Chapter 863
They're all my brothers
Chapter 863 They're all my brothers (Seeking monthly votes)
This time, the cultivators who came to the old graveyard from the lower realm included five people: Ciji, Qingmu, Shi Huaiyu, Feng Tingting, and Yan Qianji, who passed the sect examination and were officially recruited into the Underworld Department as Level 1 sect affairs officers. There were also eight outsourced cultivators: Tu Lishan, Ying Xin, Xiao Qingxuan, Mo Shangjin, Bei Wufeng, and Jin Jun.
Five of the outsourced positions were filled by the five members of Magnetism, while three of the outsourced positions were filled by Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan, and Ye Xingli.
Originally, Bei Wufeng and Jin Jun were not in Yu Xinghan's plan, since he wanted to recruit more civil engineers.
However, in just two or three months of the exam, Bei Wufeng and Jin Jun managed to learn ten years' worth of knowledge about the Civil Engineering Department and mastered several of its techniques.
Bei Wufeng: "The reason why students in the Weapon Forging Department chose Weapon Forging is simply because it was a top-tier major with better conditions. Choosing Weapon Forging doesn't mean we can only forge weapons, but rather that we are among the best in our class. If we were to switch to Civil Engineering, we could still become the best civil engineers."
Jin Jun: "That's right. Now that we're cultivating both weapon crafting and civil engineering, with these two disciplines complementing each other, our future potential is sure to be even higher!"
Whether it was Yu Xinghan, Qingmu, or Ciji, they all had to admit that Bei Wufeng and Jin Jun's statements and actions were very reasonable.
As someone skilled in both weapon crafting and civil engineering, Feng Tingting also deeply understands this.
So Bei Wufeng and Jin Jun were eventually recruited into the outsourcing team.
After undergoing the sect's examination and training, Ying Xin, Bei Wufeng, and others gained a certain understanding of the sect's situation.
But at this moment, when they arrived at the old cemetery and saw Zhang Yu and Zhao Tianxing in the advertisement, they were still surprised and astonished.
Especially Zhao Tianxing!
This soul cultivator, who graduated from a junior college, has now become the spokesperson for a soul cultivation company, appearing in various soul cultivation company advertisements and promoting the opening of the joint venture with Zhang Yu.
Everyone had already heard a lot about Zhang Yu's recent situation from Ciji and Qingmu, and they already had some understanding of Zhang Yu's status in the old graveyard.
They knew that even after this former top college student joined the sect, he still displayed his brilliance, achieving remarkable results along the way and attracting the attention of the higher-ups. He had a bright future ahead of him, and the prospect of reaching the Dao Refinement Realm was just around the corner.
But Zhao Tianxing? A soul cultivator who only got a bachelor's degree through a junior college program? How could he manage to thrive in the sect?
Magnetism thought to itself, "He carried a high school classmate who was a soul cultivator all the way from level 1 to level 11. He must be worn smooth by now. This kid is too sentimental."
On the other side, Jin Jun thought to himself, "This is all thanks to Minister Zhang's support. He can elevate even a college graduate to such a level. If we become religious affairs officers in the future and receive Minister Zhang's support... how high will we be promoted?"
Tulishan sighed, "The path to immortality is the path of transportation. Zhang Yu has already progressed from transporting himself to transporting others, and can even transport us from the lower realms to our sect."
With anticipation and excitement, everyone arrived at the Department of Underworld Affairs' newest office building in the old cemetery.
The arrival of their group of 13 attracted the attention of many cultivators, and became the subject of rumors circulating in the spirit world.
"A new clan affairs officer? Another one who passed the exam in the lower realms? And those outsourced workers, were they brought up from the lower realms too?"
“These cultivators from the lower realms, if we’re not careful… their numbers will increase rapidly. If even one of them manages to come up, he’ll eventually bring a whole bunch of them with him. If this continues, the Underworld Department will probably be entirely made up of cultivators from the lower realms.”
"The power of the beast gang is really growing..."
Magnetism and the others were led to a conference room, where they saw a wisp of Zhang Yu's thought, which instantly transformed into a projection and landed on them with a smile: "Teacher Magnetism, Teacher Gao, you've finally arrived."
