Sima Bian's eyes were teary, while Chu Xinghe was brimming with excitement!
What does it mean when they say "the boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge"? What does it mean when they say "there's another village beyond the dark willows and bright flowers"?
Chu Xinghe just wanted to say, Mu Bai, oh Mu Bai, I misunderstood you... Today, as long as you burn our spiritual fields, you'll be my number one lucky charm.
The Grand Sky Sect's spiritual fields contain so many spiritual herbs that even Chu Xinghe couldn't count them all. If they were to be set ablaze, the sect would suffer a huge loss.
Even though our Grand Sky Sect is vast and powerful, it would take us three to five months to recover from such a fire.
I, Senior Brother Xinghe, have been racking my brains for a good solution, and it turns out it had to be you, Mu Bai!
Today is the day I make my breakthrough!
Soon, following the Great Elder, Chu Xinghe arrived at the spiritual fields and stood right beside the Great Elder.
Seeing the Great Elder's furrowed brows, Chu Xinghe knew he had a heavy task today.
Just think, once Mu Bai starts the fire, the Great Elder would surely go berserk on the spot.Mu Bai, don't worry. Today, you handle the fire, and I, Senior Brother Xinghe, will hold back the Great Elder, ensuring he doesn't get a chance to put it out.
Today, we brothers must unite and burn the spiritual fields to the ground.
After all, in scientific research... isn't it reasonable to occasionally burn a few spiritual fields?
Under Chu Xinghe's extremely excited gaze, Mu Bai began to move. He had Mu Heng bring a large pile of fire crystals!
Seeing these fire crystals, Chu Xinghe thought, if anyone's ruthless, it's definitely you, Mu Bai.
I only thought of using fire oil, but you from Muyue Nation, without a second thought, use fire crystals.
These things burn much fiercer than fire oil.
Looking at the fire crystals Mu Bai and his team brought out, the Great Elder's brows furrowed so tightly they could almost serve as a clamp.
But seeing that Xinghe beside him wasn't too worried, the Great Elder didn't stop Mu Bai and his team from continuing.
Mu Bai didn't keep Senior Brother Xinghe waiting long. Under Chu Xinghe's gaze, Mu Bai instructed the disciples from Muyue Nation to place all the fire crystals into the spiritual fields.
But just as Chu Xinghe was eagerly waiting for the fire crystals to be shattered and ignite, the disciples from Muyue Nation did something that left Chu Xinghe utterly confused.
Muyue Nation didn't choose to break the fire crystals to release the flames within. Instead, they... buried them?
Just as Chu Xinghe was puzzled by what the hell was happening, Mu Bai suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura of wood spirits.
Together with all the disciples from Muyue Nation, they began to channel the wood spirits, and as the wood spirits emerged, all the spiritual herbs around began to sway.
Amidst the swaying herbs, a fiery red power suddenly emerged from the ground. This fiery power came from the fire crystals, and as it intertwined with countless spiritual herbs, the herbs seemed to be refined by an invisible flame.
The originally ordinary spiritual herbs began to undergo a transformation after merging with the spirit flame from the fire crystals.
The fruits of those herbs, under the baptism of flames, started turning into transparent crystals, releasing waves of fragrant medicinal aroma.
"It worked! It really worked! Senior Brother Xinghe is truly a genius! It turns out that setting a fire is necessary for the final fusion!"
Mu Bai jumped up from the ground in excitement, grabbed a transparent fruit as big as a human head, and dashed over to the still-confused Senior Brother Xinghe.
"Senior Brother Xinghe, look... this is the fruit we initially developed with the effect of a healing pill... Previously, it could only reach fifty percent of a normal healing pill's effect, but now, after setting the fire, it's close to ninety percent! Senior Brother Xinghe, you're simply amazing!"
The Great Elder snatched the crystal-like fruit from Mu Bai's hand. After examining it, he confirmed that Mu Bai was indeed correct. This fruit truly had ninety percent of a healing pill's effect, and if cut, it could produce a thousand healing pills.
Sima Bian was so moved that tears started to flow.
At this moment, he finally understood why Senior Brother Xinghe was so excited earlier... It was because Senior Brother Xinghe already knew this would be the result.
The "setting a fire" that Senior Brother Xinghe mentioned was completely different from what he had imagined.
The "setting a fire" that Senior Brother Xinghe talked about was a professional term, surely used by alchemists, meaning to place fire crystals into the ground and use the fire power from the fire crystals to simulate the spirit flame used in pill refining, thus further merging the spiritual herbs to create the perfect pill!
Sima Bian couldn't help but marvel at this moment. Senior Brother Xinghe truly deserves to be the inheritor of the Medicine Saint.
Mu Bai and the three hundred people from Muyue Nation had been racking their brains for so long without any progress, and Senior Brother Xinghe solved it with just a few words.
And in such a perfect way!
Looking at Senior Brother Xinghe's expression, which had shifted from excitement to calmness, Sima Bian marveled once more.
They say that Senior Brother Xinghe is someone who remains unfazed even when the mountain collapses in front of him. He had only heard of it before, but today he witnessed it firsthand.
Faced with such miraculous methods, even the Great Elder's face was beaming with joy.
But look at my Senior Brother Xinghe, his face shows nothing but calmness!
