Chapter 892 A Person Without a Past? Ultra High-Risk Dao Seed
Regarding Cang Juehuan’s condescending scrutiny, Zhang Yu did not mind it in his heart; instead, he continuously analyzed the information revealed in the other party’s words.
As for Cang Juehuan’s proposal, he neither agreed nor refused, but simply asked calmly, “How do you want me to support you? You only stated your law establishment goal, aren’t you going to talk about your law establishment details?”
Cang Juehuan, however, smiled faintly and said, “Explaining one’s own law establishment goal is to find allies. But the specific law establishment details, including the Immortal Dao Technology used and the detailed law establishment content… before confirming whether the other party is a friend or foe, who would casually say it out loud?”
“If the two sides become enemies later, wouldn’t that be revealing one’s own important information to the enemy? That is digging a hole for oneself.”
Saying this, Cang Juehuan approached Zhang Yu, looking directly into his eyes, and said, “I know that in just a few words, it’s impossible for you to completely trust me.”
“But I am the same. If you haven’t even communicated with the 11 students here, and haven’t confirmed the propositions of the major factions, yet agree to me directly… do you think I would believe you?”
“Our cooperation can take its time. Once you understand the law establishment goals of every student, you will naturally realize… that I am your most suitable partner.”
Cang Juehuan continued, “This next piece of intelligence can be considered my show of sincerity to you.”
“The law establishment training generally lasts half a month at most. After it ends, the formal law establishment process will begin.”
“The entire Law-Knowing minor realm will turn into a simulated world. All students will complete their law establishment in this simulated world and undergo testing. Then, a potential evaluation will be conducted based on dimensions such as the Law Edict’s influence, interference power, and so on.”
“And this time, the potential ranks of the third-generation Law Edicts are divided into a total of 108 levels. Only the top 36 levels have any hope of becoming a Dao Lineage in the future, while the bottom 72 levels will forever remain as Law Edicts, destined to merely be materials that support a Dao Lineage.”
Cang Juehuan sighed, “You could say that this item alone determines the future rank and cultivation limit of a Sect Staff member.”
“Besides that, depending on the different potential levels, the cultivation resources subsequently invested by the sect and the selected pilot sites for the Law Edicts will also be vastly different. You could say it determines your speed of advancement.”
“Did the Reformist Faction not tell you such important information?”
Having said that, Cang Juehuan leaned back: “Does this mean they haven’t considered your future at all, and only intend for you to wholeheartedly elevate Tai Yuebai?”
Just as Zhang Yu frowned slightly, Fu Ji jumped up in his mind: “Immortal Slayer, according to the sect intelligence you provided, didn’t you say the Law Edict should have 49 potential levels? Why is he saying it’s 108 levels?”
Immortal Slayer said: “When I worked in the sect back then, the Law Edict was indeed only divided into 49 levels. Now it seems… after my reincarnation and departure to the lower realm, Law Edict technology has continued to develop, and the assessment of potential levels has become increasingly detailed.”
Herald God said: “Within the sect, Immortal Dao Technology changes with each passing day and improves every single day. Even if one only leaves and loses contact for a few months, they will fall behind the sect’s technological progress. This is completely normal. The most pressing matter right now is to take advantage of this opportunity to coax more information out of Cang Juehuan.”
“Boss Fu Ji, that’s what you were thinking too, right?”
Fu Ji: “Mhm, mhm, mhm… Herald God, you really speak straight to my heart.”
Auspicious God thought to himself, Damn it… Ever since this guy Herald God arrived, ninety-nine percent of the opportunities to suck up have been snatched away by him! Even my original glory has been stolen!
Herald God thought to himself, Fools. Whether it’s Immortal Slayer or Desolate Ox, at the end of the day, they are all Zhang Yu. As the saying goes, if you don’t look at the monk’s face, look at the Buddha’s face. If you keep fighting with these avatars, I’m afraid you’ll never truly earn Zhang Yu’s trust.
Fu Ji then said, “Zhang Yu, adjust your acting! Coax some more intelligence out of Cang Juehuan’s mouth!”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, This guy Herald God… is actually quite good at mediating conflicts and reducing disputes among the various parties in my head.
Just as these various thoughts flashed through Zhang Yu’s mind, his face had already sunk slightly. With knitted brows, he asked, “108 potential levels? How exactly are these graded?”
Looking at Zhang Yu’s reaction, Cang Juehuan thought to himself, Could this expression be faked? Or is it real? It doesn’t matter.
This piece of intelligence… I’m afraid the Reformist Faction doesn’t even know it yet. After all, when it comes to intelligence gathering, how could they possibly compare to our Artifact Spirit Faction, as well as the Innate Dao Lineage?
Therefore, after Zhang Yu confirms this intelligence, he will either feel that the Reformist Faction lacks strength, or that the Reformist Faction doesn’t value him. Regardless of which… it will have already achieved my goal.
Amidst his thoughts, Cang Juehuan said without hesitation, “Simply put, it mainly depends on the influence and the interference power of the Law Edict.”
