Collect crowd into immortals

Chapter 176 The Hydroponic Research of Spiritual Planters

"Little pepper, your elder brother Qingxuan succeeded in building the foundation.

It has just been broken through, and the cultivation level is not yet stable, so it is estimated that it will take a period of consolidation.

But don't worry, it's only half a year at most.

After half a year, brother Qingxuan and Tianzu will go to Baicaotang to pick you up in person, marry you and go home, you must wait for me! "

Baicao Hall, Misty Peak.

In a cave on the mountainside.

Jiang Youning was inexplicably pleasantly surprised when he heard the sound transmission from Jasper and Golden Cicada.

"Pick me up? Marry me home? Hehehe!"

God knows how long she has been waiting for this day, from the time she first found out about love until now, after careful calculation, it has been seventeen or eighteen years, and now, her long-cherished wish for many years is about to come true, how could Jiang Youning be unhappy, How can you not be happy.

However, Jiang Youning was a little shy when he thought that his sweetheart would say so bluntly that he would marry him and go home.

She glanced around cautiously and saw that no one was paying attention, so she continued to look at the jade golden cicada in front of her and smiled without saying a word.

You must know that although she has grown into an adult, she is still a big girl after all, and she still feels a little embarrassed when she is publicly mentioned about marriage.

Even if the person who mentioned it was her sweetheart, the cousin she had liked for a long time.

But after being shy for a long time, Jiang Youning adjusted.

Men should be married when they are colleges, and girls should be married when they are colleges, not to mention marrying someone you like, what's there to be shy about?

Jiang Youning, you have to calm down!Be bold!
After comforting himself a few times in a low voice, Jiang Youning put away the sound transmission talisman with a smile on his face, and then summoned another sound transmission talisman in a flash with his hands.

"Brother Qingxuan, don't worry about retreating, You Ning will wait for you with peace of mind. Wait until you marry me and go home!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Youning propped his chin with both hands, with a happy smile on his face.

It seemed that she had already seen the day when she would marry her sweetheart.

After marriage, the two fly side by side, singing in harmony, with children and grandchildren around their knees, harmonious and happy, day and night, seeking longevity together, how wonderful it would be!

Thinking about it, this affectionate woman seemed to be caught in it, and she couldn't recover for a long time, until she heard a magpie cry next to her ear, and she woke up suddenly, and her sound transmission talisman hadn't been sent out yet.

Brother Qingxuan is still waiting for my reply.

What if he misunderstood if he didn't reply for a long time?
After thinking about it, she hurriedly said the last sentence and let the transmission talisman fly.

"Brother Qingxuan, you must remember that you must not act alone. You must let Tianzu take you. This journey is too long and I'm afraid you will be in danger."

Although Canglanhai is relatively peaceful, and there are generally few evil people who commit crimes, but he is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. Jiang You rather does not want his brother Qingxuan to encounter the slightest danger.

It's best to have Tianzu who is in the realm of Jindan bring it along!
The jasper and golden cicada fluttered its wings and flew high, carrying the woman's expectations and taking away her thoughts.

"Jiang Youning, you have to work hard, practice hard, and build a foundation as soon as possible, so that you can live together with brother Qingxuan and grow old together."

The woman clenched her fists tightly, her eyes full of determination.

She didn't want to see the situation where she had to leave her sweetheart with gray hair in the future. Just thinking about that feeling made her feel sad.

So, we still have to work hard!It would be best for both of them to break through to the foundation building realm and enjoy more than 200 years of youth, that would be the best!
Thinking about the better life in the future, Jiang Youning immediately returned to the bed, sat cross-legged, and took out a jade bottle from his arms.

The next moment, a stream of milky white gas floated out from the jade bottle and slowly sank into the tip of her nose.

……

Not long after, Chen Qingxuan, who was far away on Lianhu Island, also received a letter from the woman.

"Brother Qingxuan, I will wait for you!"

Chen Qingxuan can naturally feel the woman's longing and expectation.In addition to being happy and relieved, he was also a little disappointed.

After all, he still concealed it from the other party.

Even though he couldn't tell the truth due to the confidentiality oath, Chen Qingxuan still felt an inexplicable feeling of guilt in his heart.

People treat him with deep affection and sincerity, but he...

Hey!
Thinking that he had concealed so many things from the other party, Chen Qingxuan could even imagine how helpless he would be when faced with the other party's questioning in the future.

But there is no other way, I have to bear the sins I have done!

