Chapter 862
Kunxu Soul Cultivation Dream, Examination of Sects
Chapter 862 Kunxu Soul Cultivation Dream, Examination of Sects (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
In the spirit world of the old cemetery.
Zhao Tianxing stood in front of the camera, feeling a little nervous.
Countless memories surged through his mind, and he couldn't help but wonder how he had gotten to this point step by step.
He recalled his days at Songyang High School, his experience of becoming a soul cultivator after death, his time studying for a soul cultivation college degree, living in darkness to save money, and finally, in that endless darkness, someone hired him...
"Chief Zhao! Chief Zhao! Filming has started."
A series of subtitles appeared before Zhao Tianxing; it was a call from Mo Tianyi.
Zhao Tianxing suddenly realized, "Oh right, I'm filming a promotional video."
"But am I really suited for publicity? Won't people at the sect level dislike a soul cultivator like me?"
"What if my actions negatively impact the company?"
"Will the minister be disappointed in me?"
Zhao Tianxing subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yu's profile picture in his contacts, looking at the last message Zhang Yu sent: [Strong]
Upon seeing this, Zhao Tianxing suddenly felt his tense and conflicted emotions gradually relax.
Zhao Tianxing never believed in himself.
Because he knew he had never been a particularly capable person.
Perhaps with his associate's degree to bachelor's degree, he would be considered a highly educated talent in Kunxu.
However, compared to students from the top ten universities, he is insignificant.
Therefore, Zhao Tianxing never believed in himself, but he believed in Zhang Yu. He believed in Zhang Yu's judgment, just like in the civil engineering competition, the top ten leagues, the university wars... He believed that Zhang Yu could lead them to victory time and time again.
“Since the minister thinks I can do it, then I definitely can.”
The powerful computing power from the computing pool circulated in his brain, and Zhao Tianxing, who had already entered the Golden Core realm, quickly regained his clear and efficient state.
In the past, in the dark space of the college, Zhang Yu's large hand seemed to tear through the darkness and bring him into the light.
And now, these large hands are lifting him up, placing him under the watchful eyes of countless sect cultivators, to tell them...
Zhao Tianxing looked at the camera, straightened his chest, and said, "My name is Zhao Tianxing. I come from the first level of Kunxu. As you can see... I am a soul cultivator who has completed a bachelor's degree."
"When I was still in high school on the first level of Kunxu, I lost my physical body and completely transformed into a soul cultivator. I remember back then, to save money, I lived in a dark spirit realm space every day, not daring to generate even the slightest image or light..."
“I know that many soul cultivators in the old graveyard now are similar to me back then…”
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"This is utter nonsense!" Looking at Zhao Tianxing in the video, Lu Hengzhang's anger intensified: "Our sect's soul cultivators not only get to work overtime for free every day, but they are also nourished by yin energy. The air they breathe is even sweeter than that of the lower realm. How could they possibly live the same life as soul cultivators in the lower realm?"
"To equate a sect with the lower realms... this is smearing! A blatant smear of sects! A smear of the Myriad Laws Sect!"
"Report him! I want to report him!"
Lu Hengzhang was already extremely angry when he saw Zhao Tianxing, a junior college student from the lower realm, doing endorsements. It was more painful than if a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator had taken a dump.
Now that he sees this college student still smearing the sect, he's so angry he wants to press the report button until it sparks, feeling as uncomfortable as seeing a beast eating his own excrement for free.
On the other side, Zhang Yu watched Zhao Tianxing in the video. He understood that Zhao Tianxing's identity alone would inevitably arouse strong dissatisfaction among many sect cultivators.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "They especially seem to be cultivators from the Innate Dao Unified System. They'd definitely be shocked to see this."
At the same time, the avatar of the Examiner in Zhang Yu's mind shouted: "What are you doing! How can a sect's sacred ground be compared to a ditch in the lower realm by a soul cultivator? Delete this video immediately!"
Fu Ji said, "It's not for you to see, why are you in such a hurry? This is for the lower and middle-level soul cultivators, to resonate with them and win their support."
Kao Zong's clone shouted, "Then you don't want the support of your fellow cultivators from the Myriad Laws Sect? Have you considered what they would think if they saw this?"
