Sustainable Development of the Serpent People
Han Mo walked out of the reception hall and soon noticed that the number of Daoists had exploded. In the past, although there were still many Daoists, each one seemed to have been carefully selected. But now, it seemed that anyone could be a Daoist.
However, Han Mo quickly discovered that most of those Daoist priests were unqualified. They weren't even at the Qi Refining stage yet; at most, they were in the very beginning stage, which was the Spirit Root Formation stage. This step wasn't difficult for those of them who had inherited items.
Take Han Mo's refined food, for example. Once he ate it, the contents were imprinted in his mind. So even though Han Mo was semi-illiterate, he could immediately start cultivating. But what about others? Without any inherited items, they could only stare blankly at a Spirit Forging Art.
Cultivation requires culture; it's filled with a lot of things that can only be understood intuitively and not explained in words. It's not impossible to translate it into written texts, but some of the vocabulary is quite obscure, and people might not have even heard of it before the apocalypse, let alone ten years after it happened.
In an era where people have to be meticulous about everything just to survive, who would bother to memorize what could be considered useless knowledge? That's why there's such a severe lack of post-apocalyptic culture.
If a Spirit Forging Art were to be passed down through generations, it would only contain about a hundred words. The first batch of Daoist priests would understand it instantly because of the inherited material. But for those who lack cultural knowledge, it would be a celestial book.
Fortunately, the apocalypse had only lasted ten years, and some people with relevant knowledge had survived. With the help of Daoist priests, they pieced together the Spirit Forging Art and performed its first analysis. The original hundred or so words instantly became several thousand words. This was only a preliminary explanation, and some content inevitably changed during the translation.
Cultivating with translated content and forging spiritual roots is possible, but it will be much slower. This is the first time the text has been analyzed. Although it is much simpler, it is still like a book written in heaven for semi-literate people like Han Mo.
If they wanted to cultivate, they could only read that research paper of tens of thousands of words. Of course, before that, they had to learn to read or find someone to read it to them.
There is now a university in the city, where people read aloud a research paper that is similar to a vernacular text every day. The semi-literate people can understand it, but there is a lot of missing information about mutations. It takes more than three months just to forge a spiritual root, and there is a possibility that if they misunderstand it, they will go into qi deviation.
That's not the worst part. The worst part is for those who had their appendix removed before the apocalypse. Can anyone tell them how to cultivate immortality without an appendix?
In reality, it wouldn't be a problem for Lu Li to simplify the cultivation content, but this would cause the number of Daoists to become uncontrollable. Too much of a good thing would be bad. If becoming a Daoist is too easy, then soon the entire human race would consist of only Correctors and Daoists.
This puts the conflict in the open. In that case, the Daoist priests, who hadn't even developed into cultivators, were about to be wiped out by the Correctors. In that case, Lu Li wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Doros, Gheros, Shud Meier, and Iger —these four indescribable great beings are unlikely to intervene for various reasons. Doros, is excluded because of his own nature; if he were to intervene, he alone would devour and assimilate the entire world. For Doros, devouring even a single world would be more costly than he could recoup his investment.
As for Gheros, this star of Destruction has a specific trajectory. Its true form is far removed from this world. In the future, when the foundation of the world is bitten open by Shud Meier, Gheros will only appear as a projection.
As Hugh Meier had to say, this eternal Voldemort, before seeing an opportunity, not even a single Burrowing Demon Worm appeared, let alone him.
Only when Iger makes a desperate attempt will he reveal his true form, and so Iger dies. Gresta suffers the same fate. Whenever Gresta appears in the Land of Calamity, in the future observed by Lu Li, she is either influenced by Doros or assimilated by Gheros. There are even instances where Iger turns Gresta into a snake's nest.
Therefore, all the indescribable things are now playing chess under the Land of Calamity. Iger uses Snake People pieces, the twisted creature should be a piece of Doros, and the pieces of Gheros have not yet appeared, so we don't know what they are. Shud Meyer is hiding under the chessboard, waiting for the situation to turn sour so he can overturn it.
Lu Li currently disguised as a cultivator as a pawn, but they are actually termites and borers. Of course, this disguise may not be up to par. Doros is a spacetime creature beyond human imagination. The future is just a slightly distant landscape for Him. Lu Li himself jumped there more than three hundred times. Lu Li does not believe that He did not see it.
However, for reasons unknown, Doros did not hinder the development of Daoists, both now and in the future.
Han Mo went to the university hall and found that the tens of thousands of words of translated research report made Han Mo feel like he was listening to a book written in heaven. After listening to it several times, he finally got the hang of the Spirit Forging Art. It was quite remarkable to cultivate a spiritual root using such a thing. Back then, Han Mo had managed to cultivate a spiritual root in just one morning.
Han Mo shook his head. At the entrance of the university, there were still vendors dressed in fake robes, peddling the first analysis of the original text.
Twisted artifacts are too numerous and rare, so the power that Daoists can cultivate has become the choice of the masses. This is also the reason why Lu Li constantly suppresses the development of Daoists. If they develop rapidly when their strength and foundation are not yet sufficient, it would be suicidal.
Turning his head, Han Mo saw a large crowd gathered not far away, with occasional gasps of surprise. Circulating his spiritual energy, Han Mo's eyes lit up slightly, and he saw a Snake People tightly bound to a chopping board in the crowd. A butcher-like figure was sharpening a knife, asking the price, "Anyone want the whole thing? Barter only!"
After asking several times and finding no one was bidding, the butcher stopped asking, Extraction his knife, carefully pried open the scales on the Snake People's neck, and made a small incision to bleed him. The blood was carefully preserved, as the Snake People was a treasure trove and could not be wasted.
Han Mo then witnessed a skilled Snake People dissection. The butcher took out the Snake People's parts one by one and bartered them. Han Mo discovered that the hot beads, snake gallbladders, and snake blood were usually bought by Daoist disciples, while the meat and internal organs with weaker effects were bought by ordinary people.
Looking at their fervent expressions, Han Mo estimated that if the war was won, it wouldn't be long before people would be considering the sustainable development and breeding of the Snake People.
Just then, an alarm sounded from the distant sentry post, and red fireworks appeared in the sky— the Snake People had launched their attack.
I'm in terrible shape, so the second update will be irregular, and I don't even know what time it will be until the early hours of the morning.