“Influence depends on the scope to which the Law Edict can adapt, its speed of propagation, its scalability, and other aspects.”
“Interference power is the strength of the interference on the material world within the Law Edict’s sphere of influence, involving the scale of assets and productivity.”
In Cang Juehuan’s view, even if he didn’t share this intelligence now, Zhang Yu, as a participating trainee, would inevitably be informed of it before the official law establishment anyway.
And as long as he took the initiative to say it now, he could increase the rift between Zhang Yu and the Reformist Faction, slightly raising the possibility of the other party supporting him instead.
Therefore, Cang Juehuan spoke without reservation, even taking the initiative to explain, “If you want strong interference power, it mainly depends on the strength of Immortal Dao Technology. From this perspective, you, who have not yet broken through to the Void Refinement Realm, naturally lag entirely behind and are… the weakest of everyone present.”
A sufficiently weak Zhang Yu… This was precisely one of the reasons why Cang Juehuan was trying to win him over.
Cang Juehuan continued, “As for the level of influence, aside from the specific content of your own Law Edict, it also depends on other Law Edicts. The greater the conflict and contradictions with others, the harder it is to increase your influence. Conversely… if you can garner more support, you will naturally achieve higher influence.”
“The games and conversations playing out in this conference room… are merely everyone probing the settings of each other’s Law Edicts and gathering intelligence.”
Looking at Zhang Yu lost in deep thought, Cang Juehuan knew his words had been taken to heart.
Cang Juehuan thought to himself, Since you are destined to be a stepping stone, you really should think carefully about who would be the best choice to let step on you.
In the blink of an eye, the exchange between Zhang Yu and Cang Juehuan ended. After another random reallocation, he was now sitting with Tai Yuebai.
Tai Yuebai smiled. “Zhang Yu, what do you think is the best investment?”
Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, and the secret code agreed upon between him and Kuang Tianqing instantly surfaced in his mind: “Investing in yourself is the best investment. And investing in your next life is the best self-investment project.”
At the same time, Fu Ji’s spirits also roused as she said, “Could Tai Yuebai be the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s man? That’s right, I heard he used to work on the 18th underground floor, which is the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s territory, right? Could it be that at that time…”
The next moment, however, Tai Yuebai continued, “The best investment, of course, is people. And right now, with so many students participating in this Law Establishment, every single one of them is an excellent investment project.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “It’s not the agreed secret code. Was what he just said… merely a coincidence?”
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, Tai Yuebai continued, “Choosing which person to invest in next is very important. Take Cang Juehuan from just now, for example. Do you know any intelligence about him?”
“This is a man with no past.”
“No past?” Zhang Yu asked curiously. “What do you mean?”
Tai Yuebai said, “According to my repeated investigations, the first time Cang Juehuan appeared in the public eye was the last time he competed with you for the Extraordinary Merit quota.”
“And prior to this Extraordinary Merit, I searched repeatedly but couldn’t find any information about Cang Juehuan.”
At the same time, Tai Chenggong’s voice also came from a Bionic on Tai Yuebai’s body: “That’s right. Origin unknown, age unknown, family unknown. We’ve checked everywhere we could, but this guy seems to have appeared out of thin air.”
Zhang Yu said, “Isn’t it pretty normal to have hidden one’s identity in the past? Or like me, climbing up from the First Layer into the sect; before that, no one in the sect knew me…”
Tai Yuebai wagged his finger and said decisively, “No, no, no. I’m not saying no one knew him, but that there is absolutely no information, no residual intelligence at all.”
“No matter how well one hides their identity, the moment it’s revealed, based on their achievements, techniques, cultivation, and background… one can definitely trace their past and find the traces they left behind.”
Tai Chenggong said, “Exactly. A complete lack of traces only points to one possibility: he didn’t leave any traces in the past. His past… simply doesn’t exist.”
“His past doesn’t exist?” A thought suddenly surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind: Is he from outside Kunxu?
The Tai Yuebai before him, however, said, “I suspect… Cang Juehuan was created directly out of thin air, which is why he has no past.”
“Created out of thin air?” Zhang Yu was slightly stunned. He thought of the interest group Cang Juehuan represented, and his mind immediately reacted.
He looked at Cang Juehuan in the distance and said, “You mean… he is a High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit.”
Tai Yuebai said, “It’s highly possible, and if so, his arrival itself… is a test, a test to see whether a High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit can establish an official Law Edict.”
“And this is his primary goal.”
Hearing this, Cang Juehuan’s Law Establishment goal surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind, and he thought to himself, “The human rights of High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits?”
If the other party truly was a created High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit, then this law establishment goal seemed to hold a different meaning in Zhang Yu’s eyes.
Fu Ji said, “This Tai Yuebai is quite capable. He probably guessed that Cang Juehuan might be trying to sow discord, so he threw out some information right from the start to make Cang Juehuan seem less credible.”
Thinking of this, Fu Ji also felt a headache coming on: “How troublesome. Lying is impossible in this conference room, which makes every word from everyone true, meaningful, and more persuasive. It drastically increases the amount of information in our speech, meaning there are far more things to consider for law establishment.”
