ATPnovel Chapter 2014: Post-New Year's Comprehension of Laws!
Chapter 2014: Post-New Year's Comprehension of Laws!
A brief wait...
For the anxious Lord of Lingyuan Palace, it felt like enduring an endless day.
Next second,
The radiant light that covered the entire temple entrance began to ripple gently like water.
A massive amount of spiritual energy split off to both sides.
An ancient-looking light gate, large enough for one person to pass through, slowly condensed and took shape in the center of the light screen.
at the same time,
A clear, husky voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation yet exuding an unparalleled aura of authority, slowly emanated from the main hall deep within the portal.
The echoes reverberated throughout the forbidden area:
"Come in."
Hearing that familiar voice...
The Palace Master of Lingyuan Palace relaxed his long-stressed shoulders slightly and gently exhaled a breath of pent-up air from his chest.
He then straightened his robes and hat, bowed his head, and strode into the portal of light before him.
Passing through the barrier of spiritual light, we stepped into the main hall.
An aura of indifference, majesty, and superiority, looking down upon Wan Xiu, instantly enveloped his entire body.
The main hall was spacious and grand, with no superfluous furnishings.
Only a nine-tiered white jade platform rose from the ground directly in front, upon which sat a throne with dragon patterns.
A tall, slender figure sat upright on the throne, eyes gently closed, his aura calm and undisturbed.
Despite his seemingly low cultivation level, he holds the power of life and death over the future of countless cultivators.
This person is none other than the puppet master, Cheng Buzheng, who remains at the association headquarters to receive reports from his subordinates.
The puppet perfectly replicated Cheng Buzheng's expression and aura.
Ordinary cultivators simply cannot distinguish between the real and the fake.
Upon seeing this.
The Lord of Lingyuan Palace dared not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly stepped forward, stood three feet below the high platform, and bowed deeply.
He said in an extremely respectful tone:
"Your subordinate greets Your Excellency."
On the high platform, Cheng Buzheng's soul puppet, seated on the dragon-patterned throne, slowly opened its eyes.
His dark, deep eyes were calm and unwavering. Without unnecessary pleasantries or formalities, he cut to the chase:
What brings you here?
"Please forgive me, President."
The Palace Master of Lingyuan Palace straightened up, still keeping his head down and not daring to meet the gaze of the person on the high platform, and calmly replied.
"Following the suggestion of the adults, our Lingyuan Palace took the lead in establishing the Lingyuan Pavilion, and it has been a full ten years since then."
After ten years of dedicated operation, the Lingyuan Pavilion system has now taken shape and is beginning to show great success.
The reason I've come is specifically to submit a summary of our operations over the past ten years and to report on various matters.
As soon as he finished speaking,
On the high platform, a hint of interest flashed in the depths of Cheng Buzheng's eyes.
He initially established the Lingyuan Pavilion by referencing the financial deposit and withdrawal system of his previous life in the mortal world and combining it with the pain points of cultivators in the cultivation world. His original intention was to solve the problem that cultivators' spirit stones were easily stolen and they had nowhere to put their wealth.
Ten years later, he also wanted to know how this brand-new system actually developed after it was implemented in the Endless Sea.
Are there any negative risks such as acclimatization problems or disruption of the cultivation world's order?
Once the mind is made up,
Cheng Buzheng spoke calmly, his tone still indifferent, but with a hint of attentiveness:
"It seems you have great confidence in the development of Lingyuan Pavilion over the next ten years."
"No problem, tell me in detail."
Upon hearing the guild leader's words, the Lord of Lingyuan Palace felt a sudden sense of relief.
A subtle, almost imperceptible joy welled up inside me.
Having spent many years in the association's upper echelons, he was well aware of the president's character and actions. He could tell at a glance that the president was indeed quite concerned about the development of Lingyuan Pavilion and was not just asking perfunctorily.
This performance review went smoothly from the start, already surpassing most of the previous one.
He dared not delay, immediately composed himself, and began his formal report in a clear and organized manner:
"President, I will first report on the coverage of each immortal city branch and the percentage of cultivator users."
"Based on the latest data statistics from the synchronized inventory across the entire region three days ago:"
Currently, all major immortal cities within the Endless Sea territory have been established as official branches of the Spirit Origin Pavilion.
The network of service points covers all core areas where cultivators reside.
Currently, within the association's jurisdiction, cultivators involved in the storage and asset management of spirit stones for the Lingyuan Pavilion account for approximately 60% of the total number of cultivators in the major immortal cities.
"Some newly built branches in immortal cities, completed in the last two years and with insufficient cultivator population, have a slightly smaller audience base."
The user ratio remains around 40%.
However, the subordinates have already prepared a follow-up user acquisition plan. With continued steady operation for another three to five years, the user share of all branches will steadily climb to 60%.
Subsequently, it entered a period of stability and bottleneck, and the growth rate naturally slowed down.
Having said that,
The Lord of Lingyuan Palace paused slightly before continuing to report the market research results truthfully:
"In response to the persistent bottleneck of not being able to break through 60% of users, my subordinates led a team to conduct a comprehensive market survey and research, uncovering the core reasons why the remaining 40% of cultivators were unwilling to join Lingyuan Pavilion."
