Chapter 93

Mu spoke leisurely, recounting the orthodoxy of the Three Pure Ones.

Fengxi listened, lost in thought.

"This feels so familiar!"

He stroked his chin, his eyes darting nonstop, "Such an arrangement…… the eldest, Moral Heavenly Venerable, sets the standard; the second, Yuanshi Tianzun, handles branding; the third, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable, deals with the product!"

"Clear division of labor, orderly……"

"Impressive!"

Pondering the Mysterious Gate's Daoism, it surprisingly matches Fengxi's memory of corporate hierarchy.

First-rate does standards, second-rate does branding, third-rate does product…… all make money, but their focus differs.

Those who set standards are the benchmarks and leaders, they establish the game rules, operating on concepts and definitions.

——Moral Heavenly Venerable, expounding the idea of the Dao, isn't that exactly this?

And Yuanshi Tianzun is the one handling branding.

He expounds the Mysterious Gate's standard—thus saying its orthodoxy is the Spread Teaching, which also makes sense.

According to the Mysterious Gate's standard, the Spread Teaching must establish a good brand image through marketing, strengthening internal management, and quality control—reflected in the orthodoxy's teachings, that is elite education, taking the high-end route; selling goods is not just about quality, but also selling the authentic brand added value of the Mysterious Gate, striving to have customers speak well!

The two elder brothers of Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable, one plays with concepts, deeply excavating the future direction of Honghuang's development; the other plays with branding, expanding spiritual added value on material profits…… both are low input, high return.

But when it comes to Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable, there's no room left for him to play more tricks.

Bitter as he is, he can only honestly produce goods, practicing education without distinction, making a living by high-volume low-margin sales.

The goods (disciples) produced by Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable do not mean they are inferior to the elite education of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Even the finest product from a small workshop may not be worse than a big brand's, let alone the orthodoxy of Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable.

But it cannot be denied——when the stall expands, it's hard to perfectly control production processes, leading to uneven quality, which is also normal.

Moreover, worse still…… as the lowest end of the food chain, if you earn too much? One day you might be suppressed and restrained by the orthodoxy that sets standards and toys with branding.

Of course, beforehand, if standards, branding, and products—first, second, and third tier—collude, mutually endorse and guarantee, forming an advantageous combination…… the resulting competitiveness would be called crazy!

In Mu's description, the Three Pure Ones' governed Mysterious Gate is exactly thus!

This also makes Fengxi sigh——to stand out in such a Honghuang, no one is simple.

How could the three Heavenly Venerables' names endure through ages and their orthodoxy flow eternally, if not extraordinary?

Individually, their vision, means, and ability…… looking across the present Honghuang and the three thousand Great Luo, are top-notch choices!

Moreover, brothers united in heart, their profit cuts gold!

Thoroughly supporting the Mysterious Gate's Daoism, they possess one of the loudest voices in the entire Honghuang!

"'Red flowers, white lotus, green leaves— the three teachings share the same origin.'"

"'The Mysterious Gate's bearing is like this, but I don't know what the Buddhist Gate, which can wrestle with it, is like……'"

Fengxi thought so, and then asked that.

After all, he is truly curious.

The Three Pure Ones' actual actions in this era have given him such great surprise and delight; then…… what about the legendary Jieyin and Zhunti?

"Buddhist Gate?" Mu pondered slightly, "Actually it's not much different from the Mysterious Gate's course of action…… what Jieyin the Daoist friend does is exactly what Moral Heavenly Venerable and Yuanshi Tianzun do."

"Promoting the Buddhist Gate's concept, waiting for when to go public…… cough, cough, financing development." Mu somewhat unnaturally changed his wording, "And Zhunti the Daoist friend's work is the same as Numinous Treasure's."

"Lately they've been busy traveling around, offering free teaching lectures, promoting recruitment."

"Opening lectures, promoting recruitment……" Fengxi's face turned slightly odd.

Mu merely glanced and roughly understood his current thought, "How come, have you heard too many rumors about this Zhunti——this thing is fated with me?"

The great shaman laughed, "Actually this person's character isn't that bad yet."

"Just compare and you'll understand…… the Buddhist Gate is the prestigious academy of the cultivation world, its vice‑chancellor and top professor—the Great Divine Ability person Zhunti the Daoist, who has long traveled everywhere recruiting students…… not bad at all!"

"Considering Honghuang's world background, the supply‑demand relation in education——endless living beings, only three thousand top teachers are Great Luo."

"What this world lacks is genius?" Mu chuckled lightly, "No, it lacks good teachers!"

Between master and disciple, the supply‑demand relationship has long collapsed.

The mighty of Honghuang, each one—heaven and earth may perish but I do not, the universe may be destroyed but I do not perish. Even if heaven and earth are overturned, after cycling through earth, water, fire, wind again, those Great Luo are unaffected, able to keep on wandering.

How much do they need disciples?

Absolutely not much!

Rather than painstakingly nurturing disciples, giving them resources, scriptures, and magic treasures, it's better to stir up one faction.

