This was Wang Ling's first time encountering a commission from a student. In the past, he had always avoided it because he felt that it would cause him trouble, and to a certain extent, risked exposing his true strength.
But now, Wang Ling really felt that he had changed. Perhaps it was because he had experienced too many earth-shattering events, but when it came to this kind of small commission, he felt indifferent.
As for exposing his strength … in any case, Lotus Sun now knew his situation and would cover for him, so he didn't have to worry too much.
Of course, the most important thing was that Wang Ling realized that he wasn't a cold-blooded person.
When he wore the Dao talisman seal, his emotions didn't fluctuate much. When he was in primary and middle school, he had often been scolded for being a cold-blooded animal, but life in high school seemed to be different.
He realized that he sometimes liked to meddle in other people's business.
When he accepted this commission with Lotus Sun, Wang Ling was well aware that it definitely wasn't because of the commission fee the other party had promised …
Did he look like someone who wouldn't budge at the mention of crispy noodle snacks?
Although Wang Ling didn't know why he had become so warm-hearted, he was in a very good mood.
Because this was probably the closest he had ever been to a normal person.
In the afternoon, it was Old Antique's theory of history class, which specifically mentioned the conversion between spirit stones and immortal gold.
Holding a piece of chalk, Old Antique wrote a long series of conversion formulas on the blackboard, leaving everyone speechless. This was supposed to be Old Pan's job in the Dao talismans class, but in the end, Old Antique had snatched it away.
On the other hand, Old Antique's cultivation knowledge was indeed very extensive. In Wang Ling's view, Old Antique wasn't just good at teaching theory of history; he was also competent in other subjects; he was a true jack of all trades.
"I saw the formulas in the paper in middle school. It's not a test now, but you can take note of them if you're interested."
After writing, Old Antique habitually wiped his chalk-covered hands with a rag on the table, and then continued to say, "There are two ways to extract spirit stones. One is to collect spirit ore and process it with a machine, and the other is to create spirit stones by absorbing spirit qi from the natural world and injecting it into a machine. The created spirit stones can then be combined with some other materials and transformed into the more valuable immortal gold.
"The former is more efficient, but the natural Spirit Ores are often limited. If they are overexploited, sooner or later, there will be a situation where there are no ores to use. As for the artificial input of Spirit Stones, although it is inexhaustible, the efficiency is very low. On the other hand, if one were to engage in this work for a long time, it may have a certain impact on one's cultivation foundation, or even damage one's Spirit Root. "
Actually, Wang Ling had heard this from Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal before.
Previously, when the Heavenly Hound was still under the control of the Sacred Race, the Sacred Race had planned to have the Heavenly Hound launch a Spirit Stone Trade War against the Huaguo Water Curtain Group. In the end, the Heavenly Hound was swallowed up by the Battle Sect before they could do so.
Back then, Heavenly Dog had planned to empty the spirit stone market and cause Huaguo Water Curtain Group and Battle Sect to suffer losses for no reason. Wang Ling himself had also been prepared to save the market.
It was nothing more than artificially created spirit stones. With his output power … if he were to continue producing spirit stones for a day, he might just become the richest man in the world.
At this time, the class was talking about the problem of artificial input of spiritual energy to create spirit stones that could harm the body.
Wang Ling wasn't worried about this at all. Although his output power was high, it wouldn't have any impact on the body.
There wouldn't be a problem with regular input of spirit energy into spirit stones. As long as one didn't work continuously or was fatigued, there wouldn't be any impact. What he was worried about was that some black-hearted factories would continue to exploit the labor force in order to make money.
"Doesn't the country prohibit it?" someone raised his hand and asked curiously.
"There are clear rules on working hours for artificial spirit stones. All cultivators who are employed to input spirit energy into machines can't work more than five hours a day, and have to change shifts when the five hours are up," Old Antique said.
"This is a hard and fast rule for all regular spirit stone processing plants. If they don't follow this standard, once the regulatory authorities find out, the company and the processing plant involved will be fined up to thirty times the price."
"Teacher, you said regular, but are there any that aren't?" Super Chen asked at that moment.
"The market is so big, it's inevitable that there will be a few fish that slip through the net. After all, there's a saying … the most profitable projects are in the Cultivation Criminal Law. For the sake of profit, people sometimes take risks out of desperation and do things that they clearly know are against the rules, but they still have to bite the bullet and do it. All parties have been cracking down on illegal factories over the years, and it's been very effective. "
Saying this, Old Antique couldn't help sighing. "Come to think of it, a few days ago, I saw a satirical cartoon drawn by a very famous CG cartoonist online, specifically targeting those black-hearted factories …"
"Wuhe Pixiu?"
"That's right, that's him!"
Old Antique nodded. "But very quickly, this CG cartoon was censored; I don't know if it poked someone's sore spot or not."
"What on earth did Teacher Wuhe Pixiu draw?"
"This is a short cartoon about a black-hearted factory boss who uses technical means to create a large number of cloned cultivators to continuously produce spirit stones for himself."
Old Antique said with a reminiscing expression, "Those poor cloned cultivators are constantly squeezed until their bodies are overdrawn. At that time, the black-hearted boss will unhesitatingly abandon them. Their bodies will be broken down and sent back to the furnace to be rebuilt as new clones. Then, they will continue to work for the black-hearted boss, forming a cycle."
After the story was told.
Everyone in the class shuddered at the same time.
There was no doubt that this was a short cartoon with a slightly thrilling, terrifying and suspenseful flavor; just listening to it made people shudder.
"As expected of Teacher Wuhe Pixiu!"
Someone in class exclaimed in admiration.
Usually, when everyone went to school, they would be faced with homework when they got home. It was fine on weekends, but on a normal working day, almost no one would pay much attention to what was happening online.
If it was posted and then deleted, it wouldn't attract much attention.
Everyone in class sank into discussion at Old Antique's words.
But Wang Ling's and Lotus Sun's expressions were clearly a little gloomy.
Wang Ling always had a very strange feeling about Old Antique.
Every time he felt that Old Antique was deliberately hinting at something in class, he also felt that it was just some kind of strange coincidence.
Clones …
And that short video blogger who looked exactly like Classmate Chen Qin, but had disappeared into thin air.
Wang Ling had a hunch that there might be some kind of connection between the two.
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