What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 769 Outstanding Work Ability

The Imperial Law Pavilion, the office area of ​​the Martial Arts Group Three.

Chu Wangji glanced in Zhang Yu's direction and saw that the other party had just arrived at the office and then left Ye Xingli alone to go to the cultivation room.

"These past few days... this kid has been spending all his time in the training room, hasn't he? He's really putting in the effort, but that's not how the review process is done."

Chu Wangji shook his head, thinking to himself, "We should make the most of our four-hour workday and utilize the resources of the internal Dharma Realm to improve our work efficiency. What's the use of just burying our heads in practice?"

Chu Wangji knew that with the "No Overtime" reform launched within the Wanfa Sect, working more than 4 hours a day would result in a fine.

Many positions have daily tasks, such as how many products to produce today, how many magical artifacts to inspect, and so on. These kinds of daily tasks need to be completed within 4 hours.

However, many positions, such as Chu Wangji's task of reviewing martial arts copyrights, are not suitable for daily work quantification and are often subject to a deadline that ranges from a few days to several dozen days.

Therefore, in response to the Wanfa Sect's slogan of "never working overtime," the audit department's strategy is to have only 4 hours of work time each day after starting work, during which time employees can use various facilities in the office area and connect to the internal Dharma realm free of charge.

Beyond these four hours, users will need to pay to use the various facilities within the office area, including access to the internal Dharma realm, which also incurs a fee.

Chu Wangji thought to himself, "Since we started paying for overtime, the entire review department has reduced costs and increased efficiency. Not only has work efficiency skyrocketed, but we've even gained extra income from employee overtime..."

Chu Wangji still remembers how he stumbled and crawled along, paying to go to work every day when the four-hour workday first started.

Later, he updated the immortal sect's magical treasures and his magical body. In addition to martial arts levels one through ten, he also purchased and learned martial arts levels eleven and twelve, almost exhausting most of his savings and reserve funds, and frantically improving his work ability.

"...plus a few strict requirements for outsourced employees, we finally managed to keep the working hours under four hours a day."

Thinking of this, Chu Wangji couldn't help but worry again: "The water temperature inside this sect is getting hotter and hotter."

"These old fogies up there are always trying to find ways to mess with us. I wonder how high they'll raise our performance evaluation next time."

……

Just as Chu Wangji was pondering this, Zhang Yu had already stepped into the cultivation room.

As the wind howled from the punches, Zhang Yu's figure appeared and disappeared among them.

In addition to the initial review of the documents, the next step in the review of martial arts techniques is to verify the techniques themselves.

The auditor needs to summarize the Taoist techniques contained therein, organize the test data, and then search for technical materials to verify whether it has novelty, creativity and practicality.

Throughout this process, it is necessary to constantly rely on the various facilities of the Imperial Palace, especially the internal Dharma Realm database.

Zhang Yu knew that during this process, the auditor would typically need to communicate with the auditee multiple times, requesting more data and information before a final conclusion could be reached.

But he has a more direct way.

For him, the fastest, most convenient, and most thorough way to understand a martial art was to simply push the technique in front of him to its limit using the Feather Book.

With each advancement in the cultivation technique, Zhang Yu's understanding of it deepened, as if he had been practicing it year after year.

For example, the "Righteous Mind and Guard One Fist" he is currently reading is a basic fist technique for cultivating the physical body in the Nascent Soul stage. It can use 108 moves to temper every bit of flesh and blood in the whole body.

As Zhang Yu's body suddenly expanded, his muscles and bones vibrated together, and the 16 demonic beast clones hidden within him began to activate their techniques.

Zhang Yu threw a punch, creating a powerful gust of wind.

After going through the entire set of boxing techniques once, Zhang Yu had completely mastered the martial art and had even reached level 4 in one go.

This was already the fifth technique Zhang Yu had been practicing these past few days.

With the addition of the cultivation techniques he already possessed, Zhang Yu's Nascent Soul Saint Body had reached the level of (17/12). As long as he converted 12 of these techniques into nutrients, he could raise his Nascent Soul Saint Body to the level of (5/13).

Although he had already met the requirements for upgrading his Nascent Soul Body, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to upgrade it.

He plans to raise the value to (25/12) before upgrading the Nascent Soul Holy Body, so that after the upgrade is completed, he can directly reach the level of (13/13).

