Chapter 699

Chapter 699: Space Technology

Year 6185 in the Xia calendar

Lin Jiang woke up from his seclusion; after the recovery of spiritual energy, everyone took turns secluding themselves, but only Lin Jiang had been steadfast. This made Cao Ying uneasy, so she forced Lin Jiang to seclude himself, promising to watch over everything. Only then did Lin Jiang go into seclusion.

"Having consumed many treasured medicines, I have finally reached the middle stage of Void Achieving. I can’t easily give out the next treasured medicines."

Lin Jiang sighed as he realized he was running out of precious medicine. The new generation of spiritual herbs were not growing fast enough to keep up with the rapid increase in energy, causing his supply to dwindle.

This was mainly due to Lin Jiang’s generosity in providing for over a hundred people. As they awoke from their decades-long slumber, their cultivation levels soared, some even breaking through to higher realms. However, this came at the cost of rapidly depleting Lin Jiang’s precious medicine.

After tidying up, Lin Jiang left his meditation room. Cao Ying, who had received the news, came out and sensed Lin Jiang’s increased aura. She smiled and remarked, "See, I told you to focus on your cultivation. When you spread yourself too thin, progress slows down."

"What’s been happening in the outside world during my retreat?"

"Not much has changed, everything remains the same."

"That’s good to hear."

Lin Jiang nodded, pleased that the overall situation was stable.

"How are you doing? When do you think you’ll reach the later stages and breakthrough to Tao Achieving?"

"It’s unlikely in the near future."

Lin Jiang said. To improve in Void Achieving, you need to endure for hundreds of years. Are we all geniuses like Yang Luo?

"Looks like I can’t rely on you. By the way, there’s a celebration event for those who have practiced for a hundred years next month. Will you join?"

"I’m not going, it’s boring."

Lin Jiang thought carefully and realized that this year marks the hundredth anniversary of him sharing his practice techniques. Time really flies, a hundred years have passed.

"If you’re not going, then I’m not going either."

"Why aren’t you going? I remember you recruited many students in the academy."

"They are students, not disciples."

Cao Ying explained, "Students and disciples are different. Disciples have a close relationship with their masters. The master treats the disciple like a child, and the disciple regards the master as a parent. Students, on the other hand, don’t have such strict rules."

"It’s all the same really. They should have invited you."

"Yes, there are people pursuing me, are you jealous?"

"Why bother with that, a group of teenagers, what’s the big deal? Not interested at all."

"Hehe."

Cao Ying smirked cunningly, if she played a little trick, she would see if you would get jealous or not.

Lin Jiang didn’t have time to joke with her, he arrived at the office and reviewed the files he had closed for the past few years. Most of these files were handled by artificial intelligence and the secretary team, with a few decisions made by Cao Ying. Before Lin Jiang went into seclusion, he had entrusted all authority to Cao Ying, showing his trust in her.

Everything, right or wrong, is decided based on habits, and things generally won’t go wrong.

"It seems like the independent cultivator is quite wealthy, ten coveted treasures have been exchanged."

"Hey, you don’t know that the internal affairs of independent cultivators are also chaotic. In the era of cultivating immortality, independent cultivators were ruthless in killing and seizing treasures. Do you think it’s over now? Just the scams between cultivators alone, I know of no less than a thousand cases, and there have been hundreds of cases of killings for treasures, all a result of their internal chaos."

Cao Ying said, if they accumulated wealth honestly, no one would be able to afford coveted treasures in a hundred years. It’s because they are not honest that they have the opportunity.

"The world has always been the same, and so have people’s hearts. How many cultivators like independent cultivators have reached the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"Five of them. With a two to one ratio, they are stronger than our group internally. Nowadays, the third and fourth generation cultivators are starting to become corrupt."

Cao Ying said. In a hundred years, the third and fourth generation cultivators have also gradually grown up, and the overall quality of the entire group has declined.

"There is no mobility in the interest class. Overall corruption is normal. But it’s okay, we can tidy things up later."

Lin Jiang said. It’s already slow for them to become corrupt in a hundred years. Human nature is lazy and gluttonous. The ancestors laid the foundation for hard work, which can be maintained by a few people. Most people choose to enjoy themselves using the foundation laid by their predecessors.

"It’s difficult to recruit those independent cultivators. They are used to being free and cannot tolerate constraints."

"It doesn’t matter. Independent cultivators have never caused any trouble."

"That’s not necessarily true. Look at the files behind. Side effects of demonic techniques and fast cultivation methods have emerged. In recent years, there has been a surge in cultivator cases, leading to many problems."

Cao Ying said as Lin Jiang pulled up the relevant files to examine.

