Generally speaking, logistics speed is quite fast nowadays. Within three days, seeds have reached over eighty to ninety percent of people nationwide. For the remaining ones, either they didn't buy, or their residences are too remote, expected to take seven to eight days, or even half a month to arrive.
To ensure most seeds sprout successfully.
Ding Yun put a lot of effort into it.
Not only did she equip everyone with a very detailed planting procedure, but she also attached a small amount of soil that had been transformed into yang soil to each purchaser. It can be said that as long as they followed the procedure, failure to plant was virtually impossible.
If planting still failed, it would definitely be the customer's problem, absolutely not Ding Yun's problem.
It's one thing for the descendants of Yan Huang to not know how to cook.
If they can't even farm properly, are they worthy of their bloodline?
With the seeds in hand, even though they didn't spend much money, considering the purchase was limited, if they killed off the first batch, it would be difficult to get a second batch. Therefore, most people were extremely careful, meticulously following the planting guide and step-by-step procedures.
After taking meticulous care for three to five days.
Most of them managed to sprout the seeds.
As soon as Yang Ling Grass sprouts, it exhibits a significant effect of absorbing solar energy and dispelling Yin energy. Those who placed the grass in their bedrooms slept soundly that night, not invaded by Yin energy, nor having nightmares; either they slept soundly without dreams, or they had pleasant dreams.
The Yin Energy Monitoring Department of the Anomaly Research Institute.
Could clearly see the monitoring screens, which were filled with Yin energy every night, now displaying scattered white lights as Yang Ling Grass was successfully planted.
This transformed the originally pitch-black monitoring screen, with only varying degrees of blackness, into a starry sky flashing with hope.
For a time, Ding's Group received a flood of positive reviews.
It's a pity that there are many countries in this world, and the influence of one country's population is not enough for Ding Yun to engrave her mark. Good things are naturally prioritized for promotion within the country, and only then sold abroad when there's a surplus. Therefore, Ding Yun could only temporarily ignore the matter of engraving her mark and focus on research, waiting for the opportune moment when it would happen naturally.
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As mentioned earlier, Yang Ling Grass and Ju Yang Floating Algae are just low-level yang-attribute spiritual plants with relatively limited effects.
Therefore, even though these two plants have begun to be cultivated by everyone, they can only protect ordinary people being eroded by common Yin energy and are completely useless against areas where anomalies have already taken root, and equally ineffective against large-scale invasions by established anomalies.
Thus, the overall situation remained extremely grim.
Moreover, as certain anomalies grew stronger, the enhancement they gained from devouring living flesh and blood far surpassed the deterrence provided by a bit of solar energy. News of villages being wiped out or cities being invaded by anomalies was also gradually increasing.
Even after six months, when Ding's Group and the nation fully collaborated to plant Yang Ling Grass on a large scale throughout the urban green spaces nationwide, it didn't make much difference.
If there wasn't a large-scale anomaly invasion, planting Yang Ling Grass wouldn't result in significant loss. If there was an invasion, planting more Yang Ling Grass wouldn't be able to stop it. Therefore, the actual use of large-scale Yang Ling Grass cultivation ultimately only served to mass-produce relatively inexpensive Yang Yuan elixirs.
In response to this situation, national institutions no longer held much hope for breakthroughs in metaphysical aspects. They directly disbanded the original Anomaly Research Institute and redirected most of their funds to research and development projects for artificial suns.
After all, metaphysics was clearly declining and seemed to have little hope for the future. Naturally, they had to hold onto science. Furthermore, it was universally recognized that the sun was a nemesis to anomalies and demonic creatures. While solar energy was useless against anomalies, if an artificial sun, essentially identical to the real sun, could be simulated and manufactured, it would certainly be effective.
If the artificial sun technology could be miniaturized, it would definitely be capable of destroying areas like Mangshan, which had completely devolved into a carnival ground for anomalies and demonic creatures.
Even utilizing artificial suns.
There was a certain hope for purifying the mutated moon.
However, Ding Yun was well aware that even if artificial suns were successfully manufactured, it would only be a superficial solution. The root of the problem lay in the fusion of the Yin and Yang realms, not the anomalies and demonic creatures themselves. To re-separate the Yin and Yang realms, a solution would ultimately have to be sought from the metaphysical direction.
Therefore, she did not change her research direction because of this.
