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Chapter 875 - 727: The Hegemony of Layout

Chapter 875: Chapter 727: The Hegemony of Layout

Several days later, at White Peach Peak, within the White Peach Grand Hall.

Wang Zijia was sitting in the hall, with Lei Ting standing beside his jade throne like an iron tower, arms crossed over his chest.

Ice Frost, leading a group of disciples in charge of various matters, was standing in the hall. He glanced at the screen in front of him and said,

"Master, after the initial contact and harmonization, the Four Sects have begun to merge according to certain charters, but the headquarters have not yet been determined."

"Based on the current summary of information, among the territories of the Four Sects, Wanyu and Daqian are the most optimal."

"The Spiritual Pulse Group of Wanyu, having experienced the baptism of two ascensions, is showing a trend toward advancing to the Eighth Rank. Daqian has collected Dragon Veins for ten thousand years, gathering the earth veins of over a hundred provinces, and its national protective Great Array has already reached the Eighth Rank, with tremendous potential."

Wang Zijia lazily said, "Let’s settle on Wanyu then. As for the matter of the Dragon Vein... once I am free, I will re-plan the Spirit Suppressing Realm and lay out Multi-Heavens arrays in all the provinces, converging the earth veins in Wanyu."

"After all, if we chose Divine Capital of Daqian, we would still have to re-arrange everything during the consolidation process. Besides... I’m not really keen on moving to Daqian, especially to Divine Capital of Daqian."

"Yes!" Ice Frost immediately responded, with An Xingsheng swiftly recording. Ice Frost continued, "The current information from the Four Sects has been preliminarily summarized. Excluding the two who have already become immortals, there are twenty-one Tribulation Crossing Cultivators in the sects today. Eleven of them are still cultivating; ten are in slumber due to their nearing lifespan."

"Furthermore, among the ten slumbering, three have such dim life fires that they seem as though they are already dead, and they are likely to pass away forever in their slumber, with little chance of awakening."

"The remaining eleven are currently controlling arrays in the void, refining the Meng Yu Cave World with keen intent."

After pondering for a moment, Wang Zijia said, "Let them compile a detailed record of themselves, mainly including age, Dao Consistency, family assets, and progress in preparation for becoming immortal. Later, I will summon them one by one to tailor the process of becoming immortal for them."

"A reminder is needed, though, all empowerment requires sufficient resources, and we can allow them to owe debts. Additionally, there must be one extra condition: after becoming immortal, they must assist me in refining the Meng Yu Cave World and creating the Magma Destruction World Heart wholeheartedly until I complete my task."

"Understood!" With those words, Ice Frost flipped through another piece of information, and An Xingsheng continued to record.

Before Ice Frost could speak, Wang Zijia paused and added, "Bring all the ’coffins’ of the still living slumbering Tribulation Crossing Cultivators to White Peach Peak. I will take a look and see if anything can be done."

All the disciples in the hall paused in unison, involuntarily casting a glance at Wang Zijia, who remained indolently at ease.

"The Immortal Venerate is merciful!"

So said the crowd.

Wang Zijia waved his hand dismissively and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Upon hearing this, Ice Frost continued, "Li Jianye of Daqian has mobilized over a hundred and seventy provinces to extensively build life temples, and every household worships a Longevity Tablet. Wentiqian and Flying Immortal Sects wish to establish churches throughout the country and ask for your guidance to finalize core doctrines."

Wang Zijia frowned and said calmly, "Shen Hong strictly forbids all this superstitious stuff, and now they even want to establish a church directly. Do they want to be hunted down and killed by the immortals of the Three Pure Ones?"

Upon hearing this, Ice Frost ventured, "So... to reject their request?"

"Of course, reject it," Wang Zijia stated righteously, then changing the subject, he said, "However, since they are so idle, have the people down below set up a Hall of Immortal Venerate Heroes."

"Those who become immortals in the Immortal Alliance, if they wish, can have their hero statues and biographies erected in the hall for the entirety of Spirit Suppressing Realm to admire. Of course, the life temples already existing in Daqian and the Longevity Halls in Wanyu need not change. Others can follow suit as they please; let them choose for themselves."

Ice Frost: "..."

An Xingsheng: "..."

All disciples: "..."

Isn’t that the same thing?!!!

"Understood!"

Ice Frost flipped through another stack of material, with An Xingsheng recording immediately.

"Wanyu, Daqian, Flying Immortal, and Wentiqian, the four palaces are already forming quickly, but the Palace of the Talents has not yet started construction, and doesn’t even have a basic charter or core policy set. We need you, master, to make a decision," Ice Frost continued.

This fifth palace, after all, was created by Wang Zijia. Not only had it not been discussed much beforehand, but people also did not dare to decide lightly.

"Follow the procedures of Demon Suppression Sect... Nevermind, just reorganize Demon Suppression Sect, have the disciples from our vein build it, keeping the sect’s core contribution system as the main focus, and manage the rest as they see fit," Wang Zijia meditated.

Among the people present, Lei Cheng and Feng Haonan exchanged glances. Feng Haonan carefully started, "Master, do you mean to only use the formal disciple contribution system, or a complete set of systems where anyone can advance through contribution?"

After all, the system Wang Zijia initially set up allowed anyone to enhance their status within Demon Suppression Sect through contribution, with no regard to their origin or background.