Firstly!
Of the 40% of the population, 30% of the cultivators belong to major orthodox sects.
The sect operates on its own internal system, using sect contribution points as the sole currency. All the stipends, rewards, and personal wealth of sect cultivators are converted into contribution points.
Since very few spirit stones circulate, there's naturally no need to rely on the Spirit Source Pavilion to store assets.
"Secondly, a large portion of them are solitary, independent practitioners."
Such cultivators have no sect to rely on, no Daoist partner to bind them, and no descendants to follow. They travel the world alone, taking life and death lightly.
Naturally, he never had the idea of hoarding spirit stones or preserving his wealth; he always carried spirit stones with him.
Therefore, they are unwilling to rely on third-party safekeeping for their valuables.
"Thirdly, there is a small group of conservative monks who have always distrusted public asset institutions controlled by the association and are wary of them."
They stubbornly believe that it is safest to keep their wealth in their own hands.
"The combination of these three user groups completely locks in the user limit for Lingyuan Pavilion."
Therefore, the overall data is stuck at 60% and cannot continue to climb.
Cheng Buzheng listened quietly to the entire report, his fingertips lightly tapping the armrest of the throne.
After a while.
He nodded slightly, his expression calm as he spoke to soothe the situation:
"The 60% coverage rate has already far exceeded my initial expectations."
Social barriers between different groups of people are an objective reality.
You don't need to blame yourself for this.
He paused slightly,
Cheng Buzheng abruptly changed the subject, directly addressing the core hidden danger:
"That's right!"
Lingyuan Pavilion has been fully operational for ten years, and its new asset trusteeship model has been implemented across the entire region. Will this lead to conflicts of interest among cultivators?
Or will it disrupt the original order of cultivation in the Endless Sea?
"Reporting to Your Excellency, there was absolutely no unpleasant conflict!"
The Lord of Lingyuan Palace shook his head without hesitation, his expression turning solemn and dignified.
"Not only are there no negative or chaotic phenomena, but there are also no negative phenomena."
On the contrary, it brought great positive benefits to the entire cultivation world of the Endless Sea.
"My subordinates previously contacted the Surveillance Hall and retrieved complete case files on the crimes committed by heretical cultivators throughout the entire region over the past ten years. The data is authentic and verifiable."
Since the Spirit Source Pavilion became widespread, the number of evil cultivation gangs committing crimes, murder, and robbery around the major immortal cities has decreased by 80% to 90%.
"The root cause is quite simple."
In the past, when cultivators went out of the city for training, treasure hunting, or to venture into secret realms, they would carry all their spiritual stones with them.
They are extremely vulnerable to being hunted by evil cultivators.
Nowadays, the vast majority of independent cultivators and cultivators without a sect to rely on will deposit all their spirit stone assets into the Spirit Source Pavilion and only carry a small amount of emergency spirit stones with them.
The cultivator no longer possessed any enormous wealth.
Since there's no profit to be made by evil cultivators, they naturally won't rashly resort to robbery.
"According to statistics across the region over the past decade, cases of cultivators being attacked outside the city and committing murder and robbery have decreased by 70% compared to previous years."
Compared to inland immortal cities, the safety of cultivators traveling within the territory directly under our association's jurisdiction is far superior.
Hearing about this unexpected gain...
Cheng Buzheng's eyes finally showed obvious surprise, and he was secretly moved.
He initially established the Lingyuan Pavilion simply to solve the problem of storing cultivators' assets and to improve the association's public services.
Never did anyone anticipate that a simple spirit stone storage and retrieval system could so effectively curb the rampant plundering by evil cultivators at its source.
This will significantly improve the safety and security of the entire sea area.
"I never expected that an unintentional act would have such a miraculous effect."
Cheng Buzheng sighed softly.
"That's indeed the case, my lord." The Palace Master of Lingyuan Palace nodded emphatically, then went on to report on the subsequent plans.
"After ten years of refinement, Lingyuan Pavilion's complete business model for deposits, withdrawals, mortgages, safe deposit boxes, and asset transfers has become fully mature."
With a well-established operational system, there's no need for repeated trial and error when opening new branches in the future.
The expansion speed will definitely increase significantly.
Therefore, I have drafted a ten-year plan:
By expanding the network of service points, Lingyuan Pavilion branches will be fully established in every small and medium-sized immortal city under the association's jurisdiction.
Achieve complete coverage of the entire territory without any blind spots.
Cheng Buzheng did not hesitate and immediately agreed in a deep voice:
"allow."
After agreeing, he thought it over carefully and then asked the key question:
"With the full rollout of outlets, government spending will inevitably surge."
Can Lingyuan Pavilion's current revenue support its expansion?
Do not blindly expand your business, lest you fall into a predicament of insufficient income and insolvency.
"Your Excellency can rest assured, there is absolutely no financial pressure whatsoever!" The Palace Master of Lingyuan Palace assured him confidently.
Lingyuan Pavilion charges only a 1% handling fee for each deposit and withdrawal.
