Chapter 894: Dao Seed Stolen? You Were Sent by the Immortal Emperor, Right?
Zhang Yu looked at Kuang Zhiqian in front of him, his gaze sweeping across the other party’s chest. There, he saw a fleeting flash of information representing a Dao Seed.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Just what kind of ability does this Dao Seed on Kuang Zhiqian have? I wonder if I can take advantage of this opportunity…”
Beside Zhang Yu, Tai Yuebai’s gaze also swept over Kuang Zhiqian’s body. He thought to himself, Myriad Transformations… what a useful Dao Seed. Leaving it on Kuang Zhiqian to be used to foster the gambling industry is truly a waste. It will only cause Kunxu’s environment to deteriorate further.
The representative of the Gambling Dao Lineage, or rather the Destiny Dao Lineage, Kuang Zhiqian, was currently thinking to himself, “These two guys… do they want to engage in dual cultivation with me? Why do their eyes look so thirsty?”
Just as the three of them were harboring their own distinct thoughts, Tai Yuebai spoke up, “Brother Qian, Zhang Yu and I are actually your best partners for this Law Establishment. If the three of us form an alliance, it will be completely beneficial and entirely harmless, whether for the upcoming law establishment process or for the future interests of our Dao Lineages.”
Listening to Tai Yuebai’s words, Zhang Yu recalled what the other party had told him on the way here.
Are we to pretend to support the Gambling Dao Lineage together, faking an alliance with Kuang Zhiqian?
Zhang Yu felt that Tai Yuebai’s request was rather strange: But… what is the point of doing this?
Even if we temporarily feign support and gain some of Kuang Zhiqian’s trust… as long as we run into Kuang Zhiqian during the subsequent conference room pairings, wouldn’t it be easy to expose ourselves during our conversation in an environment where we can only speak the truth?
When that time comes, not only will the alliance fail, but we will also end up provoking an opponent before the formal law establishment even begins.
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, Fu Ji said, “Perhaps what he wants to do is a goal that can be achieved before the formal law establishment begins?”
Zhang Yu shook his head in his mind. No matter how much he thought about it, he just couldn’t figure out Tai Yuebai’s purpose for doing this.
However, if he had to choose between Kuang Zhiqian and Tai Yuebai, between the Destiny Dao Lineage and the Reformist Faction, he would naturally choose to help Tai Yuebai’s side.
At the same time, Zhang Yu also wanted to observe exactly what Tai Yuebai was trying to do.
At the same time, Tai Yuebai in front of him said with a sincere expression, “To show my sincerity, I have already transferred one million Immortal Coins to your account.”
Kuang Zhiqian, who was originally a bit casual, suddenly sat up straight and said, “I have already felt your sincerity.”
Zhang Yu looked at the Dao Seed flashing wildly on Kuang Zhiqian’s chest, thinking to himself, He definitely felt it. The frequency of the Dao Seed’s traces appearing is getting higher and higher. At this rate… I’ll soon be able to see the name of the Dao Seed, right?
This was the first time Zhang Yu had seen a Dao Seed emerge so quickly.
So the most effective way to make a Dao Seed reveal its information quickly is to just give money directly, right?
Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, It’s a pity that I never had the chance to do this in the past.
At the same time, Zhang Yu also realized something: Because I’m considered to be on Tai Yuebai’s side, even though Tai Yuebai is the one who transferred the money, his attitude towards me has also changed as a result?
He suddenly became expectant: Could it be that by just relying on Tai Yuebai like this, I can directly close the distance between me and Kuang Zhiqian, and finally obtain the name of this Dao Seed, as well as its copying conditions?
At the same time, Tai Yuebai could be heard saying, “All of this is because… we are natural allies in this Law Establishment.”
Hearing Tai Yuebai’s words, Kuang Zhiqian smiled and said, “I recall I haven’t spoken with you in the conference room yet, right? What? Do you already know my law establishment goal?”
Tai Yuebai said confidently, “Inside and outside the Myriad Laws Sect, who doesn’t know the great name of the Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable?”
