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

The first public lesson of the Candlelight Society.

Three thousand positions.

Sold out in ten minutes.

The location is a stadium in the west of the city.

There was no black robe.

There was no altar.

There was no mystical initiation ceremony.

There were three people standing on the stage.

A modern awakener.

An old member of the Candle Shadow Society.

There was also an ancient cultivator who had just left a small sect.

There was only one sentence on the large screen behind them.

Even with average qualifications, it can still be repaired.

When Lin Ye and Ji Nanxing arrived.

Thousands of people were still queuing outside the stadium.

Some people didn't change out of their work clothes after get off work.

Someone arrived from the high-speed rail station with a suitcase.

There was also an elderly man in his sixties who held up a printed registration code and asked the security guard if he could get in.

"This is much more respectable than the old cults."

Forest road.

Ji Nanxing looked at him.

"Don't praise me."

"I'm just stating a fact."

Seven sites were not directly sealed off.

The reason wasn't that they were suddenly being polite to Zhuyin.

This class was not held under the name of "Candle Shadow Society Headquarters".

It is a newly registered non-governmental spiritual practice mutual aid organization.

The financial and personnel backgrounds can be traced back to the periphery of the Candlelight Society.

However, none of the people on stage are currently wanted criminals.

Based solely on background information, it's unreasonable to classify all three thousand ordinary applicants in the stadium as having violated the law.

Moreover, the content they are teaching has not yet reached the point where it must be stopped on the spot.

Moreover, the cultivation technique is genuine.

Wanling listened to it once.

They couldn't help but exclaim "Eh!"

"It's been corrected."

"The incomplete Qi-inducing method from before has been supplemented with two sections of ancient techniques."

"It was done by someone who knows what they're doing."

Lin Ye asked:

Is it safe?

"The first half was alright."

"The second half..."

Wanling sneered.

"If you're tired of living, you can give it a try."

The class started twenty minutes ago.

Lin Ye understood.

The candlestick pattern will be much faster than the official plan.

The official 0.1 version is just infuriating.

In their fourth stage, they begin guiding spiritual energy into the first meridian.

The benefits are obvious.

I feel strong.

It works quickly.

First-time visitors are easily excited, thinking, "I've really started cultivating immortality!"

The downsides are equally obvious.

A mistake is a physical mistake.

Lin Ye walked to the side of the platform.

The person in charge recognized him immediately.

A man in his forties reached out his hand.

"Team Leader Lin."

"Are you here to attend the class?"

Lin Ye didn't hold it.

"Let's see how many people you're planning to send to the hospital today."

The man wasn't embarrassed either.

"It's much safer than before."

"Being safer doesn't mean being safe."

"At least we'll give you a next step."

The man looked at the three thousand people in the arena.

"Tell them they can sense energy."

"and then?"

"Our sect only accepts geniuses."

"The research center is still testing it."

"They can't wait."

Lin Ye couldn't directly refute this statement.

Because it's true.

He only pointed to the fourth paragraph.

"Delete it."

The man's smile faded.

"On what grounds?"

"You don't have enough risk data."

"The people who practice are the data."

Ji Nanxing suddenly spoke.

"Then tell them about the risks as well."

The person in charge looked at her.

"What do you mean?"

Ji Nanxing walked onto the stage.

Pick up the microphone.

There was no need to register for classes.

Only three sets of known data were projected onto the large screen.

"The fourth segment of the Chong meridian."

"According to your current version."

"It may cause stagnation of meridians, chest and abdominal pain, and reverse flow of spiritual energy."

"Whether to continue is a personal decision."

The stadium became much quieter.

The person in charge did not expect her to do this.

But they didn't stop them.

At last.

Of the three thousand people, more than two thousand one hundred still chose to continue.

Lin Ye looked at the rows of people raising their hands.

That's when I truly realized it.

Between safety and speed.

Someone will always choose speed.

A young man sitting in the front row even asked:

"How much higher will the success rate be if I practice the fourth stage?"

The person in charge replied:

"A noticeable sensation of Qi appears more quickly."

"I asked about opening the pulse."

"There is not enough data at the moment."

The young man gritted his teeth.

"Then I'll practice too."

Lin Ye walked over.

"Why the rush?"

The other person was taken aback for a moment.

He only whispered after recognizing him:

"My test results were average."

"The sect doesn't want it."

"The training courses offered by the company are too expensive."

"If I don't hurry, won't I be even less able to catch up later?"

One sentence stopped Lin Ye from trying to persuade him further.

This is no longer just a simple impulse to cultivate.

A new kind of class anxiety is beginning to emerge.

Before the spiritual revival, some people were afraid they couldn't afford to buy a house or attend a good school.

Now there's another one.

I'm afraid I'll be too slow in fixing it.

