Thus, in the end, Song Shufu allowed Chen Feng to come to his empirical department the next day.
Those who chose obscure fields of research because of their personal aspirations were mostly open-minded people. But there was no lack of those filled with resentment.
Especially at Sky Spirit Ridge.
Funding was the foundation of research.
The reason Heavenly Spirit Palace's project had excluded Divine Plague Forest lay precisely here. After all, results were the decisive factor in allocating funding, especially for a major project so intimately tied to the lifeline of the human race. Whoever secured a voice in it could more or less determine the flow of funding throughout Sky Spirit Ridge.
Chen Feng felt vaguely uncomfortable, yet he could not say where that discomfort came from.
That evening, he returned to Ai Qinglan's ward.
At this moment, Ai Qinglan's entire body was shrouded in a cluster of clear light. The light pulsed continuously, as though it were breathing.
Her condition was still improving.
"Hey, Sister Lan, what I did... was that appropriate? If I accidentally hurt the feelings of our fellow cultivators at Divine Plague Forest, then... I'd feel rather sorry about it."
The next day, after making a simple report to Ye Suqi, Chen Feng arrived at Song Shufu's empirical department as promised.
Divine Plague Forest was called a "forest" because its surroundings were densely planted with spirit plants. Besides forming spiritual energy barriers that restricted air circulation, these plants could also secrete large amounts of pseudo-alkaloid toxins [toxic alkaloids].
Ordinary animals would die of poisoning merely by breathing after entering the forest.
Aside from a few species, even ordinary vegetation found it difficult to survive here.
This was to ensure that any disaster caused by an accidental leak could be contained within the smallest possible range—at