Chapter 879 Custom Title, Tax Exemption Golden Token
“These 10 million Immortal Coins and 1 million Dao Merit are the bonus given to you by the sect.”
Watching the wildly increasing numbers in his account, watching his savings gradually skyrocket to over 12 million Immortal Coins, Zhang Yu could not help but feel a little excited. His mind seemed to have already conjured up the countless benefits this sum of money could bring.
To him, this bonus was like sweet rain after a long drought.
“As expected, my previous choice of Empress Wa Creations was right. Once I obtained an Extraordinary Merit, the bonus is enough to support me in completing this Chain Formation Diagram.”
“It is not even just Empress Wa Creations… this money is enough for me to learn ten more cultivation arts and get another Chain Formation Diagram.”
And after obtaining such a huge sum of money, the Immortal pointing a finger at him… unwittingly, in Zhang Yu’s eyes, she no longer seemed terrifying. She was no longer the monster from just now, but had turned into a heartwarming female Bodhisattva, a true fairy, whose every frown and smile exuded the ultimate charm of money.
It was not just Zhang Yu. At this moment, countless viewers watching the live broadcast and the Immortal awarding the prizes all felt that the Immortal who pointed out 10 million Immortal Coins and 1 million Dao merit was simply too beautiful, too elegant, and too mesmerizing.
“As expected of the Vice Sect Leader of the Myriad Laws Sect, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom! So dazzling! So eye-catching!”
“This is no ordinary Immortal, this is an Immortal Venerable! Although still an Immortal, she is an Immortal among Immortals!”
“The Immortal Venerable looks so cool making that transfer!”
“How could the Immortal Venerable not be cool? With wealth and strength at her level, she is a perfect person, a saint. Everything she does is cool. Where could she possibly have any flaws?”
“I really want to eat her shit!”
“If the Immortal Venerable were to take a shit, that would be an immortal fortune rarely seen in countless years. You wouldn’t even get the chance to smell it, and you want a taste?”
“Directly rewarding an Extraordinary Merit with 10 million Immortal Coins and 1 million Dao merit, the Myriad Laws Sect is truly wealthy. As expected of a top three sect.”
For a time, the chat in the entire live broadcast room, apart from envy of the Extraordinary Merit and praise for Myriad Laws, was completely filled with praise and worship for Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, attracting many more fans to her social media accounts.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Our Vice Sect Leader descending as a projection for a trip not only has all the expenses shared equally among the cultivators in the Former Days Graveyard, but she can also advertise herself and attract a bunch of fans. It really is a guaranteed profit without any loss.”
Immortal Slayer sighed inwardly, “This is an Immortal… When they directly deduct funds from your account, forcibly plundering the money you worked so hard to earn, and when they arbitrarily deduct your salary, taking away the Immortal Dao Potential you accumulated through blood and sweat, you will realize that they are true monsters. They are monsters lying upon the hundreds of quintillions of living beings in Kunxu, wantonly extracting all resources and turning all living things into the price for their own Immortal Dao.”
“But when they casually bestow huge sums of money upon you, when a single thought from them can cause your Immortal Dao Potential to skyrocket, and when they share a tiny sliver of the profits from flogging the common people with you, you will feel that they are true Immortals. They become full of charm, worthy of reverence, and are existences standing high at the peak of Kunxu, worshipped by countless people.”
“This is the twisted structure of Kunxu today. Accompanied by the tyranny of Immortal Dao Technology and the superimposed influence of layers of Dao Lineages, it ultimately endows Immortal Dao assets with infinite charm. This charm of assets and money can completely infatuate a person’s Divine Soul, blind them to right and wrong, and distort good and evil…”
Right at this moment, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, who seemed to have condensed countless aesthetic elements and exuded a holy radiance with every movement, stepped forward and came right up to Zhang Yu.
“Do you… not like me?”
This soft question from Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom echoed like a bell in Zhang Yu’s mind, making him instantly suppress all his distracting thoughts.
