Longzang

Chapter 1230 Getting Involved
With more people, there are also more stubborn mules, and their numbers are beyond imagination. These stubborn mules usually keep a low profile, and you can't tell their true colors until the crucial moment. But when the carrot is thrown out, they all reveal their true colors.

After the system designed by Feng Tingyu was implemented, it immediately caused a great uproar among the Qingming research cultivators.

Each of the three top journals has its own representative figures. "Heaven and Earth" is naturally led by Chuhe Zhenjun, with Yu Zhizhuo as his assistant, focusing on the study of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and the nature of things. "Immortal Path" is led by Ji Liuli, who has just advanced to the Yujing realm, and is supplemented by Bao Yun, Xiao Yu, Sun Yu, Xu Henshui, and others, focusing on various issues related to the path of immortal cultivation.

"The Mysteries of the Two Academies" is all-encompassing and covers a wide range of topics, with a greater emphasis on mathematics and theory, and is led by Feng Tingyu. Furthermore, Wei Yuan is honored as the chief editor. The cover of the first issue features the scene of Wei Yuan reversing the fate of an immortal.

Although there was no image-remembering sphere at the time, the artist fully utilized his abilities to portray Wei Yuan as exceptionally heroic, while the opposing immortals appeared extremely disheveled. From the shape to the composition, lighting, and positioning, Wei Yuan was impeccable.

Upon hearing that he was to be the honorary editor-in-chief, Wei Yuan readily accepted the offer and, intending to do something practical, asked Feng Tingyu to bring over a batch of manuscripts so he could carefully review them and provide guidance to the younger generation. However, Wei Yuan's good intentions were sadly rejected.

Wei Yuan was filled with frustration but had nowhere to vent it, after all, Feng Tingyu was doing it for his own good.

Although he couldn't review manuscripts, Wei Yuan completely rewrote the reward mechanism proposed by Feng Tingyu. First, most of the three top journals would feature a portrait of the cover article's author on their covers.

Then Wei Yuan launched a special publication, targeting the entire Qingming, with Qingming funding and guaranteeing its circulation. This publication was called "People," focusing on introducing leading figures in various fields as well as recently prominent figures, but the majority of the content was still concentrated on those who had published articles in top journals.

The remaining methods are conventional, such as hosting a grand banquet annually specifically for those who have published articles in top-tier journals. A set of elaborate, expensive trophies, pendants, titles, and honors are also designed for the authors to display in their homes. Even amidst the world's hustle and bustle, if the authors of top-tier journals wish, their names can be displayed in purple—a color reserved for Yu Jing, signifying their equal status with him.

Feng Tingyu's reward system focused on substance, primarily awarding numerous merits. Wei Yuan's restructured system, however, boiled down to two words: manifest divine intervention!
When the thousands of templates saw the newly announced mechanism, they all went crazy.

A few days later, a novel appeared out of nowhere and its sales swept away all dissenters.

The story originally tells of a poor scholar whose family fell into poverty, leading to his fiancée's family looking down on him, breaking off the engagement, and subjecting him to various forms of humiliation. In anger, the poor scholar left home and spent several days painstakingly writing three articles, which were published in three top-tier journals.

On the day of the annulment ceremony, after his fiancée's family had humiliated him in turn, the poor scholar revealed his triple purple title, shocking everyone present! Then, when no one believed him, he was humiliated once again.

His fiancée was filled with regret and pleaded repeatedly, even offering to bring her three distinct younger sisters with her when she married him. But the poor scholar remained unmoved and wrote tens of thousands of words of angry rebuke.

The poor scholar, concise and to the point, vehemently rebuked half the book before storming off. Outside, the realm lord's daughter was waiting for him…

Wei Yuan casually swept his divine sense across the area, and with a slight thought, the storybook vanished from all bookstores in an instant. The crowd, stunned, then realized the problem and were relieved that the Realm Lord was so magnanimous; otherwise, any other immortal who had simply read the name of the author would have been struck by lightning on the spot.

However, the very publication of this storybook demonstrates the effectiveness of Wei Yuan's system. Furthermore, various factions are rising in prominence, establishing their own publications and striving to achieve higher rankings.

The first three top journals published a large number of articles about the Golden Elixir Dharma Form Dao Path, while the cover of the second issue was simply a template Dao Foundation. He proposed a new visualization method that could effectively control the size of the Golden Elixir and theoretically lower the threshold for the Golden Elixir by 10%.

Don't underestimate this 10%. The lower you go, the larger the base of cultivators. Lowering the threshold by 10% could potentially increase the number of Golden Core cultivators by 30% or 40%. So after this article was proven effective, he graced the cover of this issue of "Mysteries of the Two Academies," instantly becoming a prominent figure in the entire Qingming world.

