Chapter 378

This doesn't make sense; this world should have self-healing abilities, right? "Since the natural disasters?" "That still exists; I heard that spiritual energy recovered very quickly in the early medieval period. Hmm, breaking and then establishing, it should have been like that. Later, for some reason, it was interrupted again."

He He Lingchuan remembered the deduction of Tian Shengzi of the Tianyan Sect.

"Within the Tianyan Sect, there was once an immortal named Tian Shengzi. He proposed a hypothesis that the appearance of the Emperor's Flowing Pulp corresponds exactly to the fall of gods in heaven."

Sun Sun Fuling's eyes flashed: "Interesting, this theory is truly obscure; I have never seen it written in books, nor have I heard the experts of Panlongcheng mention it in the Asking Immortal Hall. How did this Tian Shengzi argue it?"

He He Lingchuan recounted the memory of the Soul-Absorbing Mirror.

Sun Sun Fuling sighed: "The theory is very moving, but without evidence, it can only be a mirage. No wonder this theory couldn't be passed down."

"That is to say, as long as we know when the gods die, we can predict when the Emperor's Flowing Pulp will erupt." He He Lingchuan stared at her and said, "I remember that before the Emperor's Flowing Pulp erupts, Panlongcheng will notify everyone in advance."

Sun Sun Fuling chuckled: "Divine power is hard to measure; you should go ask Lady Lady Mitian. She is a god, she has the answer."

"If I go ask her, it would be strange if she paid attention to me." He He Lingchuan sighed, listless.

"Why are you forcing a smile today?" Sun Sun Fuling looked at him carefully, "By the way, I met Commander Xiao the day before yesterday; he said you have already been promoted to the Great Wind Army as an exception?"

"Yes, I carried out my first mission today."

"Not smooth?"

"Very smooth, a piece of cake." It really was a piece of cake, just chopping off a head.

"Then why are you unhappy?" Sun Sun Fuling obviously had some understanding of the process, "The first mission for being promoted to the Great Wind Army is usually very difficult. I heard that some people can't complete it, and then they have to go back and continue to improve themselves."

"It seems the higher-ups are quite fond of me." He He Lingchuan lifted the curtain and looked, "Ah, we're here."

The Elixir Bureau had arrived.

He He Lingchuan usually exchanged for elixirs at the Pengcheng Bureau, or bought them directly from A Luo or pharmacies to save military merit; this was his first time coming to the Elixir Bureau.

Before getting off the carriage, Sun Sun Fuling suddenly grabbed his arm:

"You must learn to focus and let go; you are already a person of Panlongcheng." She gestured toward the square in front, "Everyone here is not having an easy time, but everyone is working very hard."

He He Lingchuan was stunned and nodded. Before he could hold her hand back, she had already let go and jumped off the carriage.

As one of the important institutions of Panlongcheng, the Elixir Bureau was not flashy or ostentatious, but it was fragrant. The small river on the side was planted with color-changing lotuses, either half-white and half-pink, or half-purple and half-red; many flowers and plants were planted in front of the bureau. He He Lingchuan could only recognize a few, such as the green and white balloon flowers, and the wild and beautiful dendrobium flowers.

Other institutions, such as the Pengcheng Bureau, used green plants to decorate their courtyards and corridors, but the Elixir Bureau was naturally full of medicinal herbs, as well as tall shelves with layer upon layer of round winnowing baskets for drying medicinal materials.

There were countless small rooms here, usually with their doors closed, and he didn't know what they were used for.

As He He Lingchuan passed a small door, he seemed to hear faint roars, like... beast roars? And they were full of fear.

These pharmacists really know how to play.

He stopped to listen carefully, but couldn't hear clearly. Sun Sun Fuling poked his arm: "Hey, what did you come here for?"

"I seem to have heard the sound of some small monster." He He Lingchuan touched his nose, "Isn't this the Elixir Bureau?" Why is it set up like a biochemical base?

"That's a raccoon dog." A Luo appeared from somewhere and suddenly answered, "Some time ago, a nest of raccoon dogs outside the city ate the Emperor's Flowing Pulp and became demons, causing destruction everywhere. They were captured alive by the guards, more than twenty of them. It would be a pity to just slaughter them; the Elixir Bureau wanted them for experiments."

Isn't that worse than death? He He Lingchuan asked him: "Did you fix the formula for me?"

"I wanted to do it myself, but my master is also at the bureau this afternoon, so I asked him to take action."

He He Lingchuan was overjoyed: "Mr. Helian agreed?"

A Luo's master, Helian Chen, was a famous great pharmacist in Panlongcheng. When Wen Xing was injured by the ferry cubs, Wen Daolun went to invite Helian Chen at the first opportunity.

"Agreed, follow me."

The two followed A Luo toward the back. The further they went, the fewer people and houses there were, but there were more medicinal herbs.

Finally, A Luo walked into a square pavilion.

This was actually similar to a room, but without walls or windows, only six bare pillars, with cloth curtains hanging on all four sides to control the intensity of the light.

The large space had several long tables placed end to end, with one glass cover after another on them.

Several alchemists were sending plants into the covers, including millet grass, wheat grass, and even sweet potato vines. He He Lingchuan scanned them and found that there were actually tiny insects in the glass covers, some with wings and some without.

Obviously, this was another laboratory, specifically for insects.

Not far away, someone was leaning on the edge of the table, with their butt facing everyone.

A Luo walked over and said respectfully: "Master, Broken Blade is here."

This person hurriedly climbed up and turned around; it was Helian Chen.