Zhang Yu’s heart couldn’t help but jolt. Looking at Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, who was revealing a mysterious smile, a guess suddenly sprang up in his mind: “Could she… possibly sense some of the thoughts in my heart?”
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu quickly composed himself. Regardless of whether this guess in his mind was true or false, he didn’t dare to let his imagination run wild in front of this Immortal Venerable anymore.
Seeing the change in Zhang Yu’s expression, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom patted his head and said, “Good child, don’t be afraid. My descent this time is to reward you.”
Within the Myriad Laws Sect.
Bu Yingshu frowned subconsciously as she looked at the intimate scene between Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom and Zhang Yu in the livestream: “The Immortal Venerable is being somewhat unruly like this. How can she be so intimate with a lower cultivator?”
“Could it be that she also saw Zhang Yu’s special qualities? She wants to win Zhang Yu over and snatch him away from my side?”
Inside the livestream room, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom then announced loudly: “In addition to the reward of 10 million Immortal Coins and 1 million Dao merits, the sect has also specially customized a title for your Extraordinary Merit.”
“I looked at your profile and took the liberty of setting this title for you…”
As she spoke, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s fingertips were seen tapping the void, her slender fingers continuously sweeping through the air above Zhang Yu’s head.
Under the envious and longing gazes of countless people, the Immortal Venerable inscribed the four words “Former Days Salary King” above Zhang Yu’s head.
These four words were not only vigorous and powerful, but they also emitted layers of Immortal Light, with wisps of immortal aura continuously overflowing from them.
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom smiled and introduced: “I used the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage to alter the natural laws one foot above your head. From now on, regardless of whether you are connected to the Dharma Realm or covered by the Spirit Realm, the title ‘Former Days Salary King’ will condense and appear through immortal aura.”
“It will also radiate a bit of immortal aura to you, which can roughly increase the concentration of immortal aura around you by about 0.5%.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yu’s heart shook again: “Immortal Qi Dao Lineage? Does this Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom control the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage? Immortal aura… actually also originates from a Dao Lineage?”
Under the introduction of Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, Zhang Yu gradually felt that there were indeed traces of immortal aura continuously surging out from a foot above his head.
Zhang Yu felt this scene in astonishment, unable to help but think in his heart: “Is this… the power of the Dao Lineage? Is this directly changing the Immortal Dao rules? Physical rules?”
And the countless viewers watching this scene with their own eyes were both shocked and envious.
Management Committee Vice President Xie Lanyin let out a long breath, secretly alarmed in her heart: “The Vice Sect Leader personally inscribing the title? Using immortal aura to leave the writing? Do they think this highly of Zhang Yu?”
On the other side, Bu Yingshu, who had been watching the live broadcast, frowned deeply and said angrily: “What does the Immortal Venerable mean by this? Directly leaving a mark on Zhang Yu? Why don’t you just leave a signature and write ‘I was here’ while you’re at it?”
And the next moment, the line of “Former Days Salary King” inscribed by Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom turned into Zhang Yu’s title, integrating into his personal information and data, completing authentication and updates in all aspects.
At the same time, the title “Myriad Markets Great Peace” that was originally at the very top of Zhang Yu’s head was completely suppressed by the even more shining and dazzling “Former Days Salary King”.
Simultaneously, countless discount notifications sent from various platforms appeared before Zhang Yu’s eyes.
As long as he held this title of “Former Days Salary King”, he could purchase the vast majority of goods at a 30% discount on the major platforms in the Myriad Laws Sect’s Dharma Realm.
“A 30% discount?” Zhang Yu was secretly shocked, thinking that the more than 12 million in his account would last even longer.
Seeming to see the continuous shock in Zhang Yu’s heart, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom smiled and said, “An Extraordinary Merit is more than just this.”
The next moment, she pointed a finger to the sky. The layers of clouds in the sky suddenly burst open, and countless heavenly palaces and divine temples abruptly emerged. It seemed that this finger had pierced through to an unknown number of layers in the upper levels of Kunxu.
