Chapter 789: The Distant Quiet Years

The elders of the Bao and Cui families were both greatly surprised, secretly thinking, where did the Xu family get so many young descendants who needed foundation forging?

But everyone was a shrewd person and immediately guessed the reason. The Xu family wanted to use this to do a favor, pulling in the backbone of affiliated forces, vassal families, and even private armies. If they still couldn't make up the number, they could also resell the spots.

In short, there was no worry about these spots not having a way out. Selling them at double the price was also easy, and they could befriend the Azure Void; why not do it?

Flipping back and forth, for the great families, it belonged to daily business. The Bao and Cui families were naturally unwilling to fall behind and each wanted two thousand spots. Thus, the two million Qingyuan that the three families had just borrowed all flowed back.

The Bao family could be ignored, but the Cui family had cooperated with Wei Yuan the earliest, and most of the young disciples in the family who could become Dao foundation had already become so. At this time, asking for another two thousand spots had somewhat deliberate traces in it.

Immediately, the Xu family elder said: "Elder Cui, does your noble family still have so many young descendants who haven't forged a foundation? It is truly something to be happy about. It's just that the Dao Foundation Ceremony is a major event in the immortal cultivation world, and it wouldn't be very good to make it mixed with good and bad."

Wei Yuan really didn't mind; anyway, as long as the spots were sold, he didn't care who came. In the past two years, even loose cultivators had been accepted; who else couldn't be accepted?

The Cui family elder, however, was unwilling to suffer in a war of words and said: "The three Cuis are originally of one mind. I am reserving some spots for the young people of the other two families in advance, which is also a matter of course. Moreover, recently my Ji Zhao Cui clan has developed rapidly, and many talents have emerged in the private army. These are all things that need to be cultivated."

This remark was watertight, so Bao Shu smiled and said: "Everyone relies on their own ability and takes what they need; there is no need to hurt the harmony. Now it seems that our three families still have fate, and in the future, the younger generation will all be classmates. We old guys naturally need to get closer."

All the elders agreed in unison.

However, the Cui and Xu families were somewhat displeased in private with Bao Shu's half-master attitude, secretly thinking, your Bao family just rose to power by relying on a Bao Yun; do our two families not have good daughters? Immediately, the elders were all calculating in their hearts what outstanding descendants and stunning beauties their own families had that could be sent into the Azure Void.

Wei Yuan coughed, and after waiting for the elders to quiet down a little, he said: "I still have a few major matters that need the help of the elders."

"World Lord, please speak!"

Wei Yuan then said: "At present, the Azure Void is waiting to be rebuilt, and many materials are still needed, mainly medicinal herbs, spiritual wood, spiritual minerals, high-level magic treasures... and so on. The specifics are all on the list, and they will be distributed to the elders in a moment. These materials are all urgently needed items, and I will purchase them with Qingyuan."

All the elders nodded slightly; this was Wei Yuan's way of exporting Qingyuan. With such an inflow and outflow, Qingyuan could slowly circulate.

The meeting ended here, and after the elders got the list, they started to study it carefully on the spot. They soon discovered that if they wanted to exchange for a large amount of Qingyuan, it was either powerful spiritual treasures or bulk materials, such as raw silk and spiritual wood.

The three families were not short of spiritual treasures, but if they wanted to last long, they still had to rely on bulk materials.

And after obtaining Qingyuan, what could they buy?

The elders had long studied the production of the Azure Void; firearms, ammunition, and armor were all necessities, and cultivation elixirs were also wanted as much as possible. Just these few items were enough to spend Qingyuan clean, not to mention the "Instant Sentient Beings" and Dao foundation training that only the Azure Void had. Just paying the training annual fee, millions were spent in the blink of an eye.

Calculated this way, no matter how much Qingyuan they had in hand, it could all be spent, and many things really couldn't be bought elsewhere. All the elders nodded slightly, their hearts gradually accepting Qingyuan.

After the elders left, Bao Shu stayed behind and said to Wei Yuan: "Virtuous Nephew, these few systems of yours are simply unimaginable and truly eye-opening. But I don't quite understand; what was your original intention for developing these systems?"

