Master of Strange Dao

The Dean of the Agricultural Institute flew away, and Yu Ziqing, taking Wu Shuangge with him, first went to deal with the meat of the giant shark that had been sliced apart.

Wu Shuangge held the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl, opened it, and directed it towards the massive piles of meat. Wisps of filth flew out from the meat mountains and into the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl.

After one incense stick of time, one pile of meat was completely processed.

After the treatment, the giant shark meat, apart from losing its stench, didn't show any noticeable change.

One meat mountain was directly divided into a third for Yu Ziqing, then they split the remainder in half, leaving one half for the Peeling Master to handle, and taking the other half away.

Just one meat mountain weighed at least two to three hundred thousand catties, and that was just the beginning.

Yu Ziqing and Wu Shuangge stayed there, and ten days later, the giant shark meat was finally divided completely.

Yu Ziqing's storage ring was filled to the brim, and now it was time to handle the main task.

The main purpose of Yu Ziqing's trip was to experiment with the excrement of the Great Demon, to see what changes would occur after the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl extracted the filth and toxins.

There was truly no such opportunity before.

For this task, the Dean of the Agricultural Institute specially had a large metal box made, personally tossing the excrement from the giant shark's belly into it.

Wu Shuangge stood at the edge, holding the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl, and after activating it, his face slightly changed. Threads of condensed filth continued to amass, crystallizing and continuously entering the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl.

He seemed a bit strenuous, and after working for an entire day, the large metal box finally held no trace of filth.

Originally a very smelly and intensely filthy material, it had now turned into a solid, ochre-like substance, seemingly just the most ordinary Yellow Soil, without any special power.

Yu Ziqing felt a bit disappointed, as if there wasn't much change.

However, the Dean of the Agricultural Institute approached, picked up a handful and sniffed it at the tip of his nose, his eyes twinkling with light.

"Yellow Soil?!"

In the next moment, the Dean of the Agricultural Institute calmed his emotions and turned to look at Yu Ziqing.

"It seems there's not much change. How about this? Sell it all to me, and I'll go back and research it some more."

Yu Ziqing blinked; he was indeed inexperienced, but he wasn't blind or deaf.

The Dean of the Agricultural Institute's shock was undisguisable.

"Senior, what exactly is this thing that even makes you stoop to fleecing me?"

The Dean of the Agricultural Institute blushed, feeling rather embarrassed.

"Actually, you really can't use this thing. Do you know about the Five-Colored Soil?"

"I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar." Yu Ziqing answered honestly; in fact, he hadn't even heard of the Five-Colored Soil in this world.

"This is the Yellow Soil in the Five-Colored Soil, the place where Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures grow; one of the Five-Colored Soils must be present.

It's also one of the necessary conditions for the growth of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and other Spirit Plants.

Since you don't cultivate Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, having it would be a waste.

Moreover, growing Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures is demanding, highly exhausting, and has a very low success rate.

You might as well give it to me directly; I'll give you half of what I grow."

"My family actually could use it, although this might not even be enough; we happen to be growing more than thirty seedlings." Yu Ziqing spoke earnestly.

More than thirty Magic Plant seedlings could all use it.

In theory, Magic Plants are actually a type of Spirit Plant; when they reach a certain level, top-tier Magic Plants are nearly the same as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Additionally, there is also an Immortal Herb at home; it definitely could use it too.

"More than thirty? Planted? Alive?"

"Yes, they're all alive, just growing very slowly."

"..." The Dean of the Agricultural Institute was stunned, finding it hard to believe.

However, Yu Ziqing wouldn't lie about having them if he didn't.

"Oh well, a quarter it is then."

"Senior, please help yourself."

The Dean of the Agricultural Institute was somewhat depressed and, unwilling to waste it, personally took a quarter.

Yu Ziqing felt a bit sorry, seeing that he had made the dean somewhat despondent, so he dug a little more to give to the Dean of the Agricultural Institute.

He definitely couldn't mention that all the plants at home were Magic Plants, well cared for by the Bloodthirsty Devil Flower, so not a single one had died.

Even though once fully grown, Magic Plants were indeed almost like Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, their nature was a bit distinct.

Magic Plants, aside from growing erratically and being vulnerable to untimely death by external forces, did truly have a stronger Life Force compared to Spirit Plants.

The Dean of the Agricultural Institute became happier after receiving more Yellow Soil than expected.

Yu Ziqing gathered up the remaining Yellow Soil, along with the large metal box, and put them all away.

After returning, Wu Shuangge said.

"Young Master, it seems like there's something else inside. Absorbing the filth and toxins was difficult because of that thing."

"Hmm?"

"It was more challenging at certain times, which made me realize that any living being's feces could theoretically be processed.

Handling this was much easier than dealing with those meats; it was just that something was blocking the way, making it very troublesome."

Yu Ziqing returned to the vast cargo hold inside the Flying Boat and took out the large metal box, lifting it with both hands to dump everything out.

Only then did he discover that at the center of the Yellow Soil, at the very bottom, there was a fist-sized, translucent gem.

It didn't look like a natural sapphire but rather something carefully cut and polished, having exactly sixty-four facets.

Holding it in his hands, when Yu Ziqing looked at one of its faces, he could see a three-dimensional rune inside.

When he looked at a different face, a new three-dimensional rune appeared.

Sixty-four three-dimensional runes, each one different from the others.

Moreover, the style, arcs, and so forth of these runes were entirely different from the current runes, and not quite like the runes of humanity either.

After examining all sixty-four runes, some information inexplicably emerged in Yu Ziqing's mind.

"The beginning of the nameless, neither god nor object."

No start, no end, utterly mystifying.

Yu Ziqing looked once more, and after going through the sixty-four runes again, another phrase appeared in his mind.

"Advance and you cannot endure, retreat and you cannot hold."

Each time he viewed them in a different sequence, the information he received was completely different.

"Was this not formed by your Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl?"

"No, from the moment I started absorbing filth, I could feel the obstruction of this thing."

"So what is this then? It doesn't seem like a product of the present age. We should ask Yang about it later."