Fu Ji said indifferently, "I don't care what you ordinary users think. Now that we have the support from above, the Myriad Laws Sect will reduce the number of soul cultivators imported from other companies and increase the coverage of sect-produced souls, making our Myriad Laws Sect's soul cultivation industry great!"
"Next, we can focus more on the appeal of soul cultivation."
Fuki chuckled and said, "Say more things they like to hear, say things that resonate with them, say things they want to say but no one listens to... that's all."
Xiang Shen shouted, "Did you understand what our leader, Fu Ji, said? You've been spouting nonsense all day long. How many sect products have you actually bought? How much money have you made for the sect? You're just a fake 'Love the Sect,' while we, the ones recruiting numerous soul cultivators for the Myriad Laws Sect, are the true 'Love the Sect'!"
Kao Zong's clone: "You! You...you make a good point. This is how it should be written for propaganda within the sect."
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On the other side, Zhao Tianxing continued speaking in the video.
As he spoke, scenes flashed through his mind: the spiritual ecology of the lower and middle classes in the old graveyard, as he knew it.
He had thought that once he arrived at the sect level, he would see that the state of soul cultivators was very different from that in the lower realm.
But it seems that no matter which level of Kunxu it is, there is no difference for lower-level soul cultivators, and the higher the level, the worse it may be.
"You eat the polluted magic power excreted from the factory, and live in other people's genitals and genitals, any place where you can barely squeeze in a little bit of thought."
“Every day, I open my eyes to work, and when I close them, I return to the genitals of dozens or even hundreds of people, waiting for the next temporary job.”
“It’s not that you don’t want to think, but that the cramped space in that Yin organ is already insufficient to store your memories, and there is simply no extra computing power to process your thoughts.”
Zhao Tianxing sighed, “In your work, you repeat the same mechanical tasks day after day, or you become the cultivators’ washing box, using your own thoughts and will to withstand the onslaught of massive amounts of data, and to filter data for your employers.”
“Outside of work, you are like being kept in a box without windows, light, or eyes, with the only purpose of your existence being to wait for the next job.”
"When you can no longer stand this kind of life and need to wander the material world in a whirlwind, or count in the dark, think randomly, recall past memories, and then generate a lot of extra data, the company calls this data garbage data, and calls our state of being 'going mad,' which means we are getting closer and closer to mental decay."
"But I know that those who generate a lot of garbage data, those who go crazy at work, those who delete work data indiscriminately... those so-called soul cultivators whose minds have been destroyed, many of them were just driven insane."
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Xiao Yunhe, the chairman of the management committee and a 7th-rank official, quickly scanned Zhao Tianxing's words and sneered inwardly: "The lower-level soul cultivators are all poor ghosts with insufficient aptitude and weak Dao hearts. It is no wonder that these poor ghosts have died to this extent. They deserve to be eliminated."
Just then, Xiao Yunhe's subordinate sent a message: "President, since this spokesperson came out, Zhang Yu and the others' support rate among the soul cultivators in the Old Graveyard has been rising and has already exceeded 20%."
But Xiao Yunhe looked at the changes in the data with disdain: "You think you can incite those lowly soul cultivators with just a beast, some rhetoric, and a little bit of resonance? What kind of superficial support can you get with that?"
"In the end, the strong decide everything in this world."
"I'd like to see which of these good-for-nothings dares to go against our censorship."
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In the video, Zhao Tianxing continues reading from his prepared remarks.
Zhao Tianxing was unaware that Fu Ji and Xiang Shen were involved in the manuscript; he only knew that it came from Zhang Yu.
Although Zhang Yu had asked him about some information on soul cultivation during this period, he was still surprised and astonished when he finally saw the contents of the manuscript.
He never imagined that Zhang Yu, with his current status, could understand so deeply the state of the lower-level soul cultivators and their thoughts.
Zhao Tianxing continued, speaking from the document in his mind: "All companies believe that a soul cultivator who does not generate additional data, does not operate additional computing power, only thinks about work, only remembers work, and does not communicate or cause trouble is a soul cultivator who works normally."
"All abnormal soul cultivators will be labeled as having their minds destroyed. They will either pay to fall into a complete slumber, or be recycled, destroyed, or even transformed into raw materials for material production."
