This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 191 The mountain is not high
While browsing the information gathered on the internal website, Leng Zhiheng was alright, but Liu Hongyu was somewhat excited.

After all, promoting the immortal path is not only one of Liu Hongyu's lofty ideals, but also one of his missions.

“Master, what we lack most right now is people. In terms of their desire to pursue the Dao, they are quite outstanding among these people. Moreover, in terms of spirituality, I think the probability of them possessing it is also higher than that of ordinary people!”

Liu Hongyu's point is valid. While not everyone who leaves home to pursue Taoism is exceptionally spiritual, the probability of them pursuing both spiritual paths is still much higher.

"Ding~"

A notification sounded on the website, and Leng Zhiheng immediately opened his administrator account backend, where he saw an application notification.

Leng Zhiheng opened the message and explained directly in front of Zhuang Lin and Liu Hongyu.

"We have set up investigation teams that travel all over the country. They record relevant information, upload it after repeated screening, and then have it reviewed by the administrators before being put on this internal website. This greatly improves efficiency!"

"Oh, how many people?"

When Liu Hongyu asked this question, Leng Zhiheng scratched his head.

"Well, boss, as you know, there are only so many people we can truly trust and who are capable. Right now, we have to consider both the group's development and this matter, so we are really short-handed. Of course, it's not that we can't spare any people, but this matter is not necessarily better with more people. Of course, we are trying our best to increase our manpower."

Leng Zhiheng didn't say much and directly opened the backend member information through the administrator.

The entire information website contains five administrator accounts: Bingbing Leng Leng (Leng Zhiheng), San Ke Shi Tou (Liu Lei), Museum, Zhenmo Tower, and Master and Boss.

It was no surprise that Zhuang Lin and Liu Hongyu had administrator accounts. Leng Zhiheng handed them his two business cards, which displayed their administrator accounts.

As for the accounts for the Demon Suppression Tower and the Museum, they are actually shared accounts belonging to the disciples guarding the Exquisite Pagoda and the relevant personnel at the Museum.

"The rest are the investigation team members."

Following the five administrators, there were thirty people in total, ranked from top to bottom according to their contributions, divided into six groups.

Whether it's an administrator or a member, there are login counts and whether they are online. Only the second group is online, which means they are the ones who uploaded the data. As long as there is a telephone line, they can upload content using a dedicated dialing device on a still bulky laptop.

Clearly, only Liu Lei and Leng Zhiheng were actively working among the administrator accounts; the other accounts were either not logged in or were only browsing, with zero numbers displayed after each approval.

"You see, we still don't have enough people."

"Yes, you're right. There's no need to rush. More people aren't necessarily better; we need patience."

Zhuang Lin's gaze swept over the documents that needed to be reviewed as he spoke.

Leng Zhiheng thought Zhuang Lin hadn't understood that he was reaching out for someone, so he quickly added another sentence.

"That makes sense, but Master Zhuang, if possible, could you and the boss arrange for some more experts from Hidden Immortal Valley to help?"

"Master and Senior Xi Miao had already discussed this beforehand, and there would be arrangements. We don't have enough manpower on our side right now."

Liu Hongyu explained that Hidden Immortal Valley itself didn't have many people. Some of those who could stand on their own would soon be assigned to ancient places, while others were already assigned to the museum and the Demon Suppression Tower.

Within Hidden Immortal Valley, there are also some people who are at a point where they need to break through, and it is not suitable for them to leave the valley in the short term.

Of course, there are also some ordinary residents who, although they have practiced some martial arts, are not suitable for related work. It would be better to assign them to the outstanding employees of the Liu Group.

Furthermore, the Shengongfang workshop also needs people, and some of the master craftsmen there cannot stay away all the time.

So although many things can't be rushed, realistically speaking, there is indeed a shortage of people on both sides.

Hearing this, Leng Zhiheng gave up, thinking to himself that it wasn't that he hadn't spoken up, but that he had no choice. Next time, he would let Liu Lei speak up himself.

Thinking this, Leng Zhiheng casually clicked the mouse.

"Ding~"

Another notification sounded, and Leng Zhiheng clicked "accept" without even looking at the information. The information then disappeared from Zhuang Lin's sight from the background.