Who told him to come up with the "Tongdao Shenwu Fa", and come up with a new way.

"Hey, let's talk about the future later!"

After sighing again, Chen Qingxuan put away the sound transmission talisman and walked out of the room.

It's useless to think about it now, it's better to do a good job and improve the realm, otherwise he will not be able to bear the practice of recuperating every time.

Not to mention that it is easy to show flaws, what is more important is that only by embarking on a new path can he reach the strongest combat power!

Among other things, at least in terms of refining pills to replenish mana, Xinlu also has great advantages.

……

And just when Chen Qingxuan and the others entered the research state again, Xu Wenhui went back and burned incense for her husband, told her longing, and then returned to the spirit land of Xiyi Lake.

"Sister-in-law, those people have left?"

"Let's go! I was scolded by Qing Yu, and then I slipped away with my tail between my legs! You didn't see it at the time, those people seemed to be afraid that our fifth master proposed to go to Zheng's house, and they ran very fast one by one. Without saying a word With the effort of talking, he ran away without a trace!"

On the side, Chen Changge saw that the sister-in-law looked normal, so he asked about other things, "Then our fifth master didn't say what we will do in the future?"

"No! Those people probably just want to see if there are any spells in our family. Qingyu showed them, and they left straight away! There is no other special order from the fifth master, just develop normally and be on guard normally. .But he said he wanted to contact the ancestors, and I don’t know if it has something to do with it.”

"That's it!"

Chen Changge nodded thoughtfully.

Before, they had actually planned to surrender to the Xu family. After all, the other party was a Yuanshen family, and they usually dealt with things fairly, so they would not embarrass them too much.

It's just that I don't know what's going on with that mansion lord. It's been several days, and there is still no news, no news of wanting this secret method or secret treasure.

At this time, Fifth Lord wanted to ask the ancestor for help, which is also what he should have meant.

Whether the other party has any special plans or doesn't like it at all, it's better to find out.

After thinking about it, she ignored the matter.

The aunt and sister walked and arrived at their research base.

Here, there are several women of the same age as them who are busy with each other.

"Sister-in-law, Ninth Sister, you are here!"

"Hmm! Did the result come out?"

"It's come out! [Lightning Technique] can indeed provide a certain ingredient that plants need. But we don't know what this ingredient is."

Chen Changman took the experiment report he had just written with a look of joy, and handed it over.

Due to the development of arithmetic, coupled with the substantial increase in experimental items in the family, researchers have gradually acquired the habit of recording experimental reports for the convenience of reference and comparison.

At this time, Chen Changman handed in the qualitative research report they had just made on "The Effect of Lightning Technique on Plant Growth".

"The rice seedlings with the same water source and the same growth length will grow taller if they often use the lightning technique on the water surface?"

"Hmm! We've done several comparative experiments, and it's always the one with the lightning technique that grows more vigorously.

And in order to confirm this point, we also conducted a test in pure water, and found that the side with the lightning technique can grow to a higher limit height. "

"That's it! It seems that the lightning technique is really useful!"

Xu Wenhui nodded.

It turned out that after Chen Qingzhu and others discovered that "terrestrial plants can be cultivated even in water with appropriate methods", monks who were interested in it on Lianhu Island formed a special group to To explore the key.

Land plants grow in water?

Doesn't this overturn their long-standing impression?After all, it is said that the land is the root and the land is the mother, which gave birth to most of the life in the world.

In the past, although there were aquatic plants, those were too few after all. The food sources that people depended on for survival mostly relied on wheat, corn, various fruits and vegetables that grew on land.

Even rice is inseparable from the assistance of soil.

Today, terrestrial plants can grow in water, wouldn't that greatly expand the scope of human existence.

In the past, the sea and lakes could only provide water, salt, and fish for humans. Now, as long as this technology is broken, can all food and vegetables on land be grown on the sea?

Think about it, a small island with a radius of only more than ten miles is surrounded by a large green guard belt that can be hundreds or even hundreds of miles wide.

How spectacular that must be!
How many people can be provided with the vegetables and food needed by such a green arch, and how many people can be fed.

Perhaps at that time, the cultivators will not only be fighting for the islands, but also the vast and boundless sea.

How powerful a family is does not depend on the size of your island, but on how wide and large your defensive belt is.

Even if spiritual plants can be planted in seawater, then...

Xu Wenhui and others couldn't even imagine it.

