Chapter 402: Chapter 230: Guaranteed Profit, Reproductive Isolation_2

“What’s the deal with that town…no, city you designed at the end?”

Zheng Fa hadn’t expected that what Lady Xuanhua cared about the most would actually be his concept for the application of the Golden Core that he included in the Jade tube…

“This Golden Core, I’m planning to first apply it on Paradise Island…”

Nowadays, Paradise Island has become a special zone…uh, a trial field in the Jiushan Realm. Of course, the factor of separation of Immortals and mortals by the Jiushan Sect plays a role, but more importantly, trying out my own ideas on Paradise Island also allows collecting feedback from the residents conveniently, which could be useful for later extending the concept throughout the secular realm of the Jiushan Realm.

Inside the Jade tube, Zheng Fa had planned out a modern city.

It’s called a city, but that’s putting it grandly; it’s more like a well-lit town.

The source of illumination would be provided by that Golden Core.

In fact, for Paradise Island, the significance of this plan seems somewhat diminished.

But as they say, Paradise Island serves as a prototype for the mortal world of the Jiushan Realm.

The Jiushan Realm’s mortal world is vast, but the population is extremely scattered, with poor commercial exchange and even more troublesome education.

If cities could be built, with more advanced commerce, fairer education, and more division of labor through interactions.

The benefits of these for the development of civilization are self-evident.

Now, Zheng Fa’s application of the Golden Core energy is still rudimentary, he’s even just mentioned illumination.

But even just illumination would be of great use—

City residents could make better use of their time.

In agriculture, controlling light exposure could also, to some extent, boost crop yields.

As for the future industry in Jiushan, illumination becomes even more crucial.

These aren’t beyond the reach of the Cultivation world; it’s just that… who would actually bother to do it?

For several epochs in the Xuanwei Realm, perhaps the Cultivation world has been evolving, but the mortal world has always remained an agricultural society.

What Zheng Fa wants now…is the modernization of the Jiushan Realm!

Lady Xuanhua is no fool; although she doesn’t fully grasp Zheng Fa’s plans, she can vaguely sense the revolutionary changes they promise.

She looked at Zheng Fa with a complex expression.

Zhang and Xiao Yuying, standing on the side, took the Jade tube from Lady Xuanhua with curiosity. After examining it themselves and then looking back at Zheng Fa, their faces also bore a look of surprise—

Perhaps, all Zheng Fa drew in the Jade tube was a blueprint.

But they could see the force capable of changing heaven and earth within it!

Confronted with their gazes, Zheng Fa smiled and said, “I told you before, Lady Xuanhua, the path of Artifact Refining…actually opens up even more possibilities.”

“It’s just that, this thing is indeed geared towards mortals. If Lady Xuanhua isn’t interested…”

“Who says I’m not interested?” Lady Xuanhua cut him off, her eyes shining, as she snatched the Jade tube from Xiao Yuying’s hands and said rapidly, “I have a heart to help the world, too!”

Zheng Fa: …Really? I don’t believe it! It’s not apparent at all, you know!

Your reaction to mortal things earlier was not like that!

He thought about it and still tried to persuade her: “Lady, your main task now…should still be the manufacturing of experimental instruments.”

This simplified Golden Core is fundamentally for the development of the Jiushan Realm and then through the Sun and Moon Clock, to produce more spiritual materials.

But he has not forgotten… His main task is to create a Lifebound Magical Treasure!

To create a Magical Treasure, naturally, he needs experimental instruments, which is why he hadn’t thought of entrusting Lady Xuanhua with the task of the simplified Golden Core.

“It won’t cause any delay!” Lady Xuanhua patted her ample chest, saying words that even touched Zheng Fa: “I’ll just spend more time on it!”

Aren’t you not only self-sufficient in bringing your own provisions to work but even actively asking for overtime?

…

Lady Xuanhua held the Jade tube as she walked with Xiao Yuying towards her own courtyard.

Her Divine Sense was still immersed in the Jade tube, as if she were racing against time to understand the concepts within, truly as she claimed, seizing every second.

Xiao Yuying glanced at Lady Xuanhua frequently, as if she wanted to ask something.

“Why are you looking at me?”

“I think you, like, caught some illness…” Xiao Yuying bluntly said: “You entered the Jiushan Realm and are almost selling yourself!”

She knew this woman too well; she was never one to be selflessly devoted!

Xiao Yuying felt as if she didn’t recognize Lady Xuanhua anymore.

“You’re the one who’s sick!”

“Then…did you fall for Zheng Fa?”

Xiao Yuying’s eyes moved, and she looked at Lady Xuanhua with surprise.

“…Men? Are men more comfortable than Spirit Stones?”

“?”

Lady Xuanhua curled her lips and glanced at her, saying, “You don’t understand, the ‘Golden Core Project’ and those outer elixirs aside, that what’s-it-called ‘Magical Cage,’ and this simplified Golden Core…these are all unprecedented innovations!”

“What does innovation mean? It means if I master it, I could be one of the founders!”

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Yuying was first stunned, then somewhat enlightened, and said,

“That’s true, if you can develop this simplified Golden Core…you might make history in this epoch.”

Saying so, she looked at Lady Xuanhua with a hint of admiration: “I didn’t expect you to be so ambitious…”

“That’s true, not only Nascent Soul cultivators but even those past Divinity Transformation cultivators have fallen in various Secret Realms and their stories unknown… If you could create these unique Magical Treasures, later generations would probably not forget you.”

Upon hearing this, Lady Xuanhua fell into thought, then furrowed her brows and asked, “Why would I care if later generations remember me?”

“…”

“These innovations, they’re unique business opportunities! Do you know how many Spirit Stones a unique business can earn?”

“Now selling one outer elixir is less than before…but I heard that many Cultivators have already ordered outer elixirs from Zheng Fa! See how good the sales are! I will probably earn even more in the future!”