Chapter 851: The Feather Book’s Whereabouts
After some thought, Bu Yingshu already had a plan in mind.
“Celestial Inquiry Star, what should I do next?”
Celestial Inquiry Star: “I have understood the user’s situation. I suggest the user have an open and honest talk with Zhang Yu and convey your requirements to him…”
Hearing the Celestial Inquiry Star’s answer, Bu Yingshu angrily said, “If it were that simple, why would I ask you? I want you to tell me a method that will definitely succeed and allow me to fiercely control Zhang Yu! Don’t give me these messy template answers.”
Saying that, Bu Yingshu directly tipped the Celestial Inquiry Star 1,000 Immortal Coins and continued, “Give me a proper answer.”
The Celestial Inquiry Star immediately replied: “You said it so well, it’s as if you suddenly struck my heart. I understand, I completely understand. Next, I won’t use templates, won’t evade, won’t hide, won’t beat around the bush, and will only communicate with you in the most authentic way…”
Celestial Inquiry Star: “If the user wants to control Zhang Yu, the three safest methods are: first, money; second, power; and third, the ubiquitous rules in Kunxu…”
Looking at the Celestial Inquiry Star’s answer, a trace of thoughtfulness appeared in Bu Yingshu’s eyes. “Throwing money is indeed the most convenient method.”
Scenes of memories surfaced in her mind. It was exactly the time when she and Zhang Yu were researching cultivation arts and refining techniques together in the laboratory.
Bu Yingshu still remembered that back then, she only needed to throw a bit of money at Zhang Yu every day, and he would obediently listen to her.
“Sigh, Zhang Yu was so obedient back then. Now this kid has more and more power. He might control the industries of an entire minor realm in the future, but he’s also becoming increasingly disobedient.”
Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu couldn’t help but stomp her feet, as if she were violently trampling Zhang Yu on the ground.
“Now, if I want him to put down his work in the Development Zone and obediently accompany me, it probably won’t be achievable with just a little money.”
Thus, Bu Yingshu thought of power again.
“Although my rank is higher than his, I belong to the Martial Arts Pavilion, so I have absolutely no authority over the current Zhang Yu.”
In particular, Bu Yingshu thought of the new regulations of the Development Zone Management Committee, which prohibited outsiders like her from entering, whereas that sword brute Bai Zhenzhen could openly go in and out.
Bu Yingshu was both angry and anxious. “What should I do? Rules… What rules of Kunxu can I use?”
In the next moment, Bu Yingshu’s gaze towards the Celestial Inquiry Star suddenly brightened. “Right, rules! Hidden rules!”
“I am the representative of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan investing in the Development Zone!”
“Wouldn’t it be perfectly justified for me to subject Zhang Yu to the hidden rules?”
As a member of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan, the ruling class, and at the Void Refinement Realm, Bu Yingshu had some understanding of the hidden rules within Kunxu.
It’s just that in the past, she didn’t need to care about any hidden rules most of the time.
But she also knew that in this Kunxu, as an investment representative, it was completely natural for her to apply the hidden rules to the “investee”.
And the targets of these hidden rules, whether enterprises or departments, were naturally ranked according to cultivation and assets, and often the big leaders in the company or the top heads of the department would be the first to be subjected to the hidden rules.
Right now, the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan was investing in the Development Zone through Zhang Yu’s channel, so Zhang Yu was naturally the primary target of her, Bu Yingshu’s hidden rules.
“Hmph, this kid’s next primary task… is to develop the Soul Cultivator Industry in the Development Zone and increase the share of our Myriad Laws Sect, right?”
“If he wants to achieve results and continue to be promoted in the future, this investment from our Myriad Laws Immortal Clan is crucial.”
“In this way… as the investment representative, can’t I take control of his Promotion Accelerator?”
Thinking of this, a gleam flashed in Bu Yingshu’s eyes. It was as if she could already see herself completely taking control of Zhang Yu once again, seeing him obediently stimulate his potential for her, seeing herself become the existence with the number one talent in the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan, and seeing the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor descend, pointing at her with great praise: “This child is like me!”
“Little Yu, don’t think you can escape the palm of my hand just because you’ve grasped a bit more power and obtained a Superior Merit and a Death-Exempting Golden Token.”