Anyway, they dare to conclude that even if the number of cultivators at that time expands dozens or hundreds of times, it is very likely that they can afford to support them all.

It's just that the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.

Let alone Lingzhi now, Xu Wenhui and the others couldn't even grow ordinary plants.

Of course, the inability to grow does not mean that the plants cannot survive in water for a long time.They can still do it if they live for a few days, or even ten days.

But over time, problems will appear frequently.

Either the roots are rotten, they are diseased, withered, or even moldy and smelly.

Of course, the research team also conducted many tests on this, and finally concluded that water, sunlight, and air are actually the three essential elements for plants.

Once one of them is missing, let alone the plant grows, it is kind to you if it doesn't die immediately.

Of course, this is long missing.For a short time, the problem is not too big.

After all, take sunshine as an example, where there is day, there is night!I didn't see any plants in the dark night, just let go of the pick and quit, let me show you.

Xu Wenhui and others also conducted a special experiment, which was to use magic to completely cover a field to prevent any sunlight from penetrating inside. As a result, within a few days, all the flowers and plants that were growing vigorously drooped. Come down, stop growing.After more than half a month, most of the flowers and plants have yellow spots, and the leaves begin to wither and turn yellow, entering autumn mode early.

This shows the importance of sunlight.

As for the water, needless to say, without water, the seeds can't even sprout, let alone grow up.

Even if the water in the plants in the growth period is completely evaporated, and then weighed, it will be found that only a small half is left. From this alone, we can see how indispensable water is to plants.

As for the air?

All right!In fact, the plant cannot live without it.Among other things, the consideration of ventilation when planting is enough to illustrate the importance of air.

Of course, the research team has also done experiments on this.

They directly and slowly enlarged an airtight spherical aura shield, and found that the moisture of the plants inside was rapidly losing, and it didn't take long for it to completely dry out, dry out, and become brittle.

Even, when they took it out and put it under normal air, it couldn't recover, it couldn't survive.

Of course, in order to further experiment, they also used the aura shield to make a large shield about ten feet long, the size of a house, and planted plants inside, ensuring that there was normal sunlight, moisture, air, and soil inside.

Unexpectedly, the results showed that these plants could grow normally at the beginning, but within a few days, something went wrong again, and the plants inside stopped growing, and even started to grow.

But when they completely canceled the shields, these plants gradually returned to normal conditions.

From this they concluded that plants need not only air, but also moving air.

As for why this is so, they are not very clear, but after many experiments, they finally confirmed that plants do need water, light, and air to grow normally.

As for the "soil" that people often say, it is not a necessary factor, but a certain component in the soil.

This is evidenced by the fact that the team occasionally fully matures the rice in water.

Of course, this water is not just water, it is the supernatant formed by thoroughly mixing soil and water.

But even with the help of the supernatant formed from this soil, the cultivation work was still very difficult.Because there are too many problems encountered in it.

Sometimes, the plants grow well for the first half of the month, but when they wake up overnight, the leaves are covered with yellow-brown spots;

Some have finally grown up, and the fruit will not bloom;
The flowers bloomed, but they didn't bear fruit;

After bearing fruit, the rice stalks broke again;

In the middle, there will even be a series of mildew, rust, inexplicable diseases, unknown diseases, diseases that have never appeared before, etc., etc., the list is too numerous.

At present, Xu Wenhui and the others have only overcome the problem of rotten roots.

Of course, their solution to the problem is very simple: add air to the water and stir it constantly.

In this way, although rotten roots still occur from time to time, the frequency is much less than before, and it can be said to be almost negligible.

But when it comes to this matter, several people have to rely on their own ordinary people.

It turned out that one day they were too tired from doing research, so they went to a common city to eat, drink and relax. However, when they passed the family fishing team, they discovered that during the process of transporting the catch back, there were constant Several people were blowing and stirring the fish tank.

After questioning, they learned that this was based on the experience imparted by the old people, saying that there were too many fish in the bathtub, and they had to get angry frequently, otherwise the fish would turn white easily.

Seeing this, several people suddenly realized that they didn't care about playing, and immediately returned to the research base to start experiments.

Of course they don't really believe in the term "angry", but it seems reasonable to call the flowing air "angry", and the fish and plants are alive and need to be "angry", which seems to be a matter of course.

Subsequent experiments also verified their ideas. When the rice was filled with enough air, the root rot phenomenon almost disappeared.

It's just that this problem is easy to solve, but the others are even more difficult.