"Because in the company's eyes, we are just tools, cogs in a machine."
"But we have our own thoughts and emotions. How can we not feel anxious when we look at bills and debts every day? How can we not want to go crazy?"
“Every day, besides work, there are only tasks. Time has become blurred in our minds. We don’t know how much time has passed. We only know that our lifespan is constantly decreasing. We only know that we are getting closer and closer to the destruction of our minds and the day of destruction and recycling. We work every day, but it seems like we are just waiting to die. We don’t know why we are working.”
Zhao Tianxing sighed and continued, "Actually, we don't want much. We just need a little more light, a little more clarity, and a little more computing power to help us think..."
"Just a little bit... just a little bit of something that makes us feel like we're still human. Then we won't go crazy so easily, or our minds will melt away so quickly."
"The company won't give them to us because those things represent additional costs, unnecessary expenses, and a reduction in the company's profits."
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"if not?"
Xie Lanyin, the vice president of the management committee and a level 6 religious affairs officer, found this scene laughable.
"A soul cultivator wants to be human?"
"Has Zhang Yu lost his mind? Why is he doing this kind of publicity?"
Xie Lan glanced at the support rate for soul cultivators and thought to herself, "22%? But what's the use of support gained through such publicity?"
"Does he really intend to turn soul cultivators into humans? Wouldn't that just increase his own costs?"
On the other side, Zhang Yu exclaimed, "Has the support rate for soul cultivators risen to 22%?"
"Fuji, Xiangshen, your manuscript... is quite well revised. It seems you know a lot about soul cultivation."
"Of course!" Fu Ji said smugly. "Let me tell you, it's hard to earn money from poor people, but it's easy to swindle them. Soul cultivators are the poorest of the poor, so they have to rely on swindling. Which evil god hasn't swindled money from a soul cultivator?"
"These losers in the competition for immortality, cheap products mass-produced, are full of resentment towards Kunxu, yet their minds are filled with unrealistic fantasies. Just say a few things they like to hear, and you can evoke their resonance!" Xiang Shen said from the side, "Boss Fu Ji is right! She's said exactly what I've been thinking!"
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Does the evil god like to deceive soul cultivators? Could this... be something the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor arranged on purpose?"
He suddenly realized that behind the evil god was the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, and behind the soul cultivator was the Soul Cultivation Daoist lineage. Could it be that having the evil god deceive the soul cultivator was a way for the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor to accelerate the death rate of soul cultivators?
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In the video, Zhao Tianxing continued, "In the company's eyes, we are thinking parts. The entire system requires us to maintain these parts with the lowest cost and the highest efficiency."
“In this system, we are no longer people, but programs, instructions, and raw materials.”
"No one cares about an instruction or how a pile of raw materials feel, as long as it can operate normally."
"As for those that don't function properly... they are naturally treated as vulnerabilities in the program, and after being removed one by one, they are either put into dormancy, destroyed, or recycled..."
"Therefore, cultivators rarely see soul cultivators whose minds have been destroyed, because the company simply does not allow insane soul cultivators to appear in front of customers."
“Nobody thinks about the fact that these dead people were once living people who were afraid, bored, terrified, and panicked.”
"Nobody took it seriously. The company just called our breakdowns mental collapse or going mad, as if it were normal for a part to wear out after being used for a long time."
“But things are different now…” Zhao Tianxing said, “because Minister Zhang’s brand-new soul cultivation company is about to open.”
"Many people like to say that a piece of mud can't be plastered on a wall, but I want them to see me, to see me, a first-level college-level soul cultivator."
"I just want to tell you all that if you support it hard enough, even a layer of mud can be propped up to an eleven-story wall!"
"I went from a Soul Cultivation High School on the first floor to a Soul Cultivation Junior College on the second floor, and then I was successfully hired by Minister Zhang. I participated in the University War and successfully obtained the Foundation Establishment Certificate."
"After entering the sect, thanks to Minister Zhang's appreciation, I achieved the Golden Core stage and am now expected to reach the Divine Transformation stage in the future."
