From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

As for why he still appeared pale—

The main reason is that her own cultivation level is too different from Jiang Liu's.

"Really? That sounds quite scientific... By the way, has the Black Lady disappeared?" After Zhao Yingkong had fully regulated her Qi, she inquired about the Black Lady's situation.

"Snapped!"

Jiang Liu snapped his fingers, and the figure of the black-clad woman appeared in front of Zhao Yingkong. "I have refined the brilliance of the two spiritual realms of Heaven and Earth. The black-clad woman now resides in my mind. As long as I live, they will never perish."

"To be honest, I've always wanted them to cooperate with my experiments, to use them as magical artifacts! Who knows, they could be used to steal souls from thousands of miles away!"

"Unfortunately—these two have been unwilling... Why don't you help persuade them?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yingkong's joy at seeing the woman in black vanished instantly, and her face darkened. She said, "If you dare to do this, I'll kill you!"

"If I die, they'll both die too."

Jiang Liu didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, he teased Zhao Yingkong, patted her head, and complained, "Besides, although I'm only a year or two older than you, I've taught you a lot. So, I guess I'm your master, right?"

Tsk, now I understand how Tang Bingwen felt when you told him you wanted to assassinate those four older generation members—

You're going to betray your master and ancestors!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yingkong's face darkened, and she was about to get angry when she heard the woman in black say, "Alright, little Yingkong, don't take it to heart."

After the woman in black's words of persuasion, Zhao Yingkong calmed down and said, "It's good that you're alright."

"Of course I'll be fine, but—"

The woman in black turned to look at Jiang Liu. "Since she's your disciple, can't you help her get rid of her dominant personality?"

Zhao Yingkong's eyes lit up immediately: "You can do it?"

"Yes, but as I said before, coexistence is the best option."

Jiang Liu said calmly, "Emotional perception forms memories, memories settle and enhance consciousness, consciousness grows and forges beliefs, and the thoughts built upon those beliefs are the real you."

Perhaps your past memories are fabricated.

But from now on, all your experiences belong to you. Take your time to experience them: birth, aging, sickness, death, love, hate, and passion.

I can't help you with any of these things.

Zhao Yingkong was actually aware of this as well.

Spiritual growth is not achieved by simply improving one's soul and spiritual strength; it also requires experiencing life and gradually maturing.

What I lack is not strength... at least when facing my other self in the final moment, what I lack is not strength, but the will at the spiritual level.

only--

As a young girl, she really hoped that Jiang Liu could help her if she could.

Jiang Liu seemed to have seen through Zhao Yingkong's thoughts and added, "The God of War invited you, not her. Besides, do you want to live under my protection forever?"

"roll!"

Upon hearing the word "protection," Zhao Yingkong's face darkened, and she blurted it out. Then, she paused, a smile appearing on her lips, and said, "You're so interesting, it's not like someone from this era."

"After meeting you 'people from the future,' my standards have naturally risen," Jiang Liu said with a chuckle.

"I think there might be other reasons..."

"Well then, goodbye."

Before Zhao Yingkong could finish speaking, Jiang Liu turned around, waved his hand, and the woman in black transformed into a streak of light, returning to Xin Jing. Without turning his head, he said, "What kind of existence is the God of the Main God? We don't know, but for you, it is indeed a good platform for growth, where danger and opportunity coexist."

You can only be considered a 'grown-up' when you find what you truly want to do.

However, before becoming an 'adult,' one can still visit home often...

"Goodbye."

Zhao Yingkong nodded slightly, then vanished, as if she had never existed in this world.

# Chapter 455 Busy, Developing...

January has just passed.

That night.

Jiang Liu then began his sermon.

This time, Liu Chuang and Zhao Yuanzhi arrived, but they did not rush to the front; they simply stayed on the outside.

Because Zhao Yingkong brought a lot of books and materials, after Jiang Liu finished preaching, he also explained miscellaneous arts such as carpentry, construction, and planting, covering almost everything.

"Is Jiang Liu some kind of know-it-all?" Zhao Yuanzhi couldn't help but wonder. "Could it be related to his month-long trip?"

"Brother Zhao, what do we do now?" Liu Chuang asked.

"Let's wait and see!"

Zhao Yuanzhi's tone turned serious. "Also, I am now the president of the union. We must follow the rules. When we are outside, you must address me as the president."

"Yes, Chairman Zhao."

Liu Chuang's expression was somewhat gloomy...

···

Day two.

Inside the Confucian Society.

Jiang Liu invited three members of Shennong Hall: Jiang Wei, the pillar of the family; Jiang Wei's wife, Li Luo; and their daughter, Jiang Wu'e.

"have a look."

Jiang Liu took out three bags of seeds from his storage ring: rice, corn, and rapeseed. These were all high-yield grains from nearly a hundred years later. The first two were staple foods, while the rapeseed could be pressed for oil after it matured.

These are!