They don't even have the slightest clue.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the problem seems to be in the supernatant after mixing the water and soil.

Because of the magic, they have been able to control water, air, sunlight, and seeds to roughly the same level, but the supernatant liquid produced by the fusion of soil can only be discussed.

Anyway, judging from the performance of the plants planted in it, they should have never gotten two identical supernatants.

Either this sudden large-scale rust, or the one that does not bear fruit, or even has smut. In short, basically no effective comparative experiments can be done.

If the comparative test cannot be done, then the research can only stop here.

Unless they study the soil clearly one day, the hydroponic plants will have to be put on hold for the time being.

Just when Xu Wenhui and the others were about to give up, one day, they suddenly heard a news that the plants in the valley where the family practiced [Lightning Technique] grew unusually lush.

After confirming that the situation was true, they found out after inquiring that ten years ago, when there were no tribesmen practicing spells there, the plants there were not outstanding at all. It is much shorter than the plants on the hillside.

But ten years later, the situation of the two was reversed, and the plants in the valley were more lush and taller than those on the slopes.

Moreover, after several people's investigation, it was found that the growth of the plants in the valley was not at the same level, but centered on a certain point, spreading to the outer layer and attenuating.The farther out you go, the smaller the bonus to plant growth.

And the center of the circle is the most important place where the children of the family practice thunder and lightning.

After making this discovery, several people were pleasantly surprised.

The closer to the place where lightning spells are practiced, the more luxuriant the plants grow. Doesn't this mean that lightning spells can stimulate the growth of plants, or provide some kind of material help to them, or there is something else that they have not discovered yet. effect.

Of course, for the first point, they quickly ruled it out.

When the lightning is strong, it will directly kill the plants, but when it is small, there is no effect at all. Even if they cover the roots of the plants, no matter how big the lightning is or how well the distance is controlled, it does not seem to affect the growth of the plants.

Even, sometimes it will be counterproductive, such as releasing a large amount of lightning around a leaf, and that leaf will suddenly turn yellow and dry.

At this point, there is the previous experiment by Chen Changman et al.

At this moment, Xu Wenhui and Chen Changge looked at the experiment report in their hands, looked at each other, and nodded at the same time.

"Since it is indeed useful, let's see how useful it is!"

Immediately, several people began to design experiments and divide labor and cooperate.

Someone used protective covers to form two transparent culture tanks;

Some people go to the lake and use magic to extract clean water;

Someone gave birth to rice seedlings;

Someone prepared the [Control Technique], ready to transplant the rice seedlings and fix them on the water.

After a stick of incense, everything is ready.

At this time, there is about a finger of clear water in the two transparent culture tanks about six feet long.

In the clear water, two rows of ten five-inch rice seedlings were fixed.

The rice seedlings are neatly arranged, uniform in height, emerald green and healthy, and uniform in color, which can be regarded as a qualified contrast.

At this moment, the two culture tanks are respectively in a protective cover of Zhang Xu.

The whole body of the protective cover is transparent and breathable, and it is also placed at the same angle of solar radiation to ensure that the plants can receive the same sunlight.

In order to prevent the experiments on both sides from influencing each other, the research team also erected an airtight transparent wall between the two shields.

After everything was ready, Xu Wenhui said in a deep voice: "Start!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Changman and Chen Changwu, who were in charge of the two sides respectively, aroused the [Lightning Art] spell rune map in the sea of ​​consciousness.

next moment.

I saw the top of the two culture tanks, that is, the inside of the top of the protective cover, began to sizzle and emit a dazzling light.

Obviously, this is the effect of [Lightning Technique].

However, if you observe carefully, you will find that the lightning density on the two sides is fundamentally different. The lightning density on the side where Chen Changman is in charge is several times greater than that on the side where his sister Chen Changwu is.

This, in fact, is the comparative experiment designed by the research team this time, under the condition of the same light, water source, air, and plant growth, to see how different levels of lightning can affect plants.

Seeing that everything was on the right track, Chen Changge beside her was not idle, so she directly carried the [Spring Wind Transforming Rain Jue], and began to rain spiritual rain on the rice seedlings on both sides.

During the process, she did not forget to use the [Wind Control Technique] to form many fine pipes, mixing the air in the two protective covers into the water tank below.

As for Xu Wenhui, while using her spiritual sense to measure the height of the plants on both sides and observe their growth, she controlled a charcoal pen to record the data on paper.

(End of this chapter)