On the night the journal was published, this previously unknown template cultivator vanished into thin air. When he reappeared before the world, he was accompanied by three wives and four concubines. These wives and concubines were all beautiful, and their families were either wealthy or noble, half of them being powerful clans in the Zhao Kingdom.

The only downside was that these wives and concubines were all forced upon him, with no room for objection; he had to consummate the marriage on the spot. After seven such encounters in one night, this little template almost had his Dao foundation shattered.

From that day on, finding a husband through a magazine became fashionable again.

The tragic story of this model cultivator spurred all the stubborn, unsuccessful individuals to action, and everyone wished they could share his burden. Thus, countless scholars and cultivators began to work diligently, either immersing themselves in their studies or sleeping in their studios, and articles sprang up like mushrooms after rain, becoming as numerous as hairs on a cow. All realms flourished, above the full moon.

A pretty young maid, dressed in a crimson and gold jacket, was carefully digging to make her original dwelling place more spacious. The original spirit chamber was simply too small; even turning around was difficult.

So she dug with trepidation, every inch of soil seeming to conceal great horror. As she dug, she crafted furniture such as tables, chairs, and beds. In one corner of the cave, there was also a pile of shimmering gems.

If Wei Yuan were here, he would be astonished. These gems were mostly green, with a few slightly blue, and they were all actually the fortune of the Dao Foundation and Dharma Aspect. Whenever a piece of furniture was completed, this girl would take a piece of fortune to enhance it.

The effects vary, some good, some bad, and each item is different. The worst is that it only slightly improves the material, while the best is that it directly develops spirituality and becomes a spiritual treasure.

So the girl kept doing it, whether she really wanted to live a more comfortable life or just wanted to see the results of consecrating objects.

But as they were working, the small pile of gems in the corner suddenly disappeared into thin air!
She was horrified and pounced on it, but even though she held it all in her chubby little paws, the gems kept disappearing one by one until only a small portion remained!

Her lips trembled, and she looked like she was about to cry, but then she remembered her identity. So she gritted her teeth, wiped away her tears, flew out of the full moon, and began to search for the real culprit who stole her luck.

A streak of crimson-gold light flew out from the Round Moon Cave and landed on the central continent, transforming into a handsome young man dressed in a black and silver robe, holding a folding fan. The fan was painted with a cassia tree, and beside it were the words "Night Moon." At a glance, many could recognize this as the recently renowned Night Moon Prince—handsome, elegant, mysterious, and powerful, leaving many young women heartbroken.

Upon entering the bustling city, Ye Yue ignored the girls who kept surrounding her and traversed the city directly. She even visited her old rival Bing Li and used brute force to check the data before finally understanding the reason.

It turns out that all that good fortune was contributed by those who cultivated the Taiyin Golden Elixir Daoist path she wrote about, allowing everyone's path to continue, and they were naturally extremely grateful.

However, in recent months, articles about the Golden Elixir Dharma Form have proliferated, many of which point out errors and omissions in the Taiyin Path. With so many such articles, many Golden Elixir Dharma Form practitioners of the Taiyin Path have naturally become indignant; their gratitude towards her has not only faded, but in some cases has even turned into hatred.

The pretty young woman finished reading all the articles in the blink of an eye, growing angrier with each reading. These articles were beyond nitpicking; they were scrutinized under a microscope, with some even criticizing the writing style.

What does a path have to do with writing skills?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She collected all the articles, then found a pretext to beat Bingli up again before leaving.

Bingli covered her face, watching the beautiful young woman walk away, gritting her teeth in resentment, remaining silent. The transformation of spiritual beings into human form follows the rules of the Great Dao; generally, the stronger the being, the larger their transformed form. After all, the essence of their immortal spiritual energy was similar; a larger size meant more immortal energy.

The beautiful young woman who had gone far away was several times taller than Bing Li, and her wrists were thicker than Bing Li's waist.

Upon returning to Yuanyue, Da Yatou immediately plunged into her newly built study and began writing the brand-new Taiyin Golden Elixir Dao! In terms of understanding the Taiyin Dao, Da Yatou didn't think anyone could surpass her.

Isn't it just refining the Dao foundation and turning it into something with a spirit? She can't speak for other paths, but in the Taiyin Dao, isn't that easy?

She was provoked and enjoyed the benefits of good fortune, so this time she decided to get involved and write the Golden Elixir Path entitled "Mirror Lake Moon"!

The phrase "Mirror Lake and Moon Reflection" captures the true meaning of moon-viewing by the lake. The moon is high in the sky, and its reflection in the water creates a scene that is both illusory and real.

She resolved to transform into the full moon, illuminating the heavens. What the cultivators were actually cultivating was a mirror-like lake, reflecting the moon in the sky. In this way, they could absorb some of her spirituality. In a broader sense, this was also a kind of Golden Elixir Dharma Form.

The pretty young woman thought that as long as someone is alive and not too stupid, they should be able to cultivate a golden core, right?
(End of this chapter)