Chapter 338: Cancer Cells 2

The Mushroom Bomb is a weapon of mass destruction, the pinnacle of human technology, possessing the terrifying power to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth; if a Level 5 Low Stage Demon Beast like Lang Batian had not happened to have the Ghost Spirit Armor, he would have been killed instantly by the Mushroom Bomb.

Meng Yifan learned from Lang Batian that if he were to rapidly increase his cultivation, other experts would assume he was a reincarnated great power, and that his Divine Soul Origin very likely still contained Innate Spirit Essence.

And Innate Spirit Essence can not only rapidly increase a cultivator's cultivation, but also prolong life, which holds an incomparable attraction for those cultivators whose lifespans are nearing their end.

Almost all experts crave Innate Spirit Essence, which is to say, in the eyes of many experts, Meng Yifan is like the flesh of Tang Seng, with everyone wanting to take a bite, which makes him feel very insecure.

Meng Yifan and Lang Batian can handle one or two Level 5 Low Stage Great Demons by joining forces.

But if a Level 5 Peak Great Demon were to strike, or two Level 5 Middle Grade Great Demons were to join forces, Meng Yifan would be unable to cope.

Therefore, Meng Yifan is now in urgent need of obtaining another Mushroom Bomb.

One Mushroom Bomb is not safe enough; it is best to get a few more. As long as he has a Mushroom Bomb in hand, even if a strong enemy comes knocking, Meng Yifan will not flinch and can fight them head-on to the end.

"Uncle Liu, can you cure patients with terminal cancer?" Meng Yifan asked.

Liu Zhongyong nodded and said, "I can. I have carefully studied the fission process of cancer cells and believe that by using Nether Grass, Greater Yin Flower, Red Fire Ginseng, cassia seeds, plus the special blood cells of a vampire, as well as fragments of Water Spirit Stone, and refining them into a pill using alchemy techniques, it should be possible to cure cancer patients."

"This prescription is inferred based on medical principles and has not undergone clinical trials, so I cannot guarantee a one-hundred-percent cure for terminal cancer patients, but I estimate the success rate is at least eighty percent, and even if it cannot completely cure terminal cancer patients, it will at least cause their condition to improve significantly."

"Lord Meng, when will you bring a cancer patient over? I would like to study the changes in a cancer patient carefully."

"I have discovered that cancer cells and the special cells of vampires have similar functions; both can divide infinitely. If the entire process of a cancer patient's pathology can be studied clearly, it may be possible to create an Elixir of Immortality."

Speaking of this, a fanatical light flickered in Liu Zhongyong's eyes; Immortal Cultivators seek the Dao and inquire about the immortals, and what they seek is the illusory attainment of the Dao and becoming an immortal, living forever.

Yet since ancient times, among the recorded Immortal Cultivators, how many have truly achieved immortality? Basically, the vast majority of Immortal Cultivators end up dying and disappearing, becoming a handful of yellow earth.

If one could truly extract some kind of special substance from cancer patients and combine it with other Spirit Medicines to develop an Elixir of Immortality, then Liu Zhongyong would surely go down in history and be remembered for eternity.

"An Elixir of Immortality?" Meng Yifan was stunned for a moment. He had read some scientific research materials; according to scientific experiments, normal cells can only divide fifty times. After fifty times, the cells stop growing and stop dividing, and then they slowly die.

But cancer cells are different; they can divide infinitely. Theoretically, cancer cells are immortal.

The famous Hera cells were taken from the cervical cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks. This person has been dead for many years, but the Hera cells have survived and their proliferation speed is exceptionally rapid; they have already divided and grown for eighteen thousand generations outside the body.

Theoretically speaking, as long as there is sufficient nutrition, Hera cells can live forever.

If all the cells in the body could divide infinitely like cancer cells, then humans should also be immortal.

The logic is simple, and it holds up theoretically, but to actually realize it is too difficult. With modern technology, it is simply impossible to achieve.

Because making a normal cell achieve infinite division and growth is not ridiculously difficult, but the problem lies in the fact that the human body is composed of billions of various types of cells.

Every cell has a different function, and wanting to make every cell divide continuously according to a specific program is extremely difficult; it is an almost impossible task.

But if the bioengineering of Earth were combined with the medical system of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, it might actually be possible to research an Elixir of Immortality.

"Uncle Liu, I cannot bring you a cancer patient, but I can try to find you more cancer samples. We can talk about these things later. Regarding the Nether Grass, Greater Yin Flower, Red Fire Ginseng, and Polygonum Multiflorum you mentioned just now, I have heard of Polygonum Multiflorum, but I don't know if we have the other three medicinal herbs in our Warehouse?"

Meng Yifan strongly supports Liu Zhongyong's research, but a Space Ring cannot carry living people; Meng Yifan truly cannot do what Liu Zhongyong wants regarding studying cancer patients.

Liu Zhongyong was somewhat disappointed. He did not know why cancer patients could not be brought over for treatment, but since Meng Yifan said it was not possible, there must be some difficulty, so Liu Zhongyong did not press the matter.

"Lord Meng, we do not have these four Spirit Medicines in our Warehouse. Nether Grass and Greater Yin Flower both grow in places of extreme Yin and are Third Grade Spirit Herbs with a Yin Attribute. Red Fire Ginseng is a Fourth Grade Fire Element Spirit Herb, generally growing in places with rich Fire Spirit Power, such as volcanic craters."

"And ordinary Polygonum Multiflorum is very common, but to refine medicine for treating cancer, one must use Polygonum Multiflorum that is over three hundred years old, otherwise it cannot harmonize the medicinal properties of the Nether Grass, Greater Yin Flower, and Red Fire Ginseng."

Meng Yifan frowned as he listened. Aside from the vampire's special blood cells which could be drawn directly from Kong Sanqiang, the other four medicinal herbs and the Water Spirit Stone in the prescription Liu Zhongyong provided were not available in Luolong County. A clever housewife cannot cook without rice; without the Spirit Medicines, no matter how brilliant Liu Zhongyong's medical skills are, he cannot refine the medicine.

"Uncle Liu, do you know where those four Spirit Medicines can be found?" Meng Yifan asked.

Liu Zhongyong pondered for a moment and said, "There is an Immortal Cultivator market in Dongzhou City, and inside there is a Hundred Herb Garden that specializes in selling Spirit Herbs for alchemy. If Lord Meng goes to Dongzhou City, perhaps you can find those four Spirit Medicines there."

Meng Yifan nodded; it seemed he really had to make a trip to Dongzhou City in the near future.

Just at this moment, Meng Qingshan ran over and said to Meng Yifan, "Lord Meng, an envoy from Dongzhou City has arrived and is currently outside the East City Gate, saying they want to offer us amnesty. Do you think we should talk to them?"

"Amnesty? Qingshan, do you want me to accept amnesty?" Meng Yifan asked with a smile.

"I don't. Brother Meng, think back to when we were trapped in Qinghe Village and almost eaten as snacks by Demon Beasts; where was the government then? So many commoners starved to death; where was the government then?"

"Now that they see we are powerful and have defeated a Monster Army of over a hundred thousand, the government wants to offer us amnesty. It's a wonder they could even think of that."