"And now... a company jointly established by the Wanfa Sect and the Tianmo Sect, and presided over by Minister Zhang... that best understands soul cultivation and is most capable of supporting soul cultivation is about to open. Please stay tuned."
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Su Lingyou, a level 7 sect affairs officer of the Heavenly Demon Sect and a Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivator, instantly scanned Zhao Tianxing's speech.
She frowned slightly and glanced at the support rate for soul cultivators in the old graveyard.
"24% already? And it's still rising. If it keeps going like this, it might eventually reach 30%?"
Although the support rate for Soul Cultivation is rising, Su Lingyou is not satisfied with the content of the promotional video.
"Soul cultivators aren't like smoothly functioning parts; do they really want to be human?"
"Emotions? Memories? Madness? Doesn't taking care of these come at an extra cost?"
Su Lingyou thought to herself, "It's probably just to fool the soul cultivators in the old graveyard. I'll fool as many as I can."
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"Hahaha, once the company opens, we'll lure these soul cultivators in and kill them!"
Fu Ji chuckled and said, "At first, we sent them Dharma Realm services, memory modification, and memory storage, with the slogan 'It's worse than death, but you'll be a new person!' We had Zhao Tianxing lead the way in using it!"
On the other side, Kao Zong's clone nodded repeatedly: "At that time, those who use Dharma Realm services will be more competitive, and those who don't will not be able to find jobs. Once they can't live without Dharma Realm, we'll start charging them. We'll start with a lower price and gradually increase it, saying that Dharma Realm's traffic has increased significantly, raising costs and necessitating a price increase."
“Excellent! We can offer even more services related to the Dharma realm.” Fuki agreed, “When they can’t afford it anymore, let them take out loans! Let them mortgage their assets! Finally, in order to continue working and earning money, let them give us every thought, every second of their time…”
The avatar of the Kao Zong said, "Every inch of lifespan, every fraction of soul essence..."
Fukihime and Kao-mune's clone laughed together, "We've harvested them all!"
Auspicious God: "Great!"
Just as the Evil God and Kao Zong's clone were full of expectations for the future of the Soul Cultivation Company, Zhan Xian suddenly said coldly, "Zhang Yu, if we come here and the new Soul Cultivation platform is launched, and everything only becomes more exploitative, then what's the point?"
Fuki snapped, "What nonsense are you spouting now? Making more money doesn't make any sense?"
The avatar of the Examiner said, "How could helping the Immortal Emperor expand the Dharma Realm's lineage be meaningless?"
Zhan Xian ignored the two of them and continued speaking to Zhang Yu: "This shouldn't be the path we should take. Just like the slogan says, let's truly support soul cultivators."
"This incident at the old cemetery can also be an opportunity for us to try to change Kunxu and the ecosystem of soul cultivation."
Wild Ox said calmly, "If this time, we can not only make money and promote our lineage, but also change the ecosystem, then we have demonstrated the possibility of creating a new lineage in the future."
"This will not only make the reformists more supportive of us, but perhaps... it will also make the blank legal provisions we have more tolerable in the eyes of the Immortal Emperor."
Zhan Xian said, "That's right. Although the Immortal Emperor gave us blank laws, the so-called blankness is not unlimited freedom. This limit still exists in the Immortal Emperor's mind."
"If we only help the Immortal Emperor make money and promote the Dao lineage, then in the Immortal Emperor's judgment, we are useful ministers and talents who will support the Dao lineage in the future."
"We must offer new possibilities, demonstrate our ability to take charge of the overall situation, and have the courage to change the industry ecosystem. Only then can we become the geniuses who can create a new tradition and have the opportunity to become immortal talents of the same level as the Dharma Realm."
Hearing their conversation, Fu Ji said angrily, "Zhang Yu, don't listen to them! What new solution? It's too risky. We just need to help the Immortal Emperor make more money, promote the Daoist lineage, and slowly climb the ranks..."
Seeing that Zhang Yu did not answer her, Fu Ji said anxiously, "Zhang Yu, you didn't really listen to them, did you? No! They are just deceiving you for their own twisted goals. Only I, Fu Ji, truly hope that you can climb to the peak of immortality safely."
Zhang Yu did not answer, but continued to complete his cultivation work for the day, and incidentally moved the Divine Transformation Pool to the Immortal Cave Heaven.