Evil cultivation techniques and quick success methods were officially banned by Lin Jiang, but they still continued to spread secretly. Evil cultivation techniques were not spreading much because they were strictly prohibited, and once discovered, they were severely punished.

However, the quick success methods were spreading rapidly. Many people were willing to face heavy consequences in the future in exchange for a few decades of prosperity. However, as these quick success methods reached a certain level, they caused great harm to the cultivators’ bodies, leading to a significant challenge for public security.

The Huaxia Federation was managing well, but the situation in other countries was not good. They lacked high-level cultivators to control the situation, and the cultivators using quick success methods were of similar strength to them. This resulted in serious harm to ordinary people, leading to intense conflicts between mortals and cultivators.

"I am tired."

Lin Jiang expressed his weariness, feeling exhausted from managing a nation. This was also why Lin Jiang, despite secretly controlling Qingyun and Zhou Liao, didn’t directly take them over. He felt that managing the entire world would cost him his life.

"If you are tired, then don’t worry about so much. Just focus on managing Huaxia. With billions of people there, it is enough to realize your ideals."

Cao Ying suggested that there was no need for Lin Jiang to do more. Managing a few more countries would not make a significant difference for them.

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One thought of relaxation, feeling the vastness of heaven and earth.

Lin Jiang didn’t worry about so many things anymore and immediately felt lighter. The day after leaving the customs, Lin Jiang took Cao Ying and others to the Spiritual Energy Research Institute.

Lin Jiang was a regular visitor at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute. Every time he visited, the people at the institute were very happy because they could receive more funding from Lin Jiang.

"Mister."

"I heard that you’ve mastered space technology?"

"Sort of."

"What do you mean ‘sort of’?"

"Actually, we just replicated the storage bag technology from the cultivation era using modern techniques. We still don’t understand the true principles of space and can’t create a space that can accommodate living beings."

Cao Wang, a versatile tech expert researching space technology, mentioned this. Lin Jiang saw the news, but he knew it was just for them to receive more funding.

"Is it very difficult?"

"Extremely high, if we explain it in scientific terms, the things related to Immortal Language that we have only studied one percent of, for example, patterns like talisman or formation patterns, we simply call them dao patterns. Why these patterns possess special energy, we still don’t understand."

Cao Wang said, some talisman patterns may look ordinary with just some lines, but through different combinations, they have different powers, which he can’t understand.

"I don’t know either, don’t look at me."

"Me neither."

Cao Wang looked at Cao Ying, who shook her head directly, Lin Jiang also shook his head, none of them understood, let alone Tao Achieving.

"We don’t understand either."

"Alright, how is your spatial technology progressing, give me an overview."

"It’s like being able to create various types of storage tools, and can also be used for refining warplanes and Space Battleships. This way, a Space Battleship can carry a huge amount of energy fuel, enough to navigate outside the solar system, but it’s still uncertain if it can return."

"Has the speed reached the target?"

"No, now we have developed a powerful engine that can reach up to three hundred and fifty times the speed of sound. It will be difficult to improve further; we have solved the material aspect, but we still lack a bit in energy."

"Make me some storage tools with large internal space."

Lin Jiang said that his storage bag is also large, but he wants a different style, like a Storage Ring or storage bracelet.

"This is good, the material for the storage tools is a special kind of ore. Ancestor Lin, you have to find the ore yourself, and I can refine it for you."

"How many generations has the Space Battleship gone through?"

"The third generation is already completed, and we are attempting a true Space Mother Ship."

"Once the technology of the third generation Space Battleship is matured, make sure to back up a copy for me, as well as for the Space Mother Ship."

Lin Jiang said that these are truly valuable items. He also hopes to collect some of them, maybe they will have real substantial effects.

"If Ancestor Lin pays, then anything is possible."

Cao Wang said it’s no problem, as long as Lin Jiang pays, everything is possible and he can make whatever he wants.

Lin Jiang also agreed that there’s no problem. He has enough money and resources, so it’s normal to spend money to customize things.

When they arrived at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, Lin Jiang visited other project teams as well. Over the past hundred years, the Institute has expanded into a huge organization with over a hundred research centers located in dozens of cities in Huaxia. They even have some branches overseas, making them very large and covering a wide range of areas.

The technological strength of the Spiritual Energy Research Institute is among the best in the world, representing the highest level of technology. They produce many great things every year.

Of course, the amount of money invested in the Spiritual Energy Research Institute is quite shocking. Excluding resources like spirit stones, the Huaxia Official alone invests trillions of dollars every year, not to mention the support from many financial groups.

Lin Jiang values the research institute greatly. He has placed many trusted people there, including over a dozen cultivators. Every time he comes, Lin Jiang ensures that everyone benefits.