“No matter how great your power is, your roots are ultimately still on the land of Myriad Laws.”
“From now on, if you don’t accompany me to stimulate my potential for twelve hours a day, don’t even think about having me advance the investment process for you.”
Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu had already clicked on Zhang Yu’s avatar, requesting an immediate call.
“Little Yu, what are you doing?”
“Dao Monarch, I am working.”
Inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, Zhang Yu was currently situated within the Grotto-Heaven while also existing in the Former Days Graveyard.
With the tight connection between the Immortal Grotto-Heaven and the Former Days Graveyard, Zhang Yu, after borrowing the power of the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, could keep himself in a superimposed state between the two spaces.
This allowed him to touch the matter inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven at any time, constantly receive Spirit Realm signals from the Former Days Graveyard, and instantly hide himself when he wanted to hide, or instantly reveal himself when he wanted to appear.
At this very moment, he was talking to Bu Yingshu while hurriedly patting Bai Zhenzhen’s Dantian position, signaling her to hide to the side first after taking the Spirit Root.
Having reconnected her True Spirit Root, Bai Zhenzhen’s body trembled slightly before she hurriedly hid to the side.
Shortly after deceiving Bu Yingshu, Bai Zhenzhen was brought into the Immortal Grotto-Heaven by Zhang Yu, where she exchanged Spirit Roots with him and returned Fu Ji.
Looking at Zhang Yu, who was respectfully conversing with Bu Yingshu, Bai Zhenzhen sighed in her heart, “Does that Bu Yingshu harass Zhang Yu this often?”
Fu Ji’s voice echoed in Bai Zhenzhen’s mind, “You know how it is. Zhang Yu can elevate the talents of others. The last time he researched the Sect-Guarding Technique with Bu Yingshu, he conveniently elevated her talent…”
As an Evil God who had been following Zhang Yu all this time, although she could not figure out the exact form of the potential stimulated in Zhang Yu, she had gradually deduced some patterns over the years.
For example, being able to elevate the talents of others was one of the patterns she had deduced.
Fu Ji continued, “This woman, Bu Yingshu, also got a taste of Zhang Yu’s benefits. Ever since then, she has been wanting to control Zhang Yu, wishing he could accompany her every day.”
Hearing this, Bai Zhenzhen nodded slightly. Having climbed from the First Layer to the sects together with Zhang Yu, she had naturally also noticed some of his abilities.
However, since Zhang Yu did not take the initiative to speak of them, she would not pry into the secrets on him.
And now… in Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes, Bu Yingshu didn’t just want to explore Zhang Yu’s secrets, she wanted to completely control him…
“She wants to force Yu Zi to his knees, completely subjugate him, and take him back to be her slave!”
At the thought of this, Bai Zhenzhen wished she could launch a massive investigation and uncover all the taxes Bu Yingshu had evaded.
“An Immortal Clan member like Bu Yingshu… must have evaded a lot of taxes.”
Bai Zhenzhen knew this was the most powerful move to deal with these Immortal Clans.
But Bai Zhenzhen also understood that with her current cultivation, authority, and assets… she absolutely couldn’t do this, and might even bring trouble upon herself.
“Right now, the only way to counter Bu Yingshu is probably to divert the trouble, using that old man of the Bliss Sword Dao to fight her.”
After some exchange with Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen knew their attempt to fool Bu Yingshu had succeeded.
Fu Ji chuckled and said, “This Bu Yingshu has definitely been deceived by the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Blissful Sword cultivators before… probably more than once.”
Bai Zhenzhen nodded slightly and thought to herself, “For now… perhaps I can use the conflict between both of them to achieve a little bit of mutual checks and balances.”
Seeing that Zhang Yu was still on the phone, Bai Zhenzhen waved to him and said in her heart through the Evil God Power, “Yu Zi, I will be leaving first.”
Zhang Yu nodded and said to her in his heart, “Wait a moment, let me first test if Bu Yingshu is guarding outside the Development Zone.”
A moment later, Bai Zhenzhen finally returned to her office.
