Chapter 764 The World and I, One Life
"Everyone should cultivate in two ways. This is the grand strategy, which benefits both immortals and you! It is a great thing."
"Don't let me see you become lagging behind in dual cultivation, forced to wear dual cultivation belts by the support department, and automatically subjected to dual cultivation every day..."
Listening to the training instructor, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "Damn it... how did Wanfa become like this?"
Although Zhang Yu had already heard that Yun Zhiguang was preparing to build a new dual-cultivation college at Wanfa University when he left, he was already somewhat prepared.
But it wasn't until Zhang Yu arrived at the sect and listened to the lessons that he realized the developments there far exceeded his expectations.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If we do this, what's the difference between our Myriad Laws Sect and the Joyful Union Sect?"
Hearing Zhang Yu's voice in her mind, Fu Ji couldn't help but ask, "What are you laughing at?"
Zhang Yu shouted, "I'm not laughing! I'm angry! Angry that the Myriad Laws Sect has become like this!"
Zhan Xian sighed, "The path of dual cultivation and the debauchery within sects are definitely not the long-term solution for the Myriad Laws Sect. But this is merely a prelude, for what lies ahead..."
Zhang Yu asked curiously, "What's behind that?"
A thought suddenly struck him, and he wondered, "Could it be related to the Daoist tradition again?"
Meanwhile, the trainers on stage had already moved on to the next topic.
"A demon immortal from the Heavenly Demon Sect made a grand vow: 'I alone gave birth to the Son of Heaven. If Heaven and Earth are not satisfied, I swear I will not claim the title of Sovereign!'"
"This demon immortal intends to establish a system of natural creation and nurturing..."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu was shocked again. Just when he thought he had gradually gotten used to Kunxu, this wretched place always managed to do something even more unacceptable to him.
"What do you mean by 'I alone gave birth to the Son of Heaven'?" Zhang Yu scratched his head, thinking to himself, "What is this all about?!"
Zhanxian explained, "This demon immortal wants to establish a lineage and completely monopolize natural reproduction. In the future, all naturally conceived children in the world will be born from it."
"By monopolizing this point, it will also completely control the bloodlines, genetics, and seeds of countless cultivators throughout the world..."
Zhang Yu took a deep breath and asked incredulously, "Is this even possible?"
Zhanxian continued, "It used to be very difficult, but now, apart from the Heavenly Demons, the natural birth rate of humans in all other sects and factions has been almost zero for quite some time."
"Based on this, over time, the Heavenly Demon Sect does indeed have the opportunity to establish a tradition of natural nurturing."
"Of course, the major sects will not stand idly by..."
Just as Zhan Xian was speaking, the training instructor on the stage said, "The actions of that demon immortal can be described as wreaking havoc on the world. To hinder his lineage, all sects are now encouraging natural reproduction, and there is a bonus for each child born..."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but ask in his heart, "Are the major sects now competing with the Heavenly Demon Sect to see who can produce more offspring? Why don't the sects directly use immortal techniques for mass production?"
In Zhang Yu's view, given the nature of the ten major sects, they should use more efficient methods for mass production. Setting up dedicated breeding factories is the style of the sects.
Zhan Xian said, "The lineage that the Heavenly Demon Sect wants to establish will only remain within the range of natural reproduction, especially the natural reproduction of intelligent life."
"It's just that the Heavenly Demon Sect's breeding techniques were developed based on natural reproduction."
"Those who are produced in a factory through assembly lines and mass production are called material people. That is the immortal technology route that the Netherworld Palace is good at."
"The materials they produce are sold in various sects. They are of high quality, large quantity, and cost-effectiveness. They have outperformed all competitors and are currently the supplier of most materials in the entire sect."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu sighed, unsure of what to say.
Just then, Fu Ji said, "But even with rewards to encourage having offspring, sect disciples probably wouldn't be too willing to have children, would they?"
Zhan Xian affirmed, "That's natural. For members of a sect, giving birth to a bloodline descendant... is a reduction in their own potential for immortality. This is especially true for cultivators at higher realms."
"And if the bloodline information of a descendant is collected, it can be used as material for casting curses, analyzing, or even copying."
