Shangyuque

Chapter 254 The Immortal Alliance Takes Drugs, Creating New Opportunities Without Entering the Game: Chen Yangshi Makes Progress but Is Rash.

A pale red arc of light streaked across the dark sky, leaving a beautiful trail in the air.

A Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator was flying at high speed. Unlike the Immortal Kingdom, the Immortal Alliance limited the speed of all cultivators below the Purple Mansion level in order to make the internal elimination more efficient.

Therefore, this cultivator flew at an extreme speed of seven thousand miles per hour.

His only goal was to be fast, faster, and even faster.

Later, the "Immortal Alliance Anti-Corruption Admonition Order," also known as the "First Jade Palace Decree," was brought to the Six Provinces by the deacons of the Immortal Alliance.

Fighting corruption is simple: just kill whoever is corrupt.

It's not difficult to reprimand him; after all, Wang Yulou has the right to say it.

But it's difficult to truly ensure that whoever is greedy will be killed and that words are law.

The former alone is something that is almost impossible to achieve.

Most governance leaders face a very real problem: when factors other than self-interest dominate the demands of participants within the institutional system, the value of the power to distribute benefits held by governance leaders is diminished in terms of the effectiveness of their rule.
To put it simply, quantifiable benefits are the easiest way to implement rule, if not the only way.

Killing ten thousand greedy rats is easy, but after they are killed, new greedy rats will inevitably emerge.

There is no end to the possibility of effective breakthroughs in institutional design, and the more complex the system, the more loopholes it will have.

However, the simple system could not meet the governance needs of the vast territory of the six states of the Immortal Alliance and the numerous cultivators.

This is the fundamental contradiction.

However, Wang Yulou's purpose was not to resolve the fundamental contradictions. His idea that the world could instantly become a utopia due to some change was a delusion that only the most unrealistic people would have.

As the world gradually descends into chaos, Wang Yulou, as the leader of the Immortal Alliance, hopes to rapidly improve the overall efficiency of the Immortal Alliance by curbing the excessive consumption and exploitation of its cultivators.

First, take the drug, and then, once you've gained an advantage, continue to seize it.

As for what happens in the future, we'll talk about that later.

Essentially, this is based on the same underlying logic as when Wang Yulou sold his large goods store to a sect in the Red Lantern Gang for immediate benefits.

There are too many unpredictable changes in the future; what the Immortal Alliance should pursue is victory in the present.

Furthermore, profound reforms that improve overall fairness and efficiency could effectively stifle the upward mobility of lower-level cultivators.

Yes, this kind of fairness will inevitably curb the passage for lower-level cultivators to cross the threshold of Foundation Establishment to Purple Mansion, increasing the difficulty for them to cross that difficult hurdle.

However, in terms of the overall efficiency of the Immortal Alliance, this kind of restraint is not very meaningful, because only a minority of cultivators can reach the Foundation Establishment to Purple Mansion stage.

Whether they break through or not, Wang Yulou doesn't care, nor does Qunxiantai.

Because there will always be people who can break through—even if the calculation of battle merits on the front line is raised to the point that killing one hundred Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators is required to have the opportunity to open a Second-Grade Purple Mansion, there will still be many geniuses who break through this threshold that can be described as hellish in difficulty.

Therefore, this potent medicine at the Immortal Alliance level doesn't have such major drawbacks; Wang Yulou simply played this card early.

This card can be played, but not everyone will be willing to be the first to play it, since there are too many things involved.

Wang Yulou first bears a small cost, and then reaps enormous value.

The real cost, however, was borne by the less exceptional lower-level cultivators within the Immortal Alliance.

The logic behind this is that once the important channels for seizing benefits are blocked, lower-level cultivators who are not exceptionally talented will inevitably find it difficult to obtain the resources needed to cross the threshold from Foundation Establishment to Purple Mansion without the support of a strong background and power.

It seems like they've achieved fairness, but their path to the top has been narrowed, which, of course, will make most people happy.

Because, for most lower-level cultivators, they have no chance to rise up and reach the Purple Mansion Pass.

This is Wang Yulou's goal: to reshape the understanding and concepts of the new generation of lower-level cultivators of the Immortal Alliance, improve the overall efficiency of the Immortal Alliance, and thus help the Immortal Alliance and the Immortal Venerables of the Immortal Platform to obtain more valuable bargaining chips in the chaotic era.

Would someone else dare to go all in like that?
Hard to say!

The Immortal Alliance has no shortage of people like Yi Zouri who are not afraid of death but only afraid of not having a chance, but Yi Zouri has lost before, and lost badly.

Wang Yulou has never lost and has always performed very well. Therefore, his value cannot be disproven unless he is replaced and a new person performs better.

The greatest genius in the world, what do you think?
In this era, there is no one more outstanding than Xiao Wang. Faced with absolute success, the struggles of others pale in comparison.