Furthermore, each person can withdraw their funds for life and only be charged a basic service fee once.
This basic revenue stream alone is enough to reliably support the daily operational and maintenance expenses of all branches.
"In addition, the pavilion's value-added services, such as exclusive spirit stone mortgage, high-level treasure storage, private safe rental, and cross-city asset transfer, generate considerable revenue."
Overall revenue has been steadily increasing year after year, and spirit stones are plentiful, which can fully support the opening of new branches across the entire region.
"The only issue that needs to be decided by adults now is the manpower quota."
With the territory continuing to expand, each branch needs guards, accounting monks, and protective personnel, resulting in a significant shortage.
The association headquarters needs to allocate a number of formal staff positions.
Between talking,
A flash of spiritual light appeared on the Lingyuan Palace Master's wrist, and a pure white jade slip containing complete personnel data steadily floated into his palm.
He presented the jade slip with both hands, bowing respectfully.
"This jade slip contains detailed records of the staffing, job assignments, cultivation requirements, and salary standards needed for each branch."
Please review and decide, President.
Cheng Buzheng raised his hand and gently waved it, sending out a gentle surge of spiritual energy that drew the jade slip to his side from a distance.
His divine sense quickly swept over all the content.
After a short review,
He spoke calmly:
"The plan is reasonable, and all the allocated positions have been approved."
This matter is entirely your responsibility.
There's no need to submit tedious reports separately.
"Thank you for your trust, Chairman!"
Your subordinate will certainly fulfill your duties diligently and will never fail to live up to your trust!
The Lord of Lingyuan Palace bowed deeply, his tone full of respect.
Then,
He raised his hand again, and more than ten accounting jade slips of varying thicknesses appeared in his palm, lined up neatly, and respectfully presented to the high platform:
"The above is a complete report on the operation of Lingyuan Pavilion."
In addition, the ten-year general account of the Lingyuan Palace headquarters is also presented.
After ten years of income and expenditure, Lingyuan Palace has a net surplus of 30 million low-grade spirit stones.
All detailed transaction records, individual expenses, and individual revenues are meticulously recorded in these jade slips. I humbly request that the Chairman review them one by one.
Cheng Buzheng raised his hand to accept all the jade slips, then spread his divine sense to quickly check the account details one by one.
As his divine sense scanned half of the area, a clear look of satisfaction slowly appeared in his calm eyes.
The accounts are clear and distinct.
Not a single expense was made improperly.
Not a single penny was embezzled; all business operations maintained steady growth.
It also improved the security of the entire sea area, far exceeding his expectations.
Notice the change in the president's expression...
Below the high platform, the Palace Master of Lingyuan Palace, whose heart had been hanging in suspense all the way, finally felt completely at ease and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Secretly relieved:
Fortunately, this time I learned from the lesson of ten years ago and did not just submit cold and dry final figures.
Instead, they prepared a complete set of contingency plans in advance, including market research, pain point analysis, future planning, and data coordination for comprehensive public security.
If they continue to treat it perfunctorily as they did last time...
Today, I'm sure I'll get another stern reprimand from the chairman.
Good luck!
With thorough preparations, we finally passed the test.
One hour later...
The faint spiritual light that filled the hall gradually subsided into stillness.
The tense and oppressive atmosphere that had been present during the meeting completely dissipated.
The Lord of Lingyuan Palace concealed the deep awe in his eyes, and his face always wore a gentle, appropriate, and perfectly measured smile.
Immediately.
He bowed deeply to the seated figure above the main hall, and then gracefully withdrew from the solemn and imposing main hall.
boom!
The heavy, dark jade palace doors slowly closed.
It also isolated all sounds and smells from inside and outside the hall.
From this day forward...
For the next seven days, the main hall deep within the forbidden area of the Cultivator Association headquarters also became lively.
The heads of various departments, including the Hall of Supervision, the Hall of Conquest, and the Hall of Law Enforcement, all came to the palace to give Cheng Buzheng their once-a-decade detailed reports.
And just as this soul puppet was quietly listening to the various palace masters taking turns reporting their duties...
the other side.
The Secret Realm, Peace City.
In the quiet room of a small courtyard deep in the city, Cheng Buzheng, who had been in seclusion for a hundred years, slowly opened his eyes, a flash of golden divine light passing through them.
Then!
With a thought, a panel of interwoven illusions appeared in his divine vision.
Master of the Jade Tablets of All Heavens: Cheng Buzheng
Spiritual root...
realm……
Cultivation techniques...
Law: Law of Chaos (Rune Realm 1/72)
The Law of Blood (Rune Realm 65/72)
The Law of Gold (Rune Realm 1/72)
The Law of Wood (Microcosm 1/365)
The Law of Water (Microscopic Realm 1/365)
The Law of Fire (Microcosm 1/365)
The Laws of Earth (Microscopic Realm 1/365)
Laws and Divine Powers: ...
……
Rule value...
Cheng Buzheng's divine sense swept over spiritual roots, realms, cultivation techniques... and landed directly on the Laws.
"A hundred years of arduous cultivation..."
"..." (End of this chapter)