For a faction, it was fine for subordinate sects or peripheral members, but incorporating it into a main body as an independent palace would be too liberal.

"Use it all. Palace of the Talents was meant for loose cultivators anyway. Just use the Pill Association as an example," Wang Zijia replied.

The Pill Association, Wanyu’s means of controlling all Pill Cultivators within its influence. Any monk capable of Alchemy could be ranked at the Pill Association and become part of the Alchemists.

The Association, however, did not heavily restrict them, often mobilizing them through tasks, allowing great freedom.

"We understand, master!"

In a single sentence, everyone grasped the positioning and nature of Palace of the Talents.

With that settled, Ice Frost then turned a pile of materials and continued, "The last thing is the establishment of the Business League across the realm."

At this point, Ice Frost didn’t elaborate, but instead looked towards the group of disciples from Qinglian World.

The Gods Monarchs of the Qinglian World felt it, and among the several Saint Masters, two of the former Saint Arbitrator Masters, who were the two best at understanding Wang Zijia’s modern thinking, stood up together.

One was Zong Bixue, the Saint Master of Nurturing Abomination;

The other was Jiang Siyi, the Saint Master in charge of Illusion Realm construction.

They were considered the two most genius figures in the Qinglian World in the past few centuries.

After ascending and undergoing purification through prayer, they had reached the peak of Infant God in just seven years, ready to achieve Primordial Spirit, by consuming a large number of elixirs.

They represented the new generation of White Peach Peak!

Jiang Siyi, who was the most proficient in Illusion Formation and the one who led Qinglian into the information era of Xianxia, gave Wang Zijia a bow and said, "Your Immortality, I wish to establish the ’Town Spirit Domain Immortal Alliance Magic Money Bank’ during the construction of the Business League."

Wang Zijia was taken aback and looked at Jiang Siyi in astonishment, "Do you want to issue virtual currency? Are you planning to centralize the control of cultivation resources?"

’As expected of the Immortal Venerate, I barely showed my intentions, and you already know my ultimate goal.’ Jiang Siyi thought rapidly, and then said, "That is my final plan."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "You’re being too optimistic. Even if the Dragon Vein Formation is completed and covers the entire domain, solving the network issues, it won’t resolve the fundamental interest issues. I cannot allow the Immortal Alliance to forcefully promote it."

In the previous life, currency could be virtualized and enter the credit era because the essence of money is a form of equivalence.

The currency itself, whether gold or paper money, has no inherent value; it is endowed by people.

But in this world, it’s different; magic money and Spirit Essence are inherently cultivation resources.

"Wise as always, Immortal Venerable, you see right to the heart of the matter!" Jiang Siyi started with some flattery before continuing, "I have no intention of entering the credit virtual currency era. I plan to start the Spirit base!"

This is similar to the gold standard, which was the origin of the initial paper-based credit currencies. For every unit of currency produced by a country, there had to be a unit of gold.

Users could take their money to the bank at any time and exchange it for paper money or gold.

In other words, paper money was like an anonymous savings book.

That was the gold standard era!

Understanding the Spirit base approach is simple, just replace gold with magic money.

"Not a bad idea; virtualize the magic money, and once people get used to it, we can gradually make our move," Wang Zijia’s eyes brightened.

Jiang Siyi looked at Wang Zijia with a bright smile. Both understood what they were plotting, but they didn’t continue on.

The right to issue currency is a frightening thing!

In the Qinglian World, not only had they implemented it, but they had also traveled quite some distance in that direction.

If they could spread this to the Central Immortal Domain...

They could establish currency hegemony!!!

...

Although An Xingsheng didn’t quite understand, he diligently recorded everything.

At this time, Wang Zijia suddenly remembered something and turned his head towards Ice Frost, "By the way, in addition to the domestic commercial construction of the Business League, organize a few trade caravans for commerce with other domains."

"Especially focus on communication between the East Wilderness and Central Immortal Domain; there are people on both sides who have started preliminary construction, and you’ll have contacts to interact with them. Handle the rest as you see fit."

"Understood!" Ice Frost responded.

...

And so, Ice Frost continued to discuss the various matters related to the establishment of the Immortal Alliance.

Generally speaking, Wang Zijia simply set the direction, and left the rest for them to handle.

After half a day like this, the details were almost all ironed out.

...

"Is that it?" Wang Zijia asked.

"That’s about it for now. The rest will probably take a few months to smooth out," Ice Frost replied.

Wang Zijia breathed a sigh of relief; it was good he brought Ice Frost back. Just setting the general direction involved so much; if he had to handle it all himself, it would be overwhelming!

"Then let’s..." Just as Wang Zijia was about to wrap things up, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Right, we’ve talked so much, but why hasn’t the matter of the Dark Departments of the various Sects come up?"

Ice Frost paused, quickly flipped through some information on the screen in front of him, and then frowned, "The Dark Departments of the Four Sects mostly operate as independent systems, and there’s no protocol in place yet. Do you want me to summon the head of each Dark Department?"

"Is that so?" Wang Zijia thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand, and a page of a book materialized and exploded.

The next moment, Li Shengshi abruptly appeared in the Great Hall.

Li Shengshi was initially confused, but as soon as he saw Wang Zijia, he immediately exclaimed joyfully, "Ninth Brother!"