Chapter 378
Does Liu Donghe have a prejudice against the Flower Goddess?
Hmm... that possibility seems pretty high.
Thinking about it carefully, Liu Shenzhi used to be a fan leader in the fan circle, but recently, because of himself and the Witchcraft Silkworm, he has reformed and stopped doing those things. He is now focusing on research at home, and his cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds.
Liu Junyi, the elder brother, and Liu Donghe himself must be very gratified, otherwise they wouldn't have said things like "associate with good people" to him, and they both felt that they had brought Liu Shenzhi along well.
That is indeed part of the reason.
Then, right now, I'm going to take Liu Shenzhi to find Liu Donghe and say that we're planning to support a flower goddess, and we'd like to ask you to write a poem for us...
It wasn't just about writing poetry; Liu Donghe also had to organize banquets and such...
Isn't this a bit too much?
Will I get slapped out by Liu Donghe?
Li Qi's face stiffened.
"Hmm? Why does Brother Li have such an expression?" Liu Junyi asked, somewhat puzzled, when he saw Li Qi's stiff expression.
"Um... Brother Liu, I'd like to ask, what is your uncle's attitude towards things like the Flower Goddess ranking?" Li Qi thought for a moment and decided it was better to ask in advance.
Even in death, one should die knowing why.
Upon hearing this, Liu Junyi pondered for a moment before replying, "Flower Goddesses? Uncle's attitude? Oh, that's what you wanted to ask. When Canzhi acted recklessly in the past, Uncle was caught in the crossfire and didn't have a very good impression of the Flower Goddesses. However, he's not an unreasonable person. He knew it was Canzhi who was being reckless, not the Flower Goddesses, so he didn't do anything to them."
"He also knew that all flowers are naturally beautiful and have their own admirers. Moreover, he himself loved plum blossoms. Although he never personally attended to them, he had some planted at home. However, he always felt that the Flower Goddess had her own duties, which she should fulfill. This was no different from other work or Dao Path, and there was no need for excessive admiration. Everyone should just do their own job."
"However... people probably won't listen to such talk. After all, it's not just the Flower Goddess now; many actors and entertainers are also very popular and have their own fans. If entertainers are like this, let alone the Flower Goddess." Liu Junyi said with a smile, seemingly not finding anything special about it.
"Then, Brother Liu, do you have a favorite flower goddess?" Li Qi asked with some interest.
Liu Junyi said, "As for me, like my uncle, I love plum blossoms. They are elegant, tasteful, and well-mannered. However, we share the same view: the flower goddess is meant to be admired from afar. There is no need to fawn over her or play with her, otherwise it would be impolite."
Li Qi nodded, indicating that he understood.
Looking at it this way, it's not bad at all.
The Flower Goddess wielded considerable influence in the Tang Kingdom.
Even a renowned scholar of Liu Donghe's stature and mindset has his favorite flower goddess, let alone others.
However, I can breathe a sigh of relief. I hope I won't be sent flying.
"By the way, Brother Li, why are you so interested in the Flower Goddess today? For the past six months, I've seen you live a life of extreme self-discipline, just like those sages. This change, could it be that you've come into contact with a Flower Goddess?" Liu Junyi looked at Li Qi with some curiosity, sensing that Li Qi's state was not quite right.
It's obvious that something's on her mind.
Liu Junyi also had some understanding of Li Qi. In the past six months, Li Qi had been extremely self-disciplined, to an alarming degree. He would get up on time every day, go to school on time, study on time, eat on time, and then come to Liu Shenzhi's place to develop the Witchcraft Silkworm. Then he would leave on time to go home and rest, and repeat the process the next day.
Do nothing else.
He had no social life, no entertainment, and rarely spoke to anyone. Even though he was often invited out because of his fame, he always refused, living a life like an ascetic.
With such self-discipline and being a genius, it's only natural that his cultivation progressed quickly. Even Liu Donghe praised him and hoped that Liu Shenzhi would learn from him.
Now, this person, so focused on his own interests, is taking the initiative to ask about the Flower Goddess. Liu Junyi doesn't believe that nothing has happened behind the scenes.
"Well, that's certainly one of the reasons, but it's for something more important, which... I can't say it out loud." Li Qi shrugged helplessly.
It's hard to say.
What are you talking about? The Heavenly Demon, the Five Aggregates Demon, or the Witch God?
Officer, please spare me. If you're going to die, just give me a quick death. There's no need for this punishment.
"That's true. Someone as steady and reliable as you must have a reason for what you say. Your sudden departure from the Imperial Academy to go to Baiyue must also be for this reason. Then I won't ask." Liu Junyi nodded.
