Linking excel sheets and getting 0's all over

Hello,

I have a document that we adjust the master, and then each fiscal year I want on separate sheets but to be updated with the master. I linked the separate sheets to the master already, but if there was a blank cell in the master it left the other sheets with 0's in the cell. With the 0's it messes up the flow, is there a way for this not to happen without using conditional formating to turn the font white??

Thanks!
Michell