Chapter 1404 - 857: What the Superior Likes, the Inferior Will Exceed — Part 3

Although the Heavenly Rail Seat did not become a life stake used by Zhang Yu to mend the sky, it also provided power for Zhang Yu to suppress all things at that time, and suffered some damage.

The Yinquan Divine Monarch hurriedly said: "It’s just some simple repairs. If this corpse item really has any major faults, I can’t fix it."

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "This corpse technology... maybe it is unique to the giant corpse senior. I might have the opportunity to ask about it in the future."

Just as Zhang Yu was arranging work for the Divinity Transformation leaders of each school, his chief Soul Cultivator Zhao Tianxing presented him with the latest intelligence documents.

Zhao Tianxing: "Minister, the ban from the Heavenly Demon, Bone, and Netherworld has officially begun."

Zhang Yu glanced at the intelligence presented by the other party and replied: Got it.

The content of the intelligence was simple. Firstly, the three sects, Heavenly Demon, Bone, and Netherworld, formed an alliance in the Old Graveyard, collectively known as the Ancient Alliance.

Although this Ancient Alliance is mainly composed of sect enterprises, counting the downstream and upstream enterprises influenced and controlled by them, it can control more than 90% of the factories and companies related to Soul Cultivators in the Old Graveyard.

And their means of blocking Zhang Yu’s side could be described as simple and brutal.

"All the Soul Cultivators cooperating with us..." Zhang Yu frowned as he read the content on the document.

...

"All the Soul Cultivators cooperating with Zhang Yu’s side, from now on, are not to go transparent! Not to work overtime! Not to eat shit! And not to live in places like Yin Artifacts!"

In the Spirit Realm, similar warnings appeared in every corner of the Old Graveyard. Although not issued in formal document form, they were transmitted to every Soul Cultivator through various channels.

Hearing these warnings, the Soul Cultivators were all shocked.

"Can’t eat shit? Once blacklisted, we can’t go to charities to get shit? Wouldn’t that starve us to death?!"

"Can’t live in Yin Artifacts? Where do we get the money to live elsewhere!"

"Why can’t we be transparent? Becoming visible is expensive!"

The Soul Cultivators under Xiao Yunhe shouted: "This is Vice President Zhang’s request. Vice President Zhang said he doesn’t like transparency. All his Cultivators, dead or alive, must have 0% transparency. Soul Cultivators must all manifest autonomously."

"Don’t blame me for not telling you, if you cooperate with him, you must pay to manifest every day and are not allowed to enter transparent mode."

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Looking at the document content, Zhang Yu was filled with doubts. Although he had been researching the soul repair industry for a while, he still had much to understand about the Soul Cultivator ecology in the Old Graveyard, especially at the lowest level.

So he asked: "What does it mean not to eat shit? Soul Cultivators... can eat shit?"

Zhao Tianxing appeared in front of Zhang Yu and, having researched the relevant intelligence in advance, immediately explained upon hearing Zhang Yu’s question: "Soul Cultivators can’t eat real shit. It refers to the mana waste underground."

"Most of these waste products come from the factories in the Old Graveyard, and many of them are polluted."

"The cost of pollution control is relatively high, so many enterprises pretend to do charity, distributing these mana waste products for free to nourish some Soul Cultivators. It’s much cheaper than environmental protection."

Zhang Yu then asked: "What’s the deal with not being allowed to live in Yin Artifacts?"

Zhao Tianxing said: "The number of Soul Cultivators in the Old Graveyard is too large, and all the places where they can lodge are becoming more expensive. Later, Soul Cultivators who could not afford lodging fees started seeking devious means by staying in the Magic Remains or Magic Treasure of Cultivators, like Yin Artifacts or Eye Remains."

Damn it... Zhang Yu thought to himself, they’ve turned Yin Artifacts into group rental housing for Soul Cultivators, haven’t they?

And seeing "not allowed to go transparent" being labeled as his own request, Zhang Yu almost laughed in anger: "When did I ever require all Soul Cultivators to pay to manifest?"

"Zhao Tianxing, did you make such a request?"

"Was it you?"

Zhang Yu understood that as the often ignored and impoverished beings, Soul Cultivators generally would not waste resources on operations like projection to make themselves visible in the material world.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianxing was startled, quickly kneeling and saying honestly: "Minister, I... I never said such a thing. I just asked everyone to lower the transparency of everyone in their sight to see others clearly."

"We thought that you, Minister, didn’t like high transparency and liked seeing everyone clearly, so it was convenient for mutual supervision and work collaboration."

"So various departments also responded, emulating your style, Minister... voluntarily lowering transparency, keeping an eye on everyone, and not letting others become invisible people."

"I never demanded that Soul Cultivators pay to manifest, and none of my Soul Cultivators paid to manifest."

"I was a low-level Soul Cultivator who climbed my way up; how could I force them to frivolously spend money?"

Saying this, Zhao Tianxing quickly sent his meeting videos to Zhang Yu’s side.

Zhang Yu watched the video content and nodded slightly.

He knew that many Sect Affairs Officers in the sect would increase the transparency of outsourced Cultivators to the extent of almost seeing through them.

Moreover, Zhao Tianxing indeed only asked his subordinates to reduce transparency, not ignore others.

Seeing the fear and panic in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes, Zhang Yu paused momentarily and felt a certain distance growing between him and the other.

Zhang Yu sighed and said: "Investigate who exactly is making Soul Cultivators pay to manifest."

A moment later, a list floated before Zhang Yu.

Looking at the list of names, Zhan Xian said: "What’s liked by those above will be exceeded by those below. Zhang Yu, this is not just their problem; it’s also ours. Approaching leaders, currying favor, pleasing superiors, brown-nosing, climbing the leadership ladder—these are the habits and willingness of the people in Kunxu."

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