Chapter 864
The Interdependence and Mutual Restraint of Daoist Lineages and Sects
Chapter 864 The Interdependence and Mutual Restraint of Daoist Lineages and Sects (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
At this moment, Ye Xingli is broadcasting in place of Zhang Yu in the live stream room.
After all, Zhang Yu is busy with other matters every day and cannot spend all his time in the live broadcast room promoting products.
Ye Xingli herself has extensive experience in live streaming with backward compatibility, and she has delegated all her financial work to Yingxin, so she has the ability and time to take charge of the live streaming room.
Ye Xingli said, "Welcome to all the newcomers! You can follow the streamer. I'll start a giveaway when we reach 1,000 followers."
"Babies, the benefits I've been fighting for with Minister Zhang for so long have finally been approved! Now, everyone just needs to log in to the platform and forward the invitation link. For every new user you successfully invite to register, you'll receive one month of free basic Dharma Realm services."
Although she hadn't done much live streaming within the sect before, Ye Xingli gradually became familiar with and adapted to the work in the live streaming room after these few days of operation.
She even had a feeling that the soul cultivators in the old graveyard were not much different from the college students below, and were often easier to satisfy.
"Anyway, the main focus is on the lower-tier market."
Ye Xingli thought to herself, "The status of soul cultivators in sects is even lower than that of junior college students in universities. They are no longer poor, but penniless."
"Even those who can watch my live stream are already among the better-off soul cultivators... The lowest-level soul cultivators have almost no chance to watch my live stream; they can only read secondhand text messages that others forward or copy."
"The rhetoric I learned from the Poor Man Simulator needs to be modified appropriately. To incorporate the specific circumstances of soul cultivators at the sect level, it needs to be transformed into a Poor Man Simulator."
Ye Xingli planned to borrow the computing power of the computing pool from Zhang Yu and use her spirit world technology to set up a simple localized poor ghost simulator to assist with her work.
In order to do this, she also needs to collect information she doesn't know from time to time through the spirit world.
"Tianwen Star, give me some words that will make soul cultivators feel closer to you."
Tianwenxing: Judging from our past conversations, this user is a sect affairs officer, currently searching for cases of sect affairs officers and soul cultivators getting close... I can hardly believe what I'm reading. Perhaps the user is teasing me, seeking amusement. In my reply...
On the other side, Fu Ji watched Ye Xingli's live stream and nodded slightly: "Ye Xingli did a good job. Or rather, these soul cultivators in the Old Graveyard have been treated like dirt for so long that they can be easily moved by a few calls of 'baby' from the sect affairs officer."
While supervising the construction, Fu Ji thought smugly, "Hmph, what are you, Immortal Slayer and Wild Ox? What can you do besides stay in Zhang Yu's head and chatter away all your lives? Can you work for Zhang Yu outside like I do?"
Suddenly, Fuki's gaze sharpened as she looked at several comments in the live stream.
"Ye Xingli is a liar!"
"Who are you kidding?"
"She's been swindling money from college students in the lower realms!"
"Thank goodness I didn't go to college, it scared me to death."
"Hahaha, a college graduate? Then he deserves to be scammed."
Seeing this, Fu Ji snorted coldly and quickly said to Zhang Yu, "Another online troll attack has come. Luckily, I reacted quickly, gave some guidance to the soul cultivators set up in the live stream, guided the comments to fool them, and then blocked and banned the online trolls."
"An online army?" Zhang Yu's eyes flickered, and countless images flashed through his mind: news and data from the management committee, the development zone, the Soul Cultivation Company, and the joint venture.
This reveals that major soul cultivation companies are attacking the joint venture's application in the legal realm through public opinion.
"Manipulating memory data poses a significant threat to data security. Is it really safe to store employees' memory data in the open like this?"
"The Dharma Realm Technology is essentially creating a backdoor in the body of a soul cultivator, allowing the Myriad Dharma Sect to interfere in the affairs of other sects at any time."
"The expansion of the Dharma Realm's lineage will greatly affect the foundation of the major sects! It may even trigger a war among the ten major sects. I hope that the Myriad Dharma Sect will immediately stop this dangerous move for the sake of peace in Kunxu."
From data security to sect security to the threat of war, various forms of public opinion pressure came crashing down on the joint venture and Zhang Yu.
Compared to this, the online attacks that Ye Xingli was currently facing were insignificant.
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"President, Zhang Yu and his group are throwing money at users! Although we've tried our best to block them, some soul cultivators still jumped into the trap Zhang Yu and his group dug for a pittance, letting the Dharma Realm reap the rewards in the future. It's incredibly short-sighted..."