In a laboratory of the Myriad Laws Sect, Yue Qinglan was currently conducting an experiment with Le Mulan while watching the scene in the livestream.
Upon seeing the scene where Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom pierced through the clouds with a single finger, her gaze suddenly became much gloomier.
Because she knew that the place Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom had opened was called the Heavenly Court. This instantly established a pathway between Heavenly Court’s Spirit Realm, Kunxu’s upper echelon, and the Former Days Graveyard. The upcoming reward would come from the Heavenly Court…
“Zhang Yu, to commend your merit in expanding the Dharma Realm and opening up the market, on behalf of the Immortal Emperor and the Myriad Laws Sect, I bestow upon you this Tax Exemption Golden Token!”
As she spoke, one Righteous God after another appeared on the rosy clouds, and several Great Gods even joined forces to send a golden light descending upon the Former Days Graveyard.
The golden pillar of light crashed down, and under the excited gazes of countless people, it completely covered Zhang Yu’s figure in the blink of an eye, manifesting countless five-character phrases of “Tax Exemption and Inspection Exemption” shimmering with golden light.
“It is the Tax Exemption Golden Token! This is far more formidable than the Superior Merit Death-Exempting Golden Token!”
“Once this gold token is invoked, for one year, even the Eight Divisions Great Gods cannot audit your taxes. All matters involving tax items must retreat and give way! It is free from jurisdiction!”
“The Tax Enforcement Army searches heaven and earth, auditing gods when they meet gods, and auditing Immortals when they meet Immortals, but upon seeing this gold token, they can only stay far away.”
On the other side, in a certain laboratory of the Myriad Laws Sect, Yue Qinglan gritted her silver teeth, cursing inwardly: “The Tax Exemption Golden Token… With this gold token, one can use it in any year and completely be exempt from taxes for the following year.”
Just thinking about it, Yue Qinglan knew how much benefit and profit there was in it.
But now… this had nothing to do with her anymore; it had already fallen into Zhang Yu’s hands.
“This Lower Beast…”
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Yue Qinglan forcefully pressed down on Le Mulan in front of her and shouted, “Absorb and expel the magic power faster!”
“Faster!”
“I told you to be faster!”
Le Mulan didn’t know why Yue Qinglan suddenly looked a bit angry. She just silently sped up the magic power circulation in her body, expelling more Spiritual Freezing Power.
At the award ceremony, Zhang Yu looked at the Tax Exemption Golden Token floating in front of him, unable to help but feel his mind tremble, with thoughts churning in his head.
And the Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom in front of him gently reminded, “This Tax Exemption Golden Token only has a mere one-year usage duration. Don’t be impulsive and use it right now.”
Zhang Yu, who was still shaken inwardly just a moment ago, could not help but smile bitterly to himself upon hearing Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s phrase “a mere one year”.
“That makes sense… For Immortals, being tax-exempt in many fields must have long been the norm, right?”
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom in front of him continued to remind him, “You had better go and discuss it with Fa Liuyuan and the others to figure out how to use it in the future for maximum benefit.”
Zhang Yu replied, “Thank you for the guidance, Immortal Venerable.”
At the same time, a question inevitably came to his mind.
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom in front of him seemed to have been constantly showing goodwill toward him.
Was it purely because he had sufficient Immortal Dao Potential? Or was it because this Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s stance leaned toward the Immortal Emperor? Or did the interests of the Dao Lineage behind her currently align with his?
Among the existences who could become Immortals, someone like Ying Xintian was definitely an extreme minority. Zhang Yu dared not take any of Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s overtures as simple, expected goodwill.
As various speculations continuously flashed through his mind, looking at the unfathomable smile on Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s face in front of him, Zhang Yu temporarily suppressed his rambling thoughts, planning to gather intelligence after the award ceremony ended.
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom continued, “In addition to the bonus, the title, and this Tax Exemption Golden Token, the Extraordinary Merit also comes with some benefits, but they will only be useful when you break through to the Void Refinement Realm and establish your Law Edict.”
“You will know these when you go to the 15th Layer to participate in the law establishment training.”