In the Western Sea Immortal City, the Dragon Tiger Immortal received the Jade Palace Decree delivered by the Immortal Alliance steward.

The Bull Demon King took the decree and read it carefully three times before raising his head in shock.

After reading the edict, Chen Yangshi was even more excited, and he could certainly see the real problem in it.

The efficiency of the Immortal Alliance will be further improved, and cultivators from major clans like him will gain more relative competitive advantages in the new era.

With all the shortcuts gone, the common folk can only fight tooth and nail, compete on ability and align themselves with the right factions. Chen Yangshi, on the other hand, has the support of his family and faction, which greatly increases his chances of opening his Purple Mansion.

It can be said that Wang Yulou's decree precisely targeted the interests of the Immortal Venerables of the Immortal Platform and the current core executives of the Immortal Alliance—it's hard to say whether those from major clans will still be the mainstream in the next batch.

He was a standard drug user, but he took drugs very skillfully.

"The decree has been issued. How should we inform the cultivators of the Western Sea? Senior Jiaolong, please give the order."

Gazing at the respectful Chen Yangshi, Jiaolong pondered.

"Come on, the Immortal Alliance belongs to you young people."

He was about to return to the Bull Demon Society from the Western Sea anyway, and he didn't want to get too involved in the trivial matters of the world.

With Wang Yuque's high regard, the background of the Shui Zun faction, and the halo of the success of the Western Sea Reform, Chen Yangshi will definitely have a chance to advance to the Purple Mansion realm in the future.

For Kokugaku, giving up profits to Chen Yangshi on points that are relatively insignificant to themselves is a small, cost-effective thing.

We are all ascetics struggling in the mire, and even kokugang needs to build its own network of connections.

Perhaps three to five hundred years, or even one or two thousand years from now, he will still need to deal with Chen Yangshi again.

Having supported the Western Sea Reform for so many years, it wouldn't hurt to give Chen Yangshi one last push.

"I will never forget your great kindness!"

Xiao Chen immediately knelt down, making a strong statement. Jiao Long was a smart man and wouldn't really make things difficult for him.

The horn cage is beneficial without costing anything, and so is he.

It can be said that after a period of dormancy, a period of setbacks, and the experience of leading the reforms in Xihai, Chen Yangshi is gradually mastering the spirit of the Purple Mansion.

At Chen Yangshi's summons, the core cultivators of the Western Sea all came to the Dragon Tiger Platform.

Zheng Yan, Mo Yunshu, and Yun Da.
The Western Sea truly belonged to Wang Yulou. The influence he left behind in the Western Sea even extended to different smaller factions within the Jade Palace Sect.

Zheng Yan is a member of the Wang family (not a member of the Wang clan), Mo Yunshu represents the local Zifu forces of the West Sea surrounding the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, and Yun Da represents the Jade Palace Sect cultivators who are independent cultivators, with Cui Baihao and Jin Mingdu as their core. Mingdu is their focus on Wang Yulou.

This is actually not surprising.

After all, the Jade Palace Immortal, with his Purple Mansion cultivation, is already a well-known Jade Palace Immortal Venerable within the Immortal Alliance. It's normal for him to have a large following; it's precisely because of the support of so many heroes that Little Wang has been able to gain a foothold.

Of course, he also needs to give something in return.

This is also why Wang Yulou asked Zhuzhao for the West Sea and pulled the local Zifu (a type of Buddhist temple) in the West Sea to manage it.

This piece of land was the foundation that Wang Yulou built up little by little on his own.

Originally intended for Mang Xiang, but little Mang Xiang was disappointing, so now... This disciple inheriting Master's territory is in accordance with the rules of the cultivation world, and there's nothing inappropriate about it.

If you insist on asking why Mangxiang defected from the Immortal Alliance...
Then I can only say that you're a bit like the scourge of the wild elephant.

You say that the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is the greatest scourge of the Wild Elephant?

That just means you have a lot of energy.
The term "poisonous influence" is used to describe cultivators at the lower levels. Can the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable be called a poisonous influence?
That should at least be called being deeply righteous!
Chen Yangshi conveyed the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's decree, which could not be spread indiscriminately. If the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's decree were spread all at once, who knows what would happen to the people below.

After all, Wang Yulou is truly ruthless. When someone tries to pull him into a trap, he directly pulls together cultivators from the six states of the Immortal Alliance to break the deadlock for him.

Under Pang Meixuan's charge, Wang Yulou was tricked. If he were to struggle within the game of others, he would easily find himself in a situation where no matter what choice he made, he would lose.

It can be said that the person who set up the scheme understood Wang Yulou very well. Wang Yulou's choice to deal with Pang Meixian would inevitably have the effect of accelerating the reform.

This disgusting matter is too complicated to be worth investigating further.

Xiao Wang has already passed the stage of reacting with stress and exhaling when faced with a little conspiracy.

In many cases, the truth is not so important; what matters is maintaining a stable and strong position and potential.

