Chapter 253
Seeing Zheng Fa walk out, he gazed at him eagerly and said, “Xianzhang…”
“Professor Tang, just call me Zheng Fa,” Zheng Fa interrupted, stopping the other from speaking. “About your request…”
Tang Muda’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“We can allow you to enter the nursing home.”
“Thank you, Xianzhang! No, thank you, Zheng Fa…”
Tang Muda looked extremely thrilled, bending his legs as if he wanted to kneel before Zheng Fa again.
This time, Zheng Fa was quick to stop him.
“However… regarding your desire for the Daoist inheritance, that’s not possible for now.”
Zheng Fa continued.
The eagerness on Tang Muda’s face momentarily faltered, but he quickly nodded vigorously. “I understand! I understand! The Dao is not lightly passed down; it requires testing!”
“Even learning crosstalk takes years of serving tea and water!”
His slightly round face was full of obedience.
“It’s good that you can understand…”
“I can understand, of course I can!” Tang Muda thumped his chest, saying, “Just tell me what you need me to do!”
“Be a workhorse, a servant, that’s no problem!”
Zheng Fa paused for a moment before saying, “...I command you to study hard.”
“Ah?”
“What he means is, you need to first learn the foundational knowledge of Daoist techniques, then produce some research results, and only then can you obtain the Daoist inheritance and cultivate to become an immortal.”
Old Bai briefly explained Zheng Fa’s academic achievement points system to him.
The more Tang Muda listened, the more his expression turned strange, and he couldn’t help but summarize, “So, cultivating immortality also relies on papers? I’m almost sixty; do I really need to get a PhD?”
“Well, in the realm of immortality, you can’t die, so why not study…” Old Bai said.
Tang Muda looked toward the entrance of the nursing home, seemingly searching for some plaque.
“What are you looking at?”
“Isn’t this… the Immortal Cultivation Department of Jingcheng University?”
“...What you said is incorrect, but very accurate!”
……
“What’s Professor Tang been up to lately?”
“What can he do?” Old Bai thought for a moment and said, “He had someone install medical equipment, then went back to resign, saying he wants to focus on cultivating immortality.”
Teacher Tian asked, “Zheng Fa, are you just going to let him run around outside?”
It was clear she wasn’t very reassured about this person.
“Not to mention he hasn’t learned even a bit of the techniques; even if he did… they don’t have any spiritual energy.”
Zheng Fa shook his head.
Now that he could take steps forward, being able to control the source of spiritual energy was also a crucial reason.
Teacher Tian nodded and added, “But he is indeed very enthusiastic about learning; he asked me for a lot of materials on spiritual plant cultivation.”
“He also asked me for talisman diagrams and such.”
Old Bai stroked his chin, recalling, “He even consulted me about some topology issues.”
Zheng Fa nodded.
The academic points system seemed to have greatly stimulated Tang Muda’s research enthusiasm.
Suddenly, a screeching sound of brakes came from outside the nursing home, and the group turned to see a familiar SUV stop at the entrance.
Tang Muda rushed out of the car in a hurry.
As he ran, he exclaimed, “I thought of it! I thought of it!” Seeing him nearly trip, Zheng Fa waved his hand, using spiritual power to support his body.
“Slow down and tell me what you thought of!”
“I figured out how to measure the magnetic field of pea seedlings as they sprout!”
Zheng Fa perked up. “Go on!”
“I looked at your previous records; you started from the spells, right?”
“Right.”
“Then why don’t we start from the pea seedlings themselves?”
Zheng Fa understood what he meant.
“You mean, measure the magnetic field around the pea seedlings before and after they become spiritual plants?”
“Exactly!”
“We’ve discussed this before.” Zheng Fa gently shook his head. “It’s not very feasible… mainly because within the range of spiritual energy, the magnetic field sensing fails and cannot be measured in real-time.”
“I thought of that!” Tang Muda said. “We just need to place the electromagnetic receiving device a bit farther away.”
Zheng Fa immediately had a vague idea.
“Professor Tang, elaborate.”
“You should know that one of the main tasks in astronomy is to receive electromagnetic wave signals from the universe and use algorithms to determine the energy strength and distance of the source while filtering out unrelated signal interference.”
Tang Muda opened his laptop and drew an array diagram.