“Damn it, is this some kind of computing power test? The higher the cultivation and the more inflated the assets, the greater the advantage here.”
Zhang Yu looked at Tai Yuebai and asked, “Dao Monarch Tai, then what is your law establishment goal?”
Dao Monarch Tai replied, “Not mine, but ours. The Reformist Faction’s.”
“Our law establishment goal is very simple, and that is to distribute money! Hand out money to all the lower-rank Sect Staff, and even the lower realm cultivators!”
“And not just regular money distribution; it’s going to be massive, extraordinary, and crazy distribution!”
Hearing Tai Yuebai’s words, Zhang Yu was completely stunned: “Distribute money? How is that possible? Will the higher-ups agree?”
Zhang Yu thought of the Limitless Salary Increase Authority. Just a salary raising authority alone was enough to stir up a massive storm.
If a Limitless Money Distribution Authority was added to the mix, wouldn’t it cause a Heaven Collapse and shatter the earth?
Besides, giving away handfuls of cold, hard cash to the poor—wouldn’t the cultivators above see that as a complete waste?
Tai Yuebai smiled faintly and said, “As long as handing out money is profitable, the cultivators above will agree to it.”
Zhang Yu asked curiously, “How is it profitable?”
Tai Yuebai said, “Right now, the ten great sects all share a similar situation. All the companies are desperately researching and developing technology, just to seize more of the market.”
“But with the vigorous development of Immortal Dao Technology, the productivity of the ten great sects has actually unwittingly surpassed the total demand of the lower cultivators long ago. This is overcapacity, where supply exceeds demand.”
“Thus, the companies of the great sects can only engage in vicious competition, continuously exploiting employees and reducing costs to seize the market.”
“Under these circumstances, most industries have already turned into a red ocean. The importance of the market itself has gradually surpassed the companies that possess the Immortal Dao Technology.”
As he spoke, Tai Yuebai raised a finger and said, “Take what happened with you in the Former Days Graveyard as an example. The Soul Cultivator Industry is a standard exploitative industry, always gaining higher competitiveness by lowering the cost of the dead.”
“But what happened to the industry after you raised the salary for the Soul Cultivators? The companies with powerful Immortal Dao Technology turned around to provide services for the Soul Cultivators.”
“This is the importance of the market.”
“Whoever holds Immortal Coins and can buy a company’s products, the company will serve them.”
“If the lower-tier cultivators of the Myriad Laws Sect could be richer and possess stronger purchasing power, then the countless companies of the other nine great sects would have to serve us. They would kneel and beg us to buy their things, open our markets to them, and even exchange technology for the market.”
Tai Yuebai said sternly, “Holding technology in one hand and the market in the other, this is the way for the future Myriad Laws Sect to stand at the pinnacle of the ten great sects.”
Listening to Tai Yuebai’s explanation, Fu Ji thought to herself, This giving out money thing seems… really doable, but the key is how to distribute it to ensure the money reaches the hands of the lower-tier cultivators.
Zhang Yu asked, “How do we distribute it?”
Tai Yuebai replied, “You’ve hit the key point. Distributing money is like a salary increase. Under the current background of Kunxu, if a company randomly raises salaries on its own… from the company’s perspective, it could lead to excessive costs and a decline in competitiveness.”
“And from an individual’s perspective, it would also cause a reduction in the upper management’s profits, slow down the growth of their assets, and make their cultivation fall behind their peers.”
Tai Yuebai looked at Zhang Yu and sighed, “After all, not everyone can be like you, still able to advance by leaps and bounds after voluntarily sacrificing your own interests as a leader.”
“So… the final result is often that whoever gets a salary increase gets eliminated, and ultimately, no one gets an increase.”
“Then the best method is, if there is to be a salary increase, it must be an across-the-board increase for all industries at once; if money is to be distributed… it must be distributed to everyone.”
“And the establishment of the third-generation Law Edict this time is the best opportunity.”
Zhang Yu listened to the other party’s explanation, his mind racing with thoughts for a moment.
Is Tai Yuebai… really trustworthy?
Suddenly, seeing Tai Yuebai’s gaze glancing toward the other students again, he asked, “Dao Monarch Tai, I have another question I’ve always wanted to ask you.”
At the same time, Tai Yuebai was looking at the representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage… Lie Jinghong. He pondered in his heart, According to the intelligence I received, out of the two Dao Seeds Lie Jinghong is hiding, one of them… can rank in the top ten on Kunxu’s ultra high-risk Dao Seed rankings.
But if I want to first obtain detailed intelligence on this Dao Seed, and then master its abilities, looking at the entire plan… I am currently still short of at least three specific capabilities.
Tai Yuebai’s gaze swept over the other students as he thought to himself, Fortunately… these three abilities can be acquired right from these students. This is an unprecedented opportunity.
Just then, he heard Zhang Yu’s question.
Meanwhile, the rules of the conference room surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind — lying was not allowed here.
So, he voiced the question that was on his mind: “Can you… see something on other people?”