"Alas, it is a small matter that they themselves are harvested, but it is a crime that they deserve to die for affecting the overall situation of the Daoist tradition."
As Xiao Yunhe looked at his assistant's report, he suddenly frowned, as if his mind had sensed some information in the spirit world that he had marked.
He reached out and grabbed a soul cultivator outside the office in his hand.
At the same time, his gaze swept across the area and he saw Ye Xingli in the Soul Cultivation Vision, as well as the invitation link that had just been sent out.
"How dare you! Register right under my nose? And even invite new users?"
"Do you think that just because I don't usually give soul cultivators a second glance, I can't sense what you've been doing?"
Xiao Yunhe snorted coldly and reached out to sweep his hand toward the soul cultivator in front of him.
"Seize their business!"
In an instant, the job information above the other person's head was completely stripped away, and they were instantly dismissed, becoming an unemployed soul cultivator.
The soul cultivator screamed, "Unemployed? I'm unemployed? No way! I haven't even paid my data plan for today! And I am..."
The many soul cultivators and sect members who witnessed this scene were deeply shaken.
Xiao Yunhe didn't give the soul cultivator a chance to continue speaking. He simply reached out and made a gesture. A loud boom resounded in the spirit realm, and a ban list appeared before everyone. A chilling aura swept over them, causing many sect officials to feel fear.
"Ban!"
The next moment, Xiao Yunhe reached out and pulled out a cluster of personal information of the soul cultivator, which was then directly added to the blacklist.
The soul cultivator let out a miserable scream and vanished into thin air, disappearing from everyone's sight.
Once he was placed on the blacklist, this soul cultivator not only disappeared from Xiao Yunhe's sight, but also from the sight of all the related companies and enterprises of the Old Alliance. They could neither see his existence nor his information, nor could they communicate with him.
In the eyes of the soul cultivators, all cultivators related to Xiao Yunhe and the Old Alliance became beings that could not be seen, touched, or communicated with.
From now on, he will no longer be able to find work through any of the companies in the Old Alliance.
The soul cultivator said unwillingly, "It was the manager who made me take the test! It wasn't that I really wanted to register!"
Xiao Yunhe waved his hand, dispersing the descending ban list, and then said calmly, "These poor devils don't understand the big picture. We still need to be ruthless to make them understand what is right and what is wrong."
"Send today's censorship process to all levels of government, order all soul cultivators to watch it collectively, and then submit a three-thousand-word reflection."
The assistant knew this was a warning to others, a way to strictly prevent any soul cultivators from registering at Zhang Yu's joint venture, so he quickly agreed.
Then the assistant reminded him, "President, most soul cultivators probably wouldn't dare to risk being banned to register, but some soul cultivators, especially those from the Myriad Laws Sect, might be swayed by Zhang Yu and hear some declarations of loyalty to their sect, and still insist on going to Zhang Yu's side."
"There are also some dead souls who can't find jobs and have nowhere else to turn, and they'll probably be attracted there too."
"In this way, although Zhang Yu doesn't recruit many soul cultivators each day, it's a steady stream of income. If this continues, I'm afraid..."
Xiao Yunhe waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, they won't last long."
"The decision from above... should be coming down soon."
"Hmph, this involves a struggle for the Dao, how could it be swayed by the will of a mere group of soul cultivators?"
"Zhang Yu is, after all, from the lower realm, and his vision and understanding of the Dao struggle are too shallow."
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Zhang Yu could see that despite the constant pressure from public opinion and the ongoing ban from the Old Alliance, the number of newly registered users of the joint venture continued to grow thanks to the recent waves of publicity, the attractiveness of features such as Working Memory and Day 1 Mode supported by the legal community, and the lure of a free year of basic service and a free month of basic service for inviting new users.
"It just so happens that it's almost the end of the year, and many soul cultivator positions within the Myriad Laws Sect are being gradually filled by new soul cultivators. These vacant positions can be continuously provided to us so that we can supply soul cultivators."
Although the joint venture had previously signed strategic cooperation agreements with the Wanfa Immortal Clan and many companies and departments of the Wanfa Sect, the replacement of soul cultivators in various places still had to be done step by step, and it was impossible to replace all the existing soul cultivators all at once.
However, this was just right for Zhang Yu, since the joint venture had only just begun operating and they could only hire a limited number of soul cultivators.
"The number of job openings and the number of soul cultivators are both increasing gradually, which is just the right time to slowly erode the market."
A month has passed since the opening. Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the latest number of registered users and the company's business volume, and he could estimate that the joint venture's market share had exceeded 2%. The data may not seem high, but it represents a qualitative change from nothing, signifying that the Wanfa Sect has officially established itself in the soul cultivation industry of the old graveyard.