A Luo helped him tidy his robes and brushed off the wheat grass on his body. Helian Chen's gaze swept over the two of them and landed on He He Lingchuan: "You are Broken Blade? I seem to have seen you... where?"

"At Mr. Wen Daolun's home."

"Right, right!" Helian Chen patted his head, "At that time you were standing beside Wen Xing's sickbed! Alas, what a pity, what a pity."

A Luo annotated for him: "Master means it's a pity that Young Master Wen passed away." After a pause, he added, "My master and Mr. Wen are close friends of many years."

He He Lingchuan looked solemn: "If I could have arrived a step earlier, perhaps I could have saved Young Master Wen."

Helian Chen waved his hands repeatedly: "It has nothing to do with you; our opponents have always used every means possible!"

"I heard from A Luo that you are a good child, just promoted to the Great Wind Army as an exception." He looked He He Lingchuan up and down, "Tell me about your cultivation progress, especially from the last eruption of the Emperor's Flowing Pulp until now."

He He Lingchuan explained in detail.

During this period, Helian Chen also tested his pulse and used true power to investigate his overall physical condition.

"Not bad, hmm, not bad, wait for me to think about it carefully." After saying this, he took out paper and pen, concentrating and thinking deeply.

The time he spent thinking was a bit long, and He He Lingchuan didn't dare to disturb him.

Sun Sun Fuling walked to the glass covers, checking them one by one, sometimes even taking vegetable leaves to feed the insects.

He He Lingchuan asked A Luo in a low voice: "What are these for?"

"These are pests collected from near farmland all over the Chipa Plateau. When you were a guard, didn't you receive this kind of mission?"

Eh? There really was one, He He Lingchuan remembered.

Once, the mission Liu Tong received was for the entire guard squad to go to White Cotton Lake and other places to collect hornet nests. The mission wasn't difficult, but it required a large number, and they had to be picked from four or five designated areas; the journey and the collection process weren't easy. The door panel's bee suit was broken, and he was stung with two big lumps, his face swollen like a pig's head.

A typical mission with a tedious process and few rewards. Every time Liu Tong received this kind of mission, he would be complained about by everyone.

Panlongcheng releases all kinds of strange missions every day; later, He He Lingchuan learned that this was the requirement of various departments and bureaus, which was indispensable.

It's really not easy for this city to maintain healthy operation.

A Luo walked to a glass cover and greeted the two of them to come over: "Look at this."

He He Lingchuan walked closer and saw the label in front of the glass cover: "Special, Green Silk Moth."

There were two things in the glass cover:

Worms as thick and long as earthworms, but their bodies were green, with light green segments and more than ten pairs of abdominal feet; the other was a small light yellow moth, less than half the size of a human's little finger.

Sun Sun Fuling flicked the glass cover with her finger, and with a light "ding," the green worm inside was startled and suddenly arched its body and sprang up. The distance was quite far, and it hit the glass cover directly.

More than a dozen green worms hit the cover at the same time, the scene was chaotic, and even the moths were scared and flying all over the cover.

The two looked at Sun Sun Fuling together, and she sheepishly withdrew her finger: "Sorry, I couldn't help it. I often scared them like this when I was a child. But these few reacted too strongly."

A Luo pointed to this glass cover and said: "Not long ago, you reported the warning from the Thousand Ridge Mountains and Marshes, and the city attached great importance to it. The foreign demons that mixed into the Thousand Ridge were basically all captured by us, mostly bird demons. According to their confessions, they came from the northern demon kingdom."

He He Lingchuan frowned: "What is the Between Beijia Kingdom joining in the fun for?"

Thousand Ridge Mountains and Marshes? He thought for a long time before remembering that on the day General General Nanke temporarily recruited guards, they were on the plateau doing a mission and encountered a huge sika deer. This deer demon was the one who conveyed the intelligence of the Thousand Ridge Mountains and Marshes.

Liu Tong went to report it after returning to Panlongcheng. Following the clues at that time, Panlongcheng had been taking action ever since.

Sun Sun Fuling was not surprised at all and explained to him: "The Between Beijia Kingdom has been forcing Baling and Xianyou to expand into the Panlong Wasteland. Between Beijia is to blame for the current situation between the countries." She snorted, "This demon kingdom likes to fan the flames and provoke wars; it has never been a good bird."

A Luo continued: "The mission of several bird demons was to spread this kind of moth into the rice fields of the Chipa Plateau as quickly as possible."

"The effect is?"

"The Green Silk Moth is different from the local varieties on the Chipa Plateau. A female moth can lay more than a thousand eggs at a time. The hatched moths have a huge appetite and excellent jumping ability. The speed at which they damage rice seedlings is three or four times that of other species, and they are toxic themselves, so birds don't eat them. Once this plague spreads, it could lead to a large-scale reduction in food production on the Chipa Plateau."

"Damn!" He He Lingchuan couldn't help but curse, "Insidious!"

It was the bloody example. Its world in the mirror had only just taken shape when it was stirred into a mess by those resentful spirits; it didn't know when it would be able to recover.

"By then, if we want to offset this kind of damage, Panlongcheng will have to allocate more Yuan Power there."

One of the magical effects of Yuan Power is to adjust the climate and increase the harvest of products.

This effect is naturally excellent, but a city's Yuan Power is limited. If the consumption here is large, the quota used for fighting will naturally be less.

In any case, the overall strength of Panlongcheng will be weakened.

The enemy is insidious, fighting from a tough battle all the way to biological warfare. He He Lingchuan muttered: "Hidden arrows are hard to guard against."

(End of chapter)