I changed the world.

Zhang Jing summoned the Wish Book and checked the fulfillment status of the wishes listed in it.

"Wish: I wish that I may obtain the most excellent Heavenly Venerable Path Transformation Realm cultivation method for me."

The wish has been fulfilled.

20000 Wishing Points deducted.

"I wish that I will have good luck on my journey through this world."

The wish has been fulfilled.

10000 Wishing Points deducted.

Special Event: You have released an original song on "Beike Music" under the stage name "Rain Falls at Tianmen"...

A total of 2873 wish points have been added. (323 wish points were added yesterday.)

Special Event: You saved actress Li Yun, and this event has been filmed by the crew of "After the Sword is Sealed"...

A total of 22450 wish points have been added. (2981 wish points were added yesterday)

Special Incident: A local spirit has been spotted haunting No. 356, Mijiafang, Nanmen District, Kuaizhou City…

The streamer "Master Hua" appears on "Kulv Live", "Jiuzhou Forum"...

A total of 28953 wish points have been added. (8569 wish points were added yesterday)

Overall, Zhang Jing's wish points have reached 27547. Although Zhang Jing made two wishes at once this time, using 30000 wish points, the total number of wish points has still increased slightly.

Zhang Jing has now clearly realized that the videos that have actually contributed the most to the increase in wish points are those of "Master Hua," followed by the videos of "After Sealing the Sword." Judging from the rate of increase in wish points, the spread of those videos is clearly still in a phase of rapid expansion. It seems that events that have a disruptive impact on the worldview of ordinary people are the most powerful tools for reaping wish points.

After putting away the wishing book, Zhang Jing put down the backpack on his back. The backpack, made of high-strength nylon, had many signs of wear and tear, and even a hole the size of a coin. It seemed that it could no longer be used.

Zhang Jing took out his phone from his backpack. He had been unable to communicate with the outside world while inside the scroll because there was no network. Now he discovered that Qianluo had accumulated some unanswered messages.

The most important information was sent by "Beike-Keyoubi" yesterday afternoon:

"Hello teacher, I've noticed that your followers have increased rapidly recently, and the recommendations are very effective. Congratulations! I wish your work great success!"

"In addition, I have some news to share with you, Mr. Hongjian. You may have already seen the news in the media. Our Beike Music, under the Qianluo Group's Digital Media and Entertainment Business Group, has just undergone restructuring and been upgraded to Qianluo Interactive Entertainment Group. The group has established its own talent agency—Constellation Performing Arts Agency Co., Ltd., which will become a key area for development within the group."

Because Qianluo Interactive Entertainment has its own complete industry chain layout including film and television, music, screenwriting, etc., when cooperating with project owners in the future, the agency can provide a series of partners, including directors, screenwriters, actors, musicians, producers, advertising planners, etc., depending on the project. Whether it is a movie, variety show, advertisement, musical, etc., a complete solution can be provided. Compared with those smaller agencies, this will greatly enhance their bargaining power and negotiating ability.

At the same time, management companies can leverage the group's various channels to provide more advantageous solutions and resources for the management of their artists.

"As far as I know, teacher, you haven't signed with any company in the industry yet, right? I wonder if you would be willing to consider it? According to the information I have, since the management company has just been established, it will focus on creating a group of model artists, so Mr. Hongjian, you really should consider it. As a talented musician like you, if needed, Keyoubi can recommend you."

Zhang Jing pondered for a moment. The Qianluo Group in this world was indeed a behemoth similar to Tencent in his previous life, perhaps even surpassing it. After all, the Great Zhao of this world, whether in the cultural sphere or geopolitics, was not as passive as a certain major Eastern power in his previous life. The geopolitical inertia formed over millennia had not been broken. As the undisputed hegemon of the entire Eastern world, Great Zhao's political, economic, and cultural influence radiated throughout the East, and even had a large following in the West. Therefore, as a major domestic enterprise of Great Zhao, its international footprint was far more extensive than that of Tencent in his previous life.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Jing replied to Keyoubi with two messages:

I was traveling these past few days and just saw your message. Sorry.

