After speaking with the system about lifespan, the information it revealed was far too complex.
For Li Xingkong, who had only lived for a few decades, the lifespan limits mentioned by the system were beyond his wildest imagination.
He originally thought that living for a hundred or eighty years after Qi Refining would be considered a Qi Refining, but he never expected that his lifespan would be extended dozens of times just from the moment he completed Qi Refining.
Judging from his current Body Tempering structure, once he completes the Body Tempering, he could easily live to be one or two thousand years old.
The increase in lifespan was so great that he didn't know how to explain it to Old Tang and the others.
After all, living longer is one of the ultimate goals in life. If I tell them this, things might have been peaceful as agreed, but if some people come looking for me because of this, then things could get really bad.
"I've only recently embarked on the path of cultivation, and whether I can achieve immortality is still unknown, but I'll certainly live longer than ordinary people."
Li Xingkong didn't directly say he didn't know, but gave a vague answer.
"Good, good! I hope you can continue your research along this path and strive to achieve results as soon as possible. When you do, please remember the Divine Land People!"
Old Tang didn't comment too much on Li Xingkong's cultivation. Putting everything else aside, based on what we know so far, only Li Xingkong has entered the so-called cultivation stage. In the scientific research community, this is a research achievement unique to Li Xingkong.
As a representative of a country, he would naturally not steal or cheat others of their achievements. Moreover, Li Xingkong possessed numerous methods, and the ones he had witnessed already demonstrated considerable strength in countering him.
Offending Li Xingkong for some petty gains would be like losing the watermelon while picking up a sesame seed.
The group chatted for a long time before Old Tang finally took his leave.
Before he left, Li Xingkong packed up some seeds and a few mature Body Tempering Grass and gave them to him.
When he gets back, Old Tang will analyze the specific properties of the Body Tempering Grass Body Tempering Grass then begin a large-scale cultivation plan for it.
In other words, in a few days to two weeks at the latest, Li Xingkong will be able to completely gain freedom from the Body Tempering Grass.
And he could be freed from Xiurong Village.
Previously, because he had to take care of the Body Tempering Grass, Li Xingkong had to consider many things even if he wanted to go out, and he couldn't even go too far. But now that the Body Tempering Grass has been handed over to a specialist, he can be considered to have regained his freedom.
In an instant, everyone had left, and Li Xingkong's surroundings became quiet again.
He doesn't need to rush to expand the scale of his few acres of Body Tempering Grass for the time being; he can just maintain the current quantity.
Afterwards, these Body Tempering Grass will be handed over to specialized personnel, allowing him to be completely free from work.
With no need to worry about farming anymore, Li Xingkong had some free time again.
The Thunder Vein Technique I was planning to learn hasn't been practiced yet, it's time to put it on the agenda. Besides this spell, there are a few other small things I promised Old Tang that I also need to start preparing for.
The first thing was about human modification.
To quickly create a batch of "tools" capable of moving freely on the moon, Li Xingkong currently only has some general ideas, and it will take time to figure out how to put these ideas into practice.
However, this did not conflict with his original plan. He already had enough time for daily cultivation, and this free time was meant for practicing magic and researching.
Old Tang's plan provided him with some research directions.
Li Xingkong's next research plan was to find ordinary people to study the possibility of cultivation for them, and how to quickly improve their cultivation progress. This was also so that once he could generate Spiritual Qi, he could enable his family members to embark on cultivation as soon as possible.
Although conducting human experiments is indeed Dao of Humanity, Li Xingkong's medical magic is not to be underestimated, and can ensure the safety of the test subjects to the greatest extent possible.
Now that Divine Land has endorsed him, he doesn't even need to find test subjects himself anymore. Divine Land officials will send him a group of people to carry out the experiments, which is undoubtedly more convenient for Li Xingkong.
Conducting human experiments on one's own and acting under orders are two different things.
One is the big boss in traditional stories, and the other is a hero who saves the country and its people.
The second thing I promised Old Tang was about planting Body Tempering Grass on the moon, and that couldn't be rushed.
If he wanted to improve the Body Tempering Grass according to local conditions, he would at least need to have access to the lunar soil. Right now, he has no understanding of the lunar soil at all. Relying solely on imagination to modify it is like building a cart behind closed doors. It would be a miracle if he could even succeed.
After sorting through his tasks, Li Xingkong realized that he didn't have many things to do right now. Of the few things he had to do, the second one was the one he was most interested in: how humans could survive on the surface of the moon.
After all, he himself will be going to the moon someday, and he can't rely entirely on others for survival. If something goes wrong with his spacesuit and he doesn't even notice it, it will be too late to cry when he gets to the moon.
Survival on the lunar surface presents several major challenges. First, there is no oxygen; without breathing, a person cannot survive. Second, there is the issue of temperature; the temperature difference on the lunar surface is enormous, reaching Baidu Celsius during the day and dropping to tens of degrees below zero at night.
Thirdly, there is a shortage of resources, including water, food, and various daily necessities.
Fourthly, there's the direct exposure to various cosmic rays and vacuum Fallout. The moon has no atmosphere, so these rays can't be filtered out. If your body is directly exposed on the moon, you're very likely to be affected by the Fallout.
Finally, there are the frequent meteorite impacts. Just look at the moon now; the numerous craters of all sizes on it weren't formed naturally. They were all created by meteorites. Not to mention the smaller ones, some of the larger craters are even taller than Mount Everest.
A meteorite capable of creating this kind of terrain could destroy the entire Earth's ecosystem if it fell to Earth.
The main reason is that there is no atmosphere, so meteorites do not rub against the atmosphere when they hit the ground, causing them to hit the ground directly.
These are all issues that ordinary people must address; neglecting any one of them would have a significant impact.
However, for Li Xingkong himself, there weren't as many problems to solve.
Many problems that are difficult for ordinary people to solve are actually not problems at all for him.
Take the so-called temperature issue, for example. Temperatures ranging from tens to Baidu below zero are all within Li Xingkong's acceptable range. This temperature is far from being the limit for him.
As for the issue of food and water, that can only be resolved through Qi Refining Method.
If all else fails, there's always the Ingestion Spell, isn't there? Who says lunar soil isn't soil? As long as it's a physical substance, he can eat a couple of bites and make do.