Perhaps in Senior Brother Xinghe's eyes, Mu Bai and his team hadn't reached his highest expectations!
Earlier, I mistakenly thought that Senior Brother Xinghe was excited because he wanted to set the spiritual fields on fire. Now I realize that his excitement wasn't about that at all...
Sima Bian is someone who enjoys listening to storytelling. He often heard storytellers talk about divine beings who could solve all problems with a laugh, and he would just smile and dismiss it.
Those were things that only existed in the storytellers' tales.
But today, Sima Bian realized that what the storytellers said was true... There really are such divine beings in this world!
My Senior Brother Xinghe is truly a divine being!
Chu Xinghe didn't know if he was a divine being, but he just wanted to say, what about the promised fire?
You call placing fire crystals in the ground setting a fire?
Mu Bai, is this what I meant?
I came to the spiritual fields to witness your great success?
I came to see the fields burn; I came here for a breakthrough.
In the end, I didn't break through, but you did—what's that supposed to mean?
Are we not planning to move forward today?
Does your Muyue Nation always have to deal critical hits to me, Senior Brother Xinghe, every time?
I asked you to set a fire, and this is how you do it? You set the fire right in my face, do you know that?
Excited, Mu Bai began explaining the effects of this new spiritual herb to everyone present.
Hearing it, Chu Xinghe nearly choked on the spot.
Mu Bai stated that this fruit has the most basic effect of a healing pill. Although it currently only has ninety percent of a healing pill's efficacy, with continued efforts from Muyue Nation, reaching or even surpassing one hundred percent isn't impossible.
And that's not the most terrifying part; the most terrifying part is the production rate, which even the Great Elder found frightening.
Mu Bai explained that if Muyue Nation were to cultivate this, it would take about seven days to reach this level. At first glance, it doesn't seem like much... In seven days, a normal alchemist could also produce a thousand healing pills, right?
But Muyue Nation's cultivation unit isn't by the piece... it's by the acre...
Mu Bai used the weakest, Mu Xiaoqi, as a unit for calculation. If someone as weak as Mu Xiaoqi were to channel it, in seven days, they could cultivate over a hundred acres...
Each acre could produce three to four thousand of these things...
Forgive Chu Xinghe's poor math skills, but he couldn't calculate how many healing pills could be produced in seven days!
And this is just for healing pills. According to Mu Bai's previous experience, pills below the third grade can actually be cultivated, but above the third grade, it's truly impossible.
Seeing Mu Bai's sighing demeanor, the Great Elder trembled...
Mu Bai... do you know what you're saying? A third-grade alchemist is a height many people can't reach in their lifetime, and you casually mention cultivating third-grade pills, leaving no room for lower-grade alchemists...
"Great Elder... Mu Bai dares to request something from you," Mu Bai said seriously.
"What reward do you want? Speak!" The Great Elder's face hadn't returned from its joyful state all day. Looking at Mu Bai, the Great Elder was genuinely happy.
So whatever reward Mu Bai wanted, even if it was a bit excessive, the Great Elder felt it was acceptable.
"Thank you, Great Elder. Today, Mu Bai wishes to name this new spiritual herb as the Crystal of Xinghe! I hope the Great Elder will agree!"
As soon as Mu Bai spoke, the Great Elder was taken aback.
When Mu Bai first mentioned wanting a request, the Great Elder thought Mu Bai wanted to ask for a reward on behalf of the disciples from Muyue Nation. But now, hearing Mu Bai's words, the Great Elder realized that Mu Bai wanted to do this.
Regarding this naming, the Great Elder found no fault at all.
Although Muyue Nation was the developer of this spiritual herb, if it weren't for Xinghe's guidance, such a miraculous medicine would never have been born.
Mu Bai chose to name the spiritual herb after Xinghe, as a way to thank Xinghe for his enlightenment.
Muyue Nation owes its current success to Xinghe, who is their greatest benefactor. Without Xinghe, the geniuses of Muyue Nation would never have discovered their talents and would have continued to live under ridicule and mockery.
It was Xinghe who allowed Muyue Nation to truly stand up from the jeers of others, giving them the opportunity to hold their heads high.
Such gratitude, the entire Muyue Nation holds deep appreciation for Xinghe, and it's said that many in Muyue Nation have erected statues of Xinghe, offering daily worship.
Every person in Muyue Nation will also tell future generations to remember the name Chu Xinghe, for without Chu Xinghe, there would be no Muyue Nation today!
The development of such a spiritual herb by Muyue Nation is bound to shake the world, but Mu Bai didn't let his achievements go to his head.
On the contrary, the first person he thought of was Senior Brother Xinghe.
By naming it after Xinghe, Mu Bai wanted all the people of Muyue Nation to remember that the kindness of Senior Brother Xinghe is something they can never repay.
He also wanted to tell the whole world that in the hearts of Muyue Nation, Senior Brother Xinghe is the one true god!
First, there was the Ouyang Family's Light of Xinghe Super Divine Artifact shaking the world... Now, there's Muyue Nation's Crystal of Xinghe creating new brilliance!
The Great Elder didn't hesitate at all to approve Mu Bai's request. From today onwards, all spiritual herbs developed by Muyue Nation will be named the Crystal of Xinghe.
Crystal of Xinghe Healing Pill... Crystal of Xinghe Spirit Recovery Pill... Crystal of Xinghe various pills...