"Tell me the truth, if you are short of immortal silver, just speak up! My Bao family has some strengths in this regard; taking out tens of millions of taels for turnover is not a problem. If it's really difficult, then I will report to my Grand-Uncle, and borrowing one hundred million from you is also possible."

Wei Yuan said: "Many thanks, Senior, but immortal silver is unnecessary. Actually, the original intention for developing these systems was that I discovered that laziness is human nature. For the vast majority of ordinary cultivators, no matter how much you talk to them about the meaning of immortal cultivation and life principles, they will still slack off when they should, and they will still be distracted when meditating."

"Those whose will is truly like iron and who know and act as one are only a very small minority. The rest of the cultivators cannot even exhaust their own limited potential, so how can they talk about defying heaven and changing fate? If such people want to go further on the road of immortal cultivation, they must rely on external forces."

"Therefore, the attendance system forces them to start cultivating at a fixed time and place, while the performance evaluation is real-time supervision, letting them put in full effort when cultivating, so that every hour of cultivation yields one hour of harvest. Finally, the auxiliary immortal cultivation system helps them improve cultivation efficiency, seeing if they can break through the original potential limit and go up another level."

"The immortal road is difficult; only a very small minority can walk through it by themselves, and most people need someone to give them a lift at a critical moment. This junior is untalented and just wants to pull them a little further on the immortal path. Of course, for those who can't be pulled, I have no way either."

Bao Shu was moved: "Good, good! Virtuous Nephew, having made such a great vow, you will surely achieve a positive result in the future..."

Once these words were spoken, Bao Shu realized something was wrong and hurriedly laughed it off, saying: "I talked about Zen with a high monk for a long time a few days ago, especially about the part of achieving the Dao through great vows, and I was deeply inspired. Just now, seeing what you said, it is very similar to the great vows of the Buddha gate, and I was momentarily dazed and said the wrong thing. Virtuous Nephew, don't blame me! Virtuous Nephew, Virtuous Nephew?? What's wrong with you?"

Wei Yuan's face at this time was indescribably ugly, and he smiled reluctantly, saying: "I'm fine, just that I just broke through, and suddenly my Dao heart is a bit unstable."

Bao Shu hurriedly said: "You are advancing bravely, and your speed of cultivation is rare in the world; you really need to pay attention to consolidating your foundation. I won't disturb you anymore; you hurry up and go into seclusion to consolidate your cultivation."

Wei Yuan didn't keep him either, sending Bao Shu away, and then stood there blankly for a long time, actually somewhat dazed.

But whether it was a great vow or something else, Wei Yuan would still push this plan forward.

Wei Yuan had made calculations; if the system was fully rolled out, the number of Dao foundation cultivators in the Azure Void could increase by at least double. For those who were already Dao foundation, the foundation-solidifying time could be shortened by one-third on average, and the number of cultivators reaching the middle and late stages would also increase significantly.

The Human Renjian Yanhuo predicted that among the cultivators who stopped at the early stage of Dao foundation, if all potential could be squeezed out, at least thirty to forty percent could break through to the middle stage.

This was a huge number, and Wei Yuan could not retreat. He sighed, shook off the melancholy in his heart, and came to find Yu Zhizhuo.

Yu Zhizhuo was checking the output of the workshops in the past month, and the nearly eighty percent violent increase made him somewhat dizzy.

Seeing Wei Yuan come in, Yu Zhizhuo was immediately startled and subconsciously said: "Junior Nephew, what inhuman means have you thought of again?"

Wei Yuan smiled: "Uncle, don't panic; this time it's a good thing. Now the auxiliary immortal cultivation system is running smoothly, everyone has an understanding of their own progress, and the data everywhere is universal, so I feel that we can have a cultivation progress leaderboard."

"Each large workshop area, mining area, and factory will have a separate leaderboard, which can be divided into daily, monthly, and quarterly lists. The top one hundred results will be made public on the list, and those on the list will have corresponding rewards. If implemented smoothly, in the future, we will also launch an all-Azure Void leaderboard, as well as an Azure Void annual total list..."

