Inside the research institute.
The grass and trees were mottled as the sun shone down on them.
He found a parking spot and stopped. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw Mayor Li Zixun and a dozen other people waiting for him.
Academician Yang Kai was among them.
"Academician Yang Kai, Mayor Li."
Ye Xiaochen greeted them with a smile.
"Xiaochen, we haven't seen each other for almost two months. You've really opened my eyes. It's only been a short while and you've already achieved so much."
Yang Kai went up to Ye Xiaochen and gave him a hug.
He was really excited.
Ever since he went back, he had been practicing the Spirit-Listening Finger technique every day without stopping.
Although his Spirit-Listening Finger technique had not reached the state of being able to listen to spirits at any time, it was very close.
The more it was so, the more he could feel the magic and mystery of the Spirit-Listening Finger technique.
Vaguely, he felt that he had touched upon a door that led to endless territory.
This time, he could tell that the purification grass that Ye Xiaochen developed was cultivated by Ye Xiaochen based on his advanced theory of consciousness.
If he wanted to truly master this cultivation technique, he had to start from plant consciousness.
And if he wanted to understand plant consciousness, he had to use the Spirit-Listening Finger technique.
And all of this was because of Ye Xiaochen.
He seemed to see an unprecedented botanist who had opened a new chapter in the field of botany and was growing at an astonishing speed.
The other people who came with Yang Kai and Li Zixun were all experts in botany.
Every one of them was not much less famous than Yang Kai.
They were very polite to Ye Xiaochen. After all, the purification grass that Ye Xiaochen cultivated was really an eye-opener for them.
They also learned about the existence of the Spirit-Listening Finger technique from Yang Kai.
However, Yang Kai did not teach them because it was created by Ye Xiaochen. Without Ye Xiaochen's permission, he would not reveal anything.
These experts were very curious about the Spirit-Listening state that Yang Kai mentioned and hoped that Ye Xiaochen could teach them.
Ye Xiaochen talked to them as they walked towards a house.
He had become the center of attention.
Finally, everyone entered the house. They walked all the way until they arrived at a hall.
Below were nearly a hundred chairs and tables, and above them was a podium.
Ye Xiaochen would be on the podium to explain the principles and cultivation methods of the Purification Herb to the expert team.
The expert panel could raise all kinds of questions.
In a sense, although it was called an exchange, it was actually Ye Xiaochen who came to teach.
There were probably not many people in the world who could teach so many top experts.
One had to know that there were as many as eight academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences here. Among them, there were three botanists, four nuclear engineers, and one physiologist.
As for the other experts, they were all famous. Even if they were not academicians, they were still top experts in the country.
Even the assistants they brought this time were all very famous and were at least Ph.D. level.
In this way, there were more than seventy people in the expert group, from experts to assistants. In addition, there were more than ten researchers from the research institute and government officials.
Of course, these researchers were just there to join in the fun. Their professional level was far below that of the experts' assistants.
Ye Xiaochen already knew how this exchange would be conducted.
It was the first time he stood in front of so many people, and it was in the form of a lecture. To be honest, Ye Xiaochen felt a little weak.
It was different from the previous exchange with the expert group. The previous exchange was like a symposium. They sat together and discussed all kinds of things.
But this time, he was the teacher, and the experts were the students.
There was a difference in their statuses.
With so many pairs of eyes staring at him, how could Ye Xiaochen not be nervous?
One must know that a few months ago, he was just a commoner. To him, everyone present was a true elite of the human race.
But now, they were going to listen to his lecture.
Suddenly, he took a deep breath and walked straight to the podium.
He looked down from his high vantage point.
It was a strange feeling. Vaguely, the nervousness in his heart seemed to fade and was replaced by a faint sense of excitement.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Ye Xiaochen."
Ye Xiaochen looked down and scanned the audience. He spoke in a calm tone.
He knew that people would stammer when they were nervous.
Moreover, when they spoke, their minds would go blank and they would often forget their words. Even if they remembered, they would stumble.
The best way was to speak as slowly as possible so that he would have time to think.
"Today, I'm deeply honored to be able to explain the principles and cultivation methods of the purification herb to the various seniors. I'm also very afraid that I won't explain it well. To be honest, this is the first time I'm standing on this podium as a teacher. So, if there's anything I don't say, I hope that the seniors can bear with me."
In the beginning, he spoke very slowly, almost enunciating every word.
As he got used to the atmosphere, he began to speak faster.
Moreover, when he spoke, he tried to muster up his momentum and speak loudly.
"Now, I hope that the seniors can introduce themselves so that I can get to know you better. Why don't we start from the left of the first row?"
On Ye Xiaochen's podium, there was a list of the experts' information.
However, he still wanted the experts to introduce themselves so that he could have an impression of them.
With his current memory, although he could not remember everything he saw, he could still remember a few things.
Most importantly, he could ease the atmosphere so that he could be the host.
"I'm Liu Shengming, a physiologist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the director of the Beijing Genome Research Institute."
There were a total of eight people in the first row.
They were all academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The first to stand up was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He looked dignified and had an elegant temperament.
Ye Xiaochen knew that every academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was usually the head of an important research institute.
The Beijing Genome Research Institute was one of the hundred research institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
They were in charge of biological genomics research. As the main person in charge, Liu Mingsheng was the top expert in genetic research in the country. His status was even higher than Yang Kai's.
For such a heavyweight to be able to join the expert team, it showed how important the purification herb was to the higher-ups.
Immediately after, the other seven academicians introduced themselves one by one. Then, it was the experts in the back row.
As for the assistants, they did not introduce themselves. After all, there were too many people.
"Before the class, I'd like to ask everyone a question. Do plants have consciousness?"
Ye Xiaochen had already prepared the lesson plan, so he already knew what to say.
However, before the class started, he asked a question first.
Because this question was the core of the entire topic. It was also the theoretical basis for his new botanical discipline.
"I used to think that it wasn't. But now, I'm starting to believe in the existence of plant consciousness."
The one who spoke was Yang Kai.
Although he had not completely mastered the Heart-Listening Finger, he had tried to communicate with plants before. There was always a very special feeling.
As he became more familiar with the Heart-Listening Finger, this feeling became stronger.
Vaguely, he seemed to be able to sense the hidden consciousness within the plant.
Many of the experts in the room spoke. Some were curious, some were doubtful, and some were unsure … After all, they had never practiced the Heart-Listening Finger. Naturally, they had no idea what plant consciousness was.
Even those who had some understanding of it had only heard about it from Yang Kai.
As for what it was like, they had no idea.
At the end of the day, if a new theory was to be developed, other than being able to be explained reasonably, it had to be recognized by others.
Although it was recognized by Yang Kai and the other top botanists, it was only a small part of the entire botanical field.
It was far from enough.
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