Speaking up to this point, a ripple flashed across Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom’s gaze. “It’s a pity that you broke through to Spirit Transformation only a little over a year ago. If only you could have broken through earlier.”
Zhang Yu sensed that there was a hidden meaning in her words, as if she was waiting for him to ask, so he asked with a sincere face, “Immortal Venerable, why is this?”
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom said, “Next year, the first batch of third-generation Law Edicts will be created. If you can break through to Void Refinement within the next year and participate in the establishment of the first batch of third-generation Law Edicts…”
She smiled, her stunningly beautiful face once again emitting a soul-stirring allure. “In the future, there will be an extremely high probability of ascending and becoming an Immortal.”
Hearing these words, Zhang Yu’s gaze focused. He had a feeling that the Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom in front of him… didn’t seem to be pitying him for not being able to make it in time, but was rather urging him, enticing him, making him improve his cultivation as soon as possible, break through to Void Refinement, and participate in next year’s Law Establishment.
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom in front of him had already turned around and looked at Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli on the other side.
“Yu Xinghan, Ye Xingli, the two of you have participated in the expansion of the Dharma Realm this time, which can be considered a meritorious service in its management…”
As she spoke, Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom waved her hand and bestowed a Subordinate Merit, sending it into their bodies.
At the same time, the numbers in their accounts jumped, showing an increase of 100,000 Immortal Coins and 10,000 Dao Merits.
Feeling all of this, Yu Xinghan felt a burst of joy. He knew that with this Subordinate Merit, it would definitely be enough for him to be promoted by one rank next year.
At that time, he would be at Rank 4, and he would also be able to smoothly obtain the Spirit Transformation Certificate, gaining the qualification to break through to Spirit Transformation.
“Spirit Transformation… Spirit Transformation…”
“After I reach Spirit Transformation, when senior sister sees me, she will inevitably have to defer to me, won’t she?”
Thinking that the Spirit Transformation Realm could actually be so close to him one day, Yu Xinghan couldn’t help but feel slightly excited, causing the eight muscles on his shoulders and other parts to harden as well, exuding a majestic vital energy power.
A Soul Cultivator’s reminder immediately came from within: “Vice Minister Yu! The Yang Artifact Bionic’s temperature is too high! The temperature is too high!”
On the other side, Ye Xingli was similarly filled with pleasant surprise and joy in her heart.
Originally, ever since she was blessed with Zhang Yu’s Nascent Soul Sacred Body, her daily cultivation had been advancing at a tremendous pace.
But this also brought a new problem, which was that with such rapid cultivation, she would step into the Nascent Soul Peak in at most another year of cultivating like this, and her various stats would become difficult to increase.
Actually, to the vast majority of Sect Staff, or rather, the vast majority of Kunxu Cultivators, being unable to increase was very normal. How many cultivators hadn’t spent years grinding at each cultivation realm’s peak before finally getting the chance to obtain a Realm Certificate and break through to the next cultivation realm?
Ye Xingli excitedly thought to herself: “But with this Subordinate Merit, next year… next year I will have the chance to break through to Spirit Transformation.”
“When that time comes, as a Rank 4 Sect Staff with a Spirit Transformation Realm livestreaming to communicate with Soul Cultivators, my words will be more persuasive, and it will definitely greatly increase the purchase rate.”
Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom then called Magnetic Pole and Old Gao over, saying, “You two were originally not qualified to join the sect. It was only because the sect made an exception that you were given a chance to participate in the Sect Examination.”
“You have lived up to this grace, doing your utmost in the Former Days Graveyard.”
“Especially you, Gao Chongguang. Even though you come from a Civil Engineering background, you knew shame and became brave, contributing a lot to the construction of the development zone.”
“The Immortal Emperor has said that the Kunlun Dao Lineage is the foundation of Kunxu, and the Civil Engineering industry is the foundation of the sect. There will always be a need for people to hold fast to it, and it must never be easily abandoned.”
These words from Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom quickly spread through the live broadcast of the award ceremony, soon causing repercussions across multiple realms.