Jiang Wei excitedly picked up a handful of rice, gently caressed it, gathered his Qi, and felt the vitality within it. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Heavens! I have never seen such rice seeds before! Chairman, where did you find them?"

As descendants of Shennongtang, the Jiang family has a very special method: they can sense the vitality fluctuations of plants through Qi, thereby judging the growth status of grain seeds and carrying out specific fertilization and weeding, which is much more efficient than other farmers.

But he had never seen this type of rice before!

In this water town of Jiangnan, the yield of rice per mu is only about 400 jin, but if this rice variety is planted, he has a feeling that it can double to 800 jin! If it is well cared for, it may even exceed 1,000 jin!

And this corn—

Even if the corn is shriveled and hard, its golden color allows Jiang Wei to see how plump and dense the corn is on the cob.

Corn?

This is clearly "jade" rice!

As for rapeseed, even just by touching it, Jiang Wei could sense the vitality it contained, and he was certain that high-quality edible oil could be extracted from it.

"Shennong Hall truly lives up to its reputation."

Jiang Liu praised them, then added, "These three are all high-yield grain varieties, but the problem is that they cannot be stably inherited."

This is also a drawback of hybrid grain varieties.

According to Zhao Yingkong, these high-yield grain varieties are all hybrid varieties, which were suggested by Zheng Zha... Jiang Liu was very grateful for this, but he had also heard about the instability of the genetics of hybrid grain varieties, and that the yield of each generation would continue to decrease.

Therefore, Jiang Liu hopes that the three people from Shennong Hall can conduct trial planting and selection of these hybrid grains in the future, so as to develop high-yield grain varieties that belong to them.

Although he could directly tell Zhao Yingkong to bring back genetically stable seeds next time she returned, Jiang Liu believed they couldn't rely entirely on those reincarnators—

There is considerable uncertainty.

Therefore, they must master the hybridization technology themselves!

"What do you mean?" Jiang Wei didn't understand the concept of heredity.

"Like begets like, just as dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats are born knowing how to burrow, so too are grain varieties. I discovered these three high-yield grain varieties by chance when I was out traveling. They are hybrid varieties. The first generation has a very high yield, but the yield of the second and third generations will gradually decrease."

"I see!"

Jiang Wei didn't understand genetics, but he did understand the concept of "hybridization." He immediately assured Jiang Liu, "There's no problem. We can sense the vitality of grain seeds, and our abilities can also interfere with plant growth... With our abilities, the current rice varieties can only yield a maximum of 600 jin per mu. That's the limit. We still need to fertilize and care for them regularly."

But the 'hybrid' that the president gave us pointed us in a completely new direction!

Hybridization!

Bastard!

We country folk mostly use that as an insult, but we never imagined that hybridization and crossbreeding could produce such a high-yielding first-generation grain variety! Even the fact that the second generation's yield is lower is incredibly surprising!

"Then I will give you these hybrid grain seeds! If that's not enough—"

"That's enough! Absolutely enough!"

Before Jiang Liu could finish speaking, Jiang Wei picked up the small bag containing the rice seeds and said excitedly, "I will never let Chairman Jiang down!"

"Then I look forward to Brother Jiang's results."

In fact, there is still a lot of grain stored in the storage ring, enough to feed all the people of Yuhang for twenty years, but taking too big a step could lead to disaster.

This isn't the way to seize every minute!

Unless Jiang Liu can gain control of the Main God Space, it's best to let his own people conduct the research. Besides, their own methods of controlling hybridization are the optimal choice, so they won't be subject to others' control.

"By the way, Brother Jiang Wei, if you have any free time, you could also register at Mingxin Academy to study the mutations that occur in plant cells under the influence of your abilities. That might speed up the process."

Jiang Liu then offered his suggestion: "Through Mr. Bao Naide's connections, Mingxin Academy just bought three microscopes from Westerners half a month ago, which will come in handy."

"President Jiang, I can complete the mission even without that microscope!" Jiang Wei patted his chest and confidently assured him.

"Yes, Chairman Jiang, Old Jiang and I are rough men and don't know many characters. If we go to the academy, we'll probably be laughed at... But when it comes to farming, we're definitely not inferior to anyone!"

Li Luo echoed her husband, thinking that Jiang Liu didn't trust their abilities, but she also explained why she didn't want to go to the academy.

This left Jiang Liu somewhat amused and exasperated. He could only explain, "Brother, sister, I didn't mean to look down on you. It's just that there are three extra microscopes over there, so we naturally have to make use of them... I believe in your abilities, but we can't work in isolation, can we? Foreigners' technology is definitely unique. Even those foreign guns and cannons require a full stomach to carry them, right?"

I will go see it.

Jiang Wu'e agreed, and then said to Jiang Wei and Li Luo, who were looking at him with surprise, "Dad, Mom, Brother Jiang doesn't expect us to go to the academy every day. When we have time, we can take some of the cultivated rice, corn, and rapeseed over and study them with that microscope. It won't take much time."

"Too."