The Charm of Industrialization

Silently record Taiheng Sect's operations.

He didn't know if he would become enemies with Taiheng Sect in the future. If so, this information would be excellent ammunition.

"Continue recording every class, and upgrade the Black Tortoise Breath Concealment Technique based on the course content."

"Also, wait, is there already this much information?"

Yang Ning stared at the ever-increasing directory in the database, momentarily dumbfounded.

1: Haiyun Pill Refining Arts

2: Haiyun Artifact Forging Arts

3: Haiyun Metallurgy Arts

4: Haiyun Woodworking Arts

5: Haiyun Textile Science

6: Haiyun Architecture Science

7: Cultivation Technique Translation

The list was incredibly long, he couldn't scroll to the end for a while!

Clicking on Haiyun Pill Refining Arts, there were another hundred folders named after pills.

Blood Essence Pill, Cloud Quench Pill, Phoenix Blood Pill, Dragon Marrow Pill, Bear Bone Pill.

"What is this?" Yang Ning asked.

"The standard refining methods for pills learned in Seacloud City!" Deep Blue replied, unfolding countless screens in front of Yang Ning.

On the screens, tens of thousands of people, wearing different clothes and in different locations, were doing the same thing.

They were all refining pills!

"These are the alchemists of Seacloud City!" Yang Ning asked, "And students learning alchemy at Ascension Academy?"

"Yes!" Deep Blue explained, "The Cultivation World classifies alchemists based on the grade of pills they can refine into Mortal, Spirit, Treasure, Dao, and Immortal Grade Alchemists. Seacloud City has 14 Spirit Grade Alchemists and 86,000 Mortal Grade Alchemists. These 80,000 alchemists refine pills day and night. Their refining scenes and techniques have all been recorded and compiled into this data!"

"This is how it should be!" Yang Ning exclaimed, "This is the function the Cloud-Mist Information Matrix should have, or rather, this is what the Spiritual Realm should be capable of!"

He had long understood the power of the Spiritual Realm over the past decade. It could not only impart knowledge but also integrate it according to Yang Ning's requests.

But where had he lived for the past decade? The Yue Kingdom!

That was a feudal dynasty with virtually no technical information. The Spiritual Realm could only be used to integrate the knowledge Yang Ning already possessed and various literary classics, making it convenient for Yang Ning's imperial examinations.

Constantly studying these things was like buying a super server but using it to play Mahjong.

The Spiritual Realm had not been utilized to its full potential, and Yang Ning himself, due to years of habit, had forgotten its true capabilities.

It wasn't until the development of the Cloud-Mist Information Matrix, combined with the technologically advanced city of Seacloud City, that the Spiritual Realm's ability to collect, organize, and sort information was truly unleashed!

"Can you AI refine pills now?" Yang Ning thought of AI chess and AI painting from his past life. Refining pills should be easier by comparison, as it was a highly repetitive task. If machines could replace humans, it would be even more precise.

"Pills of Mortal Grade Three and Four can be directly refined!" Deep Blue replied, "Pills of Mortal Grade Five and above involve the deep participation of Qi and Blood!"

"Then we'll need to first understand the principle of the Qi and Blood Field participating in pill refining!" Yang Ning said, "Or be able to simulate the Qi and Blood Field with machines! It shouldn't be difficult!"

After all, the Qi and Blood Field is just a field generated by the high-speed flow of liquid in blood vessels. Couldn't artificial blood vessels, an artificial heart, and artificial blood achieve this?

"It's not that troublesome. The effect of the Qi and Blood Field is inferior to sound waves!" Deep Blue said, "We can use ultrasound to replace the Qi and Blood Field!"

"It can be done like that?" Yang Ning asked, "What about Mortal Grade Nine and Ten pills?"

"Mortal Grade Nine and Ten pills also involve spiritual will!" Deep Blue played a scene where a muscular alchemist, looking like a warrior, faced a batch of pills, struck a pouncing pose, and roared.

