I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

3 PM.

Lin Ye returned to the capital.

They did not return to the Seventh Division.

The car drove directly into the underground experimental area of ​​the National Psionic Research Center.

Xie Hongyi also arrived.

The reason is simple.

They were preparing to dismantle an ancient martial arts technique.

There needs to be someone who has actually trained in this field keeping an eye on things, lest modern researchers, in their excitement, damage a person's meridians.

Lu Zhixia stayed on the other side to deal with the ancient artifacts unearthed from Cangfeng Mountain.

Before leaving, he only sent Lin Ye a message.

Don't use yourself as experimental material again.

Lin Ye replied with "I know".

Then the first thing I did upon entering the lab.

Then I saw my name posted on the test slot.

Xie Hongyi stood to the side and glanced at it.

"Your girlfriend is quite accurate."

"..."

Lin Ye pretended not to hear.

The laboratory was larger than he had imagined.

Twenty-four independent test chambers.

The concentration of spiritual energy is uniform.

The temperature is uniform.

Breathing, heart rate, blood flow, and the spiritual energy on the body surface are all collected in real time.

Each test subject was accompanied by medical staff.

Ji Nanxing was not present.

She is in another laboratory building.

But the large screen covering the entire wall was filled with the "Qingyuan Breathing Method" that she had just disassembled.

The original version has a total of nineteen steps.

She divided them into five groups.

Breathing rhythm.

Body posture.

Attention guidance.

The process of sensing Qi.

The first meridian route.

Then, gradually reduce the number of parts.

Xie Hongyi glanced at it a few times.

"Are you really going to try it out piece by piece?"

The researcher in charge of the experiment nodded.

"Start with the parts that won't cause menstrual problems."

"What about the Chong meridian?"

"at last."

"Who wants to try?"

The researcher glanced in Lin Ye's direction.

Xie Hongyi also looked over.

Lin Ye sighed.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"You are the most resilient."

The sound came from the big screen.

Ji Nanxing has been released.

He was still wearing that white lab coat.

He was holding a pen.

"And can you tell me why it hurts?"

Lin Ye sat down in the testing position.

"Is your research center this direct in its hiring practices?"

"Improve efficiency."

"OK."

He reached out and took the monitoring patch.

"start."

Round 1.

The complete "Qingyuan Breathing Method".

Lin Ye only practices the most basic part of sensing Qi.

Five minutes later.

Listen inwardly.

As the breathing rhythm changed, the external spiritual energy did indeed begin to enter the body along with the rise and fall of the chest and abdomen.

very weak.

But it's stable.

second round.

Remove specific sitting postures.

The result was almost unchanged.

Ji Nanxing immediately marked "cross-legged" in yellow.

"It is not a necessary condition."

Xie Hongyi frowned.

"Traditional methods have always required sitting cross-legged."

"Tradition is not the same as necessity."

Round three.

Delete a lengthy mantra.

The efficiency of spiritual energy absorption only decreased by two percent.

Ji Nanxing marked it again.

"Low value".

The fourth round.

Shorten the breathing interval by half a breath.

The curve changed instantly.

The originally stable spiritual energy in Lin Ye's body began to accumulate towards his lungs.

"stop."

He opened his eyes immediately.

"This section cannot be changed."

"What's wrong?"

"You're inhaling too quickly."

"Before the last sip has even sunk, the next one has already come in."

Ji Nanxing immediately stopped writing.

Ten seconds later.

A new model appeared on the big screen.

Between two breaths.

We must leave a window for the spiritual energy to naturally sink.

In the past, Gu Xiu wrote it as a sentence:

"If the breath remains, wait patiently for it to return."

It's very mysterious.

The research center translated it into measurable data.

Minimum interval time.

Xie Hongyi stood in front of the screen for a long time.

"How could you even calculate that?"

"If it can be measured, it can be calculated."

Ji Nanxing said.

"Don't rush to believe it."

"The sample size is still small."

Xie Hongyi did not refute.

His eyes, however, were clearly serious.

The fifth round begins.

It's not Lin Ye.

Replace them with regular volunteers.

Eighteen people.

The version of the unified practice exercise has been edited and abridged.

Half an hour later.

The results are in.

Eleven showed clear spiritual energy responses.

The six reactions were extremely weak.

No one.

The most eye-catching one is Test Module No. 7.

A 21-year-old college student was sitting inside.

男生。

Study materials engineering.

No record of awakening.

There is no cultivation background in his family.

But when he reached the twelfth minute of his practice, the spiritual energy level on his body suddenly jumped up.

Nineteen minutes.

the second time.

At 27 minutes.

It actually completed its first stable Qi circulation on its own.

The researchers on site all gathered around.

Xie Hongyi also approached the glass.

I only watched for a short while.

"I'm very inspired."

Ji Nanxing asked:

"What about your previous standards?"

"Enough for the inner door test."

The lab fell silent for a moment.

Inner door.

Not an ordinary handyman.

Not from the outer gate.

A modern young person who was in university class yesterday.

Today was my first time practicing.

Two thousand years ago, his talent would have been enough to reach the threshold of the inner sect of an ancient sect.

Ji Nanxing was not excited.

Just one sentence:

"Continue to expand the sample size."

She marked number seven.

"We need to know how many of these people are."

Lin Ye, however, had already thought of something else.

Modern society has over a billion people.

Even if only one in ten thousand people has this kind of qualification.

The numbers will be terrifying.

Previously, sects were limited by geographical location.

A mountain gate can only test a few hundred or a few thousand people a year at most.

What now?

school.

hospital.

Medical examination center.

Even a large-scale screening system in the future.

How many tests can be performed in a day?

This is what makes the modern system truly terrifying.

Not everyone is more talented than the ancients.

The problem is that the sample size is too large.

Ji Nanxing had obviously foreseen this as well.

A prediction quickly appeared on the big screen.

If inspiration and talent are continuously distributed among people.

The absolute number of truly highly qualified individuals.

It may far surpass the historical peak of any ancient sect.

Xie Hongyi looked at that number.

For the first time, I didn't say a word.

Just then.

Someone came in quickly from outside.

"The number of applicants for the Qingya Sect's apprenticeship program has been released."

Lin Ye turned his head.

"How many?"

"The online reservation channel has only been open for an hour."

"120,000."

No one was surprised.

The staff member continued:

"Now it's 180,000."

"It's still rising."

"How much are they only prepared to accept?"

"Three hundred formal disciples."

"Three thousand outer disciples."

180,000 people are vying for just over 3,000 spots.

Lin Ye was about to speak.

Ji Nanxing suddenly pushed another document onto the screen.

[Basic Inspiration Screening Solution - Provisional Version]

Breathing test.

The body's surface responds with spiritual energy.

Basic recovery speed.

Initial screening based on meridian tolerance.

All of them are projects that are just barely feasible.

"What do you mean?"

Xie Hongyi asked.

Ji Nanxing looked at the number 180,000 applicants.

"They're selective about who they hire."

"We can too."

Lin Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

"Is the government also preparing to take on apprentices?"

"It's not about taking on apprentices."

Ji Nanxing corrected.

"Screening".

She turned to the next page.

A provisional name has already been written at the top.

[National Basic Cultivation Compatibility Test]

It hasn't been approved yet.

This is just a suggestion from the research center.

But once this thing lands...

Qingya Sect wants to select 3,000 promising talents from among 180,000 people.

Modern systems, however, can filter from hundreds of millions of people.

The ancient sects took the lead.

But in modern society.

I've started watching.