This series of optimizations eliminated the gap in the Nascent Soul Holy Body's effects, preventing it from entering the (5/13) state and allowing Zhang Yu to maintain the Nascent Soul Holy Body's effects at all times.

During these days, while Zhang Yu was constantly pushing forward the martial arts level, Ye Xingli was doing the corresponding paperwork.

At first, it was just a preliminary review of the materials, but as Zhang Yu pushed things forward, Ye Xingli's workload increased.

After Zhang Yu pushed each martial art to its limit and thoroughly mastered it, becoming intimately familiar with it, he would create a list of documents and relevant materials to verify the novelty, creativity, and practicality of the martial arts, based on his understanding of the immortal techniques within them.

Tasks such as archiving various test data, retrieving information, collecting similar martial arts materials, etc., were all assigned to Ye Xingli.

After Ye Xingli finished searching and organizing the data, she would submit it all to Zhang Yu.

Then Zhang Yu will enter Taiqing territory, and after quickly reviewing the documents under 20x speed-up mode, he will arrange the next steps.

The review report was gradually fleshed out by the two of them during these back-and-forth exchanges.

With his innate ability to quickly master techniques every day, Zhang Yu's work efficiency is extremely high.

However, he has not yet completed the review report for any of the techniques.

The final step of the review process requires visiting the Taoist Temple, opening the Taoist Canon link, and making the final confirmation and submission.

Only after passing the final review of the Daoist can the review report of the practice be considered completely completed.

Zhang Yu could sense that these auditors were like sandboxes, sifting through various data, cleaning out the garbage, keeping the essence, and finally sending it to the Daoist Canon.

"However, applying for the Daoist Canon is still a bit troublesome, and it takes a lot of time to open the connection each time..."

With this in mind, Zhang Yu decided to wait until the review reports were almost finished before connecting to the Daoist Canon and submitting them all at once.

In the blink of an eye, the four-hour workday was over.

A reminder about overtime pay popped up in front of Ye Xingli's eyes, which startled her so much that she quickly disconnected the connection to the internal magic realm of the Imperial Law Pavilion.

Although she still had a strong desire to work, Ye Xingli could only sigh helplessly because she didn't have the money to work overtime.

Fortunately, she could sense that the review process was going very smoothly thanks to Zhang Yu's efforts.

"Zhang Yu... truly deserves to be called a top genius in martial arts. Any martial art that falls into his hands can be thoroughly understood in less than a day, and he can quickly figure out the best way to conduct the assessment."

"At this rate, we should be able to review all 24 sets of cultivation techniques within a month, right?"

Thinking that she only needed to do paperwork during this period, Ye Xingli sighed.

Seeing the other outsourced employees around her working so hard, even starting to deplete their own immortal potential, Ye Xingli felt even more fortunate that she had come to the sect with Zhang Yu.

After get off work, Zhang Yu took Ye Xingli to the dormitory assigned by the Imperial Law Pavilion.

Originally, apart from the official staff, outsourced employees were not assigned dormitories, so Zhang Yu simply let Ye Xingli move in.

Anyway, the dormitory assigned to him was several hundred square meters, so big that he couldn't use it all by himself.

After returning to his dormitory, Zhang Yu continued to practice martial arts until he pushed "Zhengxin Shouyi Quan" to level 40, at which point he stopped.

At this moment, countless figures flashed through Zhang Yu's mind, and various fist techniques seemed to be deeply imprinted in his heart, becoming the accumulation he gained through diligent study and practice.

The next moment, Zhang Yu's eyes flashed, and he had already started to activate the chain diagram of "Formless Martial Arts", simulating the activation of level 40 "Righteous Mind Guarding One Fist" in one breath.

"The test data shows that 'Formless Martial Arts' is indeed the better choice."

"After all, in the Martial Arts Group 3, almost all the examiners use the 'Martial Arts One' series of techniques to simulate and test the techniques."

With his level 40 "Zhengxin Shouyi Quan" skill, Zhang Yu found it increasingly easy and simple to simulate the technique using "Wuxiang Yanwu". He could complete it almost instantly with a thought, without having to push and test it slowly like other reviewers.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu planned and arranged some follow-up work, as there was not much time left today.