The data was all ready-made, and there were no technical obstacles to launching these leaderboards, so Wei Yuan and Yu Zhizhuo discussed for half a day and finalized the basic framework, which could be launched after the Human Renjian Yanhuo optimized the details. At the latest, after seven days, the daily list and monthly list could go online.

After the two finished discussing and sent Wei Yuan away, Yu Zhizhuo still couldn't help but say: "Junior Nephew, act like a human!"

Wei Yuan just smiled. He naturally knew that once these leaderboards came out, what kind of chaos and intense competition those ordinary cultivators who originally wanted to enjoy a quiet life would be in.

In the future, when matchmakers talk about marriage, girls might say: I only look for those under thirty who are in the top one hundred of the annual Dao foundation cultivation list...

It was just that Wei Yuan felt that he had accidentally boarded a pirate ship of making great vows, and the template cultivators shouldn't think about enjoying any quiet years either; it was better for everyone to run wildly on the Great Dao of Ascending to Immortality together.

Coming out of Yu Zhizhuo's place, Wei Yuan went to the Military City again.

Cui Yu was having a daily routine meeting with the generals, and seeing Wei Yuan arrive, he dismissed the generals.

When there was no one in the hall, Wei Yuan asked: "How is the military preparation now? Just talk about the core main force."

"Now the system in the army has been re-divided. There are one hundred thousand first-class elites; if firearms are not considered, the average level is already equivalent to the past Long Xiang and Long Wei. If the replacement of firearms is considered, then the combat power is much stronger."

"There are four hundred thousand second-class elites, all fully armored, both infantry and cavalry. In terms of individual combat power, they are equivalent to the Great Tang Nine Armies, but our equipment is much better than the Great Tang Nine Armies, even the swords are better than theirs, so the comprehensive combat power is steadily above the Nine Armies."

Wei Yuan's spirit was lifted.

Heavy armored soldiers consumed a huge amount, simply piled up with immortal silver, so no country could afford to raise many.

Now the Azure Void had a full five hundred thousand heavy armored warriors, completely created from the huge wealth accumulated over the past few years. Wei Yuan exhausted his efforts, using both war and trade, and then relying on the power of the Azure Void Immortal Stone and the ability of the Human Renjian Yanhuo, after a few years, he had saved up this family foundation.

With this kind of military power, not to mention sweeping across the nine countries, at least sweeping across Western Jin was no problem.

In Western Jin, from top to bottom, even if the personal attendants and guards of the princes and ministers were counted, I am afraid that elites with equivalent equipment could not even gather one hundred thousand.

With this army, Wei Yuan had the confidence to issue Qingyuan. It could be said that wherever the spear pointed, Qingyuan could travel unimpeded.

Wei Yuan was preparing to discuss the next direction of military development with Cui Yu, when suddenly his heart moved, the scenery in front of him changed, and he had already appeared at the Northern Mountain Gate, in the courtyard where Immortal Yan Shi lived.

Not seen for many days, Immortal Yan Shi had no changes, only a trace of fatigue in his eyes.

Seeing Wei Yuan, Yan Shi said: "You have broken through again. Now the timing is already mature; it is time to make a clean break with the Left Xianwang and the Little State Preceptor. I have been flipping through the notes left by the previous Palace Master recently and have gained much insight, discovering an immortal method that is very suitable for you."

"That was originally an immortal technique, but I have made some modifications and downgraded it to a Master Yu Jing Dao method, which you should be able to use. You go back and meditate and cultivate; three months should be enough for minor success. Three months later, I will have a great battle with the Left Xianwang, and at that time you need to hold off the attack of a golden Mind-Reflection World for me. It doesn't need to be too long; as long as you can hold it for one stick of incense, it will suffice."

It finally came... Wei Yuan's expression was serious, and he said: "I will definitely do my best!"

Immortal Yan Shi nodded, flicked a beam of light into Wei Yuan's brow, and then Wei Yuan's eyes blurred, and he returned to the main hall of the Military City.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 790 =====