"That's the Tiger Form from the Twelve Divine Forms!" Yang Ning recognized it, "What pill is he refining?"

"Mortal Grade Nine Pill: Tiger Soul Pill!"

"Can't this be replicated by humans?" Yang Ning asked.

"No, the manifestation of spiritual will is similar to electromagnetic waves, and it can be replaced by electromagnetic waves!!" Deep Blue said.

The Qi and Blood Field of lower realms can be mimicked by ultrasound, and the spiritual power of higher realms can be mimicked by electromagnetic waves.

"In other words, you can mass-produce Mortal Grade pills now!"

"More than that!" Deep Blue said, "Although pills up to the Eighth Level of Body Refinement use extraordinary power to refine, the finished product contains no extraordinary power. Therefore, as long as the finished product is analyzed and the active ingredients in the pill are identified, it can be mass-produced through chemical synthesis!"

Good heavens, are you here to test formulas and medicine in the cultivation world?

But Yang Ning felt this approach was excellent. Science should be like this.

If he followed the local method and purchased raw materials in bulk, it would definitely arouse suspicion from others.

However, if he used chemical synthesis, he could avoid the eyes and ears of others and hide himself very well.

Moreover, chemical synthesis could greatly reduce production costs and increase output.

Yang Ning immediately placed an order on his phone to purchase pills from the Third Level to the Eighth Level of Body Refinement.

These things were expensive, but Yang Ning wasn't buying many, just one of each.

Modern pharmacology could analyze even a speck of powder to identify its components, let alone a whole pill.

As for the ninth and tenth levels of Body Refinement, those items are priceless and unavailable on the market. Yang Ning couldn't afford them anytime soon anyway.

Yang Ning then turned his attention to knowledge regarding artifact forging.

Seacloud City had even more artifact blacksmiths, numbering over 300,000.

This was partly because artifact blacksmiths were easier to train than alchemists, and partly because the Haiyun Army, with its 200,000 soldiers, required a massive annual supply of military equipment. With such a large market, the number of practitioners naturally grew.

Weapons, unlike elixirs, weren't flashy. They only had four grades: low, medium, high, and supreme. The forging techniques for each grade were largely the same, with only the final appearance differing.

Therefore, you could find tens of thousands of artifact blacksmiths forging the same item.

Even better, the Qi and Blood Field didn't need to be involved in the artifact forging process.

The sole contribution of the Qi and Blood Field to the entire forging process was providing strength.

However, this strength was insignificant compared to a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press!

Deep Blue's favorite creations were those with abundant samples and that didn't require special abilities.

It recorded the scenes of tens of thousands of people forging artifacts, and by integrating and analyzing the data, it could identify the most standard forging process.

Yang Ning designed a production line according to Deep Blue's requirements. With raw materials loaded and power connected, the production line started, and a continuous stream of low-grade mortal artifacts began to be produced!

"One production line can produce 540 swords per hour. Running 24 hours a day, it can produce 12,960 swords. Annually, that's about 4.72 million swords!"

"Seacloud City's current artifact output is less than 60,000 per day. If I set up 6 production lines, I could replace all 300,000 artifact blacksmiths in Seacloud City!"

"And this is just a crude production line!"

Yang Ning had always known about the term "industrialization" and the concept that "technology is the primary productive force." However, in his previous era, industrialization was already complete, and without a comparison to ancient societies, he hadn't truly grasped its significance.

It wasn't until he calculated it himself today that he finally felt the shock!

This was the charm of industrialization!

"But I can't purchase raw materials in large quantities, I don't have a place to produce them, and I can't ship them out in large volumes!" The Bei Family only researched Crimson Flame Steel, and they were immediately suppressed by the combined forces of the Eight Great Mine Merchants.

Yang Ning couldn't imagine the consequences if he were to reveal a factory capable of producing 60,000 items daily.

"I need people loyal to me, and my own territory." Yang Ning waved his hand, unfolding a map of Seacloud City, and then looked beyond the dam.

There lay a vast, azure sea!