"Hey, Leng, with this kind of work attitude, you're supposed to be an administrator? Are you just slacking off in front of the boss?"

Upon seeing this, Liu Hongyu immediately laughed and said something, while Leng Zhiheng scratched his head and offered an explanation.

"No, boss, Liu Lei taught me all of this!"

"Huh? Brother Lei?"

Leng Zhiheng laughed, thought for a moment, and then imitated Liu Lei's tone, pushing up his non-existent glasses.

"What qualifications do you, Leng Zhiheng, have to review them? It's not that you're stupid, but they are the ones who actually went to the site to investigate, searched for mountains and visited places, consulted historical records and local chronicles, and also contacted people and conducted long-term observation and research. Are you qualified to review them? Don't even mention you, I'm not qualified!"

This statement surprised Liu Hongyu slightly, and Zhuang Lin was also slightly astonished. Then, the master and apprentice realized what was going on.

Leng Zhiheng then asked a question in a mysterious manner.

"Boss, Mr. Zhuang, do you know why I'm still an administrator?"

Liu Hongyu glanced at his master and said with a smile.

"The purpose of this review process is to let them know that someone is watching. They don't actually know how the reviewers view their work, nor are they sure if their investigations meet the standards. Even if they pass every time, they can only become more meticulous and thorough."

Leng Zhiheng's eyes widened suddenly. He looked at Liu Hongyu and then at Zhuang Lin, who had a half-smile on his face, and couldn't help but say something.

"No, boss, Mr. Zhuang, you're really smarter than me!"

Zhuang Lin smiled without saying a word, took the mouse from Leng Zhiheng's hand, flipped to the homepage, found the information that had just been approved, and continued reading.

As you move the mouse, the uploaded data is displayed in its entirety, including detailed records of various related information and the research process.

"Liuyun Mountain Taiji Temple? It's so close!"

Liu Hongyu glanced at it and immediately saw the main content. He exclaimed in surprise, then looked at his master beside him. Zhuang Lin thought for a moment and said...

"Then let's go take a look over there!"

As he spoke, Zhuang Lin selected a button at the very bottom of the document, which displayed "Go to Verification".

There were uploaded materials waiting to be verified, so naturally, there were people going to verify them. Zhuang Lin found it reasonable and interesting, so he clicked on it casually.
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Liuyun Mountain is a small, relatively unknown mountain near Jingzhou. It has few rare plants and animals, few legitimate mineral resources, and its terrain is not gentle enough. It even has little value for tourism development.

Perhaps in the eyes of the locals, the only thing that is memorable is the old Tai Chi Temple on the mountain.

Taiji Temple is located in a remote area, and its incense offerings are few and far between.

Aside from the occasional visit by people to offer incense on the mountain, and the occasional invitation from the Taoist priests of the mountain for weddings or funerals by residents at the foot of the mountain, the Tai Chi Temple has little presence in the community.

At this very moment, at a small shop at the foot of the mountain, five young men were tinkering with a heavy, black laptop. Although this computer was already a cutting-edge international product, its functions were far from comparable to a desktop computer; it was sufficient only for processing documents.

The shop's telephone line was connected to a dial-up internet device the size of a shoebox, and a network cable was then connected to a computer through the device, which allowed the five people to log in to the website and upload data.

"Ding~"

As soon as the notification sound rang, the five people looked much more relaxed.

"Passed!"

"Great! These past two months have been worth it! We can observe for another week and then move on to the next location!"

"Here you go, boss, keep the change for the phone bill!"

The group chatted and laughed as they prepared to pack up their computers and equipment. One of them handed the shopkeeper a ten-yuan note, generously indicating that he didn't need to keep the change.

Just as I was about to close the webpage, my computer suddenly beeped again.

"Ding~"

The five people's laughter and chatter stopped almost instantly, which startled the shop owner who was happily collecting money while smoking. He subconsciously looked at the five people. They were still there, so why did they suddenly stop talking?

The five people ignored the shop owner and looked at the webpage. They had just received a notification that the application had been approved, but then they heard another notification. Had it been rejected?

Wouldn't that mean the bonus would be gone?

The five people immediately looked at the backend, only to find that it wasn't a rejection at all, but rather displayed: "The Xth file you uploaded is being verified by relevant personnel!"

"Verification?"

