Longzang

Chapter 800 Comprehensive upgrade
This fortune does not originate from the Qingyuan's issuance, but rather from the fact that the people in the Qingming have genuinely benefited, thus reflecting back on this fortune.

Wei Yuan seemed to understand something, deeply comprehending the power of the word "welfare." In the outer world, this would mean two million votes, enough to get any position one wanted.

No wonder those politicians in the outer world, regardless of whether they can afford it, only care about increasing welfare and getting votes first. As for whether the economy will collapse, that's a problem for the next administration.

However, Wei Yuan had also experienced the chaos and apocalypse of the outer world and knew that welfare was a double-edged sword; while providing benefits, it was also necessary to restrain and spur on them.

So Wei Yuan summoned Yu Zhizhuo to discuss the next steps in detail. After hearing Wei Yuan's plan, even the well-informed Yu Zhizhuo was shocked: "Is this something a human could come up with?"

Wei Yuan said, "It was conceived by humans, and by mortals at that."

Yu Zhizhuo had no choice but to comply, but before leaving, he couldn't help but say, "Nephew, have some decency!"

Upon returning, Yu Zhizhuo first selected the eyeballs of the exotic beasts and refined them into a complete set of magical treasures, including one core mother treasure and one hundred and eight child eyes.

Then, secondary eyes are placed at the entrances and exits of important work areas. When a worker enters or leaves, he simply stands in front of a secondary eye, and his or her identity information is recorded and stored in the main treasure. When he/she goes to work and when he/she leaves work are recorded clearly.

Then, dedicated attendance recorders were appointed, selected from those with exceptional spiritual insight and a naturally sharp tongue, to patrol various regions. After completing their daily work, they memorized the information recorded by the Mother Treasure, then entered the mortal realm to transfer the information there. This resulted in a complete attendance record that could be permanently stored and used for future analysis in other projects.

After several days of testing, Wei Yuan was very satisfied to see that the attendance system was working well. Now that everyone was getting paid, they could finally start penalizing latecomers by deducting their pay.

The launch of the attendance system was just the beginning, and only a tiny part of Wei Yuan's overall plan. Next, Wei Yuan invested another million immortal silver to comprehensively upgrade and transform the Zhou Tian Star Array.

The renovation was primarily undertaken by Ji Liuli, with Yu Zhizhuo assisting, resulting in exceptionally noticeable improvements. What was originally a one-month project was completed in less than half a month. After the renovation, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array's monitoring frequency of the heavens and earth doubled, and its accuracy doubled. It can now capture minute movements, such as whether a raised hand is used to touch the mouth or the head, all with perfect clarity.

With the data from the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Zhen (a system of celestial constellations) as a foundation, the advanced performance management system was able to be implemented and promoted.

The Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array can tell whether a person is working or slacking off based on their actions. For example, if two people are standing next to a forging machine, it is easy to tell whether they are working or just standing around chatting.

This system was created by Wei Yuan after being inspired by the Umbrella Corporation's automated office system and making comprehensive improvements. Moreover, it features three-dimensional capture actions, making it many generations more advanced than the Umbrella Corporation's system.

That's not all. The Zhou Tian Star Array can monitor the flow of spiritual energy and Dao power. All the cultivators sitting in the same energy supply array are meditating in the same way, but it can clearly see who is fully circulating their Dao power and who is half-hearted. The results are recorded and are impartial.

After these two systems went online, public resentment immediately boiled over, and Wei Yuan's aura decreased by more than 100,000 in the blink of an eye.

The reason why the two million wasn't all returned is mainly because there are many people who are profiting, but few who are qualified to be monitored by the system.

However, as Wei Yuan extended the system to farming, Qingqi immediately lost another 500,000.

Wei Yuan invested a million taels of silver and went to great lengths, not just to have his salary deducted, or rather, not just to have his salary deducted.

Based on the data accumulated from the Zhou Tian Star Array, Wei Yuan launched a brand new system.

Soon the cultivators discovered that a silver-plated screen had appeared in their workplace. After activating it with their divine sense, they would see a long progress bar appear below their names.

When the progress bar reaches the end, the foundation is complete, and you can move on to the next stage. The progress made in refining the foundation today will be displayed on the progress bar, accurate to the single digit.

The progress bar for each Foundation Establishment cultivator varies in length, ranging from less than 40,000 to over 50,000. Some can gain more than 30 progress points in a day, while others only manage a pitiful two.

Dao Foundation cultivators possess intelligence far surpassing that of ordinary people, and they grasped the principles immediately upon explanation. The Zhou Tian Star Array, based on data from the past month, calculated the cultivation progress of each registered Dao Foundation cultivator. The varying lengths of the progress bars were due to differences in each person's innate talent and physical attributes.

Dao Foundation cultivators who can work in one place all have roughly the same talent, so their progress bars are also roughly the same.