So Zhang Yu and Ye Xingli began designing magic weapon blueprints for the Golden Core realm, accumulating knowledge for future Dao Seed enhancement.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Martial arts techniques are just the first step. If I want to climb higher and faster in the future, I'll need to delve into Taoist arts and weapon crafting as well." "That's right," Zhan Xian commented, "From the bottom up, the Wanfa Sect is constantly promoting and perfecting immortal techniques."

"Controlling, leading, and monopolizing the technology of immortality is the way to demonstrate power in this system, and its ultimate masterpiece is the Daoist tradition."

"Therefore... to pursue higher ranks and greater power in this system, one needs to promote the upgrading of immortal techniques, lead the progress of immortal techniques, and initiate innovation in immortal techniques. This is what immortals consider a good talent."

Just as Zhang Yu was making the most of every minute to accumulate more knowledge, he suddenly felt a slight swelling in his lower abdomen. It was Bai Zhenzhen greeting him again.

"Yu Zi, are you done with your work today?"

"Your boss really values ​​you, assigning you so much work right after you arrived."

"I'm still sitting on the sidelines, constantly looking at study materials..."

After exchanging a few words with Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu saw Xinghuo Zhenjun's portrait again.

However, unlike Xinghuo Zhenjun's previous avatar, his current avatar looks handsome and dashing, not only much younger but also full of vitality, just like a handsome young man in his twenties.

"Did Teacher Xinghuo even change her profile picture after she looked younger?"

Zhang Yu knew that Xinghuo Zhenjun's youthful appearance began after he broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, and he became even younger after entering the sect.

"Is it because of the celestial aura?"

Information about immortal energy flashed through Zhang Yu's mind: "Within the sect levels from the 11th to the 20th, the higher you go, the higher the concentration of immortal energy."

"The higher the concentration of immortal energy, the greater the benefit to cultivators."

"The concentration of immortal energy on the 11th level is between 0.1% and 1%, which is enough to keep a cultivator almost eternally young until the end of their lifespan..."

Zhang Yu had to admit that although the sect had high requirements and was very busy, the conditions were really good. No wonder everyone was scrambling to stay in the sect.

In the days that followed, Zhang Yu threw himself into his work, and more than twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

……

On this day, as Zhang Yu pushed another cultivation technique to level 40, Zhang Yu's Nascent Soul Holy Body also reached the level of (27/13).

With a thought, Zhang Yu received 13 cultivation techniques as nourishment, which were then completely infused into his Nascent Soul Body.

The initial Nascent Soul Saint Body gains a special effect after the number of cultivation techniques reaches 6/10, 8/10, and 10/10 respectively. These effects are: increasing the distance between the Nascent Soul and the body, increasing the blessing effect of the Nascent Soul cultivation technique, and improving the cultivation efficiency and effect of the Nascent Soul cultivation technique.

After activating the Infinite Chain Magic Diagram, when the Nascent Soul Holy Body's data reached 12/12, the fourth special effect was activated:
The Nascent Soul Sacred Body effect is enhanced by 20%. At this moment, Zhang Yu's Nascent Soul Sacred Body has activated its fifth level of effect. Infinite - Nascent Soul Sacred Body (14/14): The Nascent Soul Sacred Body effect is enhanced by 20%.
Looking at this fifth layer of special effects, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "As expected, it seems that from now on, the special effects of the Nascent Soul Holy Body... will probably all be enhanced by 20%."

In an instant, Zhang Yu felt his nascent soul tremble under the blessing of the Nascent Soul Saint Body, and his understanding and control of various techniques in his mind improved without him even realizing it.

If he were to learn another skill now, Zhang Yu was confident that he could reach level 40 even faster.

Even without being bound to Yu Shu's specialization, Zhang Yu felt that relying solely on his 16 demonic clones and his own Nascent Soul Saint Body, learning a Nascent Soul cultivation technique wouldn't be too slow.

The work over the next two days confirmed Zhang Yu's thoughts.

Not only is the speed of practicing techniques faster, but even simulating techniques using the Formless Martial Arts Exercise has become much easier.

"It saves me at least one to two hours every day."

Zhang Yu was secretly delighted, thinking, "As my Nascent Soul Saint Body continues to improve, I will have more and more free time every day."

What do you do with the extra time?
Zhang Yu's answer was, of course, to use it to accomplish more work.

……

Just as Zhang Yu was immersed in his work and quietly accumulating his own knowledge, time unknowingly brought him to February 1st.

