Chapter 773 Promotion and Ascension Conditions (Thanks to "17298" for the generous donation)
Upon hearing Luo Wuji's work instructions, the cultivators present had varying reactions.
The leaders of the first and second martial arts groups felt the strongest resistance.
For them, having Zhang Yu come over to guide their performance would be an encroachment on their power, and would also bring them greater performance pressure and increase their working costs.
Amidst the risks of reduced rights and increased costs, there's still no mention of a possible salary increase...
"Are they trying to treat us like outsourced contractors?"
For the two group leaders, that was an act of obstruction that weakened their potential for immortality.
Although neither of them wanted to confront Minister Luo Wuji directly at the meeting, their eyes were already full of hostility when they looked at Zhang Yu.
Then Xiao Zhi, the leader of the martial arts group, said, "Minister, Zhang Yu is a newcomer to the sect from the lower realm. He has only been in the sect for a short time and has limited understanding of the situation of our two groups."
"The first and second groups of martial arts have been operating stably for so many years. If we make any rash changes, there may be adverse reactions, which will affect the review process and accuracy of all martial arts techniques."
Upon hearing these words, the leaders of the other review groups for various Taoist arts, weapon crafting, talismanic spells, body tempering, and other cultivation methods all nodded in agreement.
Taoist arts, like martial arts, are a broad category of cultivation techniques that are subject to review by the review panel.
As for weapon crafting, talisman making, and body tempering, these are specialized subgroups within the field, and the techniques involved are not reviewed by broad categories like martial arts or Taoist arts.
In the eyes of these group leaders, Zhang Yu's biggest label is that he comes from the lower realm.
The existence of this label naturally makes these sect cultivators trust Zhang Yu less.
After all, what do people from the lower realms know about cultivating immortality? This isn't discrimination; it's just their perception of people from the lower realms.
No sect member would consider this discrimination; isn't that how people in the lower realms are? The statistical results summarized from the data and analyzed by the immortal path, how can it be called discrimination?
The requirement for the martial arts group to improve its performance made the other groups feel a sense of impending doom, and they all harbored some opposition.
Xiao Zhi, the leader of the first group of martial arts, continued, "Zhang Yu's current model used in the third group of martial arts lacks time to mature, and we don't know if it can be universally applied, let alone how many risks and flaws it contains."
"I suggest... we wait until the situation in Martial Arts Group Three stabilizes for one or two years before making any decisions."
The second group leader on the other side also said, "Group Leader Xiao's words are wise and experienced. This matter is of great importance and needs to be considered carefully."
Minister Luo Wuji nodded and said calmly, "If you have any other opinions, please speak up. Vice Minister Lu, you have been in charge of the martial arts group for many years, what are your thoughts on this?"
When Lu Hengzhang was called upon, he calmly replied, "It's a good thing that the three groups' performance is growing, but we really don't know how much risk is involved yet."
"I suggest that we first make all the workflows and logs of the three groups public, so that each group can study them together."
Group leader Xiao Zhi said, "That's good. Let's have Zhang Yu and the others contribute their memories as model work memories. We can all study them together and see what risks or omissions there are..."
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Yu and said with a smile, "I've come here to help you fill in the gaps in your knowledge."
Zhang Yu frowned slightly upon hearing these words; providing his memories was absolutely unacceptable to him.
Sensing the hostility in the other party's gaze, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "They're working together, this Xiao Zhi might... have already joined forces with Lu Hengzhang to deal with me."
On the other side, Qu Yizhi was even more furious upon hearing these words.
"Contribute your memories? Isn't that blatant robbery?"
How could he tolerate his and his team members' memories being given away for free?
If they dare to donate memories for free now, will they also donate bloodline memories for free in the future, or even just donate seeds directly?
Qu Yizhi still remembers the incident where the free seed donation he once promoted ended up directly causing the death of a cultivator.
"If we contribute our memories, won't they be able to find excuses to go through our memories anytime in the future?"
Qu Yizhi immediately said, "Whether it's Zhang Yu's experience or any guidance, we provide it free of charge, and we can even offer assistance during working hours."
"Over the past month, in order to increase performance by 30%, our entire team has been spending money and manpower, even consuming a large number of soul cultivators, in order to meet the performance requirements before the end of the month."
Thinking about the soul cultivation he had consumed and the immortal coins he had spent in order to meet his performance targets before receiving guidance from Zhang Yu, Qu Yizhi felt a pang of heartache.
