This Is My Planet - Chapter 15

Before Xia Guixuan could speak, Yin Xiaoru had already disappeared, showing her seriousness about the new potion.

It was quite regrettable, really… the True Heart Fire of this little fox was so stable and precise without even any training, which shows the talent of an excellent alchemist. However, she herself doesn’t value it.

Xia Guixuan understood Yin Xiaoru’s perspective. For elixirs of this caliber, an alchemist might spend decades in painstaking practice. For higher grade elixirs that involved elevating cultivation, an alchemist toiling for hundreds of years wasn’t unusual, and they were inevitably exceedingly rare. However, humans, after studying for a few years, could engage in mass production and cultivation of genetic warriors on a large scale…

Perhaps a dedicated divine alchemist who spent their entire life practicing might truly question their existence; it would be normal for them to feel lost on the path.

Yin Xiaoru, growing up in human society since childhood, probably didn’t subscribe to the divine descendant’s way of thinking.

Of course, Xia Guixuan himself didn’t feel any conflict about this. He operated on a higher level, understanding the pros and cons of each approach, so he wouldn’t dwell on it.

Science is the practical method of understanding the universe. When a truly transcendent cultivation civilization exists, that cultivation civilization will also be part of science.

Though explanations and systems differ, in reality, they are not opposing concepts.

Conflicts often arise due to lack of understanding or refusal to understand.

There are many unfathomable things in different dimensional planes, making it difficult for technology to decode them — perhaps someday it could, but for now, it’s not enough.

For instance, flames have their own properties; the Blue Lotus Fire, Purgatory Fire, and Samadhi Fire are different. There are also different effects of alchemy furnaces, involving Yin-Yang, life, and death, which are quite mystical and would require extensive study to decipher.

The most troublesome ones are those requiring specific bloodlines, such as the Phoenix Fire, Vermilion Bird Fire, and Heart Fox Fire—biologically gene-based flames…

Yin Xiaoru’s True Heart Fire, extremely valuable for crafting soul-related elixirs, also had its uses in crafting.

For example, her mask. The bat person mistook it for some kind of psychic ability, but in reality, it was the illusion talent of the fox clan.

Technology can control temperature changes, but it’s unlikely to replicate the special effects of her Heart Fire, which burns and scorches the soul. Unless they plunder her genes for research?

Xia Guixuan roughly understood why the divine descendants didn’t dare to expose their identities here; it was probably not just about being adversaries but also about suffering worse consequences. Even within the reasons for hostility, this aspect might be there.

The reason why the bat person’s modifications became taboo was due to the outrage it sparked among the divine descendants and the hybrids like Yan Wuyue, who still served among humans. It probably also involved opposition from ethical scholars among humans, making it understandable why it became forbidden.

Xia Guixuan wanted to coax the little fox into learning some techniques, otherwise, it would be a bit of a shame.

Besides… the clever fox didn’t tell the whole truth.

She said that many Earth creatures transplanted here underwent mutations. In fact, it’s not like Xia Guixuan had not seen things outside; there were still many Earth plants out there. However, this was supposed to an Earth ecological garden, but the proportion of alien species here was slightly higher than outside.

Because the aura here was a bit peculiar.

After pondering for a moment, he promptly disregarded Yin Xiaoru’s advice of “not wandering around,” and the first thing he did was to go to the mountains to see the tiger.

What’s so interesting about foxes when there are majestic tigers?

Surprisingly, even the hills had guards, and they were patrolling around with a couple of silly-looking robots. The security was quite strict. Xia Guixuan could even feel that the air was filled with something akin to a spiritual wave, which seemed to be a combination of detection and harm, like a protective array. If one intruded carelessly, it might be similar to that bat-person bumping into the electric net…

Xia Guixuan directly flashed inside. Those waves passed straight through him as if through empty air.

…

At the research institute.

Several researchers were simultaneously testing the formula Yin Xiaoru had just provided.

Yin Xiaoru was a bit unsure because the formula Xia Guixuan had given was too rough. Grinding a grass and a flower together without specifying their age or size? Even an experienced traditional medicine doctor would know the dosage of a thousand-year snow lotus or ten-thousand-year ginseng, but this… it wasn’t done this way.

Furthermore, the ingredients of these plants were common knowledge. It was evident that there wouldn’t be anything remarkable from this.