The arrival of the magnetic poles allows Zhang Yu to continue upgrading the level of [Heavenly Craftsmanship], and with Ye Xingli's [Spiritual Essence Artifact Core], he can further improve the level of the production line and laboratory within the Immortal Cave.
The arrival of Lao Gao will allow Zhang Yu to monitor the construction sites in the development zone, freeing him from some of the management committee's affairs and enabling him to focus more on the soul cultivation industry.
After greeting the two teachers, Zhang Yu looked at Ying Xin, Bei Wufeng, and the others and said, "Everyone, the development zone and the joint venture are in dire need of personnel right now. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
As he spoke, Zhang Yu had already opened a light screen: "Today happens to be the opening day of the joint venture company. Let's watch this live broadcast first. It will help you understand the current situation and my work focus going forward."
In the live stream, Zhang Yu and Zhao Tianxing were promoting the application of Dharma Realm technology in the soul cultivation industry.
"With the support of the Dharma Realm technology, all kinds of memories can be rapidly transferred within the mind of a soul cultivator."
"Want to submit a resume? Realize you lack professional knowledge? Download the app with one click from Dharma Realm."
"High cost of soul cultivation replacement? Reduced efficiency during handover? The Dharma Realm can package work memories with one click, making work handover easy with zero barriers."
In the live broadcast room, Zhang Yu spoke eloquently: "In order to reduce the risk of the soul cultivators' minds being destroyed, the Wanfa Sect and the Tianmo Sect have joined forces to develop a working memory cloud storage module using the most cutting-edge immortal technology."
"Working memory can be created or removed at will."
"When you're working, you're an elite soul cultivator with rich experience and top-notch professional knowledge."
"Outside of work hours, you are a free soul who has forgotten all work memories, all the troubles, frustrations, and boredom of work, and has never worked!"
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Looking at the content in the live broadcast room, Xie Lanyin, the vice president of the management committee, was shocked: "The Dharma Realm? They are actually secretly preparing to use the Dharma Realm technology to influence the soul cultivation industry of the old cemetery?"
"All along, the joint venture's secret preparations have concealed the fact that it was blessed by the Dharma Realm technology, clearly in order to catch us off guard when it officially opens."
Xie Lanyin's mind raced: "Does the Myriad Laws Sect want to take this opportunity... to expand its Dharma Realm here?"
"Even the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor agreed? In order to quell the internal factions within the Heavenly Demon Sect and personally seize the profits from the soul cultivation industry, he's actually willing to support the expansion of the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor's Dharma Realm?"
At that moment, a warning bell rang in Xie Lanyin's heart.
Because she realized... from this moment on, the intensity of the struggle in the old cemetery escalated once again.
If what was originally just a confrontation between highly intelligent artifact spirits and soul cultivators, as well as competition within the soul cultivators themselves, then from this moment on... a Dao struggle related to the Dharma Realm has also been introduced, and it has even attracted the attention of the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor and the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor.
Watching Zhang Yu still talking animatedly in the live stream, Xie Lan thought to herself, "This kid... he's really not afraid of death, voluntarily getting himself involved in this intense Dao struggle."
The next moment, Xie Lanyin immediately contacted Xiao Yunhe, wanting to know his next move.
"President Xiao, has your Heavenly Demon Sect decided to support the Myriad Laws Sect in expanding its Dharma Realm here?"
Xiao Yunhe's face showed no surprise or fluctuation as he calmly said, "Vice President Xie, regarding the joint venture and the support of the Dharma Realm technology... although we do not support it, we also find it difficult to directly oppose it."
Although Xiao Yunhe was surprised by the introduction of the Dharma Realm technology, he was not entirely unprepared.
As soon as he learned about the joint venture, Xiao Yunhe considered all the worst-case scenarios in light of the current situation of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the Dharma Realm was one of them.
“This Immortal Emperor of our sect… even the Dharma Realm supports him. It seems he is truly determined to change the landscape of the Soul Cultivation lineage and suppress the Immortal Venerable of Calamity.”
"But what if an Immortal Emperor blocks my path to immortality? Will I simply avoid his sharp edge?"
“Since I have upheld the lineage of Immortal Venerable Du’e, then I believe Immortal Venerable Du’e should be the master of the Heavenly Demon Sect and become the new Immortal Emperor.”