"We're willing to spend any amount of money and endure any hardship for the sake of the sect, but I just don't understand why, when we're all doing the sect's work, the one who does the most work suffers the most injustice?"
Just as the three group leaders were about to start arguing, another person spoke up, stopping them from speaking.
"Gentlemen, please hear me out."
“Zhang Yu’s experience is worth promoting. If the three groups for martial arts review can improve their performance by 30%, I think the ever-increasing backlog of martial arts techniques awaiting approval can be gradually reduced.”
"As for memories... have you all forgotten what happened at Fuxiantian more than two years ago?"
Mentioning the name Fu Xiantian caused many cultivators present to darken their expressions slightly, as if recalling a turbulent period when quarrels and bankruptcies were rampant and everyone was afraid of being associated with Fu Xiantian.
At the same time, they understood the meaning behind the statement.
It is said that the reason why Fu Xiantian went mad was because he absorbed too many memories of people from the lower realms, causing his mind to be soaked in the ideas and thoughts of the lower realms, and eventually he went completely insane.
The thought that Zhang Yu's memories must also contain various instincts, concepts, and ideas from the lower realm... immediately filled everyone's eyes with a hint of disgust, and the same thought arose in their hearts.
"We mustn't touch Zhang Yu's memories, lest we get tainted by the stench of the lower realm."
Even Qu Yizhi, who was standing to the side, was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "Has I already started to smell like someone from the lower realm after exchanging thoughts with Zhang Yu like this all this time?"
After speaking, the person smiled at Zhang Yu and said, "I didn't mean any discrimination by what I just said. I'm also from the lower realm, and we people from the lower realm are indeed not very good."
Zhang Yu looked at the speaker and thought to himself, "The other vice minister in charge of weapon crafting techniques... Gu Qingya."
At the same time, based on Qu Yizhi's previous introduction, Zhang Yu also knew about Gu Qingya's special qualities.
"He graduated from Wanfa University."
"He was born on the 10th floor."
Although the other party shares the same Lower Realm person label, theoretically they should stick together.
"But according to Qu Yizhi, this Gu Qingya is ashamed of his lower-class origins and is the worst among all the deputy ministers in terms of treating outsourced employees from the lower-class, and has the highest bankruptcy rate among his outsourced employees."
However, at this moment, Zhang Yu could feel the goodwill emanating from the other party.
He thought to himself, "Is it because...Minister Luo supports me?"
After a flurry of discussion, Luo Wuji summarized the remarks of all the cultivators and decided that Zhang Yu would first teach the first and second groups of martial arts, imparting his experience in the assessment process.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi, the group leader, felt nervous: "Class after get off work, or class during work hours?"
He prayed that the class would be held after get off work so as not to take up their working hours.
Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Luo Wuji tell them to leave work and go to class.
After the meeting, Qu Yizhi sent a message to Zhang Yu: "The class was probably just a warm-up, to let you get a feel for the situation beforehand."
"The minister is very satisfied with your performance this time, but your rank is still too low and you come from a lower-level background. Direct guidance might not be enough to keep things under control. It is estimated that after the evaluation is over, you will be promoted to the second rank, which will make it easier for you to guide the review work of Group 1 and Group 2."
"Congratulations in advance!"
Zhang Yu said, "Team leader, don't worry. In the future, our Martial Arts Team Three will always be number one in performance."
Upon hearing these words, Qu Yizhi immediately smiled, and the slight worry in his heart was temporarily relieved.
At the same time, Qu Yizhi looked at the leaders of the other two groups and said arrogantly, "You two, your group's performance improvement is too slow. You still need to cooperate well with Zhang Yu and organize all the members of your group to attend the class."
Whether it was his speech at the previous meeting or his confrontation with the two at this moment, Qu Yizhi, as a disciple of a sect, was certainly not doing it purely for the sake of showing off.
Or rather, for him, showing off wasn't about emotional value, but about highlighting his presence, increasing his voice, enhancing his influence, and leaving a deeper impression on his superiors.
Qu Yizhi knew that within the Wanfa Sect, many powerful cultivators were incredibly famous and renowned, which boosted stock and currency prices, leading to further asset expansion and ultimately supporting the growth of cultivation.
Not to mention that during each ascension selection, the candidates' publicity and advertisements are overwhelming, as if they want to swallow up the entire sect.
Qu Yizhi knew that what he had done today was nothing compared to those truly rising stars.