As soon as she returned to the office, she saw the mysterious person sitting in her chair with a grinning face, “Good deception, you deceived her well. A mere Spirit Transformation actually scared away a Void Refinement of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan. However…”
“Were you really deceiving her? Or… do you really know some secret of Bu Yingshu?”
Bai Zhenzhen said calmly, “If I really knew some big secret, I wouldn’t just use it to scare her away.”
“If you want to see more fun, you should pass the Bliss Sword Dao to me now.”
The mysterious person grinned and smiled, “Do you know how many Immortal Coins the Bliss Sword Dao can sell for?”
Bai Zhenzhen said, “It’s not a physical object anyway. How much this cultivation art costs is just a matter of you writing an approval note, isn’t it?”
“But if I cultivated the Bliss Sword Dao, wouldn’t it be more fun to play with Bu Yingshu?”
“Otherwise, if every contact with her is so dangerous and there’s no benefit at all, I’ll have to avoid her in the future.”
Bai Zhenzhen was originally just saying it casually, but she didn’t expect the mysterious person in front of her to suddenly quiet down, as if falling into some kind of thought and weighing.
Bai Zhenzhen was startled in her heart: “He’s actually considering it?”
Bai Zhenzhen hurriedly communicated with Fu Ji and Zhang Yu through the Evil God Power, asking, “This Bu Yingshu is really special… isn’t she?”
Fu Ji said, “You bet. Touching her once incurs a fine, and touching places you shouldn’t could even fine someone to bankruptcy, something they couldn’t pay off in nine lifetimes of Immortal Cultivation.”
Fu Ji guessed, “I have a feeling that Bu Yingshu’s status in the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan… might be even higher than some Tribulation Transcendence or even Ascension cultivators.”
Bai Zhenzhen secretly nodded in her heart: “There is definitely something wrong with this Bu Yingshu, so much so that the high-level Supreme Bliss Cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect… all really want to toy with her.”
Right at this moment, the mysterious person in front of her smiled and said: “Bai Zhenzhen, you have already mastered the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao and the Sorrowful Sword Dao, and now you still want to cultivate the Bliss Sword Dao… aren’t you afraid of Qi Deviation?”
Bai Zhenzhen said: “Compared to Qi Deviation, I am more afraid of being poor and weak.”
Bai Zhenzhen said seriously: “As long as there is an opportunity to become stronger, as long as I can earn more money, and as long as I can climb up faster, even if I have to cultivate all the Sword Daos and Sword Intents within the Heavenly Sword Sect that are driven by various emotions… I am willing to do it.”
The mysterious person laughed: “Bai Zhenzhen, you are more interesting than I expected. It seems that being favored by destiny is just one of your good qualities.”
“Alright then… if you want to court death, I will grant your wish. Today, I will first impart the True Inheritance version of the Blissful Sword to you. If you want a higher level of the Blissful Sword, then you will have to show me something more interesting.”
As the rewards from Fa Liuyuan concluded and various news reports came out, tales of the Former Days Graveyard and Zhang Yu’s deeds continued to spread throughout the Spirit Realm.
Particularly within the Myriad Laws Sect, the Civil Engineering Spirit and the learning from Zhang Yu were widely circulated.
Even Magnetic Pole, who was about to leave the sect and return to the Lower Realm to participate in the Sect Examination, could feel this.
For instance, her former Senior Brother Xuanji had been constantly contacting her over the past two days.
Xuanji: “[100 Immortal Coins] Did Little Gao really add Hall Master Fa Liuyuan as a friend?”
Magnetic Pole: “[Payment Received] Yeah, the guy acted like an idiot. He only added him because I urged him to.”
Magnetic Pole: “[Screenshot of Gao Chongguang’s contacts, not for commercial use]”
Magnetic Pole: “Speaking of which, it’s just adding a friend.”
Magnetic Pole: “I told Old Gao that Hall Master Fa Liuyuan misses the old days and is quite approachable, which is why he let him add him as a friend. It doesn’t mean anything. But he’s been so excited these past two days. He wants to send a message but doesn’t dare to. He’s been agonizing over it for almost 18 hours.”
Looking at the messages sent by Magnetic Pole, Xuanji couldn’t help but feel a surge of envy in his heart.
