In Shangguan Qianqiu's words, if this was over a hundred years ago, these ten thousand members would all be qualified to enter the Azure Wood Academy's Heaven Division and receive personal guidance from him, the Heaven Division's instructor.
And now, all of a sudden, over ten thousand such geniuses had appeared before them. Shangguan Qianqiu and Situ Wanli were simply about to go crazy.
After living for so long, this was the first time they knew that there were so many alchemy geniuses in the human race.
Actually, this was not strange. One had to know … in the past, being an alchemist was just a normal profession. It was not a big deal. Therefore … not many people wanted to become an alchemist.
But it was different now. Under the guidance of the Great Chu royalty for a hundred years, alchemy had become the most sacred profession.
Everyone hoped that they could become an alchemist. As long as they could become an alchemist, they would be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth.
Although it was not absolute, more than eighty percent of the human children's first wish was to become a great alchemist.
Only after confirming that they did not have the talent for alchemy would they consider other possibilities.
Moreover, a hundred years ago, Aoki University could only recruit students from within the Lingmu Emperor's sphere of influence, which was the eastern states.
Talents from the other four major states could not be casually recruited. Otherwise, wouldn't the Lingmu Emperor have poached the talents of the other Emperors?
The five Emperors were very strict about the talents within their sphere of influence. No matter what, they would not tolerate the other Emperors poaching their talents. This was human nature.
Otherwise, if the talents were all poached by the other Emperors, what would they use for themselves?
The most tragic thing was that even in the eastern states, there was only a small portion of people who wanted to become an alchemist. Many talents who were suitable for alchemy did not want to become an alchemist. They wanted to pursue other professions.
For example, if the parents of those children were alchemists, and they wanted their children to become alchemists, then becoming an alchemist would definitely be their first choice.
Therefore, even though the Lingmu Emperor controlled the eastern provinces, he could only recruit a limited number of alchemy geniuses. To recruit tens of thousands of alchemy geniuses was simply a dream!
In their excitement, Shangguan Qianqiu and Stu Wanli did not say a word and directly recruited these ten thousand alchemy geniuses into the Pill Sect. Situ Leiman, the head instructor, personally taught them.
Afterwards, these ten thousand students were transported by Yan Guilai to the island where the Hundred Herb Storehouse was located and settled there.
Every day, these ten thousand students would enter the Hundred Herbs Tower and be in charge of repairing, planting, and transplanting all kinds of spiritual herbs, flowers, and fruits. They would strive to restore the severely damaged first three floors of the Hundred Herbs Tower to its former glory.
As for the fourth, fifth, sixth, and third floors above the third floor, for so many years, no one had been able to reach them.
Therefore, on the fourth floor and above, all kinds of spiritual herbs grew like weeds. It was not strange at all.
As these ten thousand alchemy geniuses maintained the Hundred Herbs Tower every day, they would naturally produce all kinds of grade one, grade two, and grade three spiritual herbs.
Therefore, the process of work was also the process of learning. When everyone was familiar with the medicinal properties of these spiritual herbs, it would be natural for them to become qualified alchemists.
As for the other millions of alchemy geniuses, Yan Guilai did not waste them. He directly assigned them to Shangguan Qianqiu and Stu Wanli. He instructed them to open up a spiritual herb field in the forest around Tiantai Mountain to plant all kinds of edible spiritual herbs.
The most representative of these herbs were grade one spiritual grains, grade two spiritual wheat, and grade three spiritual rice!
These three spiritual herbs required a very strict environment to grow. They could not be exposed to strong light, and they needed abundant wood energy as well as a cool environment.
Therefore, with Tiantai Mountain as the center, the primeval forest within a radius of a thousand miles was the best environment for these three spiritual herbs to grow.
Under the arrangement of Shangguan Qianqiu and Stu Wanli, the millions of alchemy geniuses were evenly distributed around Tiantai Mountain.
Under the protection of the Brutal Bear Tribe, the Giant Python Tribe, and the Giant Ape Tribe, all the demonic beasts in this area had been killed.
Moreover, under the protection of these three tribes, any other demonic beasts were forbidden to come close.
All the demonic beasts that entered this area would be killed on the spot. There was no room for negotiation.
In particular, the ten slave tribes of the Giant Python Tribe, which were the ten most poisonous snake tribes, had sent out one billion poisonous snakes to completely seal off this area. Even if the King of Tigers, Leopards, and Lions came in person, they would also be eaten by the poisonous snakes.
Most importantly, the Ten Great Venomous Snake Clans liked the shade very much. They liked the Spirit Rice, Spirit Wheat, and the Spirit Qi produced by the Spirit Rice. Therefore, the Ten Great Venomous Snake Clans could not ask for more.
Most importantly, with the help of the Ten Great Poisonous Snake Clans, those ordinary rats, wild rabbits, insects, and the like would be attacked by the poisonous snakes once they tried to destroy the spiritual grains, spiritual wheat, and spiritual rice. They would be swallowed in one bite.
In this way, the millions of alchemy geniuses only needed to plant the herbs. They did not need to care about anything else.
Therefore, tens of millions of mu of herb fields were quickly planted. On average, each person only needed to plant ten mu of herbs.
Of course, it did not mean that everything would be fine after planting. The spiritual grains, spiritual wheat, and spiritual rice grew on perennial woody herbs. They could be harvested endlessly once they were planted.
Moreover, these spiritual herbs could bloom three times a year and bear fruit three times a year. On average, they had to be harvested once every four months.
However, the task of harvesting the spiritual grains, spiritual wheat, and spiritual rice did not need to be done by everyone.
The slave tribe of the Giant Ape Tribe, the Monkey Tribe, was responsible for harvesting.
The Monkey Tribe's individual combat strength was not strong. They were also very small in size, but their numbers were very large. There were more than a hundred million of them.
Basically, the Monkey Tribe could not be used on the battlefield. However … they were very suitable for harvesting the spiritual grains, wheat, and rice.
Therefore, ten million mu of herb fields was only the most basic scale. As time passed, more and more spiritual grains, spiritual wheat, and spiritual rice would appear in this primitive forest.
With this incomparably vast natural granary that could be harvested three times a year, although it was not enough to satisfy the needs of the ten billion people, at the very least, the human race would no longer have slums. Everyone could live and work in peace and contentment, and have ample food and clothing!
And this was precisely the first thing that Yan Guilai had to do after taking office as the Chief Magistrate.
For the time being, Yan Guilai could not make everyone rich, nor could he guarantee that everyone would enjoy the best life and treatment.
But at the very least, Yan Guilai would not allow any slums to exist under his rule. He would not allow anyone to starve to death under his rule!
Yan Guilai did not participate too much in the matters of Tiantai Mountain. With Shangguan Qianqiu, Stu Wanli, and Situ Leiman around, there was no need for him to meddle in other people's business.
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