Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 95 Problems in Genetics

Sikong Bo completed his mission, leaving behind ten elders to lead the rest of the group back to Yuntian Sect, while Zi Dong and the others continued their journey to Daxue Mountain.

With ten elders from the Feng family, there are twenty elders in charge, making it undoubtedly the most luxurious caravan on the Tianyun Continent.

After resting for a night in Jinshi City, the caravan, led by Ai Shang, headed straight for the Great Snow Mountain. After a great victory, everyone was in high spirits.

Zi Dong didn't understand the operation of the Chamber of Commerce very well, and he also needed to cultivate, so he simply handed the Chamber of Commerce over to Ai Shang for management.

"Zi Dong, are we still going to Langya City?" Zhou Xinyu was somewhat absent-minded the whole way, worried about the people sent from the Central Continent, and only wanted to get back to the sect as soon as possible.

"Why go to Langya City? To see Feng Yuntian's face?!" Feng Qingwu shouted angrily.

She originally intended to take this opportunity to deal with Feng Yuntian and drive Yu Feiyan out of the Feng family, but she did not expect that the sect would support the Flying Alliance.

“We still need to go to Langya City,” Zi Dong quickly said. “Ai Shang is planning to open another shop there.”

"You can go if you want, I'm going straight back to the sect!" Feng Qingwu glared angrily at Zi Dong, this guy was just making things difficult for her.

"Junior Sister Qingwu, we don't need to go into Langya City. We can just leave it to Ai Shang to handle," Zi Dong quickly said.

“Junior Sister Qingwu, actually you won’t see your father and Yu Feiyan even if you go to Langya City. They will definitely avoid you!” Zhou Xinyu said with a smile.

“Definitely!” Zi Dong immediately agreed: “Junior Sister Qingwu, why don’t you swagger over to Langya City and put down the arrogance of the Flying Sky Alliance!”

"We'll see when the time comes." Feng Qingwu was a little tempted. Her grandfather lived in Langya City. If she could embarrass Feng Yuntian and Yu Feiyan, she would definitely be able to vent her anger.

"Zi Dong, should we go to Langya City first, or come back from the Great Snow Mountain and then go?"

Zhou Xinyu was eager to see Langya City, the largest city in the northern part of the Eastern Continent.

"Aishang suggests we go back from the Great Snow Mountain first, and bring some resources to Langya City so that the shops can develop quickly."

Zi Dong strongly agreed with Ai Shang's suggestion; the resources of the Great Snow Mountain would definitely cause a sensation in Langya City.

"Hmph, Yu Feiyan is the personal disciple of the Qinglian Sword Sect's sect master, and she's already an elder. Langya City has no shortage of resources from the Great Snow Mountain!" Feng Qingwu immediately retorted.

“Yu Feiyan may not necessarily obtain more resources than us!” Zi Dong revealed a strange smile.

"Why?!" Feng Qingwu was stunned, wondering where Zi Dong got his confidence from.

“Zi Dong brought a lot of resources from the sect, which can definitely be exchanged for many good things with the Great Snow Mountain!” Zhou Xinyu said proudly.

"Hmph, what kind of skill is that!" Feng Qingwu curled her lips. Without Zhou Yunting's strong support, Zi Dong would not have been able to bring resources from the Azure Dragon Mountains.

Between the Fallen Gold Mountains and the Great Snow Mountains are almost entirely mortal kingdoms, all ruled by cultivator families.

Although there are many sects in the Eastern Continent, there are even more cultivator families who establish countries to govern ordinary people.

Between the Luojin Mountains and the Daxue Mountains, most sects rely on the state to obtain cultivation resources.

Throughout the entire Tianyun Continent, ordinary people always constitute the largest number, and they control all kinds of resources.

It would be too conspicuous for more than a thousand cultivators to travel in a country of ordinary people, so Zi Dong and the other two discussed with the elders and decided to travel in large groups.