"Thank you for your recommendation. However, at present, I am still in the creative and accumulation stage and do not have much commercial pursuit. Music is more of a spiritual hobby for me. Therefore, I plan to create as a freelance musician for the time being. If I change my mind in the future, I will definitely give priority to your suggestion. Thank you again for your recommendation."

For Zhang Jing, there's no way he'd ever sign with an agency; he'd never sign with one in his life.

Chapter Ninety-Six: Completing the Book of Fish

This is because entertainment companies in this world exert considerable control over their artists. In fact, Zhang Jing recalls instances similar to the scandals plaguing the Korean entertainment industry in his previous life, which were considered scandals, that had been exposed before.

Of course, the extent of these constraints varies depending on the specific contract terms of different companies, but it's impossible to say there are none at all. For example, cooperating with the company's arranged promotional tours, participating in variety shows, shooting commercials, even being given a new public persona, attending fan meetings, and so on... these are all standard operating procedures. But with all this, how can Zhang Jing have time to do anything else?

Therefore, Zhang Jing, now and in the future, can only ever be an independent musician. For him, music, besides being a hobby, is mostly an attempt to increase his chances of making a wish.

Fortunately, Zhang Jing is not the only musician like this. In a country with a tradition of hermits, it is perfectly normal for cultural figures to have their own unique personalities.

Ke Youbi quickly replied with a cute "I understand" emoji. Zhang Jing responded with a smiley face.

Besides Keyoubi's message, Liu Haitao, who had previously accepted the architectural design assignment he posted, also left some messages. Zhang Jing glanced at them and found that they mainly inquired about his opinions and preferences regarding some details of the design direction. So he replied casually and then turned off his phone.

After taking a good shower, Zhang Jing threw away his torn coats, planning to buy new ones later. Then, he went back to his bedroom and fell into a deep sleep…

***

When Zhang Jing woke up, it was already 21:09 PM. He lay in bed, opened the "Jiuzhou Forum" on his phone, and went to the "Zi Bu Yu" sub-forum to see how his previous post had gone.

Unexpectedly, both of the pinned posts on the forum had been unpinned. Had they already faded into obscurity in just a few days? Curious, Zhang Jing searched for them and found that the two posts were still highly upvoted, their popularity undiminished. Clicking on them, he discovered that the latest comments had taken a sharp turn for the worse:

"It's all a lie! It's all a scam!"

"Society is too dangerous, the schemes are so deep..."

"Master Hua, I'll XXOO your whole family... convulse..."

"Actually, I think it's alright. The video was quite interesting. I'm kind of looking forward to the game!"

"I knew it! How could there be anything supernatural? Now you see, it was definitely a publicity stunt. It's laughable that some people still insist that the video couldn't possibly have been made with special effects..."

"Everyone should go and visit Master Hua's live stream. This kind of marketing tactic that deceives netizens is disgusting..."

........................

What's going on? What happened? Zhang Jing was a little confused. He felt that something strange seemed to have happened during the time he hadn't been paying attention.

Following a link in a comment, Zhang Jing was redirected to a video page on the "Youle" short video platform. In the video, "Master Hua," a recently popular internet celebrity, smiled and recommended a new mobile game from Cuckoo Company. In the video, he frankly admitted to viewers that the widely discussed "haunted house" incident, including the video, was a collaborative online marketing campaign with Cuckoo Company, and the video featured in the campaign was CG specifically created for the new game. Finally, "Master Hua" thanked his supporters and apologized to those offended by the marketing campaign, explaining that it was something he had to do to make a living and hoping for their understanding…

Judging from the comments, netizens undoubtedly understood and supported "Master Hua's" shameless sponsored content creation, and even warmly insulted his entire family and ancestors for eighteen generations...

Zhang Jing noticed the video's release time; it must have been released this afternoon.

Zhang Jing was no stranger to this Cuckoo Company, after all, his previous internship was in front-end operations at a mid-sized online game company, so he had a considerable understanding of the industry. Cuckoo Company was undoubtedly one of the top ten game companies in the industry, and it was widely rumored that it had received investment from certain powerful figures in Southeast China, giving it a strong background.

Has someone at certain levels already noticed the online public opinion and started to whitewash it? Zhang Jing searched the Endless Internet thoughtfully and found that many advertorials had begun to appear on various platforms along with the promotion of the new game by Cuckoo Company, which had garnered a lot of attention for the game called "Hunter's Tale".