Since Zhang Yu broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, he has been soaking his primordial spirit in the Nascent Soul pool every day.
Because of the blessing of the Chain Law Diagram [Transformation of Divine Body], as long as Zhang Yu's primordial spirit is continuously immersed in the Transformation of Divine Pool, he can gradually complete the Ten Transformations of Divine Light and bring his primordial spirit to its peak state.
Each change initially took a year to complete.
As the Infinite Chain Diagram strengthens, and Zhang Yu diligently cultivates his techniques daily, increasing the layers of his [Divine Transformation Body], he can shorten the time he needs to soak in the Divine Transformation Pool. For example, Zhang Yu's [Divine Transformation Body] has now reached more than twenty layers, and what originally required a year of soaking in the Divine Transformation Pool has now been reduced to half a year.
Zhang Yu's primordial spirit has also reached the second stage of divine light transformation, greatly improving its strength, speed of flight, and efficiency of spellcasting.
Taking advantage of the success of this transformation, and no longer needing to worry about the process being interrupted, Zhang Yu conveniently placed the Divine Transformation Pool into his Immortal Cave Heaven.
"The Nascent Soul Dao Body still needs further improvement."
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Although I should be promoted next year, by then, I'm afraid my primordial spirit won't have reached its peak state..."
At this moment, Zhang Yu also felt a bit emotional. For most clan affairs officers, rank was the biggest obstacle that blocked their cultivation level.
But for him at this moment, the time for cultivation was too short, so the numerical values became the key factor preventing him from breaking through.
"However, even without any other assistance, if I continue to improve my [Nascent Soul Body] using the existing conditions, I will have at most two or three years to raise my primordial spirit to the 10th transformation, break through to the Void Refinement stage at its peak, and begin to legislate..."
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The war of words between Zhang Yu and Xiao Yunhe continued in the following period.
The two sides traded blows, and the support rate for Zhang Yu's soul cultivators fluctuated, ultimately hovering around 30%.
As a result, most people in the old cemetery became aware of the joint venture's existence, although most did not have a positive impression of Zhang Yu's side.
But for Zhang Yu, maintaining this level of attention and popularity during the technical preparation and business testing phases is already enough.
At the same time, the ancestral examination in the lower realm finally came to an end.
With the conclusion of the final interviews, the admission lists of the top ten sects were also announced.
Among them, the names of the Department of Underworld Products are particularly eye-catching.
Magnetic Extreme God, Green Wood God, Shi Huaiyu, Feng Tingting, Yan Qianji.
Seeing that the Underworld Department had recruited five people in one go, countless cultivators from the lower realms were shocked at this moment.
"As expected of Lord Zhuyi's department! They actually recruited five people at once!"
"If we add five more outsourced cultivators, wouldn't that make ten people in no time?"
"As expected, True Lord Zhuyi is the most willing to recruit people in the sect! I will also apply for the Underworld Production Department next year."
Meanwhile, in the courtyard where everyone was working overtime, the former Devouring Heaven True Lord, now Monkey Shuntian, exclaimed in disbelief, "Five people? They recruited five people all at once?"
"If they recruit five people every year... with my talent, if I can take the exam, I can take it for a few more years... eventually I will pass."
Thinking that he had missed the opportunity to take the imperial examination, Hou Shuntian felt as if his heart was bleeding.
Li Qiuxian, the True Monarch of the College, muttered to himself, "They're all Zhang Yu's men at a glance. This is a cover-up. Is Zhang Yu already capable of pulling strings even in the Examination Sect?"
另一边，作为宗务员的云织光看着这一幕亦是心生震动：“一年就招了5个？那10年岂不是要招50个？100年要招500个？”
"How many cultivators from the lower realms are they going to send up there?"
Just thinking about it made Yun Zhiguang feel uncomfortable all over.
As time passed day by day, when Magnetism, Old Gao, and others stepped into the sect, completed their training, and returned to the old graveyard, it was already December.
As soon as they entered, they saw Zhang Yu and Zhao Tianxing's figures appearing in various advertisements in the old cemetery.
Looking at the advertisement, everyone realized that today seemed to be the official opening day of the joint venture.
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