Chapter 664: Cultivating Pills

Chapter 664: Cultivating Pills

Presorted information flowed into Mortals brain, all the extraneous bits removed, and only the essentials remaining. He focused on nothing but the information, blocking out all else. The other clones and his own thought clones accomplished all the menial tasks, while he alone drew all their information together, synthesizing it into something more. So many herbs so many potential combinations. Ugh! Its way too much! How do pill cultivators handle this?

probably by following recipes. Just like what I made Xi Sanji do. And here I am, being a total hypocrite.

Eh, whatever. Unlike Xi Sanji, Im not trying to actually accomplish anything in particular, nor have I put other peoples lives at risk. If I can figure out how to make a pill, I can consider myself enough of a pill cultivator to stick it to the rest of the clones. And thats what really matters!

But if Im going to make a pill, I should actually accomplish something in particular. If I throw some herbs together randomly, itll probably have a random effect, but that isnt meaningful. After all, if all I do is slightly enhance the hunger-negating properties of the Black-Bottomed White Berry, have I really made a pill? I mean, yes, by the definition, but thats boring, and the other clones will tear me apart. I need to make something real. Something material and useful. Something that can improve our cultivation, somehow or another.

He continued to absorb the information. Most of it filtered into one category or another, had some relation with another herb, but a few bits stood out. Alone amidst the onrushing data, they were singleton points in the network, not connected to any other herbs. Mortal frowned, focusing in on the lone points. Even the herbs that have no affect on their own have some kind of effect in combination. After all after all, this is a pill sects herb library! If the herbs truly have no use, why bother cataloging them? Surely theres thousands of plants out there in this enormous world that have no use in pill cultivation. It isnt as though were seeing entries on rice and beans. This isnt meant to be an encyclopedic recording of all herbs in the world. Its only herbs that are useful for pill cultivation. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

So why include those useless herbs?

Unless

Putting a hand to his chin, Mortal waved his hand, calling all the singleton herbs to his side. As more information came in, some vanished as they gained connections into the network, while new ones appeared at the edges of the list as the thought clones continued to work to place herbs in their proper places.

Hmm. Lets see.

Based on appearances, and the herbs Ive seen so far, the black leaf with the ridged edges means that one has some kind of life-absorbing properties. And He sent a bit of qi into the model, a perfect copy as sensed by the clone whod read it in. Hmm, yes. Theres a tinge of life qi to it, more than one would expect from a single, long-dead leaf. This leaf absorbed a tiny amount of life qi before it was plucked, likely from the cultivator who plucked it.

He turned to the next item, a clump of miniscule white blossoms clustered tight atop a knob of green. Tilting his head, he examined it from all sides. A flower it has a bit of the cold attribute to it, but not in the extreme sense. Its no Yin Ice Flower but its certainly something in that family.

Waving his hand, he spun it around. His eyes widened. The bulb, on the other hand, this green knot from which the flowers spring its intensely yang! Perhaps the flowers are ordinarily ice- or yin-elemental, but the bulb part is a mutated version of the herb that absorbed too much yang from the sun as it grew, and weakened the yin-element of the flowers. In which case, it isnt the flowers that are valuable, but the green bulb beneath them!

If you dont recognize it, why would we?

Lets just copy it into our memory for now. We can look it up later.

There was a momentary lull in the conversation as the other clones fell back into their efforts. Mortal went to ignore them again. As I thought, nothing importa

Sect Leader, whats Mortal doing?

Mortal paused, turning his focus back to the other clones.

Nothing, and thank everything. As long as he stays distracted, we can all cultivate in peace.

Is it fair to be so harsh to Mortal?

Hes the one who woke up and declared a revolution!

Ah, yes, true, true. Our own little life is the most important, after all. If slacking off keeps him from foolishly inciting internal conflict, then I support it!

Mortal rolled his eyes and tuned them out once more. Bunch of bitches. Ah, whatever. I cant blame them. Id probably feel the same if one of the others went rogue. After all, Im the only me who knows for sure that I was joking.

For now, lets focus on figuring out this mystery pill. Show all the other mes that pill cultivation isnt completely impossible for us!