Fuki said, "When I wrote the report, I couldn't just say it was a simple 2% breakthrough. It was from a level that was less than 1%... I look at the data, it was about 0.3%, which was almost nothing, and it has grown to the current 2%, achieving a market growth of a whopping 667%!"
But when Zhang Yu looked at the statistics on the support rate for soul cultivators on the other side, it had already reached 45%.
Such a high approval rating and low market share, besides being due to the joint venture's recent opening, also indicates that many soul cultivators, although wanting to try working for the joint venture, dare not come because of the blacklist.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "As long as we can't break through the restrictions, most soul cultivators won't dare to come over. We'll only be able to absorb the soul cultivators of the Love Sect of Ten Thousand Laws, as well as the soul cultivators in the old graveyard who can't find work and have nowhere else to go."
"If there aren't enough soul cultivators, then it's meaningless for us to provide more positions."
Moreover, Zhang Yu understood that relying solely on the Myriad Laws Sect to provide soul cultivation positions was not enough.
After all, among the top ten sects, the Myriad Laws Sect is not a major user of soul cultivation. Even as one of the top three sects, the number of soul cultivation positions does not even rank in the top eight. On the contrary, it has a lot of users of highly intelligent artifact spirits.
Zhang Yu knew that if things continued this way, the joint venture would at most achieve a market share of 5% to 6% in the future.
This would not meet the requirement of the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor's 10% requirement, nor would it allow him to obtain another evil god.
They didn't even meet the 20% requirement of the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor to receive the so-called heavy reward.
This is without even considering the subsequent counterattacks from Xiao Yunhe and others.
For the past month, apart from the media offensive and the blacklist, Xiao Yunhe and the Old Alliance have not made any other moves, which Zhang Yu sees as more like the calm before the storm.
Because he knew that with the intervention of the Myriad Laws Sect, the other side would not remain silent. The current calm only meant that the other side was still preparing some kind of fierce attack.
Just then, a thunderous message exploded in the spirit world, instantly shaking every force in the old graveyard.
"Today, the White Bone Cult and the Netherworld Palace announced that they will add the Myriad Souls Workshop and its affiliated companies to the ban list."
Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened slightly; Wanhunfang was the registered name of the joint venture. This news also signified that the other side's offensive had suddenly escalated from an industry-wide ban by the numerous soul cultivator enterprises within the old graveyard to a sect-level ban.
"This action is based on information held by the two major sects, and there is reasonable grounds to conclude that Wanhunfang is engaged in activities that violate the 'Sect Safety Law' and the 'Immortal Rights Protection Law'."
"The Hehuan Sect, the Tianyao Sect, and the Danding Sect simultaneously introduced sanctions and followed up by restrictions on the Wanhunfang."
Seeing this, Fu Ji exclaimed in surprise, "The five major sects have joined forces to blockade us? Is it really necessary to be so ruthless?"
Zhanxian said, "This shows that all the major sects attach great importance to the Dharma Realm. Even a slight expansion... has triggered sect-level sanctions."
Kao Zong's clone angrily said, "This is unfair competition! They can't compete with my Wanfa Sect in terms of immortal techniques, so they have to resort to underhanded tactics."
At the same time, the joint blockade by the five major sects has been launched.
A talisman jointly developed by the five major sects is being provided free of charge, and can be used for free wherever the spirit realm covers.
This talisman is called the "Soul Safety Talisman." Once cast, it can detect for free whether there are any traces of artificial alteration to the target's soul cultivator's memory data.
Once a problem is detected, a warning will pop up in front of the user: "High-risk soul vulnerability detected. This soul cultivator poses a serious security risk. Please shut down immediately."
Choosing to immediately block them would cut off all information exchange between oneself and the target soul cultivator. It could even allow an entire department or company to block the soul cultivator.
Looking at these descriptions, Fuki couldn't help but curse, "This is so damn shameless! There are traces of memory manipulation, how can you call it a loophole?"
Xiangzi said, "Yes, that's shameless! Even we evil gods wouldn't wrong someone like that."
Zhang Yu couldn't help but think to himself, "Damn it... are they treating soul cultivators who have used the Dharma Realm Memory Service like a virus?"
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly that while the blessing of the Dharma Realm's technology brought a huge advantage to the joint venture, it also brought a stronger competitor.
Zhan Xian said solemnly, "It's not just about sealing off soul cultivators. This 'Soul Safety Talisman' targets the soul, which means... it can also be used on ordinary people in addition to soul cultivators."
"This is using soul cultivation as an excuse. If it is further escalated in the future, it will be to ban all cultivators who use the Dharma Realm Memory Service."