"The information from just now?"

"Where are we?"

When the five realized what had happened, they were even more shocked than if their application had been rejected.

This mysterious job has been going on for so long, with a very high base salary and even more shockingly high bonuses, so high that sometimes the people are afraid that their work doesn't deserve such a high salary.

There's a lot of information on the website, but it seems like none of it has ever been verified. At least the page that was verified is still blank.

When do you think the inspectors will arrive?

"I don't know. I'm more interested in knowing who's checking this; I reckon it's not just anyone."

"Yes, the people in Group One know more; we heard it from them at the last headquarters meeting."

"Ahem! Let's go!"

The team leader coughed lightly. Although he was just a harmless shop owner, it wasn't appropriate to talk about him in front of outsiders. The group quickly packed up their equipment and left, but their thoughts had already drifted back to Tai Chi Temple.

Because of the special nature of their work, the research team knew more than the average person, and even heard some people mention that there are many mysterious things in the world that cannot be explained by science at this stage, and their work was somewhat related to these things.

Driven by curiosity, and with no explicit rule against meeting the inspection team, and the possibility of providing some on-site explanations, the five went up the mountain again.

Liuyun Mountain is not high, but it has not been developed much, so the mountain road is still quite rugged, and there are only a few places with stone steps that have been passed down from ancient times.

The five of them drove down the mountain and then quickly went up. They had traveled this road many times before, so the ascent was very easy.

Tai Chi Temple is not large. Apart from a few ancient buildings with gray wooden structures, there are also a few simple red brick and tile houses with cement walls that are not even fully plastered.

There were only four Taoist priests living there: three elderly Taoist masters and one young Taoist priest who looked somewhat weathered.

When the five of them went up, they brought some rice and flour from the car. When they arrived at the old Taoist temple, an old Taoist priest was sweeping the ground with a broom. When he saw the five of them, he shook his head and smiled.

"Hehehe, the Taoist priest is bothering us again!"

"Excuse me, we didn't mean to disturb your meditation, we just came to take a look. Oh, we'll put the rice and flour in the kitchen!"

"Master, let me help you sweep the floor!"

The five greeted each other and then went about their tasks, clearly already very familiar with the place.

The old Taoist priest did not refuse, but simply watched with a smile as the five people busied themselves.

"Sigh, where are the other Taoist priests?"

"They went down the mountain to perform rituals, and since I have difficulty walking, I stayed behind to guard the mountain."

"Oh, oh, oh!" "You haven't eaten yet, have you? We haven't eaten either. Shall we cook for you?"

"Yes, yes, I brought eggs, so I'll make egg noodles!"

The old Taoist priest chuckled and sat down on the bench in front of the door, watching the five people bustling around, but he sighed inwardly.

"Master, you see we've been sincere enough, so why do you never offer to take us as your disciples?"

One person jokingly said that in some places they had visited before, Taoist priests had indeed come to their door asking if they wanted to join the Taoist path, but at Taiji Temple, they had never been asked that question even once.

The old Taoist priest smiled and shook his head upon hearing this.

“They are good people, but unfortunately none of them are here to seek the Way. Since they have no desire to seek the Way, why should we ask them?”

"Old Taoist master, how do you know we have no desire to seek the Tao?"

"Exactly, we've been running around so diligently, who can be more sincere than us?"

The cleaners and kitchen staff started joking around. They wouldn't dare to talk about taking on apprentices in public, but they were more relaxed here, knowing that the old Taoist priest could take a joke.

However, the old Taoist priest, sitting on the bench, suddenly said something.

"Very well, since you are so sincere, I will accept you as my disciples."

The five of them fell silent immediately; this wasn't going to follow the expected pattern!

"Hahahaha. You see, even if I wanted to take you in, you wouldn't agree! Alas, people of the world. They never recognize the true path. They don't even know what my temple's lineage can still do."

The old Taoist priest was halfway through his reflection when he suddenly paused, instinctively turning his head to look to the side.

Before anyone knew it, three more people had appeared in front of the main hall of the Taoist temple, and two of them were even dressed in ancient costumes.

The old Taoist priest looked again at the road outside the mountain gate and the five people who were busy at work. They didn't seem to have noticed either, and it was indeed only the five of them who had just arrived!
(End of this chapter)