Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 61 Right place
The office space in the warehouse is quite large, so it doesn't seem crowded.

Fang Jingxuan drank the free spiritual tea and chatted with Ding San in a casual manner.

From the conversation, Fang Jingxuan learned that the previous deputy manager of the warehouse had fallen from power. He made a mistake that most people in high positions would make, and was removed from his post.

In response to this, Fang Jingxuan said that the abbot was wise and did a good job, otherwise it would not be his turn to come here to drink the spiritual tea.

As the saying goes, when you pull a carrot, you bring the dirt with you. The former deputy manager was taken away, and several of his former confidants were also taken away, resulting in a shortage of staff in the warehouse recently.

But no matter how short of people we are, not everyone can come in. As I said before, it depends on your connections.

Of course, a relationship that involves money is still a relationship, but this kind of relationship is at the bottom level here.

Fang Jingxuan thought about it and found that his background was at most third-class here.

But it doesn’t matter, there are two layers below, he is not at the bottom.

The first class is the direct descendants of the Chu family. People with the surname Chu are very effective in Hongyefang.

The second class is the nephews and nieces of other powerful people in the market town, whose status is naturally higher than Fang Jingxuan, their sworn brother.

Fang Jingxuan himself was in the third tier, and the fourth tier below him was Ding San, an ordinary relative.

The lowest level is composed of cultivators who have no connections and simply entered through the back door by stuffing spirit stones into their pockets.

In this small warehouse with only 30 people, the people working inside can be divided into five levels.

If Fang Jingxuan hadn't experienced it himself, he wouldn't have believed it, but that's the truth.

Before, he only knew that the Chu family was powerful, but he didn't know how powerful they were. However, after a deeper understanding, he discovered the true strength of the Chu family.

The Chu family is a foundation-building family, which doesn’t sound like a big deal. After all, there are four or five such foundation-building families in the Danding Sect.

The Danding Sect, a Jindan sect, is not at all noticeable in Baishan.

Many casual cultivators always speak indifferently when mentioning the Danding Sect, and when comparing it with the Lingmu and Lianshui Leagues on the side, they always speak in a mocking and sarcastic tone.

Only by going deeper into it can you understand how important a foundation-building family is.

Let’s not talk about anything else for now, let’s just talk about the number of mortals.

Since cultivators come from mortals, the Chu family naturally has many relatives and clansmen. Their mortal relatives are scattered across several plains, and it is estimated that there are nearly 100,000 of them.

Over the years, the relatives and families through intermarriage and marriage have affected hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

Adding in the dozen or so Qi-refining vassal families in the surrounding areas, their combined populations mean that the Chu family, a foundation-building family, can actually control more than one million mortals.

More than one million! The Chu family can still decide life and death. It is not comparable to the county magistrate or governor in the ancient times of Fang Jingxuan's previous life.

Besides, as for the number of monks, just in the vicinity of the market town, there are thousands of monks who rely on Hongyefang for their livelihood.

And in the territories of other vassal families that are farther away, there are about one or two thousand Qi-refining cultivators in total, and they have to listen to the Chu family.

With over one million mortals, over two thousand Qi-refining cultivators, and a territory stretching over a thousand miles in radius, is such a foundation-building family weak?

Fang Jingxuan felt that it was very powerful and would at least crush him to death. The Chu family didn't even need to be mentioned, and there were naturally many people vying to do it.

Even Wei Tong, a cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage, could be treated seriously at most. If Wei Tong really wanted to be killed, and if he had not escaped in advance, he would have died on the spot.

As for resistance, fighting your way out by force?
You've read too many vernacular novels. Qi refining is just Qi refining. Ten cultivators in the late stage of Qi refining combined are no match for a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.

Otherwise, how could the Chu family, with only four foundation-building cultivators, rule over these two to three thousand Qi-refining cultivators? While sipping his spiritual tea, Fang Jingxuan waited for Wei Tong to come out. A moment later, Fang Jingxuan saw Wei Tong, accompanied by an older cultivator, walk out of the inner room.

"Everyone, please be quiet. This is our new deputy manager, Manager Wei Tong. He will be responsible for tax collection and farmland management. Assistant Manager Cui and Assistant Manager Wang, you two should consult Manager Wei more often in the future."

The two people named by the warehouse manager were two monks who seemed to be more imposing. After hearing this, they also expressed their cooperation.

The subsequent handover procedures were completed smoothly, and Wei Tong also got a separate room as an office space.

Fang Jingxuan was also led by someone to go through the paperwork, get his robes and clothes, and get his badge, becoming a glorious palace servant.

After finishing all these, it was almost noon and time for lunch.

At this time, Fang Jingxuan, wearing new clothes, followed Ding San out to find food.

Why not eat with Wei Tong? Because he has to eat with those participating in the meeting, and Fang Jingxuan is not convenient to join.

Because of their different status, they don’t eat in the same place. They have their own kitchen, while ordinary Kuding can only go out to eat.

The warehouse has a one and a half hour break at noon, which means we get off work at 11:30 in the morning and go back to work at 2:30 in the afternoon. We are busy until 5:30, and then it's over.

The official statement is that they cannot delay the monks' practice, so they leave work early.

When Fang Jingxuan understood the daily routine here, he suddenly felt that he had come to the right place.

"Brother Fang, you have a spirit pet? That's amazing."

When he saw Tuoyuan being brought in by the guard named Li and Fang Jingxuan sitting cross-legged on him, Ding San's eyes showed a bit more envy.

This spiritual pet is like a high-quality mount, but not everyone can afford it. Does it cost money for ordinary people to raise a horse?

In comparison, raising a spirit pet is even more expensive, and Ding San cannot afford it with just his salary.

"Come up, we met today, it's fate, we will work together in the future, come, I will treat you to a meal."

Fang Jingxuan loudly invited Ding San, giving him enough face.

After Ding San came up, Tuo Yuan walked to the tavern on his own without Fang Jingxuan's instructions.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Fang Jingxuan ordered a few dishes and asked the waiter to prepare a good meal for Tu Yuan. Then he sat down and slowly chatted with Ding San.

Just now in the warehouse, there were so many people around that it was difficult to talk about many things. Now we can talk in detail.

Fang Jingxuan could see that Ding San wanted to join Wei Tong, and the purpose of his attentiveness to him was naturally Wei Tong.

It's not just Ding San, many people probably have the same idea, but after Ding San got there first, others can only endure it temporarily.

"Brother Ding, I'm curious about how the former deputy steward got in. Can you tell me in detail?"

Fang Jingxuan first changed the topic to this aspect. Wei Tong probably cared a lot about this matter.

Of course, Wei Tong has his own information channels, but how his subordinates see it and their perspectives are also very important. Fang Jingxuan has now entered the role. He needs to collect more intelligence and first serve as Wei Tong's eyes in the warehouse.

Only after Wei Tong gained a firm foothold, Fang Jingxuan would consider how to make money.

Now, the time is not right, there is no rush.

This is not a deviation from the main plot. The goal is to make money, gain power, and then improve your cultivation. Don’t you prefer the life of a wandering cultivator?

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