This level of response and "battle of wits" is extremely demanding.

By leveraging the situation to elevate the dimension and amplify Pang Meixian's problem, Wang Yulou, in order to benefit the Immortal Alliance's core executive cultivators and the Immortal Venerables of the Qunxiantai, essentially drugged the Immortal Alliance and increased his own value. This was how Wang Yulou instantly created a larger conflict within the maze, one that he could actively control.

In this way, one has a foothold that ensures invincibility, or one can say a foundation.

The key is not to blindly follow others' rhythm—not to let others manage your expectations!

Before long, nearly two hundred cultivators had gathered at the Dragon Tiger Platform.

These are the core cultivators of the Western Sea Immortal City, from powerful clans and influential forces, holding key positions in the city, and so on, all at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The winnowing basket will change the rules of the universe. One of its core demands is to separate the levels of foundation building, so that those who come later can weld the door shut for further advancement.

It can be said that if the rules of the universe were to change, most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators would become Qi Refining cultivators.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Chen Yangshi cleared his throat.

"Ahem, the reason why I have invited you fellow Daoists here today is because the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has issued a decree."

Yesterday, the third town guarding the front line of the anti-demon campaign in Chongxian Prefecture of the Immortal Alliance...
Immortal Lord's Decree, effective from this day forward
The passing of time does not mean that the past is forgotten. You must understand that you should learn from your past actions and stop them so that you can never repeat them.

Finally, there is the task of communicating downwards, which involves three key points.

Firstly, stability is paramount. The reforms in the Western Sea have just been successful, and we cannot afford any trouble. Whoever causes trouble in their territory, I will take action against them to enhance the prestige of the Immortal Venerable's decree.

Secondly, we must convey and practice the ideals of the Immortal Alliance. The Immortal Venerable has great ambitions, and the Western Sea is where he rose to prominence. Fellow Daoists, we must follow in the footsteps of the Immortal Venerable.

Thirdly, the Immortal said he would forgive and forget, but I felt terrible. The Immortal cared for us too much.

In the past, I, Chen Yangshi, was ignorant and sometimes acted without considering the consequences.

This time, I have decided to offer two hundred thousand spirit stones to apologize to the Immortal Venerable.

Of course, you don't need to follow my example, just learn from it.

Lead your horse's head!
Below the Dragon and Tiger Terrace, listening to Chen Yangshi's nonsense, Yun Da was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder.

Chen Yangshi, I'll thank you for eighteen generations of your ancestors!

Enter your father, enter your mother, enter your whole family!

Damn it, you're pretending to be innocent, dragging us all into it, you deserve to die!
Yun Da doesn't care about loyalty or disloyalty. He's just a rogue cultivator; he'll do whatever it takes to feed someone.

Right now, he only has emotions, nothing but emotions.

All I can say is that Xiao Chen has made tremendous progress.

One cannot offer only one sacrifice; offering only one is like being a beast of burden, while offering a whole group signifies a promising future.

Another approach is to leverage existing power: the power of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's decree, the power that the Western Sea itself is the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's territory, and the power of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's prestige.

Using borrowed power, they tortured the cultivators of the Western Sea, and then fiercely led the way in offering their loyalty to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

Putting aside their table manners, just tell me if they have any class or taste.
"I'll offer fifty thousand!"

"I'll offer 30,000!"

"I can never repay the Immortal Venerable's kindness, so I'll offer 186,459 coins!"

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The whole place was quiet.

Yun Da shrank his neck and spoke with difficulty.

"Uh, I'll put up 27,427!"

He likes to tell little lies. In fact, he still has more than 70,000 spirit stones, but he can't really report the limit.

All the credit goes to Chen Yangshi; he'll just give a token amount.

"Therefore, you don't need to be so agitated. The Immortal Venerable surely understands your difficulties. We'll give you a 50% discount, a 50% discount."

Chen Yangshi offered words of advice with a smile, but inside he was already starting to panic.

He worried that his act of devotion would spark a wave of people within the Immortal Alliance devoting themselves to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

That would mean he put Wang Yulou on the fire to roast.
At that moment, Chen Yangshi even felt regret.

If things really come to that, he might end up like Xu Jifan.

Maliciously offering loyalty, singing nonsense, fabricating stories about the immortal lord, and using the immortal lord as a pretext—low-level loyalty with high-level trolling.
Xu Jifan's death in the West Sea was no secret. His entire family vanished, his disciples perished, and even his old flame from the moonlit night was dealt with by the Dragon Tiger Guards.

If the horn cage hadn't opened to stop it, Yu Xiaojiang, the young general under Xianzhong, could have implicated and killed the entire family of Xu Jifan's disciple.

Thinking of this, Chen Yangshi began to break out in a cold sweat.

Well, Xiao Chen has made progress, but he's been a little too ambitious.

The world of cultivation is too deep; he still needs to carefully navigate it and gain more experience.

(End of this chapter)