Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 564 The Strong Foundation Program, Lin Yuan's Ambition
The foundation of cultivating battle qi is particularly difficult.

The slow pace of cultivation, coupled with the high probability of failing to gather Qi multiple times and dropping levels, means that most people exhaust their potential before becoming a Dou Zhe (Battle Master), and are stuck at the level of Dou Qi or low-level Dou Zhe for life... This is the life of most people.

It takes ten or twenty years to reach the initial ten stages of Dou Qi, which is the mainstream situation in the Dou Qi Continent.

One major reason is that cultivators at this stage have extremely fragile meridians in their bodies, making it difficult for even the mildest medicinal pills to withstand their burden.

If the medicine is too strong, it will lead to the tragic end of death.

At the Battle Qi stage, the consensus among most people on the continent is that one can only cultivate in a conventional manner.

However, once one successfully advances to the level of a Dou Zhe, their cultivation speed will greatly increase.

In other words, once the problems of slow cultivation of Dou Qi, high probability of failure in gathering Qi, and severe backlash are solved, and with the availability of universal and excellent cultivation techniques, the foundation of the Dou Qi Continent will take a leap forward.

Of course, for ordinary families, there is also the issue of cost to consider!
For example, the "Foundation Building Elixir" created by Yao Lao is a second-grade elixir that can accelerate the cultivation of fighting spirit, but its cost is enough to reach thousands of gold coins, and its selling price can reach tens of thousands of gold coins.

The Qi Gathering Powder, which helps to gather Qi, costs even more than 100,000 gold coins.

In the Gama Empire, a few dozen gold coins are enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably for a year.

Elixirs are such high-end things that they have never been relevant to ordinary people!
Lin Yuan's "Dou Qi Continent Foundation Strengthening Plan" aims to solve the problems of slow cultivation of Dou Qi and difficulty in breaking through to Dou Zhe level, and to fully tap the potential of the Dou Qi Continent.

The overall plan has many components, but this note only outlines two.

The first step is to change the research direction of medicinal cuisine, invest more resources in developing low-level medicinal cuisine, and develop a sufficiently diverse and universal low-level medicinal cuisine recipe.

This is also a revision of the development of medicinal cuisine by Lin Yuan, the creator!
The higher levels of alchemy, having developed over countless years, possess terrifying depth and do not require the immature art of medicinal cuisine as a supplement; the latter cannot compete with it.

Therefore, the way of medicinal cuisine should take a lower-level approach that complements the elixir system, in order to make up for the deficiencies of the elixir system.

The energy contained in medicinal cuisine is generally much weaker than that of elixirs of the same level, so it is difficult to play a decisive role in the energy needed by high-level cultivators to break through their barriers.

However, due to its combination of food and medicine, medicinal cuisine also has the advantages of gentle energy and easy absorption. Even when used in the Qi of Battle stage, it can improve the efficiency of Qi of Battle stage cultivation without the risk of damaging the meridians.

Moreover, because medicinal cuisine uses a wide range of ingredients, including many "leftovers" that are not considered suitable for alchemy, its price is naturally much, much lower than that of elixirs.

These characteristics also make the art of medicinal cuisine extremely useful!
In Lin Yuan's view, the development path of medicinal cuisine should not be about pursuing more powerful medicinal effects to serve high-level experts... This is the absolute advantage of elixirs.

The essence of medicinal cuisine should be cost-effectiveness and universality, so that ordinary people can also benefit from its benefits.

The myriad beings of the Dou Qi Continent might be able to significantly enhance their cultivation efficiency at the Dou Qi stage due to the effects of medicinal cuisine. Extending this to the entire human race, the number of those who can grow into powerful individuals would also greatly increase.

As the number of powerful individuals increases, the demand for elixirs and alchemists will inevitably rise further.

After all, alchemy can help with everything from cultivation to other things, so the status of alchemists and alchemists will be further enhanced as demand increases.

The principle of supply and demand is universal in every world.

With this profit-driven approach, the art of medicinal cuisine will not only not be resisted by alchemists, but will instead gain their support, helping it to be further promoted.

By focusing on development strategies geared towards lower-level cultivators, medicinal cuisine and alchemy can create a mutually beneficial relationship!
The second part of the plan is to explore and improve the method of condensing the Qi vortex of battle, and to mobilize the alchemist guilds of various countries established by the Pill Tower to promote the new method, reduce the difficulty of condensing the Qi vortex of battle, and reduce the time most people waste in this process.

In fact, some long-established factions have had similar secret techniques, but no one paid attention to them.

Ultimately, the "Qi Gathering Powder," which can guarantee a 100% success rate in gathering Qi, is nothing more than an ordinary fourth-grade pill, and is not worth mentioning to any force with even a little strength.