As they talked, the two finally left the maze-like garden and arrived at Liu Shenzhi's courtyard.
As mentioned before, the lights are still on, and the yard has been expanded considerably.
As you can see, Liu Shenzhi has set up many platforms and placed various cultivation chambers in the yard. These cultivation chambers are full of different types of Witchcraft Silkworm.
Numerous Law Treasure constitute a complete automated breeding workshop, and there are hundreds of nests of Witchcraft Silkworm here.
These are the results of Li Qi and Liu Shenzhi's efforts over the past six months.
"The ginseng is inside, so I'll take my leave now." Liu Junyi bowed and then quickly left.
Li Qi watched the other person leave, then walked into the courtyard.
Passing through the noisy incubation room, Li Qi saw Liu Shenzhi fast asleep inside.
It was clear that he had been working for a long time. Next to him were many Witchcraft Silkworm eggs, which could be manipulated through certain techniques to alter their traits after birth.
However, this is a delicate task, extremely difficult, and with a high error rate, often requiring a long time to complete a successful adjustment.
Liu Shenzhi must have fallen asleep during this process.
Given Li Qi's personality, he shouldn't disturb other people's sleep, but the situation is urgent.
He reached out and nudged Liu Shenzhi.
Liu Shenzhi shuddered and immediately jumped up with lightning speed. "I wasn't late! I've been to school these past few days!"
Li Qi was both amused and exasperated.
Judging from his tone, he skipped class because of the Witchcraft Silkworm?
That suits his personality, though.
"Brother Liu, wake up, it's me." Li Qi patted Liu Shenzhi on the shoulder.
Liu Shenzhi took a few deep breaths, then punched Li Qi on the shoulder. "You scared me to death! I thought Father had come looking for me again. It turns out it was you who came back! You didn't even tell me beforehand! It's not like the terminal is unusable."
"Well, it's good that you're back. Come see my results! Recently, I used brute force to calculate a structure. If I use 41,261 Witchcraft Silkworm, laid out in a 12-foot-3-inch area at half-centimeter intervals, it can improve efficiency by 20%. If the error is controlled within 10%, the effect won't be too affected. I'm trying to figure out how to engrave this property inside the Witchcraft Silkworm." He scratched his head and sighed.
After sighing, he pointed to one of the devices and said, "The only problem is that the array we're using now is too inaccurate. Replacing it with a better one is too expensive, but we're too embarrassed to ask Father for money since we can't produce any results. I was thinking that when you come back, we two brothers can each chip in and get a seventh-grade adjustment array, the kind used in Demon Beast breeding farms. I have a friend who used to be a trainer at Demon Beast breeding farm, and he has some used ones that are much cheaper. Although they're old, they're not damaged; they're just past their expiration date. They're more than enough for us. What do you think, Li Qi?"
"Well, these are all necessary expenses, I have no objection. As for money... I don't have any silver on my side right now, but I still have more than ten million Qi bead, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?" Li Qi took out his terminal and looked at it.
"That's enough, that's enough. I still have some money left. Let's negotiate a better price and we should be able to get it. Then our adjustment precision will be at least a step up!" Liu Shenzhi said happily, clenching his fist.
Liu Shenzhi was not short of money; he had even bought a sixth-grade jade from Li Qi in the past. However, the Witchcraft Silkworm were too expensive. They would consume more than a dozen Ninth Rank Magic Treasure a day, and even some eighth-grade ones. There were also product lines for research and development, and external breeding warehouses, all of which cost money.
Now, more than half a year later, Li Qi and his money have been spent like water.
However, Li Qi was Shaman, and he could produce and consume Qi bead himself without spending money, so he didn't feel anything.
He was completely at ease with Li Qi, treating him like family.
After all, they had been working overtime like this for more than half a year, and everyone was quite familiar with each other. Li Qi had only been away for half a month, which was not a long time for them.
It's just that it's a long time for Li Qi...
He himself did not expect that so many things would happen in the past two weeks.
"That's good. I'm going to sleep now. The records and logs from the past two weeks are over there. You can check them yourself." Liu Shenzhi stretched and prepared to lie down and continue sleeping.
"Wait, we haven't gotten to the important matter yet!" Li Qi quickly went over and pulled him up again.
Liu Shenzhi into a rapid-fire speech, and before I could even say anything, he was already done and ready to leave, just as energetic as ever.