At the same time, Xiao Zhi glanced at Qu Yizhi and Zhang Yu without showing any weakness and said, "The review work is not something you can do by brute force like this. The more you do each month, the higher the probability of making mistakes. Be careful not to kill yourselves."
With the conclusion of the monthly meeting, the performance reports for February from each group were released.
The dramatic improvement in the performance of the Martial Arts Group 3 once again shocked a large group of people.
In the office area of Group 1, Shen Qingyun was very satisfied with her performance last month, which improved to 166 points, giving her the confidence to stand out from the crowd.
Whenever she thinks of the looks in her team members' eyes as they watched her submit reports time and time again, her performance improve time and time again, and how she could never catch up and eventually gave up, Shen Qingyun feels a sense of satisfaction.
As an elite who entered the Imperial Law Pavilion with the highest score in both the re-examination and the interview, she thoroughly enjoys the state of surpassing others and watching others struggle to catch up.
She even bought the memories of those who had failed, just to feel the despair they felt when they thought of themselves.
"This feeling is even better than dual cultivation."
Today, filled with anticipation of returning to first place, Shen Qingyun leisurely walked to her desk, waiting for the announcement of the cross-group performance rankings.
But when she looked at Zhang Yu, who ranked first, with a performance score of 198, Shen Qingyun was stunned for a moment.
"impossible!"
"How could he possibly be so much taller than me?"
When Shen Qingyun saw the performance scores of the other members of the Martial Arts Group 3, she was even more surprised.
"The entire team improved by such a huge amount? All improved by more than 30%?"
At this moment, Shen Qingyun was no longer just shocked, but also curious. She was extremely curious to know what method Zhang Yu had used to improve the performance of so many people.
Upon hearing that Zhang Yu would be teaching them after get off work next week, Shen Qingyun's eyes lit up.
"I will learn from you and then surpass you step by step."
...
On the other side, after learning that Zhang Yu might be in charge of the entire Martial Arts Group 1, 2, and 3 in the future, Ye Xingli also showed a hint of worry on her face.
"With the workload of the three groups combined, I'm afraid there will be too much work and too high performance requirements. In the future, you, junior brother, will suffer karmic retribution."
During her time working at the sect, Ye Xingli heard many stories of cultivators who, under the pressure of ever-increasing performance requirements, initially rose through the ranks but eventually suffered a backlash, were caught up by the overtime quota, and ended up working overtime every day without saving a single penny.
Zhang Yu calmly replied, "It's alright, senior sister. I can handle three groups."
Feeling the sixteen demonic clones within his body, Zhang Yu understood that the combination of the Formless Martial Arts and the Three-Eyed Divine Power was already the best mode for him to test techniques.
However, if he activates more clones to simulate the technique, he can go even faster.
Fuki said, "Haha, in the future, you will have control over the performance of all the top performers in the three groups of the Martial Arts Training Center. Whoever you want to fall behind will fall behind. When that happens, you'll be able to collect protection fees with great success."
Zhang Yu didn't intend to collect protection money, but he felt that if his team members wanted to give him gifts in order to improve their skills, he had no reason not to accept them. He couldn't let his team members' filial piety go unappreciated.
At the same time, Zhang Yu thought about the content of today's meeting and wondered to himself, "After this evaluation, Minister Luo will break through to the Void Refinement stage, right?"
"But now it seems that even after he breaks through to the Void Refinement stage, he still wants me to continue to improve the performance of each group in martial arts."
Zhan Xian said, "That's natural. Now that you're in a position of power, you have to boost Luo Wuji's performance. Because once he's in a position of power, he also has to provide performance for those above him."
Fuki muttered, "Hehe, the credit for the lower cultivation belongs to the upper cultivation, and the mistakes of the upper cultivation are borne by the lower cultivation."
Zhanxian said, "To put it another way, the results of the lower cultivators should be shared with the higher cultivators, but the costs of the higher cultivators should be paid by the lower cultivators."
"As long as you are in the Kunxu system, you can never escape these things."
"The only way is to climb higher, to climb to a high enough position..."
Zhang Yu asked, "How high is considered high?"
Zhan Xian sighed, "Ascend to become an immortal. Once you become an immortal... at least you will be subject to far fewer restrictions."
Upon hearing this answer, Zhang Yu sighed, "Ascension... that's only possible after reaching the 9th rank, right?"
Zhan Xian calmly said, "At the 9th rank, you need to break through to the Ascension Realm, have a Dao Heart of 80, and a Mana of 1 billion to become a candidate for Immortal. Then, by passing the Ascension Selection, you can ascend to become an Immortal."