Even if someone had created such a secret method, they would have had no intention or motivation to spend the time and effort to promote it to the masses.

But Lin Yuan did this, even though no one else would!

Drawing upon principles such as Nine Revolutions to Achieve Sainthood and Gathering Qi to Disperse Qi, he deduced a secret technique called "Three Revolutions to Gather Qi".

This secret technique can not only reduce the difficulty of condensing the battle qi vortex, but also reduce the backlash after the failure to condense the qi, and reduce the risk of the battle qi dropping and the body being seriously injured. However, this technique has not been tested on a large scale, and its specific effects are still unknown.

In terms of cultivation, everyone's physique and aptitude are different. What Lin Yuan finds easy is not so for most people.

The "Three Transformations to Gather Qi" method needs to be verified and improved before it can be widely promoted.

However, Lin Yuan had no intention of spending too much of his energy on this, so he wanted the Pill Tower to participate, either to help improve the secret techniques or to deduce more secret techniques, and to use the guild to promote them.

After all, recruiting people to train, observe, test, and then promote them after they succeed... these are all very energy-consuming tasks, and there is no need to do them personally.

This kind of matter, which is more operational than technical, is better handled by Danta!
If the two matters recorded in the notes can be accomplished as Lin Yuan envisioned, it will benefit hundreds of billions of people on the Dou Qi Continent, and the Pill Tower will also gain terrifying prestige.

If this matter succeeds, it would be no exaggeration to call him a "sage"!
Of course, the later parts of Lin Yuan's "Strengthening the Foundation of Dou Qi Continent Plan" were not recorded in his notes... but those ideas were the real reason why he was willing to spend his energy on them.

The main reason for doing these things is not to gain "fame," but to gain "profit."

The Dou Qi Continent is Lin Yuan's nursery, the foundation for his future advancement. The bigger this "cake" becomes, the more he can gain from it in the future.

This is a mutually beneficial move, a move that benefits Lin Yuan, the world, and all living beings.

Given this starting point, his third plan is to spread the Dharma widely—to spread the methods of spiritual practice, and to spread methods of transforming the world, such as cultivating medicinal herbs and regulating the earth's energy.

In other words, it means increasing the productivity of the Dou Qi Continent.

In the Dou Qi Continent, the stronger a person's cultivation, the more efficient they are at transporting energy, and the higher their productivity is after mastering various production technologies.

If we draw an analogy with Lin Yuan's previous life, it would be to increase the country's literacy rate, thereby enhancing the country's potential and productivity.

Widely disseminating high-level cultivation techniques to the world will inevitably shake the entire continent's格局 (geju, a concept encompassing overall structure, overall situation, and overall power/structure), affecting the interests of countless individuals and forces, and potentially making one an enemy of the world. Before possessing absolute strength, this idea cannot be shared with others for the time being.

Having advanced to the Dou Di realm and gained absolute power, Lin Yuan's fourth plan was to control the continent and gather the power of all living beings for his own use.

That will be the time for him to develop and transform the Dou Qi Continent!
As a transmigrator, Lin Yuan came to a conclusion after traveling around the continent: the Dou Qi Continent had a very primitive concept, was underdeveloped, and had low production efficiency, completely failing to realize the potential of Dou Qi and soul power—these extraordinary powers—at the production level.

Across the entire continent, most powerful individuals with some strength do not engage in production; they either indulge in pleasure, cultivation, or fierce competition...

This situation must be changed in the future!

He envisioned a future Dou Qi Continent where the mainstream values ​​would shift from simple competition and clan inheritance to exploring knowledge, building the world, and conquering the heavens.

In this process, those with wisdom contribute their wisdom, and those with strength contribute their strength.

Whether it's research, planting herbs, grinding ashes, refining weapons, setting up formations, or opening up new spaces... there's a wide variety of productive work available for people of all levels and strengths, all contributing to the development of the continent!
Of course, the system that Lin Yuan wants to establish will also provide corresponding compensation for "labor".

Such a grand undertaking, affecting hundreds of billions of people on the mainland, would be too late to begin until one becomes a Dou Di, and would needlessly waste a lot of time.

In view of this, Lin Yuan plans to make preliminary preparations in advance and then fully promote the project after he becomes emperor.

One of the preparatory tasks is to develop a batch of "production-type" cultivation techniques, combat skills, secret techniques, formations, and other supporting equipment... Lin Yuan plans to wait until after the Pill Gathering, when he succeeds as the commander of the Pill Tower as a Battle Saint, and then use the resources of the Pill Tower to advance this matter.