“No matter what your goal for the third-generation Law Edict is this time, in the end, it is all to further promote gambling, to advance the Destiny Dao Lineage throughout Kunxu, and to integrate ‘gambling’ and ‘luck’ into every word and deed of all living beings in the world.”
“To make every person and every living creature in the future gamble on every word spoken or action taken — is that not so?”
Hearing the content of Tai Yuebai’s words, Zhang Yu only felt a wave of chills.
Thinking about how, after the great prosperity of the Destiny Dao Lineage, every word spoken and every choice made in the future would require a gamble, an act of “rolling the dice,” Zhang Yu felt an incomparable sense of disgust.
“What difference is this from being a puppet?”
Although he felt disgusted in his heart, Zhang Yu heeded Tai Yuebai’s reminder and did not let this disgust show.
Kuang Zhiqian wasn’t surprised by Tai Yuebai’s words; after all, the ultimate goal of their faction was well known to many.
Kuang Zhiqian simply looked at Tai Yuebai indifferently, as if to say: continue.
Tai Yuebai continued, “You’ve already familiarized yourself with Zhang Yu’s background, right?”
Seeing Kuang Zhiqian nod slightly, Tai Yuebai went on, “His salary raise at the Former Days Graveyard was a pilot program between him and our Reformist Faction, all for the sake of this third-generation law edict process.”
Hearing a topic related to salary raises, Kuang Zhiqian immediately grew serious.
Tai Yuebai added, “A salary raise means allowing those of lower cultivation to hold more Immortal Coins and possess more Immortal Dao resources. This benefits all industries, and the gambling industry is no exception.”
Kuang Zhiqian nodded in agreement.
If Tai Yuebai had just walked up and talked about raising salaries with no evidence to back it up, he naturally would have harbored quite a few doubts. After all, many people who had pursued the salary raise authority in the past had ended up meeting a miserable fate.
But now, with Zhang Yu as a living example who also belonged to the Reformist Faction like Tai Yuebai, it instantly gave his words a much higher degree of persuasiveness and credibility.
Tai Yuebai continued, “Zhang Yu’s law establishment this time is for a salary increase, and this… is also to elevate me at the same time.”
Kuang Zhiqian nodded again. It was perfectly reasonable for Zhang Yu, who was weaker in the Reformist Faction, to elevate the stronger and more senior Tai Yuebai.
But Tai Yuebai’s next words made Kuang Zhiqian’s gaze turn solemn.
Tai Yuebai said, “My goal for law establishment is to distribute money.”
Kuang Zhiqian’s gaze flickered. “Distribute money?”
Tai Yuebai smiled faintly and said, “That’s right, distribute money — distribute it massively, wildly, explosively! Let those of lower cultivation get their hands on a large amount of Immortal Coins. Brother Kuang, you should understand that once these cultivators have Immortal Coins, they will definitely spend them!”
Standing to the side, Zhang Yu also knew that Tai Yuebai was right. Cultivators in Kunxu rarely had any awareness of saving. After all, driven by the Aspiration for the Immortal Dao, the vast majority of cultivators were eager to spend every single cent of their loans on their own cultivation, let alone save up.
Once money was distributed, it would inevitably generate widespread consumption.
Tai Yuebai added, “And your gambling industry will inevitably attract the funds of countless lower cultivations.”
Kuang Zhiqian knew Tai Yuebai was right. He was all too aware of the deep-rooted vices of those lower cultivators: “Mediocre in aptitude, yet their ambitions reach higher than the sky. Each of them dreams of charging toward the Apex of the Immortal Dao, hoping to ascend to the heavens in a single bound with just the buck or two in their pockets, which is why they fall into all sorts of gambling traps…”
Tai Yuebai pointed at Zhang Yu and said, “Raising salaries!”
He then pointed at himself: “Handing out money!”
Finally, he pointed at Kuang Zhiqian: “Gambling! The three of us form a perfect cycle of Immortal Coins. We can become the most ironclad allies in this law establishment.”
Kuang Zhiqian had to admit that what Tai Yuebai proposed was highly tempting, making even his own heart stir.
He nodded and said, “What you say makes sense. Once we are matched up in the conference room, we can discuss the details.”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, Sure enough, the final confirmation still has to take place in the conference room.