Of course, some articles also focus on the online marketing mentioned again in "Master Hua's" latest video. Currently, most of these articles are discussing and even criticizing whether such bottomless marketing, which uses fabricated hot topics to attract netizens' attention, is appropriate.

It seems the authorities have begun to realize these events and are taking steps to guide public opinion. Zhang Jing should be more careful when participating in similar incidents in the future.

After getting up, Zhang Jing cooked himself a big pot of dumplings. After eating compressed biscuits for several days, he finally got a change of pace. After finishing the dumplings, Zhang Jing changed his clothes and traveled to Lishan Cave.

In the Lishan Cave Heaven World, the servants of the cave heaven had already completed the work of clearing the ruins, so they didn't have much to do recently. At Zhang Jing's request, they cleaned the ruins again and again, and also cleared away some overgrown plants around the ruins, such as vines and weeds.

After arriving at Lishan Cave, Zhang Jing looked around at the surrounding environment, which hadn't changed much, and then found a place to sit down and began to comprehend the newly acquired "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Fish" in his mind.

Unlike when he obtained "All Rivers Converge into the Sea" before, Zhang Jing, having completed the Foundation Establishment stage, can now read some of the information within it simply through communication without merging with the "egg".

Through interpreting the information, Zhang Jing learned that this cultivation technique, whose name alone resembles a work on natural history, originated from the ancient sect, the Heaven-Mending Pavilion. This "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Fish" is actually the first part of the "Fish-Dragon Transformation" cultivation technique. This technique is specifically divided into three parts: "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Fish," "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Dragons," and "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Dragons." These three parts correspond to the second stage of the Heavenly Venerable Path after completing Foundation Establishment: Rebirth, Night Travel, and Alchemy.

With the accumulation of knowledge and insights, Zhang Jing gained a new understanding of some of the Buddhist scriptures he had read before, and at the same time, he gradually developed his own insights into the path of cultivation of the Heavenly Venerable.

In Zhang Jing's current understanding, the so-called cultivation is actually the pursuit of the transcendence of life itself, the process of gradually evolving and transcending from an ordinary life on Earth in all aspects of body, spirit, mind, and will, until finally becoming a super life.

Although Zhang Jing currently possesses relatively little knowledge and his own experience is insufficient to support his understanding of what the final life form of that evolutionary path truly is, this does not prevent him from having seen the direction forward.

Taking the Celestial Venerable Path as an example, the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation is more of an adjustment to the greater changes to come, bringing the body and mind into a relatively complete state suitable for the cultivation of this path. A solid foundation will be more conducive to future development, which is why Zhang Jing read in "The Record of Passing on the Torch" that the senior repeatedly emphasized that it is not advisable to rush and that the foundation must be firmly established.

The second stage of the Heavenly Venerable Path cultivation method that Zhang Jing has obtained is a significant adjustment or evolution of the body based on the previous one. According to the information Zhang Jing has collected, the third stage of cultivation should be aimed at the mind or spirit, while the fourth stage of cultivation is the unity of body and mind.

Such evolution, which should have been accumulated gradually over hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of years for a race, is now being condensed into the life of a single organism, so it is bound to be anything but smooth sailing.

For cultivators, this path of cultivation and evolution is by no means easy; it can even be described as fraught with peril, known as the Tribulation of Heaven and Man. Different cultivation paths have different tribulations, but none are exempt.

Zhang Jing had experienced this kind of danger before when he was advancing from the first rank to the second rank. However, relatively speaking, the lower the rank of the tribulation, the easier it was to overcome.

Taking the Celestial Venerable Path as an example, there are also obstacles and hurdles when advancing from the second to the third stage, and from the third to the fourth stage. The beauty of the "Fish-Dragon Transformation" technique lies in its division of a large realm into three smaller stages. For example, in "Fish-Dragon Transformation: The Book of Fish," the cultivation of the Transcendent Realm is divided into three stages: "Egg-Hidden," "Koi," and "Shark."