Ji Nanxing obviously heard it too.

She wrote this down directly in the experiment notes.

Risk appetite and resource anxiety may significantly influence people's choices regarding spiritual practices.

Lin Ye glanced at it.

"Is this even considered data?"

"certainly."

"Humans are not machines."

"No matter how safe a martial art is, it's useless if no one is willing to practice it."

Forty-two minutes.

The first person has a problem.

A food delivery rider in his thirties suddenly clutched his stomach and knelt down.

Then the second one.

The third.

Lin Ye rushed straight in.

The spiritual hearing was suppressed.

The first person's spiritual energy was trapped on their abdomen.

The second method is to continue forcibly stimulating the pulse after the breathing becomes disordered.

The third one is the most dangerous.

A surge of energy was rushing into my chest.

"Stop!"

Lin Ye placed a palm on the back of the third person.

No forceful cutting was used to sever the vein.

Following the disordered energy flow of the other party, guide that spiritual energy back to a lower position little by little.

The accompanying medical team took over at the same time.

Ten minutes or so.

All three people remained calm.

The one-hour class has ended.

It is clearly unsuitable for 29 people.

Seven people were sent to the hospital.

There were no serious injuries.

That's enough to explain the problem.

The person in charge looked displeased, but did not try to evade responsibility.

He announced the total number of attendees on camera during the live stream.

Seven people were admitted to the hospital.

"We will cover the medical expenses."

"The next version will be revised."

This only made Lin Ye more wary.

The most troublesome thing about the old-fashioned Zhuyin Society was that it was hidden in the dark.

Now it is beginning to learn to take responsibility, correct its mistakes, and manage public opinion.

As long as the outside world doesn't involve blood sacrifices or evil magic.

Ordinary people might even think it's a slightly radical spiritual practice.

Lin Ye looked at the person in charge.

"Are you really prepared to continue doing this publicly?"

Why not?

The man countered with a question.

"In the past, spiritual energy was scarce, and resources were limited, so everyone had to fight over them."

"Times have changed."

"Seven places can change."

"Sects can change."

"Why can't we?"

Lin Ye did not answer.

He remembered those words.

Ji Nanxing immediately made the data public.

Do not criticize the Candlelight Society.

It also lacked emotion.

Only comparisons are provided.

Official version 0.1, tested with 10,000 users.

Zero hospitalizations.

The Candlelight Guild crash course has 3,000 participants.

Seven were sent to the hospital.

The online sentiment shifted instantly.

What Lin Ye didn't expect was...

There are still people who support it.

[Only seven people, how do we account for the more than two thousand who succeeded?]

Cultivation inherently carries risks.

I'm willing to choose for myself.

That evening.

The Candlelight Society announced that the second class would proceed as scheduled.

Number of applicants.

fifty thousand.

Some people within the Seventh Division suggested suspending the operation immediately.

It didn't pass in the end.

Because the Candlelight Society has changed the dangerous paragraphs to explicitly state voluntary participation and has begun providing written risk warnings and medical coverage.

As long as the content itself does not reach a dangerous level that must be prohibited, we cannot assume that all 50,000 people were misled simply because they "used to be members of the Candle Shadow Society".

So the new regulatory requirements were implemented first.

Publicly available cultivation courses must indicate the source of the version.

Known adverse reactions must be disclosed.

For procedures involving high-risk steps such as meridian stimulation, it is forbidden to use phrases like "100% success" or "no side effects" in advertising.

Even if the trainees themselves sign a "risk at their own risk" agreement.

Institutions cannot simply shirk all responsibility for obviously flawed teaching practices with a single piece of paper.

Cultivation, like cosmetic surgery, fitness, and high-risk sports, has begun to be crammed into the framework of real-world regulation.

the first time.

Even the practice of male enhancement has begun to involve red lines.

Lin Ye stared at that number for a long time.

To be absolutely certain about something.

In the future, the real competition won't be about who can prevent ordinary people from repairing things.

It's not about whose path is safer.

Faster.

Cheaper.

It also gives people more hope.

Ji Nanxing, standing to the side, only said one sentence.

"We can't wait any longer for the public release."

At the same time.

The planned 100,000-person test has been rolled out simultaneously in 20 cities.

During the two days when the Candlelight Guild's public classes were causing the most uproar, the official testing did not stop.

Forty-eight hours.

More than 97,000 people completed the required time.

Severe training-related injuries remained at zero.

The proportion requiring medical observation is less than one in a thousand; the majority are due to pre-existing conditions or excessive breathing.

This data finally fills the last gap in the safety foundation.

Midnight.

The National Psionic Research Center has received approval.

[The public's basic Reiki perception and safety practice guidelines are ready for official release.]

The next morning at eight o'clock.

Launched nationwide.