So-called master has affairs, disciple serves his labor…… wouldn't the employees of a faction find that appealing?

Having taken on disciples, it's not easy to exploit them; those employees, if you want them to work 9‑9‑7, they must work 9‑9‑7!

Aside from the Wu Clan's special environment, the ancestral witches give their own scriptures, tossed about, one copy per person, out there?

Want to become a disciple? Study the Great Dao?

That's tough.

Showing talent isn't enough; one must also demonstrate character, comprehension, sincerity…… a heap of requirements.

If any one falls short,

heh.

You can't make a disciple; go work in my faction.

By working, you can exchange your contributions for Great Luo scriptures, and also for this seat's lecture time.

"Regardless of whether this Zhunti Daoist friend is going around poaching corners…… just a simple thought makes it clear." Mu spread his hands, "On one side is the arduous path to apprenticeship—thousands of hardships, crossing mountains and rivers, not knowing how one might disappear along the way; on the other side is a prestigious university professor standing before you, offering to take you as a disciple…… what choice would you make? Actually it goes without saying."

"Zhunti is like this, and Numinous Treasure is the same." Mu said in a gloomy tone, "To some extent, if the Mysterious Gate and Buddhist Gate can succeed, these two's contributions are truly not small."

Fengxi somewhat realized, then frowned, "If so, why doesn't that one give himself a proper name?"

"First of all, establishing a proper name isn't easy…… there will always be those whose interests are harmed who speak up and spread rumors, throwing dirty water." The great wizard shrugged his shoulders. "This isn't just him; many great experts are the same."

The Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, great peng... all have a lot to say.

Suiyue Changhe, boundless spacetime… any Great Luo can give it a stir. So wanting to wipe out the rumor‑mongers completely is unrealistic.

Unless that great‑ability person themselves has solid character and strength, and their morality is so black it can't be blackened, can they barely maintain a clean reputation—for example, Fuxi Great Sage." Mu said, then shook his head, "But even this person, people keep throwing curveballs at them, and soon they'll be called a soft‑rice king."

As for this, Xihuang was very unhappy… Of course, Nüwa beside him kept cheering, so the matter was left unresolved.

——Nüwa: As long as you say Fuxi rose to power thanks to me, we're good friends!

Fengxi simply imagined that scene for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Secondly…" Mu paused, "This, in fact, is also a kind of resource!"

"You don't have to do it yourself; others will help you spread the word… Although the advertising content is not good, it still lets people know that such a person exists."

"Only when you know about it can there be further development…" Mu pondered, "If…"

"The person being promoted, in the meantime, quietly uses some tactics, creates public‑opinion conflict, guides fans and haters into a huge shouting match, taking the opportunity to draw outsiders in…"

"After raising the level of attention, then another operation, letting people whitewash… tsk tsk tsk, in an instant black turns to passerby, passerby turns to fan—how wonderful!"

"After all, it depends on the level of the means…" Mu finally concluded, "If it's clever, even the black can be said to be white, let alone if one is innocent?"

"From being blackened to striking back, turning clouds and rain, endless fun!"

'Holy shit… So awesome?!'

At this moment, Fengxi's expression is indescribable.

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Even though he already understood, this Honghuang is such a 'simple and honest folk customs', 'godly talents abound'.

But hearing it firsthand from insiders—those great divine‑ability individuals, each one so 'excellent', one slick operation after another, the traffic‑promotion tactics all laid out… still gave him a start.

No wonder they're Great Luo, they've seen the world!

'Where is my imperial jade seal?'

'I want to smash walnuts on these show‑offs!'

Fengxi had thousands of words in his heart but couldn't speak them, his emotions surging.

From corporate classification, to rumor‑mongering and smearing, to traffic promotion, then to whitewashing and gaining fans…

Perhaps, the longest road in the entire Honghuang world is none other than the tactics of those great divine‑ability individuals!

'Each one so cunning, tactics endless… how are we lowly ones supposed to get by?'

'Apart from the unstained Fuxi Great Sage, oh, and also Nüwa Great Sage, Houtu the Adult, Emperor Jiang the Adult… this Honghuang is so damn polluted!'

He was indignant, infinitely worried about the average moral integrity of today's Honghuang great divine‑ability individuals.

Now Fengxi, in a daze, somewhat understood what Mu had said earlier.

The outside world truly may not be better than the atmosphere within the Wu Clan.

After all, within the clan, the ancestral witches still hold sway, always ready to crack down on excessive tactics.

But what about outside the Wu Clan?

The Great Luo who have let loose themselves—who knows… how depraved they could become?!

Fengxi pressed a hand to his brow, let out a long sigh, myriad thoughts in his heart condensing into a single question: 'Everything has a cause… just who, this utterly inhuman scoundrel, started this bizarre art style?'

'This is really, really, really… great!'

With moist corners of his eyes, in the face of the sudden great terror threat sensed by his spirituality, even when evaluating in his heart, Fengxi obediently changed his wording.

'Although Honghuang is vast, survival is not easy… so go forth and cherish!'

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