"Whether it's the financial burden of breeding obligations or the risk of leakage of bloodlines and genetic material, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages."
"Even if you raise your offspring to adulthood, how many of them can surpass you? Especially for cultivators at the middle and high levels, it is very difficult for any of their offspring to surpass them."
"Therefore, it is difficult to recoup the investment in offspring. Most cultivators consider it to be a low-cost-performance ratio and would rather extend their own lifespan by a few years."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu was surprised and said, "A breeding obligation? The sect has such a thing?"
Zhan Xian naturally replied, "Of course we do. Otherwise, would we expect the sect to raise the child after it's born?"
Fu Ji sighed, "Breeding is a huge industry chain. If the cost can be shifted to the cultivators themselves by establishing laws that require them to reproduce, why would the sects bear the burden?"
"It means that cultivators will spend money to breed their bloodline offspring, creating a huge market, and incidentally boosting the birth rate, which was already dropping to zero, increasing the population at the sect level, and producing more talented individuals at the sect level..."
Zhanxian said with some surprise, "You evil god, you have quite a few ideas. But in the end, they are just ideas. No matter how much the sect encourages them, I don't think it will be easy to motivate the sect disciples to sacrifice their immortal potential to reproduce their bloodline offspring."
"Ultimately, the pressure of these natural breeding targets will be shifted to the locals who are not disciples of the sect, or to those who are outsourced."
At this point, Zhan Xian's voice gradually turned cold: "To take it to an even more extreme level, the Wanfa Sect might learn from the Youming Palace and the White Bone Sect and directly dispose of the bloodline offspring after breeding, using them as pure materials."
“Born them, kill them, kill them and sell them. There are no more costs associated with raising them... This should be the lowest-cost way to increase the birth rate in order to counter the new lineage of the Heavenly Demons.”
Upon hearing these words, Zhang Yu felt a chill in his heart, as if he could already see the various unscrupulous plans being implemented one after another during the competition between the ten major sects.
Behind this fierce competition lies the conflict between different traditions.
In particular, the three lessons Zhang Yu attended as soon as he arrived at the sect today... Whether it was the gambling lineage subtly promoted in the first lesson, the magic medicine lineage hidden behind the second lesson, or the natural reproduction lineage directly confronted in the third lesson, all of them gave Zhang Yu a vague feeling.
"From the moment the new generation of disciples enters the sect, they begin to receive the propaganda of the sect's lineage, and the struggle for lineage begins here."
Hearing Zhang Yu's exclamation in his mind, Zhan Xian agreed, "That's right. Establishing a lineage and then using that lineage to achieve a monopoly is the greatest profit for immortals, and the most imaginative and promising investment."
"The Ten Immortal Emperors established the Ten Dao Lineages, and under these Ten Dao Lineages, laws were established one by one, and new minor Dao Lineages were invested in. The goal is to gradually move from the Human Way to the Heavenly Way, so as to eventually replace the Heavenly Way with the Human Way and monopolize one industry after another and one phenomenon after another in this world."
"As a result, there are constant conflicts and fierce competition among the ten major sects."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "But... even within a sect, there can be conflicts between different lineages, right?"
Zhang Yu suddenly thought of the content of the previous two classes and couldn't help but analyze in his heart: "The foundation of the gambling tradition... should be a kind of temptation of human nature and human heart, using profit to stimulate the greed in people's hearts."
"But the Dharma Medicine lineage can directly change a person's cognition through the Dharma Realm, allowing them to enter a state of high self-discipline, right?"
"Doesn't that mean... by taking magical drugs, one can resist the allure of gambling?"
"Does that mean the wider the spread of the magic medicine tradition, the weaker the gambling tradition becomes?"
“That’s right, your idea is correct,” Zhanxian said. “No matter how big a sect is, it is still just a few mountains and palaces. Everyone still has to eat separately.”
"Under each Immortal Emperor's Great Dao lineage, there will be many minor Dao lineages."
"These minor lineages may be mutually supportive or mutually destructive, but no matter how fiercely they compete, the ultimate victor is still under the control of the high and mighty Immortal Emperor."
"The final completion of the minor Dao lineage will only perfect the Immortal Emperor's major Dao lineage, further expanding the Immortal Emperor's monopoly over the world..."