"The so-called 'sealing off the Myriad Souls Workshop' is actually a pretext to seal off the Dharma Realm, forcing people to choose between two options."
Kao Zong's clone gritted his teeth and said, "How dare they humiliate my Myriad Laws Sect like this? Aren't they afraid of starting a war between sects?"
At that moment, Zhang Yu seemed to see a pair of giant hands descending from the sky, pressing down directly on his head, about to completely crush the entire joint venture.
Zhang Yu understood that with the sanctions imposed by the five major sects, the intensity of this struggle involving the Dharma Realm had surged once again.
What he was more worried about was whether the remaining major sects would also join in the crackdown in order to block the Dharma Realm's lineage.
If that's the case, I'm afraid the joint venture will never be able to break through 10% market share in the old cemetery.
Just then, Jie Lingtong, a Level 7 sect affairs officer in charge of supporting the Dharma realm, sent a message to Zhang Yu: "Minister Zhang, have you seen the joint sanctions imposed by the five major sects?"
In Jie Lingtong's view, the intensity of the struggle for power has surged, and the old cemetery is in constant danger. Only Minister Zhang, whose background is unfathomable, is most likely to understand the higher-ups' thoughts and countermeasures.
Fu Ji said, "Zhang Yu, this is no longer just about the old graveyard; we must consult the Immortal Emperor."
Zhang Yu nodded, and then together with the people in his mind, they wrote another report.
The report first praised the Immortal Emperor and the Dharma Realm, then described the achievements of the joint venture, and then asked the Immortal Emperor of Myriad Laws about the next steps.
This time, the Immortal Emperor of Myriad Laws replied quickly as always, giving Zhang Yu only two words.
"continue."
Upon seeing these two words, Kao Zong's clone exclaimed excitedly, "Did you see that? The Immortal Emperor's permission for us to continue means that everything is still within the Immortal Emperor's plan."
"You were fooled by just two words?" Fu Ji said worriedly, "I'm afraid that the Immortal Emperor is letting us continue while preparing to use us as scapegoats in the end."
Zhang Yu did not answer, but continued to push forward the joint venture's business.
However, following the news of the blockade by the five major sects, the number of daily user registrations of the joint venture plummeted, and after half a month, its market share barely reached 2.1%.
During these two weeks, Zhang Yu observed the various news in the spirit world and felt that there was a restless atmosphere throughout the entire sect, with conflicts and contradictions occurring everywhere.
Then one day, another piece of news swept through the Spirit Realm: the five major sects of Wanfa, Tianmo, Tianjian, Jingang, and Xianbing had reached an agreement and reached a consensus on the issue of soul cultivation. They agreed to establish local Dharma Realm devices, process information locally, and provide Dharma Realm technical support for soul cultivation under the monitoring of each sect.
Upon witnessing this scene, Fu Ji was utterly astonished: "How is this possible? These major sects have allowed the Dharma Realm to expand to their territory? Are you kidding me? How on earth did the Immortal Emperor of Myriad Laws manage to do that?"
The avatar of the Exam Master laughed loudly, "My Myriad Laws Sect is indeed the number one among the ten major sects! The Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor is the number one Immortal Emperor!"
Zhang Yu carefully reviewed the relevant news articles, while recalling the various events that had occurred within the sect over the past half month.
There are conflicts between the Immortal Revolution with Immortal Soldiers and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Vajra Sect, conflicts between the Sword Intent Transformation of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the supply of magical power from other sects, and conflicts that erupt within several sects as they investigate and kill evil gods...
The next moment, a sudden realization flashed through Zhang Yu's mind.
“It’s not just the old cemetery that’s causing the conflict.”
"Other places... Heavenly Sword, Vajra, Immortal Weapon... all sects are vying for the Dao."
"But while the debates are taking place, so too are the alliances."
Just then, Huangniu said, "If the major sects want to expand the coverage of their lineages, and eventually develop them into immortal lineages that cover the world, then they will ultimately need to make their lineages transcend the sects."
"If the lineage wants to transcend sects, it must follow the principle of mutual generation and restraint, avoiding sects that restrain it and uniting with sects that generate it."
Zhang Yu nodded. At this moment, he strongly felt that he was not the protagonist of this world, and the old graveyard was not the main battlefield of the Dao struggle. Instead, the entire Kunxu was on the chessboard where the ten immortal emperors were fighting each other.
To achieve victory in the Old Graveyard, he needs to consider not only his own abilities and methods, but also the strategies employed by the various Immortal Emperors on the entire chessboard.
"We must go with the flow..."
(End of this chapter)