"Huh? Didn't we finish discussing the important matters? What else is there? At the very least, there's the issue of the supply of Holy Flame. Didn't we agree before that we'd go to the Sacred Flame Realm together during the holidays to collect some Holy Flame?" Liu Shenzhi asked, puzzled.
"I'm talking about serious technical matters," Li Qi said.
Then, Li Qi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the original Witchcraft Silkworm.
His miniature world descended, and at the same time, countless streams of energy surged forth, gathering the Witchcraft Silkworm before him.
At the same time, the adjustment formation below was also activated.
One rune after another began to flash and move along their predetermined paths. The energy surging from Li Qi's body was absorbed by the formation and began to exert its effects according to the original rules.
An array is actually a fixed Technique Method; it can be activated by injecting energy.
Of course, while activating Technique Method is one thing, mastering it requires long-term practice; it's not that simple, just like driving a car.
As long as you release the clutch and press the accelerator, the car will start moving.
But experienced drivers are still different from novices.
Liu Shenzhi immediately perked up. He knew that Li Qi was trying to modify the characteristics of the Witchcraft Silkworm.
The Witchcraft Silkworm, as a kind of artificial life form, is not actually a real life entity; its essence is closer to a magical Law Treasure capable of autonomous action.
Therefore, by modifying the composition and arrangement of the Qi within the Witchcraft Silkworm, one can alter all of its temperaments. For example, one can make it instinctively prefer to arrange itself in a certain shape when eating, thus increasing its efficiency.
Alternatively, you could change the magical Law Treasure they like to eat, or change the products they spit out and weave. However, the prerequisite is that you must weave everything well, and the Witchcraft Silkworm must be able to bear it.
To print something with a 3D printer, you first need to import the model; that's roughly the principle.
This is a rather difficult technical task.
To embed a Law Treasure into the automatic weaving instinct of Witchcraft Silkworm, you must first thoroughly understand all the details of the Law Treasure, then disassemble it according to the corresponding code, make it into runes, and compress the content before you can put it into the tiny body of the Witchcraft Silkworm.
The Witchcraft Silkworm cannot bear or understand overly complex content. A Witchcraft Silkworm can only edit content while it is in its egg. Once it is born, the edited content becomes its instinct and can never be changed again.
If the error is corrected, the hatched organisms will have to be destroyed, which accounts for a large portion of the cost.
Often, Li Qi and Liu Shenzhi had no idea whether their previous ideas were useful or not; they could only edit them once and then try them out.
If it works, then preserve it as a backup and a technological reserve—that is, what remains in the external incubator.
If that doesn't work, then destroy it.
Over the past six months, they have destroyed one or two hundred different batches of defective products.
Liu Shenzhi watched Li Qi's actions carefully. He knew Li Qi's temperament and knew that he must have been confident before he did it.
This friend had been away for half a month and had learned something, so he couldn't wait to show it to me as soon as he returned, saying it was "important business".
It must be something extraordinary.
Meanwhile, Li Qi controlled the characteristics of the Witchcraft Silkworm, slowly arranging it according to a formula.
Formulas are amazing things.
How do you calculate the area of a square?
It's simple. If you know the formula, you just need to measure the length and width, and then use the formula to calculate it.
If you don't know the formula, you can only try to find the answer by exhaustive search. For example, you can first make a small square model with an area of 1, and then use this model to cover the entire square little by little. The area is the number of squares that need to be covered.
This exhaustive method is not only unapplicable, but also cumbersome and prone to errors. Although it can be used with difficulty, it is definitely not a good method.
Formulas are not easy to obtain. Each formula is the crystallization of the wisdom of predecessors. It takes a lot of effort to prove a formula, but once you get it, you can save countless efforts.
For example, regarding the issue of the group boundary efficiency of the Witchcraft Silkworm, Liu Shenzhi could only exhaustively enumerate or use a clumsy method to measure it little by little.
Now that Li Qi has grasped the concept of boundaries, he can calculate directly.
It's simple, easy, and as long as the formula is correct, the conclusions you get will definitely be correct.
Liu Shenzhi watched as Li Qi edited the existing data and then quickly hatched the Witchcraft Silkworm.
"Wait, we haven't tested it yet." Liu Shenzhi quickly stopped Li Qi when he saw him trying to hatch the eggs.
"No need," Li Qi waved his hand. "You can keep an eye on it."
Then, after a Chen, the Witchcraft Silkworm hatched.
Li Qi took some fragments from the pile of Law Treasure beside him and threw them into the brand-new Witchcraft Silkworm.
Liu Shenzhi's eyes widened!
That's efficient!
It has increased by more than 90%!