He looked at Tai Yuebai beside him, wondering inwardly, What are you going to do?
Tai Yuebai, however, didn’t show the slightest hint of panic. Throwing an arm around Kuang Zhiqian, he said, “Haha, that’s a given! If we don’t exchange words in the conference room, you wouldn’t feel at ease, and neither would I.”
“However, time in the conference room is limited. We can spend a little more time now going over the cooperation details, so long as we just need to confirm the general direction once we are in the conference room.”
Kuang Zhiqian nodded slightly; time in the conference room was indeed limited and shouldn’t be wasted on minor details.
Listening to their conversation, Zhang Yu could sense that although Kuang Zhiqian hadn’t agreed yet, their relationship had rapidly improved in the face of the massive profits Tai Yuebai was offering.
Especially since, in his line of sight, the information regarding the Dao Seed on Kuang Zhiqian’s chest was unexpectedly beginning to gradually emerge.
“Myriad Transformations?” Zhang Yu looked at the Dao Seed that flashed past this time and thought to himself, “It finally appeared. Is this the name of Kuang Zhiqian’s Dao Seed? I wonder what its ability is.”
At the same time, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but inwardly lament once more, “This guy Tai Yuebai… first throwing money around, then tempting him with benefits…”
Watching Tai Yuebai, who was already acting like sworn brothers with Kuang Zhiqian, Zhang Yu thought, “This guy’s ability to build relationships is way too strong.”
This was the first time Zhang Yu had managed to probe the name of a Dao Seed in such a short amount of time.
Of course, Zhang Yu guessed that being able to obtain the Dao Seed’s name so quickly was probably also related to the fact that his Feather Book had been upgraded.
Just then, Kuang Zhiqian checked the time and said, “Let’s stop talking for now. The training class is about to start. We can’t afford to be late here, so let’s go to class first and chat later.”
As a law establishment training course attended together by the heavenly chosen of various major factions, there was naturally no such thing as time to sleep at night. Aside from some free time, the vast majority of the day was spent either in the formal law establishment training courses or in paired exchanges within the conference room.
During the next few classes, Zhang Yu noticed that Tai Yuebai always sat with Kuang Zhiqian, and the relationship between the two seemed to be continuously escalating.
“If Kuang Zhiqian had a favorability stat above his head, it would probably be constantly going up, right?”
Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, he saw a message float over.
Bu Yingshu: “😠”
Bu Yingshu thought to herself, This guy Zhang Yu has been staring at Tai Yuebai ever since he entered the classroom.
Then she thought of how Zhang Yu had been dragged away by Tai Yuebai earlier, and she felt even more indignant: I told him not to leave and to keep listening to me talk about my Law Edict goals.
In the end, after that guy was taken away by Tai Yuebai, he hasn’t sent me a single message up until now, let alone given me an apology…
Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu couldn’t help but form a suspicion after piecing together all the circumstances: I originally thought Zhang Yu was forced to go with Tai Yuebai… Could it be that he’s having second thoughts and wants to follow Tai Yuebai and mix with this bunch from the Reformist Faction?
Just as Bu Yingshu’s thoughts were tossing and turning, Zhang Yu sent a reply from his end.
Zhang Yu: “Sorry, Dao Monarch Bu, Dao Lord Tai grabbed me earlier, and I couldn’t resist 😢”
But looking at Zhang Yu’s reply, Bu Yingshu merely let out a cold snort and replied, “From what I saw, you were staring at Tai Yuebai so hard your eyeballs were about to pop out.”
While speaking, Bu Yingshu had already wrapped her arm around the curvy body beside her.
Seeing Bu Yingshu holding the pharmaceutical company representative Yue Qinglan in her arms, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “This woman… what kind of trick is she playing now?”
Bu Yingshu sensed Zhang Yu’s gaze and thought to herself, “Hmph, see that? Zhang Yu, Yue Qinglan’s original gender is female. Unlike you, she doesn’t need modifications to conceive my Immortal Seed. Plus, she’s been soaked in and consumed tens of thousands of medicinal pills since childhood, so her health index is far higher than yours.”
