Chapter 678

Chapter 678: Civilization Integration

Year 6145 in the Xia calendar, at Yunshan Villa.

Yunshan Villa became Lin Jiang’s new headquarters, with a territory of nearly thousands of miles belonging to Lin Jiang. In such a vast area, besides supplying the Spiritual Herb Garden, there were only a few cultivators.

As Lin Jiang arrived at the villa gate, Small Shadiao rushed out, muttering, "Brother, you finally came! I want to go out and play."

"Isn’t it good here?"

"Not good."

"Is it the place that’s bad or the people that are bad?"

"The birds here are not good, there are bad birds."

Small Shadiao was on the verge of tears. He was promised a life of luxury and pleasure here, but nobody told him that Big Shadiao would also be here with his sister, so he couldn’t have any fun. Even the pretty girls arranged by Lin Jiang were driven away. It feels like even the mosquitoes are male.

"I think it’s quite nice, you should stay here peacefully."

Lin Jiang said that he knew all the ridiculous things Small Shadiao did, and purposely arranged for him to be here. He even instructed Big Shadiao to supervise Small Shadiao’s training, and not to let him go out to play.

"Brother."

Lin Ying was also there, and when she saw Lin Jiang, she greeted him.

"How are you, Little Oriole?"

"I’m in the middle of Void Achieving."

"That’s good, that’s good."

Lin Jiang nodded. Lin Ying had been stuck at the Early Achieving Period for many years, but now managed to advance to the Intermediate Period. Lin Jiang was very happy.

"I wasted a lot of elixirs, my talents are quite limited."

"It doesn’t matter, I have money, just build whatever."

Lin Jiang said, while others could advance with one elixir, Lin Ying could have three, five, or even ten if needed. There was plenty of resources, and Lin Jiang was willing to share, as he couldn’t use them all anyway.

"Pay more attention to the Lin family, you are also an ancestor of the Lin family."

"Don’t worry, I have it all, I have it all."

Lin Jiang nodded. Of the over one hundred awakened individuals, he had paid attention to each one. Whether it was techniques, resources for cultivation, or personal lives, he provided the best support. He even took a proactive approach in caring for their well-being, offering men positions of power and choosing handsome men for the women. This was why all over one hundred individuals remained loyal to Lin Jiang.

Lin Jiang also saw Big Shadiao, who had finally reached the Fifth Level. His aura appeared much more fierce than Small Shadiao, who seemed rather useless in comparison.

This time, Lin Jiang came to practice alchemy, so after chatting with Lin Ying and the others for a bit, he arrived at Lin Huafei’s residence. Lin Huafei has been living here with Alchemist for the past few years.

"Ancestor"

When they saw Lin Jiang, everyone greeted him one after another.

"I heard that you’ve made some breakthroughs in Alchemy recently, how’s it going?"

"Thanks to the Ancestor’s blessing, we have indeed made some progress. The main breakthrough was finding the alchemy notes of the Danxia Sect from back then, as well as their treasured Pill Furnace."

Lin Huafei explained that there are no surviving descendants of the Danxia Sect, but a few years ago, the ruins of their sect were discovered. Lin Jiang managed to secretly acquire many items, including some alchemy notes and their treasured Pill Furnace for mountain protection.

This advancement in Alchemy led Lin Huafei and the others to make great strides, already producing seventh-grade elixirs. They can now be considered masters in Alchemy.

"During the era of cultivating immortality, all major sects have their own exclusive techniques. I have increased investments in recent years. If any valuable items from other sects are unearthed, I won’t forget you."

"Thank you, Ancestor. Ancestor, these are the elixirs we have produced…"

Lin Huafei quickly took out a pill and gave it to Lin Jiang, explaining some of its features to him.

Many precious spiritual herbs were used in it. In this era, there are many spiritual herbs that have gone extinct in the cultivation world, making them very valuable. But here, they are quite common.

When Lin Jiang heard that this pill could reduce a hundred years of hard cultivation time for him, he was deeply touched. As Lin Jiang’s own talent was only mediocre, these pills were very important to him.

