To be the best leader, you must also be the strongest leader!

Changqing continued, "Although our sect's strength has increased significantly, this is all due to the consumption of a large amount of resources."

"Now, under the leadership of our sect, we have established a total of six major groups: the Resource Development Group, the Heavenly Soul Liquid Production Group, the Spirit Blood Production Group, the Immortal Network Group, the Industrial Alliance Group, and the Financial Group."

"Because our sect is the main body of the six major groups, 40% of the total revenue of each group belongs to our sect. Therefore, during this period, our sect has acquired a large amount of resources."

"We not only hold an absolute share of profits among these six major groups, but also own Qingyun Communications, cultivation space, and spirit refining space, so our ability to earn resources is beyond doubt."

"However, as per the sect leader's request, these resources have all been invested in the development of our sect."

"One of them is naturally to enhance everyone's capabilities, and the other is to support the various research projects of the R&D department."

"In addition, our sect has also built a large number of Azure Cloud warships and war puppets, and stockpiled a great deal of combat supplies, among which the stockpiled gold spirit alone has reached an extremely terrifying level."

"Overall, we have completed the ten-year plan set by the sect leader ahead of schedule, and the situation is relatively good."

Sun Yi nodded at this point: "Our sect is developing very well overall, but with such rapid development, our sect also faces huge risks."

"What huge risk?" Su Motang looked at Sun Yi with confusion.

The others also looked at Sun Yi with puzzled expressions, wondering what he meant by those words. After all, the sect was thriving, so where did the risk come from?

Sun Yi explained, "I have already learned about the basic situation of the Eight Extremes Star. We are currently developing the resource areas of the Eight Extremes Star with countless resources."

"But haven't you noticed that the development speed of the Eight Extremes Star has far exceeded the development speed of these resource-rich areas?"

"Moreover, the development speed of the Eight Extremes Star will be even faster in the future, because the amount of resources consumed by high-level cultivators is even more terrifying. Therefore, the consumption of various resources in the cultivation world of the Eight Extremes Star will increase exponentially in the future."

"If the speed at which we acquire resources cannot keep up with the speed at which we consume them, the rapid development of the Eight Extremes Star cultivation world will immediately come to a standstill."

"At that time, cultivators' income will decrease, but their demand for resources will surge. The insufficient supply of cultivation resources will trigger social unrest and a series of problems."

"For example, the price of cultivation resources has skyrocketed, and some cultivators are taking risks to seize these resources, which will severely test the social system."

"And this situation will reach its peak in at most another ten years."

"Why?" Elder Qingxuan looked at Sun Yi in confusion.

"Because the artificial spiritual root project has made a major breakthrough, the artificial spiritual root project team has now found a way to allow mortals to also have spiritual roots."

"What? This project has made a breakthrough?"

"It actually allows mortals to possess spiritual roots!"

"If all mortals can become cultivators in the future, wouldn't the strength of our human race increase dramatically?"

"Our human race's strength will indeed increase dramatically at that time, but if this technology is really promoted, the rate at which the cultivation world consumes resources will also increase dramatically."

"Just imagine if most of the mortals on the Eight Extremes Star cultivated together, the resources of the entire Eight Extremes Star would definitely not be enough."

The expressions of the people who had just been looking on with surprise now became much more serious.

After Sun Yi explained it to them, they realized the seriousness of the problem. The current surge in the strength of cultivators in the cultivation world was all due to the accumulation of resources.

As a cultivator's cultivation level increases, the resources they consume also increase.

The speed at which Qingyun Sect earns resources is already terrifying, but when all of Qingyun Sect's disciples are developing rapidly, the consumption of resources is extremely terrifying.

If things continue to develop in the current way, even the Qingyun Sect won't be able to hold on for long.

"Sect Leader, since that's the case, should we postpone the promotion of this technology?" Elder Zhou Tong looked at Sun Yi with a serious expression.

“If the release of this technology is delayed, it should be able to postpone the resource crisis for a while,” Elder Gu Yong said, frowning.

"It's a pity that even though we've developed this heaven-defying technology that could affect the entire human race, we haven't been able to promote it. This is undoubtedly a huge loss for our human race," Yan Su sighed, looking regretful.

But Sun Yi waved his hand: "Have you forgotten one of our sect's principles?"

"When you encounter problems, don't run away from them, but actively solve them."

"Although temporarily suspending the promotion of artificial spiritual root technology can alleviate the resource crisis, this method cannot fundamentally solve the resource crisis. We need to fundamentally solve the resource crisis that the sect and even the entire Eight Extremes Star are about to face."

Upon hearing Sun Yi's words, everyone fell silent.

Sun Yi's words make a lot of sense. Even if artificial spiritual root technology is not widely adopted, a resource crisis will still occur, and this problem must be solved at its root.

Sun Yi's gaze swept across everyone's faces before he asked, "You are all the most outstanding talents in our sect. Please share your opinions on how to solve the impending resource crisis."

Although the cultivation world of the Eight Extremes Star has not yet experienced a resource crisis, based on the current development trend, it will not be long before a resource crisis occurs.

Although the resources of the Eight Extremes Star are plentiful, the number of cultivators it can support is limited.

It's like a piece of land producing enough grain to feed ten people. In the past, some people died of old age, so it could support the lives of ten people indefinitely.

But now people no longer die of old age, and their numbers will continue to grow. Eventually, the food from this land will not be able to support the ever-increasing population.

If a hundred people come to divide the grain from this land, there will definitely be big problems.

This is the current situation in the cultivation world of the Eight Extremes Star. After the promotion of the cultivation concept of the unity of the three paths, there are no restrictions on the breakthroughs of cultivators, and the number of cultivators and their cultivation levels are increasing wildly.

The more cultivators there are, and the higher their cultivation level, the more resources they consume, which will soon exceed the carrying capacity of the Eight Extremes Star.

If we don't find a solution in advance, we don't know what the future holds.

"Sect Leader, we can find a way to artificially create resource sites, increase the number of plantations, and improve the output of spiritual herbs," Lin Hai said slowly.

The technology of the Spirit Medicine Hall is already very mature. As long as some price is paid, it is possible to turn some ordinary land into spiritual land where spiritual herbs can be grown.

However, this comes at a great cost, and such a naturally formed spiritual land requires a constant supply of spirit stones to sustain it, otherwise it will quickly degenerate.

“We can also continue to promote the breeding techniques of spirit beasts and expand the scale of spirit beast breeding,” Zhou Cang also expressed his opinion at this time.