What kind of person was Fa Liuyuan? A cultivator at the Ascension Realm, the great leader of the Myriad Laws Palace Hall, a true high-level figure in the Myriad Laws Sect, and a Quasi-Immortal destined for ascension in the future.
Working in the sect for so many years, Xuanji had never even had the chance to add a Rank 9 Sect Staff as a friend, let alone a great leader like Fa Liuyuan.
Xuanji could not figure out no matter how he thought about it how Gao Chongguang and Magnetic Pole had suddenly managed to connect with a Rank 10 Sect Staff.
Especially after reading the news reports, he understood that it was not just a relationship of adding friends, but also being acknowledged, rewarded, and commended…
“With the esteemed status of Heavenly Monarch Fa as a Rank 10 Sect Staff, who knows how many vacant quotas he holds in his hands every year. Wouldn’t stuffing people up be just a matter of a single word?”
“It’s just that Magnetic Pole and Little Gao are both outsourced workers, so they still need to go down and take another round of the sect examination to go through the official procedures.”
“However, passing this round of examination will represent the political achievements of the Lower Realm Sect Examination even more, and they will definitely be focused on for cultivation by the Reformist Faction in the future.”
“Plus their disciple, Zhang Yu…”
Xuanji’s thoughts surged rapidly in his mind. After seeing Magnetic Pole’s message, he immediately replied: “Sending messages to a great leader like Lord Fa indeed requires careful consideration.”
Xuanji: “Magnetic Pole, our sect has another group in the Upper Realm, do you want to join as well? Master, along with the other martial uncles, junior brothers, and junior sisters, all miss you very much.”
Looking at the message sent by her Senior Brother, Magnetic Pole curled her lip: “Interesting. He was the one who deleted me as a friend back then, and now he is the one begging me to join their group.”
Beside her, Gao Chongguang said: “They are all acquaintances from the same sect, you should still go in and say hi. It might be helpful in the future.”
Magnetic Pole said: “Hmph, a bunch of guys who only know how to kick people when they are down, what help could they be? Moreover, you, I, and Zhang Yu all belong to Lord Fa’s side now, we belong to the Reformist Faction.”
“As far as I know, the Reformist Faction has quite a few opponents in the Myriad Laws Sect. We are currently in the limelight, and I am afraid a storm is brewing within the sect next. It is better not to cause any extra trouble.”
Gao Chongguang asked curiously: “A storm is brewing?”
Magnetic Pole said: “Do you think the matter of the Former Days Graveyard is just going to end like this? How stable is a sect’s Minor Realm? How could a Heaven Collapse happen suddenly? This matter is most likely man-made.”
“Haven’t you seen that the Spirit Realm’s news is still reporting on it every day? With such heavy buildup now, there will inevitably be a reckoning next.
“It truly is the wind sweeping through the tower before the mountain storm.”
Meanwhile, Yu Xinghan’s projection landed in the Central Apex Heaven of the Kunxu Eleventh Layer, outside an office of the Myriad Laws Sect’s Immortal Ascension Hall.
The Immortal Ascension Hall was the central hub of the Myriad Laws Sect, and every Central Apex Heaven from the eleventh to the twentieth layer had an office of the Immortal Ascension Hall.
Shortly after Yu Xinghan’s projection descended, a familiar projection also landed in front of him.
“Senior Sister…” Looking at Li Xuelian before him, Yu Xinghan said enthusiastically, “Long time no see.”
Li Xuelian looked at Yu Xinghan with emotion. Who could have imagined that she, who had been demoted to the Lower Realm, and Yu Xinghan, who was born in the First Layer, could still progress together in the sect.
Li Xuelian said, “I have already spoken to the Sky-Soaring Pavilion for you. Since your Netherworld Assets Department is a new department, they can give you a few more quotas. By the time you go to the Lower Realm, you should receive the news.”
Hearing these words, Yu Xinghan heaved a slight sigh of relief. “Senior Sister, thank you for your trouble this time.”
“Is there anything you want me to bring back when I go to the Lower Realm this time, Senior Sister?”
Li Xuelian’s gaze flickered as she said, “There are indeed some things. I’m afraid I will have to trouble you to bring them up, Junior Brother.”