The upgraded array's calculation precision has reached down to a single point, enough to accurately measure daily cultivation progress and gains, and this information is readily available for review. This caused an uproar among all Foundation Establishment cultivators!
Although the progress bar is long and the path to immortality is arduous, as long as they can clearly see themselves progressing each day, they are confident they can keep going, no matter how many tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or even a hundred million progress bars they have. The words "tedious" and "monotonous" simply disappear in the face of the progress bar. And the huge difference between 30+ and 20+ points in a day of cultivation at the workplace immediately makes one understand what it means to make up for shortcomings with diligence, and what it means that cultivation is for oneself.

After several days of trial operation and another upgrade, the cultivators discovered that their cultivation data was now linked to their earned merits and monthly Qingyuan wages.

Everyone now understands firsthand that an hour of dedicated practice yields an hour of results. An hour of slacking off, on the other hand, results in nothing.

Three days after the official launch of the new system, the output of workshops throughout Qingming increased by 50%, and the cultivation progress of Foundation Establishment cultivators was rapid. Wei Yuan, on the other hand, gained more than 10,000 units of Advanced Azure Qi, practically squeezing a single unit of Advanced Azure Qi from each template cultivator.

Only then was the name of the new system revealed: Advanced Digital Cultivation Assistance System.

At this moment, Wei Yuan was standing in front of dozens of distinguished high-level cultivators, demonstrating to them how to use the auxiliary cultivation system and its actual effects during this period of operation.

The people in front of Wei Yuan were all of extraordinary status, coming from the Bao, Cui, and Xu families. The lowest-ranking among them were either chief stewards or elders in charge of external affairs.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "As you can see, under this system, cultivators can see their daily cultivation progress. Everyone is full of fighting spirit, and there is basically no problem with their Dao heart. They can cultivate to the extent of their talent."

But this is just the beginning. Next, we will launch VIP services that will allow us to analyze each cultivator's innate talent and spiritual energy data in detail, identify problems in real time, correct errors, and tailor cultivation plans for each individual. Combined with the Azure Nether Dao Foundation Ceremony, this will maximize the potential of every cultivator.

Elders who are interested may purchase VIP service for a fee of 999 yuan per person per year, payable only in Qingyuan.

The elders were all dumbfounded. They had never imagined that such a system existed in the world, let alone that the annual fee would be so... cheap.

Their minds raced, and they instantly realized that everything Wei Yuan said was true, supported by historical data. One of them immediately slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "If only my unworthy descendants had been able to use such a system earlier, they wouldn't have taken thirty years to forge their Dao foundation!"

Another person chimed in, "That's true! But isn't Lord Wei afraid of others copying his work?"

Wei Yuan smiled slightly, about to speak, when an elder from the Bao family sitting in the center of the front row sneered, saying, "Copy? They can copy the function, but how much will it cost? Can they charge the price of Qingming? I'm afraid even dozens of times the cost wouldn't be enough to break even!"

This man was none other than Baoshu, a top-tier cultivator among all Dharma Aspect cultivators in the world. His cultivation was nearing perfection, and he held immense prestige. Once he spoke, no one dared to say anything more, and what Baoshu said was indeed the truth.

This system uses the Zhou Tian Star Array as its framework, the power of the Azure Nether Immortal Stone Realm as its foundation, and the human world's fire and earth automatically process massive amounts of data. The more people use it, the lower the price per person becomes.

Wei Yuan set the annual fee standard based on the break-even price of one thousand cultivators. If other families wanted to copy it successfully, they would have to use at least seven or eight Dharma Aspect cultivators, and at most one or two hundred Foundation Dao cultivators. The cost would be worlds apart, probably by hundreds of times.

Wei Yuan launched this system service to the three major families not to make a lot of money, but to bring all the younger generation of the three families to Qingming.

They cultivate and build their foundation in Qingming, and later they can study at Qingming Academy and Qingming Military Academy. Under this subtle influence, they will naturally accept Wei Yuan's ideals and become pro-Qingming people when they grow up. Even if Wei Yuan commits murder, arson, and all sorts of evil deeds, they will still think that Wei Yuan is right.

This has already been proven in the outer world; Wei Yuan is merely picking up the wisdom of his ancestors.

Similarly, Wei Yuan was paving the way for the use of Qing Yuan. All three families now have a considerable amount of Qing Yuan in their hands, so there's a place to use it. Moreover, what they're buying is a service.

The Zhou Tian Star Array operates every day. Since mortals in the mundane world are idle anyway, providing services for one more person would incur almost no additional cost.

The elders were no ordinary people; each possessed keen insight and immediately saw through the intricacies of the matter. For their own family, however, this was entirely advantageous, and with Baoshu actively promoting it, anyone who opposed it was essentially going against Baoshu.

The Cui and Xu families were well aware of why the Bao family was so interested. But elevating their own untalented descendants to the Dao Foundation stage was a way to enhance their family's prestige, and neither family would lag behind. The Xu family immediately offered two thousand spots.

(End of this chapter)