As Xiao Yunhe watched Zhang Yu in the live stream, the image of Bu Yingshu appeared in his mind.
He knew that Zhang Yu, a fourth-level clan affairs officer, wouldn't dare to participate in a Daoist dispute of this magnitude. He probably didn't even understand the meaning of his own actions.
In Xiao Yunhe's view, only Bu Yingshu behind Zhang Yu could have the courage and determination to lead the escalation of the Daoist struggle.
“Bu Yingshu, since you want to escalate the Dao competition, let’s add fuel to the fire and see who can’t hold on any longer.”
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Inside the live stream, Zhao Tianxing said from the side, "Boss! There's still the first day mode."
“By the way, we need to focus on this.” Zhang Yu said seriously, “The so-called First Day Model is a key project of the company that I have been paying close attention to. This stems from some of my own experiences, which have made me always pay attention to the health, mental state, and risk of mental fusion of soul cultivators.” “Because I have always treated every soul cultivator under my command as my own brother.”
"Like Zhao Tianxing, who's right next to me, and Mo Tianyi, Hu Yuntao..."
As one soul cultivator after another appeared, Zhang Yu introduced their origins: "These are all soul cultivators from the second level, or even the first level. They are all my good brothers."
"I wouldn't have been able to get to where I am today without the support of these good brothers."
"The reason I've always kept them by my side is because I would never abandon any of my brothers. Of course, those who don't work hard and don't fight alongside me are not my good brothers."
As Zhang Yu spoke, he thought to himself that if he had said these words on Earth, he would probably have been criticized by many people.
But if you say it here in Kunxu, everyone will take it for granted.
After all, in the eyes of these Kunxu cultivators, those who do not work hard and fight are not even worthy of living, let alone being brothers.
Zhang Yu continued, "But after long hours of high-intensity work, many of our brothers are at risk of mental breakdown."
“Back when I was on the second floor of Kunxu, I saw that the soul cultivators I hired were at risk of mental destruction due to long hours of high-intensity work, and eventually had to put themselves into a deep sleep… From that time on, I hoped that one day I could change the living environment of soul cultivators.”
"So after establishing the joint venture, I immediately sought out experts in the relevant immortal techniques from the Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, and ultimately developed the First Day Model..."
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In the spirit world, countless soul cultivators watching the live stream were shocked.
This is the first time in many years that a sect leader has publicly acknowledged the contributions of a soul cultivator during a live broadcast, and even recognized a soul cultivator as a brother.
Meanwhile, watching Zhang Yu's narration, Su Lingyou from the Heavenly Demon Sect thought to herself, "Telling a story?"
But after looking at the feedback in the spirit world and seeing the support rate of the soul cultivators soaring towards 35%, Su Lingyou had to admit that this rhetoric was very effective for the soul cultivators.
"After all, soul cultivators... have always been regarded as tools, ignored and neglected, and severely lacking in a sense of identity."
Su Lingyou understood the reasoning behind it, but she never cared. After all, who cares about the moods of the tools under her command? If efficiency drops, just replace them.
"However, this approach might be somewhat useful in the upcoming competition within the soul cultivation industry, especially when it comes to grabbing soul cultivators."
On the other side, Fu Ji nodded repeatedly as she watched Zhang Yu's performance: "Well said, Zhang Yu! That's how it should be! We don't need to really treat these soul cultivators as human beings, we just need to make them think that we treat them as human beings."
"Trick those soul cultivators into coming here! These guys are usually trampled on like dirt, but now that you, a powerful sect affairs officer, are saying things they want to hear, won't you make them ecstatic?!"
Xiang Shen sighed, "How can these soul cultivators believe such a simple lie?"
Fu Ji said, "If they weren't so easy to fool, how could they have fallen to this state? Apart from being poor, soul cultivators are the best targets for fraud. They are the best kind of trash, the first-rate fools, selected through layers of screening in Kunxu."
The auspicious god asked, "If you have no money... you can't squeeze much out of them even if you cheat them, right?"
Fuki said, "They may not have money, but they can take out loans or sell themselves."
Xiang Shen repeatedly praised, "Boss Fu Ji, you are indeed a model evil god, a quasi-evil god king. My research on the soul cultivation ecology of Kunxu is far inferior to yours."