"Zhang Yu, you've been in your group for a month now, haven't you?"

Hearing the voice coming from the Dharma Realm, Qu Yizhi, the leader of Martial Arts Group Three, quickly said, "It has been a month..."

Unlike his usual demeanor when facing his team members, Qu Yizhi's face was filled with respect at this moment, and he subconsciously hunched over, listening carefully to the voice in the Dharma realm.

The reason why Qu Yizhi was so respectful, even somewhat obsequious, was simple: he was talking to Lu Hengzhang, the deputy director of the review department, who held the 4th rank.

Although it seems that Lu Hengzhang is only one rank higher than Qu Yizhi, the gap between Lu Hengzhang and Qu Yizhi is much, much larger than the gap between Qu Yizhi and a Level 1 Clan Affairs Officer.

For example, the entire martial arts group, group one, group two, and group three were all under Lu Hengzhang's jurisdiction.

And this deputy director of the review department was the same interviewer who had asked Zhang Yu about his dark history in civil engineering during the interview, which had put Zhang Yu in a difficult position.

Upon hearing Lu Hengzhang inquire about Zhang Yu's situation, Qu Yizhi explained in detail: "...I think Zhang Yu is very capable, so I assigned him a lot of work. However, it seems that he is somewhat inadequate and is not doing a good job."

In the past month, in addition to the 24 sets of basic techniques that Qu Yizhi initially gave Zhang Yu, he also occasionally assigned Zhang Yu some tasks.

There are troublesome document tasks, basic skill reviews in niche fields, and even time-consuming and laborious reviews of fundamental mental techniques...

In short, Qu Yizhi handed over the review of all the cultivation methods that he thought were the most troublesome, the least informative, and the most time-consuming to Zhang Yu.

In Qu Yizhi's view, these tasks, one after another, were like mountains, turning into his powerful hand... enough to suppress Zhang Yu firmly in the position of Level 1 Clan Affairs Officer.

After listening to Qu Yizhi's report, Lu Hengzhang responded with a few indifferent words and then ended the communication.

Qu Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his leader never showed his emotions and never revealed any feelings in front of his subordinates.

The fact that the other party was able to listen to his report calmly at this moment indicates that they are satisfied with his work results.

Yes, it was Lu Hengzhang, the deputy director of the review department, who asked Qu Yizhi to put pressure on Zhang Yu.

"Zhang Yu, blame your own bad background."

"But you're still young anyway. You can gain experience under my guidance. In a few decades, you might have a chance."

After ending the call and fulfilling her superior's request, Qu Yizhi relaxed and connected to the internal legal system. With her thoughts racing, she attended the monthly meeting of the audit department.

Before the meeting began, Luo Wuji, the head of the audit department, smiled slightly and nodded toward Qu Yizhi's projection.

Upon seeing the smile of the Level 5 Religious Affairs Officer, Qu Yizhi was taken aback, then became somewhat excited: "Is the Minister trying to curry favor with me?"

He racked his brains, trying to think of something that could possibly make the other person smile at him.

The audit department meeting proceeded smoothly, with each audit team's performance from the previous month being presented and reviewed by the leaders.

When the results of the first, second, and third groups of martial arts were listed at the same time, Qu Yizhi did not initially take it seriously.

Generally speaking, Martial Arts Group 1 is always far ahead, while the monthly performance of Martial Arts Group 3 is about the same as that of Martial Arts Group 2.

"However, a lot of tasks have been assigned to Zhang Yu this month, so his performance may not be as good as that of the Martial Arts Group Two..."

But the next moment, looking at the data that appeared on the projection, Qu Yizhi's head buzzed and he was stunned.

Looking at the outstanding performance of Martial Arts Group 3, Qu Yizhi was filled with doubt: "This is...our group's performance? When did we submit so many?"

At the same time, Luo Wuji, the head of the audit department, smiled and said, "The performance of Martial Arts Group 3 has improved a lot this month. The improvement rate is among the best in all groups."

“Especially Zhang Yu, the young member who joined your group, achieved a performance score of 124 points, which is the highest among the three groups.”

"It seems that there is still a lot of potential to be explored in the review of martial arts techniques."

"As expected, young cultivators should be given more responsibilities and try more jobs and challenges."

"The department has decided to raise the performance evaluation level for martial arts assessments again starting next month..."

(End of this chapter)