
What did you believe?
Maitreya Body looked at Azure Maiden in confusion, wondering why she suddenly said this.
"I believe in the decree of Thunderclap Buddha Ancestor." Azure Maiden replied, "He said Future Buddha was born, and he was right."
"What Future Buddha----"
Maitreya Body wanted to ask more, but saw Azure Maiden looking at him with determination.
I just moved some modern systems----