Hearing Zhan Xian's words, Zhang Yu took a deep breath, as if he could already see the entire sect transformed into a large, circulating pool of water, where no matter how the fish struggled and leaped, even if they eventually crossed the so-called Dragon Gate, they would only be caught by the Immortal Emperor.
But it seems that only by being fished out by the Celestial Emperor can one have the chance to escape the pond and transform from a fish in the water into a fisherman on the shore.
At the same time, the training instructor on stage also talked about the outsourced maternity care: "If the outsourced employees you bring in give birth, you as the person in charge can also receive a bonus."
"If someone is willing to contribute their bloodline information to outsourced employees so that the outsourced employees can breed offspring, then they can also receive a bonus..."
Just as the instructor was introducing the training, Zhang Yu suddenly noticed that many sect leaders around him were looking over.
He was startled: "These guys... are they after my outsourced employee... or Ye Xingli?"
"Could they be trying to get the maternity bonus through their senior sister?"
In an instant, countless images of high-scoring people insulting low-scoring people, rich people bullying poor people, and high-level people oppressing and exploiting low-level people surged wildly in Zhang Yu's mind.
He seemed to have already envisioned these sect leaders attempting to join forces to suppress him, and then continuously collect bonuses through Ye Xingli.
"A bunch of scum! I would never..."
Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, he saw that someone had sent him a message.
"Hello Zhang Yu? Would you be interested in mentoring one of my outsourced employees?"
"This is her photo."
Looking at the photos sent by the other party, Zhang Yu was surprised again: "Wait... what's going on?"
The next moment, he saw more sect members sending him inquiries and photos.
"Please train with my outsourced employee."
"This is my sister, could you give her some seeds?"
"What do you think of my mom? And here's a picture of my dad."
"You've just arrived at the sect, and this is precisely the time when you need a home..."
Looking at those photos of women of all shapes and sizes, Zhang Yu had to admit that the cultivators at the sect's upper levels had excellent taste, far superior to the lower-level cultivators.
"Who said sect leaders are no good?" Zhang Yu thought to himself, "People really shouldn't be prejudiced. Sigh... I really don't know how to refuse them. They're just too enthusiastic."
Just then, Zhanxian said, "These guys are after child support."
“If you have offspring with one of their outsourced workers or their relatives, then according to the rules of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, you will need to pay child support every month.”
“Some cultivators had their bloodline information stolen, resulting in the birth of numerous offspring. Ultimately, they had to pay substantial upkeep fees, and their potential for immortality was exploited.”
"This practice of making subordinates work hard to have children for others was very popular for a period of time in the past."
"No one in the sect will fall for this trick now. They probably just wanted to test it out because you came from below."
Upon hearing these words, Zhang Yu felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. He exclaimed in surprise, "Damn it... there really aren't many good people in the sect. I met them for the first time, and these guys have already set their sights on me?"
Zhan Xian explained, "Because you come from the lower levels, you will naturally have an information gap. They will think that you don't know much about the information in many sects. So in their eyes, you are excellent customer resources."
"Loans, dual cultivation, marriage and childbirth, drugs... they will try to sell you all sorts of products."
"Contempt? They rarely feel that way. They just want to squeeze every last bit of immortal resources out of you..."
"It's like a mosquito seeing a blood pack; it instinctively tries to suck every last drop of blood out of it."
"That's their instinct..."
At this moment, looking at that smiling face and seeing all the polite greetings and gentle suggestions they kept sending, I felt as if these sect members were opening their gaping maws, wanting to bite off a piece of my flesh.
Seeing Yu Xinghan still grinning foolishly to the side, Zhang Yu immediately realized that the other party had also been contacted, and quickly sent a warning message to the other party.
Yu Xinghan felt a chill run down his spine as he read the message from Zhang Yu. He thought to himself, "The sect is really too dangerous. On my first day here, I almost had my potential for immortality drained."
After declining invitations from various sect leaders, Yu Xinghan seemed to see a fleeting look of disappointment on the faces of those around him.
As the third lesson ended, the fourth lesson soon began.
The training instructor on the stage said, "In the past, overtime was the norm in sects. Everyone had to work 24 hours a day, day and night, which was extremely difficult."