Looking at the senior sister in front of him, Yu Xinghan thought to himself, “Indeed, the projection of a real person is completely different from a fake projection.”
Just as the two were talking, another figure descended. It was none other than Divine Monarch Starfire.
Seeing Yu Xinghan, Divine Monarch Starfire smiled. “Good kid, you and Zhang Yu have really stolen the limelight in the Myriad Laws Sect this time.”
However, his face turned stern in the next moment. “But you’ve shown off enough this time. There’s nothing else for you to do next, so be absolutely sure not to cause any more trouble.”
Looking at Divine Monarch Starfire’s serious expression, Yu Xinghan’s heart stirred as he asked, “Master, is something major about to happen?”
Divine Monarch Starfire nodded, then shook his head. “Yes, something major is about to happen, but only the Immortals above know just how big this matter will be.”
In an unknown high-level area of Kunxu.
Fa Liuyuan slowly walked up to two Immortals.
The figures of the two Immortals were constantly changing, as if transforming at every moment into the myriad things of Kunxu, exuding a mysterious and distant aura.
And these two Immortals were the very same ones who had observed Zhang Yu in the labyrinth before and had repeatedly discussed Zhang Yu and Ying Xintian. They represented the Reformist Faction of the Myriad Laws Sect, the existences Zhang Yu referred to in his heart as the Immortal Network.
At this moment, Fa Liuyuan respectfully bowed and greeted, “Disciple Fa Liuyuan greets the two masters.”
A female voice came from the figure of the Immortal: “Liuyuan, you went to see Zhang Yu. What do you think of him?”
Fa Liuyuan thought for a moment and said, “When this disciple looked back at the Heaven Mending act in the Former Days Graveyard, I felt this child is very similar to someone.”
The female voice said, “Who?”
Fa Liuyuan said, “Martial Uncle Ying.”
After a moment of silence, the female voice sighed, “He really is somewhat like Senior Brother Ying.”
“Sigh, asking for nothing in return, saving all living beings with his own strength, even if it means risking his life.”
“And the… Grotto-Heaven force he used happens to be Senior Brother’s.”
“Perhaps it is because they are so alike that Senior Brother chose him.”
A male voice came from the other Immortal figure: “But I fear they are too alike. Being too alike… might not be a good thing.”
“If Senior Brother hadn’t been so stubborn, personally doing things time and time again, and giving away his wealth, with his abilities and our support, he might not have failed to achieve the position of Immortal Emperor.”
The female voice beside him sighed. Originally, they worried Zhang Yu would be like Yun Taizhen, climbing up only to leave disaster for Kunxu.
But now they worried Zhang Yu was too much like Ying Xintian, and that after climbing up he would fall. Then not only would their investment be wasted, but it would also cause Kunxu’s reform to fail again.
The female voice said, “If Zhang Yu really is too much like Senior Brother, then we must temper him well and suppress him. We cannot let him truly become like Senior Brother.”
The male voice said, “Liuyuan, continue speaking. How was your personal, up-close observation? How does he compare to Tai Yuebai?”
Fa Liuyuan thought for a moment and said, “Compared to Junior Brother Tai Yuebai, he is naturally far inferior. However…”
A strange look flashed through Fa Liuyuan’s eyes as he continued, “I feel that within Zhang Yu’s body, there is probably more than just the enhancement of the Immortal Legacy. Or maybe there is some profound mystery within Martial Uncle Ying’s Immortal Legacy that I cannot comprehend?”
Speaking up to here, he looked at the two Immortals in front of him and asked, “Master, are you certain that Zhang Yu does not possess any of the books of ‘Feathered Ascension’? Nor does he have the Immortal Clan bloodline?”
The female voice said, “Senior Brother secretly hid the ‘Feather Book’ and specifically passed it down to you before he left. The ‘Book of Ascension’ has already been bestowed upon Bai Gusheng by the White Bone Cult. The other two ascension books have also long had their masters. How could Zhang Yu possibly possess any?”
The male voice said, “The Immortal Clan bloodline goes without saying, as he is not even on the Immortal Register. Liuyuan, why would you ask this?”
Fa Liuyuan said, “I once secretly used the ‘Feather Book’ on him.”