Instead, she continued to proceed according to her original plan.
Midway through the second year of the anomaly resurgence, Ding Yun, after making sufficient preparations, systematically began her own Anomaly Research Institute's second new achievement press conference.
The spokesperson for the press conference was, naturally, Ding Yun:
"You know my speaking style, I don't talk nonsense. This time, our Anomaly Research Institute's latest achievement is a continuation of our previous one.
The first category remains yang-attribute spiritual plants. This year, we will introduce a total of forty-eight types of yang-attribute spiritual plants, primarily edible crops such as Three Sun Rice, Six Sun Wheat, and Nine Sun Corn. The effects of these spiritual plants far exceed that of the Yang Ling Grass introduced last year. Not only can low-level anomalies not approach them, but if humans consume them for a long time, they can enhance blood and Qi, improve aptitude, and make martial arts training twice as effective with half the effort.
The main drawback is that these yang-attribute spiritual plants can only be planted on yang soil. They are difficult to grow on ordinary soil, and completely impossible to plant on yin soil.
This is why I say this achievement is a continuation of the previous one. A year is enough time for the surviving Yang Ling Grass to transform the land they are rooted in into yang soil, allowing for cultivation.
Due to the stringent planting conditions for these plants, to purchase them, you must present proof of how much yang soil you possess, and then purchase according to the quantity of yang soil.
"I know you have many questions, but please don't rush. Listen to me first, and then ask your questions after I'm finished."
"The second category of new achievements is formations.
Based on the traditional concept of Yin and Yang generation, and various formations, both real and fake, we have developed a set of special formations suitable for the current environment.
All formations are laid out using yang-attribute spiritual plants as a foundation. Currently, we have only developed three formations.
The first type is called the Yin Yang Creation Grand Formation.
By arranging or planting 129,600 identical yang-attribute spiritual plants in fixed positions, the formation can be successfully set up. Once successful, the formation can absorb and store solar power during the day and release that solar power at night, merging with Yin energy to generate a special energy that can be absorbed by humans.
And it is an energy that does not harm the body.
I have named this special energy 'spiritual energy.'
It contains both Yin and Yang, is moderate and peaceful, and is fundamentally consistent with the nature of the legendary spiritual energy. Therefore, this naming should be appropriate. Of course, if you wish to call this energy by another name, I have no objection.
The second formation is called the Pure Yang Purification Grand Formation.
This also uses yang-attribute plants to set up the formation. Once set up, it can purify places with anomalies and demonic creatures.
The more plants used, the better the effect.
However, the number of plants must be a multiple of eighty-one.
The third formation is called the Nine Heavens Profound Yang Grand Formation, primarily used to gather solar power to cleanse the land. It can transform ordinary land into yang soil in a very short period, increasing the efficiency of planting various yang-attribute spiritual plants.
The specific formation method will be announced later, so please don't worry. Next, let's move on to the third category."
"The third category is cultivation techniques.
That's right, our research institute has developed relatively universal cultivation techniques, and we have developed two of them. One we call 'cultivating immortality,' and the other we call 'martial arts.' Furthermore, cultivating both simultaneously will not cause any other problems besides slowing down progress.
Next, I will explain the differences between these two cultivation techniques. You can then choose according to your needs.
The martial arts cultivation technique is generally simpler, primarily focusing on the power of blood and Qi. We will provide corresponding teaching videos and various elixirs for sale. You can learn and take the medicine according to the procedures. It is crucial to note that you cannot stop taking the medicine; practicing intensely will harm your body.
Once various yang-attribute spiritual plants are widely available in the future, you may no longer need to take medicine. You can simply purchase and consume more of the Three Sun Rice and Six Sun Flour I mentioned earlier. Once you break through to the Xiantian realm in martial arts and can independently absorb Yin energy and spiritual energy, it will be fine even if you don't take them.
In summary, martial arts cultivation requires being well-fed.
One needs to consume enough high-energy food.
Cultivating Qi for immortality is currently more difficult because the indispensable element for Qi cultivation is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Absorbing pure Yin energy or pure Yang energy can easily lead to death. Furthermore, the initial stage of Qi cultivation is also quite difficult; Qi-inducing elixirs are indispensable. If your aptitude is too poor, you may have to drink Qi-inducing elixirs like water to have a chance to begin.
