Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

"Oh?" Yan Huan added insult to injury.

"Diligent Qingque, as the boss, don't you like her?"

"How could I possibly like her? She's practically running away with her buckets."

Fu Xuan shook his head helplessly:

"Being hardworking or lazy is human nature, and I have no opinion on that. But if a person's personality suddenly changes drastically, it's mostly due to external reasons."

“I felt the whole thing was strange, and thinking about what happened to me, I wanted to bring you here to take a look.”

Huo Huo quickly asked:

"Lord Fu Xuan, is Miss Qing Que still here?"

Fu Xuan pursed his thin lips. "She's in the library right now, having a lively discussion with her colleagues, envisioning a bright future."

"In short, it's all just empty promises..."

"Many fortune tellers don't want to do this anymore. They're all hoping to quit as soon as possible and start a business with Qingque so they can be the veterans..."

"Come on, I'll show you around. I'm sure you'll be interested too, right...?"

Led by Fu Xuan, the group went to search for Qingque.

Soon, Yan Huan saw a large group of people gathered there, and in the middle of them was a self-help guru who looked very familiar giving a speech.

"Isn't this the meaning of life?"

Qingque raised her hands and exclaimed:

"Looking back, my life has been nothing but wasted time; but looking forward, I have finally come to my senses!"

"I saw destiny open its arms to me!"

Yan Huan squeezed through the crowd and said excitedly:

"Master, please tell us more about it!"

Qingque slightly raised her eyes and looked at the most enthusiastic person, Yan:

"Friend, you look a little familiar, but never mind, I'm too lazy to dwell on it."

"Looking back at your past experiences, you all summed up a successful life as simply having enough to eat and wear and a place to live, right?"

"You lack reflection and contemplation. Can this kind of mundane experience empower and inspire others?"

"How did the Tabuli people manage to do this day after day for hundreds of years? What is the underlying logic behind their success? What is the top-level design? What are their highlights and advantages compared to short-lived species?"

"Finally, I came to a surprising conclusion."

Qingque narrowed her eyes, revealing a look of disappointment:

"That is... our lives in Tabuan were utterly worthless."

Fu Xuan clenched his fists. "..."

Qingque continued to speak eloquently:

"This is a double waste of time and the value of life!"

"On the other side of the universe, people with shorter lifespans than you are achieving lasting profits by using a reuse strategy in a vertical field. They work hard every day and are far more diligent than you!"

"And you, hiding in your little world, pretending that the 10 billion credits handled by the super-rich have nothing to do with you! But you are surprised to find that the rich have bought up everything around you!"

"Are you feeling your blood boiling and experiencing a dull ache on the left side of your chest?"

"It is thunderously proclaiming your desire!"

As Fu Xuan listened to Qing Que's speech, she narrowed her eyes. Although her heart was calm, a surge of fervent emotion welled up within her.

"Money! I want more money!" a fortune teller shouted.

Immediately afterwards, more and more fortune tellers cheered.

"I want mansions, starships... no, I mean star destroyers!"

"I... I want to pay off my 300-year-old mortgage!"

Yan Huan shouted:

"I want more Pepe!"

Qingque pressed her hands down slightly and pondered:

"You've narrowed your horizons, everyone! Your vision has become too limited!"

"You think I'm talking to you about money? No, that's not it!"

Qingque scanned the crowd:

"Just like Louis Fleming famously said, 'I don't care about credits, because I am the credit!'"

"What I want to talk to you about is the value of life and self-realization, and then money."

At this moment, one of the diviners raised his hand and said:

"Then, Master Qingque, how shall we begin?"

Qingque answered matter-of-factly:

How do we begin?

"Let's start from this step."

"I will resign from this stable job to start my own business—"

"I want to make Imperial Jade a wildly popular entertainment across the galaxy! Then I'll expand into other fields..."

Chapter 540 I am your boss's friend

"As long as you share my fighting spirit, you're welcome anytime!"

"Did everyone understand? Let's give each other a round of applause!"

As Qingque delivered his speech, the surrounding diviners cheered, thunderous applause erupted, and the sound of applause was deafening.

People were overwhelmed by a wave of excitement, clapping enthusiastically for every word Qingque uttered.

But at that moment, Qingque's smile froze on her face.

"...?!"

A diviner noticed something amiss and quickly asked:

"Master Qingque, what's wrong?"

The tail flew out of Huo Huo's body and said to Fu Xuan, Huo Huo, Yan Huan, Gui Naifen, Su Chang, and the others:

"This girl's head is burning with an abnormal greed, it tastes fiery."

Huo Huo quickly looked at Fu Xuan:

"She must have encountered some kind of anomaly in the celestial energy, Lord Fu Xuan...!"

Fu Xuan nodded slightly, glanced at the diviners around him, and raised his voice:

"Everyone, please disperse. Qingque needs to rest and recuperate. Please do not gather here!"

These words were like a pebble thrown into a lake, creating ripples all around.

"Damn, what's the Grand Diviner doing here, and standing so close?"

"Then she heard everything we just said?"

"Oh no, what do we do? What if she withholds our wages after we quit?"

"Very likely, judging from her current expression, she's clearly unhappy."

"..."

Fu Xuan clenched his fists as he listened to the incoherent ramblings around him.

"Get back to your duties right now!"

At Fu Xuan's stern rebuke, the diviners scattered like birds and beasts, each hurrying away, afraid that if they were too slow, they would be caught by Fu Xuan and made an example of.

"What a pity, Master Qingque hasn't finished explaining her business plan yet..."

"She may not have a chance. Lord Fu Xuan will definitely kill her."

"..."

Seeing the diviners whispering and running away, Fu Xuan looked at the four people with a gloomy expression:

"What do we do next?"

"Let's take Miss Qingque to a secluded place first!" Huo Huo suggested.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Yan.

"?"

Under Yan's grasping motion, as if catching a chick, Qingque was moved to a corner.

Then throw it away.

"..."

Several people surrounded the unconscious Qingque, looking at each other.

Fu Xuan pondered for a moment and said:

"Qingque's state is mostly the same as that of the Rhinoceros Flame that possesses me, where the unease in some part of my heart has been amplified."

Huo Huo nodded, then said to the group:

"Well then, Your Excellency, and everyone else, if you're ready, I'm about to ring the Bell of Unity."

"Shake it! Let me see what this guy's inner world has really become!"

With everyone's unanimous agreement, Huo Huo shook the Heart-to-Heart Fire Bell without hesitation.

As the clear bell rang, the scene before everyone's eyes gradually blurred.