“Look, with this array, five magnetic field sensors arranged at certain angles and distances can allow us to calculate the magnetic field around the pea seedlings, even if they’re not nearby.”
“If we use more magnetic field sensors, the information will be even more accurate.”
Zheng Fa and Old Bai exchanged glances, both thinking the same thing—this could work!
……
“It’s calculated!”
Tang Lingwu cheered, turning to Zheng Fa and saying, “At the moment the pea seedlings generate spiritual energy, there’s a slight change in the nearby electromagnetic field. Look!”
Zheng Fa looked at the computer in front of him.
Indeed, the magnetic field was weak to begin with, and the change was minimal—if it weren’t for the relatively sophisticated measuring method, they might have had difficulty detecting such a small change.
With the data on the magnetic field change, the subsequent steps became straightforward.
“The first technique, Spirit Wood Thunder…” Zheng Fa looked at the talisman diagram in front of him, but his expression was not relaxed. “I wonder if this thunder technique can only stimulate peas…”
“Pea Thunder Technique?” Old Bai scoffed, “Sounds a bit off.”
Beside them, Tang Muda asked nervously, “Does this count as an academic achievement that can be exchanged for points?”
“Of course!” Zheng Fa smiled, prompting Tang Lingwu to open the points exchange list they had just drafted.
“Developing Spirit Wood Thunder… this! We previously set it at one hundred.”
Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said, “Although Spirit Wood Thunder is just a starting point, since this is a pioneering idea, I think we can add some extra points. What do you think?”
Old Bai replied, “That’s fine.”
They all knew that Tang Muda’s main contribution lay not in the invention of Spirit Wood Thunder, but in the method of measuring electromagnetic changes.
“Then let’s count it as one hundred?”
Zheng Fa glanced at Old Bai and the others, who had no objections.
“One hundred points… what do you want to exchange for?”
Zheng Fa asked Tang Muda.
Tang Muda looked at the items on the list, which included some techniques for the Qi Refining stage and some thunder-based body refining methods, along with others like the “Spirit Crane Body” martial arts.
He rubbed his hands and suddenly asked, “What does Professor Bai study?”
“Why are you asking him?”
“Whatever he studies, I’ll study too; it’s safer!”
Zheng Fa looked at Tang Muda in confusion, not understanding why he said that.
“When our teacher was caught back then, he was the one who ran the fastest…” Tang Muda laughed, “Professor Bai is cautious by nature; he’s my role model!”
“……”
In the Xuanwei Realm.
Zheng Fa walked with Senior Sister Zhang and Senior Sister Yuan toward the direction of the Heavenly Stele, discussing the arrangements for entering the Heavenly Stele Realm.
“Junior Brother, are you saying… we should establish a school inside the Heavenly Stele Realm?”
Senior Sister Zhang frowned, seemingly not quite understanding Zheng Fa’s idea.
Zheng Fa nodded.
This was his thought after establishing the system in the nursing home.
“Is that really necessary?”
Even Senior Sister Zhang didn’t quite agree—like many others, she viewed the Heavenly Stele Realm as a resource collection point. Even when Zheng Fa said he wanted to make it the base for Jiushan Sect, she didn’t think much of it.
Jiushan Sect had never established a school in its own territory.
“Senior Sister, I’ve been thinking about why Zunzhang Tianhe failed.”
“You mentioned this before, so you want to gather wisdom.”
“Exactly! But talent doesn’t just pop out of thin air; only education can cultivate the people we need.”
Hearing this, Senior Sister Zhang slowly shook her head. “There are plenty of sects in the Xuanwei Realm, and they haven’t lacked geniuses…”
“No, they might be our collaborators, but… it’s ultimately different.”
“Different?”
“Senior Sister, when I asked you why you think Zunzhang Tianhe failed, I actually think there’s another reason…”
“Hmm?”
“Most of the people around him practiced old methods… and at the last moment, they betrayed him.”
“What do you plan to do?”
Senior Sister Zhang asked.
“The thoughts of the cultivators in the Xuanwei Realm are probably hard to change, but the people in the Heavenly Stele Realm are like blank slates…” Zheng Fa slowly shared his thoughts, “I hope to educate them to support Jiushan and embrace new methods, dedicated to research…”
“Comrades!”
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 238: The Lord’s Grace
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