“You’re not the only one who wants to marry into the Immortal Clan!”
“Are you feeling a sense of crisis now?”
After class, watching Zhang Yu hurry away trailing Tai Yuebai, Bu Yingshu fiercely clenched her fists and shoved Yue Qinglan, who was beside her, away.
Yue Qinglan said, “Dao Monarch Bu…”
Bu Yingshu snorted coldly. “Pay the fine yourself.” With that, she turned and left.
Looking at her disappearing back, Yue Qinglan looked at the fine and cursed inwardly, Damn it… If it wasn’t for your body material…
On the other side, Zhang Yu trailed behind, wanting to catch up to Tai Yuebai and Kuang Zhiqian, but lost track of them in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Yu sent some messages, but the two didn’t reply, making him feel puzzled. This guy Tai Yuebai… Why do I feel like ever since his relationship with Kuang Zhiqian got better, he started avoiding me?
Zhang Yu knew that given the strength of Tai Yuebai and Kuang Zhiqian, if they wanted to avoid him, it would be impossible for him to catch up to them.
While Zhang Yu was internally speculating about what Tai Yuebai was up to, inside the conference room on the afternoon of the second day of training, a hint of confusion appeared on his face as he watched Kuang Zhiqian walk in.
Why… haven’t I been able to see the Dao Seed on his body at all?
Zhang Yu thought to himself, I could clearly see the name [Myriad Transformations] before, but now there isn’t the slightest trace of the Dao Seed. Could it be that my relationship with Kuang Zhiqian… underwent a massive change without my knowledge? To the point that I can no longer see his Dao Seed?
Just as Zhang Yu was puzzled and deep in thought, Tai Yuebai also entered the conference room.
And when Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over Tai Yuebai, his heart jolted violently.
What is going on? Why would this Dao Seed be on Tai Yuebai’s body?
At this moment, under Zhang Yu’s watchful eyes, the Dao Seed named Myriad Transformations was surfacing on Tai Yuebai’s body. However, the name of the Dao Seed only lingered for a brief moment before gradually vanishing without a trace.
Zhang Yu’s mind raced, “Why would Kuang Zhiqian’s Dao Seed… appear on Tai Yuebai?”
This was the first time Zhang Yu had seen such a situation, and a guess couldn’t help but surface in his mind, Could it be… Tai Yuebai stole Kuang Zhiqian’s Dao Seed?
Stealing a Dao Seed, was that even possible?
If Zhang Yu didn’t possess the Dao Seed Register, this guess probably wouldn’t have been the first thing to pop into his head.
But since he could copy other people’s Dao Seeds, Zhang Yu felt that it wasn’t impossible for someone else to be able to steal them.
Just as Zhang Yu’s mind was working at lightning speed, a voice reached his ears like a clap of thunder.
“Zhang Yu.”
Zhang Yu looked up to see Tai Yuebai standing right in front of him, asking with a look of curiosity, “Is there something strange about me?”
Zhang Yu was just about to open his mouth when he suddenly realized that it was impossible to lie in this meeting room.
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering how to answer, everyone’s figures shifted in an instant, and they had already completed their respective pairings.
Looking at Zhang Yu who had appeared at another table, Tai Yuebai thought to himself, This kid… did he notice something?
However, one doubt after another surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind: Tai Yuebai, is his ability really stealing Dao Seeds?
If he can steal Dao Seeds, why couldn’t I see any Dao Seeds on him before? And why can I see them now?
If he really can steal Dao Seeds, then… can I copy the Dao Seeds he stole?
As Zhang Yu’s mind was constantly churning with thoughts, a voice came from in front of him: “Hello, Zhang Yu.” Zhang Yu raised his head and looked at his pairing target for this round.
The representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage, a Rank 8 Sect Staff with a Tribulation Certificate, and also the only student on whom Zhang Yu had seen three Dao Seeds this time — Lie Jinghong.
Meeting Zhang Yu’s gaze, Lie Jinghong said indifferently, “I’ve heard the Immortal Emperor mention you. You were sent by the Immortal Emperor this time to support me, right?”