She didn’t know what possessed her today. Reflecting on her behavior throughout the day, she indeed trusted that man in a way that wasn’t quite normal…

The researchers all wore expressions as if they were dealing with an illiterate person, but they went along with the antics of their female boss.

The boss used to be quite knowledgeable; what happened this time…

Time was passing, and they didn’t feel any changes. The liquid remained milky white, a bit like that stuff…

Yin Xiaoru felt embarrassed under the weird glances. She tried to maintain her composure. “What do you all know? This is alchemy! If it fails, it just shows your lack of cultivation!”

Blaming the scammer for giving out random formulas was useless; falling for it oneself was just as stupid… Might as well put on a brave front.

The little fox still had her wits about her.

“Uh, Miss Yin, alchemy doesn’t involve heating test tubes, are you perhaps…”

Yin Xiaoru straightened her neck. “This is a new form of alchemy, unconventional. You all have limited knowledge and understanding!”

“Okay, okay, we have limited knowledge.”

Of course, the researchers wouldn’t argue with the boss. She was so young and pretty; it was good enough not to simp after her. It was all because scholars were too straight and didn’t know better.

In their minds, even if this thing turned into a mess, consoling Miss Yin with a tiny bit of effect was an opportunity.

Just as they were thinking this, the liquid in several test tubes strangely began to rotate.

“Huh?”

Several researchers stood up straight.

Yin Xiaoru became alert.

She was prepared to be duped but didn’t expect an actual turnaround?!

In full view of everyone, the liquid in several test tubes began to spin rapidly and, astonishingly, solidified into a pill the size of a soybean right before their eyes.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

There was only half a tube of liquid in each of those test tubes, yet they congealed into a pill the size of a soybean. What kind of density was this?

What force triggered this change, just with heating at 666 degrees?

Moreover, different ratios in different test tubes all produced the same effect.

This was baffling…

One of the senior researchers attempted to analyze it and his expression turned extremely serious. “Miss Yin, this substance…”

Yin Xiaoru tensely asked, “What is it? Can it be used?”

“If my analysis is correct… this pill indeed has the effect of neutralizing the side effects of our original samples. As for how much it can increase the dosage of the main component…” He paused for a moment, seeming hesitant to say.

Yin Xiaoru urged, “Continue!”

“Miss Yin, I suggest we modify the entire formula. Originally planned for use by second-tier gene warriors, now it might be effective for third-tier warriors…”

Yin Xiaoru widened her eyes.

Other researchers nearby didn’t speak, all engrossed in testing and analyzing.

After a while, someone murmured, “To put it into perspective, if our original sample’s side effect was ink, then this pill of about the size of a soybean could purify about a ton of ink… Is this an exaggeration? I might have miscalculated; give me another five minutes…”

Yin Xiaoru was at a loss, her face, seemingly calm, had a blank expression.

The researchers exclaimed, “Indeed, it’s Miss Yin, she had it all figured out.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Yin Xiaoru patted the shoulder of a nearby researcher. “Work diligently, analyze this new drug thoroughly, don’t make hasty conclusions.”

“Miss Yin must be joking with us…” someone said. “Although we can’t currently analyze the principle behind this situation, using test tubes definitely isn’t part of the alchemy system. Miss Yin must have used some new achievement from a senior academic, deliberately making fun of us…”

“Yeah, yeah. I’ll go to the restroom…”

The composed Miss Yin turned and left. As soon as she turned the corner of the corridor, she hurriedly pressed her wristwatch.

“Hello, where are you?”

Xia Guixuan was squatting in front of a fat tiger, staring at each other. His aura was so encompassing that even the nearby fat tiger didn’t hear the ringing.

He glanced at the watch; Yin Xiaoru’s virtual image was already popping up.

Xia Guixuan casually turned on the non-shared environment before answering the call, “Still in the ecological garden.”

“What tier is your formula?” Yin Xiaoru felt like Xia Guixuan might be showing off by using his master’s top-notch alchemy formula.

Wasn’t the effect too exaggerated?

Xia Guixuan casually replied, “That stuff is one of the auxiliary medicines for refining the Pure Moon Pill, the pill itself is an ordinary recipe, and and the auxiliary medicine is even more ordinary. Anyway, I think it should be mostly effective for your sample; logically speaking, the judgment shouldn’t be wrong… Why, if you think the tier is too low and it’s not good enough, then I can change it for another one. There are quite a few methods for that…”

Yin Xiaoru was genuinely stunned.

Is the tier too low? Change it for another one? Quite a few methods?