The Immortal Cultivation World Is Too Dangerous: I Return to Earth as a Divine Sage
Chapter 14 - The Immense Benefits of Building an Organization

Chapter 14: The Immense Benefits of Building an Organization

“Join Kunlun? Become its first member? As long as I achieve Mr. Ye’s goals, I could gain supernatural abilities, even immortality?”

Zhao Qingzhi had thought that after nearly a century of navigating the cutthroat world of business, his mental fortitude was unshakeable, able to remain calm no matter how great the temptation.

But now, hearing Ye Yang’s words, his century-honed composure shattered.

His face was filled with uncontainable excitement.

“Mr. Ye, I’m willing! I’m willing to join Kunlun!” Zhao Qingzhi looked at Ye Yang and declared loudly.

“This is Kunlun’s identity jade token. Take it.”

Hearing Zhao Qingzhi’s response, Ye Yang nodded, then casually waved his hand, retrieving a jade token from his storage ring and tossing it to Zhao Qingzhi.

This jade token was a task token from the Tianhuang Sect. Disciples of the Tianhuang Sect received their tasks through these tokens. When Ye Yang looted the sect’s pill storage, he also took the task tokens and the task stele used to issue tasks from the pill storage.

Task tokens were unique magical artifacts that could be used by both mortals and cultivators.

The reason they were universal was simple.

Cultivation sects often had mortals serving cultivators, and sometimes these mortals needed to carry out tasks, which could be communicated through task tokens. Of course, the way mortals and cultivators used task tokens differed.

Cultivators could infuse a strand of spiritual energy to interact with the token anytime, anywhere. Mortals, however, needed to drip their blood onto the token every month to communicate with it.

Moreover, each task token required a cultivator’s involvement.

Only after a cultivator infused their spiritual energy could the token be used by a mortal. Without spiritual energy, a mortal couldn’t activate it. Even when given to a mortal, the task token’s true master remained the cultivator who infused it with spiritual energy; the mortal only had usage rights.

But usage rights were enough, making the task token a universal artifact for both immortals and mortals. It was precisely because of this universality that Ye Yang chose to use the task tokens as the foundation for creating the mythical organization “Kunlun.”

The miraculous properties of the task tokens were otherworldly on Earth. Those who received a task token would revere Ye Yang immensely, even without him using Soul Capture to implant memories.

The tokens’ supernatural abilities alone could achieve this. And that wasn’t even counting Ye Yang’s other maneuvers. Ye Yang could issue various tasks through the task stele to the tokens. Those who completed the tasks would earn Kunlun points.

These points could then be used to redeem a range of rewards issued by Ye Yang through the task tokens.

After embarking on the path of cultivation, Ye Yang’s mastery of the Kunlun Mirror had grown. The Kunlun Mirror was no longer just a tool to open a portal to the cultivation world.

On Earth, it could also function as a teleportation gate. Ye Yang could use the Kunlun Mirror to remotely deliver redeemed items to someone using a task token to claim rewards.

The ability to make items appear out of thin air—a legendary spatial technique—further reinforced the extraordinary nature of the Kunlun organization, ensuring that those who joined would have unwavering loyalty.

It’s worth noting that Ye Yang’s stated goal of creating Kunlun to explore the cosmos wasn’t a fabrication. He genuinely wanted to venture into Earth’s cosmic expanse. The reason was straightforward.

Earth was just one life-bearing planet in the universe. If Earth could harbor top-tier spiritual herbs and special physiques from the cultivation world, wouldn’t the vast universe have even more?

If he could find other life-bearing planets like Earth in the cosmos, even if they were devoid of life and only contained spiritual herbs, it would be a guaranteed win for Ye Yang.

With Earth’s resources alone, Ye Yang was confident he could easily become a Soul Transformation cultivator. If he discovered another planet like Earth, he felt that achieving immortality wouldn’t be far-fetched.

Creating the Kunlun organization was a win-win for Ye Yang.

First, it allowed him to recruit countless influential figures on Earth to serve him, collecting the planet’s myriad resources. Second, it enabled them to work for him, developing technology to search for other life-bearing planets in the universe, ultimately benefiting him.

“Thanks to Mr. Ye’s high regard, I, Qingzhi, will spare no effort to fulfill your tasks.”

On the sickbed, Zhao Qingzhi caught the task token and spoke to Ye Yang with utmost respect.

“This identity jade token can be bound to you by dripping your blood on it. Once bound, you’ll become a member of Kunlun. In the future, I’ll issue various tasks through the token. Completing them will earn you Kunlun points. Kunlun points will be the currency you use to redeem various special resources from Kunlun.”

Ye Yang looked at Zhao Qingzhi and said calmly.

“Yes.” Hearing Ye Yang’s words, Zhao Qingzhi nodded respectfully.

“Oh, and this identity token has another function once you bind it. It can sense others with wisdom roots. Wisdom roots are divided into four grades: low, medium, high, and top-tier. Anyone with a wisdom root, as long as they haven’t been clouded by the mundane world like you were, will achieve significant accomplishments and be qualified to join Kunlun.

“In the future, if you encounter someone with a wisdom root, you can evaluate them yourself. If you think they’re qualified to join Kunlun, bring them to me. If they meet the criteria, I’ll allow them to join Kunlun and reward you with points. If they don’t, you’ll receive no reward and will have points deducted as punishment for your lack of discernment.” Ye Yang reminded Zhao Qingzhi.

Indeed, “wisdom roots” was simply a rebranded term for the cultivation world’s special physiques. The reason for the name change was straightforward: to facilitate Ye Yang’s cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Record.

The Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Record required special physiques, and Ye Yang would need an excuse when Zhao Qingzhi and others brought him women with such physiques. He couldn’t just say it was because they were beautiful—that would diminish his stature.

Using “wisdom roots” as the reason was far more convenient. With Kunlun being reopened and in need of talent, it was perfectly reasonable for him to recruit women with wisdom roots to stay by his side.

Beyond facilitating the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Record, this also made recruitment easier.

The task tokens’ true master remained Ye Yang.

Through the spiritual energy in the tokens, Ye Yang could assess the people Zhao Qingzhi met.

If someone Zhao Qingzhi encountered had sufficient status and influence, even if they lacked a special physique, Ye Yang could make the token sense a “wisdom root,” deeming them qualified to join Kunlun.

After all, aside from women with special physiques, everyone else on Earth was merely a tool for Ye Yang to collect resources. Whether they had a special physique was irrelevant.

Ye Yang had no intention of teaching them cultivation. He understood the principle that one person could eat their fill, but two would go hungry.

One cultivator on Earth—himself—was enough. Ye Yang had no desire for a second.

Allowing them to redeem talismans he casually crafted or martial arts techniques from the cultivation world, granting them supernatural abilities, was already the utmost limit.