8: Heavenly Journey Technique

Zhang Sheng saw two professors he knew: one was an environmental science professor, and the other was also a breeding science professor. They were both accompanied by graduate students.

On the way to the experimental building, we learned that there were many research teams like Professor Liu Quan's at the school.

They had all been assigned important tasks by the higher-ups to participate in the research of Secret Realm products.

Following the arrival of the Principal, everyone entered the meeting room on the first floor.

"Hello, everyone! Thank you to all the teachers and students who came today... Next, the school's Comprehensive Experimental Building will undergo rapid transformation to meet everyone's research needs. I hope you will dedicate yourselves entirely to this great endeavor. All your efforts will be etched into the monument of Huaxia's history..."

The Principal's expression was serious, and so were the teachers and students below him.

During the Principal's speech, everyone realized the gravity and unique nature of this research project.

At this moment, a squad of Armed Police Officers was distributing special books to everyone.

Some received one book, some received two, and some even received three, and the types of books distributed were different.

When they reached Zhang Sheng, he was given two small, extremely thin books, about A5 size, each totaling a dozen or so pages.

"Heavenly Circulation Method and Spring Breeze Turns to Rain Art."

These were the Cultivation Techniques that the professor and the principal had mentioned!

Shock! Joy! Seriousness!

The expressions of the crowd were generally the same. The professors seemed to already know, but the students were the most excited.

"Holy cow! The world has really changed!"

After the Principal finished speaking, Professor Liu led the group to the 11th floor via elevator, where their exclusive laboratory was located.

In the coming days, these researchers could handle all their daily necessities, including Cultivation, within the experimental building, except for returning to their dormitories to sleep.

Behind the school building was a large experimental base.

The breeding research for golden spirit rice would also be completed within the experimental building and the experimental base.

"Students, these are your ID cards. You must present them when entering or exiting the experimental building and the experimental base. Your information is on them." Professor Liu Quan handed the cards to the four people, including Zhang Sheng.

Besides these, Zhang Sheng and the others also selected their individual Cultivation Rooms, all single rooms.

Their Cultivation would be an important part of the golden spirit rice Cultivation process.

Shortly after, a metal safe was delivered to the laboratory door by Armed Police Officers. An officer-like armed policeman solemnly said, "Professor Liu, this contains the gold spirit rice. There is a total of 20 kilograms, 975 grains in total. Please confirm receipt."

"Thank you for your hard work!" This was said after Professor Liu Quan's iris authentication was successful.

Professor Liu Quan received the safe as if it were a treasure.

"Students, this is the gold spirit rice." Professor Liu took out a peanut-sized golden grain of rice from the safe. "These grains were harvested by our Armed Police Officers in the Secret Realm at the risk of their lives."

Hearing Professor Liu's words, Zhang Sheng and the others understood that the monsters inside the Secret Realm still posed a certain threat.

"Our research mission is the breeding of golden spirit rice. We must produce a large quantity of rice seeds as quickly as possible to promote the widespread planting of golden spirit rice!"

It wasn't just Huaxia; almost every country globally was doing this because golden spirit rice was an important Cultivation resource.

Among the first personnel to enter the Secret Realm, some had already Cultivated the Heavenly Circulation Method, a Refining Essence into Qi Cultivation Technique. Their physical fitness saw astonishing improvements, but ordinary food could not sustain the consumption required by this technique. To Cultivate this technique for a long time, one must consume Spirit Food.

And gold spirit rice was one of them.

The breeding research of these spirit plants held strategic significance for all countries.

These precious one thousand grains of gold spirit rice were divided into one hundred groups.

First were the simplest controlled variable experiments: ten groups for natural outdoor sowing, and ten groups for indoor UV light sowing, with breeding methods referencing traditional rice breeding techniques.

Next was Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method, a Cultivation Technique that almost every researcher involved in the experiment must Cultivate.

Although they didn't have Spirit Food, they could still Cultivate this technique by consuming large amounts of ordinary food, which was why the school opened a cafeteria in the experimental building.

And it was free!

Zhang Sheng arrived at his Cultivation Room and looked through the two Cultivation Techniques in his hand.

According to Professor Liu, the jade plaques dropped by killing Secret Realm monsters most frequently recorded various Cultivation Techniques, Spells, and Cultivation information.

The Secret Realm seemed to carry another civilization—the cultivation civilization—and the cultivation civilization was integrating into Earth and into everyone's lives through the Secret Realm.

The source of all this information, whether about the cultivation civilization or gold spirit rice, came from a jade plaque that recorded the common knowledge of cultivation.

Zhang Sheng's phone had already received the complete document of the common knowledge of cultivation sent by Professor Liu.

This document did not require confidentiality; it was already trending wildly on the external network. This included some Cultivation Techniques, Spells, and so on. Huaxia would soon make it publicly available to all citizens.

The reason Huaxia had not publicly released the Heavenly Circulation Method Cultivation Technique was due to deeper considerations.

Zhang Sheng quickly understood.

If one Cultivated the Heavenly Circulation Method without consuming Spirit Food, merely eating ordinary meals, the amount of food consumed would be a terrifying figure.

However, the power brought by Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method was an absolutely irresistible temptation.

This would quickly lead to food shortages, inevitably causing social unrest, and even large-scale conflict and death.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng felt he understood that his research mission was as heavy as Mount Tai.

Walking out of the Cultivation Room, Zhang Sheng happened to see the second-year graduate student Senior Sister, who Professor Liu referred to as Xiao Bai.

However, Zhang Sheng certainly couldn't address her that way.

"Senior Sister Mingzhu, are you also heading to the second-floor cafeteria?" This was because Zhang Sheng was also preparing to go to the cafeteria to eat his fill and prepare to Cultivate the Heavenly Circulation Method.

"Junior Brother, let's go together!" Bai Mingzhu laughed.

"Junior Brother is really impressive. It seems there aren't many undergraduates participating in this research." The Senior Sister was a few years older than Zhang Sheng, and he didn't expect her to act cute and spoiled. But Zhang Sheng certainly didn't show any dislike, replying with a smile:

"That's just Professor Liu looking out for me. I'm lucky to be able to participate alongside Senior Sister and the rest of you."

"Oh dear, it's annoying. Having to eat so much food, I wonder if I'll gain weight." Bai Mingzhu nervously touched her face.

However, when the time came for actual Cultivation, she wouldn't think this way.

The two arrived at the second-floor cafeteria together.

"Uh! It seems we're late." Almost all the teachers and students involved in the experiment were currently eating heartily. Professor Liu and the two Senior Brothers were also there.

"Xiao Bai, Zhang Sheng, hurry and try the Pissing Beef Balls the chef made! They taste really good!" Senior Elder Zhang Yong waved from afar, oil still glistening around his mouth.

They gathered at the dining table.

Old Liu reminded them, "Later, when you Cultivate the Heavenly Circulation Method for the first time, make sure to follow the requirements and do it inside the lab. I'll keep an eye on you. The first time Cultivating is still somewhat dangerous."

"The danger lies in the fact that Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method consumes the essence within the body. Consuming a large amount of energy at once is not something everyone can withstand. Those who are physically weak might fall into a coma."

"Essentially, you're just starving yourselves unconscious."

Looking at Professor Liu's large bowl of rice, it wasn't hard for Zhang Sheng to guess that Professor Liu must have already completed his first Refining Essence into Qi session.

After discussing it, the four decided to complete their first Refining Essence into Qi session under the supervision of their teacher.

Before going upstairs, Old Liu also retrieved a box of packaged glucose that could quickly replenish energy from the supplies room. The box looked identical to those used in hospitals.