Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 739: Chapter 86: Campus Mysteries 2

After learning "Spirit Stacking," Xiao Xian realized that the repulsion of Spiritual Energy is weakest between plants of the same kind, especially those of similar ages. This allowed her to transfer the Spiritual Power from two Dragon’s Beard Grasses to one of them, thus avoiding rejection and rotting of the Dragon’s Beard Grass.

Xiao Xian had already used such a method when making hangover medicine, so now all she needed to do was to test it again on Dragon’s Beard Grass. The two Dragon’s Beard Grasses that had their Spiritual Energy extracted shall be called the donor plants, while the last one receiving the Spiritual Energy becomes the recipient plant.

Xiao Xian acted with the trepidation of a nurse drawing blood or administering injections for the first time, extracting the Spiritual Energy from the three-year-old donor Dragon’s Beard Grass and combining it onto the recipient Dragon’s Beard Grass.

After injecting the last bit of Spiritual Energy into it, the clump of recipient Dragon’s Beard Grass emitted a crisp "ding" sound.

"Successfully stacked the Spiritual Energy of three three-year-old Dragon’s Beard Grasses into one, enhancing effect +1, obtained a ten-year-old mutated Dragon’s Beard Grass," the originally about one-meter-tall Dragon’s Beard Grass shrank, from the initial one meter to about forty centimeters, its color changed from white-green to military green, and its thickness more than doubled.

Xiao Xian was paying attention to the uses of the Dragon’s Beard Grass, noting that this grass serves as the raw material for printing high-quality paper and even currency.

The Dragon’s Beard Grasses in nature usually go through a cycle of flourishing and withering each year, but the special environment in Bailin Forest nurtured three-year-old Dragon’s Beard Grass that did not wither.

The Dragon’s Beard Grass that Xiao Xian had just synthesized exhibited several special characteristics. She took a strand of the grass and wound it around her finger, tugging hard. Her finger felt a breaking pain, indicating that it could achieve an effect similar to steel wire.

She then summoned the surrounding Spiritual Energy, and even with the protective action on her fingers, the Dragon’s Beard Grass caused some pain when pulled against her skin.

"The Dragon’s Beard Grass has no superfluous branches, and its fibers are very elastic," Xiao Xian then tested it with Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors, and under the action of the scissors, the Dragon’s Beard Grass was able to remain intact for about five seconds before being cut after Xiao Xian applied some more Qi.

"If after utilizing ’Spirit Stacking’, I inject the corresponding Spatial Spiritual Energy, the result should be even better," Xiao Xian held the bunch of Dragon’s Beard Grass, her mouth curling into a smile. She seemed to have thought of a material even more suitable than cattail for making protective armor.

The entire afternoon that followed, Xiao Xian was repeatedly synthesizing new ten-year-old Dragon’s Beard Grass. As the afternoon went by, her stacking enhancement increased from +1 to +2, meaning she could now create an eleven-year-old Dragon’s Beard Grass with three three-year-old Dragon’s Beard Grass plants.

After logging off the computer, Xuerou handed her a list.

The list was the materials delivered by Wang Shuai for Xiao Xian to use in making a new type of "Bullet-Proof Armor" since the start of school.

After reading the list, Xiao Xian was completely befuddled. There were various metals listed, from special steel to aluminum and titanium alloys, as well as materials like corundum, fiberglass, nylon, and more. Xiao Xian had no choice but to hand the information to Xuerou to help find the relevant data.

In an afternoon, Xuerou found the information.

"The several materials listed above are traditional materials, in addition, this material highlighted by the marker," pointed out by Xuerou, "is a new type of material manufactured by DuPont, called Kevlar."

"It sounds quite like a foreign woman’s name," Xiao Xian also noticed the marker indication.

"This material is a type of fiber, different from plant fibers. It’s a type of chemical fiber, and in terms of performance, its abrasion resistance and compressive strength data are all top-notch," Xuerou believed that Xiao Xian should start from the fiber angle.

"My thoughts are similar to yours. Those types of steel, iron, jade, etc., are not suitable for me," Xiao Xian pointed to the Dragon’s Beard Grass she had just brought from Bailin Forest, "I’ve decided to use Dragon’s Beard Grass to complete the task for the Wang Family. As for this list of materials, I’ll return it to Wang Shuai. In no more than one week, I should be able to complete a new cushion that’s more than three times stronger than cattail. Learning the style of Armor Making might need another two weeks."

"So, that means it’ll take two months to complete? I will have Wang Shuai send all the materials," Xuerou reported a number far beyond what Xiao Xian asked for.

"That’s not right, my meaning is that I don’t need any of the materials provided by the Wang Family," Xiao Xian was confused, as Xuerou was usually quick on the uptake, but something seemed off today.

"We have to utilize all available resources. Even if you don’t need them, I do. I can use those titanium materials and military fibers, which are not available outside, for many things, like modifying vehicles or directly upgrading the garden’s robots. Worst comes to worst, I can even take them out for my vehicle modifications. Just the thought of using materials exclusive for aviation on my modified car..." Xuerou was buzzing with calculations, and Xiao Xian was baffled.

What an education in the Reverse Genius Class, which not only transformed Zhang Yiyi into a miser, but also could not spare the wealthy girl Xuerou from worldly ways.

"Alright, but what about the timeline? Why is it more than doubled?" Xiao Xian was hoping to finish the task sooner to gain the trust of the Wang Family and leverage their influence to inquire about her grandfather’s affairs.

"You need time to identify the most suitable materials. The longer the time, the more materials we can acquire. Moreover, the faster you complete the task, the more you’ll attract others’ envy. Failing a few times and wasting some materials won’t make others overly cautious of you." Xiao Xian finally understood Xuerou’s reasoning. It seemed that in front of Xuerou, she was an honest person with a transparent mindset.

With a clearer direction for Armor Making, Xiao Xian felt somewhat relieved. According to the plan, after the first class, she would have to meet Romeo One and take responsibility for her assigned land. (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian () to vote with your recommendation ticket and monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)