Each breakthrough in a small stage represents a transformation at a new level of life, and will inevitably bring about calamities. However, this also brings two benefits:

First, although it seems like there are more tribulations to be faced. For example, the transition from the second to the third tier would change from one tribulation to three. However, what was originally a major tribulation is now a minor one, making the intensity of the tribulations significantly reduced and thus easier to overcome safely.

Secondly, the cumulative effect of three transformations results in a more comprehensive and in-depth development of the body compared to other cultivation methods. In particular, the entire "Fish-Dragon Transformation" requires nine transformations, hence it is also known as the "Nine Transformations of Fish-Dragon." The information Zhang Jing obtained even boasted that it was "the most profound among all schools." Although Zhang Jing didn't know how much truth there was to this claim, the fact that it dared to say such a thing certainly indicated that it possessed unique advantages.

In short, this is a good cultivation technique, that much is certain. The only drawback is that it is incomplete.

However, this shortcoming might be a huge problem for others, but for Zhang Jing, it's nothing...

After much deliberation, Zhang Jing began his first attempt at practicing the "Fish-Dragon Transformation".

As the "egg" in his mind communicated and merged with Zhang Jing's spirit and spirituality, a vast amount of information began to be deconstructed by him. At the same time, he once again connected with the vast ocean of void. With the gradual improvement of his physical and mental endurance, he could now withstand far more void infusion power than before.

If he was like a tiny bubble on the beach compared to the vast ocean before, then he is now roughly equivalent to a bucket. Though still insignificant, he is no longer so fragile as to burst at the slightest disturbance.

As the "egg" gradually merged with Zhang Jing, the energy of the void began to flow in more powerfully, being transformed into his own Qi. At the same time, his physical body, as well as the Qi channels, acupoints, and spirit within his body, also began to be further adjusted.

The intensity of this adjustment was astonishing. Zhang Jing could feel his body constantly changing. Some cells were dying, while others were regenerating. The strength of his organs and even his entire body was gradually changing. At the same time, new energy channels began to form inside his body, allowing him to gradually exchange energy directly with the void as if he were breathing oxygen…

About three hours later, Zhang Jing let out a long breath and stood up from the ground, feeling the changes in his body. But what made him feel the most significant change was not the further improvement in his physical condition, but that he had now truly established an energy channel connecting to the void, allowing him to directly use energy from the void for the first time. It was a feeling as natural as if he had gained another respiratory organ.

This was a supernatural change; to the naked eye, it appeared no different from before, not like the appearance of a strange new organ. However, Zhang Jing knew that this was a true leap in his level of life.

Putting aside everything else, although he gained a huge all-round improvement in the Foundation Establishment Realm, the fact that humans, as mammals, use oxygen as an energy source cannot be changed. As he continues to improve, oxygen as an energy source begins to become a limitation to further developing his physical abilities.

In the Transformation Realm, he began to gradually break free from this energy constraint. To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, it was like a fuel-powered ship beginning to evolve into a nuclear-powered ship. Although in his current perception, this nascent energy pathway was still quite weak, it had at least begun to take shape.

It should be said that although he had completed his first advancement, he was still incomplete due to the lack of a second-tier cultivation technique. Only now did he truly become a cultivator at the second tier of the Celestial Venerable Path.

Zhang Jing thought for a moment and decided not to immediately try using the spiritual liquid in the "Demon Refining Pot." This was mainly because his body, after undergoing drastic adjustments, urgently needed a period of stabilization and growth. It would be more prudent to wait until his cultivation had stabilized at this stage before trying to use the "Demon Refining Pot" for improvement.

Chapter Ninety-Seven: Selling Jade

In the following days, Zhang Jing returned to his normal life. Besides his daily practice and occasional flute playing, he also took the time to record a bamboo flute version of "Rotting Grass Turns into Fireflies," which he then uploaded to the Beike Music platform after registering the copyright. Since he is now considered a rising star in the music industry, the platform promptly recommended his work.

It must be said that the release of several high-quality songs has generated a good response. In particular, the recommendation from Beike Music has attracted a large number of fans. Currently, the name "Rain Falls on Tianmen" has begun to attract attention from some levels of the industry, and some music companies have started to send private messages to Zhang Jing, requesting his contact information or directly inviting him to discuss joining the company.