"As the Immortal of Perfect Attendance once said, what kind of immortal spirit does such a sect still possess? Everyone is busy working day and night, how can they have time to improve themselves? How can they promote innovation in the immortal path?"
"Therefore, the Immortal of Perfect Attendance initiated sect reforms to resist ineffective overtime and required that daily work tasks be completed within 4 hours."
"The rest of the time should be used for studying, researching immortality, and constantly improving oneself; this is the right path."
"If you work overtime, you will be fined. The more overtime you work, the higher the fine will be. So efficiency is the most important thing."
"From this day forward, there will be no more overtime work within the sect..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but curse inwardly, "I knew it... how could the sect only require a 4-hour workday? So they've compressed a day's work into 4 hours? They're really something else..."
Just as Zhang Yu was cursing in his heart, the training teacher continued, "Those of you who have been admitted to the sect must understand the importance of money. Money... everyone wants to earn it; it is an essential thing for climbing the path of immortality."
As he spoke, the instructor pointed a finger and projected a large list, which prominently displayed the names of various immortal cultivation techniques.
Not only are there true-line and strategic-level immortal techniques, but there are also sect-protecting and creation-level immortal techniques.
Looking at the names of the various cultivation techniques at the top, Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
"The Great Dao General Outline," "The Explanation of the Heavens," "The Treatise on the Inconceivable Dharma," "The Precious Scroll that Thoroughly Explains the Roots of All Dharmas"...
Each one is an unparalleled divine skill, an ultimate technique aimed at level 100, the supreme scripture of the Myriad Laws Sect, the culmination of the efforts of countless immortals and cultivators, and even a miracle developed under the leadership of an Immortal Emperor.
However, each one was incredibly expensive, often requiring hundreds of billions of immortal coins and millions of cultivation points, leaving Zhang Yu feeling utterly helpless.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Even after I become the top-ranking sect affairs officer in the Imperial Law Pavilion, I'll only earn about 2,000 immortal coins a month. Relying solely on this fixed salary..."
Zhanxian reminded him, "After paying all taxes, you can only earn a maximum of 1,000 immortal coins per month. Of course, this income is enough for your cultivation at the Nascent Soul stage within the sect."
"But if you want to continue to improve, if you want to reach a higher rank and a higher realm, if you want to set your sights on the Heaven-Opening Immortal Sect's cultivation techniques, this income is naturally far from enough."
Zhang Yu secretly agreed, after all, he had just checked the price of immortal spiritual roots, and even the cheapest immortal spiritual root plus the spiritual root conversion surgery... would still cost more than 20,000 immortal coins.
Zhang Yu understood even more clearly that this was also an essential sum of money.
Zhang Yu glanced at his Wanfa Steward's report, and the Heavenly Spiritual Root in the Spiritual Root column of the self-inspection results was so conspicuous.
Zhang Yu bought this Heavenly Spiritual Root before he reached the first level of Foundation Establishment. If Heavenly Spiritual Roots were relatively inconspicuous in university, their continued use within the sect... would only attract more attention.
"Although I can hide the existence of my immortal spiritual root with the magic-repelling talisman and the Dao seed manual, my heavenly spiritual root is still too conspicuous in the sect. If it attracts attention because of this, then it will be a flaw."
Zhang Yu understood even more clearly that the faster he progressed in his cultivation in the future, the more conspicuous his weak Heavenly Spiritual Root would appear.
If one of the powerful figures in the sect suddenly decides to investigate him, it could be a big problem.
"We still need to find a way to raise enough money as soon as possible to replace the immortal spiritual root."
However, Zhang Yu looked at his loan limit and realized that he could only borrow up to 10,000 immortal coins, which was not enough to directly exchange for an immortal spiritual root.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is it because they feel my current assets and earning ability within the sect are insufficient that the loan amount is so low?"
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, the training instructor on the stage continued, "If you want to earn more money, you must complete your work within four hours every day to avoid fines."
"But that's not enough. If you want to earn more money, you need to learn a more efficient way of working."
Changing the map involves so many details that I need to work on, and I spend a lot of time doing the deductions every day. Today's word count is a bit low, but I'll try to update more once this period is over.
(End of this chapter)
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