Listening to what Zhan Xian said, Zhang Yu was filled with longing, but he also knew that this path was still a long way off.
However, Zhang Yu believed that as long as he climbed step by step, the possibility of ascending to immortality in the future was definitely not zero.
With his fighting spirit rekindled, Zhang Yu once again focused on his work.
Although the company's performance soared in February, Zhang Yu had almost no free time in order to subdue the members of the three groups.
In terms of personal cultivation, the Nascent Soul Saint Body has not increased at all, remaining at the level of 14/14.
"Once the martial arts groups are under control, there should be a period of peace, allowing me to improve..."
At this moment, Zhang Yu was reviewing the cultivation techniques data of the inner Dharma Realm.
"Unfortunately, with my current rank, I cannot access the contents of the immortal sect's cultivation techniques. At most, I can only see a brief description of the principles of the immortal sect's cultivation techniques for reference."
Of all the various cultivation methods within the Myriad Laws Sect, Zhang Yu was most interested in the immortal cultivation methods, especially those that could form his own Chain Law Diagram.
However, Zhang Yu knew that the sect affairs officers of levels 1 to 3 in the Imperial Law Pavilion were not allowed to freely browse the original contents of the immortal sect's cultivation techniques.
Only when one is assigned to review the cultivation techniques of immortal sects will one have the opportunity to peruse the original texts of those techniques.
"The opportunity to participate in the review of immortal sect techniques is rare and cannot be sought after; it is beyond my control."
"For now, I'll quietly accumulate resources to buy a Celestial Spirit Root. As for Celestial Sect Techniques... I'll steal them if I have the chance in the future, but if not, I'll continue to collect Celestial Coins and Daoist Cultivation Points to buy them."
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, a notification appeared in front of him.
"Application for review?"
Zhang Yu knew that this was because the copyright applicants for the cultivation techniques that he had rejected had applied for a review to the review department of the Imperial Law Pavilion.
Clearly, the other party disagreed with Zhang Yu's judgment, believing that his technique was novel, creative, and practical, and should therefore be granted copyright.
Zhang Yu glanced at the details and the technique came to mind.
"Is it that 'Refining God Technique'?"
Shaking his head, Zhang Yu rejected the application, just like last time.
In the following days, Zhang Yu's progress in the Martial Arts Group 3 became increasingly smooth.
First, with the arrival of his salary and bonus, Zhang Yu's account balance suddenly increased to 5,000 Immortal Coins and 60 Dao Merit Points.
Secondly, all the tasks that the Martial Arts Group 3 could take on were placed in front of Zhang Yu by Qu Yizhi, allowing Zhang Yu to choose freely.
Zhang Yu can freely choose the tasks he wants to complete, and can even replace Qu Yizhi in assigning tasks.
As if they had received some news, many of the team members also sent gifts to Zhang Yu.
Chu Wangji carried a large box of incense to Zhang Yu's room and said, "Zhang Zhenjun, this is just a small gift to express my gratitude for your guidance."
Wen Zhiwei: "Zhang Zhenjun, didn't you say last time that you didn't have enough Enlightenment Essence at home? I brought you this box..."
Unbeknownst to him, Zhang Yu had become a core figure in the Martial Arts Group 3.
Meanwhile, he gradually noticed that there were far fewer outsourced employees in the team. After inquiring, he learned that half of the outsourced employees had been laid off.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is it because of me? They improved their performance but reduced their workload."
Zhanxian said, "Once you achieve immortality, ten thousand people will leave. If you want to climb higher and become an immortal, you must improve your immortal techniques and increase your work efficiency... Along the way, you are destined to encounter many people who will be eliminated because of your progress, even if it is not your intention."
"Only by remembering this, accepting this, and not changing your true self, can you possibly achieve what you want."
Zhang Yu didn't speak, but just looked at the somewhat empty office area, his gaze gradually becoming deep.
With the conclusion of the clan's internal assessment in March, Zhang Yu's name appeared on the list of those promoted to higher ranks in the Imperial Law Pavilion, and he was given a 7-day demonstration period before becoming a second-rank clan affairs officer.
But just as many of Zhang Yu's colleagues were congratulating him, in another office belonging to Lu Hengzhang, he looked at Zhang Yu, who was on the presentation list, and slowly said to the other side of the Dharma Realm, "Prepare to make your move."
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