It is not recommended for ordinary people to practice Qi cultivation techniques. If you truly wish to cultivate, you can look into whether Qi cultivation academies will be established later and then enroll.
Oh, besides these two techniques, we have also developed a relatively inexpensive body-tempering technique that anyone can cultivate, but it is extremely dangerous.
We have named it the Great Sun Body Tempering Technique.
The cultivation is very simple: every night, persist in letting Yin energy enter your body, but without letting yourself die, and then in the morning, as the sun rises, activate the Great Sun Body Tempering Technique and absorb a mere wisp of solar power to dissipate the Yin energy within your body.
This achieves the effect of strengthening your physique through body tempering.
As your cultivation improves, you can even directly consume some anomalies and demonic creatures, and the next morning, absorb solar power to refine and dissipate them, truly cultivating without cost.
However, this body-tempering technique is very dangerous. In the early stages, a single mistake could lead to death from Yin energy, or you might accidentally absorb too much solar power and immolate yourself.
It can be said that each cultivation session is a gamble with your life.
Those who choose this cultivation technique must do so with extreme caution.
Our research institute has lost nine researchers during the experimentation of this cultivation technique. Oh, a total of ten people participated in the experiment, truly a nine-lives-out-of-ten scenario.
Anyone who wishes to cultivate this technique must sign a death waiver.
That's roughly all for now. Does anyone present have any questions? You can raise your hand and speak.
I will explain them one by one..."
Ding Yun's press conference was a live broadcast, not pre-recorded. Therefore, the bullet comments in the live stream were already flying, and the comment count was increasing by tens of thousands per second, a true whirlwind of discussion.
[If I'm not mistaken, Big Boss Ding means that martial arts and Qi cultivation are for the wealthy, and us poor folks can only try the Great Sun Body Tempering Technique with a nine-lives-out-of-ten chance. That's probably what she means.
Even though she put it very subtly.
I still feel a pang in my heart...]
[Thinking on the bright side, isn't the Great Sun Body Tempering Technique the fastest and most effective cultivation method? Once mastered, it can sweep aside cultivators of Qi and martial arts at the same level. This is definitely a protagonist's cultivation technique.]
[But the key is that we're not protagonists. If a non-protagonist cultivates a protagonist's technique, isn't that courting death?]
[Let's just practice martial arts honestly.]
[I just checked. Although Ding's Group has lowered the prices of various medicines considerably, I still can't afford them. Moreover, it seems that achieving success in martial arts doesn't increase salary currently. Forget it, I'll just work honestly and wait for the country to step in and protect us.]
[As a white-collar worker who has dreamed of being a hero since childhood, now that I have a rare opportunity to realize it, I plan to take a gamble. At most, I'll be careful.
Others absorb a wisp of solar power.
I'll absorb a thread. Practicing cautiously.
I refuse to believe that if I'm careful enough, I can't survive.]
[If it were that simple, so many researchers wouldn't have died. The cultivation process likely has many hidden dangers. Only those with strong innate physiques or who are more compatible with solar power would have a chance to cultivate successfully.]
[I think it's best not to cultivate anything and just be an ordinary citizen, protected by others. If one truly achieves cultivation, when facing major dangers later, those who have achieved cultivation will likely be the ones to step up. At that time, the mortality rate might be even higher than for ordinary people who don't cultivate anything.]
[It's fortunate that anomalies and demonic creatures don't recruit traitors. If they did, the person above would definitely betray them first.]
[Fear of death is also understandable.]
[The situation has become so critical, yet Ding's Group is not distributing various medicines for free? Their hearts are too black. You guys said they were conscientious earlier. If they were conscientious, they shouldn't charge!]
[Heh, you think things come for free?]
[The country hasn't even given anything for free yet, and you're already demanding freebies from a company? Is this proper behavior?
[I just checked, and the prices of those medicines are much cheaper than the health products that used to scam elderly people. And you still complain they're expensive and demand freebies? Why don't you go to heaven? This is a classic example of accepting a favor but demanding more.]
[I never quite understood the saying, "Better to be a dog in prosperous times than a human in troubled times." Now I finally understand it a little. I truly wish there were no cultivation techniques, but also no such chaotic affairs. I really, really want to go back to the past!]
[May we all overcome difficulties together!]
[I wonder when the artificial sun will yield results. The cultivation speed still feels a bit slow!]
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