In the Dharma Realm of the Myriad Laws Sect, a Rank 10 Sect Staff cultivator at the Ascension Realm, Ling Chenji, who had the appearance of a plump young woman, was also watching the live broadcast.
Beside Ling Chenji, a projection gradually descended. It was Cang Juechen, the original first choice for this Extraordinary Merit, who had made a key breakthrough in the control technology of High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.
Ling Chenji watched the live broadcast and said, “Heh, Kunlun Dao Lineage? Civil Engineering industry? It seems they really want to support the Reformist Faction. Cang Juechen, what do you think?”
Cang Juechen evaluated calmly, “The Reformist Faction, ever since Traitor Ying left, has amounted to nothing great and is unfit for major responsibilities. Looking at the Immortal Emperor’s actions, I am afraid he does not really want to support the Reformist Faction, but rather use them as a whetstone to balance the various factions.”
“Like this Extraordinary Merit awarding… I’m afraid it’s also because the Immortal Emperor is still not reassured enough about High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits, so he is unwilling to give us a higher degree of freedom in law establishment.”
“But during the law establishment next year, I will prove to the Immortal Emperor that the Artifact Spirit Dao Lineage will surely succeed, and High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits are the best future upgrade direction for the Dharma Realm.”
Meanwhile, in the live broadcast room, aside from Magnetic Pole and Old Gao being awarded Subordinate Merits and bonuses, Yan Qianji, Shi Huaiyu, and Feng Tingting were also successively awarded Subordinate Merits and bonuses.
As outsourced employees, Tu Lishan, Jin Jun, and Bei Wufeng could hardly conceal their excitement as they watched this scene.
After all, Immortals were the apex of the Immortal Dao that they had never seen with their own eyes, an existence they had always looked up to since setting foot on the immortal path.
Even after joining the sect, they had never expected to see an Immortal so soon, let alone see them presenting awards to their former university classmates and teachers.
“Zhang Yu!” Tu Lishan knew that the key to all this was Zhang Yu: “This man might one day be able to elevate himself to the position of an Immortal.”
“Zhang Yu!” Beside Tu Lishan, Jin Jun, who had already deeply studied Civil Engineering knowledge, looked at Zhang Yu and the group of cultivators from Myriad Laws University beside him, thinking to himself: “This man might one day be able to bring half of Myriad Laws University up here, leading everyone to rise step by step in the sect together.”
“Zhang Yu!” Bei Wufeng looked at Zhang Yu on the stage, as well as the exclusively human race contestants under his banner, thinking to himself: “This man might be able to prove to the world that neither Myriad Laws University nor the Myriad Laws Sect needs monsterfolk.”
And to the surprise of countless people, even Zhao Tianxing was called out next by Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, rewarded with 30,000 Immortal Coins, and even given a Salary raise.
Zhao Tianxing was so excited that his figure flickered continuously, as if a thread were about to break.
Only to hear Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom talk with eloquence, “It’s all to serve the sect, to serve the Immortal Emperor. Compared to others, Soul Cultivators are just dead, but whether dead or alive, it doesn’t affect the spirit of serving the sect and the Immortal Emperor.”
“My Myriad Laws Sect has always valued Soul Cultivators and treated them favorably, this is definitely not just talk.”
Zhang Yu knew that Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom saying these words was probably to further promote the Myriad Laws Sect’s market in the Soul Cultivator field, which was equivalent to making an advertisement and doing some publicity.
“This broken Kunxu… even after Ascending and becoming an Immortal, one still has to advertise and still has to act for profit.”
And after the award ceremony ended, Zhang Yu was pulled in front of the camera by Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom, ready to start giving his acceptance speech.
Everyone could hear Zhang Yu say: “Everything I have — every bit of it — was given to me by the Immortal Emperor, given by the sect, and given by Kunxu. We should take up the mantle of sect responsibility; we should give back to the Immortal Emperor, and indeed, we must give back to him. This isn’t just empty talk or mere rhetoric; these are the words from the bottom of my heart.”