Such ambitious plans could not be known to Xuan Kongzi and the others, so Lin Yuan did not intend to tell anyone about the third and fourth items of the plan.

He simply smiled indifferently at the three people's meaningful glances.

After bidding farewell to Jian Dan and the three giants, Lin Yuan found Feng Qing'er, who was touring Saint Pill City, and they returned to Tianyou Valley together.

Watching Lin Yuan's disappearing figure, Xuan Kongzi put his notes into his storage ring and sighed softly, "I have seen countless people, but I can't see through Lin Yuan at all! Could his previous suggestion to strengthen ties with alchemist guilds in various countries be related to this plan?"

"Exceptionally talented geniuses often set their sights on higher goals, but Lin Yuan has gone against the grain, focusing on the most basic stages of cultivation..."

"Hehe, isn't this a good thing?" Tian Lei Zi patted his shoulder and said, a smile appearing on his serious face.

"Such spirit and talent are the hope for the revival of our Danta."

"If his plan to improve and innovate the cultivation of the Battle Qi stage can truly succeed, our Pill Tower will surely be remembered in history. And this matter fits perfectly with our Pill Tower's organizational system; only we can accomplish it in a short period of time."

"After all, apart from us who command alchemist guilds throughout various countries and regions, even those powerful ancient races find it difficult to spread knowledge across the entire continent."

"From this perspective, our connection with this plan is entirely predestined!"

"No matter what you think, I will fully support this plan. If I can contribute to its success, then all this effort will have been worthwhile..."

“I support it too!” Xuan Yi thought for a moment and came to the same conclusion as Tian Lei Zi.

“Me too, but let’s take things one step at a time!” Xuan Kongzi waved his hand and pondered, “Tian Leizi, you will take over some of my matters and focus on integrating the Pill Tower and the alchemist guilds in various regions, strengthening our ties with them…”

"Xuanyi, you'll be in charge of overseeing the 'Strengthening the Foundation of the Dou Qi Continent Plan' proposed by Lin Yuan, including the derivation of medicinal cuisine recipes and the experimentation and improvement of the Three-Stage Qi Gathering method."

"As for me, I'll be visiting some old friends soon... the Soul Palace, hehe!"
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Little Dan Tower, Heavenly Valley.

"Four-star Dou Zong, six-star Dou Zong... Not bad progress. It seems your cultivation hasn't fallen behind while I was away!"

Looking at the two disciples standing prettily in front of him, Lin Yuan smiled slightly and nodded in satisfaction.

In the six months since he last saw him, both of his disciples have made considerable progress.

Xin Lan has risen from the peak of the two-star Dou Zong to the four-star Dou Zong. In terms of her soul, thanks to the effects of the high-level soul technique, she is close to the peak of the mortal realm. Dan Chen, on the other hand, has risen from the four-star Dou Zong to the six-star Dou Zong. Her soul is now firmly at the spiritual realm level, even stronger than Xiao Yan.

On the other side, upon hearing Lin Yuan's affirmative words, the two breathed a sigh of relief and finally showed relaxed smiles on their faces.

Being the disciple of the Medicine Lord is quite stressful!
"Dan Chen, clear your mind and let me see how the seeds are growing?" Lin Yuan smiled gently, his gaze falling on Dan Chen, and said softly.

"Yes, Master!"

Dan Chen nodded, then gently closed her eyes and dispelled her soul defense.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan extended his right hand, lightly touching the center of Dan Chen's brow with his fingertip. A wisp of soul power flowed through his fingertip into the center of Dan Chen's brow and began to scan it carefully.

In the center of the girl's consciousness, a slightly illusory Dan Chen sat cross-legged, her hands embracing a silver ball of light.

The ball of light was about the size of a head, and it was surrounded by a pure and strange soul fluctuation.

This soul fluctuation was extremely peculiar, emanating both the aura of Lin Yuan's soul and the aura of Dan Chen's soul... Although they were two different auras, they coexisted and blended together in an unusually harmonious way, without the slightest sense of repulsion.

This soul power was already quite powerful and pure, in no way inferior to the soul of the girl who was holding it.

"Good, the support structure is ready... We can try the soul-summoning effect now."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan no longer hesitated. With a thought, his vast soul power surged out and rushed towards the silver ball of light, merging into it without any delay.

The silver light trembled slightly, and then surged into Dan Chen's soul like a tide.

The moment the silver light completely merged into the soul body, the space around Dan Chen became extremely distorted in an instant. A powerful aura far exceeding that of a Dou Zong level, like an awakened raging dragon, slowly rose from the girl's body...

　I'm going with my girlfriend to her follow-up appointment tomorrow. It involves various tests, and it'll probably take a whole day. I need to ask for a day off...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)