The major battalions were then further dispersed into smaller teams to avoid attracting the attention of other countries and causing panic among ordinary people. Zi Dong and his two companions led the special operations team and reconnaissance team ahead, providing support and conducting reconnaissance.

The further north you go, the flatter the terrain becomes, and it's almost all fertile land. Even though it's winter, people are still cultivating the fields.

Unlike Earth, the Tianyun Continent has many spiritual fields where crops can grow even in winter.

The cultivators cultivate seeds with spiritual power, and when ordinary people cultivate them normally, these seeds will automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This was Zi Dong's first time leaving the Azure Dragon Mountains and traveling across the vast plains, which gave him a unique feeling.

Especially the endless fields of crops, like a vast grassland, evoke a desire to gallop freely on horseback.

"Junior Sister Qingwu, can ordinary people eat these spiritual items?" Since Feng Yuntian's matter had been resolved, there was no rush to travel, and Zi Dong and the other two were quite leisurely.

"Ordinary people from cultivator families can eat these spiritual items, and farmers can get a few leftovers. Most ordinary people can't eat them; these spiritual items need to be purchased with spirit stones."

Feng Qingwu wasn't particularly interested in this question; whether ordinary people could eat it or not was none of her business.
"It's a complete waste for ordinary people to eat these spiritual items; they simply can't fully absorb the spiritual energy inside!"

“Junior Sister Qingwu, although ordinary people cannot fully absorb the spiritual energy of spiritual objects, they will not waste it,” Zi Dong immediately corrected.

"If you can't fully absorb spiritual energy, isn't that a waste?!" Feng Qingwu glared at Zi Dong and shouted, utterly spouting nonsense.

"Ordinary people cannot fully absorb the spiritual energy of the spirit creatures, but they can improve their physical condition. After several generations, their descendants will be able to awaken their spiritual roots."

Zi Dong is very interested in genetics. He believes that the lifespan and intelligence of humans on Earth are constantly improving because of the improvement of their genetic makeup.

"Your idea is quite novel," Zhou Xinyu exclaimed. Although she didn't understand genetics, she felt that Zi Dong's words made a lot of sense.

"Hmph, nonsense!" Feng Qingwu dismissed it. Just because Grandpa ate a spiritual item, does that mean his grandson can become a cultivator?
"How did the first cultivator of the Heavenly Fortune Continent appear?" Zi Dong asked Feng Qingwu with a smile.

"How would I know?!" Feng Qingwu glared at Zi Dong in bewilderment. She wasn't some old monster; how could she possibly know how the first cultivator appeared?

"If it were because he ate some rare and precious treasure, then the Tianyun Continent would only have one cultivator by now."

Zi Dong began to explain genetics to Feng Qingwu in detail: "It is because many people ate spiritual objects, and they did so frequently and continuously, that their descendants awakened their spiritual roots, which led to the emergence of a large number of cultivators on the Tianyun Continent."

“Yes, I think that makes a lot of sense.” Zhou Xinyu immediately agreed, believing that these spiritual creatures should be given to ordinary people to eat.

"How did you know?!" Feng Qingwu stared at Zi Dong with a strange expression. Even the old monsters on the Tianyun Continent might not know this kind of thing.

"This is a field of study," Zi Dong said mysteriously. "It's called genetics, and it was taught to me by a teacher before I came to the sect."

"According to you, these spiritual creatures should all be given to ordinary people to eat, and it's a waste for cultivators to eat them, right?!"

Feng Qingwu had no interest in academics; she just wanted to argue with Zi Dong about who should eat these spiritual creatures.

"According to the theory of genetics, cultivators consuming spiritual objects will make their offspring's spiritual roots stronger, but this is definitely not as beneficial as it is for ordinary people."

Zi Dong corrected Feng Qingwu again, saying that this was a dialectical issue of quality and quantity, and for the Taoist sect, the issue of quantity was still more serious.

(End of this chapter)