"Feel free to take the pills from the Spiritual Herb Garden, make as many pills as possible to share with everyone."

Lin Jiang said that in terms of advanced cultivation, they were not as good as the demon race. They really needed to improve their cultivation. Since their awakening, they have made significant progress and now, in a year, they consume more valuable pills than they used to consume in a hundred years. It’s all about accumulating resources.

"Yes, ancestor."

Thinking about the rare spiritual herbs from the Spiritual Herb Garden, Lin Huafei was very excited. He knew that this was their last chance. These herbs had experienced several surges of spiritual energy and had a very high medicinal age. This opportunity would not come again. In the future, if they wanted to use these herbs, they would have to wait patiently for them to grow, but they didn’t have the lifespan to wait.

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Lin Jiang stayed at Yunshan Villa for a while, then returned to Haigang City. Haigang City had expanded its territory several times larger than two hundred years ago through years of development. Now, it could be considered as a metropolitan city, as the nearby cities had already been incorporated into it, and services like the subway were already in operation.

Haigang City has great geography, combined with the influence of Lin Jiang, it is one of the most advanced areas for Huaxia Technology, alongside Jingdu City. In terms of spiritual energy research, it is even more developed here.

"Sir, this is Mr. Li Botong, a prominent figure in the scientific community of Huaxia."

Lin Jiang arrived at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, and soon the head introduced some researchers to him.

"I know Mr. Li Botong, the first-generation researcher at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, the first chief expert."

"Sir, do you remember me?"

Li Botong immediately smiled. He is one hundred and forty years old this year. He was planning to retire at the age of ninety, but because of spiritual energy recovery, he regained his youth, as Lin Jiang extended his life.

"Of course, the list of the first batch of scientists for longevity was personally drafted by me."

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness."

"There is no need for such formality, you are a hero, and I should respect you."

"Haha, we don’t need to be polite."

"Okay, sir, show me around the research institute and your research projects."

"Okay."

Li Botong nodded. No one would complain about having a long life. He felt very grateful to Lin Jiang for this. Under Lin Jiang’s leadership, the treatment of the tech staff was very good, much better than in other companies. They were no longer treated like machines; they were treated like human beings.

Li Botong, with Lin Jiang, learned about some research projects in the research institute. There were thousands of project teams, all dedicated to integrating technology and immortal language.

"This is our magical flying device. In the past, our flying devices were based on technology planes with some modifications. Now, this flying device is incorporating magical artifacts as a foundation, coupled with technological advancements…"

Li Botong took Lin Jiang to the flying device project team and explained about a flying device that was almost completed. There were several types of flying devices, with the current one resembling an airplane. This design was based on scientific principles and laws.

Li Botong was an expert in research and explained things in a simple and understandable way, even for someone like Lin Jiang, who was new to technology. This flying device was truly revolutionary.

They then visited the next project team, which focused on researching weapons – a combination of immortal weapons and technological weapons, creating a unique hybrid. They even incorporated spiritual talismans into the weapons.

After looking at several research projects, Li Botong, like others, took the opportunity to tell Lin Jiang about their financial difficulties, such as their small research institute and lack of equipment and funds. Lin Jiang smiled and agreed to increase their investment.

"I heard before that researchers wanted to combine formations with artificial intelligence, but the cultivators were unwilling. What’s going on?"

Eventually, Lin Jiang asked about a problem that had caused a big fuss. The Formation Masters and researchers had argued many times about it.

Li Botong sighed and said, "This issue has been going on for a long time. We found that Formation Masters arrange formations based on terrain, topography, and spiritual veins. Advanced Formation Masters rely more on experience. So, we thought if we input all the formation patterns into a computer to create a database and then detect the terrain, topography, and spiritual veins of an area in the wild, we can establish a mathematical model. This way, the computer can calculate the best formation pattern, and robots can quickly construct and install the pre-made formations. This would solve the shortage of advanced Formation Masters, but some disagree, and the project has been on hold for a long time."

"I will take care of this."

Lin Jiang felt a stir in his heart and believed that this matter should be supported. As for why the Formation Masters disagreed, he understood and decided to persuade them.