Fuki chuckled and said, "Do you even need to tell me? Just follow me and learn properly."
At the same time, Xiang Shen thought to himself, "Heh, you fool. You've been relegated to the lowest level in Zhang Yu's mind for so long that you're overjoyed at the slightest kind of praise. Watch how I slowly take control of you and make you the number one evil god in Zhang Yu's mind."
"Heh, what an idiot." Fu Ji thought to herself, "Xiangzi thinks he can control me just by praising me? Little does he know, I just need someone to bolster my position and increase my influence in Zhang Yu's mind."
"After all, the intensity of the struggle for the Dao will increase, and Zhang Yu's control over various policies related to the soul cultivation industry has reached a critical moment."
"We must harvest this batch of soul cultivators. We cannot allow guys like Huangniu and Zhanxian to distort Zhang Yu's will and lead him to a dead end like Yingxintian."
"To save Zhang Yu, to make him repent and reform, to stabilize the situation in the Daoist struggle, to prevent the intensity of the struggle from escalating further, to save the lives of so many people in my mind, to prevent the collapse of the great edifice—at this moment… only I, Fu Ji, can do it!!"
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At the same time, Zhang Yu in the live broadcast room continued: "The so-called first day mode is to filter the memory transmission so that when the soul cultivator is working, he always thinks that today is his first day of work, and all his work memories come from the previous person's package."
"In this way, Soul Cultivators can complete their work with the healthiest mindset and the most positive spirit, enabling the company to achieve maximum efficiency."
"For soul cultivators, it can also reduce the boredom of work, lower mental stress, and reduce the risk of mental annihilation, allowing every soul cultivator to have a longer lifespan!"
"But I know that's not enough."
"Many soul cultivators live day to day, where would they find extra immortal coins to buy services from the Dharma Realm?"
"Therefore, I've decided... to offer a discount!"
Zhao Tianxing, who was standing nearby, asked, "Minister, do you want a discount?"
Zhang Yu shook his head: "I've decided to offer all Soul Cultivators who come to our company for a job a free basic Dharma Realm service."
Zhao Tianxing asked nervously, "Minister, the cost of providing services through the legal system is so high, how many days do you plan to deliver them?"
Seeing Zhang Yu hold up one finger, Zhao Tianxing asked, "One day?"
Seeing Zhang Yu shake his head, Mo Tianyi said, "One month?"
Zhang Yu firmly stated, "One year! I will provide a year of basic Dharma Realm services! All soul cultivators can use the First Day Mode for free for one year!"
Zhao Tianxing exclaimed in surprise, "No way, Minister! If we give it to you for a year, we'll go bankrupt!"
Zhang Yu calmly said, "No need to say anything, Zhao Tianxing. Have you forgotten that there are many brothers in the old graveyard who, like you, have suffered greatly?"
"Do you think no one tried to dissuade me? When I announced the news at the meeting, someone told me I couldn't send it."
“Yu Xinghan, the deputy minister of the Department of Funeral Products, told me that if we continued to send them, we would lose money and the joint venture would go bankrupt. He knelt down and begged me not to send them.”
“I said no. I told him I would give it away, and I would also give him a year of free basic Dharma Realm services. We will keep giving it away to new Soul Cultivation brothers, and keep giving it away until the Soul Cultivation brothers get used to it, until our competitors come to beg me to stop giving it away.”
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Watching Zhang Yu's live stream, Ciji couldn't help but ask, "Is this to seize the market? With such huge discounts, won't the higher-ups have something to say?"
Ciji knew that the sect was extremely sensitive to any concessions. She worried that if the joint venture suffered losses, Zhang Yu would be reprimanded by his superiors.
Zhang Yu's projection explained, "No problem, teacher. This is not just a simple market competition, but also an effort to expand the Dharma lineage."
“Once it involves a struggle for power, it’s normal to spend any amount of money.”
"For a Celestial Emperor, promoting the Dharma Realm is to enhance his own lineage. Even if it costs money and results in the early stages, it is acceptable as long as the results are visible."
With the official opening of the joint venture and Zhang Yu's announcement of offering a year's worth of free basic services in the Dharma Realm, it was as if a storm had been stirred up in an old graveyard.
(End of this chapter)